民数记生命读经 · 第38篇

争战（七）

Fighting (7)

1读经：民数记二十七章一至十一节。

1Scripture Reading: Num. 27:1-11

陆判断女子

VI. THE STATUTE OF JUDGMENT

承受土地的律例

FOR THE WOMEN’SIN HER IT ING OF THE LAND

2在二十七章一至十一节，我们看见判断女子承受土地的律例

2In 27:1-11 we have the statute of judgment for the women’sin her it ing of the land

一西罗非哈女儿的请求

A. The Request of the Daughters of Zelophehad

3西罗非哈女儿说，『为甚么因我们的父亲没有儿子，就把他的名从他的家族除掉？求你在我们父亲的弟兄中，分给我们产业。』（民二七4。）按照神的命定，只有男子有权利承受产业。然而，这里有些女儿请求承受产业。我们看见，神尊重她们的请求。

3The daughters of Zelophehad said, ‘‘Why should the name of our father be taken away from his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father’s brothers’’ (v. 4). According to God’so rd i nation, only males had the right of inheritance. Here, however, some females requested an inheritance. As we will see, God honored their request

１属约瑟的儿子玛拿西的家族

1. Of One of the Families of Manasseh the Son of Joseph

4一至四节说到西罗非哈女儿的请求。她们是属约瑟的儿子玛拿西的家族。这是与生命和生命的交通有关的豫表。西罗非哈的女儿是属约瑟的儿子玛拿西的家族，这事实指明她们是在正确源头的生命和生命的交通里。

4Verses 1 through 4 speak of the request of the daughters of Zelophehad. They were of one of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph. This is a type related to life and the fellowship of life. The fact that the daughters of Zelophehad were of one of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph indicates that they were in the life and the fellowship of life of the proper origin

5在圣经里，承受产业是按照谱系来定规的。谱系是生命的事，这生命又与支派、族系、家族有关。在民数记二十七章这豫表中，基本的观念乃与生命有关。一切在基督里与我们有关的事物，都牵涉到我们在祂里面所得著的生命。生命有其源头，而生命是用某种方法，藉某种管道给我们得著的。我们得著神圣生命的方法非常重要。我们这些在基督里的信徒，都已经得著神圣的生命，但我们藉以得著这生命的凭藉或管道却有不同。得著神圣生命的凭藉与我们属灵的家族有关。民数记里的豫表，与生命的源头和得著生命的凭藉都有关系；按照这豫表，我们的所是和我们的将来乃在于我们的家族。我们是藉著谁得救而得著主耶稣，这是非常重要的，因为基督徒的生活和行事乃在于生命的源头和生命的管道。这是何以这豫表告诉我们，数点百姓是按照父亲的族系；这是基本条件。凡没有族系的人，即使他是真以色列人，他若没有谱系，就没有资格被数点。以色列人要被数点，必须在生命的源头和生命的管道上，有强的立埸。对我们今天来说，原则是一样的。我们必须在生命的源头上有强的立埸，也必须有正确的管道来得著神圣的生命。这管道就是我们得以在神圣的生命里有所存在的凭藉。

5In the Bible, inheritance is determined according to genealogy. A genealogy is a matter of life, and this life is related to tribes, houses, and families. The basic concept in the typology in Numbers 27 is concerned with life. Everything related to us in Christ involves the life which we have received in Him. Life has its source, and life is received by us in a certain way, through a particular channel. The way we receive the divine life is very important. As believers in Christ, we all have received the divine life, but there is a difference in the means or the channel through which we have received this life. The means of receiving the divine life involves the matter of our spiritual family. According to the type in Numbers, which is concerned with both the source of life and the means of receiving life, who we are and what we will be depend on our family. It matters a great deal through whom we were saved and received the Lord Jesus, for the Christian life with its activities depends on the source of life and the channel of life. This is the reason we are told, in the type, that the numbering of the people was carried out according to the houses of their fathers. This is a basic requirement. Anyone who did not have a house, even though he was a genuine Israelite, did not have a genealogy and was not qualified to be numbered. In order to be numbered, an Israelite had to have a strong standing related to the source of life and the channel of life. The principle is the same with us today. We must have a strong standing in the source of life, and we must have a proper channel for the receiving of the divine life. This channel is the means by which we came into existence in the divine life.

２是女子

2. Being Females

6二十七章四节的请求是由五个女子发起的。女子表征较软弱者。在神的眼中，我们都是女子。这就是说，我们在自己里面都是较软弱的，甚至是最软弱的。惟有基督是刚强者。

6The request in 27:4 was made by five females. The females signify the weaker ones. In the sight of God, we all are females. This means that in ourselves we all are the weaker ones, even the weakest ones. Only Christ is the strong One

7就属灵上说，整个宇宙中只有一个男子－化身在基督里的神。所以，基督是惟一的丈夫。所有信徒，包括弟兄在内，都是女子。在神的创造里我是男子，但在神的新造里我是女子。西罗非哈的五个女儿豫表了我们，她们的请求是为著我们众人的。

7Spiritually speaking, in the entire universe there is only one male—God embodied in Christ. Christ, therefore, is the unique Husband. All the believers, including the brothers, are females. In God’s creation I am a male, but in God’s new creation I am a female. The five daughters of Zelophehad typify us, and their request is for us all

３渴望得著她们父亲的产业

3. Having the Desire to Possess Their Father’s Inheritance

8西罗非哈的女儿渴望得著她们父亲的产业。在豫表上，这表征重看神所给的产业－恩典；这表征渴望承受神的恩典，承受基督作神给我们的恩典。我们都需要学习作这种请求。渴望得著基督作我们的享受乃是美妙的，这是讨神喜悦的。表面上，西罗非哈的女儿是为自己请求。（神不喜悦我们为著自己的请求。）实际上，她们是为著她们的父亲请求；她们的父亲只有女儿，没有儿子。（民二七4上。）律法中有一条律例说，已婚的男子若死了，没有儿子继承，他的产业连同妻子要给他的弟兄，这位弟兄要与那妻子为头一位弟兄生一个儿子。头一位弟兄的妻与第二位弟兄所生的儿子，要有头一位弟兄的名，不是第二位弟兄的名，使头一位弟兄的名留在神子民中间。这样，头一位弟兄就有后裔来记念他。西罗非哈的女儿所顾到的，乃是她们父亲的名会从他的家族除掉，他的产业会归与他家族以外的人。她们要她们父亲的产业归给生而归他的人，使他的名能在他的支派中蒙记念。所以，她们的请求不是为著自己，乃是为著她们的父亲。她们基于生命来作请求，要她们父亲的名得著记念。

8The daughters of Zelophehad had the desire to possess their father’s inheritance. In typology, this signifies having regard for the inheritance — grace — given by God; it signifies the desire to inherit God’s grace, to inherit Christ as the grace given to us by God. We all need to learn to make this kind of request. The desire to possess Christ as our enjoyment is marvelous, and it is pleasing to God. Apparently the daughters of Zelophehad were requesting something for themselves. (God is not pleased with a request that is for ourselves.) Actually, they were requesting something for the sake of their father, who had daughters but no sons (v. 4a). In the law there was a statute which said that if a married man died without a male heir, his inheritance with his wife was to go to his brother, who, with the wife, was to beget a son for the first brother. A son born of the first brother’s wife through the second brother was to bear the name not of the second brother but of the first, so that the name of the first brother would remain among the people of God. In this way there would be a descendant for the remembrance of the first brother. The concern of the daughters of Zelophehad was that their father’s name would be taken away from his family and that his inheritance would go to someone outside his family. They wanted their father’s inheritance to go to someone born for him that his name may be remembered among his tribe. Their request, therefore, was not for themselves but for their father. Making a request based on life, they wanted the name of their father to be remembered.

9这种请求是讨神喜悦的。祂不要祂的儿女没有后裔。反之，祂要祂的儿女留在祂子民的历史中。祂的子民中若有一人没有后裔，祂就要找一条路为他豫备后裔，好使他在祂子民的历史中蒙记念。

9This kind of request is pleasing to God. He does not want any of His children to be without a descendant. Rather, He wants His children to remain in the history of His people. If one of His people does not have a descendant, He likes to find a way to provide a descendant for him so that he will be remembered in the history of His people

二神判断的律例

B. God’s Statute of Judgment

10当摩西将西罗非哈五个女儿的案件带到耶和华面前，（民二七5，）祂对他说，『西罗非哈的女儿说的有理；你定要在她们父亲的弟兄中，把地业分给她们为业，使她们父亲的产业传给她们。』（民二七7。）耶和华似乎是说，『她们的请求有理，是讨我喜悦的。我不愿意看见我子民中有一个死去，而没有在我子民的历史中蒙记念。五个女儿的请求乃是按照我的愿望。』五个女儿得著了她们父亲之兄弟中的产业。然而，这里有一个约束的条件，就是女儿不能嫁到别的支派去。（民三六5～6，６～７。）

10When Moses brought the case of the five daughters of Zelophehad before Jehovah (v. 5), He said to him, ‘‘The daughters of Zelophehad speak rightly; you shall surely give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them’’ (v. 7). The Lord seemed to be saying, ‘‘Their request is right. It is pleasing to Me. I do not like to see one of My people dying without having a remembrance in the history of My people. The request of the five daughters is according to My desire.’’ The five daughters were given an inheritance among their father’s brothers. There was, however, a binding term. This term, or condition, was that the daughters were not to marry outside their tribe (36:2-3, 6-7

11我们可以将二十七章一至十一节里的豫表，应用到我们信徒今天的光景里。在基督里我们有权利承受神圣的事物。我们需要为我们合理的产业请求，神会准许这请求。然而，我们必须履行一个条件：我们不可嫁到别的『支派』去。今天我们的

11We may apply the type in 27:1-11 to our situation as believers today. In Christ we have the right to inherit the divine things. We need to request our rightful inheritance, and God will approve this request. However, there is a condition that we must fulfill: we must not marry outside our ‘‘tribe.’’ Our tribe today is Christ and the church

12支派乃是基督和召会。

13在八至十一节，我们看见这判断之律例更进一步的方面。以色列人若死了，没有儿子，他的产业要传给他的女儿。（民二七8。）他若没有女儿，他的产业要给他的弟兄。（民二七9。）他若没有弟兄，他的产业要给他父亲的弟兄。（民二七10。）他父亲若没有弟兄，他的产业要给他家族中最近的亲属。（民二七11。）这豫表得著对基督的享受，必须基于我们生命里的关系。

13In verses 8 through 11 we have further aspects of this statute of judgment. If an Israelite died and had no sons, his inheritance would be given to his daughters (v. 8). If he had no daughters, his inheritance would be given to his brothers (v. 9). If he had no brothers, his inheritance would be given to his father’s brothers (v. 10). If his father had no brothers, his inheritance would be given to his nearest relative of his family (v. 11). This typifies that the possession of the enjoyment of Christ must be based on our relationship in life.

14我们有何种生命里的关系，决定我们要得著何种的享受。这就是说，我们在生命里之关系的程度，决定我们对基督的享受有多少。对基督的享受，在种类和程度上可能有所不同。我们对生命的经历若是高的，我们对基督的享受也高。但我们对生命的经历若是低的、有限的，我们对基督的享受也很低、很有限。对基督的享受是由我们生命的经历来量度的。论到判断女子承受土地之律例的这段民数记，实际上是说到基督与召会。或者你想，民数记二十七章一至十一节，那里可以看到基督与召会？这些经文常常说到承受产业，就是承受美地。在豫表中，美地表征基督；承受美地表征我们对基督的享受。因此在这段经文中，基督是由美地的产业所豫表。但我们在那里看见召会？召会乃是由二十六章二节所说，以及二十七章所含示并假定父亲的族系（house）所表征。今天召会是神的家；（提前三15；）我们曾是外人和客旅，现今却是『神家里的亲人』。（弗二19。）我们都是我们父家的一员了。我们既是父家的一员，就有真实的生命源头，并得著生命的管道与凭藉。虽然我们有享受美地产业这权利，但我们要执行这权利，却需要有族系和管道。离了族系和管道，我们无法执行对产业的权利。我们需要源头和管道。源头是生命，管道是生命的交通。我们许多人能见证，在召会中我们得著了神圣的生命，并享受了神圣生命的交通。

14The kind of relationship in life we have will determine the kind of enjoyment we will possess. This means that the degree of our relationship in life determines the amount of our enjoyment of Christ. The enjoyment of Christ may differ both in kind and in degree. If our experience of life is high, then our enjoyment of Christ will also be high. But if our experience of life is low and very limited, then our enjoyment of Christ will also be low and very limited. The enjoyment of Christ is measured by our experience of life. This portion of Numbers concerning the statute of judgment for the women’s inheriting of the land actually concerns Christ and the church. Perhaps you are wondering where we can see Christ and the church in 27:1-11. These verses often refer to the inheritance, meaning the inheritance of the good land. In typology, the good land signifies Christ, and the inheritance of the good land signifies our enjoyment of Christ. Hence, in these verses Christ is typified by the inheritance of the good land. But where do we see the church? The church is signified by the father’sho use, which is mentioned in 26:2 and which is implied and assumed in chapter twenty-seven. The church today is the house of God (1 Tim. 3:15), and we who once were strangers and sojourners are now ‘‘members of the household of God’’ (Eph. 2:19). We all are members of our Father’sho use. As members of the household of God, we have the real source of life and the channels, the means, of receiving life. Although we have the right to enjoy the inheritance of the good land, in order to execute this right, we need the house and the channels. Apart from the house and the channels, we cannot exercise our right of inheritance. We need the source and the channels. The source is life, and the channels are the fellowship of life. Many of us can testify that in the church we have received the divine life and have enjoyed the fellowship of the divine life.

15得著神圣的生命并享受神圣生命的交通，产生对基督的享受。然而，一些有异议的人对享受基督有错误的观念。他们声称我们不该顾到工作，只该顾到享受基督。他们所提倡的这种享受是不平衡的。按照约翰十五章，对基督正确的享受乃是一种平衡的享受，因为那与结果子有关。享受基督而没有结果子，乃是不正确、不平衡的。实际上，这种所谓的享受基督是错误且不真实的。圣经启示，我们对美地若有真实的享受，就会有所出产。若有人声称享受美地的产业，却从来没有收成，我们可以合理的询问他，所说的是何种享受。他的享受可能是不正确，甚至是假的。按时的收成乃是我们享受基督作美地的证明。民数记里的豫表启示，我们若要享受基督作我们的产业，有分于基督的丰富，就必须有召会生活。我们要享受基督，就必须有召会生活。召会生活多少关系到我们与那些亲近之人的交通。民数记二十七章八至十一节指明，得著产业，得著对基督的享受，乃是基于我们在生命里的关系。或者更好是将『关系』这属人的用辞，改为『交通』这神圣的用语。我们在召会中与圣徒的交通，乃是一种关系。我们若要对基督有享受，就必须有这种关系，这种交通。我们若失去与圣徒的交通，也就失去对基督的享受。我们由此看见，放弃召会生活是危险的，就如有些亲爱的圣徒所作的。那些放弃召会生活，连同生命交通的人，自然就失去他们的权利，无法承受对基督的享受。愿我们都蒙光照，看见这要紧的事，并留在与圣徒（神这大家族之成员）生命的交通里。

15The receiving of the divine life and the enjoyment of the fellowship of the divine life result in the enjoyment of Christ. Some dissenting ones, however, have a wrong concept concerning the enjoyment of Christ. They claim that we should not care for any work but should care only for the enjoyment of Christ. The kind of enjoyment promoted by them is unbalanced. According to John 15, the proper enjoyment of Christ is a balanced enjoyment, for it is related to fruit - bearing. The enjoyment of Christ that is without fruit- bearing is improper and unbalanced. Actually, this so- called enjoyment of Christ is wrong and unreal. The Bible reveals that if we have the real enjoyment of the good land, we will have produce. If someone claims to enjoy his inheritance of the good land but never has a harvest, we may rightly question what kind of enjoyment he is talking about. His enjoyment may be improper and even false, for it is an enjoyment without a harvest. A timely harvest is the proof of our enjoyment of Christ as the good land. The typology in Numbers reveals that if we are to enjoy Christ as our inheritance, participating in the riches of Christ, we must have the church life. In order to enjoy Christ, we must have the church life. The church life is somewhat related to our fellowship with those who are close to us. Numbers 27:8-11 indicates that the possession of the inheritance, the possession of the enjoyment of Christ, is based on our relationship in life. Perhaps it is better to replace relationship, a human word, with fellowship, a divine word. Our fellowship with the saints in the church is a kind of relationship. We must have this relationship, this fellowship, if we are to have the enjoyment of Christ. If we lose our fellowship with the saints, we will also lose our enjoyment of Christ. From this we see that it is risky and dangerous to give up the church life, as some dear ones have done. Those who give up the church life with the fellowship of life spontaneously lose their right to inherit the enjoyment of Christ. May we all be enlightened concerning this crucial matter and remain in the fellowship of life with the saints, the members of God’s great family.

见证

16弟兄：为著召会生活中的父亲，赞美主！基督徒的生活在于生命的源头和生命的管道。我很高兴的说，我知道自己在召会生活中有一些父亲。我在这里乃是那些在基督里生了我之人的果子。我说到自己在召会中有父亲，并不羞耻。最近我接触一位渐有异议的弟兄。我对他说，『弟兄，你要记得那些在主里面照顾你的人，使你藉以得著神圣分赐的人。』当他告诉我，他不能相信或接受我所说的，我的心下沉了。不承认我们属灵的父亲，就是那些生了我们，使我们藉以得著神圣生命的人，乃是羞耻的。保罗在提后三章十四节说，『但你所学习、所确信的，要活在其中，因为知道你是跟谁学的。』弟兄们，我们需要知道我们是跟谁学的。我们需要知道我们有一个源头，一个在神的经纶里一直教导我们，养育我们的丰富职事。我知道我是跟谁学的，我为这将基督分赐给我的丰富职事感谢主。

17弟兄：我特别享受两点。第一，

18五个女儿的请求不是按著自己，乃是按照神的愿望。神不要祂的子民没有延续，祂要他们有延续。五个女儿的请求乃是按照神所要给祂子民的。第二，五个女儿需要遵循原则。我们可以将她们与罗得的女儿比较。罗得的女儿渴望承受产业，却没有遵循正确的原则。反之，他们偏离了神的原则，按照他们天然的努力繁殖后代。相反的，西罗非哈的女儿遵循了神的原则，守住了正确的立埸。神允许她们得著产业，只要她们履行一个条件，就是只嫁给她们支派以内的人。今天，我们若要结果子，就需要按照基督与召会的正路作。我们需要基督作我们的丈夫，也需要召会作我们的家族。我们需要按照我们丈夫的生命，在身体里结果子。

弟兄：表面上，五个女儿是为自

19己寻求一些东西。实际上，她们是顾到神的权益。以色列人在早期的历史里，是为自己求东西，不是为著神的权益。例如，他们要肉，神就用不是很积极的方法，给他们鹌鹑。但五个女儿的请求乃是按照主的愿望。神的愿望是得著果子，祂想要有扩增。神想要有神圣的延续。我从经历能见证，即使我们是软弱的女子，但我们的请求若是按照主的心，祂必会成就。主有时答应我们的请求，是我们从未经历过的。我们渴望神的恩典，这可能使祂作一些从未作过的事。这真是奇妙！我们不该有天然、出于肉体的请求。我们若要承受美地，并对基督有更深、更丰富的享受，我们的请求必须是按照基督与召会。我们若要有扩增，就必须按照基督的生命并基督的路得著扩增，也必须在身体里得著扩增。我们若按照基督与召会，为著产业和扩增有所请求，主必为著祂的权益作一些事。

20弟兄：为著生命的源头、生命的管道和后裔，感谢主。我欣赏主不愿让我们家族的历史中断的这个事实。民数记这段话指明，对基督的享受与得著后裔有关。五个女儿想要承受美地，她们想要得著后裔。她们为此迫切。今天我们该寻求得著基督，也要得著后裔。没有基督，我们就无法有后裔。在召会历史中，有些信徒迫切要得著基督，但他们没有迫切要得著后裔。至终，他们的历史就中断了。藉著主的怜悯，我们的历史是延续的，因为我们迫切要得著基督，也迫切要得著后裔。弟兄：就著带进基督来说，民数记

21二十七章一至十一节的律例是很重要的。波阿斯和路得的婚姻就是基于这律例。马太一章五节的注解说，波阿斯赎回他亲属的产业，并娶了那人的寡妇，（路四1～17，）就成了基督一位显著的先祖，是基督

22一位伟大的同伙。我们看见在约瑟和耶稣的母亲马利亚的事例中，这律例更是重要。马太一章十六节说，『雅各生约瑟，就是马利亚的丈夫，』但路加三章

23二十三节说约瑟是希里的儿子。马太一章十六节的注解说，在路加的记载是『按律法。』就如注解所说，这意思就是『约瑟实际上不是希里的儿子，乃是按律法算为他的儿子。约瑟是马利亚的父亲希里的女婿。这事例也许是照著民数记二十七章

24一至八节，三十六章一至十二节神所定规的：父母若只有女儿为后裔，产业应归女儿；但女儿只能嫁给同支派的男子，使产业留在原支派内。连旧约这样的定规，也与基督的家谱有关，显示全本圣经的记载都是关于基督的。』五个女儿的请求不是为著自己；她们所求的乃是为著神的经纶，为著带进基督。