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民数记 4

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1 耶和华晓谕摩西亚伦

2 你从利未人中,将哥辖子孙的总数,照他们的家室、宗族,

3 三十岁直到五十岁,凡前任职、在会幕里办事的,全都计算。

4 哥辖子孙在会幕搬运至之物,所办的事乃是这样:

5 的时候,亚伦和他儿子要进去摘遮掩柜的幔子,用以蒙盖法柜,

6 又用海狗盖在上头,再蒙上纯蓝色的毯子,把杠穿上。

7 又用蓝色毯子铺在陈设饼的桌子上,将盘子、调羹、奠酒的爵,和杯摆在上头。桌子上也必有常设的饼。

8 在其上又要蒙朱红色的毯子,再蒙上海狗,把杠穿上。

9 要拿蓝色毯子,把台和台上所用的盏、剪子、蜡花盘,并一切盛的器皿,全都遮盖。

10 又要把灯台和灯台的一切器具包在海狗里,放在抬架上。

11 上要铺蓝色毯子,蒙上海狗,把杠穿上。

12 又要把所用的一切器具包在蓝色毯子里,用海狗蒙上,放在抬架上。

13 要收去上的灰,把紫色毯子铺在上;

14 又要把所用的一切器具,就是火鼎、肉锸子、铲子、盘子,一切属的器具都摆在上,又蒙上海狗,把杠穿上。

15 将要起的时候,亚伦和他儿子把所和所的一切器具遮盖完了,哥辖的子孙就要抬,只是不可摸物,免得他们亡。会幕里这些物件是哥辖子孙所当抬的。

16 祭司亚伦的儿子以利亚撒所要看守的是点灯的料,并当献的素祭和膏,也要看守全帐幕与其中所有的,并所和所的器具。

17 耶和华晓谕摩西亚伦

18 你们不可将哥辖人的支派从利未人中剪除。

19 他们挨物的时候,亚伦和他儿子要进去派他们各所当办的,所当抬的。这样待他们,好使他们活着,不至亡。

20 只是他们连片时不可进去观所,免得他们亡。

21 耶和华晓谕摩西

22 你要将革顺子孙的总数,照着宗族、家室,

23 三十岁直到五十岁,凡前任职、在会幕里办事的,全都数点。

24 革顺人各族所办的事、所抬的物乃是这样:

25 他们要抬帐幕的幔子和会幕,并会幕的盖与其上的海狗皮,和会幕帘,

26 院子的帷子和帘(院子是围帐幕和的)、绳子,并所用的器具,不论是做甚麽用的,他们都要经理。

27 革顺的子孙在一切抬物办事之上都要凭亚伦和他儿子的吩咐;他们所当抬的,要派他们看守。

28 这是革顺子孙的各族在会幕里所办的事;他们所看守的,必在祭司亚伦儿子以他玛的

29 至於米拉利的子孙,你要照着家室、宗族把他们数点。

30 三十岁直到五十岁,凡前任职、在会幕里办事的,你都要数点。

31 他们办理会幕的事,就是抬帐幕的板、闩、子,和带卯的座,

32 院子四围的子和其上带卯的座、橛子、绳子,并一切使用的器具。他们所抬的器具,你们要按名指定。

33 这是米拉利子孙各族在会幕里所办的事,都在祭司亚伦儿子以他玛的

34 摩西亚伦与会众的诸首领将哥辖的子孙,照着家室、宗族,

35 三十岁直到五十岁,凡前任职、在会幕里办事的,都数点了。

36 被数的共有二五十名。

37 这是哥辖各族中被数的,是在会幕里办事的,就是摩西亚伦耶和华摩西所吩咐数点的。

38 革顺子孙被数的,照着家室、宗族,

39 三十岁直到五十岁,凡前任职、在会幕里办事的,共有二千六百三十名。

40 a

41 这是革顺子孙各族中被数的,是在会幕里办事的,就是摩西亚伦耶和华摩西所吩咐数点的。

42 米拉利子孙中各族被数的,照着家室、宗族,

43 三十岁直到五十岁,凡前任职、在会幕里办事的,共有三千二百名。

44 a

45 这是米拉利子孙各族中被数的,就是摩西亚伦耶和华摩西所吩咐数点的。

46 凡被数的利未人,就是摩西亚伦以色列众首领,照着家室、宗族所数点的,

47 三十岁直到五十岁,凡前任职、在会幕里做抬物之工的,共有八千五百八十名。

48 a

49 摩西按他们所办的事、所抬的物,凭耶和华的吩咐数点他们;他们这样被摩西数点,正如耶和华所吩咐他的。

   

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5335. 'And Joseph was a son of thirty years' means a state when the quantity of remnants was complete. This is clear from the meaning of 'thirty' as a completed number of remnants, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'years' as states, dealt with in 482, 487, 488, 493, 893. In the Word the number thirty can mean some existence of conflict, or else it can mean a completed number of remnants. The reason why that number has this twofold meaning is that it is arrived at by multiplying five and six, or else by multiplying three and ten. When it is the product of five times six it means some existence of conflict, 2276, because 'five' means some, 649, 4638, 5291, and 'six' conflict, 720, 737, 900, 1709. But when thirty is the product of three times ten it means a completed number of remnants, because 'three' means that which is complete, 2788, 4495, and 'ten' means remnants, 576, 1906, 2284. A composite number implies much the same as the simple ones of which it is the product, 5291. Remnants are the truths joined to good which have been stored away by the Lord in a person's interior parts, see 468, 530, 560, 561, 576, 660, 1050, 1738, 1906, 2284, 5135.

[2] A completed number of remnants is likewise meant by 'thirty' - as it is also by 'sixty', and by 'a hundred' too - in Mark,

The seed which fell into good ground yielded fruit growing up and increasing. One bore thirty-fold, and another sixty, and another a hundred. Mark 4:8, 10.

Each of these numbers, being a multiple of ten, means a completed number of remnants. Also, because no one can be regenerated - that is, permitted to enter into spiritual temptations, by means of which regeneration is effected - until he has received a completed number of remnants, it was therefore laid down that no Levite should carry out any work in the tent of meeting until he was fully thirty years old. Their work or function is also called 'military service', being referred to in Moses as follows,

Take a census of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi - from sons thirty years of age and over, up to sons fifty years of age, everyone coming to perform military service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. Numbers 4:2-3.

Much the same is said regarding the sons of Gershon, and much the same regarding the sons of Merari, in verses 22, 23, 29, 30, and then in verses 35, 39, 43. Of that same chapter in Moses. And something similar is implied where it says that David began to reign when he was a son thirty years of age, 2 Samuel 5:4.

[3] From all this one may now see why the Lord did not make Himself known until He was thirty years of age, Luke 3:23. At that age a completed number of remnants existed with Him, though these remnants which the Lord possessed were ones that He Himself had acquired for Himself. They were also Divine ones and the means by which He united His Human Essence to His Divine Essence and made that Human Essence Divine, 1906. In Him therefore lies the reason why 'thirty years' means a state when the quantity of remnants is complete and why the priests the Levites began to perform their specific functions when they were thirty years old. And because he was to represent the Lord's kingship, David did not begin to reign until he was that same age. For every representative is derived from the Lord, and therefore every representative has reference to Him.

  
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