28:1 「你要從以色列人中,使你的哥哥亞倫和他的兒子拿答、亞比戶、以利亞撒、以他瑪一同就近你,給我供祭司的職分。
28:2 你要給你哥哥亞倫做聖衣為榮耀,為華美。
28:3 又要吩咐一切心中有智慧的,就是我用智慧的靈所充滿的,給亞倫做衣服,使他分別為聖,可以給我供祭司的職分。
28:4 所要做的就是胸牌、以弗得、外袍、雜色的內袍、冠冕、腰帶,使你哥哥亞倫和他兒子穿這聖服,可以給我供祭司的職分。
28:5 要用金線和藍色、紫色、朱紅色線,並細麻去做。
“Have Aaron your brother brought to you
from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and
Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests. 2 Make sacred garments for your
brother Aaron to give him dignity and honor. 3 Tell all the skilled workers to
whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for
Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest. 4 These are the
garments they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a
turban and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother
Aaron and his sons, so they may serve me as priests. 5 Have them use gold, and
blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
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祭司在舊約的時代是處理獻祭的事情,是在上帝和人的面前服事上帝,當然也照顧到人的需要,使人透過獻祭的禮儀,感受到上帝對人的慈愛,因為上帝使用祭牲為人代贖,使人可以在上帝面前站立得住,與上帝有美好的交通!
也因為這樣,祭司在上帝面前代表人,懇求上帝赦免人的罪,與人和好;在人面前,用上帝的律法教導人,使人明白上帝的心意,然後立志脫離罪惡來規像上帝,與所蒙的赦罪之恩相稱!也因為這樣,上帝用特別的服飾來區隔和凸顯,使人因為衣著而看出。
既然是如此,基督徒也要看重自己的角色,因為我沒被上帝呼召來跟隨基督,也就是要活出基督的樣式,基督有祭司的職分,也因此我們也有祭司的角色。雖然我們沒有穿祭司的外衣,卻有祭司的身分,可以成為在周圍的人面前代表上帝的同在,為人祝福,將上帝的話語宣講;更可以在上帝面前為人代禱,求上帝的赦罪與拯救!
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