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民數記 4

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1 耶和華曉諭摩西亞倫

2 你從利未人中,將哥轄子孫的總數,照他們的家室、宗族,

3 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,全都計算。

4 哥轄子孫在會幕搬運至之物,所辦的事乃是這樣:

5 的時候,亞倫和他兒子要進去摘遮掩櫃的幔子,用以蒙蓋法櫃,

6 又用海狗蓋在上頭,再蒙上純藍色的毯子,把杠穿上。

7 又用藍色毯子鋪在陳設餅的桌子上,將盤子、調羹、奠酒的爵,和杯擺在上頭。桌子上也必有常設的餅。

8 在其上又要蒙朱紅色的毯子,再蒙上海狗,把杠穿上。

9 要拿藍色毯子,把臺和臺上所用的盞、剪子、蠟花盤,並一切盛的器皿,全都遮蓋。

10 又要把燈臺和燈臺的一切器具包在海狗裡,放在抬架上。

11 上要鋪藍色毯子,蒙上海狗,把杠穿上。

12 又要把所用的一切器具包在藍色毯子裡,用海狗蒙上,放在抬架上。

13 要收去上的灰,把紫色毯子鋪在上;

14 又要把所用的一切器具,就是火鼎、肉鍤子、鏟子、盤子,一切屬的器具都擺在上,又蒙上海狗,把杠穿上。

15 將要起的時候,亞倫和他兒子把所和所的一切器具遮蓋完了,哥轄的子孫就要抬,只是不可摸物,免得他們亡。會幕裡這些物件是哥轄子孫所當抬的。

16 祭司亞倫的兒子以利亞撒所要看守的是點燈的料,並當獻的素祭和膏,也要看守全帳幕與其中所有的,並所和所的器具。

17 耶和華曉諭摩西亞倫

18 你們不可將哥轄人的支派從利未人中剪除。

19 他們挨物的時候,亞倫和他兒子要進去派他們各所當辦的,所當抬的。這樣待他們,好使他們活著,不至亡。

20 只是他們連片時不可進去觀所,免得他們亡。

21 耶和華曉諭摩西

22 你要將革順子孫的總數,照著宗族、家室,

23 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,全都數點。

24 革順人各族所辦的事、所抬的物乃是這樣:

25 他們要抬帳幕的幔子和會幕,並會幕的蓋與其上的海狗皮,和會幕簾,

26 院子的帷子和簾(院子是圍帳幕和的)、繩子,並所用的器具,不論是做甚麼用的,他們都要經理。

27 革順的子孫在一切抬物辦事之上都要憑亞倫和他兒子的吩咐;他們所當抬的,要派他們看守。

28 這是革順子孫的各族在會幕裡所辦的事;他們所看守的,必在祭司亞倫兒子以他瑪的

29 至於米拉利的子孫,你要照著家室、宗族把他們數點。

30 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,你都要數點。

31 他們辦理會幕的事,就是抬帳幕的板、閂、子,和帶卯的座,

32 院子四圍的子和其上帶卯的座、橛子、繩子,並一切使用的器具。他們所抬的器具,你們要按名指定。

33 這是米拉利子孫各族在會幕裡所辦的事,都在祭司亞倫兒子以他瑪的

34 摩西亞倫與會眾的諸首領將哥轄的子孫,照著家室、宗族,

35 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,都數點了。

36 被數的共有二五十名。

37 這是哥轄各族中被數的,是在會幕裡辦事的,就是摩西亞倫耶和華摩西所吩咐數點的。

38 革順子孫被數的,照著家室、宗族,

39 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,共有二千六百三十名。

40 a

41 這是革順子孫各族中被數的,是在會幕裡辦事的,就是摩西亞倫耶和華摩西所吩咐數點的。

42 米拉利子孫中各族被數的,照著家室、宗族,

43 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,共有三千二百名。

44 a

45 這是米拉利子孫各族中被數的,就是摩西亞倫耶和華摩西所吩咐數點的。

46 凡被數的利未人,就是摩西亞倫以色列眾首領,照著家室、宗族所數點的,

47 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡做抬物之工的,共有八千五百八十名。

48 a

49 摩西按他們所辦的事、所抬的物,憑耶和華的吩咐數點他們;他們這樣被摩西數點,正如耶和華所吩咐他的。

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 862

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862. We have said that the nations' surrounding the camp of the saints and the beloved city means, symbolically, that these people attempted to destroy everything connected with the New Church, both its truths and goods and its fundamental doctrine regarding the Lord and life, as stated in the preceding number. This is the symbolic meaning because the camp of the saints symbolizes all the truths and goods of the church which is the New Jerusalem.

That a camp in the spiritual sense symbolizes everything connected with the church with respect to its truths and goods can be seen from the following passages:

The sun and moon grew dark, and the stars diminished their brightness. Jehovah uttered His voice before His army, for His camp is very great; for numberless are those who obey His Word. (Joel 2:10-11)

I will encamp for My house some of the army... (Zechariah 9:8)

...God has scattered the bones of them who encamp against you..., because God has rejected them. (Psalms 53:5)

The angel of Jehovah encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. (Psalms 34:7)

(An angel of God met Jacob, and said to Jacob,) "This is God's camp." Therefore he called the name of that place Mahanaim (Two Camps). (Genesis 32:1-2)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 29:3, Ezekiel 1:24, Psalms 27:3.

That an army or host in the Word symbolizes the church's truths and goods, and also its falsities and evils, may be seen in nos. 447, 826, 833; and so, too, does a camp.

[2] Since the children of Israel and their twelve tribes symbolize the church in respect to all its truths and goods (nos. 349, 350), they were therefore called the armies or hosts of Jehovah (Exodus 7:4; 12:41, 51), and the places where they stopped and assembled were called camps, as in Leviticus 4:12; 8:17; 13:46; 14:8; 16:26, 28; 24:14, 23; Numbers 1; 2; 3; 4:5 ff., 5:2-4; 9:17-23; 10:1-10, 11-28; 11:31-32; 12:14-15; 21:10-15; 33:1-49; Deuteronomy 23:9-14; Amos 4:10.

It is apparent from this now that the nations' surrounding the camp of the saints and the beloved city means, symbolically, that these people tried to destroy all the truths and goods of the New Church, which is the New Jerusalem, and also its doctrine regarding the Lord and life.

The same symbolism is found in these verses in Luke:

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near... (At length) Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 21:20, 24)

This is said in reference to the end of the age, which is the final period of the church. Jerusalem here also symbolizes the church.

That Gog and Magog, that is, people who engage in external worship divorced from any internal worship, will then invade the church and try to destroy it, is something we are told also in Ezekiel 38:8-9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 39:2, and that the New Church will then be established by the Lord, Ezekiel 39:17-29.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.