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旧约 - 民数记(Numbers)第11章

Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire died down.
So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the LORD had burned among them.
The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, "If only we had meat to eat!
We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost--also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.
But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!"
The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin.
The people went around gathering it, and then ground it in a handmill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into cakes. And it tasted like something made with olive oil.
When the dew settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.
Moses heard the people of every family wailing, each at the entrance to his tent. The LORD became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled.
He asked the LORD, "Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?
Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their forefathers?
Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, 'Give us meat to eat!'
I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.
If this is how you are going to treat me, put me to death right now--if I have found favor in your eyes--and do not let me face my own ruin."
The LORD said to Moses: "Bring me seventy of Israel's elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.
I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you carry the burden of the people so that you will not have to carry it alone.
"Tell the people: 'Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The LORD heard you when you wailed, "If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!" Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat it.
You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days,
but for a whole month--until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it--because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?" '"
But Moses said, "Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!'
Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?"
The LORD answered Moses, "Is the LORD'S arm too short? You will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you."
So Moses went out and told the people what the LORD had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the Tent.
Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took of the Spirit that was on him and put the Spirit on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not do so again.
However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the Tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp.
A young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp."
Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' aide since youth, spoke up and said, "Moses, my lord, stop them!"
But Moses replied, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD'S people were prophets and that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!"
Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.
Now a wind went out from the LORD and drove quail in from the sea. It brought them down all around the camp to about three feet above the ground, as far as a day's walk in any direction.
All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers. Then they spread them out all around the camp.
But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.
Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed there.
民数记第十一章   第 11 章 

  以色列人的抱怨 

  民 11:1,6-15> 消极埋怨?积极建议?向掌权的神倾述,启发我…… 

  11:1,6-15 以色列人发怨言,之后摩西也向神诉苦。但是神正面回应摩西,对其余的百姓则作反面回应。这是什么缘故?因为百姓彼此抱怨,一事无成;摩西则把痛苦向那位能解决诸般难题的神倾吐。我们要学习摩西,把自己的困难向能解决问题的神陈述。 

  民 11:4> 在属灵追求和事奉上,我不想作闲杂人,我现在就…… 

  11:4 “闲杂人”指不属以色列民族、但和他们一起出埃及的外族人(参出 12:38 )。 

  民 11:4-6> 何解以色列人怨声载道?神恩浩大,仍不满意──想想,我也有不满意的时候…… 

  11:4-6 当我们不再注意自己所有的,而只注意自己所没有的东西,就会产生不满。以色列人不去看神赐给他们的自由、众多的子孙、应许之地,却埋怨神没有为他们预备当初在埃及时曾享有的食物,于是向神发怨言。他们忘记脱离为奴的苦难是需要付出代价的。试想我们现在最关心的是什么?是感激神所赏赐的一切,还是常常想到愿望还没有实现,忘记了神所赐的百般恩惠,譬如生命气息、美食、健康、工作和益友? 

  民 11:4-9> 按私欲强求虽蒙神应允,却不是人应得的;我有此教训吗? 

  11:4-9 以色列人每个早晨都见到神赐下的食物铺满地面──形状仿佛芫荽子、又好像珍珠的吗哪。但是他们并不满足,觉得有权要求更多。他们说:“谁给我们肉吃呢?”他们没有求神来满足心愿,只想起在埃及所有的美食,就埋怨摩西。对百姓吃肉的要求,神答应供应,让他们吃到不想再吃( 11:18-20 , 31-34 ),口福后来成为惩罚。你不要用不满的态度向神祈求任何事物,或许祂会应允你,但是你要付上很大的代价。 

  民 11:21-22> 摩西竟也怀疑神!他可是一个德高望重的领袖!原来,无论自以为灵命多么成熟,也要…… 

  11:21-22 摩西曾看到神惊天动地的神迹,显出祂的大能,但是这一次,他竟然怀疑神的能力,不知道祂能否供应这么多的肉给飘流的以色列人吃。连摩西都会怀疑神的大能,我们就更容易怀疑神,但不管我们的灵命成熟到什么地步,还是要完全倚靠神。当我们开始倚赖自己的才智时,就会忽略神的旨意而招来危险。神是永远不变的,记住祂过去的作为,就可以放心相信祂,因祂无所不能。 

  民 11:23> 神的大能,我知道,只是时而感到有,时而没有…… 

  11:23 神有多大的能力?当我们看见祂大能作为的时候,就容易信靠祂。过了些时日,我们在平凡的生活中度日,祂的能力看起来似乎减弱,我们又想靠自己了。其实祂并没有改变,只是我们对祂的看法常常改变。每天琐碎的生活,会使我们不知不觉地忘记神的供应和能力乃是无限无量的。 

  民 11:26-29> 人家有恩赐就眼红,要不得──我有时也是这样?不会吧…… 

  11:26-29 这件事和马可福音所记的事相似。那里记载耶稣的门徒也想禁止别人奉主的名赶鬼,因为那人不是与他们一伙的(参可 9:38-41 )。这种狭窄的心胸,受到摩西与耶稣的谴责。要知道,神是可以使用任何人的。 

  民 11:34> 哪些贪欲影响我跟从主、得罪神又伤害人呢?怎么办? 

  11:34 贪欲是指人不适当或贪得无厌的情欲,可以是性欲,也可以是对知识、财物、权势过分地追求。神处罚了贪恋美食的以色列人。他们的愿望并非错误,但罪在容许愿望变成贪心。当你全神贯注追求某种事物,使你不再考虑其他事的时候,你的愿望就变为贪欲了。──《灵修版圣经注释》