1Ⅲ The holy service portrayed in Numbers is not for a Christ who is inactive but for a Christ who is very active; in His activity, in His move, we must match Him (4:1-33):
2一 祭司与利未人在帐幕出发(往前行)时有明确的职责:
2A The priests and the Levites had certain duties in the tabernacle's setting out, in its going forward:
31 祭司要指派利未人所当办的—19、27~28、33节:
31 The priests appointed the Levites to do their service (vv. 19, 27-28, 33):
4a 利未人的事奉不是照着自己的作法,乃是在受膏祭司的指引之下。
4a The Levites did their service not according to their way but under the direction of the anointed priests.
5b This indicates that we, the New Testament priests serving God, should not act according to our own idea but under the direction of the anointed view, that is, under the direction of the Spirit who anoints us (3:3; Exo. 28:41).
62 The priests took care of the primary things, the important things, and the Kohathites (Levites) took care of some of the secondary things (Num. 4:5-14):
7a 照管圣所的物件就是照管主要的东西。
7a To take care of the furnishings of the sanctuary is to take care of the primary things.
8b 祭司照管约柜;这是直接照管基督并供应基督—5~6节。
8b The priests took care of the Ark; this is to take care of Christ directly and to minister Christ (vv. 5-6).
9c The Kohathites carried the furnishings of the sanctuary (vv. 2-4, 15, 17-20, 34-37); to do this today is to speak concerning the church as the expansion of Christ.
10二 我们要看见基督如何在地上行动,就应当看帐幕的行动—5、25、31~32节:
10B In order to see how Christ moves on earth, we should look at the move of the tabernacle (vv. 5, 25, 31-32):
152 God must have man to match Him, to be one with Him, to coordinate with Him; this is the basic principle of God's New Testament economy (Ezek. 1:15-21; 1 Cor. 6:17).