民數記15:22-41

15:22 「你們有錯誤的時候，不守耶和華所曉諭摩西的這一切命令，
15:23 就是耶和華藉摩西一切所吩咐你們的，自那日以至你們的世世代代，
15:24 若有誤行，是會眾所不知道的，後來全會眾就要將一隻公牛犢作燔祭，並照典章把素祭和奠祭一同獻給耶和華為馨香之祭，又獻一隻公山羊作贖罪祭。
15:25 祭司要為以色列全會眾贖罪，他們就必蒙赦免，因為這是錯誤。他們又因自己的錯誤，把供物，就是向耶和華獻的火祭和贖罪祭，一並奉到耶和華面前。
15:26 以色列全會眾和寄居在他們中間的外人就必蒙赦免，因為這罪是百姓誤犯的。
15:27 「若有一個人誤犯了罪，他就要獻一歲的母山羊作贖罪祭。
15:28 那誤行的人犯罪的時候，祭司要在耶和華面前為他贖罪，他就必蒙赦免。
15:29 以色列中的本地人和寄居在他們中間的外人，若誤行了甚麼事，必歸一樣的條例。
15:30 但那擅敢行事的，無論是本地人是寄居的，他褻瀆了耶和華，必從民中剪除。
15:31 因他藐視耶和華的言語，違背耶和華的命令，那人總要剪除；他的罪孽要歸到他身上。」
15:32 以色列人在曠野的時候，遇見一個人在安息日撿柴。
15:33 遇見他撿柴的人，就把他帶到摩西、亞倫並全會眾那裡，
15:34 將他收在監內；因為當怎樣辦他，還沒有指明。
15:35 耶和華吩咐摩西說：「總要把那人治死；全會眾要在營外用石頭把他打死。」
15:36 於是全會眾將他帶到營外，用石頭打死他，是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的。
15:37 耶和華曉諭摩西說：
15:38 「你吩咐以色列人，叫他們世世代代在衣服邊上做繸子，又在底邊的繸子上釘一根藍細帶子。
15:39 你們佩帶這繸子，好叫你們看見就記念遵行耶和華一切的命令，不隨從自己的心意、眼目行邪淫，像你們素常一樣；
15:40 使你們記念遵行我一切的命令，成為聖潔，歸與你們的上帝。
15:41 「我是耶和華─你們的上帝，曾把你們從埃及地領出來，要作你們的上帝。我是耶和華─你們的上帝。」

  ²² “‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses— ²³ any of the Lord’s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come— ²⁴ and if this is done unintentionally without the community being aware of it, then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord, along with its prescribed grain offering and drink offering, and a male goat for a sin offering.^{[g] 25} The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven, for it was not intentional and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering and a sin offering. ²⁶ The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.

²⁷ “‘But if just one person sins unintentionally, that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering. ²⁸ The priest is to make atonement before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven. ²⁹ One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.

³⁰ “‘But anyone who sins defiantly, whether native-born or foreigner, blasphemes the Lord and must be cut off from the people of Israel. ³¹ Because they have despised the Lord’s word and broken his commands, they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.’”

³² While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. ³³ Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, ³⁴ and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. ³⁵ Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.” ³⁶ So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord commanded Moses.

³⁷ The Lord said to Moses, ³⁸ “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. ³⁹ You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes. ⁴⁰ Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God. ⁴¹ I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God.’”

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    上帝非常看重祂和以色列的關係，所以祂常常會宣告：「我是耶和華─你們的上帝，曾把你們從埃及地領出來，要作你們的上帝。我是耶和華─你們的上帝。」

    也因為這樣，上帝看重以色列人要聽從祂的話，於是說：「若有一個人誤犯了罪，他就要獻一歲的母山羊作贖罪祭。那誤行的人犯罪的時候，祭司要在耶和華面前為他贖罪，他就必蒙赦免。以色列中的本地人和寄居在他們中間的外人，若誤行了甚麼事，必歸一樣的條例。但那擅敢行事的，無論是本地人是寄居的，他褻瀆了耶和華，必從民中剪除。因他藐視耶和華的言語，違背耶和華的命令，那人總要剪除；他的罪孽要歸到他身上。」

    這也是說，上帝的子民不可以藐視耶和華的言語，並且要遵行上的的命令！於是上帝用一個記號在他們的衣著：「你吩咐以色列人，叫他們世世代代在衣服邊上做繸子，又在底邊的繸子上釘一根藍細帶子。你們佩帶這繸子，好叫你們看見就記念遵行耶和華一切的命令，不隨從自己的心意、眼目行邪淫，像你們素常一樣；使你們記念遵行我一切的命令，成為聖潔，歸與你們的上帝。」

    同樣，今日我們也要以記念遵行上帝一切的命令，成為聖潔，歸與我們的上帝。因為上帝透過耶穌基督拯救我們，就是要成為聖潔！既然耶穌基督的聖潔已經臨到我們，我們更要以決意聖潔來回應上帝，感謝上帝的恩典！