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Nu 18:1-7.
英文原文
Nu 18:1-7.
THE CHARGE OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES.
1. the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary--Security is here given to the people from the fears expressed
(Nu 17:12),
by the responsibility of attending to all sacred things being devolved upon the priesthood, together with the penalties incurred through neglect; and thus the solemn responsibilities annexed to their high dignity, of having to answer not only for their own sins, but also for the sins of the people, were calculated in a great measure to remove all feeling of envy at the elevation of Aaron's family, when the honor was weighed in the balance with its burdens and dangers.
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2-7. 你的利未支派的弟兄——祭司與利未人各自當任的聖職部門在此分別指派。祭司受託照管聖所與祭壇，利未人則照管帳幕一切其餘的事。利未人要作僕人服事祭司——他們是作為「禮物」賜下，以協助帳幕的事奉——而祭司那崇高尊榮的職任本身就是一種「恩賜的事奉」。若有「外人」——即既非祭司也非利未人——擅闖聖職的任何部門，必被治死。
英文原文
2-7. thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi--The departments of the sacred office, to be filled respectively by the priests and Levites, are here assigned to each. To the priests was committed the charge of the sanctuary and the altar, while the Levites were to take care of everything else about the tabernacle. The Levites were to attend the priests as servants--bestowed on them as "gifts" to aid in the service of the tabernacle--while the high and dignified office of the priesthood was a "service of gift." "A stranger," that is, one, neither a priest nor a Levite, who should intrude into any departments of the sacred office, should incur the penalty of death.
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Nu 18:8-20.
Nu 18:8-20.
祭司的分。
8-13. 耶和華對亞倫說：我已將舉祭的分賜給你——本段重述了一些特別撥歸祭司供養的進項。它們是許願祭和甘心祭的一部分，包括素祭和餅、酒和油，以及構成大宗而有價值項目的初熟之物。
英文原文
Nu 18:8-20.
THE PRIESTS' PORTION.
8-13. the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of my heave offerings--A recapitulation is made in this passage of certain perquisites specially appropriated to the maintenance of the priests. They were parts of the votive and freewill offerings, including both meat and bread, wine and oil, and the first-fruits, which formed a large and valuable item.
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14. 以色列中一切永獻的都必歸你——前提是它適於食用或消耗；因為那些作為戰利品而獻的金銀器皿，並非歸給祭司，而是歸聖所使用和裝飾。
英文原文
14. Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine--provided it was adapted for food or consumable by use; for the gold and silver vessels that were dedicated as the spoils of victory were not given to the priests, but for the use and adornment of the sacred edifice.
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19. 這是鹽約——即永遠的定例。這比喻性的說法，顯然建立在鹽的防腐特性上——鹽能防止肉類腐敗；因此它成了不可侵犯與永久的象徵。這是東方人常用的說法，他們視吃鹽為忠誠的憑證，使他們結為友誼之約。因此，祭牲之肉既歸祭司為分——以他們的事奉為條件，而鹽又是其中必不可少的配件——分享這肉自然被稱為「鹽約」
(Le 2:13)。
英文原文
19. it is a covenant of salt--that is, a perpetual ordinance. This figurative form of expression was evidently founded on the conservative property of salt, which keeps meat from corruption; and hence it became an emblem of inviolability and permanence. It is a common phrase among Oriental people, who consider the eating of salt a pledge of fidelity, binding them in a covenant of friendship. Hence the partaking of the altar meats, which were appropriated to the priests on condition of their services and of which salt formed a necessary accompaniment, was naturally called "a covenant of salt"
(Le 2:13).
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Nu 18:21-32.
Nu 18:21-32.
利未人的分。
21, 22. 凡以色列中出產的十分之一，我已賜給利未的子孫為業，因他們所辦的事——祭司和利未人都不可擁有任何地業，唯獨倚靠那從自己份中豐厚供養他們的神；這條律法服務於許多重要目的——例如，他們既免於世俗事務的憂慮與勞碌，便可專一事奉祂；百姓與利未人之間可建立互愛互繫的紐帶，因利未人為百姓辦理宗教事奉，其供養也從百姓而來；再者，利未人既較易散居各支派之中，便更能有效地教導和指引百姓。
英文原文
Nu 18:21-32.
THE LEVITES' PORTION.
21, 22. I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve--Neither the priests nor the Levites were to possess any allotments of land but to depend entirely upon Him who liberally provided for them out of His own portion; and this law was subservient to many important purposes--such as that, being exempted from the cares and labors of worldly business, they might be exclusively devoted to His service; that a bond of mutual love and attachment might be formed between the people and the Levites, who, as performing religious services for the people, derived their subsistence from them; and further, that being the more easily dispersed among the different tribes, they might be more useful in instructing and directing the people.
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23. 惟獨利未人要辦會幕的事，擔當他們的罪孽——他們要對所分派之職責的正確履行負責，因而也要為在聖物看守上的疏忽或怠惰，擔當當受的刑罰。
英文原文
23. But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: they shall bear their iniquity--They were to be responsible for the right discharge of those duties that were assigned to them, and consequently to bear the penalty that was due to negligence or carelessness in the guardianship of the holy things.
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26. 利未人……要獻……十分之一——他們要從自己所得的，照樣向祭司繳納十分之一，正如百姓獻給他們的一樣。他們十分之一中最好的要歸給祭司；此後他們就可自由使用其餘的部分，如同其他以色列人使用自己禾場與酒醡的出產一樣。
英文原文
26. the Levites . . . offer . . . a tenth of the tithe--Out of their own they were to pay tithes to the priests equally as the people gave to them. The best of their tithes was to be assigned to the priests, and afterwards they enjoyed the same liberty to make use of the remainder that other Israelites had of the produce of their threshing-floors and wine-presses.
32
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32. 你們就不再因這物擔罪等——在獻上最好的這事上若有疏忽，在使用這等不聖潔的食物時便涉及罪。而且，將當獻給神與祭司的物保留給自己，便會玷污聖物。
英文原文
32. ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, &c.--Neglect in having the best entailed sin in the use of such unhallowed food. And the holy things would be polluted by the reservation to themselves of what should be offered to God and the priests.
Nu 18:1-7.
祭司與利未人的職任
1. 耶和華對亞倫說：你和你的兒子，並你父家與你一同的，要擔當干犯聖所的罪孽——在此，神藉着把照管一切聖物的責任以及因疏忽而招致的刑罰一併交託給祭司職分，消除了百姓先前所表達的恐懼
(Nu 17:12)。 這樣，與他們崇高尊榮相連的莊嚴責任——不僅要為自己的罪負責，還要為百姓的罪負責——在很大程度上抵消了人對亞倫家族被高舉所生的妒意；因為當這份尊榮連同其重擔與危險一併權衡時，嫉妒便無從滋生。