People reaching toward a glowing holographic scroll titled New Covenant outdoors at sunset

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

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1. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2. “Speak to the children of Israel that they bring Me an offering. You shall take an offering from every man that gives it willingly with his heart.

3. And this is the offering which you shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,

4. And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and bleached linen, and goats’ hair,

5. And rams’ skins dyed red, and tanned leather skins, and acacia wood,

6. Oil for lighting, spices for anointing oil and for sweet incense,

7. Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.

8. And let them make Me a sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them.

9. According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments of it, even so you shall make it.

10. And they shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high.

11. And you shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and out, and shall make on it a crown molding of gold all around the top edge.

12. And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and shall put it on its four feet. And two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

13. And you shall make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

14. And you shall put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, so that the ark may be carried by them.

15. And the staves shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.

16. And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

17. And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it.

18. And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work you shall make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.

19. And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end. From the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim, on the two ends of it.

20. And the cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces, each toward the other; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

21. And you shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark. And in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.

22. And I will meet with you there, and I will talk with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim on the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

 (A Faithful Version)

1. 耶和華曉諭摩西:

2. 吩咐以色列人,若是給我以示奉獻,要心甘情願。

3. 你們獻出的物品如:金、銀、銅,

4. 各種用山羊毛,它被染成藍色、紫色、朱紅色的細麻布,

5. 被染成紅色的公羊皮、用獸皮的皮革、金合歡木的材料,

6. 照明用的油、膏油的香料和香的香料,

7. 紅色瑪瑙,以及各種大小寶石,留待將來的以弗的胸牌之用。

8. 以此等物品去建造一個神聖的居所。

9. 要照著我所給你們的圖則,是會幕的造型,和其中的攦設的安排,照此藍圖建造。

10. 要用金合歡本造一個方舟,長二肘半,寬一肘半,高一肘半。

11. 用純金包裝方舟,裡外都金,在方舟的頂部造金頂皇冠,鑲有金邊。

12. 鑄四金環,放在方舟二旁,兩側前後共有四個輪子。

13. 這輛子用金合歡木做成,用金包裝。

14. 它們是單獨一個,在方舟兩側,可以拖行。

15. 輪子是鑲緊在外,不容易卸下。

16. 把我帶給你們的法版,安置在方舟內。

17. 製造一個純金施恩座,長二肘半,寬一肘半。

18. 用金子做兩個基路伯,是金子打造成,立在施恩座的兩旁。

19. 施恩座的兩旁,各有一基路伯。

20. 基路伯翅膀,展開包圍施恩座,相互對望。

21. 施恩座安放在約櫃之上,法版放約櫃裡面。

22. 約櫃之處,是與你們相見之地。若有任何囑咐,就會在在約櫃,和兩個基路伯中間的施恩座前,向以色列人公告。

這裡改用一個較容明白的一個詞:

註:Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance 編號H7848指的是希伯來文שִׁטָּה ( shiṭṭâh ),意思是金合歡樹或金合歡木。 

King James Bible Dictionary 關鍵細節 音譯: shiṭṭâh(陰性名詞) 發音: shit-taw’ 複數形式: shiṭṭı̂ym (shittim) 聖經中出現次數:在舊約中使用了 28 次(翻譯為“shittim” 27 次,翻譯為“shittah tree” 1 次)。 

Blue Letter Bible  +2 聖經意義 會幕材料:上帝曾經命令用皂莢木(金合歡木)建造沙漠會幕中的聖物,包括約櫃、陳設餅桌和祭壇(例如,出埃及記 25:5,25:10)。 

The Historic Faith 物理特性:沙漠金合歡是一種耐用、紋理堅硬的木材,具有防腐防蟲的特性,因此非常適合用於乾旱環境中的便攜式神聖建築。

這段經文它有一致的說法,就是開首的一句:耶和華曉諭。

可問題是耶和華按過往跟以色列人三大先祖相處,沒有這樣的要求。出埃及也沒有要求人去建造這樣的一個具像徵意義的造型。耶和華須要一個施恩座,須要有基路伯去保護?當然不會。這個想法完全不合耶和華呈現的一切作為的重點。,此其一。

其二是耶和華是如何跟摩西傳達祂的心意?

出埃及這事何等大?約瑟都在夢中對談,對摩西是在荊棘叢中與他會面 (3章),在西乃山上以聲音囑咐。耶和華是直接相告。可是,造約櫃安放法版,是可以簡單,當然也可以隆重處之,反映人的想法。把約櫃成為神同在的想法,似乎不是耶和華會採用的方式。

摩西把自己的想法,是人對信仰的態度。它同樣反映人對神靈膜拜,摩西是潛移默化的想法,受埃及成長的影響。這影響,是私慾引發出來,是一般人間世領袖都會有的想法,無從避免:自我澎湃,是領袖必然有的心態,私利因此由心浮出的結果。當這想法跟以賽亞書一段描述相比:53:1我們所傳的有誰信呢?耶和華的膀臂向誰顯露呢?2他在耶和華面前生長如嫩芽,像根出於乾地。他無佳形美容使我們注視他,也無美貌使我們仰慕他。3他被藐視,被人厭棄;多受痛苦,常經憂患。他被藐視,好像被人掩面不看的一樣,我們也不尊重他。不就是則面的一個說明,裝潢粉飾是群眾是有吸引力。

摩西這個人的想法,是因為不夠警覺性,是潛意識所為,他有改善,卻也要為此承擔後果,不能長壽,就無法進入迦南這應許之地。

摩西在此犯了一個錯,卻沒有遺憾,他帶領以色列人到了迦南的周邊。摩西的事跡似乎有一個屬靈的提示,要進入迦南就得堅定持守這份信心。這是真實人生的寫照,一直如此,直到世界的末了。對於個人的結局,摩西進不了迦南,現代人不一樣,在犯錯改正的循環中,有耶穌在半空中迎接。摩西被揀選,卻受世界成功薰陶,越有經歷就越有領受,往後更能與耶和華一起經歷從中成長。

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