五 庇护城预表包罗万有的基督作救赎之神的具体化身，误犯罪的人可以逃入基督里得庇护—民三五6~7、9~34： |
Ｅ The cities of refuge typify the all-inclusive Christ as the embodiment of the redeeming God, into whom mistaken sinners can flee for refuge (Num. 35:6-7, 9-34): |
１ 神把基督交在罪人手中，他们错误地把祂治死—徒二23，罗四25，路二三34，林前二8。 |
１ Christ was delivered by God into the hands of sinners, who mistakenly put Him to death (Acts 2:23; Rom. 4:25; Luke 23:34; 1 Cor. 2:8). |
２ 倘若一个罪人悔改，神会看他是误犯罪的人而赦免他；这样一个人可以逃到基督里面；但任何人若拒绝福音，并不悔改，神会看他是故意犯罪的人，注定要沉沦—路二四47，徒二38，民三五16，约三16~18。 |
２ If any sinner repents, God will regard him as a mistaken sinner and will forgive him; such a one may flee into Christ, but if anyone refuses the gospel and does not repent, God will regard him as a willful sinner, one who is destined to perish (Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38; Num. 35:16; John 3:16-18). |
３ 庇护城有六座，约但河两岸各三座；六这数字表征犯错的人，因为人是神在第六日创造的—民三五14，创一26~27、31。 |
３ There were six cities of refuge, three on each side of the Jordan; the number six signifies mistake-making man, who was created by God on the sixth day (Num. 35:14; Gen. 1:26-27, 31). |
４ 三这数字表征三一神作犯错之人的庇护；二这数字（两组各三座城）表征立在宇宙中的见证，向宇宙见证并宣告，三一神住在地上人类中间，作他们的庇护城。 |
４ The number three signifies the Triune God as the refuge for the man who makes mistakes; the number two (the two sets of three cities each) signifies a testimony standing in the universe, testifying and declaring to the universe that the Triune God is living on earth among human beings to be their city of refuge. |
５ 给利未人的城有四十八座（民三五7），要分散在以色列中间，作他们美妙便利的福分。 |
５ The cities given to the Levites were forty-eight cities (Num. 35:7); the forty-eight cities were to be scattered among Israel to be her marvelously available blessing. |
６ 庇护城不仅为着以色列人，也为着在他们中间的外人并寄居的，这表征三一神作犯错之人的庇护，乃是为着全人类的—15节。 |
６ That the cities of refuge were to be not only for the children of Israel but also for the strangers and sojourners among them signifies that the Triune God as the refuge for mistake-making man is for all mankind (v. 15). |
７ 不仅如此，六座庇护城分布在不同的地方，指明基督作三一神的具体化身，乃是亲近、便利的；三一神已经在人中间扩展，达到我们所在之处，作一切犯错之人的庇护城。 |
７ Furthermore, the distribution of the six refuge cities in different places indicates that Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God, is near and available; the Triune God has spread among men, to the very place where we are, to be a city of refuge for all those who make mistakes. |
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民三五6~7 你们给利未人的城，当有六座庇护城，使误杀人的可以逃到那里；此外，还要给他们四十二座城。你们要给利未人的城，共有四十八座，连城带郊野都要给他们。 庇护城预表包罗万有的基督作救赎之神的具体化身，误犯罪的人可以逃入基督里得庇护。神把基督交在罪人手中（徒二23，罗四25），他们错误地把祂治死（路二三34，林前二8）。倘若一个罪人悔改，神会看他是误犯罪的人而赦免他（路二四47，徒二38）。这样一个人可以逃到基督里面。但任何人若拒绝福音，并不悔改，神会看他是故意犯罪的人，注定要沉沦（民 三五16，约三16~18）。 庇护城有六座，约但河两岸各三座（民三五14）。六这数字表征犯错的人，因为人是神在第六日创造的（创一26~27、31）。三这数字表征三一神作犯错之人的庇护。二这数字（两组各三座城）表征立在宇宙中的见证，向宇宙见证并宣告，三一神住在地上人类中间，作他们的庇护城（圣经恢复本，民三五6注1）。 |
Num. 35:6-7 And the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and besides them you shall give forty-two cities. All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their pasture lands. The cities of refuge typify the all-inclusive Christ as the embodiment of the redeeming God, into whom mistaken sinners can flee for refuge. Christ was delivered by God into the hands of sinners (Acts 2:23; Rom. 4:25), who mistakenly put Him to death (Luke 23:34; 1 Cor. 2:8). If any sinner repents, God will regard him as a mistaken sinner and will forgive him (Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38). Such a one may flee into Christ. But if anyone refuses the gospel and does not repent, God will regard him as a willful sinner, one who is destined to perish (Num. 35:16; John 3:16-18). There were six cities of refuge, three on each side of the Jordan (Num. 35:14). The number six signifies mistake-making man, who was created by God on the sixth day (Gen. 1:26-27, 31). The number three signifies the Triune God as the refuge for the man who makes mistakes. The number two (the two sets of three cities each) signifies a testimony standing in the universe, testifying and declaring to the universe that the Triune God is living on earth among human beings to be their city of refuge. (Num. 35:6, footnote 1) |
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给利未人的四十八座城，要分散在以色列中间，这就把雅各在创世记四十九章七节对利未的咒诅变为祝福（圣经恢复本，民三五8注1）。 庇护城不仅为着以色列人，也为着在他们中间的外人并寄居的，这表征三一神作犯错之人的庇护，乃是为着全人类的。不仅如此，六座庇护城分布在不同的地方……指明基督作三一神的具体化身，乃是亲近、便利的。三一神已经在人中间扩展，达到我们所在之处，作一切犯错之人的庇护城（民三五15注1）。 我们若将这些庇护城在地图中标出来，就能看见这六座城分布得很平均。六是由二乘三组成。三是神的数字，神乃是在祂的三一里临到人，和我们发生关系，成了我们的拯救。……福音乃是要将人浸入三一神—父、子、圣灵的名里〔太二八19〕。路加十五章也给我们看见，这位三一神临到罪人，将罪人带回归神：牧人预表主耶稣（4），妇人预表圣灵（8），父亲预表父神（20）。林后十三章十四节也说到神对我们三面的祝福：“愿主耶稣基督的恩，神的爱，圣灵的交通，与你们众人同在。”这些经文都启示三一神来作我们的救主和恩典，与我们有亲密的关系。此外，二是见证的数字。这指明在美地上一直有这样的见证，就是三一神来到人中间接触人，作了人的保障。 民数记三十五章给我们看见，在分配美地的事上，神要以色列人献上一些所承受的产业，结果就产生了利未人的城，在这些城当中，有些分出来作为庇护城。利未人的城可表征各地的召会；庇护城表征基督作我们的救主，叫我们免去死亡的审判，并得着释放，而得回我们属灵的产业。这意思是，地方召会需要尽功用传福音，使人接受基督的救赎，蒙称义，得着属灵的产业，而在基督里得着安息之所，使神也在他们中间得着居所。神作了这一切安排，使神和人、人和神同被建造，成为相互的居所，同得安息（民数记概论下册，第三十三篇—中文尚未出书）。 |
The forty-eight cities given to the Levites were to be scattered among Israel, changing Jacob's curse on Levi in Genesis 49:7 into a blessing. (Num. 35:8, footnote 1) That the cities of refuge were to be not only for the children of Israel but also for the strangers and sojourners among them signifies that the Triune God as the refuge for mistake-making man is for all mankind. Furthermore, the distribution of the six refuge cities...indicates that Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God, is near and available. The Triune God has spread among men, to the very place where we are, to be a city of refuge for all those who make mistakes. (Num. 35:15, footnote 1) If we mark out these cities of refuge on a map, we can see that they are evenly distributed. Six is composed of two times three. Three is the number for God. In His Trinity God reaches us and has a relationship with us to become our salvation....The gospel is to baptize man into the name of the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit [Matt. 28:19]. Luke 15 also shows that this Triune God reaches sinners to bring them back to God: the shepherd typifies the Lord Jesus (v. 4), the woman typifies the Spirit (v. 8), and the father typifies God the Father (v. 20). Second Corinthians 13:14 also speaks of the three aspects of God's blessings to us: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all." All these verses reveal the Triune God coming to be our Savior and as grace to have an intimate relationship with us. In addition, two is the number for testimony. This indicates that in the good land, there is always a testimony of the Triune God coming among man to contact him and be his security. Numbers 35 shows that in the matter of the distribution of the good land, God wanted the children of Israel to offer up some of their inherited possessions. This resulted in the producing of the cities of the Levites, from which some were separated out as cities of refuge. The cities of the Levites can signify the local churches; the cities of refuge signify Christ as our Savior, sparing us from the judgment of death and delivering us so as to recover our spiritual possessions. This means that the local churches need to function in preaching the gospel so that man may receive Christ's redemption, be justified, receive the spiritual inheritance, and thus gain a dwelling place in Christ and so that God may gain a dwelling place among them. God has made these arrangements so that God and man, man and God, may be built up together to become a mutual dwelling place for both to find rest. (CWWL, 1960, vol. 1, "Synopsis of Numbers," pp. 377, 379) Further Reading: CWWL, 1960, vol. 1, "Synopsis of Numbers," ch. 33 |