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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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6524. 'The elders of his house' means the things that would accord with good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the elders' as the chief characteristics of wisdom, thus things that accord with good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'house' as good, dealt with in 2559, 3652, 3720, 4982. The reason why 'elders' means the chief characteristics of wisdom is that in the Word 'old people' means those who are wise, and - in a sense detached from persons - wisdom. Since 'the twelve tribes of Israel' meant all truths and forms of good in their entirety, they had princes and also elders set over them. 'Princes' meant the leading truths constituting intelligence, and 'elders' the chief characteristics of wisdom, thus those of good.

[2] For the meaning of 'princes' as the leading truths constituting intelligence, see 1482, 2089, 5044. But as regards the meaning of 'elders' as the chief characteristics of wisdom, and of 'old people' as wisdom, this is evident from the following places: In David,

They will extol Jehovah in the congregation of the people, and in the assembly of the old they will praise Him. Psalms 107:32.

'The congregation of the people' stands for those who are ruled by truths constituting intelligence, since 'congregation' is used with reference to truths, 6355, as also is 'people', 1259, 1260, 2928, 3295, 3581; 'the assembly of the old' stands for those who are ruled by good, which belongs to wisdom since wisdom is concerned with life, thus with what is good, whereas intelligence is concerned with knowing, thus with what is true, 1555. In the same author,

I am wiser than the old, because I have kept Your commands. Psalms 119:100.

'The old' plainly stands for one who is wise. Likewise in Job,

In the old there is wisdom, in length of days intelligence. Job 12:12.

In Moses,

You shall rise before grey hair and respect the face of an old person. Leviticus 19:32.

This command was given because 'old people' represented wisdom.

[3] In John,

On the thrones I saw twenty-four elders seated, clad in white garments, who had on their heads crowns of gold. Revelation 4:4.

'Elders' stands for aspects of wisdom, thus of good. That these are meant by the elders is evident from the description of the elders - they sat on thrones, were clad in white garments, and had crowns of gold on their heads. 'Thrones' are truths constituting intelligence which are derived from good belonging to wisdom, 5313. 'White garments' has a similar meaning, 'garments' being truths, 1073, 4545, 4763, 5248, 5954, and 'white' that which has reference to truth, 3301, 5319. 'Crowns of gold on their heads' are forms of the good of wisdom; for 'gold' is the good of love, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, and 'head' is the celestial, the seat of wisdom, 4938, 4939, 5328, 6436. Those who are in the third or inmost heaven, thus who are nearest the Lord, are called the wise, whereas those in the middle or second heaven, thus who are not as near the Lord, are called intelligent.

[4] In the same book,

All the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures. Revelation 7:11.

Again 'the elders' stands for aspects of wisdom, as it does in the following places: In Isaiah,

The boy will uplift himself against the old man, and the despised against the honourable. Isaiah 7:5.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders, glory. Isaiah 24:23.

In Jeremiah,

My priests and my elders breathed their last in the city, for they sought food for themselves, with which they would renew their soul. Lamentations 1:19.

In the same prophet,

Her king and her princes are among the nations; the law is no more. The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they become silent. Lamentations 2:9-10.

In the same prophet,

They have ravished women in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. Princes have been hung up by their hands, the faces of the old men have not been honoured, the elders have ceased from the gate. Lamentations 5:11-12, 14.

In Ezekiel,

Misery will come upon misery, and rumour will be upon rumour. Therefore they will seek a vision from the prophet, but the law has perished from the priest, and counsel from the elders. The king will mourn, and the prince will be wrapped in stupidity. Ezekiel 7:26-27.

In Zechariah,

Old men and women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and each one with his staff in his hand because of great age. 1 Zechariah 8:4.

So that 'the elders' might represent things that constitute wisdom, some of Moses' spirit was taken and imparted to them, by which they prophesied, Numbers 11:16 and following verses.

In the contrary sense 'elders' stands for the things that are the opposites of the aspects of wisdom, Ezekiel 8:11-12.

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