旧约 - 民数记(Numbers)第17章

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
民数记第十七章   第 17 章 

  民 17:5,10> 以色列人蒙神恩却悖逆神;我蒙神恩懂得感谢神吗? 

  17:5,10 百姓虽曾体验神的同在,看到祂大能的神迹,也看到埃及人受种种灾殃的打击,却仍然怨声载道,大大地悖逆神。他们冥顽不灵,虽然令人费解,但在生活中我们也常重蹈覆辙。我们有千百年的凭证,圣经译成多国文字,并有许多考古学、神学研究的成果,可仍旧有许多现代人不顺服神,偏行己路。我们往往和以色列人一样,看重肉体的需要,过于属灵的景况。要避免重蹈覆辙,惟有定睛仰望神,祂必亲自与我们同在。神曾否保护你,引导你?曾否听你的祷告?你知道有人得着神的祝福,甚至蒙神医治吗?你读过圣经上神如何带领属祂的人吗?把眼光放在神所成就过的事上,你就很难再有背逆神的念头了!──《灵修版圣经注释》