13在复合的膏油这段记载里面,有三和五这两个数字。在圣经里,三和五这两个数字相题并论,就与神的建造有关。神第一个建造是挪亚的方舟。在方舟的描述里,有三和五这两个数字的倍数。“方舟…要长三百肘,宽五十肘,高三十肘。”(创六15。)不但如此,方舟要“分上、中、下三层。”(创六16。)神第二个建造是帐幕。帐幕有三段:外院子、圣所、至圣所。就帐幕而论,五这个数字经常出现。例如,帐幕是由十幅细麻制的幔子作成的。照出埃及记二十六章三节来看,这五幅幔子要幅幅相连,那五幅幔子也要幅幅相连。此外,外院子的幔子是四方的,长五肘,宽五肘。而燔祭坛长五肘,宽五肘,高三肘。因此,神的第二个建造有三和五这两个数字。
13In the record concerning the compound ointment, we have the numbers three and five. In the Bible, when the numbers three and five are put together, this combination is related to God’s building. God’s first building was the ark of Noah. In the description of the ark there are multiples of the numbers three and five: “The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits” (Gen. 6:15). Furthermore, the ark was to be made “with lower, second, and third stories” (Gen. 6:16). God’s second building was the tabernacle. The tabernacle was of three sections: the outer court, the Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies. With the tabernacle, the number five occurs frequently. For example, the tabernacle was made with ten curtains of fine linen. According to Exodus 26:3, five curtains were joined to one another, and the other five curtains were also to be joined to one another. Furthermore, the curtains in the outer court were squares each measuring five cubits by five cubits. Also, the altar of burnt offering was five cubits in length and width, and three cubits in height. Therefore, with God’s second building we have the numbers three and five.