出埃及記16:1-12

16:1 以色列全會眾從以琳起行，在出埃及後第二個月十五日到了以琳和西奈中間、汛的曠野。
16:2 以色列全會眾在曠野向摩西、亞倫發怨言，
16:3 說：「巴不得我們早死在埃及地、耶和華的手下；那時我們坐在肉鍋旁邊，吃得飽足。你們將我們領出來，到這曠野，是要叫這全會眾都餓死啊！」
16:4 耶和華對摩西說：「我要將糧食從天降給你們。百姓可以出去，每天收每天的分，我好試驗他們遵不遵我的法度。
16:5 到第六天，他們要把所收進來的預備好了，比每天所收的多一倍。」
16:6 摩西、亞倫對以色列眾人說：「到了晚上，你們要知道是耶和華將你們從埃及地領出來的。
16:7 早晨，你們要看見耶和華的榮耀，因為耶和華聽見你們向他所發的怨言了。我們算甚麼，你們竟向我們發怨言呢？」
16:8 摩西又說：「耶和華晚上必給你們肉吃，早晨必給你們食物得飽；因為你們向耶和華發的怨言，他都聽見了。我們算甚麼，你們的怨言不是向我們發的，乃是向耶和華發的。」
16:9 摩西對亞倫說：「你告訴以色列全會眾說：『你們就近耶和華面前，因為他已經聽見你們的怨言了。』」
16:10 亞倫正對以色列全會眾說話的時候，他們向曠野觀看，不料，耶和華的榮光在雲中顯現。
16:11 耶和華曉諭摩西說：
16:12 「我已經聽見以色列人的怨言。你告訴他們說：『到黃昏的時候，你們要吃肉，早晨必有食物得飽，你們就知道我是耶和華─你們的上帝。』」

The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt. ² In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. ³ The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”

⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. ⁵ On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”
⁶ So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “In the evening you will know that it was the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, ⁷ and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?” ⁸ Moses also said, “You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.”
⁹ Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’”
¹⁰ While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the Lord appearing in the cloud.
¹¹ The Lord said to Moses, ¹² “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’”

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    通常牧者講道用到這段經文的時候，會教導會眾：「上帝不喜悅我們說怨言，所以不要隨便發怨言，尤其是對教會的事情，這樣就是向上帝發怨言！因此，你們要聽牧師和長執的話，讓教會可以合一不紛爭！」

    這聽來似乎是很有道理，對教會的秩序也十分有幫助！但是，上帝真的不要我們發怨言嗎？其實發怨言只是表面，真正的問題是「不信」！正如希伯來書所說：「那時，聽見他話惹他發怒的是誰呢？豈不是跟著摩西從埃及出來的眾人嗎？上帝四十年之久，又厭煩誰呢？豈不是那些犯罪、屍首倒在曠野的人嗎？又向誰起誓，不容他們進入他的安息呢？豈不是向那些不信從的人嗎？這樣看來，他們不能進入安息是因為不信的緣故了。」（3:16-19）

    這是多麼可怕的事啊！就是因為「不信」惹上帝的憤怒，因為否定上帝的全能！我們「信」的話，必定確定上帝的全能，確信上帝的拯救必到底的，保守直到永遠，就會耐心等候，不發怨言了！

箴言27:17

鐵磨鐵，磨出刃來；朋友相感（原文是磨朋友的臉）也是如此。

As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens another.

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    以色列人的打招呼是臉頰碰臉頰，所以《箴言》的作者會寫出這一段話，讓人覺得很傳傳神！

    的確，人必須要與別人互動，如此才可以是信仰實踐出來！不僅以色列人的團體是如此，基督徒更是如此！人要到教會，參與教會的生活，才能被造就成為為上帝家中的一分子！

    親愛的弟兄姐妹，每個禮拜天一定要去教會，這不是形式或習慣而已，更是使聲明得成長與造就所必須的！在家裡看電視或網路做禮拜是不夠的，一定要與弟兄姊妹在上帝面前共同禮拜喔！

出埃及記15:22-27

15:22 摩西領以色列人從紅海往前行，到了書珥的曠野，在曠野走了三天，找不著水。
15:23 到了瑪拉，不能喝那裡的水；因為水苦，所以那地名叫瑪拉。
15:24 百姓就向摩西發怨言，說：「我們喝甚麼呢？」
15:25 摩西呼求耶和華，耶和華指示他一棵樹。他把樹丟在水裡，水就變甜了。耶和華在那裡為他們定了律例、典章，在那裡試驗他們；
15:26 又說：「你若留意聽耶和華─你上帝的話，又行我眼中看為正的事，留心聽我的誡命，守我一切的律例，我就不將所加與埃及人的疾病加在你身上，因為我─耶和華是醫治你的。」
15:27 他們到了以琳，在那裡有十二股水泉，七十棵棕樹；他們就在那裡的水邊安營。

²² Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. ²³ When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.^[f]) ²⁴ So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
²⁵ Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.
There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test. ²⁶ He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.”
²⁷ Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.

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    上帝讓以色列人經歷到三天沒有水好喝，好不容易有水了，竟然是苦水！於是這些以色列表現出本性來，像摩西抱怨：「我們喝甚麼呢？」

    這不僅是考驗以色列人，也考驗摩西。然而摩西遇見這些怨言時，不是去辯解，而是向上帝禱告！這是一個很好的榜樣，尤其是擔任屬靈領袖的人，更是要以此來勉勵自己，多禱告、少抱怨、少辯解！

    然而在禱告之後上帝有啟示，指引他找一棵樹丟在水裡，水的口味就變了，苦水變甜水呢！之後他們就到了更大的綠洲，就是以琳，在那裡有「有十二股水泉，七十棵棕樹」！

出埃及記15:19-21

15:19 法老的馬匹、車輛，和馬兵下到海中，耶和華使海水回流，淹沒他們；惟有以色列人在海中走乾地。
15:20 亞倫的姊姊，女先知米利暗，手裡拿著鼓；眾婦女也跟她出去拿鼓跳舞。
15:21 米利暗應聲說：你們要歌頌耶和華，因他大大戰勝，將馬和騎馬的投在海中。

¹⁹ When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen^[e] went into the sea, the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. ²⁰ Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing. ²¹ Miriam sang to them:

“Sing to the Lord,
    for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
    he has hurled into the sea.”

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    敬拜上帝不只是男人的事情，也是女人的事情！不只摩西是先知，姊姊米利暗也是先知，而且聖經還稱她為「女先知」！

    她帶領婦女唱的歌十分簡短：「你們要歌頌耶和華，因他大大戰勝，將馬和騎馬的投在海中。」

    這樣的短歌卻宣告上帝的大作為，上帝真的得勝了！人再怎樣抵抗上帝，都無法勝過上帝的！