民九15~17　……有云彩遮盖帐幕，就是见证的会幕；……常是这样；白昼云彩遮盖帐幕，夜间形状如火。云彩几时从帐幕收上去，以色列人就几时起行；云彩在哪里停住，以色列人就在哪里安营。

　　〔出埃及记、利未记、民数记〕这三卷书是一个记载。这记载的头一部分是出埃及记，强调帐幕；第二部分是利未记，强调祭司职分；第三部分是民数记，强调帐幕和坛的功用，以及祭司的事奉。帐幕和坛是在出埃及记最后一章设立的，却在民数记七章为坛行奉献之礼而献上供物时才开始发挥功用。这奉献之礼是为着帐幕连同其一切的物件，并为着坛连同其一切的器具，使其借着神圣三一的分赐发挥功用，好叫神的赎民可以随时享受神圣三一的丰富，直到世世代代。帐幕和坛开始发挥功用，完全牵连着神圣三一（圣言中所启示的神圣三一，八九页）。

　　Num. 9:15-17 ...The cloud covered the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony;...so it was always; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tent, then after that the children of Israel set out; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel encamped.

　　Three books [Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers] are one record. The first part of this record, Exodus, stresses the tabernacle; the second part, Leviticus, stresses the priesthood; and the third part, Numbers, stresses the function of the tabernacle and the altar and the service of the priesthood. The tabernacle and the altar were set up in the last chapter of Exodus, but their function began in Numbers 7 with the offerings for the dedication of the altar. This dedication was for the tabernacle with all its furnishings and the altar with all its utensils to be put into function through the dispensing of the Divine Trinity so that God's redeemed people could enjoy the riches of the Divine Trinity all the time through all their generations. The beginning of the function of the tabernacle and the altar altogether involved the Divine Trinity. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, "The Divine Trinity as Revealed in the Holy Word," pp. 272-273)

　　云彩预表白昼的那灵，火预表夜间的那灵。帐幕预表基督是神在祂子民中间的住处。耶和华就是三一神。……云彩和火遮盖帐幕，指明神圣的三一是为着神子民的停留或前行，使他们能随时且一路享受神圣三一的丰富。他们或停留或前行，神总是作为神圣的三一与他们同在。有时“神”对我们是客观的，但“三一”对我们总是主观的。换句话说，当我们经历神，祂就是三一。三一不是为着神格的道理知识，乃是为着神子民对神的经历和享受。

　　民数记二十章六至八节说，“耶和华的荣光向他们显现。耶和华对摩西说，你拿着杖，……在他们眼前吩咐磐石发出水来；这样，你就为他们使水从磐石中流出来……。”在这些经节里，荣光是神的彰显，耶和华就是三一神。磐石预表钉十字架的基督，随着神的子民〔林前十4下〕。……今天基督乃是那灵，随着我们到各处。水预表生命的灵（4，约七38~39）。在出埃及十七章，这水开始从被击打的磐石流出，并且在民数记二十章继续涌流。按照保罗在林前十章四节的话，以色列子民四十年在旷野一路的行程中，磐石必定随着他们，流出水来解他们的干渴。那灵作为活水，流自基督这被击打的磐石，乃是三一神的流出；这流的结果乃是全本圣经的总结。启示录二十二章一至二节里，从神宝座流出之生命水的河，连同沿着河岸生长的生命树，乃是三一神的流出。这是一件大事。民数记二十章里被击打的磐石给我们看见，神圣的三一在神子民的行程里随行，解他们的干渴，使他们享受神圣生命的丰富。

　　我们在民数记里看到的五个事例—拿细耳人的分别，耶和华对祂子民的三重祝福，帐幕和祭物的功用，遮盖帐幕的云和火，被击打的磐石—都有三一神牵连其内。我们需要神圣的三一，使我们能奉献作拿细耳人。神圣的三一是赐给我们之神圣祝福的结构和内容。我们需要神圣的三一，使帐幕和坛得以发挥功用。我们需要神圣的三一作为神的同在，来与我们同在，与我们同行，并引导我们。我们需要神圣的三一作活水的源头，一直随着我们，解我们的干渴（圣言中所启示的神圣三一，九○至九二页）。

　　参读：圣言中所启示的神圣三一，第八篇。

　　The cloud typifies the Spirit in the day, and the fire typifies the Spirit in the night. The tabernacle typifies Christ as God's dwelling among His people. Jehovah is the Triune God.

　　The cloud and the fire covering the tabernacle indicate that the Divine Trinity is for God's people to stay or to journey so that they may enjoy the riches of the Divine Trinity all the time and all the way. When they remained and when they journeyed, God's presence was with them as the Trinity. God is sometimes objective to us, but the Trinity is always subjective. In other words, when we experience God, He is the Trinity. The Trinity is not for doctrinal knowledge of the Godhead but for the experience and enjoyment of God by His people.

　　Numbers 20:6-8 says, "The glory of Jehovah appeared to them. Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Take the rod...and speak to the rock before their eyes, so that it yields its water."...In these verses glory is God expressed, and Jehovah is the Triune God. The rock typifies the crucified Christ following God's people [1 Cor. 10:4b]....Christ today as the Spirit follows us everywhere. The water typifies the Spirit of life (v. 4a; John 7:38-39). This water began to flow out of the smitten rock in Exodus 17 and continued in Numbers 20. According to Paul's word in 1 Corinthians 10:4, the rock must have followed the children of Israel and flowed out water to quench their thirst throughout their journey in the wilderness for forty years. The Spirit as the living water flowing out of Christ as the smitten rock is the flowing out of the Triune God, and the issue of this flow is the conclusion of the entire Bible. The river of water of life that proceeds out of the throne of God with the tree of life growing alongside in Revelation 22:1-2 is the flowing out of the Triune God. This is a great matter. The smitten rock in Numbers 20 shows that the Divine Trinity follows God's people on their journey to quench their thirst so that they may enjoy the riches of the divine life.

　　The five cases we have considered in Numbers—the separation of the Nazarite, the threefold blessing of Jehovah to His people, the function of the tabernacle and the offerings, the cloud and the fire covering the tabernacle, and the smitten rock—all involve the Triune God. We need the Divine Trinity for our consecration as Nazarites. The Trinity is the structure and content of the divine blessing to us. We need the Trinity for the function of the tabernacle and the altar. We need the Trinity as God's presence to stay with us, journey with us, and guide us. We need the Trinity to be the source of living water that always follows us to quench our thirst. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, "The Divine Trinity as Revealed in the Holy Word," pp. 273-274)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, "The Divine Trinity as Revealed in the Holy Word," ch. 8