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民數記 11

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1 眾百姓發怨言,他們的惡語達到耶和華的耳中。耶和華見了就怒氣發作,使在他們中間焚燒,直燒到的邊界。

2 百姓向摩西哀求,摩西祈求耶和華就熄了。

3 地方便做他備拉,因為耶和華的燒在他們中間。

4 他們中間的閒雜人大起貪慾的心;以色列人又哭號:誰給我們呢?

5 我們記得,在埃及的時候不花錢就魚,也記得有黃瓜、西瓜、韭菜、蔥、蒜。

6 現在我們的心血枯竭了,除這嗎哪以外,在我們眼前並沒有別的東西。

7 這嗎哪彷彿芫荽子,又好像珍珠。

8 百姓周圍行走,把嗎哪收起來,或用磨推,或用臼搗,在鍋中,又做成餅,滋味好像新

9 夜間水降在中,嗎哪也隨著降

10 摩西見百姓,各在各家的帳棚口哭號。耶和華的怒氣便大發作,摩西就不喜悅。

11 摩西耶和華:你為何苦待僕人?我為何不在你眼前蒙恩,竟把這管理百姓的重任加在我身上呢?

12 這百姓豈是我的胎,豈是我生下來的呢?你竟對我:把他們抱在裡,如養育之父抱吃奶的孩子,直抱到你起誓應許給他們祖宗的地去。

13 我從那裡得這百姓呢?他們都向我哭號說:你我們罷!

14 管理這百姓的責任太重了,我獨自擔當不起。

15 你這樣待我,我若在你眼前蒙恩,求你立時將我殺了,不叫我見自己的苦情。

16 耶和華摩西:你從以色列的長老中招聚七十個,就是你所知道作百姓的長老長的,到我這裡來,領他們到會幕前,使他們和你一同站立。

17 我要在那裡降臨,與你說話,也要把降於你身上的靈分賜他們,他們就和你同當這管百姓的重任,免得你獨自擔當。

18 又要對百姓:你們應當自潔,預備明天,因為你們哭號:誰我們我們埃及很好。這聲音達到了耶和華的耳中,所以他必你們

19 你們不止一天、兩、五二十

20 要吃一個整,甚至肉從你們鼻孔裡噴出來,使你們厭惡了,因為你們厭棄住在你們中間的耶和華,在他面前哭號說:我們為何出了埃及呢?

21 摩西對耶和華:這與我同住的姓、步行的男人有十萬,你還:我要把他們,使他們可以一個整

22 難道給他們宰了羊群牛群,或是把中所有的魚都聚了來,就夠他們吃麼?

23 耶和華摩西耶和華的膀臂豈是縮短了麼?現在要我的向你應驗不應驗。

24 摩西出去,將耶和華的告訴百姓,又招聚百姓的長老中七十個來,使他們站在會幕的四圍。

25 耶和華中降臨,對摩西說話,把降與他身上的靈分賜那七十個長老。靈停在他們身上的時候,他們就受感說話,以後卻沒有再

26 但有兩個人仍在裡,個名叫伊利達,個名叫米達。他們本是在那些被錄的人中,卻沒有到會幕那裡去。靈停在他們身上,他們就在裡說預言。

27 有個少年人跑來告訴摩西:伊利達、米達在預言。

28 摩西的幫手,嫩的兒子約書亞,就是摩西所揀選的一個人,:請我摩西禁止他們。

29 摩西對他:你為我的緣故嫉妒人麼?惟願耶和華的百姓都受感話!願耶和華把他的靈降在他們身上!

30 於是,摩西以色列的長老都回到裡去了。

31 耶和華那裡颳起,把鵪鶉面颳來,飛散在邊和的四圍;這邊約有一天的路程,那邊約有一天的路程,離地面約有二肘。

32 百姓起來,終日終夜,並次日一整,捕取鵪鶉;至少的也取了賀梅珥,為自己擺列在的四圍。

33 在他們牙齒之間尚未嚼爛,耶和華的怒氣就向他們發作,用最重的災殃擊殺了他們。

34 地方便做基博羅哈他瓦(就是貪慾之人的墳墓),因為他們在那裡葬埋那起貪慾之心的人。

35 百姓從基博羅哈他瓦走到哈洗錄,就住在哈洗錄。

   

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5215. 'And scorched by an east wind' means full of evil desires. This is clear from the meaning of 'being scorched by an east wind' as being consumed by the fire of evil desires. For an east wind' and the east' in the genuine sense mean love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour, lot, 1250, 3249, 3708, 3762, and therefore in the contrary sense self-love and love of the world, and so cravings and evil desires since these spring from those loves. The word 'fire' is used to refer to such desires for the reason dealt with in 5071, and therefore 'being scorched' is used also.

[2] There are two sources of heat, as there are also two sources of light, the one source of heat being the sun of this world, the other source of heat being the sun of heaven, which is the Lord. It is a well known fact that the sun of this world pours out heat into its own world and onto everything there, but it is a less well known fact that the sun of heaven pours out heat into the whole of heaven. Yet this too may become an equally well known fact if one reflects merely on the heat which exists intrinsically in the human being but which has nothing in common with the heat of the world, that is, if one reflects on what is called vital heat. From this one could know that this heat is of a different nature from the world's heat. That is to say, the former is a living heat but the latter is not at all a living one; also the former, being a living one, fires a person interiorly, namely his will and understanding, imparting to him desires and loves, and affections too. This also explains why desires, loves and affections are spiritual forms of heat, and are also called such. The fact that they are forms of heat is quite evident, for heat is radiated from all parts of the bodies of live persons, even where it is intensely cold. More than that, when desires and affections, that is, when loves, increase, the body grows correspondingly warmer. This kind of heat is what is meant in the Word by 'heat', 'fire', and 'flame'; in the genuine sense celestial and spiritual love is meant, in the contrary sense bodily and earthly love. From this it becomes clear that here 'being scorched by an east wind' means being consumed by the fire of evil desires, and that when used in reference to known facts meant by 'heads' that are 'thin', facts full of evil desires are meant.

[3] 'The east wind' means the blasts of evil desires and of derivative false notions, as is clear from places in the Word where that wind is mentioned, for example, in David,

He caused an east wind to blow 1 in the heavens, and by His power He brought forth the south wind; and He caused flesh to rain onto them like the dust, winged birds like the sand of the sea. Psalms 78:26-27.

'The flesh' which that wind brought meant cravings, and 'winged birds' resulting false notions, as is evident in Numbers 11:31-35, where it is said that the name of the place where the people were struck down for eating flesh was called 'the graves of craving, for there they buried the people who had the craving'.

[4] In Ezekiel,

Behold, the vine that was planted, will it thrive? When the east wind strikes it, will it not wither completely? It will wither on the small spaces where it began to grow. Ezekiel 17:10.

And in the same prophet,

The vine has been plucked up in anger, it has been cast down onto the ground, and the east wind has dried its fruit. They have been plucked out and have withered, each rod of its strength; fire has consumed each one. For fire has gone out from a rod of its branches and has consumed its fruit, so that there is no rod of strength in it, a sceptre for dominion. Ezekiel 19:12, 14.

Here 'the east wind' stands for the blasts of evil desires. In Isaiah,

He gave thought to His rough wind, on the day of the east wind. Isaiah 17:8.

[5] In Hosea,

An east wind will come, Jehovah's wind rising up from the desert, and his spring will become dry, and his fountain dried up. It will strip his treasury of every precious vessel. Hosea 13:15.

Here also 'an east wind' stands for blasts of evil desires. Similarly in Jeremiah,

Like an east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. Jeremiah 18:17.

[6] In David,

By means of an east wind You will shatter the ships of Tarshish. Psalms 48:7.

In Isaiah,

You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, because they have been filled from the east wind, and they are diviners like the Philistines. Isaiah 2:6.

In Hosea,

Ephraim feeds the wind, and pursues the east wind. All the day long he multiplies lies and devastation. Hosea 11:1.

'The wind' here stands for false notions, and 'the east wind' for evil desires. Something similar is also meant in the internal sense by 'an east wind' by means of which 'locusts were brought forth' and by means of which 'the locusts were cast into the sea', 2 Exodus 10:13, 19, and also by means of which 'the waters of the sea Suph' were divided, Exodus 14:21.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, set out

2. According to Exodus 10:19 a west wind cast the locusts into the sea.

  
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