利十四4~5　〔祭司〕就要吩咐人为那求洁净的，拿两只洁净的活鸟、香柏木、朱红色线和牛膝草来。祭司要吩咐人用瓦器盛活水，把一只鸟宰在上面。
　　患麻风者得洁净……的事，就是神为我们所预备并完成，那包罗万有的救恩。这里我们看见一位包罗万有的基督。祂有血、那灵以及我们得洁净所需的一切。在祂里面，我们有神救恩丰富、完整且延展无限的供备。我们都需要认识这洁净、这救恩，且在其中有丰满的经历。
　　〔利未记十四章二节中〕患麻风的人被带去见祭司，表征不洁净的人，罪人，被带到主那里。我们传福音的时候，实际上就是把不洁净的人，罪人，带到主那里（利未记生命读经，四二七页）。

　　Lev. 14:4-5 Then the priest shall command that two living clean birds and cedar wood and scarlet strands and hyssop be taken for the one who is to be cleansed. And the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered in an earthen vessel over running water.

　　The matter of [the] cleansing [of the leper] is the all-inclusive salvation God has prepared and accomplished for us. Here we see a Christ who is all-inclusive. He has the blood, the Spirit, and everything we need to be cleansed. In Him we have the rich, complete, and extensive provision of God's salvation. We all need to know this cleansing, this salvation, and experience it in full.

　　The leper being brought to the priest [in Leviticus 14:2] signifies an unclean person being brought to the Lord. In preaching the gospel we are actually bringing unclean persons, sinners, to the Lord. (Life-study of Leviticus, p. 365)

　　祭司出到营外察看患麻风的人（利十四3上），表征主耶稣离开祂原来的地方，降卑自己来就近罪人。……这是马太八章所描绘的。“耶稣下了山，有好多群众跟着祂。看哪，有一个患麻风的人前来拜祂，说，主啊，你若肯，必能叫我洁净了。耶稣伸手摸他，说，我肯，你洁净了吧。他的麻风立刻洁净了。”（1~3）这个患麻风的人该从神的子民中隔离、排除。他不该被别人所摸，免得将这传染性的疾病传给人。然而，主耶稣对这个患麻风的人在爱里满有同情，便来就近他并且摸他。
　　在利未记十四章四至九节，我们看见麻风得痊愈的人，仍需要在神面前求洁净，表征有麻风罪的病人，虽然因着里面神圣的生命得了痊愈，还需要在神面前对付他的短缺和玷污，使他能得洁净。从麻风得洁净，不仅需要神那一面的行动，也需要我们这一面的合作。我们既是患麻风的，是罪人，就需要寻求洁净。我们的寻求乃是与神的恩和爱合作。
　　麻风得痊愈的人仍需要得着洁净。得痊愈是一回事，得洁净又是另一回事。我们现在要来看，洁净的过程包括许多项目。……“〔祭司〕要吩咐人为那求洁净的，拿两只洁净的活鸟、香柏木、朱红色线和牛膝草来。”（4）这两只洁净且满了生命的鸟，乃是基督的预表。这里用鸟的生命来预表基督，就是能超越地、在空中飞翔的生命。……鸟能超越地。四节上半的鸟表征基督从诸天而来，是属于诸天并超越地的。……活鸟表征基督满有生命。祂是活的，因为祂满有生命。……洁净的鸟在这里表征只有基督是洁净、没有玷污的。在这件事上，基督与我们相反。在我们，一切都是不洁；在祂，一切都是洁净。我们是不洁，但祂就是洁净。
　　两只鸟，表征基督一面为我们死，除掉我们的污秽；一面为我们复活，使我们脱离软弱。基督在十字架上受死，除去我们的罪；这是头一只鸟所预表的。基督又从死人中为我们复活，使我们因着生命的能力和力量，得以脱离我们的软弱。这生命是复活的生命，在复活里的生命；也是神圣的生命，神那永远、非受造的生命。我们从复活的基督，就是由第二只鸟所预表的，接受这生命。因此，这两只鸟表征基督的两面—钉十字架的基督和复活的基督（利未记生命读经，四二八至四三〇页）。
　　参读：利未记生命读经，第四十二篇。

　　The priest going outside the camp to examine the leper (Lev. 14:3a) signifies the Lord Jesus leaving His original place and humbling Himself to be nigh to the sinner....This is portrayed in Matthew 8. "When He came down from the mountain, great crowds followed Him. And behold, a leper, coming near, worshipped Him, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You can cleanse me. And stretching out His hand, He touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed! And immediately his leprosy was cleansed" (vv. 1-3). This leper should have been isolated, excluded, from the people of God. He should not have been touched by others, lest the contagious disease be passed on to them. Nevertheless, having sympathy in love for the leper, the Lord Jesus came nigh to him and touched him.

　　In Leviticus 14:4-9 we see that the leper who was to be cleansed needed to seek for cleansing before God. This signifies that the one who is sick of the sin of leprosy, although he has been healed by the life within, still needs to have his shortcomings and defilement dealt with before God that he might be cleansed.

　　Cleansing from leprosy requires not only the action from God's side but also the coordination from our side. As lepers, as sinners, we need to seek for cleansing. Our seeking is our cooperation with God's grace and love.

　　The one who had been healed of leprosy still needed to be cleansed. To be healed is one thing, and to be cleansed is another. The process, the procedure, of cleansing includes many items which we shall now consider.

　　"The priest shall command that two living clean birds and cedar wood and scarlet strands and hyssop be taken for the one who is to be cleansed" (v. 4). These two birds, which are clean and full of life, are types of Christ. Christ is here typified by the bird life, the life that is able to fly in the air above the earth.

　　Birds are able to transcend the earth. The birds in verse 4 signify that Christ came from the heavens and that He belongs to the heavens and transcends the earth....The live birds signify that Christ is full of life. He is living because He is full of life....The clean birds here signify that only Christ is clean and is without any defilement. In this matter, Christ and we are opposite. With us everything is unclean; with Him everything is clean. We are uncleanness, but He is cleanness.

　　The two birds signify, on the one hand, that Christ died for us that our filthiness might be taken away and, on the other hand, that He rose for us that we might be delivered from our weakness. Christ died on the cross to take away our sins. This is typified by the first bird. Christ rose from among the dead for us that we might be delivered from our weakness by the power, strength, and energy of life. This life is the resurrection life, life in resurrection. It is also the divine life, the eternal, uncreated life of God. We receive this life from the resurrected Christ, who is typified by the second bird. Hence, these two birds signify two aspects of Christ—Christ in crucifixion and Christ in resurrection. (Life-study of Leviticus, pp. 365-367)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Leviticus, msg. 42