3104. “重半舍客勒” 表引入所需的量. 这从 “舍客勒”, “半舍客勒” 和 “重” 的含义清楚可知. “舍客勒” 表良善与真理的价值或估价; “半舍客勒” 表其确定的数量 (参看2959节). 很快我们就会看到, “重” 表与良善相关的某种事物的状态. 由此明显可知, “半舍客勒” 表示并包含 “金环” 所表示的良善的数量. 从上下文可推知, 这数量就是引入所需要的量.

“重” 是指与良善相关的某种事物的状态. 这从以下圣言经文明显看出来. 以西结书:

先知要按量吃食物: 每日二十舍客勒; 喝水也要按度: 要喝一欣六分之一; 看哪, 我必在耶路撒冷折断他们的粮杖, 他们吃饼要按量, 忧虑而吃; 喝水也要按度, 惊惶而喝, 使他们缺粮缺水. (以西结书 4:10-11, 16-17)

此处论述的是良善与真理的荒凉, 这荒凉由 “先知” 来代表. 良善荒凉的状态由他们 “按量吃食物和饼” 来表示; 真理荒凉的状态由他们 “按度喝水” 来表示. “饼” 表属天之物, 因而表良善 (参看 276, 680, 1165, 2177节); “水” 表属灵之物, 因而表真理 (参看739, 2702, 3058节). 由此明显可知, “量” (weight) 论及良善, “度” (measure) 论及真理.

又:

当有公道天平, 公道伊法, 公道罢特. (以西结书 45:10等)

这论及圣地, 圣地表主的天国, 这从先知此处提及的细节可以得知. 那里不会有天平, 伊法, 罢特, 只有这些量 (weight) 和度 (measure) 所表示的良善与真理. 以赛亚书:

谁曾用手心量诸水, 用手掌测苍天, 用升斗盛大地的尘土, 用秤称高山, 用天平平冈陵呢? (以赛亚书 40:12)

“用秤称高山, 用天平平冈陵” 表这一真理: 主是爱与仁的属天事物的源头, 唯独祂整理这些事物的状态. 这些称重所涉及的 “高山” 和 “冈陵” 表爱的属天之物 (参看795, 796, 1430, 2722节).

但以理书:

伯沙撒王宫墙上所写的文字是: 弥尼, 弥尼, 提客勒, 乌法珥新. 解释是这样: 弥尼, 就是神已经数算你的国国, 使它终止; 提客勒, 就是你被称在天平里, 被发现亏欠; 毗勒斯 (与 “乌法珥新” 同义), 就是你的国分裂, 归与玛代人和波斯人. (但以理书 5:25-28)

此处弥尼, 或 “已经数算” 论及真理; 而提客勒, 或 “称在天平里” 论及良善. 就内义而言, 所论述的是时代即将终结的时候.

Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in life. This is why the people of Israel built altars of stone, and is also why stoning was a principal form of capital punishment (using truth to destroy falsity, or in the negative sense using falsity to destroy truth). It is also why precious stones are described in such detail on Aaron's breastplate and ephod, and also in the New Jerusalem in Revelation; precious stones represent true ideas directly from the Lord with the various colors showing various forms of love. Stones are not alone in representing truth, of course -- it sometimes seems that almost everything in the Bible represents either true ideas or desires for good. But that makes sense, since our thoughts and our desires together are everything we are in life, and the interplay between them is what life is all about. The many ways they are represented in the Bible reflect the incredible variety in our feelings and thoughts, though we can only distantly understand how those representations work. In the case of stones, in their weight, strength and permanence they tend to represent true ideas that come from a desire for good, the understanding we can have if we are truly good and loving -- and in the highest sense the exalted ideas that come from the Lord's love. Those ideas are ones that are not easily moved or changed, and make wonderful foundations for the things we want to build in our spiritual lives.