參考版本 AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本   

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1. And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came into the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai. And on the fifteenth day of the second month.

2. Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

3. And the children of Israel said to them, “O that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots, when we ate bread to the full, for you have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger!”

4. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the heavens for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain amount every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in My law or not.

5. And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, they shall prepare what they bring in. And it shall be twice as much as they gather day by day.”

6. And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, “At sunset, then you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt.

7. And at sunrise, you shall see the glory of the LORD, for He hears your murmurings against the LORD. And what are we that you murmur against us?”

8. And Moses said, “You will see when the LORD shall give you flesh to eat at sunset and bread to the full at sunrise, for the LORD hears your murmurings which you murmur against Him. And what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.”

9. And Moses spoke to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come near before the LORD, for He has heard your murmurings.’ ”

10. And it came to pass as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel that they turned toward the wilderness. And behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud!

11. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

12. “I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘Between the two evenings. And you shall know that I am the LORD your God.

13. And it came to pass, at sunset, that the quails came up and covered the camp. And at sunrise the dew lay all around the camp.

14. And when the layer of dew had gone up, behold, there was a small round thing upon the face of the wilderness, small as the hoar-frost upon the ground.

15. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, “What is that?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.

16. This is the thing which the LORD has commanded. ‘Each man gather of it according to his eating, an omer. for each one, according to the number of your persons. Each one shall take for those who are in his tent.

17. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, and some less.

18. And when they measured with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little lacked nothing. They gathered each one according to his eating.

 (A Faithful Version)

1. 以色列人的旅程從以琳開始。以色列人進到汛，是曠野之地，位於以琳和西乃之間。這是出埃及地之後，第二個月的十五日。

2. 在曠野，以色列人向摩西和亞倫吐苦。

3. 以色列說：真的給那大能者害死！在埃及，有新鮮嫩肉可以享用，食包可以吃到肚漲，如今卻被帶到曠野地等餓死！

4. 大能者此時對摩西說：會從天上降下糧食如雨。眾人可以去取足夠每日個人享用的份量。看看他們能否依照指示去做。

5. 就這樣過了六天，當晚是收集糧食的日子，這日的數量足夠每人二天之用。

6. 摩西和亞倫對以色列人說：黃昏之後，你們將會看見領你們出埃及那位大能者的作為。

7. 而在當天晚上時分，會看見大能者的榮光再臨，那是因為聽到你們的苦情。

8. 摩西續說：在日落時分，耶和華會在晚上供應鮮肉，日出之時有足夠的餅。只因大能者聽到發出的苦情。你們的怨言不是針對我和亞倫，是大能者。

9. 摩西侯朝向亞倫說：告訴他們，要知道耶和華的作為，祂了解你們的處境。

10. 這事過後，亞倫對以色列眾人說，現在要經過曠野，有耶和華以白雲引領。

11. 耶和華曉諭摩西：

12. 我了解他們身處的困境，你告訴他們：在日落有鮮肉可食，到天明有餅可食。就明白是大能者的供應。

13. 當日落到來，滿天鵪鶉，遮滿了營地。日出的時候，營地周圍都遍地露水。

14. 露水散後，地面上出現一個上面舖上一層白色雪霜的物體。

15. 以色列人看見，都彼此對問：是什麼？摩西對眾人說：是耶和華供應食用的餅。

16. 耶和華有吩咐：各人按自己的食量去取，每分的重量為一俄梅珥，按家中的人數及其食量多少去收取所須。

17. 以色列人聽到，有人取多，有人少收。

18. 他們的食量用俄梅珥計算，人多的沒有拿多，人少的也沒取少，都按各人所須。

這是第一次在沒有勞動的情況下，以色列人是完完全全去依靠，那領他們出埃及的大能者供應。大能者這樣的安排，摩西的描述是看以色列人有沒有依靠的信心。

以色列人出埃及的路線和地理的一些了解，可以從下列的網址去了解＂https://visitmountsinaiarabia.com/tour-places/elim/

上述圖片是作為參考之用。以下的網址有較詳細的解釋：

https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/E/elim.html

E’lim (Hebrews Eylim’, אֵילִים, trees [so called from their strength; SEE OAK ]; perh. here palm-trees; Sept. Αἰλείμ), a place mentioned in Ex 15:27; Nu 33:9, as the second station where the Israelites encamped after crossing the Red Sea.

 It is distinguished as having had “twelve wells (rather “fountains,” ינוֹת) of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees.” Laborde (Geographical Commentary on Exodus 15:27) supposed wady Useit to be Elim, the second of four wadys lying between 29° 7′ and 29° 20′, which descend from the range of et- Tih (here nearly parallel with the shore) towards the sea. The route of the Israelites, however, cannot well be mistaken at this part. It evidently lay along the desert plain on the eastern shore of the Red Sea. (這處立論比較肯定)。

wilderness of Sin (sı̂yn)：

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula

Elim is somewhere in Sinai, this triangular in shape, with its northern shore lying on the southern Mediterranean Sea, and its southwest and southeast shores on the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba of the Red Sea.

以色列人對大能者有沒有信心？有，建基在生活物質層面。這是人存當中很重要也很現實的問題，重要卻有不同的程度。基本的衣食住行，在大能者的守約之下，那不是問題。人，是可以在這個基礎上，找尋上調的空間，這空間要到什麼程度才感滿足，那是人人不同。

以色列人面對的是新生活的開始，是一種從束縛受制當中，享受著被剝削後的自由。他思想自由，行動有限的自由。這種有限的自由，是因為人選擇而來，人世間人人都有自由，為此有人想要更多的自由，他可以透過擁有更多的資源達到這個目的。這些資源可以從知識、權力、金錢、帶來的地位去獲得。這是自由人可以透過自己努力獲得。當時人有許多發明，世界的文明古蹟，用以生活的工具，維持人與人之間的和諧須要的制度，人可以按個別興趣獲得發展的空間。

當空間被某些人佔有，他就有權作出支配。這權力可以被無限放大，是人與人不和諧的根源所在。

以色列人，向大能者吐苦水，是因為他們的重點不在於是認識耶和華，是依賴，有一同義之詞依靠。他們似乎不能從現實當中領悟，不能體會，不去思索事件的前因後果，就不明白。以色列當時求的，是生存。這想法跟畜牲那種為食而食的生活，本質上沒有不同。出埃及，那是人生另一篇章，全新的一頁。

新的一頁是怎樣？以色列人不知道。大能者給他們第一個功課：定晴仰望大能者的供應。

當時大能者給以色列人的功課，不也是今日信任耶和華同樣的須要？大多數信眾都為食而食存在，他們須要有王作指導，他們不停去尋求生活或者生存的意義。在地上可以找到的意義，不就是權力、金錢、學識等帶來的地位，這些很現實，有須要卻不是人生的意義。

大能者帶以色列人出埃及，體會的是：自由。是真正自主而不去破壞的自由，是自己因著耶和華幫助，是真正的強人，不受制於權力金錢學識地位，勇於搭救那些仍在不自由中生活的人，給他們不一樣個人努方的方向。

飲食，有大能者供應，足夠每日、每月、每年的須要就夠。在這樣的情況下生活，是最自由不過。以色列人，大能者給他們學第一樣功課。