民数记生命读经 · 第37篇

争战（六）

Fighting (6)

1读经：民数记二十六章一至六十五节。神创造宇宙，给我们有昼夜。在我们属灵的经历里，原则也是一样：我们有昼，也有夜。民数记二十五章所描述的经历是黑夜，但在民数记二十六章，有一件与白昼有关的事。

1Scripture Reading: Num. 26:1-65 God created the universe in such a way that we have both day and night. The principle is the same in our spiritual experiences: we have both nights and days. The experience described in Numbers 25 was in the night, but in Numbers 26 we have something related to the day

伍重新数点百姓

V. THE RENUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE

2二十六章专讲神百姓的重新数点。

2Chapter twenty-six is devoted to the renumbering of God’sp eople

一在向行淫和拜偶像之人藉著疫病施行洁净以后

A. After the Purification by the Plague on the Fornicators and Idolaters

3在向行淫和拜偶像之人藉著疫病施行洁净以后，（民二六1上，）紧接著是二十六章的重新数点。二十五章的失败是神的子民在旷野中最大的失败。这由二万四千人死于疫病（民二五9）这事实得著证明。这疫病是对神子民的炼净，是一种筛，对付了他们中间的搀杂。

3The renumbering in chapter twenty-six took place immediately after the purification by the plague on the fornicators and idolaters (v. 1a). The failure in chapter twenty-five was the greatest failure of God’sp eople in the wilderness. This is proved by the fact that twenty- four thousand people died by the plague (25:9). This plague was a purification of God’sp eople, and this purification was a sifting that dealt with the mixture among them

4民数记十一章四节说到『搀杂的群众。』这指明在以色列人的会众中间有搀杂。有些不纯洁的人与神的子民混在一起。以色列的历史是召会完整的豫表，所以，以色列人中间的搀杂，豫表召会的搀杂。召会生活总是有某种的搀杂。甚至主耶所拣选的门徒中间，也有一个是不纯洁的，就是犹大。行传五章指明，召会生活一开头，在耶路撒冷的召会就有搀杂。亚拿尼亚和撒非喇，是真信徒，却是不纯洁的。不仅如此，保罗在他末了一封书信，提摩太后书中，也说了很多关于搀杂的话。有些人，像铜匠亚力山大，（提前一20，提后四14～15，）恨恶保罗且反对他到极点。在亚西亚，有许多由保罗𫗪养长大的人，离弃他的职事；（提后一15；）还有一位同工底马，因著爱现今的世代，离弃了保罗。（提四40。）这里的点乃是:在神的子民中间有搀杂，神就用祂子民中间的失败和风波，来炼净他们。

4Numbers 11:4 speaks of ‘‘the mixed multitude.’’ This indicates that among the congregation of the children of Israel there was a mixture. Some impure ones had become mixed with the people of God. Since the history of Israel is a complete type of the church, the mixture among the children of Israel is a type of the mixture in the church. There will often be some kind of mixture in the church life. Even with the apostles chosen by the Lord Jesus there was one— Judas—who was not pure. Acts 5 indicates that, at the very beginning of the church life, there was mixture in the church in Jerusalem. The mixture there was with Ananias and Sapphira, who were genuine believers but were not pure. Furthermore, the last of the epistles written by Paul, 2 Timothy, has much to say concerning mixture. Some, like Alexander the coppersmith (1 Tim 1:20; 2 Tim. 4:14-15), hated Paul and opposed him to the uttermost. Many of those in Asia who had been raised up by Paul turned away from his ministry (1:15), and Demas, a co - worker, because of his love for the present age, forsook Paul (4:10). The point here is that there is mixture among God’sp eople, and God uses the failure and turmoil among His people to purify them.

5在民数记二十五章里那次大的失败之后，以色列人就得了炼净。二十五章里的惩罚，是以色列人进美地以前所经过的末了炼净。疫病所杀死的二万四千人，应该包括那些在十四章失败而被定罪的人。那些经过了旷野里一切炼净而存留的人，特别是经过末了一次最大之炼净的人，乃是得著炼净的人。这些被炼净的人需要重新数点。这重新数点含示某种程度的顶替和重组；需要顶替所有在军中死去的人，也需要重组军队。由此可见，重新数点是很有意义的。

5After the great failure in Numbers 25, the children of Israel were purified. The punishment in chapter twenty- five was the last purification of the children of Israel before they entered into the good land. The twenty-four thousand who were killed by the plague should have included some of those who had been condemned for their failure in chapter fourteen. Those who survived all the purifications in the wilderness, especially the last and greatest purification, were a purified people. These purified ones needed to be renumbered. This renumbering implies some amount of replacement and re-formation. There was the need to replace all those in the army who had died. Also, there was the need for the army to be re-formed. From this we see that the renumbering was very significant

二在摩押平原，与耶利哥相对的约但河边

B. In the Plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho

6头一次数点是在西乃的旷野；（民一1~2；）重新数点是在摩押平原，与耶利哥相对的约但河边。（民二六3，63。）这指明重新数点的地方是在美地的入口。三为了藉争战承受地土

6The first numbering had taken place in the wilderness of Sinai (1:1-2). The renumbering took place in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho (26:3, 63). This indicates that the place of the renumbering was at the entrance to the good land. C. For the Inheriting of the Land through Fighting

7头一次数点是为了成军，（民一3，）重新数点是为了承受地土（对基督的享受）。重新数点的目标是争战和分地。（民二六53。）目的是去得著，并分配美地，好叫所有的百姓都能有分并享受。头一次的数点，目的完全是为著组成军队来跟随耶和华，同祂行走旅程，为著祂的国争战。可以说，头一次数点是为著达到目标的路。然而，第二次的数点的目标乃是为著进入美地。当然，这仍需要争战。在我们基督徒的生活里，常常需要争战。为著争战，我们需要儆醒、祷告、常时与主是一。

7The first numbering was for the formation of the army (1:3). The renumbering was for the inheriting of the land (the enjoyment of Christ). The renumbering had the fighting and the distribution of the land as its goal (26:53). The aim was to gain the good land and distribute it so that all the people could share it and enjoy it. The purpose of the first numbering was absolutely for the formation of the army to follow Jehovah, to journey with Him, and to fight for His kingdom. We may say that the first numbering was for the way to reach the goal. The second numbering, however, was for the goal of entering into the good land. This, of course, still required fighting. In our Christian life there is always the need to fight. In order to fight, we need to watch, pray, and be one with the Lord all the time

四按父亲的族系、年岁、以及权柄的认定

D. According to the Fathers’ Houses, Age, and the Recognition by the Authorities

8『你们要将以色列全会众，按他们父亲的族系，凡以色列中从二十岁以上，能出去打仗的，计算总数。』（民二六2。）这里我们看见百姓是按照父亲的族系数点的。一个人要被数点，他不能是收养的，必须是生而进入父亲的族系的。

8‘‘Take the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and above, by their fathers’ houses, all in Israel who are able to go forth to war’’ (26:2). Here we see that the people were numbered according to the fathers’ houses. In order to be numbered, one could not be adopted but had to be born into the house of his father.

9父亲的族系是生命并生命交通的事。要成为某族系的一员，就要有那族系的生命及其交通。在同一家的人就有那一家的生命；他们也有分于那家的交通，那是生命的交通。关于神家里生命和生命交通的事，启示在约翰的著作里。在约翰福音里，我们看见神家里的生命;在约翰的书信里，我们有父家中神儿女的交通。

9The father’sho use is a matter of life and of the fellowship of life. To be a member of a certain house is to have the life of that house with its fellowship. Those who are in the same family have the life of that family; they also participate in the fellowship of that family, which is a fellowship of life. The matters of the life of God’sho use and the fellowship of this life are revealed in the writings of John. In the Gospel of John we see the life of God’sho use, and in John’s epistles we have the fellowship of the children of God in the Father’sho use

10以色列人要被数点，就需要在他们父亲的族系里有生命的交通。所以，重新数点不是表面的事，乃是内在的事，乃是基于生命和生命的交通。重新数点也是按照年岁（成熟）。二十岁以下的以色列人不能被数点。由此可见，人要被数点，必须在生命里长大成熟。这标准很严紧，不仅要求生命和生命的交通，也要求生命里的成熟。不仅如此，重新数点也需要权柄的认定。这里我们看见神圣的权柄，特别是代表权柄。我们无法否认，在神子民中间有代表权柄这样的事，就是神派给作祂代表者的权柄。我们在旧约和新约都看到这样的代表权柄。就著民数记二十六章里的重新数点百姓，代表权柄要认定所作的事要按照神的条例。

10In order to be numbered, the children of Israel were required to be in the fellowship of the life of their fathers’ house. The renumbering, therefore, was not a superficial thing but something intrinsic. It was based on life and on the fellowship of life. The renumbering was also according to age (maturity). An Israelite who was under the age of twenty could not be numbered. From this we see that in order to be numbered one had to grow in life to maturity. The standard was strict and required not only life and the fellowship of life but also the maturity in life. Furthermore, the renumbering required the recognition by the authorities. Here we have the matter of divine authority, in particular, deputy authority. We cannot deny the fact that among God’sp eople there is such a thing as deputy authority, that is, the authority of God delegated to His representatives. We find such deputy authority both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. Concerning the renumbering of the people in Numbers 26, the deputy authorities were to recognize the things that were done according to God’s regulations

五数点十二支派

E. The Numbering of the Twelve Tribes

11在二十六章五至五十一节，我们看见数点十二支派，数目是六十万零一千七百三十名。我们若比较第一次数点与第二次数点，就看见有些支派减少了，而别的支派扩增了。

11In 26:5-51 we have the numbering of the twelve tribes, with the number being 601,730. If we compare the second numbering with the first, we will see that some tribes decreased, whereas other tribes increased

１从二十岁以上

1. From Twenty Years Old and Above

12从二十岁以上的才被数点。（民二六2。）这就是说他们是成熟能争战的。２有些女儿被数点

12Those numbered had to be twenty years old and above (v. 2). This means that they had to be mature for fighting. 2. Some of the Daughters Being Numbered

13三十三和四十六节指明有些女儿被数点。她们被数点是为著承受地土。六分地的条例

13Verses 33 and 46 indicate that some of the daughters were numbered. Their being numbered was for inheriting the land. F. The Regulation for the Distribution of the Land

14在五十二至五十六节，我们看见分地的条例。

14In verses 52 through 56 we have the regulation for the distribution of the land

１按人数

1. According to the Number of People

15『你要照著人名的数目，将地分给这些人为业。族人多的，你要把产业多分给他们；族人少的，你要把产业少分给他们；要照各族的人数，把产业分给各族。』（民二六53～54。）这两节指明，将地分给各支派，乃是按照各支派的人数。这就是说，分地是按生命的扩增。扩增较多的就得著较大的产业。

15To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; each shall be given its inheritance according to its numbers’’ (vv. 53-54). These verses indicate that the distribution of land to each tribe was according to the number of people in the tribes. This means that the distribution was according to the increase of life. Those with a greater increase were to receive a larger inheritance

２凭拈阄，按著百姓祖宗各支派的名字

2. By Lot, according to the Names of the Tribes of the People’s Fathers

16『虽是这样，还是要拈阄分地；他们要按著祖示各支派的名字，承受为业。你要按著所拈的阄，依人数的多少，把产业分给他们。』（民二六55～56。）这样凭拈阄分地，乃是按著神主宰下的祝福；而按人数分地乃是人责任的问题。一面，百姓要担起责任使人数扩增；另一面，神命定要按著神主宰下的祝福来分地。所以，分地乃在于人的责任和神圣的主宰。

16The land shall be divided by lot, according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller’’ (vv. 55-56). This distributing of the land by lot was according to the blessing under God’s sovereignty, whereas the distributing of the land according to the number of people was a matter of human responsibility. On the one hand, the people had to bear the responsibility to have the increase in number. On the other hand, God ordained that the land be distributed according to the blessing under His sovereignty. Therefore, the distribution of the land depended both on human responsibility and on divine sovereignty

七数点利未人

G. The Numbering of the Levites

17以色列人是特别的子民，是为著神且从列国分别出来的子民。在这特别的子民中间，有突出的支派，就是利未人；这支派不数在以色列人中。利未人是最接近神，代替全部以色列人事奉神的支派。

17The children of Israel were a peculiar people, a people who were for God and thus stood apart from the nations. Among this peculiar people there was an extraordinary tribe—the Levites—and this tribe was not numbered among the sons of Israel. The Levites were the tribe which was closest to God and which served God as the replacement of all the Israelites.

18在五十七至六十二节，我们看见数点利未人，他们没有分得地。『利未人中，凡一个月以上被数点的男子，共有二万三千名。他们没有数在以色列人中，因为在以色列人中，没有分给他们产业。』（民二六62。）

18In verses 57 through 62 we have the numbering of the Levites, who were not to have a portion of the land. ‘‘Those numbered of them were twenty - three thousand, every male from a month old and above; for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the sons of Israel’’ (v. 62).

八除了迦勒和约书亚以外，没有一个人是在头一次数点中的

H. Not One Being in the First Numbering except Caleb and Joshua

19在第二次数点中，除了迦勒和约书亚，没有一个人是在头一次数点中的。这就是说只有迦勒和约书亚经过两次数点。除了这两个人，那些在头一次数点中的，包括摩西和亚伦，都不在重新数点中。

19Among all those who were included in the second numbering, none had been in the first numbering, except Caleb and Joshua. This means that only Caleb and Joshua were numbered twice. With the exception of these two, all those in the first numbering, including Moses and Aaron, were not in the renumbering

见证

20弟兄：赞美主，在以色列人极大的失败之后有重新数点！这指明神不停止,直到祂完成了工作。祂要成就祂的定旨，将祂的子民带进美地。重新数点是为著承受地土。已过我曾受搅扰，主的恢复中怎会有风波。现在我看见风波有一个目的－炼净神的子民，使他们能进入美地。神用失败和风波来炼净我们，使我们不再搀杂。我也很摸著旧的一代要死去的事实。那一代完全受到对付；除了迦勒和约书亚，没有一个人有分于重新数点。由此看见，搀杂和老旧必须过去。愿主炼净我们一切的搀杂和老旧！愿主炼净我们全人！弟兄：按照民数记，承受美地在于我们负责任有生命里的扩增。最近，有人批评新路，说我们从生命岔到工作里，说我们该放下我们的作工，回来享受基督。这是欺骗的话。新路给众人机会尽我们的责任。没有新路，许多人不会有路，来尽我们在主面前所担负的责任。我们若不尽我们的责任，就不会履行那承受基督作享受的条件。许多人能见证，我们越藉著传福音结果子、照顾新人，并在聚会中申言来事奉主，我们就越享受基督。那些人说我们不需要为主劳苦，只要吃喝主并享受召会生活，我们不该被他们欺骗。保罗说他因著神的恩成了他今天这个人，并且这恩临到他不是徒然的；反而他比众使徒格外劳苦。保罗不是凭自己劳苦，乃是凭神的恩劳苦。劳苦和享受是并行的。我们越事奉主，就越享受祂。为著主的新路，赞美主！这路给我们众人有机会，在身体里尽我们的责任。

21姊妹：以色列人是按他们父亲的族系重新被数点的。这数点不仅按著先祖，更是按著父亲的族系。这是生命和生命交通的事，二者都不该有搀杂。我们若容许搀杂进来，就失去了被重新数点的立埸。我们失去权利，未被数点在进入并承受美地的人中。我们不该容许任何狡猾的搀杂，使我们不再顾到生命的源头和对生命交通的经历。我们需要非常在意我们的家族，并维持家族里的交通。我们都得著了神圣的生命，但这生命是在家里长大的。我们若要被数点，就需要留在家的环境里，留在家的范围里。我们若失去家的地位，就失去重新数点的根据。哦，愿我们都留在家里生命纯洁的交通中！

22弟兄：有些分裂的人说，那为著人数扩增的不是为著生命。按照民数记二十六章的豫表，那为著人数的人是相当为著生命的。重新数点乃是按照父亲的族系；这指明要有人数的扩增，必须为著生命。这是我竭力要进入新路时的经历。我迫切要得著后裔，得著新的一代。我若要有后裔，就必须迫切得著生命。我们无法把人数和生命分开。我很高兴主使我们想到人数扩增的事，因为这使我们思想我们对生命的经历是否真实。生命与人数是并行的。只有藉著这么顾到生命，才有机会繁殖，并有人数的增加。

23弟兄：为著众支派中间分地的方式，赞美主！这方式是平衡的。一面，我们必须为著扩增劳苦。以弗所三章告诉我们，我们能和众圣徒

24一同领略基督的度量。享受基督的人越多，我们对基督的享受就越多。另一面，这是神主宰的事。我们必须往前，为著人数的扩增而劳苦，也必须尊重神的主宰。