【读圣经学英语】圣衣

出埃及記第三十九章1~5节

39:1	比撒列用蓝色、紫色、朱红色线，以精工制作衣服，用以在圣所供职，又为亚伦作圣衣；是照耶和华所吩咐摩西的。 And from the blue and the purple and the scarlet strands, they made finely worked garments for ministering in the sanctuary, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
39:2	他用金线，和蓝色、紫色、朱红色线，并捻的细麻作以弗得； And Bezalel made the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet strands, and fine twined linen.
39:3	他们把金子锤成薄片，剪出线来，用巧匠的手工，编织在蓝色、紫色、朱红色线和细麻中。 And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut them into threads, to work into the blue and into the purple and into the scarlet strands and into the fine linen, the work of a skillful workman.
39:4	又为以弗得作两条肩带，与以弗得相连，接在以弗得两端。 They made shoulder pieces for it, joined to it; at the two edges it was joined.
39:5	以弗得上巧工织的带子，和以弗得一样的作法，与以弗得接连一块，用以系住，是用金线，和蓝色、紫色、朱红色线，并捻的细麻作的；是照耶和华所吩咐摩西的。 And the skillfully woven band, which was on it for its fastening, was of one piece with it and like it in workmanship, of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet strands, and fine twined linen, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

亮光:

祭司的衣服也使祭司成圣。这些衣服把他们从其他的人中分别出来。穿制服的警察也是这样。警官的制服把他们从其他的人中分别出来。如果一个人穿着警察的制服近前来对你说话，你定规会尊敬他。但如果一个人没有穿着合式的制服，想要和警察一样地行动，你就不会对他有同样的敬意。因为这个人没有制服所表征的资格，他没有因服装而与别人有所不同。为这缘故，人就认为他和别人没有两样。照样，祭司因着他们的衣服而成圣，分别归神。

Enlightenment:

The priestly garments also sanctify the priests. These garments separated them from all the other people. The same is true of a policeman in uniform. A police officer’s uniform separates him from others. Should a man wearing a policeman’s uniform approach you and speak to you, you would surely respect him. However, if someone without the proper uniform tried to act as if he were a policeman, you would not show him the same respect. That person would not have the qualification signified by the uniform, and he would not be separated by this uniform from others. For this reason, he would be regarded as no different from anyone else. In like manner, the priests were sanctified, separated to God, by their garments. Exodus 28:3 says, “They shall make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him to serve as priest to Me.” In this verse sanctify means to separate to God for His unique purpose. The priests were sanctified by the expression of Christ. If we express Christ, this expression will both qualify us and sanctify us.