利未记生命读经 · 第6篇

燔祭－基督作神的满足（四）

The Burnt Offering Christ for God’s Satisfaction (4)

1读经：利未记1:5-17;6:10-11;7:8。

1Scripture Reading: Lev. 1:5-17; 6:10-11; 7:8

2我们要解释并明白燔祭，必须留意一个最要紧的点，就是献燔祭的不同方式。圣经教师多年来都强调供物的不同大小：公牛－最大的；羊羔或山羊－次大的；鸟－最小的。我们很容易看见大小的不同，但是不容易看见献祭之法的不同，尽管这事清楚记载在利未记一章里。并且我们即使看见献燔祭之法的分别，可能仍然不领悟这分别的意义。我们需要领悟，每当我们献燔祭的时候，乃是回顾我们日常生活中的经历。因为就主观一面说，燔祭完全与我们日常的生活，日常的行事有关；所以燔祭的呈献，乃是我们日常经历的说明、展示。我们若是每天、每时都过一种经历基督的生活，我们就有基督作燔祭献给神。我们若是没有在日常的行事里经历基督，我们就没有祂作燔祭。这样，我们所献上的基督，主要的只是作赎愆祭。所以，为著献上基督作燔祭，我们必须在日常行事中活基督并经历基督。假定这里有三位弟兄，头一位经历基督作公牛，第二位经历基督作羊羔或山羊，第三位经历基督作鸟。经历基督作公牛的这位弟兄，在每时刻、每件事上，对每一个人都活基督。在他的活基督里，他首先经历了基督的钉十字架；他经历基督在十字架上被宰杀。这是对基督的死真正的经历，模成基督的死真正的经历。（腓三１０。）这位弟兄在他与父母、妻子和儿女的关系上经历基督的死。他在日常生活中的确有模成基督的死的经历。

2The most crucial point for us to interpret and understand concerning the burnt offering is the difference in the way the burnt offering is offered. For years, Bible teachers have stressed the difference in the size of the offering: the bull— the largest size; the lamb or goat—the second largest size; and a pair of birds—the smallest size. It is easy for us to see the difference in size, but it is not easy for us to see the difference in the way to offer, although this matter is clearly recorded in Leviticus 1. Even if we see the difference in the way to offer the burnt offering, it may still be difficult for us to realize the significance of this difference. In order to understand the burnt offering, we need to realize that whenever we present a burnt offering we review our experience in our daily life. Because the burnt offering, subjectively speaking, is altogether related to our daily life, to our daily walk, the presentation of the burnt offering is a demonstration, a display, of our daily experience. If we daily and hourly live a life of experiencing Christ, we shall have Christ as a burnt offering to offer to God. However, if we do not experience Christ in our daily walk, we shall not have Him as a burnt offering. Then we shall be able to offer Christ mainly as the trespass offering. The point here is that we cannot offer Christ as a burnt offering if we do not live Christ and experience Christ in our daily walk. Let us consider the experience of three brothers. The first experiences Christ as a bull, the second experiences Christ as a lamb or a goat, and the third experiences Christ as a pair of birds. The brother who experiences Christ as a bull lives Christ at every time, in everything, and with everyone. In his living of Christ, he first experiences Christ’s crucifixion; he experiences Christ’s being slaughtered on the cross. This is the real experience of Christ’s death, the real experience of being conformed to Christ’s death (Phil. 3:10). This brother experiences Christ’s death in his relationship to his parents, wife, and children. In his daily life there truly is the conformity to the death of Christ

3这位弟兄也经历基督外在的美丽被剥夺。在四福音里，我们看见主活在地上时，经历了外在的美丽被剥夺。祂人性美德的外在彰显被剥夺，这与祂的死密切相联。所以，当弟兄经历被模成基督的死，他自然就经历基督外在的美丽被剥夺。这经历实际上等于被人传播恶名。（林后六８。）主耶稣被人传播了许多恶名，这些恶名剥夺了祂人性美德的外在表显。

3As this brother experiences Christ’s death in such away, he will also experience Christ’s being stripped of His outward beauty. In the four Gospels we see that while our Lord was living on earth, He had the experience of being stripped of His outward beauty. This means that He was stripped of the outward expression of His human virtues, a matter that is closely related to His death. Therefore, as the brother experiences being conformed to Christ’s death, he spontaneously experiences Christ’s being stripped of His outward beauty. This experience is actually equal to being the object of an evil report (2 Cor. 6:8). The Lord Jesus had many evil reports spread about Him, and these evil reports stripped Him of the outward appearance of His human virtues.

4不仅如此，这位弟兄也被切成块子。这就是说，他经历基督被切成块子。这样的经历与我们的期望相反。我们可能期望越爱主，越敬畏神，所得的祝福越多。但想想看主耶稣的先锋，施浸者约翰的遭遇。约翰没有得到祝福，反而被囚禁而且斩了头。再看看主耶稣自己的遭遇。祂得到了多少祝福？祂岂不是被切成块子么？福音书记载，就祂的人性而言，主耶稣在每一面都被切成块子。祂属人的生命没有一面保留完整，可说每一部分都被切成块子。主耶稣是在每一面都被切成块子的惟一榜样。

4Moreover, as the brother is conformed to the death of Christ, he will also be cut into pieces. This means that he will have the experiences of Christ’s being cut into pieces. Such an experience may be contrary to our expectations. We may think that the more we love the Lord and fear God, the more blessings we will have. Consider the situation with John the Baptist, the forerunner of the Lord Jesus. Instead of receiving blessings, John was imprisoned and beheaded. Consider further the situation with the Lord Jesus Himself. How much blessing did He receive? Was He not cut into pieces? The Gospels reveal that, as far as His humanity was concerned, the Lord Jesus was cut into pieces in every way. Not one aspect of His human life was left whole; on the contrary, every part of His human life was cut into pieces. Therefore, the Lord Jesus is the unique example of one who was cut into pieces in every way

5今天跟随主耶稣的人也要经历被切成块子。这就是为甚么保罗说，『使我认识基督、并祂复活的大能、以及同祂受苦的交通，模成祂的死。』（腓三１０。）要过一种被模成基督之死的生活，需要祂复活的大能，因为我们经历模成祂的死时，就被切成块子。我们的全人和整个生活，都被切成块子。这位经历基督作公牛的弟兄，经历了这种切割。当这位弟兄过著被模成基督的死，并被切成块子的生活时，他会领悟到自己的确需要智慧。愚昧的人无法过一种经历基督生命的生活。过这样一种生活需要最高的智慧。人的智慧不足彀，这智慧不管用。这种生活需要基督在地上时所凭以活著的智慧。四福音启示，主耶稣是最智慧的人。祂作的一切事都是对的，且都是在恰当的时候作的。祂从来不说一句废话，祂从来不徒然、愚昧、或无意义的作任何事。祂所过的生活完全是在智慧里。这智慧由燔祭所用之公牛的头所豫表。这位弟兄过著经历基督生命的生活，他经历到基督的头；这就是说，他经历到基督的智慧。在神的主宰下，这位弟兄的家人，包括他的父母、妻子和儿女，可能很难对付。他既活在这种环境里，就领悟到自己需要基督的智慧。在他与家中成员的关系上，他自然经历到基督的头，基督的智慧。基督在与祂家人的关系上，所凭以活著的智慧，成了这位弟兄在日常生活中的经历。

5Being cut into pieces will also be the experience of those who follow the Lord Jesus today. This is why Paul says, “To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death” (Phil. 3:10). Living a life of being conformed to the death of Christ requires the power of His resurrection, because as we experience being conformed to His death, we shall be cut into pieces. Our whole being and our entire life will be cut into pieces. The brother who experiences Christ as a bull experiences this cutting. While the brother is living a life of being conformed to the death of Christ and of being cut into pieces, he will realize that he surely needs wisdom. A foolish person cannot live a life which is the experience of the life of Christ. Living such a life requires the highest wisdom. Human wisdom is not adequate; it does not avail. This kind of living requires the very wisdom with which Christ lived when He was on earth. The four Gospels reveal that the Lord Jesus is the wisest person who ever lived. Everything He did was right and was done at exactly the right time. He never spoke a wasted word, and He never did anything in a vain, unwise, or meaningless way. He was One who lived a life altogether in wisdom. This wisdom is typified by the head of the bull used for the burnt offering. The brother whose living is an experience of Christ’s life will experience Christ’she ad; that is, he will experience Christ’s wisdom. Under God’s sovereignty, this brother’s family, including his parents, wife, and children, may be difficult to deal with. Since he lives in such an environment, he realizes that he needs Christ’s wisdom. In his relationship with the members of his family, he spontaneously experiences the head, the wisdom, of Christ. The wisdom by which Christ lived in relation to His family thus becomes this brother’s experience in his daily life.

6这位献上基督作公牛的弟兄，也经历到清洗燔祭牲的腿和内脏。这就是说，圣灵作水不断的洗涤，在外面和里面保守他不受玷污。当他在过一种模成基督之死的生活时，他经历到圣灵保守他、保謢他不受玷污。圣灵的洗涤保守他外面不受玷污，这洗涤也除去任何从外面进到他里面的污秽因素。当这位弟兄来到召会的聚会中献上基督时，他不仅献上基督作赎愆祭，更献上基督作燔祭。这位弟兄呈献他的燔祭时，会将祭牲宰杀、剥皮、切块，并清洗祭牲的腿和内脏。他宰燔祭牲，就是回顾他对基督之死的经历。他将祭牲剥皮并切块，就是说明、展示他在自己日常生活中对基督受苦的经历。他清洗祭牲，同样是回顾他对圣灵在外面和里面洗涤的经历。基督在地上所经历的洗涤，他也有所经历。所以，弟兄呈献燔祭的方式，乃是他经历的展示，他日常经历的回顾。没有日常的经历，就不可能有这样的回顾，因为没有东西可展示或说明。这位弟兄在献燔祭时所作的一切，乃是他日常对基督之经历的回顾、展示和说明。然而，他不是将自己的经历献给神，乃是将所经历的基督献上。利未记一章四节说，从牛群中带来的供物使献祭者蒙悦纳，『为他遮罪。』五节接著说，献祭者宰了供物以后，祭司要『把血带来，泼在会幕门口祭坛的周围。』泼血乃是为著遮罪，这是每一位献祭者所需要的。因为我们在神眼中仍是有所亏缺的，我们都需要遮罪。因此，燔祭为献祭者所作的头一件事就是为他遮罪，好叫神对献祭者感到喜悦、高兴。

6The brother who offers Christ as a bull will also experience the washing of the legs and the inward parts of the burnt offering. This means that the continual washing of the Holy Spirit as the water will keep him from defilement both outwardly and inwardly. As he is living a life of being conformed to the death of Christ, he will experience the Holy Spirit’s keeping, preserving, and protecting him from defilement. The washing of the Holy Spirit will keep him from defilement outwardly, and this washing will also annul the defiling factor of anything that may get into him from the outside. When this brother comes to the church meeting to offer Christ, he will offer Christ not merely as the trespass offering but also as the burnt offering. As the brother presents his burnt offering, he will slaughter it, skin it, cut it into pieces, and wash its legs and its inwards. His slaughtering of the burnt offering will be a review of his experience of Christ’s death. His skinning of the offering and cutting it into pieces will be a demonstration, a display, of his experience in his own daily life of Christ’s sufferings. His washing of the offering will likewise be a review of his experience of the washing of the Holy Spirit outwardly and inwardly, that is, his experience of the washing that Christ experienced when He was on earth. Therefore, the way the brother presents the burnt offering will be a display of his experience; it will be a review of his daily experience. Without the daily experience there could not be such a review, for there would be nothing to display or demonstrate. Everything that this brother does in offering the burnt offering is a review, a display, and a demonstration of his daily experiences of Christ. However, he does not offer his experiences to God; he offers the Christ whom he has experienced. Leviticus 1:4 says that the offering from the herd would be accepted for the offerer “to make propitiation for him.” Verse 5 goes on to say that after the offerer had slaughtered the offering, the priests were to “bring the blood and dash the blood all around on the altar which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.” This sprinkling of the blood was for propitiation, which is needed by every offerer. Because we are still lacking in the sight of God, we all need propitiation. Hence, the first thing the burnt offering does for the offerer is to make propitiation for him so that God may be pleased and happy with the offerer.

7至于献上基督作羊羔或山羊的第二位弟兄，他不像献上基督作公牛的第一位弟兄那么有经历，但他的供物还是非常好。他宰祭牲，指明他也经历了基督的钉死。然而，在他的祭牲身上没有剥皮。剥皮既表征剥去人性美德外在的彰显，缺少祭牲的剥皮就指明这位弟兄没有经历到基督外在美丽的被剥夺，就是祂人性美丽外在彰显的被剥夺。就这事而言，这位弟兄在献燔祭牲时，没有甚么可回顾或说明的。然而，这位弟兄的供物被切成块子，表征他多少有被切块的经历。不仅如此，他对基督的头，基督的智慧也有一些经历。所以，他的献上基督也是他日常对基督之经历的回顾、展示和说明。

7A brother who offers Christ as a lamb or a goat is not as experienced as the brother who offers Christ as a bull, but his offering is still very good. His slaughtering of the offering indicates that he also has experienced Christ’s crucifixion. However, with his offering there is no skinning. Since skinning signifies stripping off the outward expression of the human virtues, the lack of the skinning of the offering indicates that this brother has not experienced Christ’s being stripped of His outward beauty, stripped of the outward expression of His human virtues. Regarding this matter, the brother does not have anything to review or to demonstrate when he offers his burnt offering. Nevertheless, this brother’s offering is cut into pieces, signifying that to some extent he has had the experience of being cut into pieces. Furthermore, he has had some experience of Christ’she ad, of Christ’s wisdom. His offering of Christ, therefore, is a review, a display, and a demonstration of his daily experiences of Christ

8现在我们再来看第三位弟兄的光景；他献上基督作燔祭，是由斑鸠或雏鸽所豫表的。这样一位弟兄可能最近才得救。他非常热心，参加召会的一切聚会。然而他在日常生活中，对基督为他过一种绝对为著神的生活，并没有甚么鉴赏。然后，他学知基督乃是过这种生活的一位，他就开始鉴赏基督的这一面。他将供物带到聚会中，但他的供物乃是一对鸟。服事的祭司来帮助他，将鸟的头揪掉，除去嗉子和翎毛，并且在翅膀处把鸟撕开。这指明当这位弟兄来献上基督作燔祭时，他没有甚么可回顾或说明的。

8Let us now consider the situation with a brother whose offering of Christ as the burnt offering is typified by turtledoves or young pigeons. Such a brother may have been saved only recently. He is very zealous, and he comes to all the church meetings. However, in his daily life there is no appreciation of the fact that on his behalf Christ lived a life which was absolutely for God. Eventually he learns something of Christ as the One who lived such a life, and he begins to appreciate Christ in this respect. Since he now has some appreciation of Christ as the One who lived a life which was absolutely for God, he brings an offering to the meetings, but his offering is a pair of birds. The serving priests then wring off the head, remove the crop and the feathers, and tear the offering by its wings. This indicates that when this brother comes to offer Christ as his burnt offering, he has nothing to review or to demonstrate

9在擘饼聚会中，我们很少听到有人在赞美中带著他日常对基督之经历丰富的回顾、展示和说明，来献上基督作燔祭。这缺欠的原因，乃是我们中间对基督的钉死、被剥夺并切块有丰富经验的人不多。因著我们对基督的经历不彀，我们就没有多少可以回顾、展示并说明。我们在主桌子前的许多赞美，不过是年幼者热心的祷告；他们献上基督作一对鸟，没有任何对宰杀、剥皮并切块的回顾。

9At the Lord’stable meeting, we rarely hear one pray in such a way as to offer Christ as the burnt offering with a rich review, display, and demonstration of his daily experiences of Christ. The reason for this shortage is that not many among us have a rich experience of Christ in His crucifixion, in His being stripped, and in His being cut into pieces. Since our experience of Christ is not adequate, we do not have much to review, display, and demonstrate. Rather, often much of the praise at the Lord’stable consists of the prayers of zealous young ones offering Christ as a pair of birds without any review of the slaughtering, skinning, and being cut into pieces.

10那些在召会聚会中献燔祭的人，并不是献上自己或自己的经历。例如，保罗不是献上他自己或他对燔祭的经历；他乃是献上所经历的基督。我们献燔祭时，不该向神献上自己或自己的经历，乃该向神献上基督作我们的燔祭；但这供物不该仅仅是基督，乃该是我们所经历的基督。我们无法向神献上所没有经历过的基督作燔祭。一面，我们不该献上自己和自己的经历；另一面，我们不该仅仅献上基督。我们需要将日常生活中所经历的基督，当作燔祭献给神。我们已经指出，宰杀、剥皮、切块和洗涤，全是指明献祭者经历基督在地上生活并在十字架上受死里时，所忍受并经过的。当献祭者呈献基督作他的燔祭时，他就回顾自己的经历。他所回顾的，与他所经历于基督的相符。他经历基督到了某个程度，他的回顾就等于那个程度。然而，回顾的本身并不是供物。献祭者对他经历的回顾，不过是决定他供物的大小，以及他的献祭之法。

10Those who offer the burnt offering in the church meetings do not offer themselves or their experience. Paul, for example, offered neither himself nor his experiences of the burnt offering; he offered the Christ whom he had experienced. When we offer the burnt offering, we should not offer to God ourselves or our experiences. Instead, we should offer Christ to God as our burnt offering, yet this offering should not merely be Christ but should be the Christ whom we have experienced. We cannot offer to God for a burnt offering a Christ whom we have not experienced. On the one hand, we should not offer ourselves and our experiences; on the other hand, we should not merely offer Christ. We need to offer to God as a burnt offering the Christ whom we have experienced in our daily life. We have pointed out that the slaughtering, the skinning, the cutting into pieces, and the washing all denote the offerer’s experience of what Christ suffered and passed through in His life on earth and in His death on the cross. When the offerer presents Christ as his burnt offering, he reviews his experience. What he reviews will match what he has experienced of Christ. He has experienced Christ to a certain degree, and his review will equal that degree. The review, however, is not itself the offering. Rather, the offerer’s review of his experience will determine the size of his offering, and it will also determine the way he offers it

11燔祭的献上，要求双方中的一方来作某一步骤。头一步该由献祭者作，第二步该由祭司作。献祭者总是行第一步，将供物带到会幕那里；若供物是从牛群、羊群中来的，就要按所要求的，把要献上的祭牲豫备好。然而，献祭者没有权利洒血，也没有权利将供物实际的献上。这是献祭之祭司的服事，是他们将供物放在火上焚烧。

11The offering of the burnt offering requires that a certain step be taken by each of two parties. The first step is taken by the offerer, and the second step is taken by the priest. The offerer always takes the first step to bring the offering to the tent of meeting and, in the case of the offerings from the herd and from the flock, to do what is required to prepare the offering to be offered. However, just as the offerer does not have the right to sprinkle the blood, so he does not have the right to actually offer the offering. This is the service of the offering priest, who places the offering on the fire to be burned

12我们已经看过献燔祭之法的重要事项，现在可以往前来看燔祭的其他方面。

12Now that we have covered the crucial matter of the different ways of offering the burnt offering, we may proceed to consider some other aspects of the burnt offering

VI. THE WATER, THE FIRE

陆水，火，火烧，灰

THE BURNING, AND THE ASHES

一水

A. The Water

13水（利一9，13）表征生命的灵。（约七38～39。）当主耶稣在地上过为人的生活时，这生命的灵，就是圣灵，一直不断的保守祂脱离一切玷污的因素。这是主耶稣接触事物从来不受玷污或污染的原因。在祂里面的圣灵就是活水，保守祂一直是洁净的。

13The water (Lev. 1:9, 13) signifies the Spirit of life John 7:38-39). While the Lord Jesus was living His human life on earth, this Spirit of life, the Holy Spirit, continually kept away from Him all defiling factors. This is the reason the Lord Jesus was never defiled or contaminated by anything He contacted. The Holy Spirit as the living water within Him kept Him clean

14按照利未记一章九节、十三节，献祭者要用水洗他供物的内脏和腿。这当然不是表征基督需要那些献祂作燔祭的人来洗涤。献祭者宰杀祭牲，乃是回顾献祭者在日常生活中对基督钉十字架的经历。对于洗涤燔祭，原则是相同的，乃是回顾献祭者对基督一生的经历。基督在一生中一直不断的被内住的圣灵洗涤，脱离一切污染的因素。这里由水所表征的圣灵，保守基督不受祂在地上时所接触的外界事物所污染、献祭者在他日常的生活中经历了这点，所以当他献上基督作燔祭时，就回顾并展示这点。

14According to Leviticus 1:9 and 13, the offerer was to wash the inwards and the legs of his offering with water. This certainly does not signify that Christ needs to be washed by those who offer Him as the burnt offering. The slaughtering of the offering by the offerer is a review of the offerer’s experience in his daily life of Christ’s crucifixion. The principle is the same with the washing of the burnt offering. The washing is a review of the offerer’s experience of Christ’s life, a life in which He was continually washed by the indwelling Holy Spirit from any contaminating factor. The Holy Spirit, here signified by the water, preserved Christ from being contaminated by outward matters He contacted while He was on earth. The offerer has experienced this in his daily life, and he therefore reviews and demonstrates this as he offers Christ as his burnt offering

二火

B. The Fire

１表征圣别的神

1. Signifying the Holy God

15利未记一章有好几节说到火。（利一7，8，9，12，13，17。）这里的火表征圣别的神。这由希伯来十二章二十九节得著证明，那里说，『我

15A number of verses in Leviticus 1 speak of the fire (vv. 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17). The fire here signifies the holy God. This is proved by Hebrews 12:29, which says, “Our God is also a consuming fire.”

16们的神乃是烈火。』

２就著燔祭说，乃是悦纳的火，使神满足

2. With the Burnt Offering, the Fire Being the Accepting Fire for God’s Satisfaction

17就著燔祭说，这火乃是悦纳的火，使神满足。（利一9，13，17。）利未记一章里的火，可以视为神用来接受、悦纳我们向祂所献之物的口。

17With the burnt offering the fire is the accepting fire for God’s satisfaction (vv. 9, 13, 17). The fire in Leviticus 1 may be considered God’s mouth with which He receives and accepts what we offer to Him.

３就著赎罪祭说，乃是审判的火，使人蒙救赎

3. With the Sin Offering, the Fire Being the Judging Fire for Man’s Redemption

18就著赎罪祭说，这火乃是审判的火，使人蒙救赎。烧赎罪祭牲乃是表征神的审判。这事在四章十二节题到。

18With the sin offering the fire is the judging fire for man’s redemption. The burning of the sin offering is a sign of God’s judgment. This is mentioned in 4:12

19表面看来，燔祭的火和赎罪祭的火不同。实际上只有一种火，却带著两种不同的功用－悦纳的功用和审判的功用。

19Apparently the burnt offering fire and the sin offering fire are two different fires. Actually there is just one fire with two different functions—the function of accepting and the function of judging

４燔祭的火绝不可熄灭

4. The Burnt Offering Fire Shall Never Go Out

20按照六章十二、十三节，燔祭的火绝不可熄灭。这与赎罪祭的火相对，那火不是一直烧著的。

20According to 6:12 and 13, the burnt offering fire was never to go out. This is in contrast to the sin offering fire, which did not burn continually.

三火烧

C. The Burning

21在利未记一章，九、十三、十五和十七节都说到火烧，就是将燔祭牲熏著献上。

21In Leviticus 1, verses 9, 13, 15, and 17 speak of the burning, that is, of the offering up of the burnt offering in smoke

１如同烧馨香料作的香

1. As the Burning of the Sweet Incense

22烧燔祭牲就如同烧馨香料作的香。（出三十7～8，利十六12～。）『熏著献上，』在原文是特别用辞，用来指祭坛上烧燔祭牲，含示香料的事。因此，在祭坛上烧燔祭牲，就如同烧馨香料作的香。这种焚烧产生馨香的香气上升到神那里，使祂喜悦、满足。２与烧赎罪祭

22The burning of the burnt offering is as the burning of sweet incense (Exo. 30:7-8; Lev. 16:12-13). The Hebrew for “offer up in smoke,” a special term used 13 for the burning on the altar of burnt offering, implies the matter of incense. Thus, the burning on the altar of burnt offering is as the burning of sweet incense. This burning produced a sweet savor ascending to God for His pleasure and satisfaction. 2. Different from the Burning of the Sin Offering

和赎愆祭不同

and the Trespass Offering

23烧燔祭与烧赎罪祭和赎愆祭不同。（利四12。）

23The burning of the burnt offering is different from the burning of the sin offering and the trespass offering (4:12

３烧燔祭的火

3. The Burning of the Burnt Offering

24要整夜到早晨不断的焚烧

24Shall Not Cease All Night until the Morning

25利未记六章九节说，『你要吩咐亚伦和他的子孙说，燔祭的条例乃是这样：燔祭要整夜到早晨放在祭坛的焚烧架上，祭坛上的火要不断的焚烧。』这里我们看见烧燔祭绝不可停止。要确保这火不断在焚烧，祭司必须一直在火上加柴。

25Leviticus 6:9 says, “Command Aaron and his sons and say, This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall be upon the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.” Here we see that the burning of the burnt offering was never to cease. To insure that this fire burned continually, the priests were required to keep adding wood to the fire

四灰

D. The Ashes

１神悦纳这祭的标记－烧成灰

1. A Sign of God’s Acceptance of the Offering— Turning to Ashes

26灰乃是神悦纳燔祭的标记。神悦纳燔祭，就将牠烧成灰。诗篇二十篇三节论到这事说，『记念你的一切供献，悦纳你的燔祭。』这里『悦纳』一辞，原文实意为『转成灰。』当我们的供物转成了灰时，就有力的表明这供物已蒙神悦纳了。

26The ashes are a sign of God’s acceptance of the burnt offering. For God to accept the burnt offering is for Him to turn it to ashes. Concerning this, Psalm 20:3 says, “Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice.” The Hebrew word translated “accept” here actually means “turn to ashes.” When our offering has been turned to ashes, this is a strong sign that it has been accepted by God

27一般人不以灰为令人喜悦之物。然而，对我们献燔祭的人，灰的确是令人喜悦，甚至是宝贵的，因为这是一个标记，使我们有把握，我们的燔祭已经蒙神悦纳了。

27Ordinarily people do not regard ashes as something pleasant. However, to us who offer the burnt offering, ashes are indeed pleasant, even precious, because they are a sign which gives us the assurance that our burnt offering has been accepted by God.

28『悦纳』一辞，原文不只可繙作『转成灰，』也可繙作『悦纳如同脂油，』『使之成为脂油，』以及『成为脂油。』神悦纳我们的燔祭，不仅是将供物转成灰，也是悦纳这供物如同脂油；对祂来说，脂油乃是甜美、可喜悦的。在我们眼中，供物已经烧成灰；但在神眼中，牠乃是如同脂油那样讨祂喜悦，叫祂满足。燔祭被烧成灰，就是说神满足了，所以我们可以安心。我们若领会这点，就会看见我们基督徒的生活中该有很多灰。

28The Hebrew word rendered “accept” can be translated not only as “turn to ashes” but also as “accept as fat,” “make fat,” and “be as fat.” For God to accept our burnt offering means not only that He turns it to ashes but also that He accepts it as fat, something that is sweet and pleasing to Him. In our eyes the offering has been turned to ashes, but in God’se yes it is fat; it pleases and satisfies Him as fat. For the burnt offering to be turned to ashes means that God is satisfied and that we therefore may be at peace. If we understand this, we shall realize that in our Christian life there should be a lot of ashes

２倒在祭坛的东边

2. Put to the East Side of the Altar

29灰不是要丢掉的,乃要倒在祭坛的东边，（利一16，六10，）这是放灰的地方。东边是日出之处。将灰倒在祭坛东边，实际上隐指复活。３拿到营外洁净的地方利未记六章十一节题到祭司说，『然后脱下这衣袍，穿上别的衣袍，把灰拿到营外洁净的地方。』这里再次看见，灰不是丢掉的。这指明我们宝贝向神所献燔祭的结果。我们绝不该将这结果扔掉。

29The ashes were not thrown away. Instead, they were put to the east side of the altar (1:16; 6:10), the place of the ashes. The east side is the side of the sunrise. Putting the ashes to the east side of the altar is actually an allusion to resurrection. 3. Carried Forth to a Clean Place outside the Camp Leviticus 6:11, speaking of the priest says, “Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.” Once again we see that the ashes were not thrown away. This indicates that we should treasure the result of our offering of the burnt offering to God. We should never throw it away

柒皮

VII. THE SKIN

30除了皮以外，整个燔祭牲都要焚烧。

30The entire burnt offering was burned with the exception of the skin

一是给献祭之祭司的一分

A. A Portion to the Offering Priest

31燔祭牲的皮保留作给献祭之祭司的分。『为人献燔祭的祭司，要亲自得他所献燔祭牲的皮。』（利七8。）

31The skin of the burnt offering was kept as a portion to the offering priest. “The priest who offers any man’s burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the hide of the burnt offering which he has offered” (7:8

二表征基督的美丽外在的彰显，归给服事的人

B. Signifying Christ’sO ut ward Expression of Beauty Ascribed to the Serving One

32燔祭牲的皮表征基督的美丽外在的彰显，归给服事的人。我们越多献上基督作公牛，就越使基督的美丽外在的彰显成为我们的。这样，我们就穿上基督人性美德的外在彰显。

32The skin of the burnt offering signifies Christ’s out ward expression of beauty ascribed to the serving one. The more we offer Christ as a bull, the more will Christ’so ut ward expression of beauty be ours. Then we shall be clothed with the outward expression of Christ’s human virtues.