全新四年樂活讀經
W5 2011-08-05 (利21)
經文: 利未記 21:21-23 祭司亞倫的後裔，凡有殘疾的，都不可近前來，將火祭獻給耶和華。他有殘疾，不可近前來獻神的食物。神的食物，無論是聖的，至聖的，他都可以吃。但不可進到幔子前，也不可就近壇前；因為他有殘疾，免得褻瀆我的聖所。我是叫他成聖的耶和華。」
默想: 在本章經文中，我們看到，耶和華對於專職侍奉會幕祭祀的祭司，有更為嚴格的要求。所有有殘疾的祭司後代，可以享用聖物，但是卻不可以到壇前或聖所內服侍。新約也說，審判要從神的家起首 (彼前4:17)。雅各也提醒教會中的教導者，我的弟兄們，不要多人作師傅，因為曉得我們要受更重的判斷。(雅3:1) 祈求上帝保守，讓教會的領袖，能夠更謹慎保守自己，與自己的教導內容。
題目: 對於祭司當守的規律有那些？對於教會事奉者有何提醒？
21:1 耶和華對摩西說：「你告訴亞倫子孫作祭司的說：祭司不可為民中的死人沾染自己，
And the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them that none of them shall defile himself for the dead among his people,
21:2 除非為他骨肉之親的父母、兒女、弟兄，
except for his nearest of kin, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
21:3 和未曾出嫁、作處女的姊妹，才可以沾染自己。
or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself).
21:4 祭司既在民中為首，就不可從俗沾染自己。
He shall not defile himself as a husband among his people and so profane himself.
21:5 不可使頭光禿；不可剃除鬍鬚的周圍，也不可用刀劃身。
They shall not make tonsures upon their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
21:6 要歸 神為聖，不可褻瀆 神的名；因為耶和華的火祭，就是 神的食物，是他們獻的，所以他們要成為聖。
They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings by fire to the LORD, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
21:7 不可娶妓女或被污的女人為妻，也不可娶被休的婦人為妻，因為祭司是歸 神為聖。
They shall not marry a harlot or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.
21:8 所以你要使他成聖，因為他奉獻你 神的食物；你要以他為聖，因為我─使你們成聖的耶和華─是聖的。
You shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
21:9 祭司的女兒若行淫辱沒自己，就辱沒了父親，必用火將她焚燒。
And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.
21:10 「在弟兄中作大祭司、頭上倒了膏油、又承接聖職，穿了聖衣的，不可蓬頭散髮，也不可撕裂衣服。
"The priest who is chief among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor rend his clothes;
21:11 不可挨近死屍，也不可為父母沾染自己。
he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;
21:12 不可出聖所，也不可褻瀆 神的聖所，因為 神膏油的冠冕在他頭上。我是耶和華。
neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
21:13 他要娶處女為妻。
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
21:14 寡婦或是被休的婦人，或是被污為妓的女人，都不可娶；只可娶本民中的處女為妻。
A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a harlot, these he shall not marry; but he shall take to wife a virgin of his own people,
21:15 不可在民中辱沒他的兒女，因為我是叫他成聖的耶和華。」
that he may not profane his children among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him."
21:16 耶和華對摩西說：
And the LORD said to Moses,
21:17 「你告訴亞倫說：你世世代代的後裔，凡有殘疾的，都不可近前來獻他 神的食物。
"Say to Aaron, None of your descendants throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God.
21:18 因為凡有殘疾的，無論是瞎眼的、瘸腿的、塌鼻子的、肢體有餘的、
For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,
21:19 折腳折手的、
or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand,
21:20 駝背的、矮矬的、眼睛有毛病的、長癬的、長疥的，或是損壞腎子的，都不可近前來。
or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or a man with a defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles;
21:21 祭司亞倫的後裔，凡有殘疾的，都不可近前來，將火祭獻給耶和華。他有殘疾，不可近前來獻 神的食物。
no man of the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the LORD's offerings by fire; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
21:22 神的食物，無論是聖的，至聖的，他都可以吃。
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,
21:23 但不可進到幔子前，也不可就近壇前；因為他有殘疾，免得褻瀆我的聖所。我是叫他成聖的耶和華。」
but he shall not come near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries; for I am the LORD who sanctify them."
21:24 於是，摩西曉諭亞倫和亞倫的子孫，並以色列眾人。
So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them that none of them shall defile himself for the dead among his people,
21:2 除非為他骨肉之親的父母、兒女、弟兄，
except for his nearest of kin, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
21:3 和未曾出嫁、作處女的姊妹，才可以沾染自己。
or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself).
21:4 祭司既在民中為首，就不可從俗沾染自己。
He shall not defile himself as a husband among his people and so profane himself.
21:5 不可使頭光禿；不可剃除鬍鬚的周圍，也不可用刀劃身。
They shall not make tonsures upon their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
21:6 要歸 神為聖，不可褻瀆 神的名；因為耶和華的火祭，就是 神的食物，是他們獻的，所以他們要成為聖。
They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings by fire to the LORD, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
21:7 不可娶妓女或被污的女人為妻，也不可娶被休的婦人為妻，因為祭司是歸 神為聖。
They shall not marry a harlot or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.
21:8 所以你要使他成聖，因為他奉獻你 神的食物；你要以他為聖，因為我─使你們成聖的耶和華─是聖的。
You shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
21:9 祭司的女兒若行淫辱沒自己，就辱沒了父親，必用火將她焚燒。
And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.
21:10 「在弟兄中作大祭司、頭上倒了膏油、又承接聖職，穿了聖衣的，不可蓬頭散髮，也不可撕裂衣服。
"The priest who is chief among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor rend his clothes;
21:11 不可挨近死屍，也不可為父母沾染自己。
he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;
21:12 不可出聖所，也不可褻瀆 神的聖所，因為 神膏油的冠冕在他頭上。我是耶和華。
neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
21:13 他要娶處女為妻。
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
21:14 寡婦或是被休的婦人，或是被污為妓的女人，都不可娶；只可娶本民中的處女為妻。
A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a harlot, these he shall not marry; but he shall take to wife a virgin of his own people,
21:15 不可在民中辱沒他的兒女，因為我是叫他成聖的耶和華。」
that he may not profane his children among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him."
21:16 耶和華對摩西說：
And the LORD said to Moses,
21:17 「你告訴亞倫說：你世世代代的後裔，凡有殘疾的，都不可近前來獻他 神的食物。
"Say to Aaron, None of your descendants throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God.
21:18 因為凡有殘疾的，無論是瞎眼的、瘸腿的、塌鼻子的、肢體有餘的、
For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,
21:19 折腳折手的、
or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand,
21:20 駝背的、矮矬的、眼睛有毛病的、長癬的、長疥的，或是損壞腎子的，都不可近前來。
or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or a man with a defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles;
21:21 祭司亞倫的後裔，凡有殘疾的，都不可近前來，將火祭獻給耶和華。他有殘疾，不可近前來獻 神的食物。
no man of the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the LORD's offerings by fire; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
21:22 神的食物，無論是聖的，至聖的，他都可以吃。
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,
21:23 但不可進到幔子前，也不可就近壇前；因為他有殘疾，免得褻瀆我的聖所。我是叫他成聖的耶和華。」
but he shall not come near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries; for I am the LORD who sanctify them."
21:24 於是，摩西曉諭亞倫和亞倫的子孫，並以色列眾人。
So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.
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從利未記21章裡，我們看到「祭司當守的規律」 包括：1）謹慎事奉──「祭司不可為民中的死人沾染自己」（利未記 21:1）。2）上帝對祭司要求嚴格，因為祭司是在民中為首，就不可從俗沾染自己。祭司負有領導職責，他的責任與與上帝對他的要求成為正比（利未記 21:4）。3）祭司的家庭與婚姻生活要有見證。家庭教養成為牧養會眾的榜樣，因此祭司必須好好教導兒女，免致他們墮落。例證：以利的兩個兒子是惡人，不認識耶和華。不遵守耶和華的規律典章他們二人一日同死，他們家中必永遠沒有一個老年人。以他們的下場為鑑（撒母耳記上 2:12；32；34 ）。
回覆刪除可見祭司的責任是事奉上帝，因此，上帝對他有極高的要求。今日我們是被揀選的族類，是有君尊的祭司，是聖潔的國度，是屬神的子民，為的是要宣揚那召我們出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德（彼得前書 2:9）。凡在教會事奉者，無論當牧者，長老，執事，同工的，也當認真而謹慎，要有聖潔的身子，做群羊的榜樣。