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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose and was now glad to reject! You drove them from me, You who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place, You who are sweeter than all pleasure, though not to flesh and blood, You who outshine all light yet are hidden deeper than any secret in our hearts, You who surpass all honor though not in the eyes of men who see all honor in themselves. At last my mind was free from the gnawing anxieties of ambition and gain, from wallowing in filth and scratching the itching sore of lust. I began to talk to you freely, O Lord my God, my Light, my Wealth, and my Salvation.
Augustine

How easily and contentedly we speak of Jesus Christ as our example. Do we realize what it means? If we did, it would revolutionize our life. Do we begin to know our Bible as He did? Do we begin to pray as He did? How thoughtful He was for others, how patient toward dullness, how quiet under insult! Think of what it meant for Him to take a basin and towel like a slave and wash the disciples’ feet! Do we stoop to serve? Can anyone say of us, as was said of Him, that we go about “doing good?” Think of His words, servants of His, “I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.” “Christlike” is a word often on our lips. Do not speak it too lightly? It is the heart of God’s predestination. It is our high calling.
Unknown Author

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 利未记 24

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燃灯的条例
(出27·20—21)
耶和华晓谕摩西说:
「要吩咐以色列人,把那为点灯捣成的清橄榄油拿来给你,使灯常常点着。
在会幕中法的幔子外,亚伦从晚上到早晨必在耶和华面前经理这灯。这要作你们世世代代永远的定例。
他要在耶和华面前常收拾精灯台上的灯。」
陈设饼
「你要取细面,烤成十二个饼,每饼用面伊法十分之二。
要把饼摆列两行+,每行六个,在耶和华面前精的桌子上;
又要把净乳香放在每行饼上,作为纪念,就是作为火祭献给耶和华。
每安息日要常摆在耶和华面前;这为以色列人作永远的约。
这饼是要给亚伦和他子孙的;他们要在圣处吃,为永远的定例,因为在献给耶和华的火祭中是至圣的。」
公正的判例
10 有一个以色列妇人的儿子,他父亲是埃及人,一日闲游在以色列人中。这以色列妇人的儿子和一个以色列人在营里争斗。
11 以色列妇人的儿子亵渎了名,并且咒诅,就有人把他送到摩西那里。(他母亲名叫示罗密,是支派底伯利的女儿。)
12 他们把那人收在监里,要得耶和华所指示的话。
13 耶和华晓谕摩西说:
14 「把那咒诅圣名的人带到营外。叫听见的人都放手在他头上;全会众就要用石头打死他。
15 你要晓谕以色列人说:凡咒诅 神的,必担当他的罪。
16 那亵渎耶和华名的,必被治死;全会众总要用石头打死他。不管是寄居的是本地人,他亵渎耶和华名的时候,必被治死。
17 打死人的,必被治死;
18 打死牲畜的,必赔上牲畜,以命偿命。
19 人若使他邻舍的身体有残疾,他怎样行,也要照样向他行:
20 以伤还伤,以眼还眼,以牙还牙。他怎样叫人的身体有残疾,也要照样向他行。
21 打死牲畜的,必赔上牲畜;打死人的,必被治死。
22 不管是寄居的是本地人,同归一例。我是耶和华—你们的 神。」
23 于是,摩西晓谕以色列人,他们就把那咒诅圣名的人带到营外,用石头打死。以色列人就照耶和华所吩咐摩西的行了。

+ 24:6 或译:摞;下同