林前十一3　、6　我且愿意你们知道，基督是各人的头，男人是女人的头，……女人若以剪发或剃发为羞愧，就该把自己蒙起来。

　　西二19　……持定元首；本于祂，全身借着节和筋，得了丰富的供应，并结合一起，就以神的增长而长大。

　　〔民数记六章五节说，〕“在他许愿分别出来的一切日子，不可用剃刀剃头。他要成为圣别，直到他将自己分别出来归耶和华的日子满了；他要任由发绺长长。”不可剃头，表征不可弃绝主的主权（参林前十一3、6）。

　　我们要作拿细耳人，必须留意两件事。第一，必须与属地的享乐断开关系。第二，必须绝对在权柄之下，绝对在主权之下。……剃头表征弃绝主的主权。按属灵说，我们剃头，意思就是弃绝主在我们身上的权柄。拿细耳人要任由发绺长长；那就是说，他要一直服从主的主权，在此就有能力（士十六17）（民数记生命读经，六四页）。

　　1 Cor. 11:3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman...

　　6 ...But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, let her be covered.

　　Col. 2:19 And not holding the Head, out from whom all the Body, being richly supplied and knit together by means of the joints and sinews, grows with the growth of God.

　　[Numbers 6:5 says], "All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to Jehovah; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long." Not shaving the head signifies not rejecting the headship of the Lord (cf. 1 Cor. 11:3, 6).

　　To be a Nazarite we must take care of two things. First, we must have nothing to do with earthly pleasure. Second, we must be absolutely under authority, absolutely under the headship.

　　The shaving of one's head signifies the rejecting of the headship of the Lord. Spiritually speaking, for us to shave our head means that we cast off the Lord's authority over us. The Nazarite was to let his hair grow long (freely); that is, he was to remain in subjection to the Lord's headship, wherein is the power (Judg. 16:17). (Life-study of Numbers, p. 58)

　　今天是不法的日子。我们若是废除警察，关闭法院，社会将满了强盗和杀人犯。我们无法忍受在这种难耐的局面里生活。美国有绝佳的宪法，并且基于这宪法有很强的法律，还有许多法院监督这些法律得以执行。每一个上法院的人，都必须服从美国政府的法律，否则整个社会就被破坏了。

　　堕落的族类是背叛的族类。背叛的性情仍在我们里面。因此，处在没有代表权柄的情况中，那是很危险的。这就是神建立人类政府的原因（创九5~6）。整个政府就是代表权柄，代表神的权柄。保罗提到这事，说，“在上有权柄的，人人都当服从，因为没有权柄不是从神来的，凡掌权的都是神所设立的。所以抗拒掌权的，就是抗拒神的设立。”（罗十三1~2上）教师、雇主和警官都是代表权柄；地上处处都有代表权柄。

　　我们要把代表权柄这事应用到召会中。召会中有代表权柄么？召会中若没有代表权柄，为什么有长老？最近有人说，新约中没有代表权柄。这样的说法若是真实的，那新约为什么告诉我们，在众召会中有长老？当然，基督是头，权柄是那灵；但我们在召会中仍需要长老。没有长老，召会就会处于无政府状态。

　　我们的家庭生活中也有代表权柄。父母对儿女是代表权柄（弗六1），丈夫对妻子是代表权柄（五23）。保罗甚至说，妻子该敬畏丈夫（33）。妻子敬畏丈夫，意思就是妻子以丈夫为代表权柄。甚至在小小的家庭里也有代表权柄，那么在召会中就更该有代表权柄了！

　　拿细耳人的两个特征或两个表记是：第一，不接触任何属地的享乐；第二，总是保守自己在某种权柄之下。这些是严肃的事。我们若是愿意绝对为着神，就必须禁绝属地的享乐，并且不可剃头，就是说，必须尊重权柄，并且在各方面留在主的主权之下（民数记生命读经，六四至六六页）。

　　参读：民数记生命读经，第八篇。

　　Today is a day of lawlessness. If we were to do away with the police and close the courts, society would be full of robbers and murderers. We could not bear to live in such an intolerable situation. The United States of America has an excellent constitution, and based upon this constitution there are strong laws and many courts to see that these laws are carried out. Everyone who appears in a court of law must submit to the laws of the United States government. Otherwise, the entire society would be destroyed.

　　The fallen race is a rebellious race. The rebellious nature is still within us. Thus, it would be dangerous to be in a situation in which there is no deputy authority. This was the reason God established human government (Gen. 9:5-6). The entire government is a deputy authority representing God's authority. Speaking of this, Paul says, "Let every person be subject to the authorities over him, for there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are ordained by God. So then he who resists the authority opposes God's ordination" (Rom. 13:1-2a). Teachers, employers, and police officers are deputy authorities. Everywhere on earth there is deputy authority.

　　Let us apply this matter of deputy authority to the church. Is there deputy authority in the church? If there is no deputy authority in the church, why are there elders? Recently, some have said that there is no deputy authority in the New Testament. If such a claim is true, why does the New Testament tell us that there are elders in the churches? Surely, Christ is the Head, and the authority is the Spirit, but we still need elders in the church. Without elders, the church would be in anarchy.

　　There is also deputy authority in our family life. The parents are the deputy authority to the children (Eph. 6:1), and the husbands are the deputy authority to the wives (5:23). Paul even says that a wife should fear her husband (v. 33). For a wife to fear her husband means that she takes him as the deputy authority. Even in a small family there is deputy authority. Then how much more should there be deputy authority in the church!

　　Two particular characteristics, or two signs, of a Nazarite are, first, that he does not touch any worldly pleasure and, second, that he always keeps himself under some authority. These are solemn matters. As those who would be absolute for God, we must abstain from earthly pleasure. Furthermore, we must not shave our head; that is, we must respect authority and remain under the headship of our Lord in every way. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 58-59)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Numbers, msg. 8