民数记生命读经 · 第46篇

争战（十五）

Fighting (15)

1读经：民数记33:50-56;34:1-29。在本篇论到豫先安排美地之分配的信息中，我们要来看承受美地的律例，（民三三50～56，）美地的境界及分地者。（民三四1～29。）

1Scripture Reading: Num. 33:50-56; 34:1-29 In this message on the prearrangement of the distribution of the good land, we will consider the statutes for inheriting the good land (33:5056) and the boundaries of the good land and its distributors (34:1-29

二承受美地的律例

B. The Statutes for Inheriting the Good Land

１在摩押平原，约但河边，耶利哥对面赐给摩西

1. Given to Moses in the Plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho

2这些律例是在摩押平原，约但河边，耶利哥对面，赐给摩西的，那地曾发生许多纷争。甚至今天，约但河东仍是块纷争之地。

2These statutes were given to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho (33:50), a land that has been the scene of much trouble. Even today, the land east of the Jordan is a land of troubles

２以色列人要赶出那地所有的居民，毁坏他们一切石錾的像，拆毁他们一切的高处，夺取那地，住在其中

2. The Sons of Israel Driving Out All the Inhabitants of the Land, Destroying All Their Figured Stones and Molten Images, Demolishing All Their High Places, and Taking Possession of the Land and Settling in It

3耶和华吩咐摩西对百姓说，『你们过约但河进迦南地的时候，就要从你们面前赶出那地所有的居民，毁坏他们一切石錾的像，拆毁他们一切的高处。你们要夺取那地，住在其中，因为我已经把那地赐给你们为业。』（民三三～53。）这些经文启示，他们把那地邪恶的居民赶出去之后，要毁坏一切的偶像和敬拜偶像的高地。惟有那样，他们才有资格取得并享受那地。今天我们享受基督的原则也是一样的。基督已经赐给我们作我们的分，给我们享受;然而，我们要得著这分享受，必须履行条件。这条件就是与神所定规的合作，把神和基督之外的一切东西从我们里面赶出去。这就是说，我们必须毁坏我们里面所有的偶像。偶像就是除神以外霸占我们的东西。学位、高职、华厦、地位或阶级，美名，这一切都能成为霸占我们的偶像。我们必须把一切可能在我们里面的偶像毁坏，不留任何地位给偶像的崇拜。我们不对付里面的偶像，就无法真正的享受基督。

3Jehovah commanded Moses to say to the people, ‘‘When you passover the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places; and you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it’’ (vv. 51-53). These verses reveal that, after 51 driving out the devilish inhabitants of the land, they were to destroy all the idols and high places, the places where the idols were worshipped. Only then would they be qualified to take possession of the land and enjoy it. The principle is the same concerning our enjoyment of Christ today. Christ has been given to us as our portion for our enjoyment, yet there is a condition which we must fulfill in order to have this enjoyment. This condition is that we cooperate with God’s ordination to drive out everything in us which is other than God and Christ. This means that we must destroy all the idols within us. An idol is anything other than God that occupies us. A degree, a good job, a nice house, a position or rank, a good name— all these can become idols occupying us. We must destroy any idols that may be in us and not leave any ground within us for the worship of idols. Without dealing with the idols in us, we cannot have the genuine enjoyment of Christ.

4有些人可能说到享受基督，但对他们来说，这只是个口号。我们能否真正的享受基督，在于我们对里面的人清理到甚么程度。今天基督这美地就在我们里面，但我们要享受这美地，必须绝对的清除神以外霸占我们的东西。甚至给神以外的东西有一点崇拜的地位，都会废掉我们对基督的享受。愿我们对一切的偶像都有彻底的清理，好叫我们能享受基督这美地。

4Some may talk about the enjoyment of Christ, but for them this is merely a slogan. Whether or not we can have the real enjoyment of Christ depends upon the extent to which there is a clearance of our inner being. Today Christ as the good land is in us, but the enjoyment of this good land requires an absolute clearance of anything other than God that occupies us. To give even a little ground to the worship of something other than God will annul our enjoyment of Christ. May we all have a thorough clearing away of every kind of idol so that we can enjoy Christ as the good land

３他们要按家族拈阄，承受美地

3. Inheriting the Land by Lot according to Their Families

5『你们要按家族拈阄，承受那地。家族人多的，要把产业多分给他们，人少的，要把产业少分给他们。拈出的地归给何人，就要归何人；你们要照你们祖宗的支派承受。』（民三三54。）这里我们看见以色列人要按照两件事承受土地：按照他们的支派，按照拈阄。支派的大小是生命扩增的事，拈阄是神主宰权柄的事。这指明今天对基督的享受，主要是在于我们生命的扩增，并神主宰的权柄。

5You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; for a large one you shall enlarge his inheritance, and for a small one you shall decrease his inheritance; wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit’’ (v. 54). Here we see that the children of Israel were to inherit the land according to two things: according to their tribes and according to the lot. The size of the tribes was a matter of the increase in life, and the lot was a matter of God’s sovereignty. This indicates that the enjoyment of Christ today mainly depends on our increase in life and on God’s sovereignty

４不从他们面前赶出那地居民的结果

4. The Consequences of Not Driving Out the Inhabitants of the Land from before Them

6在五十五、五十六节，我们看见他们不从他们面前赶出那地居民的结果。神的子民若不赶出那地的居民，他们所容存留的人，就必成为你们眼中的刺，肋下的荆棘。不仅如此，那些居民必在他们所住之地扰害他们;神已往想要怎样对待那地的居民，也必照样对待他们。这就是说，外邦人受神咒诅的分，要成为以色列人的分。三美地的境界和分地者

6In verses 55 and 56 we see the consequences of not driving out the inhabitants of the land from before them. If God’sp eople had not driven out the inhabitants, those whom they had allowed to remain would have been as pricks in their eyes and as thorns in their sides. Moreover, these inhabitants would have troubled them in the land where they dwelt, and God would have done to them as He thought to do to those inhabitants. This means that the portion of the Gentiles under God’s curse would have become the portion of Israel. C. The Boundaries of the Good Land and Its Distributors

１美地的境界

1. The Boundaries of the Good Land

7民数记三十四章一至十五节说到美地的境界。迦南地的境界表征在复活并升天里的基督。

7Numbers 34:1-15 speaks of the boundaries of the good land. The boundaries of the land of Canaan signify Christ in His resurrection and ascension.

ａ南界

a. The Southern Boundary

8南界（民三四3～5）从寻的旷野，沿著以东的边界；从盐海（死海）东端起，转到亚克拉滨坡南面，经过了寻，到加低斯巴尼亚南边为止，通到哈萨亚达，过到押们，又从押们转到埃及小河，到大海（地中海）为止。

8The southern boundary (vv. 3-5) was from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom; from the end of the Salt Sea (the Dead Sea) on the east, turning south to the ascent of Akrabbim, crossing to Zin, ending south of Kadesh- barnea; then extending to Hazar-addar, crossing over to Azmon, turning from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and ending at the Great Sea (the Mediterranean Sea

ｂ西界

b. The Western Boundary

9西界（民三四6）沿著大海和海岸，从南到北。大海表征基督那包罗万有的死。

9The western boundary (v. 6) was along the Great Sea and its coast, from the south to the north. The Great Sea signifies the all-inclusive death of Christ

ｃ北界

c. The Northern Boundary

10北界（民三四7～9）是从大海起，到何珥山，从何珥山到哈马口，到西达达为止，又通到西斐仑，到哈萨以难为止。

10The northern boundary (vv. 7-9) was from the Great Sea to Mount Hor, from Mount Hor to the entrance of Hamath, the end being at Zedad, extending to Ziphron, and ending at Hazar-enan

ｄ东界

d. The Eastern Boundary

11东界（民三四10～12）是从哈萨以难到示番，从示番下到亚延东边的利比拉，再下到基尼烈湖（加利利海）坡的东边，然后到约但河（表征基督旳死），直到盐海为止。美地上好的部分为二海（地中海与死海）一河（约但河）所环绕。这二海一河都表征基督的死。这指明对基督的享受与祂的死极有关系。所以，我们对基督的享受必须是在祂死的范围、领域里。美地的边界也指明这是块居高之地。这表征升天的基督，属天的基督。我们在祂的丰富里所享受的这位基督，乃是复活并升天的基督。这位被钉十字架并埋葬的基督，已经在复活里进到我们里面，现今我们是在祂的升天里，享受祂作居高之地并其中一切的丰富。

11The eastern boundary (vv. 10-12) was from Hazar- enan to Shepham, going down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain, reaching to the slope of the Sea of Chinnereth (the Sea of Galilee) on the east, going down to the Jordan (signifying the death of Christ), and ending at the Salt Sea. The best part of the good land is surrounded by two seas—the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea—and a river—the Jordan. These two seas and this river all signify the death of Christ. This indicates that the enjoyment of Christ is closely related to His death. Our enjoyment of Christ, therefore, must be in the sphere, the territory, of His death. The borders of the good land also indicate that it is an elevated, uplifted land. This signifies the ascended Christ, the heavenly Christ. The Christ whom we enjoy in His riches is a resurrected and ascended Christ. The Christ who was crucified and buried has come into us in resurrection, and now we are in His ascension, enjoying Him as the uplifted land with all its riches

ｅ美地的境界要给九个半支派

e. The Boundaries of the Land to Be Given to the Nine and a Half Tribes

12『摩西吩咐以色列人说，这地是耶和华所吩咐给九个半支派，拈阄承受为业的；因为流便支派和迦得支派，按他们父亲的族系，得了产业，玛拿西半个支派也得了他们的产业。这两个半支派，已经在耶利哥对面，约但河东边日出方向，得了他们的产业。』（民三四13～15。）一至十二节描述神给九个半支派之地的境界。赐给两个半支派的地，是按著他们自己的选择，不用经过约但河就可抵达。这指明那地是在基督的死之外，因此，实际上不是美地的一部分。照样，我们自己的选择也是在基督的死之外，所以无法真正的享受丰富的基督。我们若不经过基督的死，就不能进入祂的复活与升天。这显示我们不该有自己的选择。我们何时有自己的选择，何时就在基督的死之外，结果就不在祂复活和升天的范围里，享受祂作属天、被高举的一位。正如美地这豫表所指明的，藉著神的定规所分配给我们的基督，乃是巨大的、广大的。然而实际上我们所经历基督的大小，是在于我们。基督本身就如宇宙般浩大，但我们对这位基督的经历，却可能有极大的不同，大小也不一样。对某些人来说，基督也许只是一片狭窄的土地；对其他人而言，基督也许是一片广大的土地。正如我们对基督作供物的经历，可能有不同的大小－山羊、绵羊、鶵鸽；照样，我们对基督这美地的经历也可能有不同的大小。

12‘‘Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe; for the tribe of the sons of Reuben by their fathers’ houses and the tribe of the sons of Gad by their fathers’ houses and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance; the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise’’ (vv. 13-15). Verses 1 through 12 describe the boundaries of the land to be given to the nine and a half tribes. The land given to the two and a half tribes, the land which was according to their choice, could be reached without crossing the Jordan. This indicates that it was outside the death of Christ and thus was not actually a part of the good land. Our self-choice is likewise outside the death of Christ and therefore has nothing to do with the real enjoyment of the rich Christ. If we do not pass through the death of Christ, we cannot enter into His resurrection and ascension. This shows us that we should not have our own choice. Whenever we have our choice, we are outside the death of Christ and, as a result, are not in the realm of His resurrection and ascension to enjoy Him as the heavenly, elevated One. As indicated by the type of the good land, the Christ assigned to us through God’so rd i nation is a great Christ, a vast Christ. However, the size of the Christ whom we actually experience depends on us. In Himself, Christ is universally vast and does not vary in size, but our experience of this Christ may vary greatly and be different in size. For some, Christ may be only a narrow strip of land; for others, He may be a very large territory. Just as our experience of Christ as the offerings may be in different sizes — a ram, a lamb, or a pigeon—so our experience of Christ as the good land may also vary in size.

２分配美地的人

2. The Distributors of the Good Land

13十六至二十九节说到分配美地的人。那两个半支派的首领并没有列在这分配美地者的名单上。那两个半支派已经有所得著，但他们所得的不是美地的一部分。原则上，这也可能是我们在召会生活中的光景。我们可能有自己的选择并得著一些东西。我们所得的也许看来是照著神的应许，但实际上只是一些按我们自己选择的东西，不能看为神应许的一部分。

13In verses 16 through 29 we have the distributors of the good land. The leaders of the two and a half tribes are not included in the list of distributors. The two and a half tribes possessed something, but what they possessed was not part of the good land. In principle, this may also be our situation in the church life. We may have our choice and gain something. What we gain may seem to be according to God’s promise, but actually it is merely something according to our own choice and cannot be reckoned as a part of God’s promise

ａ祭司以利亚撒和嫩的儿子约书亚

a. Eleazar the Priest and Joshua the Son of Nun

14『要给你们分地为业的人，他们的名字是祭司以利亚撒、和嫩的儿子约书亚。』（民三四17。）以利亚撒和约书亚都豫表基督。一面，基督是我们的祭司；另一面，祂是我们的首领。

14‘‘These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun’’ (v. 17). Eleazar and Joshua both typify Christ. On the one hand, Christ is our Priest; on the other hand, He is our Leader.

ｂ每支派一个首领

b. One Leader of Every Tribe

15十八节说，『你又要从每支派中选一个首领，分这地为业。』十九至二十八节列出这些首领的名单：犹大支派的迦勒，是第一的；西缅支派的示母利；便雅悯支派的以利达；但支派的布基；玛拿西支派的汉聂；以法莲支派的基母利；西布伦支派的以利撒番；以萨迦支派的帕铁；亚设支派的亚希忽；拿弗他利支派的比大黑。『这些人就是耶和华所吩咐，要在迦南地把产业分给以色列人的。』（民三四29。）这名单里没有包括那两个半支派首领的名字，这该有某种意义。我相信他们的名字没有列在名单上，是因为这些支派有他们自己的选择。今天，我们若有自己的选择，我们的名字就不会包括在神的『名单』上。关于这点，我们不该顾到人的意见、评价、欣赏、批评和定罪。今天是『人的日子，』（林前四3，）是人在其中审判的日子。让我们等候主的日子，那时祂要审判。（林前四4～5。）只有主彀资格下最后的断语。所以，让我们学习不要有自己的选择，那会使我们留在基督的死之外。我们该顾到主的选择，不该顾到自己的，好叫我们的名字不在自己的名单上，而在祂的名单上。

15Verse 18 says, ‘‘You shall take one leader of every tribe, to divide the land for an inheritance.’’ In verses 19 through 28 we have a list of these leaders: Caleb, of the tribe of Judah, being the first; Shemuel, of the tribe of Simeon; Elidad, of the tribe of Benjamin; Bukki, of the tribe of Dan; Hanniel, of the tribe of Manasseh; Kemuel, of the tribe of Ephraim; Elizaphan, of the tribe of Zebulun; Paltiel, of the tribe of Issachar; Ahihud, of the tribe of Asher; and Pedahel, of the tribe of Naphtali. ‘‘These are the men whom Jehovah commanded to divide the inheritance for the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan’’ (v. 29). There should be some significance in the fact that this list does not include the names of the leaders of the two and a half tribes. I believe that their names do not appear because these tribes made their own choice. Today, if we have our self-choice, our names may not be included on God’s ‘‘list.’’ Concerning this, we should not care about man’so pin i on, appraisal, appreciation, criticism, and condemnation. Today is ‘‘man’s day’’ (1 Cor. 4:3), the present age in which man judges. Let us wait for the day of the Lord when He will judge (1 Cor. 4:4-5). Only the Lord is qualified to give the final word. Therefore, let us learn not to have our self-choice, which keeps us outside the death of Christ. We should care for the Lord’s choice, not for our choice, and let our names be on His list, not on our list

ｃ一章里的首领与三十四章里的首领不同

c. The Difference between the Leaders in Chapter One and in Chapter Thirty-four

16最后我们要来看，民数记一章和三十四章里的首领有所不同。一章里的首领是为著数点，三十四章里的首领是为著分配美地。美地的境界和分配美地的人都很有意义。

见证

17弟兄：我对于美地被那表征基督包罗万有之死的水所包围这事实，印象深刻。这指明对基督丰富的经历，需要我们在基督的死这境界里。这使我想到保罗在腓立比三章十节所说的话：『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。』我们若不模成基督的死，我们对基督的享受就不真实，因为我们没有认识祂的死。那两个半支派留在约但河东，所以没有享受到美地。为要真正享受基督这美地，我们需要经历基督的死。

18弟兄：我发现这段论到自己选择的话相当严肃。我们有自己的选择是件严重的事。我们可能声称自己是在基督里，也宣称自己享受基督，但主知道我们在经历中，有没有真正的在复活并升天的基督里。按照我们在本篇信息中所看见的原则，我们若有自己选择，就不是在基督里。但我们若没有自己的选择，而进入基督的死里，我们就有把握我们是在复活并升天的基督里。今天在召会生活中，我们的生活不该有自己的选择，而该接受主的选择。

19弟兄：我们是在主的选择中，这乃是主的怜悯。不为自己选择的人是有福的。我相信最近在我们中间的风波是由于一件事－有些人渴望有自己的选择。当我们只在意基督并召会，没有自己的选择时，召会生活就是甜美、平安、享受、安息的。但是当我们按著自己天然的心思和肉体，自己来选择时，就会在召会中引起难处。为了召会生活的缘故，我们都需要放弃自己的选择，而要主所选择的。我们自己的拣选与我们的意见极为有关。我们人都有自己的意见，都想要为自己拣选。但我们不必持定自己的意见，我们可以把牠埋葬在约但河里，那里是我们意见所属的地方。我们的选择属于死海。我们若这样对付我们的意见和选择，就会享受复活并升天的基督作我们的美地。

20弟兄：两个半支派不用过河，就可得著约但河东之地。他们以自我为中心，只为著自己的利益和方便。他们是利己主义者，没有合式的顾到整体以色列人。今天，我们若是自私的顾到自己的意见和拣选，这就是我们没有身体感。我们若坚持

20Finally, we need to see that there is a difference between the leaders in Numbers 1 and in Numbers 34. The leaders in chapter one were for the numbering; the leaders in chapter thirty-four were for the distribution of the good land. Both the boundaries of the good land and the distributors of the good land are significant

21己见坚持个人的喜好，就破坏了身体的同心合意。我们需要有身体的感觉，不要只顾自己的地方或国家。我们要顾到基督那一个宇宙、生机身体的建造，好为基督豫备新妇。我们需要住在那灵里，而得以在基督的死里。我们的光景若是这样，我们就会对付自己的意见和喜好，并在复活、升天的基督里。这样我们就有身体的感觉，顾到基督生机身体的建造。