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民数记生命读经 · 第15篇

成军（十四）

Being Formed into an Army (14)
1读经：民数记九章一至十四节。在本篇信息中，我们要来看九章一至十四节，关于守逾越节的记载。神的子民无论多忙碌，无论在那里，都必须一年一次参与逾越节。
1Scripture Reading: Num. 9:1-14 In this message we will consider 9:1-14, a record concerning the keeping of the Passover. No matter how busy God’sp eople were and no matter where they were, they were required to participate in the Passover once a year
拾 贰守逾越节
XII. KEEPING THE PASSOVER
2虽然民数记一至八章是在出埃及后第二年二月说的，（民一1，）但百姓乃是在一月受嘱咐要守逾越节。当摩西在二月忙著记载一切神圣的供备时，神却嘱咐他将一月所发生的事写下来。这些经文记载『以色列人出埃及地后，第二年一月，』主在西乃的旷野对摩西所说的。（民九1。）这指明逾越节的重要。
2Although Numbers chapters one through eight were spoken in the second month of the second year after the exodus from Egypt (1:1), the people were charged to keep the Passover in the first month. While in the second month Moses was busily recording all the divine provisions, God charged him to write something about what was to take place in the first month. These verses record what the Lord spoke to Moses ‘‘in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt’’ (9:1). This indicates the importance of the Passover
一 在指定的时候
A. At the Appointed Time
3以色列人要『在指定的时候』守逾越节。（民九2。）这指定的时候是在一月十四日黄昏。（民九3上。）
3The children of Israel were to keep the Passover ‘‘at its appointed time’’ (v. 2). This appointed time was on the fourteenth day of the first month, at dusk (v. 3a
二 要照这节一切的律例、典章而守
B. According to All Its Statutes and All Its Ordinances
4民数记九章三节下半说，『要照这节一切的律例、典章而守。』律例是不带判决的条例，典章是带判决的条例。逾越节要照这节一切的律例、典章而守，这事实指明守逾越节这件事，神不给人的想法和意见留地步。
4Numbers 9:3b says, ‘‘According to all its statutes and all its ordinances you shall keep it.’’ Statutes are regulations without judgments, and ordinances are regulations with judgments. The fact that the Passover was to be kept according to all its ordinances and judgments indicates that the keeping of the Passover leaves no opening for man’side as and opinions
三 因接触尸体而蒙不洁，
C. The One Who Was Unclean through Contact
5或在远方旅途上的人，仍须守逾越节
5with a Dead Body or Who Was Far Off on a Journey
Still Required to Keep the Passover
6六节说到『有几个人因接触人的尸体而蒙不洁，不能在那日守逾越节。』摩西把他们的情况带到主面前，主说，『你们或你们的后代，若有人因接触尸体而蒙不洁，或在远方旅途上，他仍然要向耶和华守逾越节。他们要在二月十四日黄昏守逾越节。』（民九10～11上。）
6Verse 6 speaks of ‘‘certain men who were unclean through contact with the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day.’’ When Moses brought their situation to the Lord, He said, ‘‘If any man of you or of your generations is unclean through contact with a dead body, or is far off on a journey, he shall still keep the passover to Jehovah. In the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it’’ (vv. 10-11a).
四 要用无酵饼和苦菜与逾越的羊羔同吃；
D. Eating It with Unleavened Bread and Bitter Herbs,
一点不可留到次日早晨，
Leaving None of It until the Next Morning
一根骨头也不可折断
and Not Breaking a Bone of It
7『要用无酵饼和苦菜与逾越的羊羔同吃；一点不可留到早晨，一根骨头也不可折断。他们要照逾越节一切的律例守这节。』（民九11下～。）这里我们看见，以色列人要用无酵饼与逾越的羊羔同吃。无酵饼表征无罪的基督。每当我们接受基督作我们生命的供应时，我们就接受无罪的生命。因此，用无酵饼与逾越的羊羔同吃，意思就是要除去一切罪恶的事。我们享受基督作逾越节，必须清除一切罪恶的事。
7‘‘They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute for the passover they shall keep it’’ (vv. 11b-12). Here we see that the children of Israel were to eat the 12 Passover with unleavened bread. Unleavened bread signifies the Christ who is without sin. Whenever we receive Christ as our life supply, we receive a life that is without sin. Thus, to eat the Passover with unleavened bread means to eliminate all sinful things. When we enjoy Christ as our Passover, we must purge away everything sinful.
8逾越的羊羔也要与苦菜同吃。苦菜表征为罪懊悔、悔改的痛苦感觉。用苦菜与逾越的羊羔同吃，意思就是我们需要懊悔、悔改，为罪恶的事经历痛苦的滋味。逾越节的羊羔一点不可留到次日早晨。这指明我们该享受新鲜的逾越羊羔，也指明我们要完全接受基督，不可局部接受。我们不该让基督的任何部分剩下，而该完全接受。不仅如此，羊羔的骨头百姓一根也不可折断。不可折断的骨头指明基督神圣的生命是不能毁坏的。主耶稣作我们逾越的羊羔被钉时，祂的腿没有被打断。（约十九33，36。）这表征在逾越的羊羔基督里，有个成分不能折断，不能毁坏。这不能折断、不能毁坏的成分，就是祂永远的生命。在作我们逾越羊羔的基督里，有神圣的生命，永远的生命，不能折断、不能毁坏的生命，能将生命分赐到我们里面。五洁净且不在旅途上的人，
8The Passover was also to be eaten with bitter herbs. The bitter herbs signify regret and repentance with a bitter sense regarding sins. To eat the Passover with bitter herbs means that we need to regret and repent, to experience a bitter taste regarding sinful things. None of the Passover was to be left until the next morning. This indicates that we should enjoy the Passover in its freshness. This also indicates that we are to receive Christ in a full way, not partially. Instead of allowing anything of Christ to be left over, we should take Him in full. Furthermore, the people were not permitted to break a bone of the Passover lamb. The unbroken bone indicates that Christ’s divine life is unbreakable. When the Lord Jesus was crucified as our Passover lamb, His legs were not broken (John 19:33, 36). This signifies that in Christ, the Passover lamb, there is something unbreakable and indestructible. This unbreakable and indestructible element is His eternal life. In Christ as our Passover lamb there is the divine life, the eternal life, the unbreakable and indestructible life, that can impart life into us. E. The Man Who Was Clean and Not on a Journey
不可避而不守逾越节
Not Refraining from Keeping the Passover
9『洁净且不在旅途上的人，若避而不守逾越节，那人必从民中剪除，因为他在指定的时候不献耶和华的供物；那人必担当他的罪。』（民九13。）这表征蒙救赎的信徒必须吃主的筵席。（路二二19。）
9‘‘The man who is clean and is not on a journey, yet refrains from keeping the passover, that person shall be cut off from his people, because he did not offer Jehovah’s offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin’’ (Num. 9:13). This signifies that the redeemed believers are required to take the Lord’stable (Luke 22:19).
六 外人可与以色列人同守逾越节
F. A Stranger Being Permitted to Keep the Passover with the Sons of Israel
10『若有外人寄居在你们中间，愿意向耶和华守逾越节，他就要照逾越节的律例和典章守这节。你们对寄居的和在本地生的，要有同一个律例。』（民九14。）外人可以与以色列人同守逾越节，表征相信的外邦人也命定可以有分于主的筵席。
10If a stranger sojourns among you and will keep the passover to Jehovah, according to the statute of the passover and according to its ordinance, so shall he do; you shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for him who was born in the land’’ (Num. 9:14). A stranger being permitted to keep the Passover with the sons of Israel signifies that the believing Gentiles have been destined to partake of the Lord’stable
七 守逾越节的重要
G. The Importance of Keeping the Passover
11民数记一至八章是以色列人出埃及后，第二年二月一日神对摩西所说的话，而九章一至十四节的话是在同年一月说的。（民九1。）然而，在民数记这一段里，关于不洁的人和在旅途上的人仍然有分于逾越节的话，是要应用在二月十四日。（民九10～11。）因此，九章一至十四节的话到二月这里才题起。这表明守逾越节在关于神的赎民和神在祂的行动中一同行动的事上，是非常重要的。
11Numbers 1—8 are the words spoken by God to Moses on the first day of the second month in the second year after the exodus from Egypt, whereas the words in 9:1-14 were spoken in the first month of the same year (v. 1). However, in this portion of Numbers, the word concerning the unclean ones and the ones on a journey still partaking of the Passover was to be applied on the fourteenth day of the second month (vv. 10-11). Hence, the word in 9:1-14 is here referred to in the second month. This shows the importance of keeping the Passover in relation to the move of God’s redeemed people with God in His activity
12我们不该以为，有分于主的筵席与神的行动或我们和神在祂的行动中一同行动没有关系。主的筵席与神在地上的行动息息相关。因此，我们必须守主的筵席。逾越节包括好些重要的点。逾越节表征新的开始，因为牠在每年一月举行。因此，逾越节该题醒我们，我们需要新的开始。逾越节题醒我们，我们是应当在神公义审判之下死了的人。但为著我们这些应当在神公义审判之下受死的人，祂豫备了一位顶替者，就是为我们代死的基督，拯救我们脱离了神公义之死的审判。
12We should not think that partaking of the Lord’stable has nothing to do with God’s move or with our move with God in His activity. The Lord’stable has much to do with God’s move on earth. Therefore, we must keep the Lord’stable. The Passover includes a number of crucial points. The Passover signifies a new start, because it takes place in the first month of the year. Therefore, the Passover should remind us that we need a new start. The Passover reminds us that we are a people who should have died under God’s righteous judgment. But for us who should die under His righteous judgment, God prepared a replacement, Christ, who died a vicarious death for us, thus saving us from the death- judgment of God’s righteousness
13逾越节也题醒我们，我们不属于自己，乃属于那一位为我们死的。如今我们该享受祂作我们的整个生活。我们已经由基督所顶替，我们属于祂，并且我们该接受祂作我们的生命、生命的供应、和一切，藉此享受祂。
13The Passover also reminds us that we belong not to ourselves but to the One who died for us. Now we should enjoy Him for our entire life. We have been replaced by Christ, we belong to Him, and we should enjoy Him by taking Him as our life, our life supply, and our everything
14旧约里的逾越节对以色列人是每年的题醒。今天我们在基督里的信徒有每周的题醒，就是主的筵席。每周在七日的第一日，我们应当在主的桌子前记念祂，享受祂之于我们的一切所是。然而，有些人来到主的桌子前，也许不知道他们在作甚么。每当我们来到主的桌子前，我们就该受题醒，我们在第八日，就是七日的第一日，复活之日，需要新的开始，新的起头。我们也需要受题醒，我们命定要在神公义审判之下受死，但神豫备了基督作我们的顶替，为我们而死。因此，我们得救脱离了死的审判。不仅如此，在主的桌子前我们该受题醒，我们不属于自己，乃属于那一位顶替我们的，如今祂是我们的生命和生命的供应。基督既是我们的生命和生命的供应，我们就该凭祂而活。这是逾越节的意义，也是主筵席的意义。
14The Passover in the Old Testament was a yearly reminder to the children of Israel. Today we, the believers in Christ, have a weekly reminder, the Lord’stable. Every week, on the first day of the week, we should have the remembrance of the Lord at His table, enjoying all that He is to us. However, some may come to the Lord’stable without knowing what they are doing. Whenever we come to the Lord’stable we should be reminded that we need a new start, a new beginning on the eighth day, which is the first day of the week and a day in resurrection. We also need to be reminded that we were destined to die under God’s righteous judgment, but God prepared Christ to be our replacement to die for us. Therefore, we have been saved from the death-judgment. Furthermore, at the Lord’stable we should be reminded that we do not belong to ourselves but to the One who replaced us and who is now our life and life supply. Since Christ is our life and life supply, we should live by Him. This is the significance of the Passover and also of the Lord’stable.
15逾越节和主的筵席都是节期。每当我们有分于逾越节或主的筵席，就是有分于节期，在神面前享受基督。这享受对神和我们乃是彼此的满足。到九章一至十四节的时候，以色列人已经编组成为军队，一切玷污的事已经受了对付，一切的试验已经完成，拿细耳人已经奉献给主到极点，并且神的子民已经有分于神圣的供备。他们甚至有团体的筵席，在神面前并与神一同吃喝基督，作他们彼此的享受。如今他们豫备好了可以前进，启程为神争战，使祂能在地上得著立场，建造祂的国同祂的居所。
15Both the Passover and the Lord’stable are feasts. Whenever we participate in the Passover or in the Lord’stable, we partake of a feast to enjoy Christ in the presence of God. This enjoyment is a mutual satisfaction to God and us. By the time of 9:1-14, the children of Israel had been formed into an army, all the defiling things had been dealt with, all the tests had been completed, the Nazarites had been consecrated to the Lord to the uttermost, and God’sp eople had participated in the divine provisions. They even had a corporate table for feasting before God and with God on Christ as their mutual enjoyment. Now they were ready to move on, to journey to fight for God that He might gain the ground on earth to build up His kingdom with His house