利十四8~9　那求洁净的人当洗衣服，剃去所有的毛发，用水洗澡，就洁净了；然后可以进营，只是要在自己的帐棚外居住七天。第七天，他要再剃去所有的毛发，把头发、胡须、眉毛、并全身的毛都剃了；又要洗衣服，用水洗身，就洁净了。
　　“那求洁净的人当洗衣服，剃去所有的毛发，用水洗澡，就洁净了。”（利十四8上）这表征求洁净的罪人一面需要经历基督的死、复活和升天，一面还需要自己负责，对付并割断那出于他老旧生活和天然生命的一切（利未记生命读经，四三五页）。

　　Lev. 14:8-9 And the one who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water, and he shall be clean. And after that he may come into the camp, but he shall dwell outside his tent seven days. And on the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair; he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair. Then he shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

　　"The one who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water, and he shall be clean" (Lev. 14:8a). This signifies that, on the one hand, a sinner who is to be cleansed needs to experience Christ's death, resurrection, and ascension and, on the other hand, he needs to bear the responsibility himself to deal with and cut off all that is of his old living and natural life. (Life-study of Leviticus, p. 371)

　　〔利未记十四章八节下半〕表征求洁净的罪人还不能恢复与弟兄们的交通；他需要儆醒、等候并且进一步受对付。即使患麻风者剃去了一切的毛发，并用水洗了澡，他仍需要等候，警戒自己，更多接受对付。……对付我们那来自撒但的罪，就是麻风（背叛），在神乃是严肃的事。因为罪是如此严重，所以我们对付罪，不该随便、轻率或大意（利未记生命读经，四三六至四三七页）。
　　患麻风求洁净者要“把……全身的毛都剃了;又要……用水洗身，就洁净了”（9）。毛发都是人本身所长出来的东西，所以是指着我们本身的难处说的。因此，剃毛发，就是指着对付我们本身的难处，也就是十字架对付我们这个人的工作。人经过十字架的对付，全人才能得着实际的洁净。但这个对付，不是一次就可以的，必须一再地有对付才能彻底。这些毛发在圣经中都有它预表的意思。头发是指人的荣耀，胡须是指人的尊贵，眉毛是指人的美丽，全身的毛是指人天然的能力。每一个人都有他所夸耀、所显扬的地方。有人自夸他的出身，有人自夸他的学问，有人自夸他的美德，也有人自夸他的热心爱主。每一个人都能在自己身上找出一些可夸的地方，引以为荣，而显扬在人的面前。这就是他的头发。人也都自居尊贵。有的人自居他的地位，或自居他的身家，或自居他的属灵，总觉得他自己比别人高超。这就是他的胡须。同时在人身上还有一些天然的美丽，就是天然的长处和优点。这些不是神的救恩所带给人的，乃是人生来就有的。这就是人的眉毛。最后，人还满有天然的能力、办法、主张，以为能为主作这个，能为主作那个，觉得什么都能。这就是说，人全身还有很长的毛，没有剃掉。凡这些，都不是我们从身外所受的玷污，而是我们本身与生俱来的难处。从身外所受的那些玷污，只要用水洗就可以了，但我们本身的这些难处，却必须用刀来剃，也就是用十字架来对付，才可以。这说出这些对付，乃是深重的，是伤到我们里面的，也是使我们很痛苦的（生命的经历下册，二二八至二三〇页）。
　　患麻风者在等候并儆醒七天之后，要再剃去全身的毛，洗衣服，并用水洗身，表征求洁净的罪人，需要负责对付他天然生命和日常行事为人的每一部分。这表明我们若以确定、彻底并绝对的方式，认真地对付我们的罪和罪恶的己，我们就必得着洁净（圣经恢复本，利十四9注2）。
　　参读：生命的经历下册，第三层—基督住在我里面。

　　Leviticus 14:8b signifies that a sinner who is to be cleansed is still unable to recover the fellowship with the brothers; he needs to be watchful, to wait, and to be dealt with further. Even after a leper had shaved off all his hair and had bathed himself in water, he still needed to wait, to watch over himself, and to be dealt with further....To deal with our sin, our leprosy, our rebellion, which comes from

　　Satan, is a serious matter with God. Because sin is so serious, we should not deal with it in a loose, light, or careless way. (Life-study of Leviticus, p. 373)

　　The leper has to "shave off all his hair...and bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean" (v. 9). The hair, which is something grown out from a man's body, signifies the difficulties within ourselves. Therefore, shaving the hair means dealing with the difficulties of our own self. This is the work of the cross in dealing with our being. After one passes through the dealing of the cross, his whole being is cleansed in a practical way. This kind of dealing is not once for all; it must be repeated again and again to become thorough.

　　In the Bible each of the different kinds of hair has its own significance. The hair of the head signifies the glory of man, the beard represents the honor of man, the eyebrows speak of the beauty of man, and the hair of the whole body denotes the natural strength of man. Everyone has his boasts in certain areas. Some boast of their ancestry, some of their education, some of their virtues, some of their zeal in their love for the Lord. Almost everyone can find an area in which to boast, to glorify himself, and to make a display before man. This is typified by the hair of the head. Moreover, people esteem themselves honorable with regard to their position, their family background, or even their spirituality; they always have a superior feeling that they are above others. This is their beard. At the same time, men also have some natural beauty, that is, some naturally good and strong points, which did not issue from the experience of God's salvation but from natural birth. This is the eyebrows of man. Finally, as human beings, we are full of natural strength, natural methods and opinions, thinking that we can do this or that for the Lord and that we are capable of doing all things. This means that we still have very long hair all over our body; we have not been shaved. All these are not outward contaminations but problems of our natural birth. The outward contaminations need only to be washed with water; however, our own natural problems must be shaved with a razor, which means that they must be dealt with by the cross. This kind of dealing is deep and severe, hurting us within and causing us much pain. (The Experience of Life, pp. 188-189)

　　The leper's shaving of his entire body, washing his clothes, and bathing his flesh a second time after waiting and watching seven days signifies that a sinner who is to be cleansed needs to bear the responsibility for dealing with every part of his natural life and daily walk. This shows that if we deal with our sin and our sinful self seriously, in a definite, thorough, and absolute way, we shall be clean. (Lev. 14:9, footnote 2)

　　Further Reading: The Experience of Life, pp. 185-189