Friday, July 7, 2023

This is the law of the Nazirite who vows offerings to the Lord in accordance with their dedication

Numbers 6:1-21

If a man or woman wants to make a special vow, a vow of dedication to the Lord as a Nazirite,  they must abstain from wine and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar made from wine or other fermented drink. They must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.  As long as they remain under their Nazirite vow, they must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins. 

During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor may be used on their head. They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the Lord is over; they must let their hair grow long.

Throughout the period of their dedication to the Lord, the Nazirite must not go near a dead body. Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean on account of them.

Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the period of their dedication is over. They are to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting. There they are to present their offerings to the Lord: a year-old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering, a year-old ewe lamb without defect for a sin offering, a ram without defect for a fellowship offering,  together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and a basket of bread made with the finest flour and without yeast—thick loaves with olive oil mixed in, and thin loaves brushed with olive oil.

This is the law of the Nazirite who vows offerings to the Lord in accordance with their dedication, in addition to whatever else they can afford. They must fulfill the vows they have made, according to the law of the Nazirite.

Why?

The Nazirite vows mean this man belongs to the Lord. He is dedicated to the Lord.

So there are a few regulations, 1) cannot drink wine or drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins. 2) No razor on their head 3) must not go near a dead body.

To keep Nazirite be Holy and clean before the Lord, for the Lord is Holy.

To be a Nazirite for at least 30 days, or maybe the whole life, such as Samuel, Samson, and John Baptise.

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前一章是比較消極的做法,查章則是積極的過聖潔的生活。拿細耳人即歸主的人,分別為聖的人,離俗歸耶和華。

拿細耳人條件:沒有條件、男女,只要有此心志就可以。主要是講過這樣的方法。任何酒、醋都不可喝。完全不碰任何的酒,這已經超越祭司的規範。不可吃葡萄或是相關產品,葡萄是生活中很普通的食物,因此他要放棄,也和道德沒有關係,為了福音,為了主的緣故,放下許多理所當然的東西,放棄基本的權利。

不可剪頭髮:這也是生活習慣和別人不一樣,外表和別人不同,即不去追求目前的流行。價值觀,所追求的和一般人不一樣。

不可以靠近死屍:不通人情,這是神把拿細耳人視為大祭司,和大祭司一樣的本質。以神的事工為主。

我們當愈來愈知道神的愛,因此我們願意更愛神!

 不小心碰到葡萄或是產品,或是有人在旁邊死了,拿細耳人的日期重新計算。

滿期還俗: 獻贖罪祭(沒有要歸給祭司,只有大祭司的贖罪祭不給祭司,而是全燒掉,平安祭(向前搖,歸給神,再向後搖,表示這是從神那裏得到、素祭。亞倫的後代才可以成為大祭司,這裏拿細耳人沒有任何工作,沒有得到什麼,只是過分別為聖一過神喜悅的生活。從拿細耳人還俗手續複雜,可以知道神喜悅我們成為拿細耳人。我們先求神的國和他的義,我們所需要的神都供應。

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How?

Be careful to make a vow before the Lord, for our Lord is Holy and faithful. So we don't need to make a vow either.



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