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出埃及记生命读经 · 第156篇

铜洗濯盆

The laver of bronze
1读经： 出埃及记三十章十七至二十一节；三十八章八节；四十章七节，三十至三十二节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 30:17-21; 38:8; 40:7, 30-32
2在本篇信息中，我们要来看三十章十七至二十一节所描述的铜洗濯盆。我们也许不晓得洗濯盆有多重要，但要紧的是我们需要去发现这项物件的意义。
2In this message we shall consider the laver of bronze described in 30:17-21. We may not realize how important the laver is. But it is crucial that we discover the significance of this item.
铜、银、金
Bronze, silver, and gold
3根据出埃及记里的记载，洗濯盆紧接在赎罪银之后，赎罪银又在香坛之后。有趣的是我们看见香坛包着金子，半舍客勒的赎罪钱是银子，而洗濯盆是铜作的。这里有三种金属：金、银、铜。银和铜乃是为着金。我们由铜到银，再由银到金。
3According to the record in Exodus, the laver comes immediately after the propitiation silver, and the propitiation silver comes after the incense altar. It is interesting to see that the incense altar is overlaid with gold, that the half-shekel of the propitiation money was silver, and that the laver is of bronze. Here we have three metals: gold, silver, and bronze. The silver and the bronze are for the gold. We go from bronze to silver and from silver to gold.
4出埃及记三十章这里没有题起铁，但在但以理昼二章对大像的描述中，有金、银、铜、铁、泥。尼布甲尼撤梦中所看见的像，头是精金的，胸膛和膀臂是银的，肚腹和腰是铜的，腿是铁的，脚是半铁半泥的。（但二32～33。）神的建造、神的见证有金、银、铜；然而没有铁，也没有泥。在建造里最低的金属乃是铜。
4Here in Exodus 30 there is no mention of iron. But in the description of the great image in Daniel 2, we have gold, silver, bronze, iron, and clay. The image seen by Nebuchadnezzar in his dream had a head of gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, and feet part of iron and part of clay (Dan. 2:32-33). With God’s building, with His testimony, there are gold, silver and bronze; however, there is neither iron nor clay. The lowest of the metals in the building is bronze.
5我们必须对出埃及记三十章里的金、银、铜有深刻的印象。当然这些金属是并行的。出埃及记三十章里先是有包金的香坛，接着是一堆银块，然后是铜作的洗濯盆。
5We need to be impressed with the gold, the silver, and the bronze in Exodus 30. Surely these metals go together. In Exodus 30 first we have the incense altar overlaid with gold, then a heap of silver pieces, and then a laver made of bronze.
6要研读出埃及记三十章里的豫表很容易，但要了解并应用这些豫表却需要许许多多的经历。首先，我们必须摸著作者的灵，在豫表的事上，这不太容易。其次，我们需 要有足彀的经历来解释豫表。当然，出埃及记三十章里铜、银、金的豫表是彼此相关的。
6It is easy to study the typology in chapter thirty of Exodus, but a great deal of experience is required in order to understand it and apply it. First, we need to touch the spirit of the writer. In matters of typology this is not easy to do. Second, we need sufficient experience in order to interpret the types. Certainly the types of the bronze, silver, and gold in Exodus 30 are related to one another.
洗濯盆为着帐幕的运行
The laver for the tabernacle’s operation
7香坛是为着代求，而代求是为着神的行动、神的运行。神的见证、约柜，以及整个帐幕、神的居所怎么可能在地上行动？神的见证─基督，以及神的居所─教会怎么可能在地上行动？约柜与帐幕，基督与教会，乃是藉着军队行动的。
7The incense altar is for intercession, and intercession is for God’s move, God’s operation. What makes it possible for God’s testimony, the ark, and also for the entire tabernacle, God’s dwelling place, to move on earth? How can Christ as God’s testimony and the church as God’s dwelling place move on earth? The ark and the tabernacle, Christ and the church, move by means of the army.
8帐幕乃是神的住处。由住处的观点来看，帐幕就是神的居所。但由另一个角度来看，帐幕乃是与军队有关的军营。在出埃及记和民数记里，我们看见神军队的各营。这些营是为着争战的。帐幕是中心的营，而以色列的十二支派在帐幕周围形成各营。所以，十二支派在耶和华的营─帐幕─四周安营。以色列人起行的时候，六个营在耶和华的营前头行，六个营跟随在后。
8The tabernacle is God’s dwelling place. Viewed from the standpoint of a dwelling place, the tabernacle is God’s dwelling. But viewed from another perspective, the tabernacle is a camp related to an army. In the books of Exodus and Numbers we see the camps of God’s army. These camps are for fighting. The tabernacle is the central camp, and around the tabernacle the twelve tribes of Israel were formed as camps. Therefore, the twelve tribes camped around the camp of Jehovah, the tabernacle. When the children of Israel traveled, six camps went ahead of the camp of Jehovah, and six camps followed it.
9香坛是为着神的行动，而神是凭着军队行动的。但军队怎样才能组成呢？军队乃是靠征召合格的人所组成。今天在各个国家里，都有军事征召。青年人到了一定的年龄，就要征召入伍。因此要有资格征召入伍，就在于长大。小孩子不能被征入军队中服役。反之，小孩子需要餧养、滋养、照顾。如果要征召人入伍，首先必须达到起码的年龄。我们已经看见，出埃及记三十章里的最低年龄是二十岁。凡是二十岁以上的男丁都被数点，并且必须纳赎罪银半舍客勒。这次人口调查以及缴纳赎罪银乃是为着神的行动。
9The incense altar is for God’s move, and God moves by the army. But how can the army be formed? The army is formed by drafting the eligible ones. Today in different countries there is a military draft. When young men reach a certain age, they are drafted into an army. Hence, to be eligible for the draft into the army depends on growth. A little child cannot be drafted to serve in the army. Rather, a child needs to be fed, nourished, and cared for. If someone is to be drafted into the army, he must first reach the minimum age. As we have seen, the minimum age in Exodus 30 was twenty. All the males twenty years of age and upward were numbered and had to pay the half-shekel of the propitiation silver. This census and payment of the propitiation silver were for God’s move.
10赎罪银也是为着建造。帐幕的柱子一百个带卯的座都是用赎罪银作的。柱顶、钩子、杆子也是用这银子作的。这表明赎罪银乃是为着神居所的建造。二十岁以上的男丁要纳赎罪银，并且被征召，编组成军队，好为着神的行动争战。然而所纳的半舍客勒却是为着神的建造。凡有资格纳半客舍勒的人都能彀在军队里，为着神在地上见证的行动争战。因此，香坛和赎罪银都是为着神的行动。
10The propitiation silver was also for God’s building. The one hundred sockets for the pillars of the tabernacle were made of the propitiation silver. The crowns of the pillars, the hooks, and the fillets were also made of this silver. This indicates that the propitiation silver was for the building of God’s dwelling place. The males aged twenty and upward paid the propitiation silver and were drafted to form the army to fight for God’s move. But the half-shekel paid was for God’s building. Whoever was qualified and paid the half-shekel could be in the army to fight for the move of God’s testimony on earth. Therefore, both the incense altar and the propitiation silver were for God’s move.
11洗濯盆是为着帐幕产生功效的。在外院子里有祭坛和洗濯盆；圣所里有桌子、灯台、香坛；至圣所里有约柜。没有军队，帐幕就无法行动。但没有洗濯盆，帐幕或外院子里没有一样东西能彀产生功用。帐幕要产生功用就需要把祭物献在祭坛上。这些祭物包含了燔祭、素祭、平安祭、赎罪祭、赎愆祭。这些祭物若不献给神，帐幕就无法产生功用。祭司要进到圣所里，把饼排列在桌子上，并且经理灯，同时也需要献祭。这也是他们在香坛那里代求所需要的，这一切都包含在帐幕产生功用的里面。每当祭司要就近祭坛把一些东西献给神，或要进到帐幕里服事的时候，首先就必须到洗濯盆那里去洗手。祭司若不在洗濯盆里洗净，帐幕就无法产生功用。没有军队，帐幕和一切有关的事物都会停顿，无法行动。但没有洗濯盆，帐幕就不能产生功用。如果把洗濯盆从外院子挪去，帐幕和外院子里其它的东西还是完全；然而，那些东西却无法产生功用。
11The laver is for the tabernacle’s operation. In the outer court there were the altar and the laver; in the Holy Place, the table, the lampstand, and the incense altar; and in the Holy of Holies, the ark. Without the army, the tabernacle could not move. But without the laver, nothing in the tabernacle or in the outer court could operate. For the operation of the tabernacle it was necessary for sacrifices to be offered at the altar. These sacrifices included the burnt offering, meal offering, peace offering, sin offering, and trespass offering. Unless these offerings were offered to God, there would be no way for the tabernacle to operate. It was also necessary for the priests to come into the Holy Place to arrange the bread on the table and trim the lamps. It was also necessary for them to intercede at the incense altar. All this is involved in the operation of the tabernacle. Whenever the priests were to come to the altar to offer something to God or were to come into the tabernacle to serve, they first had to go to the laver to wash their hands. Unless the priests washed in the laver, there was no way for the tabernacle to operate. Without the army, the tabernacle and everything related to it would be at a standstill; it would have no way to move. But without the laver, the tabernacle would not be in operation. If the laver were removed from the outer court, everything else in the tabernacle and outer court would still be complete. However, there would not be any way for those things to operate.
我们需要洗去属地的接触
Our need to be washed from the earthly touch
12祭司在外院子和帐幕里的服事，有赖于他们在洗濯盆里的洗濯。没有人会好几天不洗手的。但从属灵上说，基督徒也许好久都没有在洗濯盆里洗濯了。譬如，有些姊妹可能在私底下，或是在聚会里都常常祷告。我很关心她们祷告的事奉。姊妹们，你们祷告以前，有没有在洗濯盆里洗手？你们祷告事奉以前，有没有属灵的洗濯？有些人会回答说：“我们承认自己的罪恶，过犯、失败、亏欠。这岂不是一种洗濯么？”不错，向主认罪是经历一种洗濯。然而，这是血的洗濯，不是洗濯盆里水的洗濯。要洗净我们的罪、罪恶、过犯、罪愆，我们就需要血。我们也需要血来洗净我们的过错、缺欠、短处、失败和亏欠。我们需要血来洗净这一切的事，因为它们是罪恶的。然而，主耶稣为门徒洗脚的时候，所用的是水。这样的洗濯不需要血。门徒的脚是脏的，需要用水来洗濯。这不是罪的问题，而是肮脏、污秽的问题。
12The service of the priests in the outer court and in the tabernacle depended on their washing in the laver. No one would go several days without washing his hands. But spiritually speaking, Christians may go a very long time without washing in the laver. For example, some sisters may pray quite often both privately and in the meetings. I am concerned about their service of prayer. Sisters, before you pray, do you wash your hands in the laver? Do you have a spiritual washing before you enter into the service of prayer? Some may reply, “We confess our sins, trespasses, failures, and shortcomings. Is this not a kind of washing?” Yes, to confess our sins to the Lord is to experience one kind of washing. However, this is the washing by the blood, not the washing by the water in the laver. In order to wash away our sin, sins, trespasses, and transgressions, we need the blood. We also need the blood to wash us of our mistakes, failures, defects, defeats, and shortcomings. We need the blood to cleanse us of all these things because they are sinful. However, when the Lord Jesus washed His disciples’ feet, He used water. That kind of washing did not require blood. The feet of the disciples were dirty and needed to be washed with water. The problem was not one of sin, but of dirt, of defilement.
13如果我们说了谎话，或是发了脾气，我们就犯了罪。但如果我们因着属地的接触而弄脏了，我们就没有犯甚么罪。我们不该想要用血来洁净这样的污秽。比方说，手摸地板而弄脏了，就需要用水来洗濯。照样，如果我们因着属地的接触而弄脏了，就需要用洗濯盆里的水来洗濯。
13If we tell a lie or lose our temper, we commit a trespass. But if we become defiled through the earthly touch, we have not committed anything sinful. We should not try to use the blood to cleanse away that kind of dirt. For example, hands that are dirty from touching the floor need to be washed with water. Likewise, if we become defiled because of the earthly touch, we need to be washed by the water in the laver.
14我很关心一件事，就是因着我们的宗教背景，以及环绕我们的空气，基督徒对于属灵的污秽没有多少感觉。他们也许认为被玷污或不洁净总是罪恶的问题。然而，圣经说到两种的污秽；从罪而来的污秽，以及从属地接触而来的污秽。如果我们撒谎或偷窃，我们就犯了罪，因着这些过犯而污秽了。但我们也许在另一种方式上，藉着属地的接触，因着与世界的事物有所接触而污秽了。
14I am concerned by the fact that due to our religious background and to the atmosphere that surrounds us, most Christians do not have much consciousness of being dirty spiritually. They may think that to be defiled or unclean is always a matter of sinfulness. The Bible, however, speaks of two kinds of defilement: the defilement that comes from sin and the defilement that comes by the earthly touch. If we lie or steal, we commit sin and become defiled by these transgressions. But we may be defiled in another way by means of the earthly touch, by having contact with the things of the world.
15我总是在吃东西以前洗手，因我晓得地上处处都有灰尘。我们的手甚至会因着接触衣服而弄脏了。同样的原则，我们因着与属地的事物有所接触，很容易就会在属灵上受到玷污。只要在这地上生活行动，我们就会被玷污。要被玷污，并不需要接触甚么恶人。甚至与良善的人接触，也可能会玷污我们。虽然我们这么容易受到玷污，我们对于来自属地接触的污秽却毫无体认，毫无感觉。我们下意识里会以为，我们既然没有撒谎，没有偷别人东西，我们在各方面就都没有错。也许我们很善良、很谦卑、很诚实，也很忍耐；然而，我们可能因着上馆子、上百货公司就被玷污了。
15I always wash my hands before eating because I realize that on this earth there is dirt everywhere. Our hands may become dirty even by touching our clothing. In the same principle, we can easily be defiled spiritually by having contact with earthly things. Simply by living and walking on this earth, we become defiled. In order to be defiled, it is not necessary to contact evil people. We can be defiled even through contact with good people. Although we are so easily defiled, we may not have any realization, any consciousness, of the kind of defilement that comes from the earthly touch. Subconsciously we may have the thought that we are not wrong in any way, since we have not lied or stolen. We may have been good, humble, honest, and patient. Nevertheless, we may have been defiled simply by going to a restaurant or a department store.
16好些年前，我访问拉斯维加斯的圣徒。有些人鼓励我去参观赌场，只要看一看就好。我对他们说：“我不愿意到这样的地方去。我晓得参观那里一次，就会受到玷污。然后我会有一段时间无法祷告。”只要我们一因着属地的接触而受到玷污，我们就必须立刻用洗濯盆里的水来洗濯，而不是用血来洗濯。
16Years ago I visited some saints in Las Vegas. Certain ones encouraged me to visit a gambling casino just to observe it. I said to them, “I would not go to such a place. I know that by visiting there one time, I would be defiled. Then I would not be able to pray for a period of time.” Whenever we are defiled by the earthly touch, we need to be washed not by the blood, but by the water in the laver.
17你也许会向主承认你的罪恶、缺点、亏欠、失败，但你不觉得需要用洗濯盆里的水来洗濯。洗濯盆里的洗濯会题醒我们要谨慎，不要把手弄脏了。用肥皂和清水洗手怎样题醒我们双手必须保持清洁；在洗濯盆里的洗濯也照样题醒我们，必须使自己离开由属地接触而有的污秽。那些不觉得需要洗濯盆里的水来洗濯的人，也许会觉得到属世的地方去，看看那里发生了甚么事，并没有甚么错。他们也许没有作甚么恶事，但他们却会受到玷污。我们听世人谈话，也会受到玷污。虽然我们没有加入他们的谈话，但只要听他们说，我们就被玷污了。即使我们没有犯罪，我们还是会被玷污。因为 全世界都是污秽的，所以我们非常容易被玷污。
17You may confess your sins, failures, shortcomings, and defeats to the Lord, but you may not have the awareness that you need to be washed by the water in the laver. Washing in the laver will remind us to be careful not to get our hands dirty. Just as washing our hands with soap and water reminds us of the need to keep our hands clean, so washing in the laver reminds us of the need to keep ourselves from the defilement by the earthly touch. Those who do not have the consciousness that they need the washing of the water in the laver may feel that there is nothing wrong with going to a worldly place just to see what is happening there. They may not do anything sinful, but they will be defiled. We may also be defiled by listening to the conversation of worldly people. Although we may not join in their conversation, we are defiled just by listening to them. Even though we may not commit sin, we still may become defiled. Because the entire world is unclean, it is very easy for us to be defiled.
没有先在洗濯盆里洗濯就在帐幕里服事的结果
The result of serving in the tabernacle without first washing in the laver
18当我们祷告要把一些东西献给主的时候，首先需要在洗濯盆里把手洗一洗，甚至连脚也洗一洗。来到聚会中尽功用，其实就是进到帐幕里服事主。我们在帐幕里服事以前，必须先洗濯。然而，在许多信徒的基督徒生活和对神的事奉里，似乎没有洗濯盆。他们到祭坛来献祭给神的时候，两手是污秽的。也许他们进到教会的聚会中，没有在洗濯盆里洗手就服事了。这样的服事会带来死亡。因这缘故，三十章二十一节说：“他们洗手洗脚，就免得死亡。”
18When we pray to offer something to the Lord, we first need to wash our hands and even our feet in the laver. To come to the meeting to function is actually to come into the tabernacle to serve the Lord. Before we serve the Lord in the tabernacle, we need to wash. However, in the Christian life of many believers and in their service to God there does not seem to be a laver. When they come to the altar to make an offering to God, they have unclean hands. They may come into the church meetings and serve without washing their hands in the laver. This kind of service brings in death. This is the reason 30:21 says, “Then they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they may not die.”
19我们应当谨慎，不要摸神的事奉，除非我们先在洗濯盆里洗手。倘若我们想要在帐幕里以污秽的手来事奉神，从属灵上说，我们就会死亡。今天在基督徒中间死亡何其多！他们愈服事，死亡就愈多，因为他们以污秽的手来服事。以污秽的手来祷告、服事，就带来了死亡。
19We should be careful not to touch God’s service unless we have first washed our hands in the laver. If we try to serve God in the tabernacle with unclean hands, we shall die, spiritually speaking. How much death there is among Christians today! The more they serve, the more death they have because they serve with unclean hands. Praying and serving with unclean hands brings in death.
20如果我们不在聚会中祷告或尽功用，就一面说，我们多少有几分是活的。但如果我们没有在洗濯盆里洗濯就祷告，或尽功用的话，我们就会把死亡带给自己，也会把死亡散布给别人。我们没有在洗濯盆里洗濯就想要祷告或服事，结果就是死亡。
20If we do not pray in the meetings or function, in a sense we may be somewhat living. But if we pray or function without washing in the laver, we shall bring death to ourselves and also spread death to others. Death is the result of our trying to pray or serve without washing in the laver.
经历洗濯盆，为着神居所的运行
Experiencing the laver for the operation of God’s dwelling place
21赎罪银是为着神的行动，而洗濯盆是为着神居所产生功用。没有赎罪银，神的居所就无法建造起来，也无法行动；换句话说，就会缺少银子作带卯的座、柱顶、钩子、杆子，也没有彀多的人数被征召，组成军队来为着神的行动争战。同样的原则，没有洗濯盆，帐幕就无法产生功用。即使有神的居所和一切的器具，这件东西也无法产生功效。没有洗濯盆的洗濯，没有一个人有资格在帐幕里服事。强调祭坛、桌子、灯台、约柜、香坛，而不怎么强调洗濯盆，是不合宜的。我们必须经历洗濯盆，来为着神居所的产生功效。
21The propitiation silver is for God’s move, and the laver is for the operation of God’s dwelling place. Without the propitiation silver, God’s dwelling place cannot be built up and it cannot move. There will be a shortage of silver to make the sockets, caps, hooks, and fillets. There will not be the adequate number of persons drafted to form the army to fight for God’s move. In the same principle, without the laver there is no way to have the operation of the tabernacle. Even if we have God’s dwelling place and all its furniture, we shall not have a way to put these things into operation. Without the washing in the laver, no one is qualified to serve in the tabernacle. It is unfortunate for emphasis to be given to the altar, the table, the lampstand, the ark, and the incense altar, but not so much to the laver. We must experience the laver for the operation of God’s dwelling place.
洗濯盆与祭坛有关
The laver in relation to the altar
22在位置上，洗濯盆是在祭坛之后，但在功用上，洗濯盆是在祭坛之前。祭司到祭坛这里来供职的时候，首先必须在洗濯盆里洗濯。他们进到帐幕里供职以前，也必须在洗濯盆里洗濯。由此我们看见，洗濯盆的功用乃是在祭坛的功用之前。
22In location the laver is after the altar, but in function the laver is before the altar. When the priests came to minister at the altar, they first had to wash at the laver. They also had to wash at the laver before going into the tabernacle to minister. By this we see that the function of the laver comes before that of the altar.
23洗濯盆的位置指明它是由祭坛出来的。祭坛用铜包裹，而洗濯盆是用铜作的。在豫表里，铜是表征神的审判。祭坛是豫表基督的十字架。在祭坛那里，在十字架那里，神的审判施行到顶完全的地步。由于神的审判在祭坛那里施行，洗濯盆就产生了。祭坛上的铜是表征审判，而洗濯盆上的铜是表征神审判的结果、结局。这个结果就是洗濯的能力。这意思是说，洗濯盆洗濯的能力乃是出自神的审判。
23The location of the laver indicates that it comes out of the altar. The altar was overlaid with bronze, and the laver was made of bronze. In typology bronze signifies God’s judgment. The altar typifies the cross of Christ. At the altar, at the cross, God’s judgment was exercised to the fullest extent. Out of the judgment of God exercised at the altar, the laver was produced. The bronze on the altar signifies judgment, but the bronze on the laver signifies the result, the issue, of God’s judgment. This result is the washing power. This means that the washing power of the laver comes out of God’s judgment.
24照新约来看，洗濯盆的洗濯能力就是赐生命的灵。提多书三章五节说到重生的洗和圣灵的更新。这一节启示出赐生命的灵、生命的灵，就是洗濯的能力。因此，洗濯盆是表征藉着赐生命之灵而有的洗濯。
24According to the New Testament, the washing power of the laver is the life-giving Spirit. Titus 3:5 speaks of the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit. This verse reveals that the life-giving Spirit, the Spirit of life, is the washing power. Hence, the laver signifies the washing through the life-giving Spirit.
25洗濯盆是豫表基督的死所产生赐生命之灵的洗濯能力。祭坛是表征基督的救赎，而洗濯盆是表征赐生命之灵的洗濯。在祭坛那里，我们看见基督的救赎；在洗濯盆那里，我们看见赐生命之灵的洗濯。然而，这赐生命的灵不是基督之外的另一位。赐生命的灵实际上就是基督自己。钉十字架的基督经过神完全的审判并且复活以后，就成了洗濯我们的赐生命之灵。
25The laver typifies the washing power of the life-giving Spirit brought forth by the death of Christ. The altar signifies Christ’s redemption, and the laver signifies the life-giving Spirit’s washing. At the altar we see Christ’s redeeming, and at the laver we see the life-giving Spirit’s washing. However, this life-giving Spirit is not someone other than Christ. The life-giving Spirit is actually Christ Himself. After passing through God’s full judgment and entering into resurrection, the crucified Christ became the life-giving Spirit who washes us.
祭坛和洗濯盆的铜
The bronze of the altar and the laver
26用来包裹祭坛的铜来自受神审判的二百五十个背叛之人的香炉。这些背叛之人受了审判以后，主对摩西说：“你吩咐祭司亚伦的儿子以利亚撒，从火中捡起那些香炉来，把火撒在别处，因为那些香炉是圣的。把那些犯罪自害己命之人的香炉，叫人锤成片子，用以包坛；那些香炉本是他们在耶和华面前献过的，所以是圣的；并且可以给以色列人作记号。”（民十六37～38。）这指明祭坛上的铜应当使神的子民想起祂对背叛之人的审判。因此，用来包裹祭坛的铜就成了一种题醒，题醒人神对背叛的审判。
26The bronze used to overlay the altar came from the censers of the two hundred fifty rebellious ones who were judged by God. After these rebellious ones were judged, the Lord said to Moses, “Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel” (Num. 16:37-38). This indicates that the bronze on the altar should remind God’s people of His judgment upon the rebels. Therefore, the bronze used to overlay the altar became a reminder of God’s judgment on rebellion.
27洗濯盆上的铜来自聚集在会幕门前之妇人的镜子。（出三八8，另译。）三十八章八节里“聚集”，希伯来字义是成为军队而聚集。这又指明以色列人的诸营都是军队。聚集在会幕门前的妇人好像军队一般聚集服事。换句话说，她们的事奉也是一种服役。这些妇人的镜子用来作铜洗濯盆。这暗指洗濯盆是一面镜子，能彀返照人、暴露人。祭坛上的铜是将神的审判题醒人的东西，而洗濯盆上的铜是暴露神子民的一面镜子。这表明基督在十字架上所受的审判有暴露我们的能力。
27The bronze on the laver came from the looking glasses of the women who assembled at the door of the tent of meeting (Exo. 38:8). The Hebrew word for “assembling” in 38:8 means to assemble by troops. This is another indication that all the camps of the children of Israel were troops. The women who assembled at the door of the tent of meeting assembled to serve as troops. In other words, their service also was part of the military service. The looking glasses of these women were used to make the laver of bronze. This implies that the laver of bronze was a looking glass, a mirror, that could reflect and expose. Whereas the bronze on the altar was a reminder of God’s judgment, the bronze on the laver was a mirror to expose God’s people. It indicates that the judgment suffered by Christ on the cross has the power to expose us.
28那些就近洗濯盆的人，污秽被暴露了出来，这样他们便晓得自己需要洗濯。我记得许多年前，有一次，我的孩子不肯承认他们脏，需要洗濯，我就拿一面镜子摆在他们面前。他们看见镜子里的自己，就晓得自己是脏的，并且愿意洗净了。照样，洗濯盆的铜也是一面镜子，返照我们的光景，并暴露我们的污秽。因此，祭坛的铜题醒我们有神的审判，而洗濯盆的铜题醒我们自己是污秽的，需要洗濯。
28Those who came to the laver had their uncleanness exposed. In this way they would realize their need to wash. I remember a time years ago when my children refused to admit that they were dirty and needed to wash. I picked up a mirror and held it in front of them. When they saw themselves in the mirror, they were convinced that they were dirty and they were willing to wash themselves. Likewise, the bronze of the laver is a mirror reflecting our condition and exposing our dirt. Therefore, the bronze at the altar reminds us of God’s judgment, and the bronze at the laver reminds us that we are dirty and need to wash.
29在洗濯盆这里有铜，有镜子，有水。我们到了洗濯盆这里，铜就该题醒我们，凡是罪恶的、属地的、肉体的，都已经在十字架上受了神的审判。也许我们承认自己的罪，却不晓得自己还是多么属世，多么属肉体。在神看来，我们已经蒙了救赎，但我们还需要被洗濯。我们在祭坛那里因着血蒙了救赎，就需要在洗濯盆里用水洗濯。
29At the laver we have the bronze, the mirror, and the water. When we are at the laver, the bronze should remind us that whatever is sinful, earthly, and fleshly has been judged by God on the cross. But although we may confess our sins, we may not realize how much we are still worldly and fleshly. In the sight of God we have been redeemed, but we still need to be washed. Having been redeemed by the blood at the altar, we need to be washed by the water in the laver.
30今天基督徒中间，很少有信息释放出来告诉信徒说，藉着基督的血蒙了救赎即使很美妙，我们还是需要赐生命之灵的洗濯。虽然我们承认了自己的罪，我们还需要对付玷污，对付来自属地接触的污秽。我们也需要对付来自肉体和天然生命的污秽。因此，我们需要赐生命之灵来洗濯。
30Among Christians today not many messages have been given telling the believers that, even though it is wonderful to be redeemed through the blood of Christ, we still need to be washed by the life-giving Spirit. Although we have confessed our sins, we still need to deal with defilement, with the dirt that comes from the earthly touch. We also need to deal with the defilement that comes from the flesh and the natural life. Therefore, we need to be washed by the life-giving Spirit.
赐生命之灵的洗濯
The washing of the life-giving Spirit
31我们天天都需要先把基督当作赎罪祭和赎愆祭献上。一方面，这会引导我们经历基督作我们生命的供应，并作献给神的食物。另一方面，这会引导我们体认自己需要赐生命之灵的洗濯。
31Every day we first need to offer Christ as the sin offering and the trespass offering. On the one hand, this will lead us to experience Christ as our life supply and as the food that is offered to God. On the other hand, it will lead us to the realization that we need the washing of the life-giving Spirit.
32我们愈在灵里行动，愈在调和的灵里生活，我们就愈被洗濯。每一次的洗濯都会题醒我们有些地方不要去，有些人不要接触，免得卷入会玷污我们的情况里。即使我们没有作甚么恶事，我们也会接触到属世、天然的东西，因而受到玷污。倘若我们还是一直在污秽的光景里，我们就无法祷告，无法服事主，或在聚会中尽功用。如果我们没有在洗濯盆里把污秽洗净，而想要尽功用的话，我们就会经历死亡。
32The more we walk in the Spirit and live in the mingled spirit, the more we shall be washed. Each washing will be a reminder not to go to certain places, contact certain persons, or be involved in situations that will defile us. Even though we may not do anything sinful, we may touch something worldly and natural and thereby be defiled. If we remain in a condition of defilement, we shall not be able to pray, serve the Lord, or function in the meetings. If we try to function without washing away the defilement in the laver, we shall experience death.
33我能彀作见证，这样领会并解释洗濯盆的意义与我们的经历相符合。我们在本篇信 息中所说到的洗濯盆，能彀由我们的经历来证实。
33I can testify that this understanding and interpretation of the significance of the laver corresponds to our experience. What we have said regarding the laver in this message can be confirmed by our experience.
34出埃及记三十章十八节说：“你要用铜作洗濯盆，和盆座，以便洗濯；要将盆放在会幕和坛的中间，在盆里盛水。”洗濯盆座是表征稳固。洗濯盆放在会幕和坛的中间，为要接续祭坛的工作，好进到帐幕里。洗濯盆里所盛的水表征赐生命之灵的洗濯。（参看弗五26。）
34Exodus 30:18 says, “And you shall make a laver of bronze, and its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar; and you shall put water in it.” The base of the laver signifies steadfastness. The laver was put between the tent of meeting and the altar to continue the work of the altar for the entrance into the tabernacle. The water put into the laver signifies the washing of the life-giving Spirit (see Eph. 5:26).
35十九节继续说：“亚伦和他的儿子，要在这盆里洗手洗脚。”我们已经指出，这个洗濯是表征洗净来自属地接触的污秽。（约十三10。）
35Verse 19 continues, “And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it.” As we have pointed out, this washing signifies the washing away of the defilement that comes from the earthly touch (John 13:10).
永远的定例
An eternal statute
36二十至二十节说：“他们进会幕，或是就近坛前供职，给耶和华献火祭的时候，必用水洗濯，免得死亡。他们洗手洗脚，就免得死亡；这要作亚伦和他后裔，世世代代永远的定例。”祭司必须在洗濯盆里洗濯，免得死亡。今天我们需要赐生命之灵的洗濯，好免去属灵的死亡。
36Verses 20 and 21 say, “When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they may not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering by fire to Jehovah, then they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they may not die. And it shall be an eternal statute to them, to him and to his seed throughout their generations.” The priests were to wash in the laver in order to be kept away from death. Today we need the washing of the life-giving Spirit to avoid spiritual death.
37祭司进会幕或是就近坛前供职的时候，必须在洗濯盆里洗濯。正如二十一节下半指出，这要成为世世代代永远的定例，永远的原则。
37The priests needed to wash in the laver when going into the tent of meeting or coming to the altar to minister. As the last part of verse 21 points out, this was to be an eternal statute, an eternal principle for all generations.
香坛、赎罪银，洗濯盆
The incense altar, the propitiation silver, and the laver
38照出埃及记三十章来看，在香坛之后，紧接著有赎罪银，为着神的建造和神的行动，然后有铜洗濯盆，为着神居所的运行。没有赎罪银，神的居所就无法建造起来，神的居所也无法行动。进一步说，如果没有铜洗濯盆，神的居所也无法运行。没有洗濯盆，神的建造就停顿了，所有有关的也都静止了。
38According to Exodus 30, immediately after the incense altar, we have the silver for God’s building and God’s move, and then the laver of bronze for the operation of God’s dwelling place. Without the propitiation silver, there would not be a way to have God’s dwelling place built up or a way for God’s dwelling place to move. Furthermore, if there were no laver of bronze, there would not be a way to have the operation of God’s building. Without the laver, God’s building would come to a standstill, and everything related to it would be quiet.
39现在我们就能懂，何以赎罪银和铜洗濯盆紧接着金香坛。我们需要银子，为着神居所的建造与行动。我们需要铜，为着神居所的运行。这意思是说，教会生活里实际的运行乃是在于铜洗濯盆。
39Now we can understand why the propitiation silver and the laver of bronze immediately follow the golden incense altar. We need the silver for the building up of God’s dwelling place and for its move. We need the bronze for the operation of God’s dwelling place. This means that the actual operation in the church life depends on the laver of bronze.
40我们会看见，出埃及记三十章也有膏油和香的成分。膏油和香属于赎罪银和铜洗濯盆。因此，继香坛之后有四样物件：银、铜、膏油、香。我们有了银子和洗濯盆和铜以后，就需要膏油来涂抹我们，也需要在香坛上烧香，为着代求。
40As we shall see, in Exodus 30 we also have the ingredients of the ointment and of the incense. The ointment and the incense belong with the propitiation silver and the laver of bronze. Therefore, after the incense altar we have four items: silver, bronze, ointment, and incense. After we have the silver and the bronze of the laver, we need the ointment to anoint us, and we also need the incense to burn on the incense altar for intercession.
41我愿鼓励你们为着赎罪银和铜洗濯盆来祷告，来交通。要合式地领会这些事，需要许多的祷告和交通。
41I would encourage you to pray about the propitiation silver and the laver of bronze and to have fellowship concerning them. The proper understanding of these matters requires much prayer and fellowship.