利未記26:11

我要在你們中間立我的帳幕；我的心也不厭惡你們。

"I will put My dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you."

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    不是上帝不愛世人，是世人離棄上帝，遠離創造他們的主，自以為義、自以為成熟到不需要上帝！自從「啟蒙運動」以來，這樣的觀念一直在人的思潮當中！當然真正認識人性的人，是不贊同：人是夠成熟到不需要上帝了！

    然而上帝仍然像當年的宣告：「我要在你們中間立我的帳幕；我的心也不厭惡你們。」

    然而上帝設的帳幕，不像以色列人設的，以色列人設的只是影子，是用牛、羊、…等動物來獻祭，並不能真正使人與上帝和好，人得心中只是暫時性的安慰！真正的會幕所獻的祭，才能使上帝得心滿足，人與上帝真正的和好，只要一次的獻上就成就永遠的效果，不需要一次在一次的獻上！正如希伯來書所說：「因為他一次獻祭，便叫那得以成聖的人永遠完全。」（10:14）因為「聖靈也對我們作見證；因為他既已說過：主說：那些日子以後，我與他們所立的約乃是這樣：我要將我的律法寫在他們心上，又要放在他們的裡面。以後就說：我不再記念他們的罪愆和他們的過犯。這些罪過既已赦免，就不用再為罪獻祭了。」（10:15-18）

    因此，我們要倚靠主耶穌所完成的，坦然無懼的來到上帝面前，與上帝和好，並且盡情的敬拜祂，如同以色列人在過節的時候，在聖殿前的院子歡慶一般，甚至要有過之而無不及，因為我們是進到至聖所與上帝同在呢！

箴言27:23-27

27:23 你要詳細知道你羊群的景況，留心料理你的牛群；
27:24 因為資財不能永有，冠冕豈能存到萬代？
27:25 乾草割去，嫩草發現，山上的菜蔬也被收斂。
27:26 羊羔之毛是為你作衣服；山羊是為作田地的價值，
27:27 並有母山羊奶夠你吃，也夠你的家眷吃，且夠養你的婢女。

Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,
    give careful attention to your herds;
²⁴ for riches do not endure forever,
    and a crown is not secure for all generations.
²⁵ When the hay is removed and new growth appears
    and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
²⁶ the lambs will provide you with clothing,
    and the goats with the price of a field.
²⁷ You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family
    and to nourish your female servants.

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    雖然現代許多人是是靠工商業來致富，但是基礎的農牧野業更是不可缺乏。正如荷蘭是一個工業非常發達的國家，但是農牧業也是有非常好的成績，出口量也十分驚人！

    《箴言》作者這段話好像是在說發達的農牧業，帶給人的豐盛，要人好好的經營：「你要詳細知道你羊群的景況，留心料理你的牛群」。不僅如此更是要人僅記，要敬畏上帝，因為「資財不能永有，冠冕豈能存到萬代？」

    我們不僅要現在享豐盛，也要想到未來，要有永續經營的想法！這不僅是今生今世努力，更要為永恆打算，要敬畏上帝，需要上帝的保守，不可離開上帝，才能一直豐盛下去！

出埃及記21:12-36

21:12 「打人以致打死的，必要把他治死。
21:13 人若不是埋伏著殺人，乃是上帝交在他手中，我就設下一個地方，他可以往那裡逃跑。
21:14 人若任意用詭計殺了他的鄰舍，就是逃到我的壇那裡，也當捉去把他治死。
21:15 「打父母的，必要把他治死。
21:16 「拐帶人口，或是把人賣了，或是留在他手下，必要把他治死。
21:17 「咒罵父母的，必要把他治死。
21:18 「人若彼此相爭，這個用石頭或是拳頭打那個，尚且不至於死，不過躺臥在床，
21:19 若再能起來扶杖而出，那打他的可算無罪；但要將他耽誤的工夫用錢賠補，並要將他全然醫好。
21:20 「人若用棍子打奴僕或婢女，立時死在他的手下，他必要受刑。
21:21 若過一兩天才死，就可以不受刑，因為是用錢買的。
21:22 「人若彼此爭鬥，傷害有孕的婦人，甚至墜胎，隨後卻無別害，那傷害她的，總要按婦人的丈夫所要的，照審判官所斷的，受罰。
21:23 若有別害，就要以命償命，
21:24 以眼還眼，以牙還牙，以手還手，以腳還腳，
21:25 以烙還烙，以傷還傷，以打還打。
21:26 「人若打壞了他奴僕或是婢女的一隻眼，就要因他的眼放他去得以自由。
21:27 若打掉了他奴僕或是婢女的一個牙，就要因他的牙放他去得以自由。」
21:28 「牛若觸死男人或是女人，總要用石頭打死那牛，卻不可吃牠的肉；牛的主人可算無罪。
21:29 倘若那牛素來是觸人的，有人報告了牛主，他竟不把牛拴著，以致把男人或是女人觸死，就要用石頭打死那牛，牛主也必治死。
21:30 若罰他贖命的價銀，他必照所罰的贖他的命。
21:31 牛無論觸了人的兒子或是女兒，必照這例辦理。
21:32 牛若觸了奴僕或是婢女，必將銀子三十舍客勒給他們的主人，也要用石頭把牛打死。
21:33 「人若敞著井口，或挖井不遮蓋，有牛或驢掉在裡頭，
21:34 井主要拿錢賠還本主人，死牲畜要歸自己。
21:35 「這人的牛若傷了那人的牛，以至於死，他們要賣了活牛，平分價值，也要平分死牛。
21:36 人若知道這牛素來是觸人的，主人竟不把牛拴著，他必要以牛還牛，死牛要歸自己。」

¹² “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. ¹³ However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. ¹⁴ But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.
¹⁵ “Anyone who attacks^[c] their father or mother is to be put to death.
¹⁶ “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.
¹⁷ “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
¹⁸ “If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist^[d] and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, ¹⁹ the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.
²⁰ “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, ²¹ but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.
²² “If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely^[e] but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. ²³ But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, ²⁴ eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, ²⁵ burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
²⁶ “An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. ²⁷ And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
²⁸ “If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. ²⁹ If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death. ³⁰ However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded. ³¹ This law also applies if the bull gores a son or daughter. ³² If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels^[f] of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.
³³ “If anyone uncovers a pit or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, ³⁴ the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.
³⁵ “If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally. ³⁶ However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet the owner did not keep it penned up, the owner must pay, animal for animal, and take the dead animal in exchange.

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    上帝是與人一起生活的上帝，他也管理到人的日常瑣碎的生活，人與人之間的爭吵與衝突，祂也看顧也處理。然而這一切的律例，都是為了保護人，展現上帝的慈愛！

    有許多人把上帝看成是超然的，認為上帝不處理人間小事。若是看了ˋ這一段經文，相信這種論調是站立不住的！上帝是眷顧百姓的上帝，人間小事祂當然看顧與處理！

    教會的牧者，也當以這樣的精神語弟兄姊妹相處。雖然牧者是以祈禱和傳道為生活的重心；但是牧者還是生活在世界上，更是要勇敢在這世上保護弟兄姊妹，怎能不管世間的小事呢？

出埃及記21:7-11

21:7 「人若賣女兒作婢女，婢女不可像男僕那樣出去。
21:8 主人選定她歸自己，若不喜歡她，就要許她贖身；主人既然用詭詐待她，就沒有權柄賣給外邦人。
21:9 主人若選定她給自己的兒子，就當待她如同女兒。
21:10 若另娶一個，那女子的吃食、衣服，並好合的事，仍不可減少。
21:11 若不向她行這三樣，她就可以不用錢贖，白白地出去。」

 ⁷ “If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. ⁸ If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself,^[b] he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. ⁹ If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. ¹⁰ If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. ¹¹ If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.

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    許多自以為懂得聖經的人，常常批評聖經是；男人至上主義！他們認為聖經尤其是舊約，是藐視女性，把女人看成是男人的附屬品或是財產的一部分。其實這樣的想法是大錯特錯！

    這一段「婢女」條律，我們看道是多麼尊重與看重女性，並且是讓女性僕人多於男性僕人的自由！絕對不是將「婢女」看成物品、財產或是牲畜班對待。這是其他文化與民族所沒有的，更是其他宗教經典沒有提到的！

    既然是如此，在今日我們也是要看重與維護女性的地位，這是基督信仰非常重要的標記，是其他信仰比不上的！因為在上帝的眼中，男人和女人都是照著上帝的形象和樣式造的！

出埃及記21章

                  出埃及記21章1-6節   ,

                  出埃及記21:7-11 ,

                  出埃及記21:12-36 ,