利未記22:17-25

22:17 耶和華對摩西說：
22:18 「你曉諭亞倫和他子孫，並以色列眾人說：以色列家中的人，或在以色列中寄居的，凡獻供物，無論是所許的願，是甘心獻的，就是獻給耶和華作燔祭的，
22:19 要將沒有殘疾的公牛，或是綿羊，或是山羊獻上，如此方蒙悅納。
22:20 凡有殘疾的，你們不可獻上，因為這不蒙悅納。
22:21 凡從牛群或是羊群中，將平安祭獻給耶和華，為要還特許的願，或是作甘心獻的，所獻的必純全無殘疾的才蒙悅納。
22:22 瞎眼的、折傷的、殘廢的、有瘤子的、長癬的、長疥的都不可獻給耶和華，也不可在壇上作為火祭獻給耶和華。
22:23 無論是公牛是綿羊羔，若肢體有餘的，或是缺少的，只可作甘心祭獻上；用以還願，卻不蒙悅納。
22:24 腎子損傷的，或是壓碎的，或是破裂的，或是騸了的，不可獻給耶和華，在你們的地上也不可這樣行。
22:25 這類的物，你們從外人的手，一樣也不可接受作你們上帝的食物獻上；因為這些都有損壞，有殘疾，不蒙悅納。」

¹⁷ The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁸ “Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: ‘If any of you—whether an Israelite or a foreigner residing in Israel—presents a gift for a burnt offering to the Lord, either to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, ¹⁹ you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf. ²⁰ Do not bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. ²¹ When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the Lord to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable. ²² Do not offer to the Lord the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. ²³ You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox^[b] or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow. ²⁴ You must not offer to the Lord an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut. You must not do this in your own land, ²⁵ and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.’”

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    上帝曉諭他所喜悅的祭物是怎樣的條件：「凡獻供物，無論是所許的願，是甘心獻的，就是獻給耶和華作燔祭的，要將沒有殘疾的公牛，或是綿羊，或是山羊獻上，如此方蒙悅納。」

    因此，獻上的祭物不可以隨便，因為上帝是輕慢不得的！我們希望別人幫助我們做事，就會送好的禮物來取悅人家！同樣，我們給上帝的祭物，也要能使上帝喜歡的，才能使上帝喜悅，大大賜福我們！

    然而上帝真正喜悅的祭物是什麼？當然是主耶穌！也因為這樣希伯來書告訴我們：「凡祭司天天站著事奉上帝，屢次獻上一樣的祭物，這祭物永不能除罪。但基督獻了一次永遠的贖罪祭，就在上帝的右邊坐下了。…因為他一次獻祭，便叫那得以成聖的人永遠完全。」（11:11-12,14）

    然而上帝為和喜悅耶穌基督親自成為祭物呢？「兒女既同有血肉之體，他也照樣親自成了血肉之體，特要藉著死敗壞那掌死權的，就是魔鬼，並要釋放那些一生因怕死而為奴僕的人。…所以，他凡事該與他的弟兄相同，為要在上帝的事上成為慈悲忠信的大祭司，為百姓的罪獻上挽回祭。」(希伯來書2:14-15,17)

利未記22:10-16

22:10 「凡外人不可吃聖物；寄居在祭司家的，或是雇工人，都不可吃聖物；
22:11 倘若祭司買人，是他的錢買的，那人就可以吃聖物；生在他家的人也可以吃。
22:12 祭司的女兒若嫁外人，就不可吃舉祭的聖物。
22:13 但祭司的女兒若是寡婦，或是被休的，沒有孩子，又歸回父家，與她青年一樣，就可以吃她父親的食物；只是外人不可吃。
22:14 若有人誤吃了聖物，要照聖物的原數加上五分之一交給祭司。
22:15 祭司不可褻瀆以色列人所獻給耶和華的聖物，
22:16 免得他們在吃聖物上自取罪孽，因為我是叫他們成聖的耶和華。」

¹⁰ “‘No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired worker eat it. ¹¹ But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food. ¹² If a priest’s daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she may not eat any of the sacred contributions. ¹³ But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced, yet has no children, and she returns to live in her father’s household as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food. No unauthorized person, however, may eat it.

¹⁴ “‘Anyone who eats a sacred offering by mistake must make restitution to the priest for the offering and add a fifth of the value to it. ¹⁵ The priests must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the Lord ¹⁶ by allowing them to eat the sacred offerings and so bring upon them guilt requiring payment. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.’”

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    上帝使利未人成為聖潔，也因為這樣他們和他們的家人，才有資格吃聖物！正如今日要受洗歸入主的名下的人，才可以領受聖餐一樣。因為聖餐的餅和杯代表耶穌基督的身體和寶血，吃和喝的時候要紀念主耶穌的犧牲！而利未人吃獻祭的務時，要紀念自己是歸耶和華為聖！

    基督徒是領受耶穌基督的身體和寶血，也是歸上帝為聖！主耶穌更應許說：「我實實在在地告訴你們，你們若不吃人子的肉，不喝人子的血，就沒有生命在你們裡面。吃我肉、喝我血的人就有永生，在末日我要叫他復活。」（約翰福音6:53-54）

   

    利未人吃聖物只是維持肉體的生命，然而我們吃耶穌基督的肉和血確有永生！我們是不是比利未人更有福份嗎？因為我們不只復活，更要與基督同坐王呢！這是利未人沒有享受到的。

利未記22章

                 利未記22:1-9   ,

                 利未記22:10-16  ,

                 利未記22:17-25 ,

                 利未記22:26-33  ,

利未記22:1-9

22:1 耶和華對摩西說：
22:2 「你吩咐亞倫和他子孫說：要遠離以色列人所分別為聖、歸給我的聖物，免得褻瀆我的聖名。我是耶和華。
22:3 你要對他們說：你們世世代代的後裔，凡身上有污穢、親近以色列人所分別為聖、歸耶和華聖物的，那人必在我面前剪除。我是耶和華。
22:4 亞倫的後裔，凡長大痲瘋的，或是有漏症的，不可吃聖物，直等他潔淨了。無論誰摸那因死屍不潔淨的物（或譯：人），或是遺精的人，
22:5 或是摸甚麼使他不潔淨的爬物，或是摸那使他不潔淨的人（不拘那人有甚麼不潔淨），
22:6 摸了這些人、物的，必不潔淨到晚上；若不用水洗身，就不可吃聖物。
22:7 日落的時候，他就潔淨了，然後可以吃聖物，因為這是他的食物。
22:8 自死的或是被野獸撕裂的，他不可吃，因此污穢自己。我是耶和華。
22:9 所以他們要守我所吩咐的，免得輕忽了，因此擔罪而死。我是叫他們成聖的耶和華。

The Lord said to Moses, ² “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not profane my holy name. I am the Lord.

³ “Say to them: ‘For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the Lord, that person must be cut off from my presence. I am the Lord.

⁴ “‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease^[a] or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen, ⁵ or if he touches any crawling thing that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be. ⁶ The one who touches any such thing will be unclean till evening. He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. ⁷ When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food. ⁸ He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, and so become unclean through it. I am the Lord.

⁹ “‘The priests are to perform my service in such a way that they do not become guilty and die for treating it with contempt. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.

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    上帝不斷的強調利未人是聖的，是因為上帝的緣故，不是他們本身就是聖的！因為一切都在乎上帝，不是在於人！正如保羅所說：「因他對摩西說：我要憐憫誰就憐憫誰，要恩待誰就恩待誰。據此看來，這不在乎那定意的，也不在乎那奔跑的，只在乎發憐憫的上帝。」（羅馬書9:15-16）

    雖然是如此，人生在是免不了會去沾染一些不潔的事情，使自己失去聖潔。而利未人也是如此，也會有不潔的時候。但是上帝卻仍然施恩於利未人，告訴他們：「若不用水洗身，就不可吃聖物。日落的時候，他就潔淨了，然後可以吃聖物，因為這是他的食物。」

    可見用水洗身有潔淨的作用，正如我們今日用洗禮象徵我們的全人獲潔淨，可以被接納入上帝的家中，成為上帝的兒女和基督的肢體，這一切都是出於上帝的恩典和憐憫！

詩篇7:6-17

7:6 耶和華啊，求你在怒中起來，挺身而立，抵擋我敵人的暴怒！求你為我興起！你已經命定施行審判！
7:7 願眾民的會環繞你！願你從其上歸於高位！
7:8 耶和華向眾民施行審判；耶和華啊，求你按我的公義和我心中的純正判斷我。
7:9 願惡人的惡斷絕！願你堅立義人！因為公義的上帝察驗人的心腸肺腑。
7:10 上帝是我的盾牌；他拯救心裡正直的人。
7:11 上帝是公義的審判者，又是天天向惡人發怒的上帝。
7:12 若有人不回頭，他的刀必磨快，弓必上弦，預備妥當了。
7:13 他也預備了殺人的器械；他所射的是火箭。
7:14 試看惡人因奸惡而劬勞，所懷的是毒害，所生的是虛假。
7:15 他掘了坑，又挖深了，竟掉在自己所挖的阱裡。
7:16 他的毒害必臨到他自己的頭上；他的強暴必落到他自己的腦袋上。
7:17 我要照著耶和華的公義稱謝他，歌頌耶和華至高者的名。

⁶ Arise, Lord, in your anger;
    rise up against the rage of my enemies.
    Awake, my God; decree justice.
⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
    while you sit enthroned over them on high.
⁸     Let the Lord judge the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,
    according to my integrity, O Most High.
⁹ Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—
you, the righteous God
    who probes minds and hearts.

¹⁰ My shield^[d] is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is a righteous judge,
    a God who displays his wrath every day.
¹² If he does not relent,
    he^[e] will sharpen his sword;
    he will bend and string his bow.
¹³ He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.

¹⁴ Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
¹⁵ Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit they have made.
¹⁶ The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;
    I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.

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    所謂悔改是「遠離惡事，歸向上帝」！詩人在這裡勸勉人要悔改，才不會造受到災難。因為作惡本身的下場就是會遇到災難，這是上帝不要人陷入罪惡的原因。所以，祂設立救恩，就是要人在祂的慈聲呼召下悔改。

    的確，人不悔改沉溺在罪中，享受罪中之樂，最後的結果是滅亡！當然又勝過罪中之樂，必須要有受苦的心志，正如希伯來書說：「他寧可和上帝的百姓同受苦害，也不願暫時享受罪中之樂。」(希伯來書11:25)

    使徒彼得也說：「基督既在肉身受苦，你們也當將這樣的心志作為兵器，因為在肉身受過苦的，就已經與罪斷絕了。」（彼得前書4:1）

    所以，我們要求主幫助，真的以受苦為心志，好脫離罪惡的轄致！保羅更是鼓勵我們：「既是兒女，便是後嗣，就是上帝的後嗣，和基督同作後嗣。如果我們和他一同受苦，也必和他一同得榮耀。」(羅馬書 8:17)

     讓我們透過主耶穌和聖靈來更新我們的生命的，得著上帝喜悅，承受上帝永遠的國！