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出埃及记生命读经 · 第153篇

赎罪银（一）

The propitiation silver (1)
1读经： 出埃及记三十章十一至十六节；三十八章二十五至二十八节；民数记一章四十五至四十六节；二章三十二节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 30:11-16; 38:25-28; Num. 1:45-46; 2:32
2在本篇信息里，我们来到一个新的项目─赎罪银。表面看来，这很容易了解。实际上，赎罪银这件事并不简单。我们要看见与赎罪银有关深奥的真理，就必须找出出埃及记三十章在香坛的记载之后，紧接着题起这个项目的原因。
2In this message we come to a new item — the propitiation silver. Apparently this is easy to understand. Actually, the matter of the propitiation silver is not simple. In order to see into the depths of the truth related to the propitiation silver, we need to find out the reason this item is mentioned in Exodus 30 immediately after the record concerning the incense altar.
3不论那一种著作我们要领会都必须考虑到上下文。如果我们要懂某一段，也必须晓得这一段的前后是说些甚么，我们不该断章取义。我们来明白赎罪银的意义时，也必须遵守这个原则。
3In understanding any kind of writing we need to consider the context. If we would understand a particular paragraph, we need to know what precedes this paragraph and what follows it. We should not try to understand the paragraph merely as a unit in itself. We need to follow this principle in seeking to understand the significance of the propitiation silver.
4香坛和赎罪银的关系怎样，我们不容易懂。我们可以简单地说，它们之间的关系表明基督代求的职事是基于祂的救赎。然而连这个解释也很奥秘，难以领会，因为这个解释隐含了许多事情。所以我们必须找出香坛和赎罪银之间的关系。
4It is not easy to understand how the incense altar and the propitiation silver are related. In a simple way we may say that the relationship between them indicates that Christ’s ministry of intercession is based upon His redemption. But even this explanation is mysterious and difficult to understand, for many things are implied by it. Therefore, we need to find out the relationship between the incense altar and the propitiation silver.
关于赎罪银的问题
Questions concerning the propitiation silver
5我们也要问，为甚么在这个时候，以色列人需要赎价，或是说为甚么他们需要赎罪银？他们不是已经蒙了救赎么？不错，他们的确蒙了救赎。他们蒙了救赎，大约是在一年以前发生的。不久以前，以色列人因着逾越节的羊羔蒙了救赎，来到西乃山。既然以色列人已经蒙了救赎，为甚么到了出埃及记三十章需要赎罪银，就很不容易解释了。
5We also need to ask why, at this juncture, the children of Israel needed a ransom, or why they needed the propitiation silver. Had they not already been redeemed? Yes, they certainly had been redeemed. Their redemption had taken place nearly a year before. Not too long after the children of Israel had been redeemed by the Passover lamb, they came to Mount Sinai. It is not easy to explain why the children of Israel needed the propitiation silver in Exodus 30 since they had already been redeemed.
6我得救不久以后，读到一篇文章说，赎罪银是基督救赎的一个豫表。这是正确的；然而，这种领会很肤浅。赎罪银与基督的救赎有关，但为甚么神的赎民进一步需要与救赎有关的东西呢？他们在埃及因着逾越节的羊羔蒙了救赎，还不到一年。为甚么在这么短的时间以后，他们进一步又需要一些东西呢？
6Not long after I was saved, I read an article that said that the propitiation silver, the ransom silver, was a type of Christ’s redemption. This is correct; however, this understanding is superficial. The propitiation silver is related to the redemption of Christ. But why did God’s redeemed people need something further related to redemption? They had been redeemed in Egypt by the Passover lamb less than a year before. Why, after such a short time, did they need something further?
7神的子民在埃及所蒙的救赎是藉着逾越节的羊羔完成的。羊羔被宰杀了，血涂在门框上。这样，以色列人就经历了逾越节，并且蒙了救赎。然而在出埃及记三十章，救赎与血无关，也与动物的生命无关。反之，在这一章里，救赎与一种矿物─银子─有关。
7The redemption of God’s people in Egypt was accomplished by the blood of the Passover lamb. The lamb was slain, and the blood was applied to the doorpost. In this way the children of Israel experienced the Passover and were redeemed. However, in Exodus 30 redemption is not related to the blood; neither is it related to anything of the animal life. Rather, in this chapter redemption is related to silver, which is a mineral.
8基督的生命有三种基本成分；动物的生命、植物的生命、矿物。基督是羊羔，这有动物生命的成分。基督也是小麦，这有植物生命的成分。此外，基督还是矿物，因为在祂有金、银、宝石。
8Christ’s life has three basic elements: the animal life, the vegetable life, and the minerals. Christ is a lamb. Here we have the element of the animal life. Christ is also wheat. Here we have the element of the vegetable life. Furthermore, Christ is the minerals, for with Him there are gold, silver, and precious stones.
9为甚么三十章里的救赎与动物生命的血无关，而与银子有关呢？有些人会说，银子是表征为着救赎我们所付的代价。照着他们的领会，出埃及记三十章的银子，是表征基督为着救赎我们所流的血，在神眼中的宝贵。基督为了救赎我们，付了极高的代价─祂自己血的代价。在神看来，这个代价是宝贵的，因而用银子来表征。然而，我们必须看见进一步的东西。
9Why is the redemption in chapter thirty not related to the blood of the animal life but rather related to silver? Some would say that the silver signifies the price paid for our redemption. According to their understanding, the silver in Exodus 30 signifies the preciousness in the sight of God of the blood of Christ shed for our redemption. Christ paid a high price to redeem us — the price of His own blood. In the sight of God, this price is precious and thus it is signified by silver. However, we need to see something further.
10与赎罪银有关的另一个要紧问题是：为甚么称赎罪银为举祭。十三节说到“这半舍客勒是奉给耶和华的举祭。”（另译。）十四节和十五节也把赎罪银称为举祭。（另译。）
10Another important question related to the propitiation silver is why it is called a heave offering. Verse 13 speaks of “half a shekel as a heave offering to Jehovah.” Verses 14 and 15 also refer to the propitiation silver as a heave offering.
11我很高兴得知希伯来文在这里用的是举祭这个字。大多数的译本只用到祭物这个字，其余的则用“捐输”，就是蒙救赎的人付给神的东西。但这些译本没有指明赎罪银是一种举祭，然而达秘繙得很忠实，他在三十章十三节的新译用了“给耶和华的举祭”这个词句。此外，新美国标准本虽然在本文中用了“捐输”这个字，但旁注却说是“举祭”。我们有准确的翻译是很要紧的，不然的话，不妥当的翻译会成为厚厚的遮蔽，使我们看不见原文中的真理。
11I am glad to know that the Hebrew text here uses the word for heave offering. Most translations simply use the word “offering”; others use the word “contribution,” something the redeemed ones pay to God. But these versions do not indicate that the offering of the propitiation silver was a heave offering. Darby, however, was faithful, and his New Translation of 30:13 uses the expression “the heave-offering for Jehovah.” Furthermore, the margin of the New American Standard Version says “heave offering,” although the word “contribution” is used in the text. It is important that we have the exact translation. Otherwise, an improper translation will become a thick covering that will keep us from seeing the truth in the original text.
12赎罪银，就是为着救赎我们所付的代价，确实是称为举祭。为甚么称赎罪银为举祭，而不是赎罪祭呢？既然这件事与我们蒙救赎有关，好像就该是赎罪祭。我们必须了解，为甚么把赎罪银当作一种举祭。
12The propitiation silver, the price paid for our redemption, is definitely called a heave offering. Why is it called a heave offering and not a sin offering? Since this matter is related to our redemption, it seems that it should be a sin offering. We need to understand why the propitiation silver is considered a heave offering.
13逾越节的羊羔乃是为着全体以色列人，包括男、女、老、幼在内。但在三十章里，赎罪银只为着二十岁以上的男丁。出埃及记三十章十四节说：“凡过去归那些被数的人，从二十岁以外的，要将这举祭奉给耶和华。”（另译。）女人和所有二十岁以下的人除外，他们在这件事上没有分。为甚么赎罪银只为着二十岁以上的男丁呢？这是另一个我们必须解答的问题。
13The Passover lamb was for all the children of Israel, both male and female, both young and old. But in chapter thirty the propitiation silver is only for males twenty years old and upward. Exodus 30:14 says, “Everyone passing over unto those that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the heave offering of Jehovah.” The females and all those under the age of twenty are excluded. They have no share in this matter. Why is this propitiation silver only for males twenty years and above? This is another important question that we need to answer.
14出埃及记三十八章二十六节论到赎罪银，说：“凡过去归那些被数之人的，从二十岁以外，有六十万零三千五百五十人，按圣所的平，每人出银半舍客勒就是一比加。”照这一节来看，赎罪银就是为着二十岁以上的六十万零三千五百五十个男丁所付的赎价。我们由民数记一章四十五节、四十六节晓得，这就是能彀出去打仗的男丁人数：“这样凡以色列人中被数的，照着宗族从二十岁以外，能出去打仗被数的，共有六十万零三千五百五十名。”这些经文启示出，赎价是为着男丁而付的，这些男丁的人数就是能彀编组成军的战士人数。
14Exodus 38:26 says concerning the propitiation silver, “A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.” According to this verse, the propitiation silver was the ransom price paid for 603,550 males, aged twenty and upward. From Numbers 1:45 and 46 we learn that this was the number of males who were able to go forth to war: “So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.” These verses reveal that the number of the males for which the ransom price was paid was the number of those who could be soldiers to form an army.
15现在关于赎罪银有五个问题在我们面前。第一，香坛和赎罪银之间有甚么关系？第二，以色列人已经在埃及蒙了救赎，为甚么还进一步需要与救赎有关的东西？第三，为甚么赎罪银被称为举祭？第四，以色列人在埃及因着逾越节羊羔的血蒙了救赎以后，到了西乃山，为甚么用银子来描绘与救赎有关的东西，正如三十章所描述的？第五，为甚么逾越节的羊羔是为着每一个人，而赎罪银却单单是为着二十岁以上的男丁？如果我们能彀解答这些问题，我们就能透彻领会赎罪银了。
15We now have five questions before us with respect to the propitiation silver. First, what is the relationship between the incense altar and the propitiation silver? Second, why did the children of Israel need something further related to redemption when they had already been redeemed in Egypt? Third, why is the propitiation silver called a heave offering? Fourth, why, after the redemption of the children of Israel by the blood of the Passover lamb in Egypt, was something related to redemption portrayed by silver at Mount Sinai, as described in chapter thirty? Fifth, why was the Passover lamb for everyone, but the propitiation silver was only for males twenty years of age and upward? If we can answer these questions, we shall have a thorough understanding of the propitiation silver.
军事人口的调查
A military census
16倘若我们照着这五个问题对这个项目作一次鸟瞰，我们就会看见，赎罪银不是为着全体以色列人的救赎，也不是为着所有普通百姓的赎价。赎罪银与逾越节的羊羔不同，羔羊乃是为着每一个人所付的赎价。我们已经强调过，所有的以色列人，从最小的到至大的，连男带女，在埃及都蒙了救赎。但就着三十章里的赎罪银而论，许多人都不包含在内。首先，所有的女人都不在内。再者，所有二十岁以下的男子也排除在外。因此，赎罪银只是为着二十岁以上的男丁；也就是说，只是为着那些能彀出去打仗的人。
16If we take a bird’s-eye view of this item according to these five questions, we shall see that the propitiation silver was not the redemption for all the children of Israel; it was not a ransom for all the common people. Unlike the Passover lamb, it was not the ransom paid for everyone. We have emphasized the fact that in Egypt all the children of Israel, from the youngest to the oldest, both male and female, were redeemed. But concerning the propitiation silver in chapter thirty, many were excluded. First, all the females were excluded. Furthermore, all the males under the age of twenty were excluded. The propitiation silver, therefore, was only for males twenty and above; that is, it was only for those who were able to go to war.
17出埃及记三十章十二节说：“你要按以色列人被数的，计算总数，你数的时候，他们各人要为自己的生命，把赎价奉给耶和华，免得数的时候，在他们中间有灾殃。”繙作“总数”的希伯来字也可译作“人口调查”。但这里的人口调查不是一般的或普通的，而是必须计算出那些能彀编组成军的人数。民数记一章四十五节和四十六节说到那些能彀出去打仗的人，而民数记二章三十二节说到诸营或军队：“这些以色列人，照他们的宗族，按他们的军队，在诸营中被数的，共有六十万零三千五百五十名。”“军队”这个词就是表征军旅。在三十章里被数的那些人，不但是能彀出去打仗的，也是能彀编组成为军队、成为诸营、成为军旅的人。首先，需要有那些能彀出去打仗的人。其次，能彀出去打的人还必须编组成为军队。出埃及记三十章的赎价不是为着一般的人，而是为着军队的。所以，这里的人口调查不是一般的或普通的，而是军事人口调查，与征召人进入军队有关。
17Exodus 30:12 says, “When you take the sum of the sons of Israel according to those that are numbered of them, then every man shall give a ransom for his soul to Jehovah when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.” The Hebrew word translated “sum” can also be rendered “census.” But the census here is not general or ordinary. Rather, it is a census needed to count the number of those who can be formed into an army. Numbers 1:45 and 46 speak of those who were able to go to war, but Numbers 2:32 speaks of camps or hosts: “These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.” The word “hosts” signifies armies. Those who were numbered in chapter thirty not only were able to go to war; they were those who could be formed into hosts, camps, armies. First it was necessary to have those who were able to go to war. Second, the ones able to go to war had to be formed into armies. The ransom in Exodus 30 was not for the common people; it was a ransom for the army. Hence, the census here is not common or general; it is a military census, a census related to the drafting of men into the army.
为着神的彰显争战
Fighting for God’s expression
18当我们思想帐幕与桌子、灯台、约柜、香坛，以及外院子与祭坛、洗濯盆，我们也许会希奇，这些物件到底是为着甚么。说帐幕、外院子以及一切有关的物件，目的是使神能彀临到我们，叫我们能彀接触祂并进到祂里面，并没有错；说这一切乃是为着叫基督作我们的享受，使我们能彀经历祂，并藉着祂进到神里面，好成为在神里面，也有神在我们里面的子民，也没有错。但实际上，这是初步的领会。我们在神里面，以及神在我们里面，又是为着甚么目的？也许你会说，为着神的彰显。不错，我们在神里面，神也在我们里面，这样我们就能彀成为祂的彰显。然而，这么说会遗漏了一些东西，我们必须晓得是甚么。
18As we think of the tabernacle with the table, the lampstand, the ark, the incense altar, and the outer court with the altar and the laver, we may wonder what all this is for. It is correct to say that the tabernacle, the outer court, and all the items related to them are for the purpose that God may come to us so that we may contact Him and enter into Him. It is also true that all this is for Christ to be our enjoyment so that we may experience Him and enter into God through Him in order to be a people who are in God and who have God in them. However, this is actually an initial understanding. For what purpose are we in God and is God in us? Perhaps you would say that the purpose is the expression of God. Yes, we are in God and God is in us so that we may be His expression. Nevertheless, in this statement there is still something missing, and we need to understand what this is.
19以弗所书论到教会是三一神的丰满。教会是三一神的丰满，意思就是说，教会是神的彰显。以弗所书论到教会是神的彰显，末了一点是甚么？这一点启示在第六章，就是属灵的争战。照以弗所六章来看，教会必须是一个战士，与神的仇敌争战。
19The book of Ephesians is a book on the church as the fullness of the Triune God. For the church to be the fullness of the Triune God means that the church is the expression of God. What is the last point in Ephesians concerning the church as God’s expression? This point, revealed in chapter six, is spiritual warfare. According to Ephesians 6, the church must be a warrior fighting against God’s enemy.
20最近我们释放了好多篇论到教会聚会的信息。我们为甚么聚会？有些人会说，我们聚会是为着彰显神，然而有许多仇敌─“迦南人”和“亚玛力人”─想要拦阻我们，使我们不彰显主。神吩咐以色列人进入美地，并杀尽所有的迦南人。这指明我们要彰显主，就必须与祂的仇敌争战。因着仇敌拦阻的策略，我们很难聚在一起彰显神。“迦南人”不愿让我们彰显神，他们尽力拦阻我们进入美地。所以我们必须宣告说：“迦南人阿，这地不是你们的，这是主的地，神已经把这地赐给祂的子民。”教会必须与空 中一切邪恶的权势争战。
20Recently we have given a number of messages on the church meetings. Why do we meet? Some would say that we meet to express God. However, there are many enemies — “Canaanites” and “Amalekites” — that seek to keep us from expressing the Lord. God commanded the children of Israel to enter into the good land and slaughter all the Canaanites. This indicates that in order to express the Lord, we need to fight against His enemy. Because of the frustrating tactics of the enemy, it is difficult for us to meet together to express God. The “Canaanites” are not willing for us to express Him. They will try to frustrate us from entering into the good land. Therefore, we need to declare, “Canaanites, this land is not yours. This is the Lord’s land. God has given this land to His people.” It is necessary for the church to fight against all the evil powers in the air.
21我们这些神的子民，已经蒙拣选作祂的产业。彼得前书二章九节说：“惟有你们是被拣选的族类，是君尊的祭司体系，是圣别的国度，是属神的子民，要叫你们宣扬那召你们出黑暗入祂奇妙之光者的美德。”（恢复版。）神的选民怎样才能彰显神？以色列人蒙神拣选，作神在地上特别的产业，是要彰显神。但这些因着逾越节的羊羔蒙了救赎的以色列人，怎样才能彰显神呢。要成为神的彰显，他们就必须到西乃山，从主那里接受特别的教育。以色列人在西乃山受神训练，好成为祂的彰显。
21As God’s people, we have been chosen by God to be His possession. First Peter 2:9 says, “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, so that you may tell out the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” How can God’s chosen people express Him? The children of Israel were chosen by God to be His particular possession on earth to express Him. But how could those Israelites, who had been redeemed by the Passover lamb, express God? In order to become God’s expression, it was necessary for them to be brought to Mount Sinai to receive a particular education from the Lord. At Mount Sinai the children of Israel were trained by God to become His expression.
来到香坛为着神的权益代求
Coming to the incense altar to intercede for God’s interests
22以色列人要彰显神，首先就必须来到外院子的祭坛，承认他们的过犯与罪。他们为着里面的罪，必须献上赎罪祭；为着外面的过犯，必须献上赎愆祭。那么，赎罪祭和赎愆祭的血就会为他们打开进入帐幕的路。
22In order for the children of Israel to express God, they first had to come to the altar in the outer court to confess their sins and their sin. They needed to offer the sin offering for their inward sin and the trespass offering for their outward trespasses. The blood of the sin offering and the trespass offering would then open the way for them to come into the tabernacle.
23在帐幕里，我们首先享受基督作生命的供应。陈设饼桌子上的饼表明神的子民应当不再凭着自己生活。反之，他们应当凭着基督作他们的生命和生命的供应而活。他们不该关心美好的行为、优雅的举止、天然的个性，因为神只在意基督。神关心我们吃基督、享受基督有多少。神的兴趣乃是我们活基督、彰显基督有多少，并到底有多少的基督组织到我们的全人里面。
23In the tabernacle first we have the enjoyment of Christ as the life supply. The bread on the table of the bread of the presence indicates that God’s people should no longer live by themselves. Rather, they should live by Christ as their life and their life supply. They should not care about their good behavior, good conduct, and natural character, because God cares only for Christ. God is concerned with how much of Christ we have eaten and enjoyed. God is interested in how much we live Christ, express Christ, and have Christ constituted into our being.
24神的子民经过陈设饼桌子以后，必须到灯台面前去蒙光照。你享受基督作你的光有多少？我们必须忘掉自己的知识、眼光、先见，并承认我们需要基督作我们的光。首先我们需要基督作生命的供应，然后需要基督作光来光照我们。基督作我们的光照与我们天然的见解、天然的眼光相对。
24After the table of the bread of the presence, God’s people need to go to the lampstand to be enlightened. How much have you enjoyed Christ as your light? We need to forget our own knowledge, insight, and foresight and recognize that we need Christ to be our light. First we need Christ as our life supply and then as light for our enlightenment. Christ as our enlightenment is versus our natural view, our natural sight.
25我们经历基督作光以后，继续进到至圣所里见证的柜跟前。然而，有一层幔子把至圣所与圣所隔开。这幔子必须裂开；不然的话，我们就无法进入至圣所来接触约柜。因此，约柜与幔子相对。
25After experiencing Christ as light, we proceed to the ark of the testimony in the Holy of Holies. However, there is a veil separating the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place. This veil needs to be broken. Otherwise, we shall not be able to enter into the Holy of Holies to contact the ark. Thus, the ark is versus the veil.
26我们在已过的信息里已经指出，幔子表征我们天然的人，由我们的行为、眼光、美德所组成。如果把我们的行为、眼光、美德摆在一起，这就是我们天然的人。这天然的人就是己，也是肉体。这就是我们与神之间的幔子。这幔子必须从上到下裂开来。一旦幔子裂开了，我们也进到至圣所里接触约柜，我们就经历了基督作我们的见证。
26As we have pointed out in a previous message, the veil signifies our natural being constituted of our conduct, our view, and our virtue. If we put together our conduct, our sight, and our virtue, we have our natural being. This natural being is the self and also the flesh. This is the veil between us and God. This veil needs to be broken from top to bottom. Once the veil has been rent and we enter into the Holy of Holies to contact the ark, we experience Christ as our testimony.
27我们经历基督作我们的见证，就有资格来到香坛面前。金香坛是我们的命定，也是我们的目的地。我们在香坛那里该作甚么？我们必须祷告。然而，我们不该为着自己和自己的利益祷告，而该为着神的行动和神的权益祷告。为着神的行动和神的权益祷告，就是代求的祷告。神的选民经过外院子、圣所，以及至圣所的不同站口以后，就到达了目的地─香坛，为着神的权益代求。神的子民应当特别为着甚么代求？他们必须为着神的行动代求。
27When we experience Christ as our testimony, we are qualified to come to the incense altar. The golden altar of incense is our destiny and also our destination. What should we do at the incense altar? At the incense altar we need to pray. However, instead of praying for ourselves and our own interests, we should pray for God’s move and for His interests. Prayer for God’s move and God’s interests is intercessory prayer. After God’s chosen people pass through the different stations in the outer court, the Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies, they arrive at their destination, the incense altar, to intercede for God’s interests. For what in particular should God’s people intercede? They need to intercede for God to move.
神在地上的行动
God’s move on earth
28帐幕表征神具体表现在祂的选民、祂所拣选的人里面。神具体表现在帐幕里面的目的何在？就是为着神在地上的行动。就这一点而论、今天与古时候的原则是一样的。所以要紧的是我们要看见，帐幕与有关的一切东西乃是为着神在地上的行动。
28The tabernacle signifies God embodied in His elect, His chosen people. What is the purpose of this embodiment of God in the tabernacle? It is for God’s move on earth. Concerning this, the principle is the same today as it was in ancient times. Therefore, it is crucial for us to see that the tabernacle and everything related to it is for God’s move on earth.
29神有许许多多的仇敌。埃及人是神的仇敌，亚玛力人也是神的仇敌。我们读旧约就能看见，从埃及到迦南，神处处都有仇敌。甚至他自己的子民也可能成为祂的仇敌。今天也是这样。到底谁是为着神的？我们在自己里面也是神的仇敌。
29God has many enemies. The Egyptians were His enemies. The Amalekites also were enemies of God. As we read the Old Testament, we can see that from Egypt to Canaan God had enemies everywhere. Even His own people could be enemies to Him. The same is true today. Who is for God? In ourselves we also are God’s enemies.
30因着这么多的仇敌，神就没有行动的自由。如果祂要到一个地方去，祂却没有高速公路，没有通畅的道路，因为仇敌想把道路阻塞了。然后，如果神想要往不同的方向行动，其他的仇敌也会尽力拦阻祂。神无论在那里都不受欢迎。那么祂怎么办？神必须争战，好毁灭所有的仇敌。以色列人得了指示，不可怜悯迦南人，原因就在这里。反之，他们必须把迦南人灭绝尽净。
30Because of all the enemies, God does not have the freedom to move. If He wants to move in a certain direction, there is no thoroughfare, no freeway, because the enemies seek to block the way. Then if God seeks to move in a different direction, other enemies will try to frustrate Him. God is not welcome anywhere. What, then, shall He do? God must fight in order to destroy all His enemies This was the reason the children of Israel were told not to have mercy on the Canaanites. On the contrary, they were to utterly destroy them.
31在以弗所书里我们看见，教会是神的丰满。神的丰满是甚么？神的丰满就是神的帐幕，也就是三一神具体表现在祂的选民里面。照以弗所书来看，最终，教会、神的子民，应当是一个战士，不是与肉血的争战，乃是与空中执政的、掌权的争战。所以，以弗所书里教会的启示与出埃及记里帐幕的豫表乃是一致的。
31In the book of Ephesians we see the church as the fullness of God. What is the fullness of God? The fullness of God is God’s tabernacle, that is, the embodiment of the Triune God in His chosen people. Eventually, according to the book of Ephesians, the church, God’s people, should be a warrior fighting not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities and powers in the air. Therefore, the revelation of the church in Ephesians corresponds to the type of the tabernacle in Exodus.
32首先，需要帐幕作为神的具体表现。然后，神的选民必须经历帐幕的各个方面，直到他们到达香坛，为着神的权益和神的行动代求。神的子民尤其需要为着主军队的编组祷告，这支军队要为着神在地上的行动争战。香坛描述过后，紧接着题起人口调查和赎罪银的事，原因就在这里。事实上，三十章十一至十六节强调人口调查的事过于赎罪银的事。在十二节里，主吩咐摩西要按以色列人被数的，计算总数。这次数点百姓乃是为着军队的编组。
32First, there is the need of the tabernacle as God’s embodiment. Then God’s chosen people must experience all the aspects of the tabernacle until they arrive at the incense altar to intercede for God’s interests and His move. In particular, God’s people need to pray for the formation of the army of the Lord, an army to fight for God’s move on earth. This is the reason the census and the propitiation silver are mentioned immediately after the description of the incense altar. Actually, in 30:11-16 there is more emphasis on the census than on the ransom silver, the propitiation silver. In verse 12 the Lord told Moses to take a sum, a census, of the sons of Israel according to those who were numbered of them. This numbering of the people is for the formation of an army.
33我们必须牢记，神的选民到达香坛的时候，乃是为着神的行动代求。这代求祷告的答应，需要军队的编组。倘若我们看见这一点，我们就会懂得香坛和赎罪银之间的关系。在香坛面前，我们为着神的行动祷告。这个祷告要蒙答应，必须计算那些能彀编组成军之人的总数，好为着神在地上的行动争战。
33We need to be impressed with the fact that when God’s chosen people arrive at the incense altar, they intercede for God’s move. The answer to this intercessory prayer requires the formation of an army. If we see this, we shall understand the relationship between the incense altar and the propitiation silver. At the incense altar we pray for God’s move. In order for this prayer to be answered, a census must be taken of those who are able to be formed into an army to fight for God’s move on earth.
34在本篇信息里，我们刚刚开始说到赎罪银的意义。下一篇信息要接着这一篇，说到其它与赎罪银有关的要紧的事。
34In this message we have just begun to consider the significance of the propitiation silver. The following message, a continuation of this one, will cover other important matters related to the propitiation silver.