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“Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. You and Aaron are to number by their divisions all the men in Israel twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army.” Numbers 1:2-3
“你们要按以色列全会的宗族、家室，把人丁的总数，照名的数目，从二十岁以外，凡能出去打仗的，一一计算。你和亚伦要将他们按着军队数点。” 民数记 1:2-3
These verses bring us to the camp of Israel still circling Sinai’s base.
这些经文将我们带到仍在西奈山脚下绕行的以色列营中。
Christian thought—waiting for dews of heavenly grace—delights to linger here.
基督徒的思想——等候着属天恩典的甘露——乐于在此处逗留。
Let us observe the people closely.
让我们仔细观察这群百姓。
They are snatched by God’s hand from tyrannizing foes.
他们被上帝的手从暴虐的仇敌中夺回。
A miracle of care supplies their daily needs.
一个看顾的神迹供应他们每日的需用。
A moving pillar guides their way.
一个移动的柱子引导他们的道路。
The law has been repeated to them amid terrific phenomena.
律法已在可畏的景象中向他们重申。
Moreover they are fenced around by strict peculiarities of social custom and of typical worship.
此外，他们被严格独特的社会习俗和预表性的敬拜所环绕。
Their contact with the world is broken.
他们与世界的接触被切断了。
They move amid the nations of the earth, as a stream flowing through the ocean’s bed, unmingling with contiguous waves.
他们在地上万国中行进，如同一条流经海床的溪流，不与旁边的波浪相混。
God near, with sheltering arms, is their defense.
上帝在近处，用荫庇的膀臂作他们的防卫。
Goodness and mercy guard their present steps.
良善和慈爱保守他们当下的脚步。
The land of promised rest is the horizon of their hopes.
应许的安息之地是他们盼望的地平线。
Reader, these annals are a historic mirror.
读者啊，这些年鉴是一面历史的镜子。
They picture a heavenly Father’s special dealings with each child of faith.
它们描绘了一位天父对每一个属信心的儿女的特别对待。
In every age and place there is an Israel thus mercifully loved, and led, and fed.
在每个时代和地方，都有一个以色列如此被怜爱、被引领、被喂养。
The antitype will never fail, until the last Christian’s course is run.
这预表的实体永不失效，直到最后一个基督徒跑尽当跑的路。
Hence precious teaching meets us in the study of this chart.
因此，在我们研读这图表时，宝贵的教训迎接着我们。
We often err and fail, through dim discernment of our state.
我们常常因对自己光景的昏暗分辨而犯错和失败。
Peace would abound, and comforts cheer, and strength put forth more vigor, if right perceptions shed a clearer light.
如果正确的看见能发出更清晰的光，平安就会增多，安慰就会鼓舞，力量就会发出更大的活力。
Let us, then, view ourselves in Israel’s varied story.
那么，就让我们在以色列多样的故事中看待我们自己吧。
Our every step finds counterpart in them.
我们的每一步都在他们身上找到对应之处。
The parallel is quickly drawn.
这样的类比很快就能画出。
They once groaned bitterly in cruel bondage.
他们曾经在残酷的奴役下痛苦呻吟。
But mercy set them free.
但怜悯使他们得了自由。
Believer, you too were once a slave at Satan’s will.
信徒啊，你也曾一度是撒但意志下的奴隶。
He ruled you with an iron yoke.
他用铁轭辖管你。
But now the chain is broken, and you rejoice, the ransomed freed-man of the Lord.
但如今锁链已经断开，你欢欣喜乐，作了主所赎买的自由人。
Egypt is escaped.
埃及已经逃离。
The tyrant holds you not.
那暴君再也抓不住你。
Table of Contents
目录
The Numbered People
被数点的百姓
The Camp
营地
The Nazarite
拿细耳人
The Threefold Blessing
三重祝福
The Silver Trumpets
银号
The Invitation
邀请
The Rising and the Resting Prayer
起行与安营的祷告
Grapes of Eshcol
以实各谷的葡萄
The Budded Rod
发芽的杖
The Red Heifer
红母牛
The Brazen Serpent
铜蛇
Jacob’s Star and Israel’s Scepter
雅各之星与以色列之杖
Phinehas
非尼哈
The Refuge
避难所