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民数记生命读经 · 第27篇

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1读经：民数记十八章十五至三十二节。在本篇信息中，我们要继续来看利未人的事奉与亚伦的祭司职任，以及他们的奖赏，就是基督。首先，我们要进一步来看，给作祭司的亚伦和他儿子的奖赏。然后再来看利未人的奖赏。
1Scripture Reading: Num. 18:15-32 In this message we will continue to consider the Levitical service and the Aaronic priesthood, with their reward, which is Christ. First, we will see some further matters related to the reward to Aaron and his sons as the priests. Then we will see the reward to the Levites
ｅ人畜中一切头生的
e. Every Firstborn of Man or Beast
2神把人畜中一切头生的，都赐给亚伦和他的儿子作奖赏。（民十八15～18。）
2Every firstborn of man or beast was given by God to Aaron and his sons as a reward (vv. 15-18
（一） 人所头生的，不洁净牲畜所头生的，都要赎出来
1) The Firstborn of Man and the Firstling of Unclean Beasts Being Redeemed
3『他们献给耶和华，一切血肉所生的头胎，无论人畜，都是你的；只是人所头生的，你总要赎出来，不洁净牲畜所头生的，也要赎出来。』（民十八15。）一切头生的男孩，都不属于他的父母，乃属于祭司。所以，他的父母要出代价将他赎出来。（民十八16。）甚至不洁净牲畜所头生的，虽然献给耶和华是不蒙悦纳的，也要赎出来。
3Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to Jehovah, shall be yours; nevertheless, the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem’’ (v. 15). Each firstborn son did not belong to his parents but to the priests. Therefore, the parents were to redeem him at a cost (v. 16). Even the firstling of an unclean beast, though it was not acceptable for offering to Jehovah, had to be redeemed
（二） 头生的牛、绵羊、或山羊，都不可以赎
2) The Firstling of an Ox, of a Sheep, or of a Goat, Not Being Redeemed
4『但头生的牛、绵羊、或山羊，乃是圣别的，不可以赎。你要将牠们的血弹在祭坛上，将牠们的脂油熏著献上，给耶和华作怡爽之香气的火祭。牠们的肉是你的，像摇祭的胸和举祭的右腿一样，都是你的。』（民十八17～18。）这里我们看见头生的牛、绵羊或山羊（豫表钉十字架的基督）都不可以赎。他们的脂油要给神作怡爽之香气的火祭。他们的肉是给祭司的，就是作摇祭的胸和举祭的右腿（各表征在复活和升天里的基督，作事奉者的食物）都是祭司的。
4But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall offer up in smoke their fat as an offering by fire for a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah; but their flesh shall be yours, as the breast of the wave offering and as the right thigh are yours’’ (vv. 17-18). Here we see that the firstling of an ox, of a sheep, or of a goat (which typifies the crucified Christ) was not to be redeemed. Their fat was to be offered by fire for a satisfying fragrance to God. Their flesh, their meat, was for the priests, even as the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh of the heave offering (signifying respectively Christ in resurrection and in ascension as food to the serving ones) were the priests
5ｆ以色列人献给神
5f. All the Heave Offerings of the Holy Things Offered to God
一切至圣之物的举祭，都赐给祭司和他们的儿女
by the Sons of Israel Being Given to the Priests and to Their Sons and Daughters with Them
6『以色列人献给耶和华一切至圣之物的举祭，我都赐给你和你的儿女，作永得的分；这是给你和你后裔，在耶和华面前永远的盐约。』（民十八19。）献给神为圣别之物的特殊之分—举祭，总是保留给祭司和他们的儿女。
6All the heave offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel offer to Jehovah I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due; it is a covenant of salt forever before Jehovah for you and for your seed with you’’ (v. 19). A particular portion—the heave offerings—of the things offered to God as holy things was always to be set aside for the priests and for their sons and daughters
ｇ祭司没有产业，在以色列人的地上也没有分
g. The Priests Having No Inheritance nor Any Portion in the Land of Israel
7祭司没有产业，在以色列人的地上也没有分。神自己就是他们在以色列人中间的分和产业。（民十八20。）不仅神的食物是他们的分，（民十八8～10，）甚至神自己就是他们的分和产业。因著神是他们的分和产业，他们就不需要任何别的分或产业。
7The priests had no inheritance nor any portion in the land of Israel. God Himself was their portion and their inheritance among the sons of Israel (v. 20). Not only was God’s food their portion (vv. 8-10)—God Himself was their portion and their inheritance. Because God was their portion and inheritance, they did not need any other portion or inheritance
２ 给在会幕中服事的利未人
2. To the Levites as the Serving Ones in the Tent of Meeting
8二十一至三十二节说到，赐给在会幕中服事之利未人的奖赏。
8Verses 21 through 32 speak of the reward to the Levites as the serving ones in the tent of meeting
ａ以色列中一切的十分之一为利未人的产业
a. Every Tithe in Israel for Their Inheritance
9『看哪，我已将以色列中一切的十分之一赐给利未人为产业，酬报他们所办的事，就是在会幕中的服事。』（民十八21。）这一节启示，在会幕中服事的利未人，要得著以色列中的十分之一为他们的产业。葡萄园或谷场收成的十分之一，公牛母牛群、绵羊山羊群的十分之一，都归给神。（利二十七30～32。）这称为十分之一的分，是为著利未人归给神的，也被视为利未人的产业。结果，利未人拥有整个以色列国十分之一的财富。
9To the sons of Levi, behold I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, the service in the tent of meeting’’ (v. 21). This verse reveals that the Levites, the serving ones in the tent of meeting, were to receive every tithe in Israel for their inheritance. Of the harvest from the vineyard, the grain of the threshing floor, the flocks, the herds of bulls, oxen, sheep, and goats, one-tenth was to go to God (Lev. 27:30-32). This portion, called the tithe, was to go to God for the Levites and was considered the Levites’ inheritance. As a result, the Levites possessed one-tenth of the wealth of the entire nation of Israel
（一） 利未人要从以色列人所给的十分之一再取十分之一，献给耶和华为举祭
1) The Levites Being Required to Offer to Jehovah a Heave Offering from the Tithes They Received of the Sons of Israel, a Tithe of the Tithe
10利未人要从以色列人所给的十分之一再取十分之一，献给耶和华为举祭（升天的基督）。（民十八26。）这举祭要算为禾场上的谷，满酒醡的酒。（民十27。）
10The Levites were to offer to Jehovah a heave offering (the ascended Christ) from the tithes they received of the sons of Israel, a tithe of the tithe (Num. 18:26). This offering was reckoned as though it were the grain of the threshing floor and the fullness of the winepress (v. 27).
11假设一个以色列人生产了一百只山羊。他要把十分之一献给神，就是说，要把十只山羊献给神。这十只山羊要归给利未人。利未人得著这十只山羊之后，要把一只山羊献给神。这只山羊就是十分之一中的十分之一。这十分之一的奉献，好比今天缴所得税的作法。
11Suppose an Israelite produced one hundred goats. Since he was required to offer a tithe to God, this means that he would offer ten goats to Him. These ten goats would then go to the Levites. After receiving this tithe of ten goats, the Levites would set apart one goat to be offered to God. This goat was a tithe of the tithe. The offering of the tithe may be likened to today’s practice of paying in come tax
（二） 这十分之一中的十分之一要给祭司亚伦
2) The Tithe of the Tithe Being Given to Aaron the Priest
12『这样，你们从以色列人所得的十分之一，也要献给耶和华为举祭；从其中你们要将耶和华的举祭给祭司亚伦。』（民十八28。）这一节很清楚的告诉我们，利未人献给耶和华的举祭，是给祭司亚伦的。从百姓所取的十分之一要给利未人，从利未人所取的十分之一要归给祭司亚伦。
12So shall you also offer a heave offering to Jehovah from all your tithes, which you take from the sons of Israel; and from it you shall give Jehovah’she ave offering to Aaron the priest’’ (v. 28). This verse tells us clearly that the heave offering offered by the Levites to Jehovah was to be given to Aaron the priest. The tithe from the people went to the Levites, and the tithe from the Levites went to Aaron the priest
13为甚么十分之一中的十分之一要称为举祭？我们已经指出，在豫表中，举祭是指基督的升天，基督的升到诸天之上。这思想与主在马太六章十九、二十节所说的话相符，那里告诉我们要积蓄财宝在天上，不要积蓄财宝在地上。积蓄财宝在天上，就是把钱财『送到』天上，这样作也就是『举起』我们的财宝。按照豫表，凡举向神的，都成了升天基督的豫表。比如，假定某个举祭是由一百只山羊组成的；这些被举到诸天之上的山羊，就成了在升天里之基督的豫表。今天，我们这些神的儿女，也该将神赐给我们的东西，献上一些给神。当我们献上这些东西的时候，就是将牠们举起，将牠们举到诸天之上。凡我们这样献上的，都成了升天的基督。
13Why is the tithe of the tithe called a heave offering? We have pointed out that in typology the heave offering refers to the ascension of Christ, to the ascending of Christ to the heavens. This thought corresponds to the Lord’sword in Matthew 6:19 and 20, where we are told to ‘‘lay up treasures in heaven’’ rather than on earth. To lay up treasures in heaven is to ‘‘send’’ our money to heaven, and to do this is to ‘‘heave up’’ our money. According to typology, whatever is heaved to God becomes a type of the ascended Christ. For example, suppose a particular heave offering consisted of one hundred goats. These goats, which were heaved up to the heavens, became a type of Christ in ascension. Today, we, the children of God, should also offer some of the things God has given us. When we offer these things, we heave them up, lifting them up to the heavens. What we offer in this way becomes the ascended Christ
14以色列人在旷野的生活，乃是为基督作一切的生活。他们照管豫表基督的约柜，也照管约柜所在之处的帐幕。帐幕里有基督的各面—陈设饼桌子、灯台、香坛、约柜及其内容，而帐幕外有表征基督十字架的祭坛。
14The living of the children of Israel in the wilderness was a matter of doing everything for Christ. They took care of the ark, a type of Christ, and also of the tabernacle, the lodging place of the ark. Inside the tabernacle were different aspects of Christ—the showbread table, the lampstand, the incense altar, and the ark with its contents—and outside the tabernacle was the altar, which signifies the cross of Christ
15在林前二章二节，保罗说，『我曾定了主意，在你们中间不知道别的，只知道耶稣基督，并这位钉十字架的。』保罗顾到基督并祂的十字架；他在地上的一生，乃是照管基督和十字架的一生。保罗照管基督的时候，有时也制造帐棚。（徒十八3。）至终，他所制造的一切帐棚，都成了基督，因为他不是为自己，乃是为基督造的。保罗所制造的一切帐棚，都举到了诸
15In 1 Corinthians 2:2 Paul said, ‘‘I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, and this One crucified.’’ Paul cared for Christ and His cross. His life on earth was a life of handling Christ and the cross. While Paul was handling Christ, he sometimes handled tents as well (Acts 18:3). Eventually, all the tents he made became Christ, because he did not make them for himself but for Christ. All the tents made by Paul were heaved up to the heavens; hence, they all became Christ.
16天之上，因此，牠们都成了基督。
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17今天我们的原则应当是一样的。不管我们的职业是甚么，实际上，我们不该照管与我们工作有关的事，乃该一直照管基督。我们的光景是不是这样，在于一个基本因素：在我们的职业上，是为基督而工作，不是为自己而工作。我们若为基督而工作，我们所献给神的，就会成为举祭。这会成为属基督的事物献到诸天之上。我们这些基督徒在地上究竟作甚么？我们的中心是甚么？约柜是以色列人的中心。按照豫表，这指明我们的中心应当是基督。这豫表进一步指明，我们该照管那作约柜并帐幕一切内容的基督，也该照管祂的十字架。这样，无论我们作甚么，我们都是为著基督工作并照管基督。这要成为我们在地上生活的因素、原因、元素、与素质，使我们的生活绝对是基督。这样，凡我们给主的，就都向祂举起，并成为基督。
17The principle should be the same with us today. No matter what our profession or occupation may be, in actuality we should not be handling the things related to our work; rather, we should be handling Christ all the time. Whether or not this is our situation depends on a basic factor—working at our profession or occupation for Christ and not for ourselves. If we do our work for Christ, then what we offer to God will become a heave offering. It will become something of Christ heaved up to the heavens. What are we Christians doing on earth? What is our center? The ark was the center of the children of Israel. According to typology, this indicates that our center should be Christ. The type further indicates that we should handle Christ as the ark and as all the contents of the tabernacle, and we should also handle His cross. Then whatever we do, we will work for Christ and handle Christ. This will become the factor, the cause, the element, and the essence of our living on earth, and it will cause our living to be absolutely Christ. Then whatever we give to the Lord will be heaved up to Him and will become Christ
（三） 利未人和他们的家人，可以随处吃
3) The Tithe Being Eaten by the Levites and Their Households in Any Place
18『你们和你们的家人，可以随处吃；因为这是你们的赏赐，酬报你们在会幕中的服事。』（民十八31。）以色列人献给利未人的十分之一，利未人和他们的家人，可以随处吃。
18You may eat it in any place, you and your households; for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting’’ (v. 31). The tithe offered to the Levites by the sons of Israel could be eaten by the Levites and their households in any place
ｂ利未人在以色列人中没有产业
b. The Levites Having No Inheritance among the Sons of Israel
19祭司和利未人在以色列人中都没有产业。（民十八23下，24下。）他们的产业就是神。他们所享受的这位神，就是他们的赏赐，酬报他们的服事。今天我们服事的赏赐乃是基督。然而不幸的是，许多信徒只是非常有限的认识基督。因为他们对祂认识得不彀，对祂的享受就不彀。因此，我们读民数记，乃是为著更充分的认识祂，更多的享受祂。
19Neither the priests nor the Levites had any inheritance among the sons of Israel (vv. 23b, 24b). Their inheritance was God. The very God whom they enjoyed was their reward in return for their service. Today our reward for our service is Christ. Unfortunately, however, many believers know Christ only in a very limited way. Because they do not know Him adequately, they do not enjoy Him adequately. Thus, we are studying Numbers in order that we may know Christ in a fuller way and enjoy Him more.
20可拉、大坍、亚比兰公然反抗祭司体系，但神有力的为这祭司体系表白。神表白祭司体系，不仅藉著使亚伦的杖发芽，更藉著把这样的赏赐赐给了祭司。把赐给祭司的赏赐，与赐给利未人的赏赐相比，就清楚的看见，利未人的赏赐差得多。可拉、大坍、亚比兰背叛的主要动机，除了权力与地位之外，很可能就是因祭司享受到更高的赏赐。今天我们对神的事奉不是在物质的范围里，所以我们的赏赐也不是在物质的范围里。我们的赏赐乃是基督。我们若作祭司事奉，就要更多的享受基督。我们若仅仅作利未人事奉，对基督的享受就要减少。然而严格说来，神新约的经纶将祭司职任与利未事奉合而为一。在新约里，祭司职任包括利未人的事奉。这二者既成为一，赏赐也就是一—基督是一切。我愿鼓励所有的圣徒，特别是年轻人，挪出时间来研读神圣的话语，并读我们的书报。神话语中的丰富要重组你的全人。我盼望神圣的话语至终成为你的构成，盼望你被论到基督的神圣话语所构成。
20Korah, Dathan, and Abiram had defied the priesthood, but God strongly vindicated it. God vindicated the priesthood not only by causing Aaron’sr od to bud but, even more, by giving such a reward to the priests. By comparing the reward given to the priests with that given to the Levites, it is clear that the Levites’ reward was much inferior. It is possible that the enjoyment of the superior reward given to the priests was one of the primary motives, besides ambition for power and position, for the rebellion led by Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Our service to God today is not in the realm of material things, and therefore our reward is not in the realm of material things. Our reward is Christ. If we serve as priests, we will enjoy more of Christ. If we serve merely as Levites, we will enjoy less of Christ. Strictly speaking, however, God’s New Testament economy combines the priesthood and the Levitical service. In the New Testament, the priesthood includes the service of the Levites. Since these two have become one, the reward also is one— Christ as everything. I would encourage all the saints, especially the young people, to save their time for studying the holy Word and for reading our publications. The riches in the Word will reconstitute your entire being. I hope that the holy Word will eventually become your constitution, and that you will become a person constituted with the holy Word concerning Christ