路二二42　父啊，你若愿意，就把这杯从我撤去，然而不要成就我的意思，只要成就你的意思。

　　诗十六6　　用绳量给我的地界，坐落在佳美之处；我的产业实在美好。

　　代上五26　　……以色列的神激动亚述王……的灵；祂就把流便人、迦得人、玛拿西半支派的人，迁徙到……。

　　基督珍赏神用绳所量给祂的地界，以及神所给祂美好的产业。列国连同全地（诗二8）对基督这承受神产业的人（来一2下），不仅是佳美的，也是美好的（圣经恢复本，诗十六6注1）。

　　流便和迦得二支派的请求（民三二1~5）并没有错，但也不对。他们渴望领受神所应许的，是照着自己所选择为上好的，不是照着神所选择为上好的。渴望领受神所应许的，并没有错。然而，他们想要照自己所选择为上好的来领受这应许，就不对了。至终，他们的地是以色列土地中，头一块被东方来的外邦侵略者夺取之地〔代上五25~26〕。流便和迦得支派就受苦了，这苦难与他们自己的选择有关（民数记生命读经，三九二页）。

　　Luke 22:42 Saying, Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet, not My will, but Yours be done.

　　Psa. 16:6 The measuring lines have fallen on pleasant places for me; indeed the inheritance is beautiful to me.

　　1 Chron. 5:26 …The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of…the king of Assyria;…and He carried them away, the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh…

　　Christ appreciated the measured possession and the beautiful inheritance given to Him by God. All the nations with the earth (Psa. 2:8) will be not only pleasant but also beautiful to Christ as the man who inherited God's inheritance (Heb. 1:2b). (Psa. 16:6, footnote 1)

　　The request of the two tribes, Reuben and Gad (Num. 32:1-5), was not wrong, but neither was it right. Their desire was to receive what God had promised, according to their choice as the best, not according to God's choice as the best. The desire to receive what God had promised was not wrong. However, they were not right in wanting to receive this according to their choice as the best. Eventually, their land was the first part of the land of Israel to be taken over by the Gentile invaders from the east [1 Chron. 5:25-26]. The tribes of Reuben and Gad suffered, and this suffering was related to their having their own choice. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 317-318)

　　在属灵的事上，若照自己的拣选行事是可怕的。凡是照着我们所选择的，结果都没有益处。我们可能认为我们的选择是最好的，但实际上却是最坏的。所以在属灵的事上，我们该尽量不照着自己的选择行事。我们最好把事情交在主手中，让主照着祂的选择来作。

　　两个支派是因着他们所有的（极其众多的牲畜—民三二1）和他们所看见的（可牧放牲畜之地—4），而有这样的请求。这是他们选择的理由。……甚至在召会生活中，自己的选择也是来自两件事：考虑我们所有并所需的，考虑我们面前所看见的某种光景或机会，如何切合我们的需要。我们的召会生活或对主的事奉，不该有这样的光景。在召会生活和主的工作中，我们需要拒绝试诱，不能只顾自己的利益而有自己的选择。……我们需要学习这功课，不考虑自己面前的所有或所是，只把我们的未来交在主手中。我们不该想要在召会生活或对主的事奉中有自己的选择。你若坚持有自己的选择，就要预备有受苦的结果。我们的选择不是上好的拣选。我们是短视的，多少也是自私的，所以在动机、渴望、存心、目标、目的上很难单纯。我们应当甘愿放弃自己的选择，并告诉主，我们没有任何自己的选择。

　　在民数记三十二章二十二节，摩西用到“责任”一辞。每当我们有自己的选择时，我们就为自己的选择有所承担，也会在某种的责任之下。我们在事奉主的时候，要学习绝不因自己的选择而担负责任。我们需要学习不要有自己的选择，免得在神和祂的子民面前受责任的束缚。

　　两个半支派所得的地，是按着他们自己的选择，不必过约但河就可以到达。这指明那是在基督的死之外，因此实际上不是美地的一部分。照样，我们自己的选择也是在基督的死之外，所以与对丰富的基督真正的享受无关。我们若不经过基督的死，就不能进入祂的复活与升天的范围里。这给我们看见不该有自己的选择。我们何时有自己的选择，何时就在基督的死之外，结果就不在祂复活与升天的范围里，享受祂作属天、被高举的一位（民数记生命读经，三九三至三九四、三九七、四○七页）。

　　参读：民数记生命读经，第四十五至四十六篇。

　　In spiritual matters it is terrible to do things according to our choice. Whatever is according to our choice will not turn out to be profitable. We may think that our choice is the best, but it is actually the worst. Therefore, in spiritual matters we should try not to act according to our choice. It is much better for us to leave matters in the hand of the Lord and let Him do according to His choice.

　　The two tribes made their request because of what they had (a very great multitude of cattle—Num. 32:1) and because of what they saw (a land good for livestock—v. 4). This was the reason for their choice. Self-choice, even in the church life, comes from two things—considering what we have and need and considering how a particular situation or opportunity that we see in front of us fits in with our needs. This should not be our situation in the church life or in the service of the Lord. Both in the church life and in the Lord's work, we need to resist the temptation to have our self-choice for the purpose of taking care of our own welfare. We need to learn the lesson of not considering what we have or what is in front of us but leaving our future in the hand of the Lord. We should not try to have our own choice in the church life or in the Lord's service. If you insist on having your own choice, be prepared to suffer as a result. Our choice is not the best selection. We are shortsighted and somewhat selfish, so it is difficult for us to be pure in motive, desire, intention, goal, and purpose. We should be willing to give up our choice and tell the Lord that we do not have any choice of our own.

　　In verse 22 Moses uses the word obligation. Whenever we have our own choice, we will owe something for our choice and will be under some kind of obligation. In serving the Lord, we need to learn never to be obligated in this way. We need to learn not to have our own choice and thereby not to be obligated to God and to His people.

　　The land given to the two and a half tribes, the land which was according to their choice, could be reached without crossing the Jordan. This indicates that it was outside the death of Christ and thus was not actually a part of the good land. Our self-choice is likewise outside the death of Christ and therefore has nothing to do with the real enjoyment of the rich Christ. If we do not pass through the death of Christ, we cannot enter into His resurrection and ascension. This shows us that we should not have our own choice. Whenever we have our choice, we are outside the death of Christ and, as a result, are not in the realm of His resurrection and ascension to enjoy Him as the heavenly, elevated One. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 318, 321, 326-327)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Numbers, msgs. 45-46