圣经问答：四十年后
民数记第六课：四十年后：民数记十八至二十一章
摩西是《圣经》里的重要人物之一。摩西带领以色列人从埃及吃苦之地出来前往迦南地，就是神给的应许之地。因为他们犯了罪，神让他们在旷野流浪四十年。四十年过去了——他们有信心吗？请阅读以下的课程！
一。民数记18章：神用祭物养活祭司：民数记18:1-7：亚伦属于利___支派。祭司限于亚伦的后___；所有祭司都是___伦的后代，但并不是所有的利未人都是祭___。其他的利未人协助祭___。5节：神不要他的___ ___再次临到以色列人身上。7节：神把“属坛和幔子内的事”当作一个___ ___，赐给祭司。
民数记18:8-32：众人把十分之___奉献给神；神把大部分所得到的转送给祭司。祭司要把他们所得到的十分之___奉献给神。（祭司不能说，“我是祭司，所以我不必要奉献于神”。）头胎的牲畜归给谁？___。但是神让祭司___它。人生长子时怎么办？___。如果是公牛，绵羊或山羊，怎么办？___。哪部分要烧？___。哪部分要吃？___。如果是橄榄油，怎么办？___。这样，神让民众养活___ ___。29节：“奉给你们的一切___物，要从其中将___ ___的，就是分别为___的，献给耶和华为___祭”。（普通话本翻为：“那应该是你们所得到的礼物中最好和最圣洁的部分”。）
民数记第18章怎们样帮助我们明白“至圣”、“圣洁”、“分别为圣”等词的定义和含义？民数记第18章怎们样帮助我们明白“你们不可亵渎以色列人的圣物，免得死亡”(32节)？
二。民数记19章：在死亡中有盼望：生命包括死亡，所以早晚张三李四会碰到尸体或死人的骨头等物。因为尸体使得以色列人“不洁净”，所以必须有个规定好让张三李四恢复洁净。如何让自己（在礼仪上）“洁净”是民数记第19章的主题。请注意：动物是母牛而不是羊或公牛。第5节所描述的“人要在他眼前把这母牛焚烧，牛的皮、肉、血、粪都要焚烧”是独特的，是《旧约》其他经文都没有的；其他经文都命令要“献祭”。在此，神告诉他们要用母牛；其他《旧约》所献的动物都是公的。其他的《旧约》规定祭司要把祭物的血全部都流出来或洒在祭坛上；在此他们不给血流走。从民数记19:14-15中，我们得知以色列人如何容易地变为“不洁净”。从民数记19:14-15中，我们再次得知神如何重视___洁。今天，尸体是否使得基督徒不洁净？（ 不 。）今天，什么使得基督徒“不洁净”？
三。民数记20章：死在旷野：请注意年代——差不多是以色列人离开埃及的第四十年。民数记十四章第31-35节所提到的二十岁以上的人，差不多都已经___了，___在旷野，就如耶和华神所预言的。现在他们的孩子快要进入迦南地。
四。民数记20章：摩西犯错：民数记20:1：谁死了？___。以色列人现在在哪里？___。请注意，大约三十几年前（民数记13:21,26），众人埋怨摩西时，他们在何处？___。现在那些人的孩子回来原处，面对同样的情况（缺水），向摩西说同样的话：“百姓向摩西争闹说：‘我们的弟兄曾死在耶和华面前，我们恨不得与他们同___。你们为何把耶和华的会众领到这旷野，使我们和牲畜都___在这里呢？你们为何逼着我们出___ ___，领我们到这坏地方呢？这地方不好撒种，也没有无花果树、葡萄树、石榴树，又没有___喝’”。群众犯了跟他们父母亲犯的同样的___。民数记20:6-13：神叫摩西用什么方法处理此问题？神对摩西说：“你拿着___去，和你的哥哥亚伦招聚会众，在他们眼前___ ___磐石发出水来…”。但是，摩西作了什么事跟神的吩咐不同? ___。至少，摩西犯了四个罪，是什么？（1）摩西说的态度不对。也许摩西让四十年的“气”都发出来，把以色列人形容为“___ ___的人”。（2）摩西向众人说，“___为你们使水从这盘石中流出来吗？”。摩西应该说“___”会为你们做此事。（注意：别的《圣经》版本把此句翻为“我们”，是摩西和亚伦的意思吧。）（3）神规定摩西要向磐石___ ___；但，摩西却怎么样做了？（4）神责备摩西说他没有“___神”，并且摩西在以色列人眼前也没有“尊[神]的名为___”。因此，神怎么样惩罚摩西？神不让摩西做什么？（关于这件事，请阅读民数记27:14；申命记1:37，3:25，32:51-52；诗篇106:32。）从此，今天的基督徒可知：（1）我们应该以神的名字为___；（2）我们应该___ ___神的话。除此以外，此经文让您自己还学了什么功课？（请自己想想说说。参考以下的经节：使徒行专12:19-24；哥林多前书9:24-27。）
五。民数记20:14-21：以东人不让以色列人通行：请述说以色列人的需要和请求并以东人的反应。注意：（1）以东人是以撒的后裔（参看创世记35:27-29；创世记36章），所以以东人应该把以色列人看为___ ___。（2）以东人不让以色列人通行，这件事情，在《圣经》中被提很多次，并在以色列人历史上成为大事。
六。民数记20:22-29：亚伦逝世：亚伦死在___ ___山上。以色列人全群为亚伦哀哭了几天？___天。
七。 民数记21:1-3：战胜迦南人：终于以色列人才做好了一件事，是什么？
八。民数记21:4-9：铜蛇：摩西为什么要制造一条“火蛇”？（注意：“火蛇”大概是“毒蛇”的意思；新翻译的《圣经》写“毒蛇”。）众人拒绝吗哪等于拒绝神的___典。群众承认了他们的___。为什么要“看”铜蛇才能够存活？
《圣经》新约怎么样引用此事情？（参看约翰福音3:14-15。）
九。民数记21:10-35：摩押，西宏与噩：民数记21:14：“耶和华的战记”是古时的一本书，不存在于今天。难道，我们的《圣经》不全吗？（ 不。）为什么？西宏是___ ___利人的王；噩是___ ___的王。西宏和噩欢迎不欢迎以色列人经过他们的地？___。他们的结局如何？
十。当今天的基督徒面对生命问题时，认为神不垂听祷告时，我们是否好像以色列人一样埋怨神呢？怀疑神的存在呢？怀疑神的能力呢？想要回到成为基督徒以前的那样生活呢？以色列人的历史怎么样帮助我们得到信心，并且鼓励我们对神忠心？
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Numbers/06: Forty Years Later
Numbers chapters 18-21
1. Numbers 18: God Uses Sacrifices to Provide for the Priests: Num. 18:1-7: Aaron was from the tribe of L_____. Priests were all descendants of A_____; all priests were descendants of A_____, but not all Levites were p_____. Other Levites helped the p_____. Vs. 5: God did not want his w_____ to fall on the Israelites. Vs. 7: God saw serving “in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain” as a g_____ that he gave the priests. Num. 18:8-32: The community contributed o___-tenth to God; God gave to the priests most of all that was presented. The priests contributed to God o___-tenth of what they received. (The priests could not say, “I am a priest, so I need not contribute to God.”) To whom were the first-born animals given? However, God allowed the priests to e___ those [first born animals]. What about first-born sons? What about first-born ox, sheep and goats? What portion [of the animals] was to be burned? What portion was to be eaten? What about olive oil? In this way, then, God enabled the community to supply the needs of the p_____. Vs. 29: “You must present as the LORD’S p_____ the b____ and h______ part of e_________ given to you.’” [The Easy-to-Read Chinese Version (Putonghua) is also given.] How does Numbers 18 help us understand the meaning and use of words like “sacred,” “holy and pure,” “set aside as holy” etc? How does Numbers 18 help us understand [the command] not to “defile the holy offerings of the Israelites” otherwise you will die (v. 32)?
2. Numbers 19: Hope in the Midst of Death: Death is a part of life, so eventually everyone will come in contact with a corpse and/or bones of a dead person, etc. Because a corpse rendered an Israelite “unclean,” a regulation was needed that would enable one to become clean again. How to make oneself (ceremonially) “clean” is the subject of Numbers 19. Note: the animal was a heifer (a female cow, female bovine) and not a lamb or a male cow (ox). Verse five is atypical in the Old Testament, said only here: “While he watches, the heifer is to be burned–its hide, flesh, blood and offal.” Other Old Testament references talk about “sacrifice.” Here however, God tells them to use a female cow; in other Old Testament Scriptures, the sacrificial animal is a male. Other Old Testament regulations say that the priest should pour out the blood or sprinkle it on the altar, but here the blood is not drained. (See NIV Study Bible, s.v., Numbers 19:2.) From Numbers 19:14-15, we see how easily an Israelite could become “unclean.” From Numbers 19:14-15, we see once again how important h______ is to God. Can a corpse render a Christian unclean today? (No.) What makes a Christian “unclean” today?
3. Numbers 20: Note the date: It has been about forty years since the Israelites left Egypt. Most of the people twenty years old and older in Numbers 14:31-35 are dead; they died in the desert, just as God had pronounced. Now the children of those people are about to enter the Promised Land.
4. Numbers 20: Moses Sins: Num. 20:1: Who died? Where are the Israelites now? Note: thirty-some odd years previously (Num. 13:21, 26), where were the Israelites? Now the children of those people have returned to the original place, they face the same situation (lack water), and are saying to Moses the same things [their parents said]: “If only we had d____ when our brothers fell dead before the LORD!4 Why did you bring the LORD’S community into this desert, that we and our livestock should d___ here? Why did you bring us up out of E_____ to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates. And there is no w____ to drink!”. The community committed the same s___ that their parents committed. Num.20:6-13: What did God tell Moses to do solve the problem? God said, “Take the s____, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. S____ to that rock…” However, what did Moses do that was different from God’s instruction? Moses committed at least four sins; what were they? (1) Moses’ attitude was wrong. Perhaps Moses vented forty years of frustration when he called the people “y____ r______.” (2) Moses said “must we bring you water out of this rock?” . Moses should have said “G___ will do this or you.” [The Chinese Union Version says “I” rather than “we.”] (Other [English] translations say “we” which refers to Moses and Aaron, we assume.) (3) God willed that Moses s____ to the rock; however Moses (did what)? (4) God reprimanded Moses and said that he did not” t____ in me,” and Moses did not honor God’s name as h____. Consequently, how did God punish Moses? God did not allow Moses to (do what)? (Regarding this incident, please read Num. 27:14; Deut. 1:37, 3:25, 32:51-52; Ps. 106:32.) Christians today should know that: (1) We must honor God’s name as h____; (2) We should o____ God’s word. Other than these, what other lessons do you yourself learn from this Scripture? (Please consider: Acts 12:19-24; 1 Cor. 9:24-27.)
5. Numbers 20:14-21: Edomites Refuse Passage to the Israelites: Describe the Israelites’ need, their request and the response of the Edomites. Note: (1) The Edomites were descendants of Isaac (see Gen. 35:27-29; Gen. 36), so the Edomites should have treated the Israelites as b_______. (2) The Edomites refusal to allow the Israelites to pass through their territory is mentioned several times in Holy Scripture.
6. Numbers 20:22-29: Death of Aaron: Aaron died on mount H___. How many days did the entire Israelite community mourn for Aaron?
7. Numbers 21:1-3: Arad Defeated: The Israelites finally did something right! What was it?
8. The Bronze Snake: Why did Moses need to make a “fiery snake”? (Note: “Fiery snake” likely means “venomous snake.) When the multitude rejected manna they really were rejecting God’s g____. The community admitted their s___. Why did they need to “look at” the bronze snake in order to live? How is this incident used in the New Testament? (See John 3:14-15.)
9. Numbers 21:10-35: Moab, Sihon and Og: Numbers 21:14: The “Book of the Wars of the LORD” is an ancient book that is not extant today. Does this mean that our Bible is not complete? (No.) Why? Sihon was king of the A_______; Og was king of B_____. Did Sihon and Og welcome the Israelites to transverse their territory? What was their end?
10. When Christians today face the problems of life or think that God does not hear our prayers, do we murmur against God like the Israelites did? Do we doubt God’s existence? Do we doubt God’s power? Do we want to return to the lives we lead before we became Christians? How can the history of the Israelites help us obtain faith and encourage us to be loyal to God?
圣经问答
民数记第六课：四十年后：民数记十八至二十一章
Bible Study Questions: Numbers Lesson Six
Numbers 18-21: Forty Years Later
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