2019年12月20日 星期五

民數記10:1-10


10:1 耶和華曉諭摩西說:
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「你要用銀子做兩枝號,都要錘出來的,用以招聚會眾,並叫眾營起行。
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吹這號的時候,全會眾要到你那裡,聚集在會幕門口。
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若單吹一枝,眾首領,就是以色列軍中的統領,要聚集到你那裡。
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吹出大聲的時候,東邊安的營都要起行。
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二次吹出大聲的時候,南邊安的營都要起行。他們將起行,必吹出大聲。
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但招聚會眾的時候,你們要吹號,卻不要吹出大聲。
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亞倫子孫作祭司的要吹這號;這要作你們世世代代永遠的定例。
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你們在自己的地,與欺壓你們的敵人打仗,就要用號吹出大聲,便在耶和華你們的上帝面前得蒙紀念,也蒙拯救脫離仇敵。
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在你們快樂的日子和節期,並月朔,獻燔祭和平安祭,也要吹號,這都要在你們的上帝面前作為紀念。我是耶和華你們的上帝。」

The Lord said to Moses: “Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out. When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting. If only one is sounded, the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—are to assemble before you. When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out. At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out. To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the signal for setting out.
“The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a lasting ordinance for you and the generations to come. When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the Lord your God and rescued from your enemies. 10 Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts—you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.”

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    「號」與「角」是有分別的,雖然都是靠吹氣出聲的樂器,但是「號」是金屬的,所以身音是比較低沉的,會讓人的胸部感到共鳴,使人感覺到被激勵的感覺,以致勇敢向前!也就是有鼓舞和激勵的作為,所以常常用在軍隊的發號司令中。

   而以色列的聚集,敬拜上帝也是靠銀號來呼召,而號召如同今日禮拜的「宣召」,召集上帝的百姓來敬拜上帝。而在主耶穌再來的時候,號聲更是十分重要!「因為主必親自從天降臨,有呼叫的聲音和天使長的聲音,又有上帝的號吹響;那在基督裡死了的人必先復活。」(帖撒羅尼迦前書4:16)「就在一霎時,眨眼之間,號筒末次吹響的時候。因號筒要響,死人要復活成為不朽壞的,我們也要改變。」(哥林多前書1552節)

    也因為如此,我們要存歡喜快樂的心,等候耶穌基督的再來,等候那「號筒末次吹響」,接著就如保羅所說:「以後我們這活著還存留的人必和他們一同被提到雲裡,在空中與主相遇。這樣,我們就要和主永遠同在。」(帖撒羅尼迦前書4:17

    為了讓所有屬主的人不要忘記,我們要不斷的互相提醒「主耶穌必快再來!」

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