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出埃及记生命读经 · 第91篇

陈设饼的桌子（二）

The Table of the Bread of the Presence (2)
1读经： 出埃及记二十五章二十三至三十节；利未记二十四章五至九节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 25:23-30; Lev. 24:5-9
2这是前一篇信息的延续，论到陈设饼的桌子。
2This is the continuation of the foregoing message on the table of the bread of the Presence.
（四）用皂荚木作的
D. Made of Acacia Wood
3陈设饼的桌子是用皂荚木作的。（二五23。）皂荚木在这里表征基督的人性，这是祂成为我们筵席的基本成分。有意义的是见证的柜和桌子都是用表征基督人性的皂荚木作的。
3The table of the bread of the Presence was made of acacia wood (25:23). Acacia wood here signifies that Christ’s humanity is the basic element for Him to be our feast. It is significant that both the ark of the testimony and the table were made of acacia wood, signifying Christ’s humanity.
（五）包上金子
E. Overlaid with Gold
4出埃及记二十五章二十四节说：“要包上精金。”桌子包上金子，这件事实表征神的彰显、基督的神性。在基督里面，祂的人性乃是给我们享受的基本成分，在祂身上，祂的神性乃是神的彰显。如果我们享受基督，我们就会彰显神。这意思是说，我们享受主耶稣作事奉神的供应，结果就是金子─基督的神性作神的彰显。这是非常有意义的，我相信那灵会向圣徒们启示得更多。我们由属灵的经历中晓得，我们愈享受基督作筵席的基本成分，就愈能彰显神。这就是桌子包上金子的意义。
4Exodus 25:24 says, “And you shall overlay it with pure gold.” The fact that the table was overlaid with gold signifies the expression of God, Christ’s divinity. Within Him, Christ’s humanity is the basic element for our enjoyment, and upon Him is His divinity as the expression of God. If we enjoy Christ, we shall express God. This means that as we enjoy the Lord Jesus as the supply with which to serve God, the outcome will be gold, Christ’s divinity as the expression of God. This is very meaningful, and I trust in the Spirit to reveal more to the saints concerning it. From our spiritual experience we know that the more we enjoy Christ as the basic element of our feast, the more we express God. This is the significance of the table being overlaid with gold.
（六）四围镶上金牙边
F. A Rim of Gold Round About
5二十四节也说：“四围镶上金牙边。”桌子四围的金牙边，表征基督的神性所彰显的荣耀，成为保守的能力和托住的力量。我们先前已经看见见证的柜四围的金牙边。对于约柜和桌子来说，金牙边的意义都是一样。
5Verse 24 also says, “And make for it a rim of gold round about.” The rim of gold around the table signifies that the expressed glory of Christ’s divinity becomes the keeping power and holding strength. We have previously seen this with respect to the rim of gold around the ark of the testimony. With both the ark and the table, the significance of the rim of gold is the same.
（七）尺寸
G. The Size
1 长二肘，宽一肘
1. Two Cubits Its Length and a Cubit Its Width
6根据二十三节，桌子长二肘，宽一肘。这里有两个尺寸的单位，每一个是一平方肘，或二平方肘。在圣经里，一这个数字表征完整的单位、独一的单位。再者，方形之物表明完全，没有偏斜或不足。因此，两个平方肘表征基督完满而全备的生命供应，为要产生一个见证。
6According to verse 23, the table was two cubits in length and a cubit in width. Here we have two units of measure, each one cubit square, or two square cubits. In the Bible the number one signifies a complete unit, a unique unit. Furthermore, for something to be square indicates that it is perfect and without bias or defect. Thus, the two square cubits signify the perfect and complete life supply of Christ to issue in a testimony.
7方形代表对基督的享受是完满的，没有偏斜或不足。最终，这种享受使我们成为一个见证。这种两个方形的享受产生出一个见证。人的言语实在无法说明这件事。但如果我们来看桌子的图画，我们就会有正确的领会。
7The enjoyment of Christ is perfect, represented by a square. It is without bias or defect. Eventually, this enjoyment makes us a testimony. This two-square enjoyment issues in a testimony. No words are adequate to explain this. But if we consider the picture of the table, we shall gain a proper understanding of it.
2 高一肘半
2. A Cubit and a Half Its Height
8我们由二十三节晓得，陈设饼的桌子高一肘半。这表征这里的标准能彀达到见证之柜的标准。作为我们这些事奉神之祭司滋养的基督，能彀合乎神见证的标准。如果我们对基督的享受没有达到约柜高度所表征的神的见证，那么我们的享受就不彀完全，在一些方面有缺欠，并且不彀标准。
8We know from verse 23 that the table of the bread of the Presence was a cubit and a half in height. This signifies that the standard here is up to that of the ark of the testimony. The nourishment of Christ to us as serving priests matches the standard of God’s testimony. If our enjoyment of Christ does not come up to God’s testimony as signified by the height of the ark, then our enjoyment is not perfect. It is in some way defective and below the standard.
9今天各处的基督徒都在读经、查经。但他们享受的标准达到了神见证的标准么？绝大多数都没有达到神的标准。有些基督教团体用属世的音乐来陪衬查经。这样一用，就把标准大大降低了。一方面，这些基督徒有圣经；另一方面，他们有些东西把水准降低了。
9Today Christians everywhere read the Bible and study it. But is the standard of their enjoyment up to the standard of God’s testimony? In the vast majority of cases it is not up to God’s standard. Along with the study of the Bible, some Christian groups use worldly music. The use of such music lowers the standard to a very great degree. On the one hand, these Christians have the Bible; on the other hand, they have things which lower the standard.
10我们查考见证的柜和陈设饼桌子的图画，就能看见约柜和桌子的高度同样是一肘半。这指明约柜和桌子是在同样的水平上，这说出我们对基督的享受必须符合神见证的标准。我们藉着话来享受基督，这样的享受必须非常的高。任何降低标准的花招都不该有地位。
10As we consider the picture of the ark of the testimony and of the table of the bread of the Presence, we see that the height of both the ark and the table is the same—one and a half cubits. This indicates that the ark and the table are on the same level. This reveals that our enjoyment of Christ must match the standard of God’s testimony. Our enjoyment of Christ through the Word must be very high. No place should be given to any gimmicks which lower the standard.
（八）四围的框
H. A Frame Round About
11出埃及记二十五章二十五节说：“桌子的四围，各作一掌宽的横梁，横梁上镶着金牙边。”照我们现在的领会，这里的希伯来字的确表明一道边。然而，原初的意义并不是指普通的一道边。照二十六节、二十七节来看，要作四个金环，安在桌子的四角上，就是桌子四脚上的四角。再者，环子必须“挨近横梁，可以穿杠抬桌子。”繙作挨近的希伯来字，意思是并排着。因此，环子挨近横梁，意思就是紧接着横梁。这表明环子既然在桌子四脚的四角上，横梁定规靠近桌子的底部。所以有些译者用“框”这个字来代替横梁。
11Exodus 25:25 says, “And you shall make for it a border of a handbreadth round about; and you shall make a rim of gold to its border round about.” According to our present understanding, the Hebrew word here does denote a border. However, it does not denote a border in an ordinary sense. According to verses 26 and 27, four rings of gold were to be put upon the four corners which were on its four feet. Furthermore, the rings were to be “close to the border as receptacles for the poles to carry the table.” In Hebrew, the word rendered close means side by side. Thus, for the rings to be close to the border means that they were next to the border. This indicates that, since the rings were on the four corners which were on the four feet of the table, the border must have been close to the bottom of the table. Some translations use the word frame instead of border.
1 为着联结并坚固桌脚
1. For Connecting and Strengthening the Legs
12我们来看桌子及桌子的框，或桌子的边，就能看见框的目的是在于联结并坚固桌脚。这样框便能帮助桌子，使桌子稳定下来。
12As we consider the table and its frame, or its border, we see that the purpose of the frame was to connect the legs and strengthen them. In this way the frame helped to stabilize the table.
2 一掌宽
2. Of a Handbreadth
13框或边的四围是一掌宽。这里的一掌宽表征满了联结和坚固的力量。请注意二十五节没有说框的高度一掌宽。这可指明框的四边是一掌宽，宽度和高度都是一掌。这样的框定规能有力的支持着桌子。
13The frame, or border, was a handbreadth round about. A handbreadth here signifies full of strength to connect and strengthen. Notice that verse 25 does not say that the frame was a handbreadth in height. This may indicate that the frame was a square handbreadth, a handbreadth in both width and height. Such a frame certainly would have been a strong support to the table.
3 镶着金牙边
3. With a Rim of Gold
14二十五节说，横梁上镶着金牙边。桌子上端如何有一道边或冠冕，（24，）框上照样也有一道金边。我们已经指出，这道边是为着保守和托住的。
14Verse 25 says that a rim of gold was made to its border round about. Just as there was a rim, or crown, upon the top of the table (v. 24), so there was a rim of gold upon the frame. As we have pointed out, this rim is for keeping and holding.
15要想了解桌脚四围框的意义，光用我们的心思是不彀的。我们必须在基督徒经历的光中来看这件事。我们由对主的经历中晓得，我们得着基督作我们的滋养，基督对我们就成了一张桌子，带着联结并坚固的能力。这意思是说，享受基督作筵席，就能坚固我们、联结我们、托住我们，并保守我们。框的每一面都与我们的经历有关。在属灵经历的光中来看，尺寸、样式、材料都很有意义。
15It is not adequate simply to use our mind to try to understand the significance of the frame round about the legs of the table. We need to consider this in the light of Christian experience. We know from our experience with the Lord that when we obtain Christ as our nourishment, Christ becomes to us a table with power to connect and strengthen. This means that the enjoyment of Christ as a feast strengthens us, connects us, upholds us, and keeps us. Every aspect of the frame is related to our experience. The size, shape, and material are all significant when considered in the light of spiritual experience.
（九）四个金环
I. Four Rings of Gold
16二十六至二十七节说：“要作四个金环，安在桌子的四角上，就是桌子四脚上的四角。安环子的地方要挨近横梁，可以穿杠抬桌子。”
16Verses 26 and 27 say, “And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners which are on its four feet. The rings shall be close to the border as receptacles for the poles to carry the table.”
1 表征基督的灵作为连接的因素和能力
1. Signifying the Spirit of Christ as the Linking Factor and Power
17在这里只要温习我们所说，为约柜铸造的四个金环就彀了。这些金环不是表征基督的神性，而是表征基督的灵作为连接的因素和连接的能力。在豫表里，金环表征那灵。利百加和以撒订婚的时候，接受了金环。这些金环表征以弗所一章十三节所题起的那灵。再者，浪子回家的时候，父亲不但给他一件袍子，表征基督作为遮盖他的义，也给他一枚金戒指，表征最初的恩赐，盖印的灵。（路十五22。）金环所表征的 那灵，乃是联结的绳索。以弗所四章三节说到保守那灵的一。那灵的一就是环子，是带着联结能力的绳索。
17Here it is sufficient simply to review what we have said about the four rings of gold that were cast for the ark. These rings do not signify the divinity of Christ. Rather, they signify the Spirit of Christ as the linking factor and the linking power. In typology, a gold ring signifies the Spirit. When Rebekah became engaged to Isaac, she received rings of gold. These rings signify the Spirit mentioned in Ephesians 1:13. Furthermore, when the prodigal son came home, the father gave him not only a robe signifying Christ as righteousness to cover him, but also a ring of gold, which signifies the initial gift, the sealing Spirit (Luke 15:22). The Spirit signified by a golden ring is a uniting bond. Ephesians 4:3 speaks of keeping the oneness of the Spirit. This oneness of the Spirit is the ring, the bond with its binding power.
18如果基督只是天上客观的主，不是主观住在我们里面赐生命的灵，我们这些信徒就无法联结在一起，因为我们没有金环。我们要有一，要保守一，在我们的经历中就必须有金环，就是那灵作为连接的因素和连接的能力。
18If Christ were only the Lord objectively in heaven and not also the life-giving Spirit dwelling in us subjectively, there would be no way for us as believers to be united, for we would not have the golden rings. In order to have oneness and to keep the oneness, we must have in our experience the rings of gold, the Spirit as the linking factor and the linking power.
2 安在桌子的四脚上为着行动
2. Put upon the Four Feet of the Table for Moving
19四个金环安在桌子的四脚上，桌子就能彀行动。没有金环，桌子就抬不起来。这桌子表征基督作我们的筵席，它不是静止不动的；而是一直行动、一直随着我们的桌子。照林前十章四节来看，以色列人“所喝的是出于随着他们的灵磐石；那磐石就是基督。”作为灵磐石的基督怎样随着以色列人，成为桌子作我们筵席的基督也照样随着我们。见证的柜能彀行动，陈设饼的桌子也照样能彀行动。
19The four rings of gold were put upon the four feet of the table so that there could be a way for the table to be moved. Without the rings, the table could not be carried. This table, signifying Christ as our feast, is not stationary; it is a table which moves and follows us all the time. According to 1 Corinthians 10:4, the children of Israel “drank of a spiritual rock which followed them, and the rock was Christ.” Just as Christ as a spiritual rock followed the children of Israel, so Christ as the table for our feast follows us. The ark of the testimony could be moved, and the table of the bread of the Presence could be moved also.
3 挨近横梁，可以穿杠抬桌子
3. Close to the Frame as Receptacles for the Poles to Carry the Table
20我们由二十七节看见，环要挨近横梁，才可以穿杠抬桌子。这表征连接和行动都在于联结和坚固。我们已经看见，横梁是为着联结和坚固，而环子是为着连接和行动。环挨近横梁，这件事实指明，连接和行动在于联结和坚固。倘若我们中间没有联结，没有坚固，我们就不可能有连接，也不可能有行动。如果我们彼此离散，失去了坚固，那么就不可能有连接或行动了。但因着我们有联结和坚固，我们也就有连接和行动。金环要挨近联结和坚固的横梁上，这实在有意义！
20From verse 27 we see that the rings were close to the border as receptacles for the poles to carry the table. This signifies that both the linking and the moving are dependent on the connecting and strengthening. We have seen that the frame was for connecting and strengthening and that the rings were for linking and moving. The fact that the rings were close to the frame indicates that the linking and the moving are dependent on the connecting and the strengthening. If among us there is no connecting or strengthening, there cannot be any linking or moving. If we are disconnected from one another, we shall not have the strengthening. Then it will be impossible to have the linking or the moving. But because we have the connecting and the strengthening, we also have the linking and the moving. How meaningful it is that the golden rings were placed close to the connecting and strengthening frames!
（十）皂荚木作的两根杠
J. Two Poles of Acacia Wood
21二十八节说到杠：“要用皂荚木作两根杠，用金包裹，以便抬桌子。”皂荚木又一次表征基督的人性。这里皂荚木作的两根杠，表征基督的人性乃是行动的力量。这两根杠用金子包裹，这件事实表征基督的神性乃是桌子行动的彰显。皂荚木是力量，而金子乃是神在祂行动中的彰显。进一步说，皂荚木作的两根杠用金包裹，表征基督作为我们生命供应的行动，乃是藉着祂的两种性情调和为一。
21Verse 28 speaks of the poles: “And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be carried with them.” Once again, the acacia wood signifies Christ’s humanity. Here the poles made of acacia wood signify that Christ’s humanity is the strength for moving. The fact that these poles were overlaid with gold signifies that Christ’s divinity is the expression of the move of the table. The acacia wood is the strength, and the gold is the expression of God in His move. Furthermore, the poles made of acacia wood overlaid with gold signify that the move of Christ as our life supply is by His two natures mingled as one.
（十一）盘子、调羹、爵、瓶
K. The Dishes, Cups, Jars, and Sacrificial Bowls
22二十九节说：“要作桌子上的盘子，调羹，并奠酒的爵，和瓶，这都要用精金制作。”盘子是为着放饼的。你服事饭食的时候，把食物盛在服事用的盘子里。同样的原则，盘子是用来放饼的。
22Verse 29 says, “And you shall make its dishes, and its cups, and its jars, and its sacrificial bowls with which to pour a drink offering; you shall make them of pure gold.” The dishes were for displaying the bread. When you serve a meal, you put the food in serving dishes. In the same principle, the dishes were used for displaying the bread.
23调羹盛着乳香。乳香表征基督的复活浇奠在桌子上所摆列的陈设饼上面。调羹乃是用来盛装这种液体的乳香。爵和瓶是浇奠祭用的。
23The cups contained frankincense. Frankincense signifying Christ’s resurrection was poured upon the bread of the Presence displayed on the table. The cups were used to contain this liquid frankincense. The jars and sacrificial bowls were used for pouring the drink offering.
24这些器皿都是用精金作的。这表征基督神圣的性情，乃是我们有分祂作生命的供应，以及我们献祭给神的凭借。
24All these utensils were made of pure gold. This signifies that the divine nature of Christ is the means through which we partake of Him as our life supply and our offering to God.
25如果我们想一想作基督徒的经历，就知道这样解释与桌子有关的细节是正确的。赞美主，祂是神的约柜，也是我们的桌子！祂是神见证的具体表现，也是给我们享受的筵席。祂是约柜，律法在祂里面，基路伯在祂上面。祂是桌子，陈设饼摆列在祂上面。倘若我们留在帐幕里面事奉神，我们就要享受基督作这样的分。
25If we consider our experience as Christians, we shall know that this interpretation of the details related to the table is accurate. Praise the Lord that He is God’s ark and our table! He is the embodiment of God’s testimony and also the feast for our enjoyment. As the ark, the law is within Him and the cherubim are upon Him. As the table, the bread of the Presence is displayed on Him. If we remain in the tabernacle to serve God, we shall enjoy Christ as such a portion.
二 陈设饼表征基督作神祭司的食物
II. THE BREAD OF THE PRESENCE SIGNIFYING CHRIST AS THE FOOD FOR GOD’S PRIESTS
（一）陈设饼，面饼
A. The Presence-bread, the Face-bread
26出埃及记二十五章三十节说：“又要在桌子上，在我面前，常摆陈设饼。”钦定本和其它的译本，采用陈设饼的译法来取代面饼。在旧约中，圣所里桌子上的饼有两个名称：头一个是面饼，在出埃及记；第二个是摆列饼，在历代志上九章三十二节。（直译。）钦定本两处都翻作陈设饼。这种说法在意义上十分接近摆列饼。以某种方式排列饼时，就有饼的一种展示，一种陈列。然而，我们单由陈设饼一词就不觉得这饼与神的面有甚么关系。这饼不只是为着展示、陈列或摆设的；它也是面饼。
26Exodus 25:30 says, “And you shall put upon the table bread of the Presence before Me continually.” The King James Version and other versions adopt the rendering showbread in place of bread of the Presence. In the Old Testament the bread on this table in the Holy Place has two names: the first, found here in Exodus, is the bread of the Presence; the second, found in 1 Chronicles 9:32, is the bread of arrangement. In both places the King James Version says showbread. This expression is very close in meaning to the bread of arrangement. When the bread was arranged in a certain way, there was a show, a display, of the bread. However, by the term showbread we do not have any realization that the bread is related to the presence of God. This bread is not only for a show, display, or arrangement; it is also the bread of the Presence.
27面饼的确是一种不寻常的说法。在一般的语言中，没有这样的词，因为这不是我们文化的一部分。人不会常说到在神面前的食物。但这正是面饼一词的意义，它表明神 面前的食物。事实上，希伯来字的原意就是面。因此，三十节说到陈设饼或面饼。你有了这饼，就有神的同在，有神的面。再者，你吃这饼，就是吃神的同在，吃神的面。所以，这饼不仅仅是为着展示或陈列的。
27The bread of the Presence is surely an unusual expression. In ordinary language we do not have such a term, for this is not part of our culture. People do not ordinarily speak of the food of God’s presence. But this is precisely the meaning of the term bread of the Presence. It denotes the food of God’s presence. Actually, the Hebrew word means face. Hence, verse 30 speaks of the presence-bread or of the face-bread. When you have this bread, you have God’s presence, God’s face. Furthermore, when you eat this bread, you eat the presence of God, the face of God. Therefore, this bread is not merely for show or display.
28我们已经指出，陈设饼的桌子离见证的柜不远。因此这饼乃是在神面前，在祂的同在中。
28We have pointed out that the table of the bread of the Presence was not far from the ark of the testimony. This table was thus before God, in His presence.
29我们指出母亲欢喜为儿子豫备拿手的饭食，也许可以说明陈设饼的意义。虽然母亲也许七十岁了，儿子五十岁了，但母亲仍然爱儿女，欢喜为他下厨。假定儿子阔别多年，来探访母亲，年老的母亲会豫备一餐饭食，是她欢喜为儿子作的，也是儿子年轻时特别喜欢吃的。她记得宝贝的儿子特别喜欢这一道菜，因此，她为儿子豫备了，并且亲自服事他。当儿子吃她所豫备的食物时，她的眼睛看着儿子，他在母亲的面前享受这一餐。因此，这食物乃是在他母亲同在中的食物，在他母亲面前的食物。从一种角度来看，这一餐就等于母亲的面。儿子吃了这分食物，就吃了母亲的面。他在母亲面前吃这分食物，这分食物就成了他母亲同在中的食物。照样，在圣所里桌子上的饼也是神面前的饼。
29Perhaps we can illustrate the significance of the bread of the Presence by pointing to the delight a mother has in preparing a favorite meal for her son. Although a certain mother may be in her seventies and her son in his fifties, she still loves him and enjoys cooking for him. Suppose her son comes to visit her after an absence of several years. The elderly mother may prepare a meal she enjoyed cooking for her son and that he especially enjoyed eating when he was young. She recalls that her beloved son enjoys this particular dish very much. Thus, she prepares the meal for him and serves it to him. As he eats the food she has prepared, her eyes are upon him. He enjoys this meal in his mother’s presence. Therefore, this food is the food of his mother’s presence, his mother’s face. In a sense, this meal is virtually the presence of his mother. By eating this food, he eats his mother’s presence. When he eats this food before his mother, it becomes the food of his mother’s presence. In like manner, the bread on the table in the Holy Place is the bread of God’s presence.
30这饼与吗哪非常不相同。吗哪，远离神的面也可以收取并食用。我们已经指出，基督徒不论在那里，不论有没有神的面都可以吃吗哪。倘若我们想想以往作信徒的经历，就能彀证实这件事。许多年前，你进入主恢复中的教会生活以前，难道没有经历吗哪？但那时候你享受到神的面光么？如今在建造的圣徒们中间，我们有基督的分，带着神的面光。尽管人的言语无法解释得恰切，但如果我们有经历，我们就定规会有所领会。为着神圣的面光，神面前的饼，我们赞美主！在教会生活中，我们正在享受神 的面。
30This bread is very different from manna. Manna could be gathered and eaten far away from God’s face. We have indicated that no matter where they may be, Christians may have manna without God’s presence. If we consider our past experience as believers, we shall be able to confirm this. Did you not experience manna years ago, before you came into the church life in the Lord’s recovery? But did you enjoy God’s presence at that time? Now in the midst of the built-up saints we have a portion of Christ with God’s presence. Although words cannot explain this adequately, if we have had the experience, we shall also have the understanding. Praise the Lord for the bread of the divine presence, the bread of God’s face! In the church life we are feasting on the face of God.
31陈设饼、面饼，表征基督作神祭司的食物。他们要在神的面光中享受这食物，并且这食物要把他们带到神的面光中。事实上，我们乃是在神的面光中享受基督作为生命的供应。
31The presence-bread, the face-bread, signifies Christ as the food of God’s priests. This food was to be enjoyed by them in God’s presence and it was to bring them into His presence. We know from our experience that when we enjoy Christ as such a portion, this enjoyment brings us into the presence of God. Actually we are enjoying Christ as our life supply in God’s presence.
（二）在百姓献给耶和华的火祭中是至圣的
B. Most Holy of the People’s Offerings to Jehovah by Fire
32照利未记二十四章九节来看，陈设饼在百姓献给耶和华的火祭中是至圣的。它表征信徒对基督经历和享受的盈余，献给神作祂的满足。这意思是说，陈设饼乃是神的食物。百姓把它献给神，作祂的食物。然而，神使一些饼分出来，带到圣所里，摆列并陈设在桌子上。最终，在圣所里事奉的祭司就是吃这个饼。
32According to Leviticus 24:9, the bread of the Presence was the most holy of the people’s offerings to Jehovah made by fire. It signifies the surplus of the believers’ experience and enjoyment of Christ offered to God for His satisfaction. This means that the bread of the Presence was God’s food. It was offered to God by His people to be His food. God, however, caused certain loaves to be spared, brought into the Holy Place, and arranged and displayed on the table. Eventually, the priests who served in the Holy Place ate of this bread.
33这件事的意义是说，信徒该天天经历基督，天天享受基督。然后，他们就该把所经历、所享受的基督带来，献给神作祂的满足。神会为祭司保留一部分的食物。假定没有人有这样的经历，也没有人把这样的祭献给神，那么神就没有甚么食物，也得不着满足。再者，也不能留下甚么来作为事奉的祭司周周的供应。如果你所在的地方教会中，没有人经历基督、享受基督到这样的程度，那么就没有甚么基督的东西能献给神，结果，陈设饼就没有了，事奉的人也得不着周周的供应。
33The significance of this matter is that the believers should experience Christ and enjoy Him daily. Then they should bring the Christ they have experienced and enjoyed, and they should offer Him to God for His satisfaction. God will reserve a part of this food for the priests. Suppose no one has this experience and no one makes such an offering to God. Then God would not have any food, and He would not be satisfied. Furthermore, nothing could be spared as a weekly supply for the serving priests. If in the church in your locality no one experiences Christ and enjoys Christ to this extent, then there will not be anything of Christ offered to God. As a result, there will not be the bread of the Presence, and the serving ones will not have any weekly supply.
34今天我们是信徒，也是事奉的人，是神的百姓，也是神的祭司。因这缘故，我们鼓励所有的圣徒天天经历基督、天天享受基督，然后他们就会有一分所经历的基督，带到聚会中来献给神，作祂的满足。实在说来，这个祭就是神的食物。神会把这食物的一分保留给事奉祂的祭司。然后他们要把这一分陈列在神面前，并且有分它作他们周周的供应。
34We today are both the believers and the serving ones, both the people of God and His priests. For this reason, we encourage all the saints to experience and enjoy Christ daily. Then they will have a portion of the Christ experienced by them to bring to the meetings and offer to God for His satisfaction. In a very real sense, this offering is God’s food. God will reserve a portion of this food for the priests who serve Him. They will then display this portion in God’s presence and partake of it as their weekly supply.
（三）在帐幕中圣所里的桌子上
C. On the Table within the Holy Place of the Tabernacle
35陈设饼在帐幕中圣所里的桌子上。这表征基督作为神祭司的食物，乃是为着在神居所里面团体的吃。
35The bread of the Presence was on the table within the Holy Place of the tabernacle. This signifies that Christ as the food of God’s priests is for a corporate feasting within God’s dwelling place.
36在教会的聚会中，我们对基督有特殊的享受。凡离开聚会的人都没有这种享受，虽然他们可以在其它方面享受基督。我们在帐幕里，在建造的圣徒们中间，就能享受在神居所里面桌子上的基督。
36In the meetings of the church we have a particular enjoyment of Christ. Those who stay away from the meetings do not have this enjoyment, although they may enjoy Christ in other aspects. When we are in the tabernacle, in the midst of the built-up saints, we enjoy Christ on the table in God’s dwelling place.
37桌子上的陈设饼表征团体的吃。在圣经里，桌子所表征的，总不是单独的吃，而是团体的吃。在教会生活中，我们团体地坐席。当然，我们单独的时候，也可以有一些对基督的享受，但这种享受比不上在神的居所里团体地吃基督。我们在帐幕里享受桌 子上的陈设饼，真是太丰富了！
37The bread of the Presence on the table signifies a corporate feasting. In the Bible a table always signifies not an individual feasting, but a corporate feasting. In the church life we feast corporately. To be sure, we can have some enjoyment of Christ when we are alone. But this enjoyment cannot compare with feasting with Christ corporately in God’s dwelling place. How rich is our enjoyment of the bread on the table in the tabernacle!
（四）要在圣所里吃
D. To Be Eaten in the Holy Place
38陈设饼要在圣所里吃。这意思是说，要在神的居所─教会里面，有分并享受陈设饼。在教会生活之外，不可能有这张桌子。这桌子惟有在帐幕里，在神的居所里。
38The bread of the Presence was to be eaten in the Holy Place. This means that it is to be partaken of and enjoyed in God’s habitation, the church. It is not possible to have this table outside the church life. This table is found only in the tabernacle, only in God’s habitation.
（五）饼的摆列
E. The Display of the Bread
39桌子上饼的摆列表征生命的供应。约柜同基路伯表征神的荣耀，而桌子与陈设饼表征滋养。在教会生活中，我们该有见证，也该有滋养。我们该有神的约柜，作为神的见证，也该有桌子和陈设饼，作为祭司的滋养。
39The display of the bread on the table signifies the life supply. The ark with the cherubim signifies God’s glory, but the table with the bread of the Presence signifies nourishment. In the church life we should have both the testimony and the nourishment. We should have both the ark of God as God’s testimony and the table with the bread of the Presence as nourishment for the priests.
40我们已经看见，约柜和桌子都是用皂荚木包上金子作成的。两者有同样的高度，在四脚上有金环，用皂荚木包金的两根杠抬着。这些相同点指明，桌子是从约柜的经历来的。约柜总是在先，产生桌子，不是桌子产生约柜。但最终在我们的经历中，很难说那一个在先。约柜带进桌子。但我们愈经历桌子，就愈有约柜，因为桌子总是把我们带回到约柜那里。这意思是说，基督作为神见证的具体表现，把我们带进对祂的享受中，而我们对祂的享受，总是把我们带回到作为神见证的基督那里。
40We have seen that both the ark and the table were made of acacia wood overlaid with gold, that both were of the same height, that both had golden rings at the feet, and that both were carried on poles of acacia wood overlaid with gold. These similarities indicate that the table comes out of the experience of the ark. It is always the ark which first issues in the table, not the table which issues in the ark. Eventually, however, in our experience it is difficult to say which is first. The ark issues in the table. But the more we experience the table, the more we shall have of the ark, for the table will always bring us back to the ark. Therefore, the ark issues in the table, and the table brings us back to the ark. This means that Christ as the embodiment of God’s testimony issues in our enjoyment of Him, and that our enjoyment of Him always brings us back to Him as God’s testimony.