民二一16~18　……到了比珥；从前耶和华对摩西说，招聚百姓，我好给他们水喝……的……这井。……以色列人唱这歌说，井啊，涌上水来！你们要向这井歌唱！这井是众首领和民中的尊贵人，用权杖用扶杖所挖所掘的。……

　　民数记二十章八节与出埃及十七章五至六节里的磐石，预表基督在十字架上为神所钉（击打），好叫活水，就是经过过程之三一神那终极完成的灵，能流出并进到我们里面；而比珥的井预表基督在我们里面（约四11~12、14）。挖井（民二一18）表征挖去“脏污”，就是我们心—心思、情感、意志和良心—中的阻碍，使那灵作活水能从我们里面涌上来，并涌流通畅（圣经恢复本，民二一16注1）。

　　Num. 21:16-18 … [At] Beer,…the well where Jehovah said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water,…Israel sang this song: Spring up, O well! Sing to it! The well, which the leaders sank, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, with their staffs…

　　The rock in Numbers 20:8 and Exodus 17:5-6 typifies Christ crucified (smitten) on the cross by God so that the living water, the consummated Spirit of the processed Triune God, might flow out into us, whereas the well at Beer typifies Christ within us (John 4:11-12, 14). The digging of the well (Num. 21:18) signifies the digging away of the”dirt,” the barriers in our heart—our mind, emotion, will, and conscience—so that the Spirit as the living water may spring up within us and flow freely. (Num. 21:16, footnote 1)

　　以色列人第四次的喝水，记载在民数记二十一章十六至十八节。他们来到称为比珥的地方，比珥的意思是井。以色列人来到比珥，就来到井那里。这预表基督是我们里面的泉源。祂不但是裂开的磐石，也是泉源。主耶稣在约翰四章十四节告诉我们，我们若喝祂，我们里面就会有泉源或水井。基督是我们外面的磐石，也是我们里面的泉源。作为我们外面的磐石，祂需要受击打。基督是我们里面的泉源，我们需要被挖掘。基督不需要再受击打，但我们需要被挖掘，使基督这泉源能在我们里面的人里涌出。我们里面的人里有许多泥土，阻塞了基督的涌流。这一切的泥土需要被挖去。

　　民数记二十一章十八节说，“这井是众首领和民中的尊贵人，用权杖用扶杖所挖所掘的。”权杖是在治理者手中与权柄有关的王杖。诗篇二十三篇指明，竿〔原文与扶杖同字〕是为着引导（4）。因此，权杖是为着权柄，扶杖是为着引导。我们需要在主的权柄之下，并照着祂的引导被挖掘。……首领和民中的尊贵人平常不会是挖井的人。低阶层的人才作挖掘的工作。但民数记二十一章告诉我们，神子民中的首领和尊贵人在比珥挖井。我们若要在众地方召会里，一直享受基督作涌出的泉源，所有领头的人就必须在主的权柄之下，并照着祂的引导，带头挖去泥土。这样我们在众召会里才会一直有泉源涌出活水，因为我们有首领和民中的尊贵人用权杖和扶杖的挖掘（CWWL一九六九年第二册，五五八至五五九页）。

　　我们要学习怎样让那灵在我们内里的各部分涌流。在二十章，被击打的磐石，预表基督是在十字架上被击打、裂开的一位，流出活水来（出十七6，林前十4）。然后在民数记二十一章，神的子民挖掘了一口井，从其中涌出水来（16~18）。因此，在同一卷书这两章里，先有一块磐石必须被击打，让活水流出来，然后有一口井必须被挖掘，好涌出水来。

　　对相信的人来说，不是磐石的问题，而是井的问题。作为磐石的基督，已经在十字架上完成祂的工作，成了生命的水流到我们里面；但是，基督今天作为活水井，在我们里面不断地涌出，这是基督不同的方面，与现在挖掘的过程非常有关。……我相信……属灵生命的水流，或活水的泉源，在我们里面并不自由。我们里面有许多泥土，必须挖掘出来。你也许会问：“这泥土是什么？”那就是我们良心、情感、意志、心思里的污秽。我们的心有许多污秽，必须挖掘出来，甚至我们灵里也有一些污秽，必须受对付（CWWL一九六四年第三册，二八六至二八七页）。

　　参读：圣经中关于生命的重要启示，第四章。

　　The fourth occasion of the children of Israel's drinking is recorded in Numbers 21:16-18. They came to a place called Beer, which means”a well.” When the children of Israel came to Beer, they came to a well. This is a type of Christ being a well in us. He is not only the cleft rock but also a well of water. The Lord Jesus tells us in John 4:14 that if we drink of Him, we will have a fountain or a well of water within us. Christ is the rock outside of us, and He is the well within us. As the rock outside of us, He needs to be struck. Regarding Christ as the well within us, we need to be dug. There is no need for Christ to be struck again, but there is the need for us to be dug so that Christ as the well can spring up within our inward being. There is much dirt in our inward being blocking the flowing of Christ. All this dirt needs to be dug away.

　　Numbers 21:18 says,”The well, which the leaders sank, /Which the nobles of the people dug, / With the scepter, with their staffs.” A scepter is a royal rod in the ruler's hand related to authority. Psalm 23 indicates that the staff or staffs are for guidance (v. 4). Thus, scepters are for authority, and staffs are for guidance. We need to be dug under the Lord's authority and according to His guidance. The leaders and nobles of the people would not normally be the ones to dig the well. The people of the lower class would do the digging. But Numbers 21 tells us that the leaders and nobles of the people of God dug the well at Beer. If we are going to enjoy Christ as the well springing up all the time in the local churches, all the leading ones have to take the lead to dig away the dirt under the Lord's authority and according to His guidance. Then we will have a well springing up with living water all the time in the churches because we have the digging by the leaders and the nobles of the people with the scepter and the staffs. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 2,”The Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures,” pp. 420-421)

　　[We need to] learn how to have the flow of the Spirit within our inward parts. In Numbers 20 the smitten rock, which typifies Christ, …flowed with living water (cf. 1 Cor. 10:4). Then in Numbers 21 the well dug by the people of God sprang up with water. Therefore, in these two chapters of the same book there is first a rock that must be smitten for the living water to flow out and then a well that must be dug for the water to spring up.

　　For believers, it is not a matter of the rock but the well. Christ as the rock has already accomplished His work on the cross, which issued in the water of life flowing into us, but today Christ as the well of living water springing up continuously within us is something else and has much to do with the present process of digging. I believe that…the flow of the spiritual life, or the spring of the living water, is not free within us. There is much dirt within us that must be dug out. You may ask,”What is this dirt?” It is the dirt in our conscience, our emotion, our will, and our mind. Our heart has much dirt, which needs to be dug out, and even in our spirit there is some dirt, which must be dealt with. (CWWL, 1964, vol. 3,”The Economy of God,” pp. 227-228)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1969, vol. 2,”The Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures,” ch. 4