民數記21:21-35

21:21 以色列人差遣使者去見亞摩利人的王西宏，說：
21:22 「求你容我們從你的地經過；我們不偏入田間和葡萄園，也不喝井裡的水，只走大道（原文是王道），直到過了你的境界。」
21:23 西宏不容以色列人從他的境界經過，就招聚他的眾民出到曠野，要攻擊以色列人，到了雅雜與以色列人爭戰。
21:24 以色列人用刀殺了他，得了他的地，從亞嫩河到雅博河，直到亞捫人的境界，因為亞捫人的境界多有堅壘。
21:25 以色列人奪取這一切的城邑，也住亞摩利人的城邑，就是希實本與希實本的一切鄉村。
21:26 這希實本是亞摩利王西宏的京城；西宏曾與摩押的先王爭戰，從他手中奪取了全地，直到亞嫩河。
21:27 所以那些作詩歌的說：你們來到希實本；願西宏的城被修造，被建立。
21:28 因為有火從希實本發出，有火焰出於西宏的城，燒盡摩押的亞珥和亞嫩河邱壇的祭司（祭司原文是主）。
21:29 摩押啊，你有禍了！基抹的民哪，你們滅亡了！基抹的男子逃奔，女子被擄，交付亞摩利的王西宏。
21:30 我們射了他們；希實本直到底本盡皆毀滅。我們使地變成荒場，直到挪法；這挪法直延到米底巴。
21:31 這樣，以色列人就住在亞摩利人之地。
21:32 摩西打發人去窺探雅謝，以色列人就佔了雅謝的鎮市，趕出那裡的亞摩利人。
21:33 以色列人轉回，向巴珊去。巴珊王噩和他的眾民都出來，在以得來與他們交戰。
21:34 耶和華對摩西說：「不要怕他！因我已將他和他的眾民，並他的地，都交在你手中；你要待他像從前待住希實本的亞摩利王西宏一般。」
21:35 於是他們殺了他和他的眾子，並他的眾民，沒有留下一個，就得了他的地。

²¹ Israel sent messengers to say to Sihon king of the Amorites:

²² “Let us pass through your country. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”

²³ But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz, he fought with Israel. ²⁴ Israel, however, put him to the sword and took over his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only as far as the Ammonites, because their border was fortified. ²⁵ Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its surrounding settlements. ²⁶ Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.

²⁷ That is why the poets say:

“Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt;
    let Sihon’s city be restored.

²⁸ “Fire went out from Heshbon,
    a blaze from the city of Sihon.
It consumed Ar of Moab,
    the citizens of Arnon’s heights.
²⁹ Woe to you, Moab!
    You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!
He has given up his sons as fugitives
    and his daughters as captives
    to Sihon king of the Amorites.

³⁰ “But we have overthrown them;
    Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.
We have demolished them as far as Nophah,
    which extends to Medeba.”

³¹ So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.

³² After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there. ³³ Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.

³⁴ The Lord said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.”

³⁵ So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors. And they took possession of his land.

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    經過休養生息以後，從上帝那裏重新得力，如鷹展翅上騰，以色列人就變成所向無敵的軍隊了，就連續打敗了兩個國王和他們的子民！這兩個王分別是亞摩利人的王西宏，和巴珊王噩。也因為這樣，以色列人因為有上帝的同在的名聲就傳出去了！

    就是今天的我們也需要與上帝同行，正如羅馬書8章37-39節所說：「然而，靠著愛我們的主，在這一切的事上已經得勝有餘了。因為我深信無論是死，是生，是天使，是掌權的，是有能的，是現在的事，是將來的事，是高處的，是低處的，是別的受造之物，都不能叫我們與上帝的愛隔絕；這愛是在我們的主基督耶穌裡的。」

    也因為這樣，「我們曉得萬事都互相效力，叫愛上帝的人得益處，就是按他旨意被召的人」（羅馬書8:39），我們為此來歡呼與讚美上帝！

民數記21:10-20

21:10 以色列人起行，安營在阿伯。
21:11 又從阿伯起行，安營在以耶‧亞巴琳，與摩押相對的曠野，向日出之地。
21:12 從那裡起行，安營在撒烈谷。
21:13 從那裡起行，安營在亞嫩河那邊。這亞嫩河是在曠野，從亞摩利的境界流出來的；原來亞嫩河是摩押的邊界，在摩押和亞摩利人搭界的地方。
21:14 所以耶和華的戰記上說：「蘇法的哇哈伯與亞嫩河的谷，
21:15 並向亞珥城眾谷的下坡，是靠近摩押的境界。」
21:16 以色列人從那裡起行，到了比珥（就是井的意思）。從前耶和華吩咐摩西說：「招聚百姓，我好給他們水喝」，說的就是這井。
21:17 當時，以色列人唱歌說：井啊，湧上水來！你們要向這井歌唱。
21:18 這井是首領和民中的尊貴人用圭用杖所挖所掘的。以色列人從曠野往瑪他拿去，
21:19 從瑪他拿到拿哈列，從拿哈列到巴末，
21:20 從巴末到摩押地的谷，又到那下望曠野之毘斯迦的山頂。

¹⁰ The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth. ¹¹ Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab toward the sunrise. ¹² From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley. ¹³ They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon, which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. ¹⁴ That is why the Book of the Wars of the Lord says:

“. . . Zahab^[d] in Suphah and the ravines,
    the Arnon ¹⁵ and^[e] the slopes of the ravines
that lead to the settlement of Ar
    and lie along the border of Moab.”

¹⁶ From there they continued on to Beer, the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”

¹⁷ Then Israel sang this song:

“Spring up, O well!
    Sing about it,
¹⁸ about the well that the princes dug,
    that the nobles of the people sank—
    the nobles with scepters and staffs.”

Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah, ¹⁹ from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, ²⁰ and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.

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    以色列人在比珥（就是井的意思）休息的時候，有一口井讓他們重新得力，因為在先前，耶和華吩咐摩西說：「招聚百姓，我好給他們水喝」，說的就是這井。

    在約翰福音中，也有用井為場景的，就是在撒馬利亞的雅各井，主耶穌和撒馬利亞婦人逃到生命之道，耶穌說到祂會賜人活水，使這婦人對救恩產生興趣，感受到主耶穌是基督，是上帝所預備的那一位！

    求主幫助我們，讓我們也像一口井，可以有活水流出，使我們身邊的人可以得著滋潤與喜樂！正如主耶穌所說：「信我的人就如經上所說：『從他腹中要流出活水的江河來。』」（約翰福音7:38）

民數記21:4-9

21:4 他們從何珥山起行，往紅海那條路走，要繞過以東地。百姓因這路難行，心中甚是煩躁，
21:5 就怨讟上帝和摩西說：「你們為甚麼把我們從埃及領出來、使我們死在曠野呢？這裡沒有糧，沒有水，我們的心厭惡這淡薄的食物。」
21:6 於是耶和華使火蛇進入百姓中間，蛇就咬他們。以色列人中死了許多。
21:7 百姓到摩西那裡，說：「我們怨讟耶和華和你，有罪了。求你禱告耶和華，叫這些蛇離開我們。」於是摩西為百姓禱告。
21:8 耶和華對摩西說：「你製造一條火蛇，掛在杆子上；凡被咬的，一望這蛇，就必得活。」
21:9 摩西便製造一條銅蛇，掛在杆子上；凡被蛇咬的，一望這銅蛇就活了。

⁴ They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,^[c] to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; ⁵ they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”

⁶ Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. ⁷ The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

⁸ The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” ⁹ So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

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    火蛇和銅蛇的外型相同，但是內在不同，意義也不同。火蛇是傷害人的，銅蛇是醫治人的。也因為這樣，主耶穌說到上帝拯救的時候，將自己轉化成銅蛇，正如約翰福音3章14-15節：「摩西在曠野怎樣舉蛇，人子也必照樣被舉起來，叫一切信他的都得永生（或譯：叫一切信的人在他裡面得永生）。」

    上帝利用銅蛇來醫治被火蛇咬傷的人的作為是甚麼？就是對摩西說：「你製造一條火蛇，掛在杆子上；凡被咬的，一望這蛇，就必得活。」

    本來被火蛇咬傷的人，本是要死亡的！但是，他們相信上帝的話，來望一下銅蛇，就得醫治！這也告訴我們，要蒙上帝拯救，也要透過上帝的話，來信靠耶穌基督，不是靠自己的善行，就可以得永生了！

    你是不是渴望被上帝拯救呢？只要信靠耶穌基督，就可以脫離罪和死的律，得著生命和聖靈，這就是上帝為我們預備的永生了！

民數記21章

          民數記21:1-3  ,

          民數記21:4-9 ,

          民數記21:10-20 ,

          民數記21:21-35 ,

民數記21:1-3

21:1 住南地的迦南人亞拉得王，聽說以色列人從亞他林路來，就和以色列人爭戰，擄了他們幾個人。
21:2 以色列人向耶和華發願說：「你若將這民交付我手，我就把他們的城邑盡行毀滅。」
21:3 耶和華應允了以色列人，把迦南人交付他們，他們就把迦南人和迦南人的城邑盡行毀滅。那地方的名便叫何珥瑪（就是毀滅的意思）。

When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them. ² Then Israel made this vow to the Lord: “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities.” ³ The Lord listened to Israel’s plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.

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    迦南地是上帝應許給以色列人的應許之地，然而在以色列尚未進入的時候，本有許多民族和國家在那個地方。正如今日說到的住南地的迦南人亞拉得王，以為以色列人好欺負，就擄了幾個以色列人。殊不知這樣的行為可是會激怒以色列人的，遭到以色列人的攻擊。

    而上帝的本意就是要以色列人除滅迦南人，得迦南地為業。所以，以色列人求問上帝：「你若將這民交付我手，我就把他們的城邑盡行毀滅。」

    上帝當然是應允，並且還以色列人同在，以至於這一戰，以色列大勝並且將亞拉得王和他的百姓全部消滅了！

    同樣今日，我們有上帝的同在，就不要懼怕人，不要討人的喜歡，讓自己成為上帝的代表，彰顯上帝的榮光，消滅魔鬼的惡勢力！