申命记生命读经 · 第16篇

律法的重申（九）

The Rehearsal of the Law (9)

1读经：申命记14:22-27;15:19-23;16:1-。

1Scripture Reading: Deut. 14:22-27; 15:19-23; 16:1-17, 21-22; 17:2-7; 23:21-23; 26:1-11 17, 21-22; 17:2-7; 23:21-23; 26:1-11

2在本篇信息中，我们要来看关于敬拜神的一般律例和典章。

2In this message we will consider those general statutes and judgments which are concerned with the worship of God

三关于敬拜神

C. Concerning the Worship of God

3摩西说过怎样帮助缺乏的人之后，接著就说到照管神的需要，就是对神的敬拜。

3After speaking about taking care of the needy ones, Moses came to the matter of taking care of God’s need, a matter which concerns the worship of God

１藉著献上牲口和土产的十分之一

1. By Giving Tithes of All the Produce of Both Their Cattle and Their Crop

4在敬拜神的事上，以色列人要献上牲口和土产的十分之一。（申十四22～27。）他们要把田产或牲口收入的十分之一献给神。

4In their worship of God, the children of Israel were required to give tithes of all the produce of both their cattle and their crop (14:22-27). They had to give God one- tenth of their income from the field or from their cattle

ａ要在神所选择为祂居所的地方献上

a. To Be Offered at the Place Which Jehovah Would Choose for His Habitation

5『又要在耶和华你神面前，就是在祂所选择要立为祂名的居所，吃你的五谷、新酒、和新油的十分之一，并牛群羊群中头生的，使你可以学习时常敬畏耶和华你的神。』（申十四23。）我们在这里看到，以色列人没有权利在他们所选择的地方献上十分之一。相反的，他们要在耶和华所选择立为祂名并祂居所的地方，献上十分之一。这就是说，十分之一要在惟一敬拜神的中心献上。

5You shall eat before Jehovah your God, in the place where He will choose to cause His name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your fresh oil and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear Jehovah your God always” (v. 23). Here we see that the children of Israel did not have the right to offer their tithes at any place of their choice. Rather, they were to bring the tithes to the place where Jehovah would choose to set His name and to have His habitation. This means that the tithes were to be offered at the unique center for the worship of God

ｂ要在神面前吃喝快乐

b. To Be Eaten before God with Joy

6在神所选的地方，就是在立为神的名和祂居所的地方，并祭坛所在之处，百姓要在神面前，快乐的吃喝供物。（申十四23，26。）这就是说，那十分之一要与神一同享受。『在耶和华面前吃』，就是与祂同吃。以色列人把十分之一献给神，然后就在神面前，并与神一同享受所献给神的供物。这指明神要我们在祂所选择的地方，与祂一同享受祂的基督。每逢我们在主的名里、在灵里、并带著十字架（祭坛）聚集的时候，我们就藉著基督与神相会。我们聚集一起，与神一同享受基督。

6In the place of God’s choice, the place for God’s name and habitation and the place of the altar, the offerings were to be eaten by the people before God with joy (vv. 23, 26). This means that the tithes were to be enjoyed with God. To eat “before Jehovah” is to eat with Him. The children of Israel offered the tithes to God and then they enjoyed before God and with God what they had offered to God. This indicates that God wants us to enjoy His Christ with Him at His chosen place. Whenever we come together in the Lord’s name, in the spirit, and with the cross (the altar), we meet with God through Christ. We come together to enjoy Christ with God.

ｃ要与住在他们那里的利未人一同享受

c. To Be Enjoyed with the Levites Who Lived with Them

7『你不可丢弃在你城里人，因为他在你们中间无分无业。』（申十四。）这节给我们看见，神没有忘记利未人，就是那些全时间服事祂，没有产业和职业，靠祂而活的人。所以，在献十分之一给神，然后与神一同享受所献十分之一的事上，神的子民要把利未人包括在内。他们要与住在他们那里的利未人一同享受。

7“You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you” (v. 27). This verse shows us that God does not forget 27 the Levites, those who serve Him full-time and who, not having inheritance and employment, live on Him. Therefore, in offering the tithes to God and in enjoying the tithes with God, God’sp eople were to include the Levites. They were to enjoy the tithes with the Levites who lived with them.

ｄ学习时常敬畏神

d. Learning to Fear God Always

8以色列人要在神面前，在祂所选择的地方吃所献上的十分之一，使他们可以时常学习敬畏神。（申十四23。）假如一个以色列人说，『我不需要把这十分之一带到神所选择的地方。我可以在家里，与住在我城里的利未人一同享受。』这样的态度乃是得罪神，且不敬畏神。百姓必须按著神的条例，确实的献上他们的十分之一。他们这样作，就可以学习时常敬畏神。

8The children of Israel were to eat the tithes before God in the place of His choice so that they might learn to fear God always (v. 23). Suppose an Israelite had said, “There is no need for me to bring this one-tenth to the place God has chosen. I can enjoy it at home with the Levites in my town.” To have such an attitude is to offend God and not to fear Him. The people had to give their tithes exactly according to God’s regulations. If they did this, they would learn to fear God always

２藉著献上牛群羊群中公的头生的

2. By Offering the Firstborn Males of the Herd and of the Flock

9在十五章十九至二十三节，我们看到以色列人也藉著献上牛群羊群中公的头生的，来敬拜神。

9In 15:19-23 we see that the children of Israel were to worship God also by offering the firstborn males of the herd and of the flock

ａ要分别为圣归给耶和华神

a. To Be Sanctified to Jehovah God

10『你牛群羊群中头生的，凡是公的，都要分别为圣归耶和华你的神。牛群中头生的，不可用牠作工；羊群中头生的，不可剪毛。』（申十五。）我们在这里看见，以色列人不能为著自己的目的，使用牛群羊群中头生的，牠们是分别为圣归给神的。因著头生的牛是属于神的，就不能用来工作。同样的，因著头生的羊是属于神的，就不能剪毛。百姓无权使用分别为圣归神之物。

10“All firstborn males that are brought forth in your herd and flock you shall sanctify to Jehovah your God; you shall not do work with your firstborn ox, nor shall you shear your firstborn sheep” (v. 19). Here we see that the children of Israel could not use for their own purpose 19 the firstborn of the herd and of the flock, which were to be sanctified to God. Because the firstborn of the ox belonged to God, it could not be used for work. Likewise, because the firstborn of the sheep belonged to God, it could not be shorn. The people had no right to use what had been sanctified to God.

ｂ要在耶和华神所选择的地方，在耶和华神面前吃

b. To Be Eaten before Jehovah God in the Place Which He Would Choose

11『你和你的家属，每年要在耶和华所选择的地方，在耶和华你神面前吃牠。』（申十五20。）头生的，像所献上十分之一的一样，可以吃，但也要在耶和华神所选择的地方吃。

11“You and your household shall eat it before Jehovah your God year by year in the place which Jehovah will choose” (v. 20). The firstborn, like the tithes, were to be eaten, but only in the place which Jehovah God would choose.

ｃ凡牲畜有残疾、瘸腿、或瞎眼的，不可献给耶和华神

c. Not Sacrificing to Jehovah God Any Animal Having a Blemish, Lameness, or Blindness

12凡牲畜有残疾、瘸腿、或瞎眼的，不可献给耶和华神，（申十五21，）因为这是祂所憎恶的。（申十七1。）这样的动物可以在人所住的城里吃，只是不可吃牠的血。（申十五22～23。）我们由此可见，有一特别的分要在神所选择的地献给神，并且在那里与神同享；然而，其他与敬拜神无关的分，人可以在他们所住的地方享受。

12Any animal having a blemish, lameness, or blindness was not to be sacrificed to Jehovah God (v. 21), for that was an abomination to Him (17:1). Such animals could be eaten, except for the blood, in the place where the people lived (15:22-23). From this we see that a certain portion was to be given to God in the place of His choice and enjoyed there with Him; however, other portions, having nothing to do with the worship of God, could be enjoyed by the people where they lived

３藉著守每年三个主要的节期

3. By Keeping the Three Main Annual Festivals

13按照申命记十六章一至十七节，以色列人要藉著守每年三个主要的节期来敬拜神，这三个节期就是无酵节（逾越节）、七七节（五旬节）、和住棚节。这三个节期分别表征基督的救赎，召会的产生，以及要来的国度。（细节请参看利未记

13According to 16:1-17, the children of Israel were to worship God by keeping the three main annual festivals: the Feast of Unleavened Bread (the Feast of Passover), the Feast of Weeks (the Feast of Pentecost), and the Feast of Tabernacles. These festivals respectively signify the feasts of the redemption of Christ, the producing of the church, and the coming kingdom. (For

４藉著不与拜偶像有任何搀杂

4. By Not Having Any Mixture of Idolatry

14在申命记十六章二十一至二十二节，以色列人受嘱咐要敬拜神，不能与拜偶像有任何搀杂。在罗马天主教中，却有很多这种搀杂。

14In Deuteronomy 16:21-22 the children of Israel were told to worship God by not having any mixture of idolatry. There is a great deal of this kind of mixture in the Roman Catholic Church

ａ不可在耶和华神的坛旁栽种甚么树木，作为亚舍拉

a. The Planting of an Asherah of Any Kind of Tree beside the Altar of Jehovah Being Prohibited

15『你为耶和华你的神筑坛，不可在坛旁为自己栽种甚么树木，作为亚舍拉。』（申十六21。）亚舍拉是女神像，而祭坛表征十字架。天主教把一些异教的东西带进来，加到十字架那里，产生了搀杂。有些书，如『两个巴比伦，』揭示了天主教搀杂的源头。

15You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah your God, which you will make for yourself ” (v. 21). An Asherah was an image of a female deity, and the altar signifies the cross. Catholicism has brought in certain pagan things and added them to the cross to produce a mixture. Books such as The Two Babylons give the sources of the mixture in Catholicism

ｂ不可为自己立柱像，这是耶和华所恨恶的

b. The Erecting of a Pillar, Which Jehovah Hates, Being Prohibited

16也不可立柱像。『也不可为自己立柱像，这是耶和华你神所恨恶的。』（申十六22。）

16The erecting of pillars was also prohibited. “Nor shall you erect for yourself a pillar, something which Jehovah your God hates” (v. 22).

５藉著用石头打死凡违背神的约，去事奉别神的人

5. By Stoning to Death Those Who Transgressed God’s Covenant and Served Other Gods

17在十七章二至七节，神的百姓受嘱咐要用石头打死那些违背神的约，去事奉别神，或去拜日、月、天像的人。这样以色列人就将这可憎恶的事，这恶，从百姓中间完全除掉。

17In 17:2-7 we see that God’sp eople were required to stone to death those who transgressed God’s covenant and served other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun, the moon, or any of the host of heaven. In this way, the children of Israel would utterly remove this abomination, the evil, from the midst of the people

６藉著向耶和华谨守所许的愿

6. By Keeping a Vow to Jehovah

18申命记二十三章二十一至二十三节说到，藉著向耶和华谨守所许的愿

18Deuteronomy 23:21-23 speaks concerning worshipping God by keeping a vow to Him

19来敬拜神。

ａ以色列人向耶和华他们的神所许的愿，偿还不可迟延

a. The Children of Israel Not Delaying to Pay the Vow They Had Vowed to Jehovah Their God

20『你向耶和华你的神许愿，偿还不可迟延，因为耶和华你的神必定向你追讨，就成了你的罪。』（申二三21。）向神许了愿，以后却不履行，不实行，这就是罪。我们一旦向主许了愿，就该尽快履行。

20When you vow a vow to Jehovah your God, you shall not delay in paying it; for Jehovah your God would certainly require it of you and it will become sin in you” (v. 21). To vow a vow to God and then not fulfill it, not carry it out, is sin. Once we make a vow to the Lord, we should fulfill it as soon as possible

21有些圣徒也许想向主许愿，要全时间事奉祂。神对这实在是『饥渴』。祂要人为著祂，而且全时间事奉祂。世界的人，是神所创造的，却忘记了神，放弃了神。他们在世上忙于照管自己和自己旳需要，置神的饥渴于不顾，几乎没有人乐意全时间事奉祂。神渴望祂所造的人归回祂。当人归回祂，答应全时间事奉祂，祂就很快乐。神正等待祂更多的百姓这样作。

21Some of the saints may want to make a vow to the Lord to serve Him full-time. Actually, God is “hungry” and “thirsty” for us to do this. He wants people to be for Him and to serve Him full-time. The worldly people, although created by God, have forgotten Him and have given Him up. They are busy in the world taking care of themselves and their own interests, leaving God hungry and thirsty, with hardly anyone willing to serve Him full-time. God is eager for the people created by Him to come back to Him. He is happy when some who have returned to Him promise to serve Him full-time. God is waiting for more of His people to do this

ｂ他们若不许愿，倒没有罪

b. It Not Becoming Sin in Them If They Refrained from Vowing

22『你若不许愿，倒没有罪。』（申二三22。）神尊重我们的自由意志，不强迫我们把自己献给祂。虽然神饥渴要全时间事奉的人，但许诺要全时间事奉神，乃是在于我们自由的意志。我们若没有许这样的愿，神不会以此算为我们的罪。但我们若向主许了愿，就必须履行。不然，我们就被算为有罪。

22“But if you refrain from vowing, it will not become sin in you” (v. 22). God is a God who respects our free will. This means that He does not compel us to offer ourselves to Him. God is thirsty for full-timers, but promising to serve Him in this way is a matter of our free will. If we do not make such a vow, God will not count it as sin that we do not vow. But if we vow a vow to the Lord, we must fulfill it. Otherwise, the failure to fulfill the vow will be counted as sin.

ｃ他们嘴里所出的，就当谨守遵行

c. Keeping and Doing What Proceeded out of Their Lips

23『你嘴里所出的，就当谨守遵行，那是你自动向耶和华你神所许的愿，就是你口所应许的。』（申二三23。）那些自动许愿，向神许诺要作某事的人，必须谨守遵行他们嘴里所出的。今天，那些许诺要全时间事奉主的人，该遵行他们的许诺，履行他们的愿。７藉著他们进去得了

23What proceeds out of your lips you shall keep and do, as you have vowed to Jehovah your God voluntarily, which you have promised with your mouth” (v. 23). Those who made a vow voluntarily, promising God to do a certain thing, were required to keep and do what proceeded out of their lips. Today, those who promise to serve the Lord full-time should keep their promise and fulfill their vow. 7. By Offering Some of the First of All the Fruit

美地为业之后，将美地所收各种初熟的出产献上

of the Good Land after Entering It and Possessing It as an Inheritance

24在以色列人进入并承受美地为业之后，他们要将美地所收各种初熟的出产献上。（申二六1～11。）

24After the children of Israel had entered and possessed the good land as an inheritance, they were to offer to God some of the first of all the fruit of their land (26:1-11

ａ以色列人要从他们的地上，将所收各种初熟的出产取些来，往耶和华所选择要立为祂名居住的地方去

a. The Children of Israel Bringing Some of the First of All the Fruit from Their Land and Taking It to the Place Where Jehovah Would Choose to Cause His Name to Dwell

25『你进去得了耶和华你神所赐你为业之地，住在其中时，要从耶和华你神赐你的地上，将所收的各种初熟的出产，取些来，装在筐子里，往耶和华你神所选择要立为祂名居住的地方。』（申二六1～2。）这供物是在十分之一以外附加的。就如所献的十分之一，各种初熟的出产，要带往耶和华所选择的地方去。在那里，他们要和神享受这献给神的一分。

25When you enter the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you as an inheritance and you possess it and dwell in it, you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the earth which you shall bring from your land, which Jehovah your God is giving to you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place where Jehovah your God will choose to cause His name to dwell” (vv. 1-2). This offering was something in addition to the tithes. Like the tithes, a portion of the first of all fruit was to be brought to the place which Jehovah would choose. At that place, they and God were to enjoy this portion offered to God

ｂ他们要去服事的祭司那里，向耶和华他们的神宣告

b. Going to the Serving Priest and Making a Declaration to Jehovah Their God

26以色列人将美地各种初熟的出产献上，藉此敬拜神的时候，要去服事的祭司那里，并且要宣告。『去见当时作祭司的，对他说，我今日向耶和华你神，宣告我己进到耶和华向我们列祖起誓应许赐给我们的地。』（申二六3。）等到神履行祂对美地的应许，他们就要把美地的一些出产带给神享受。

26In worshipping God by offering some of the first of all the fruit of the good land, the children of Israel were to go to the serving priest and make a declaration. “You shall go to the priest who is serving in those days and say to him, I declare unto Jehovah your God today that I have entered the land which Jehovah swore to our fathers to give to us” (v. 3). Now that God had fulfilled His promise concerning the good land, they were to bring some of the fruit of the land for God’s enjoyment

ｃ祭司要将祭物放在

c. The Priest Taking the Offering and

27Placing It before the Altar of Jehovah Their God

耶和华他们神的祭坛前，以色列人要在祂面前回应并述说他们已过的历史

and the Children of Israel Responding and Relating Their History before Him

28祭司要将祭物放在耶和华神他们的祭坛前。（申二六4。）然后以色列人要在祂面前回应并述说，耶和华如何拯救他们脱离埃及人的欺压，将他们从埃及释放出来，领他们到了美地，就是流奶与蜜之地；他们如何将神所赐美地初熟的出产带来。（申二六5～10上。）随后他们要将这出产放在耶和华他们的神面前，向祂下拜。（申二六10下。）他们要先将美地初熟的出产献给神，然后才能享受这出产。ｄ他们和利未人并在他们中间寄居的，

28The priest was to take the offering and place it before the altar of Jehovah their God (v. 4). Then the children of Israel were to respond and relate before Him their history, how Jehovah had rescued them from the Egyptians’ oppression, delivering them out of Egypt, and had brought them to the good land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and how they had just brought the first of the fruit of the ground of the good land, which Jehovah their God had given them (vv. 5-10a). Then they were to place this fruit before Jehovah their God and bow down to Him (v. 10b). They could not enjoy the first fruit of the land until they had offered it to God. d. They, the Levites, and the Sojourners among Them

要因耶和华他们的神所赐他们和他们家的一切好处欢乐

Rejoicing in All the Good Which Jehovah Their God Had Given to Them

29『你和利未人，以及在你们中间寄居的，要因耶和华你神所赐你和你家的一切好处欢乐。』（申二六。）他们要记念神并祂所赐给他们的一切。这篇信息所说到的七点，给我们看见敬拜神正确的方式。今天我们需要用基督来敬拜神。这是主耶稣说我们必须在灵里并在实际里敬拜的原因。（约四23～24。）我们要在我们的灵里敬拜神，意思就是我们要在调和的灵里，就是在我们那与神圣的灵调和的灵里敬拜神。我们父要在实际里敬拜神，意思就是我们要以

29“You and the Levite and the sojourner in your midst shall rejoice in all the good which Jehovah your God has given to you and your household” (v. 11). They were to remember God and all that He 11 had given to them. The seven points covered in this message show us the proper way to worship God. Today we need to worship God with Christ. This is the reason the Lord Jesus said that we must worship the Father in spirit and in reality (John 4:23-24). For us to worship God in our spirit means that we worship Him in the mingled spirit, in our spirit mingled with the divine Spirit. For us to worship God in reality means that we worship Him with Christ as the reality of all the offerings.

30基督作一切供物的实际来敬拜神。

31顾到对神正确的敬拜，就是顾到神的需要。神饥渴的要人正确的敬拜祂。约翰四章启示，父寻找真实敬拜的人，就是以正确的方式敬拜祂的人。我们这些在主恢复里的人，应当都是这样敬拜的人。我们若要正确的敬拜神，就需要尊崇祂的名，在祂的居所聚会，并在祭坛（十字架）所在之处敬拜祂。我们聚会敬拜的时候，该聚集到主的名里，（太十八20，）并在祂的名里蒙保守。我们不该有其他的名。因著主的居所是在我们重生的灵里，（弗二22，）所以我们需要操练我们的灵，就是与神圣的灵调和的灵。在这调和的灵里，我们可以将基督献给神作神的享受，也作我们的享受。这享受满足神，叫神快乐，也叫我们满足，因此这里有相互的满足。不仅如此，我们在主的恩典之下，要学习十字架的功课，不凭自己作甚么，乃是看见我们已经与基督同钉十字架，今天乃是基督在我们里面活著。（加二20。）在每次聚会中，我们都应当能宣告，我们是在主的名里、在调和的灵里活著，并且凡事都经过十字架而行。藉此，我们成了神活的见证，这位神乃是我们所相信并敬拜的。这就是在主的恢复中，对神正确的敬拜。

31To take care of the proper worship of God is to take care of God’s need. God is hungry and thirsty for real worship. John 4 reveals that the Father is seeking real worshippers, those who will worship Him in a proper way. We in the Lord’s recovery should all be such worshippers. If we would worship God properly, we need to honor His name, meet in the place of His habitation, and worship in the place where the altar (the cross) is. When we meet for worship, we should be gathered into the Lord’s name (Matt. 18:20) and be kept in His name. We should not have any other name. Since the Lord’s dwelling place is in our regenerated spirit (Eph. 2:22), we also need to exercise our spirit, which is mingled with the divine Spirit. Here in the mingled spirit we may offer Christ to God for His enjoyment and also for our enjoyment. This enjoyment satisfies God and makes Him happy. We will be satisfied also, and thus there will be a mutual satisfaction. Furthermore, under the Lord’s grace, we need to learn the lessons of the cross, not doing anything by ourselves but realizing that we have been crucified with Christ and that Christ lives in us (Gal. 2:20). In every meeting we should be able to declare that we live in the Lord’s name and in the mingled spirit and that we do everything through the cross. In this way we become a living testimony to the God in whom we believe and whom we worship. This is the proper worship of God in the Lord’s recovery.