9亚伯拉罕有他的失败，他曾离开了祭坛，离开了帐棚，下到埃及去。可是，后来他恢复了。他是怎样恢复的？创世记十三章三至四节：“他从南地继续往前行，直到伯特利，到了伯特利和艾的中间，就是他起初支搭帐棚的地方，也是他先前筑坛的地方；他又在那里呼求耶和华的名。”回到祭坛和帐棚，这就叫作恢复。今天有没有谁是失败了？有没有谁是跌倒了？有没有谁是变节了？有没有谁已经下到埃及，有了自己的要求，有了自己的盼望，有了自己的羡慕，有了自己的追求？如果有谁要走恢复的路，就要回到祭坛和帐棚来。神的话给我们看见，亚伯拉罕的恢复，就是再回到帐棚的地位来，也就是再回到祭坛的地位来。恢复就是回到帐棚来，恢复就是回到祭坛来（倪柝声文集第二辑第十七册，一二四至一二五页）。
9Abraham had his failures. In his history there was a forsaking of the altar and the tent; he went down to Egypt. But there was recovery. How did that recovery come about? Genesis 13:3-4 says, “He went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.” Recovery is a matter of returning to the altar and the tent. Have any of you failed? Have any of you slipped or betrayed your cause? Have any of you gone down into Egypt, so that now you have your own demands, your own hopes, your own interests, and your own aspirations? If you are seeking the way of recovery, you have to come back to the altar and the tent. (CWWN, vol. 37, “The Life of the Altar and the Tent,” p. 95)