利未記10:1-20

10:1 亞倫的兒子拿答、亞比戶各拿自己的香爐，盛上火，加上香，在耶和華面前獻上凡火，是耶和華沒有吩咐他們的，
10:2 就有火從耶和華面前出來，把他們燒滅，他們就死在耶和華面前。
10:3 於是摩西對亞倫說：「這就是耶和華所說：『我在親近我的人中要顯為聖；在眾民面前，我要得榮耀。』」亞倫就默默不言。
10:4 摩西召了亞倫叔父烏薛的兒子米沙利、以利撒反來，對他們說：「上前來，把你們的親屬從聖所前抬到營外。」
10:5 於是二人上前來，把他們穿著袍子抬到營外，是照摩西所吩咐的。
10:6 摩西對亞倫和他兒子以利亞撒、以他瑪說：「不可蓬頭散髮，也不可撕裂衣裳，免得你們死亡，又免得耶和華向會眾發怒；只要你們的弟兄以色列全家為耶和華所發的火哀哭。
10:7 你們也不可出會幕的門，恐怕你們死亡，因為耶和華的膏油在你們的身上。」他們就照摩西的話行了。
10:8 耶和華曉諭亞倫說：
10:9 「你和你兒子進會幕的時候，清酒、濃酒都不可喝，免得你們死亡；這要作你們世世代代永遠的定例。
10:10 使你們可以將聖的、俗的，潔淨的、不潔淨的，分別出來；
10:11 又使你們可以將耶和華藉摩西曉諭以色列人的一切律例教訓他們。」
10:12 摩西對亞倫和他剩下的兒子以利亞撒、以他瑪說：「你們獻給耶和華火祭中所剩的素祭，要在壇旁不帶酵而吃，因為是至聖的。
10:13 你們要在聖處吃；因為在獻給耶和華的火祭中，這是你的分和你兒子的分；所吩咐我的本是這樣。
10:14 所搖的胸，所舉的腿，你們要在潔淨地方吃。你和你的兒女都要同吃；因為這些是從以色列人平安祭中給你，當你的分和你兒子的分。
10:15 所舉的腿，所搖的胸，他們要與火祭的脂油一同帶來當搖祭，在耶和華面前搖一搖；這要歸你和你兒子，當作永得的分，都是照耶和華所吩咐的。」
10:16 當下摩西急切地尋找作贖罪祭的公山羊，誰知已經焚燒了，便向亞倫剩下的兒子以利亞撒、以他瑪發怒，說：
10:17 「這贖罪祭既是至聖的，主又給了你們，為要你們擔當會眾的罪孽，在耶和華面前為他們贖罪，你們為何沒有在聖所吃呢？
10:18 看哪，這祭牲的血並沒有拿到聖所裡去，你們本當照我所吩咐的，在聖所裡吃這祭肉。」
10:19 亞倫對摩西說：「今天他們在耶和華面前獻上贖罪祭和燔祭，我又遇見這樣的災，若今天吃了贖罪祭，耶和華豈能看為美呢？」
10:20 摩西聽見這話，便以為美。

 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, contrary to his command. ² So fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. ³ Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:

“‘Among those who approach me
    I will be proved holy;
in the sight of all the people
    I will be honored.’”

Aaron remained silent.

⁴ Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.” ⁵ So they came and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses ordered.

⁶ Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become unkempt^[a] and do not tear your clothes, or you will die and the Lord will be angry with the whole community. But your relatives, all the Israelites, may mourn for those the Lord has destroyed by fire. ⁷ Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting or you will die, because the Lord’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses said.

⁸ Then the Lord said to Aaron, ⁹ “You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, ¹⁰ so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean, ¹¹ and so you can teach the Israelites all the decrees the Lord has given them through Moses.”

¹² Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering left over from the food offerings prepared without yeast and presented to the Lord and eat it beside the altar, for it is most holy. ¹³ Eat it in the sanctuary area, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings presented to the Lord; for so I have been commanded. ¹⁴ But you and your sons and your daughters may eat the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented. Eat them in a ceremonially clean place; they have been given to you and your children as your share of the Israelites’ fellowship offerings. ¹⁵ The thigh that was presented and the breast that was waved must be brought with the fat portions of the food offerings, to be waved before the Lord as a wave offering. This will be the perpetual share for you and your children, as the Lord has commanded.”

¹⁶ When Moses inquired about the goat of the sin offering^[b] and found that it had been burned up, he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked, ¹⁷ “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the sanctuary area? It is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the community by making atonement for them before the Lord. ¹⁸ Since its blood was not taken into the Holy Place, you should have eaten the goat in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”

¹⁹ Aaron replied to Moses, “Today they sacrificed their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, but such things as this have happened to me. Would the Lord have been pleased if I had eaten the sin offering today?” ²⁰ When Moses heard this, he was satisfied.

 

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    上帝是輕慢不得的，就像1-2節所說的：「亞倫的兒子拿答、亞比戶各拿自己的香爐，盛上火，加上香，在耶和華面前獻上凡火，是耶和華沒有吩咐他們的，就有火從耶和華面前出來，把他們燒滅，他們就死在耶和華面前。」

    這裡的「凡火」通常是指沒有按照上帝規定調製的香；或是事奉的心態不對，看見大家將榮耀歸給上帝時，充滿歡樂的時候，自以為了不得，就任意而為，不再照摩西的吩咐來行，已致干犯了上帝！

    正如歷代志下26章15b-16節說：「烏西雅的名聲傳到遠方；因為他得了非常的幫助，甚是強盛。他既強盛，就心高氣傲，以致行事邪僻，干犯耶和華─他的上帝，進耶和華的殿，要在香壇上燒香。」

    對於事奉上帝的人，要避免的就是「心高氣傲」！保羅的話給我們很大的提醒：「弟兄們，我為你們的緣故，拿這些事轉比自己和亞波羅，叫你們效法我們不可過於聖經所記，免得你們自高自大，貴重這個，輕看那個。使你與人不同的是誰呢？你有甚麼不是領受的呢？若是領受的，為何自誇，彷彿不是領受的呢？」（哥林多前書4:6-7）

    是的，我們所擁有的一切，都是從上帝領受來的，我們當將感謝與頌讚都歸給上帝！

利未記9章

            利未記9:1-24  ,

利未記9:1-24

9:1 到了第八天，摩西召了亞倫和他兒子，並以色列的眾長老來，
9:2 對亞倫說：「你當取牛群中的一隻公牛犢作贖罪祭，一隻公綿羊作燔祭，都要沒有殘疾的，獻在耶和華面前。
9:3 你也要對以色列人說：『你們當取一隻公山羊作贖罪祭，又取一隻牛犢和一隻綿羊羔，都要一歲、沒有殘疾的，作燔祭，
9:4 又取一隻公牛，一隻公綿羊作平安祭，獻在耶和華面前，並取調油的素祭，因為今天耶和華要向你們顯現。』
9:5 於是他們把摩西所吩咐的，帶到會幕前；全會眾都近前來，站在耶和華面前。
9:6 摩西說：「這是耶和華吩咐你們所當行的；耶和華的榮光就要向你們顯現。」
9:7 摩西對亞倫說：「你就近壇前，獻你的贖罪祭和燔祭，為自己與百姓贖罪，又獻上百姓的供物，為他們贖罪，都照耶和華所吩咐的。」
9:8 於是，亞倫就近壇前，宰了為自己作贖罪祭的牛犢。
9:9 亞倫的兒子把血奉給他，他就把指頭蘸在血中，抹在壇的四角上，又把血倒在壇腳那裡。
9:10 惟有贖罪祭的脂油和腰子，並肝上取的網子，都燒在壇上，是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的；
9:11 又用火將肉和皮燒在營外。
9:12 亞倫宰了燔祭牲，他兒子把血遞給他，他就灑在壇的周圍，
9:13 又把燔祭一塊一塊地、連頭遞給他，他都燒在壇上；
9:14 又洗了臟腑和腿，燒在壇上的燔祭上。
9:15 他奉上百姓的供物，把那給百姓作贖罪祭的公山羊宰了，為罪獻上，和先獻的一樣；
9:16 也奉上燔祭，照例而獻。
9:17 他又奉上素祭，從其中取一滿把，燒在壇上；這是在早晨的燔祭以外。
9:18 亞倫宰了那給百姓作平安祭的公牛和公綿羊。他兒子把血遞給他，他就灑在壇的周圍；
9:19 又把公牛和公綿羊的脂油、肥尾巴，並蓋臟的脂油與腰子，和肝上的網子，都遞給他；
9:20 把脂油放在胸上，他就把脂油燒在壇上。
9:21 胸和右腿，亞倫當作搖祭，在耶和華面前搖一搖，都是照摩西所吩咐的。
9:22 亞倫向百姓舉手，為他們祝福。他獻了贖罪祭、燔祭、平安祭就下來了。
9:23 摩西、亞倫進入會幕，又出來為百姓祝福，耶和華的榮光就向眾民顯現。
9:24 有火從耶和華面前出來，在壇上燒盡燔祭和脂油；眾民一見，就都歡呼，俯伏在地。

 On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. ² He said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for your sin offering^[a] and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before the Lord. ³ Then say to the Israelites: ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without defect—for a burnt offering, ⁴ and an ox^[b] and a ram for a fellowship offering to sacrifice before the Lord, together with a grain offering mixed with olive oil. For today the Lord will appear to you.’”

⁵ They took the things Moses commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the entire assembly came near and stood before the Lord. ⁶ Then Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.”

⁷ Moses said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and the people; sacrifice the offering that is for the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded.”

⁸ So Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself. ⁹ His sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood and put it on the horns of the altar; the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar. ¹⁰ On the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the Lord commanded Moses; ¹¹ the flesh and the hide he burned up outside the camp.

¹² Then he slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the sides of the altar. ¹³ They handed him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar. ¹⁴ He washed the internal organs and the legs and burned them on top of the burnt offering on the altar.

¹⁵ Aaron then brought the offering that was for the people. He took the goat for the people’s sin offering and slaughtered it and offered it for a sin offering as he did with the first one.

¹⁶ He brought the burnt offering and offered it in the prescribed way. ¹⁷ He also brought the grain offering, took a handful of it and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.

¹⁸ He slaughtered the ox and the ram as the fellowship offering for the people. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the sides of the altar. ¹⁹ But the fat portions of the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the layer of fat, the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver— ²⁰ these they laid on the breasts, and then Aaron burned the fat on the altar. ²¹ Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh before the Lord as a wave offering, as Moses commanded.

²² Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having sacrificed the sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowship offering, he stepped down.

²³ Moses and Aaron then went into the tent of meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people; and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. ²⁴ Fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

 

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    上帝的榮耀降臨是帶給人喜樂的，正如23-24節說：「摩西、亞倫進入會幕，又出來為百姓祝福，耶和華的榮光就向眾民顯現。有火從耶和華面前出來，在壇上燒盡燔祭和脂油；眾民一見，就都歡呼，俯伏在地！」

    雖然今日有許多敬拜讚美的樂團，想藉由他們的詩歌營造這樣的氣氛，讓台下的人感受到上帝的榮光充滿在會場當中，好讓大家歡呼來讚美主，是一件美好的事情。其實要營造這樣的氣氛，最重要的部分是要參與者心被恩感來讚美主！正像保羅所說：「當用各樣的智慧，把基督的道理豐豐富富地存在心裡（或譯：當把基督的道理豐豐富富地存在心裡，以各樣的智慧），用詩章、頌詞、靈歌，彼此教導，互相勸戒，心被恩感，歌頌上帝！」（歌羅西書3:16）

    我們今天的禮拜也是要讓上帝得榮光充滿在其中，正是要如保羅這段話所說的來實踐，使我們透過上帝的話語，產生感恩與頌讚，自然而然歸榮耀給上帝，上帝就會以我們的讚美為寶座，來充滿在我們的敬拜之中，我們就因為上帝得榮光，就喜樂滿足了！

利未記8章

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