旧约 - 民数记(Numbers)第1章

The LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said:
"Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
You and Aaron are to number by their divisions all the men in Israel twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army.
One man from each tribe, each the head of his family, is to help you.
These are the names of the men who are to assist you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;
from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan."
These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.
Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been given,
and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people indicated their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one,
as the LORD commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:
From the descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.
From the descendants of Simeon: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.
From the descendants of Gad: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.
From the descendants of Judah: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.
From the descendants of Issachar: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.
From the descendants of Zebulun: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.
From the sons of Joseph: From the descendants of Ephraim: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.
From the descendants of Manasseh: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.
From the descendants of Benjamin: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.
From the descendants of Dan: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.
From the descendants of Asher: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.
From the descendants of Naphtali: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.
These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel's army were counted according to their families.
The total number was 603,550.
The families of the tribe of Levi, however, were not counted along with the others.
The LORD had said to Moses:
"You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.
Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony--over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it.
Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who goes near it shall be put to death.
The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each man in his own camp under his own standard.
The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the Testimony so that wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the Testimony."
The Israelites did all this just as the LORD commanded Moses.
民数记第一章   第 1 章 

  民 1:1> 神为何要在此时数点以色列人? 

  1:1 民数记开篇时,记述以色列人在西奈山附近安营已有一年多的时间了。他们在那里领受的诸般律例典章,都记载在利未记之中。到这时候,他们已经装备好,成为神所喜悦的族类,可以领受神所赐为业之地,耶和华就吩咐摩西和亚伦数点所有能出征的男丁人数。“民数记”的意思,就是数点百姓,可算是当时的人口普查。 

  民 1:1> 会幕在我心中的形象和意义是…… 

  1:1 “会幕”是帐幕的一部分,包括圣所与至圣所,中间有幔子隔开。至圣所摆放神的约柜,也是神亲自向摩西显现的地方。有时会幕也用来指整个帐幕。在出埃及记 33 章 7 节提到营外的帐棚为会幕,因那时真正的会幕尚未竖立,不过一般相信出埃及记的会幕与这里的会幕有同样的功用。 

  民 1:2-15> 数点人数以便知己,今天我对自己的状况清楚吗? 

  1:2-15 数点人数虽然费时费力,却是重要的工作。以色列人进入应许之地以前,必须先统计能作战的男丁人数,以便确定军事实力。除此以外,为了决定每个支派所需之地,各支派要组织起来,提供族谱也能使工作顺利地进行。我们每逢要作一项决定,需先了解自己的资源和能力,对财产、人事关系、属灵的境况、时间、目标等各项目做一个“调查统计”,工作才能更有成效。 

  民 1:20-46> 神照应许眷顾以色列人;神赐给我和我家的恩典是…… 

  1:20-46 能打仗的男丁如果有 603,550 的话,加上利未人、妇女、孩童,人口的总数一定超过二百万。雅各一家下到埃及时,只有七十人,因为在埃及生养众多(参出 1:7 ),繁衍成为一个大族。在埃及停留的四百三十年,使他们有足够的时间发展壮大,出埃及到旷野后又蒙神以神迹恩眷,赐日常饮食,难怪摩押的首领见这众多的人口,甚感震惊( 22:3 )。──《灵修版圣经注释》