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出埃及记生命读经 · 第183篇

制作帐幕及其器具和祭司的衣服（二）

The making of the tabernacle with its furniture and the garments for the priests (2)
1读经： 出埃及记三十五章一至十节，二十至三十五节；三十六章一至七节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 35:1-10, 20-35; 36:1-7
2出埃及记三十五至三十九章记载制作帐幕及其器具和祭司的衣服。
2In chapters thirty-five through thirty-nine of Exodus we have a record of the making of the tabernacle with its furniture and the garments for the priests.
奉献材料
The offering of the materials
3在三十五章四至九节，二十至二十九节，三十六章三至七节，有材料的奉献。出埃及记三十五章四至五节说：“摩西对以色列全会众说，耶和华所吩咐的是这样；你们中间要拿举祭献给耶和华，凡乐意献的，可以拿耶和华的举祭来。”（另译。）然后题到各式各样的材料：金、银、铜、蓝色、紫色、朱红色线、细麻、山羊毛、染红的公羊皮、海狗皮、皂莱木、点灯的油，并作膏油和香的香料、红玛瑙，与别样的宝石，可 以镶嵌在以弗得和胸牌上。
3In 35:4-9, 20-29 and 36:3-7 we have the offering of the materials. Exodus 35:4 and 5 say, “And Moses said to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, This is the word which Jehovah has commanded, saying, Take from among you a heave offering to Jehovah; everyone whose heart is willing shall bring it, Jehovah’s heave offering.” Then various materials are mentioned: gold, silver, bronze, blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood, oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the incense of fragrant spices, and onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
4在奉献材料的事上，先前拜偶像的百姓如今向神忠诚了。从前他们用金子来制造偶像，但如今他们向神忠诚，将一切奉献给神，为着建造帐幕，就是祂的居所。在三十五章论到奉献材料的记载里，表达了这种思想。然而，这多少有点肤浅。本篇信息所要强调的是所奉献之材料的属灵意义。
4In the matter of offering these materials, the people who had been idolatrous now became faithful to God. Formerly they used their gold to make an idol. But now they were faithful and offered everything to God for the building of the tabernacle, His dwelling place. This thought is conveyed in the record in chapter thirty-five regarding the offering of the materials. However, it is somewhat superficial. The emphasis in this message will be on the spiritual significance of the offering of the materials.
5为着建造帐幕所献上的材料，豫表我们在各方面所经历的基督。虽然以色列人在埃及就得着了这些材料，但这些材料没有称为举祭、摇祭、甘心祭。（三五5，21～22，24，29，三六3。）有些译本没有指出这些祭物是举祭、摇祭、甘心祭，只说这些祭物是礼物或捐输。举祭表征升天的基督，摇祭表征复活的基督，甘心祭表征我们甘心乐意献给神的基督。神不勉强我们来经历基督。我们有没有经历基督，然后将祂献给神，乃是出于我们的自由意志。
5The materials offered for the building of the tabernacle typify the Christ experienced by us in different aspects. Although these materials were gained by the children of Israel while they were in Egypt, they are nevertheless called heave offerings, wave offerings, and freewill offerings (35:5, 21-22, 24, 29; 36:3). Some translations do not point out that these offerings were heave offerings, wave offerings, and freewill offerings. Instead, certain versions say only that these offerings were gifts or contributions. The heave offering signifies the ascended Christ; the wave offering, the resurrected Christ; and the freewill offering, the Christ we offer to God of our free will. God does not force us to experience Christ. Whether or not we experience Christ and then offer Him to God is a matter of our free will.
6按着属灵的解释，这里的祭物全是豫表我们所经历的基督。有时候我们经历基督是神的实际；这就是金子。有时候我们经坜基督是我们的救赎主，是我们的救赎；这就是银子。还有些时候，我们也许经历基督是为我们受神审判的一位，是代替我们受审判的基督，是作了我们的代替，为我们受神审判的一位；这就是铜。这些都是我们所经历基督的不同方面。
6According to the spiritual interpretation, all the offerings here are types of the Christ whom we experience. Sometimes we experience Christ as the reality of God. This is gold. At other times we experience Christ as our Redeemer or as our redemption. This is silver. At other times we may experience Christ as the One judged by God for us, as the Christ who takes our place in judgment, as the One who is our Substitute to suffer God’s judgment for us. This is bronze. All these are different aspects of the Christ experienced by us.
7为着建造教会，建造神的居所，我们都需要经历基督。倘若我们不经历基督，我们就没有甚么可当作举祭、摇祭、甘心祭奉献给神，好建造祂的居所。假定有些以色列人空手而来，没有甚么东西可献给主，为着建造帐幕。他们也许会说：“摩西对我们说过建造帐幕的祭物，但我们很可怜，没有甚么东西可以献上。”那真是羞耻！然而，这就是今天许多圣徒的光景。就着经历基督而论，他们没有祭物可以带来。在建造教会的事上，他们两手空空。
7For the building of the church, God’s dwelling place, we all need to experience Christ. If we do not experience Christ, we shall not have anything to offer to God as a heave offering, wave offering, or freewill offering for the building up of His dwelling place. Suppose some of the Israelites were empty-handed, having nothing to offer to the Lord for the building of the tabernacle. They may have said, “Moses has spoken to us concerning offerings for the building of the tabernacle. But we are pitiful and have nothing to offer.” What a shame that would have been! Nevertheless, this is the situation of many saints today. As far as the experience of Christ is concerned, they do not have an offering to bring. Regarding the building up of the church, their hands are empty.
8我们都需要有一些经历基督的丰富。至少我们必须有一个胸前针或耳环。（三五22。）我们至少该有基督作小小的胸前针，能彀为着教会的建造献上。也许你不晓得在实际的经历上，这是甚么意思。假定一位姊妹戴着一个小小的胸针。如果她在戴胸针的事上经历基督，最终，按属灵的意义来说，这就是经历基督作金胸针。照样，一位弟兄也许会在别领针这件小小的事上经历基督。如果一位弟兄在买领针、别领针的事上经历基督，这就会成为他所经历基督的一方面。然后在神看来，他就有基督作属灵的领针。这里要紧的点是说，我们不该凭着自己得着甚么东西，每样东西都该凭着基督、同着基督来得着。如果我们在一件事上经历基督，我们就会在这一方面得着基督，为着建造教会、建造神的居所奉献给神。
8We all need to have some riches of the experience of Christ. At least we need to have a brooch or an earring (35:22). We should at least have Christ as a small brooch that we can offer for the building of the church. Perhaps you are wondering what this means in our practical experience. Suppose a sister wears a little brooch. If in wearing that brooch she experiences Christ, eventually that experience, in its spiritual significance, will be an experience of Christ as a golden brooch. Likewise, a brother may experience Christ even in the small matter of wearing a tiepin. If a brother experiences Christ in the buying and wearing of a tiepin, that will become an aspect of Christ experienced by him. Then in the sight of God he will have Christ as a spiritual tiepin. The important point here is that we should not have anything by ourselves, but we should have everything by Christ and with Christ. If we experience Christ in a certain thing, we shall have Christ in a particular aspect to offer to God for the building up of the church, His dwelling place.
9甚至在买领带、打领带的事上也可能经历基督。如果我在打领带的事上经历基督，那么在属灵的经历上，我就有基督作我的金领带。
9It is possible to experience Christ even in buying a tie and in wearing that tie. If I experience Christ in the wearing of a tie, then in spiritual experience I shall have Christ as my golden tie.
10结了婚的弟兄能彀在受试探要和妻子吵嘴的时候经历基督。他要和妻子吵嘴之前应当说：“主，我快要和妻子吵嘴了。主，我不要没有你就去吵嘴。如果你不是我和妻子吵嘴的方法，我就不和她吵嘴。”倘若有弟兄这样经历基督，甚至要和妻子吵嘴的情况里，也会得着基督。这说明了经历基督必须是多么实际。然而，今天在许多基督徒中间缺少在日常生活中实际经历基督的主观教导。
10A married brother can experience Christ when he is tempted to argue with his wife. When he is about to argue with her, he should say, “Lord, I’m going to argue with my wife. Lord, I don’t want to argue without You. If You are not my way to argue with my wife, I will not argue with her.” If a brother experiences Christ in this way, he will gain Christ, even in a situation where he is about to argue with his wife. This is an illustration of how practical the experience of Christ needs to be. However, among many Christians today there is a shortage of the subjective teaching concerning the practical experience of Christ in our daily life.
11我们需要在日常生活的每一方面经历基督，例如，在穿衣、发式、态度上。不论大事、小事，我们都需要经历基督。在穿鞋、理发，甚至表达态度上，我们都该有基督。姊妹不该凭着自己对丈夫拉“长脸”。反之，她应当说：“主，我要对丈夫拉长脸了，你会和我一同这么作么？如果你在这件事上不与我合一，我就不这么作。”结了婚的姊妹对丈夫拉长脸以前，应当先住在主里面，并为此向主祷告。如果她这样祷告，她就不会对丈夫拉长脸。反之，她会笑脸迎他。我用这件事作比方，来指出我们需要应用真理，就是经历基督作献给神的材料，为着实际建造祂的居所。如果我们实行这个真理，我们就会有基督的东西献给神，为着建造教会，就是今天神在地上的居所。
11We need to experience Christ in every aspect of our daily life, for example, in the clothes we wear, in the way we cut our hair, and in our attitudes. In everything, great or small, we need to experience Christ. In wearing shoes, in cutting our hair, and even in expressing our attitudes, we should have Christ. A sister should not show a “long face” to her husband by herself. Instead, she should say, “Lord, I intend to show a long face to my husband. Will You do this with me? If You are not one with me in this matter, I will not do it.” Before showing her husband a long face, a married sister should first abide in the Lord and pray to Him concerning it. If she prays like this, she will not show a long face to her husband. On the contrary, she may show him a broad, happy face. I use this as an illustration to point out that we need to apply the truth of experiencing Christ as the materials offered to God for the building of His dwelling place in a practical way. If we are practical with this truth, we shall have something of Christ to offer to God for the building up of the church, His dwelling place on earth today.
豫备工人
The preparing of the workers
12我们已经指出，许多基督徒没有甚么基督的东西可献上。但即使我们在许多方面都有基督作材料，那还不是建造。我们要有建造，不但需要材料，也需要巧匠。因此，这几章所论到的第二件事乃是豫备工人，就是豫备有恩赐的人来尽功用。（三五10，30～35，三六1～2，三八22～23。）
12We have pointed out that many Christians do not have anything of Christ to offer. But even if we do have Christ in many aspects as the materials, that is not yet the building. In order to have the building, we need not only the materials but also the skillful workers. Therefore, the next matter to be covered in these chapters is the preparing of the workers, the preparing of the gifted ones to function (35:10, 30-35; 36:1-2; 38:22-23).
13照出埃及记三十五章来看，主要的两个工人是比撒列和亚何利亚伯。（30，34。）比撒列属于犹大支派，君王的支派；亚何利亚伯属于但支派，卑微的支派。这指明神不在意我们属人的身分是高是低。为着建造祂居所的工作，祂能彀从君王的支派兴起人来，也能彀从卑微的支派兴起人来。
13According to Exodus 35, the two leading workmen were Bezalel and Oholiab (vv. 30, 34). Bezalel was of the tribe of Judah, a kingly tribe, and Oholiab was of the tribe of Dan, a lowly tribe. This indicates that God does not care about our human estate, whether we are high or low. For the work of building His dwelling place, He can raise up one from a kingly tribe and also one from a lowly tribe.
心被拔高
An uplifted heart
14出埃及记三十五章二十一节说：“凡心里受感，和甘心乐意的，都…来。”繙作“受感”的希伯来字原意是被拔高。在这一节里，我比较喜欢用“被拔高”这个词。我们需要有一颗心，一直将我们拔高。我们所需要的是一颗高昂的心，而不是下沉的心。许多时条我听说某某弟兄或某某姊妹气餧了、失望了、灰心了。只要我们一灰心，我们就与神建造的工作无分无关了。我们一直需要一颗拔高的心，甚至是一颗一直拔高的心，将我们拔高。我们每一个人都需要这样一颗被拔高的心。如果我们没有这样的心，那么谁能帮助我们呢？
14Exodus 35:21 says, “And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whose spirit made him willing.” Literally, the Hebrew word rendered “stirred” here means lifted. I prefer to use the word “lifted” in this verse. We need to have a heart that always lifts us up. We need an upward heart, not a downward heart. Many times I have been told that a certain brother or sister is discouraged, disappointed, or disheartened. Whenever we are disheartened, we are through with the work of God’s building. We constantly need an uplifted heart, even an uplifting heart, a heart that lifts us up. Every one of us needs such an uplifted heart. If we do not have this kind of heart, who then would be able to help us?
被神的灵充满
Filled with the Spirit of God
15三十一节论到比撒列，说：“又以神的灵充满了他，使他有智慧、聪明、知识，能作各样的工。”这表明就算我们是比撒列或亚何利亚伯，我们还需要神的灵。为着建造帐幕，建造神物质的居所，尚且需要神的灵，何况是今天的教会！
15Concerning Bezalel, verse 31 says, “And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all workmanship.” This indicates that even if we are a Bezalel or an Oholiab, we still need the Spirit of God. For the building up of the tabernacle, a material dwelling place for God, there was the need for the Spirit of God. How much more is this true concerning the church today!
16神以那灵所充满的人，他们的心已将他们拔高。神以那灵充满他们，来赐给他们智慧、聪明、知识、技巧。这描绘出我们今天的需要。为着教会的建造，我们需要一班弟兄姊妹，他们的心将他们拔高，并且他们被神的灵充满，得着智慧、知识。我们要作长老、同工，或有分于教会建造的人，就需要智慧、聪明、知识、技巧。 我们稍微经历基督作为材料，为着神的建造献给神以后，还需要执行建造的工作。为此，需要许多工人。这些工人都该有一颗被拔高的心，使神能彀进来，以那灵充满他们。根据这里的记载，我们首先需要有一颗将我们拔高的心。然后神就要进来，以那灵充满我们，作我们的智慧、聪明、知识、技术、技巧。
16God filled with the Spirit those whose hearts lifted them up. By filling them with the Spirit, God gave them wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill. This is a picture of what we need today. For the building up of the church we need brothers and sisters whose hearts lift them up and who are filled with the Spirit of God to have wisdom and knowledge. In order to be an elder, a co-worker, or one who shares in the building up of the church, we need wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill. After we have some experience of Christ as the materials to be offered to God for His building, there is still the need for us to carry out the work of building. For this, there is the need of many workers. All these workers should have an uplifted heart so that God may come in to fill them with the Spirit. According to the record here, we must first have a heart that lifts us up. Then God will come in to fill us with the Spirit as our wisdom, understanding, knowledge, skill, and craftsmanship.
制造帐幕的顺序
The sequence in making the tabernacle
17现在我们来到实际制造帐幕及其器具的事。（三六8～三八20。）制造帐幕及其器具的顺序与启示的顺序不同。照启示的顺序来看，首先有约柜，然后有帐幕、陈设饼桌子、灯台、铜祭坛，和祭司的圣衣。这个启示是照着神的愿望，照着祂所要的。神所要的，首先是见证的柜。关乎帐幕及其器具所启示的每一件事，都是照着神心头的愿望。但制造帐幕及其器具的顺序，是照着实际的需要。因这缘故，首先制造的是帐幕，然后是作为帐幕内涵的器具。
17Now we come to the actual making of the tabernacle and its furniture (36:8—38:20). The sequence of the making of the tabernacle and its furniture is different from the sequence of the revelation. According to the sequence of the revelation, we first have the ark and then the tabernacle, the showbread table, the lampstand, the bronze altar, and the holy garments of the priests. This revelation is according to God’s desire, according to what He wants. What God wants first is the ark of testimony. Everything revealed concerning the tabernacle and its furniture is according to the desire of God’s heart. But the sequence of making the tabernacle and its furniture is according to the practical need. For this reason, the first item to be made was the tabernacle, and then the furniture was made as the content of the tabernacle.
18现在我们略略来看制造帐幕及其器具的顺序。首先造帐幕的幔子和帐幕的盖，（三六8～19，）然后造竖板。（三六20～34。）因此，首先造成的是屋顶和墙壁。其次有里面的幔子和帐幕的门帘。（三六35～38。）有了这些物件，帐幕就完成了。然后有帐幕的内涵：见证的柜、（三七1～9、）陈设饼桌子、（三七10～16、）金灯台、（三七17～24、）香坛。（三七25～28。）我们有了约柜、桌子、灯台，就有资格在香坛那里与基督一同执行代求的工作。香坛以后 ，有圣膏油和净香、（三七29、）燔祭坛、（三八1～7、）铜洗濯盆。（三八8。）末了有帐幕的院子。（三八9～20。）
18Let us consider briefly the sequence in the making of the tabernacle and its furniture. First the curtains and the coverings of the tabernacle were made (36:8-19) and then the boards (36:20-34). Thus, the first two items made were the roof and the walls. Next we have the inner veil and the door curtain of the tabernacle (36:35-38). With these items the tabernacle itself was completed. Then we have the contents of the tabernacle: the ark of the testimony (37:1-9), the table of the bread of the Presence (37:10-16), the golden lampstand (37:17-24), and the altar of incense (37:25-28). When we have the ark, the table, and the lampstand, we are qualified to be at the altar of incense to carry out the interceding work with Christ. After the altar of incense, we have the holy anointing oil and the pure incense (37:29), the altar of burnt offering (38:1-7), and the laver of bronze (38:8). Last we have the court of the tabernacle (38:9-20).
数点奉献的材料
Counting the offered materials
19三十八章二十一至三十一节题到数点奉献的材料。数点材料这件事指明，凡事都要按着次序执行。藉此摩西和领头的人明确晓得献上了多少金、银、铜。摩西嘱咐祭司数点奉献的东西。照三十八章二十一节来看，首先，材料由祭司数点，为着利未人的事奉。这表征领头的人首先该认为所有的祭物都是为着教会的事奉。为着教会的事奉，我们需要合式的数点和记载。其次数点的是金子，有二十九他连得并七百三十舍客勒。金子是为着帐幕内部的装饰，和帐幕里面的器具。（三八24。）例如，约柜和桌子要包上金子，而灯台完全是用金子作的。三十八章二十五至二十八节题到数点银子，共一百他连得并一千七百七十五舍客勒，就是已过二十岁以外被数之人所纳的赎罪银，为作帐幕带卯的座和柱子。最终，三十八章二十九至三十一节题到数点铜，共七十他连得并二千四百舍客勒，为作帐幕门带卯的座、铜祭坛、帐幕院子和院门带卯的座、帐幕和院子所有的橛子。这里没有题起作洗濯盆所用的铜，因为那是来自爱主妇女的面镜。
19In 38:21-31 we have the counting of the offered materials. The fact that the materials were counted indicates that everything was carried out in an orderly way. By this Moses and the leading ones knew definitely how much gold, silver, and bronze had been offered. Moses charged the priests to count what had been offered. First, according to 38:21, the material was counted by the priests for the service of the Levites. This signifies that all the offerings should first be considered by the leading ones for the church service. For this service, we need a proper counting and record. Next the gold was counted, twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels. The gold was for the interior decoration of the tabernacle and the furniture within the tabernacle (38:24). For example, the ark and the table were overlaid with gold, and the lampstand was made entirely of gold. In 38:25-28 we have the counting of the silver, one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, paid for the propitiation by those numbered from twenty years old and upward, for the sockets and pillars of the tabernacle. Finally, in 38:29-31, we have the counting of the bronze, seventy talents and twenty-four hundred shekels for the sockets of the door of the tabernacle, the bronze altar, the sockets of the court of the tabernacle and its door, and all the pegs of the tabernacle and its court. Here there is no mention of the bronze used in making the laver because that bronze came from the looking glasses of women who loved the Lord.
为祭司作衣服
Making the garments for the priests
20三十九章一至三十一节记载着为祭司作衣服。在三十九章二至七节，制作圣衣的中 心物件─以弗得。接著有胸牌（三九8～21）和以弗得的袍子。（22～26。）与其说以弗得像一件背心，不如说像一件袍子。以弗得的长袍是穿在以弗得底下。外袍作好以后，便作内袍，内袍是穿在外袍里面。然后有大祭司的里头巾，众祭司的里头巾，以及大祭司和众祭司的裤子和腰带。最后作大祭司所戴圣冠上的牌，（30～31，）刻著『归耶和华为圣”这句话。
20In 39:1-31 we have the making of the garments for the priests. In 39:2-7 we have the making of the ephod, the central item of the holy garments. Following that we have the breastplate (39:8-21) and the robe of the ephod (vv. 22-26). The ephod was like a vest, rather than like a robe. The long robe of the ephod was worn underneath the ephod. After the making of the outer robe, we have the making of the inner tunics, which were worn inside the robe. Then we have the turban for the high priest, the turbans for the priests, and the breeches and girdles for both the high priest and the priests. Finally, we have the making of the plate of the holy crown to be worn by the high priest (vv. 30-31), a plate that was inscribed with the words “Holy unto Jehovah.”
21到了三十九章末了，工作完成了，每样东西都呈交给摩西察验。摩西很喜乐，并祝福一切作好的东西。这指明一切东西作成以后，祝福便要降临。我盼望我们中间建造教会的光景就是这样。我盼望有一天，我们将每样东西都呈献给今日的摩西－主，而主欢喜快乐，将祂的祝福赐给我们。
21At the end of chapter thirty-nine, the work was completed, and everything was presented to Moses for his examination. Moses was happy and blessed everything that had been made. This indicates that after everything was finished, the blessing came down. I hope this will be the situation concerning the building up of the church among us. I hope that one day we shall present everything to the Lord, today’s Moses, and that He will be happy and grant us His blessing.