旧约 - 民数记(Numbers)第9章

The LORD spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they came out of Egypt. He said,
"Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time.
Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations."
So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,
and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses.
But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day
and said to Moses, "We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the LORD'S offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?"
Moses answered them, "Wait until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you."
Then the LORD said to Moses,
"Tell the Israelites: 'When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they may still celebrate the LORD'S Passover.
They are to celebrate it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
They must not leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.
But if a man who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, that person must be cut off from his people because he did not present the LORD'S offering at the appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.
"'An alien living among you who wants to celebrate the LORD'S Passover must do so in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for the alien and the native-born.'"
On the day the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.
That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.
Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped.
At the LORD'S command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.
When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the LORD'S order and did not set out.
Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the LORD'S command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out.
Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out.
Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out.
At the LORD'S command they encamped, and at the LORD'S command they set out. They obeyed the LORD'S order, in accordance with his command through Moses.
民数记第九章   第 9 章 

  民 9:2> 哪一天是我生命中的“逾越节”?神拯救我脱离了什么灾难? 

  9:2 这是以色列人第二次守逾越节。第一次是神领百姓出埃及的前夕(参出 12:1-28 )。逾越节是庆祝他们出埃及脱离奴役的大节,由每年的正月十四日(犹太历)开始,紧接着是除酵节,前后一共庆祝八天(参利 23:5-6 )。 

  民 9:6-12> 客观因素使人无法履行宗教礼仪,该怎么办?摩西启发我…… 

  9:6-12 有几个人来到摩西那里诉说困境。他们因触摸死尸(或进入有死人之家),而成为不洁净的,不能守逾越节。留意神并没有改变祂对逾越节的规定,祂仍然维持圣洁的标准,规定凡因故不能在所定的日期守节的,可以推迟一个月,也就是在二月十四日黄昏举行( 9:11 )以履行神子民的责任。我们有时面对困境,很可能降低神的标准,以求解决,但摩西却能用智慧祈求,找到合理的解决方法。 

  民 9:14> 神也爱外邦人,对他们有同样的诫命,我有神的心肠吗? 

  9:14 我们有时会原谅非信徒,认为他们不用守神的诫命,例如认为圣诞节、复活节这类节日可以与他们无关。但是神指望外邦人在这时和以色列人一样,遵守律例典章。祂对外邦人并没有另一种标准,不管是寄居的,是本地人,“同归一例”,这句话强调非以色列人也应遵从神的命令。神拣选以色列人,是为了作其他民族的榜样,使外邦人知道如何在地上顺服祂,也就是要万族万民都归顺祂,敬拜祂。 

  民 9:15-22> 我是照神的吩咐行动和等候吗?我的云柱和火柱是什么? 

  9:15-22 百姓在旷野跋涉,白天有云柱、夜晚有火柱引导他们,保护他们。云柱与火柱照着神的旨意移动,这些现象乃是神亲自引领的信号,也是祂指引百姓行止的凭据。 

  民 9:23> 今日神要我在何处“安营”我遵从祂的指引了吗? 

  9:23 以色列人遵照神的引导起行或安营。顺从神的引导,你就明白不管是往前行或是停留,都是在神要你所在之处。你不必求问“神啊,我下一步该做什么?”乃要问“神啊,在我目前所在之处,你要我为你做什么?”祂把你放在目前这个位置,自有祂的目的。当你认清祂现在要你做的事,就会逐渐明白祂对你一生的旨意。──《灵修版圣经注释》