约壹一7　　但我们若在光中行，如同神在光中，就彼此有交通，祂儿子耶稣的血也洗净我们一切的罪。

　　约七38~39　　信入我的人，就如经上所说，从他腹中要流出活水的江河来。耶稣这话是指着信入祂的人将要受的那灵说的……。

　　按照民数记十九章，无论什么人摸着死，沾染了污秽，他就变作不洁的，必须把灰调在活水里，洒在他身上，他才能得洁净（11~14、16~20）。活水预表圣灵。我们这些神的子民，何时沾染了污秽，就要让圣灵调着主耶稣救赎永远的功效应用在我们身上，好除去我们的污秽。这就如同约壹一章七节所说〔的〕。……这意思是，我们若发现自己有罪，就当取用主耶稣的血洗净我们的罪，好恢复我们和神之间的交通（民数记概论下册，六五页）。

　　1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from every sin.

　　John 7:38-39 He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water. But this He said concerning the Spirit…

　　According to Numbers 19, whoever touched death or was defiled and thus became unclean needed to be sprinkled by the ashes mixed with running water in order to be clean (vv. 11-14, 16-20). The running water typifies the Holy Spirit. Whenever we, the people of God, are defiled, we need to allow the Holy Spirit, who is compounded with the eternal efficacy of the Lord's redemption, to be applied to us in order to remove our uncleanness. This corresponds to 1 John 1:7….This means that if we realize that we have sinned, we should take the blood of the Lord Jesus in order to wash away our sins for the purpose of restoring the fellowship between God and us. (CWWL, 1960, vol. 1,”Synopsis of Numbers,” p. 295)

　　民数记十九章十二节说，“那人要在第三天和第七天用这水洁净自己，就必洁净了；他若在第三天和第七天不洁净自己，就仍不洁净。”这里第三天表征复活，第七天表征完成。我们若沾染了污秽，就必须在复活里让圣灵把主耶稣救赎的功效，应用在我们身上。我们沾染污秽是在旧造里，现在我们要得洁净就必须在复活里；若留在旧造里就不能得着洁净。除污秽的水要在第三天洒在不洁净的人身上，第七天他就能得洁净；这表征我们在复活里应用主耶稣救赎的功效，等到一个完全的时期，我们就得了洁净。

　　按照十九章，无论是收灰的以色列人，还是洒除污秽水的人，都要变为不洁（10、21）。这表征当一个弟兄沾染了污秽，我们去帮助他得洁净时，虽然我们是洁净的，但我们应该知道我们所对付的是罪污，这有可能叫我们也受到沾染；因此，在神面前该有所警戒和对付。

　　十九节说，沾染污秽的人得洁净之后，还得洗衣服，用水洗澡；此外，洒除污秽水的人，也要洗衣服（21）。用水洗澡表征对付自己，洗衣服表征对付生活中一切的行为。我们每一次沾染污秽有了罪，就要在圣灵里，让圣灵把主受死的功效应用到我们身上，在神面前除去我们的污秽；我们也要重新对付自己和生活中的一切行为。不仅被洁净的人需要这么作，就是帮助人得洁净的，也要这样作。

　　十四至十六节说〔到〕……人死在帐棚里，表征在神看来人在肉体里都是死的（参太八22，路九60）。我们的肉身如同帐棚（林后五1），因此，凡属于我们这个人的，都是不洁净的。每一个天然的人都是“死在帐棚里”的人〔民十九14〕，他的肉身是个帐棚，而里面的那个人是死的；凡联于他、与他接触的，都是不洁的。

　　十九章给我们看见，我们这些神的子民，需要一直让圣灵把基督救赎的功效，应用于我们，好叫我们得洁净。……凡在我们里面的，凡与我们有接触的，都是不洁的。我们里面的每一部分，也都是不洁的。我们要事奉神，就要一直学习让圣灵调着基督救赎的功效，洒在我们身上，叫我们得洁净（民数记概论下册，六五至六八页）。

　　参读：民数记概论，第二十四篇。

　　Numbers 19:12 says,”He shall purify himself with it on the third day and on the seventh day, and then he shall be clean; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he shall not be clean.” Here the third day signifies resurrection, and the seventh day signifies completion. If we are defiled, we need to be in resurrection in order to allow the Holy Spirit to apply the efficacy of the Lord's redemption to us. Defilement is related to the old creation. Hence, in order for us to be purified, we must be in resurrection; if we remain in the old creation, we cannot be purified. On the third day the water for impurity was sprinkled, and on the seventh day the unclean person became clean. This signifies that after we apply the efficacy of the Lord's redemption in resurrection, we will become clean according to the time of completion.

　　According to Numbers 19, both the Israelite who gathered the ashes and he who sprinkled the water for impurity became unclean (vv. 10, 21). This signifies that when we help a defiled brother to be purified, although we may be clean, we should realize that we are dealing with sin. Since it is possible for us to be defiled, we should be warned and deal with this matter before God.

　　Numbers 19:19 says that when the defiled person was purified, he needed to wash his clothes and bathe himself in water. Moreover, the person who sprinkled the water for impurity also had to wash his clothes (v. 21). Bathing in water signifies dealing with oneself, and washing one's clothes signifies dealing with the entirety of one's conduct. Whenever we are defiled and commit a sin, we should be in the Holy Spirit and allow the Spirit to apply the efficacy of the Lord's death to us in order to remove our defilement before God. We should also have a fresh dealing with ourselves and with the entirety of our conduct. This must be done not only by the person who needs to be purified but also by those who help him to be purified.

　　[In verses 14 through 16] a man dying in a tent signifies that in God's eyes all men are dead in the flesh (cf. Matt. 8:22; Luke 9:60). Our physical body is like a tabernacle (2 Cor. 5:1), and everything that belongs to us is unclean. Every natural man is a man who”dies in a tent” [Num. 19:14]; his physical body is a tent, and the one who is in the tent is dead. Thus, everything that is joined to a natural man and is in contact with him is unclean.

　　Chapter 19 reveals that we, the people of God, should continually allow the Holy Spirit to apply the efficacy of Christ's redemption to us so that we may be purified… Whatever is in us and whatever comes in contact with us is unclean. Every part of our inner being is also unclean. In order for us to serve God, we should continually learn to allow the Holy Spirit, who has been compounded with the efficacy of Christ's redemption, to be sprinkled on us so that we may be purified. (CWWL, 1960, vol. 1,”Synopsis of Numbers,” pp. 295-297)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1960, vol. 1,”Synopsis of Numbers,” ch. 24