(续上)……因为那位慈悲者称这桌子为「木」:以西结书说「坛是木头做的……这是耶和华面前的桌子」。可见桌子虽包金,仍保有木器的身份;若非人们抬它出来给朝圣者看,它就像一切固定的木器一样不受不洁。
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……因为那位慈悲者称它为「木」,经上论陈设饼的桌子写着:「坛是木头做的,高三肘,长二肘;坛角和坛面,并四旁,都是木头做的。他对我说:这是耶和华面前的桌子」(以西结书 41:22)。
because the Merciful One called it: “Wood,” as it is written with regard to the table of the shewbread: “The altar, three cubits high, and its length two cubits, was of wood, and so its corners, its length, and its walls were also of wood, and he said to me: This is the table that is before the Lord” (Ezekiel 41:22).
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这节经文表明,桌子虽然包覆了,木器的身份仍然保留;也就是说,它与一切木器一样,若不是人们把它抬出来给朝圣者看,本不会受不洁。
This verse indicates that even though the table was coated, its identity as a wooden vessel was preserved, which means that, like all wooden vessels, it would not be susceptible to impurity were it not for the fact that they took it out to show to the pilgrims.