1B The Levites were not priests directly but were the serving ones of the priesthood (vv. 9, 12, 17):
21 在祭司职任,就是在祭司的服事中,有许多事务都需要利未人的服事—25~37节。
21 In the priesthood, the ministry of the priests, there were many business affairs that required the service of the Levites (vv. 25-37).
32 利未人的服事乃是照管会幕,就是预表基督与召会之见证的帐幕—十八1~4、6:
32 The service of the Levites was to take care of the Tent of Meeting—the Tabernacle of the Testimony—which is a type of Christ and the church (18:1-4, 6):
4a In taking care of the tabernacle and its contents, the Levites did not serve God directly; rather, they served the priesthood and the priests, who served God directly (3:9, 12, 17).
5b 祭司要看守圣所和坛,而利未人是在祭司以下服事,照管圣所和坛—十八5~6。
5b The priests were to keep the charge of the sanctuary and the altar, and the Levites served under the priests in caring for the sanctuary and the altar (18:5-6).
6C The Tabernacle of the Testimony with all its furnishings and the altar, to which the priests ministered, are types of Christ in all His rich aspects, whom the New Testament believers minister to others (3:25-26, 31, 36-37; Eph. 3:8; 2 Cor. 3:3; 1 Tim. 4:6):
71 The altar, signifying the cross (Heb. 13:10), refers to Christ's redemption, and the tabernacle refers to Christ as the embodiment of God (Col. 2:9), through whom God dwells among men (John 1:14) and through whom men can enter into God to enjoy all that He is (14:2, 6, 20).
10b The New Testament believers serve others the cross of Christ for redemption (1 Cor. 1:23; 2:2) and the riches of Christ for the life supply (Eph. 3:8; Col. 1:27-28).