（民21）未觉察的奇迹 (Num 21) Unperceived Miracles
(Applied ChatGPT for English translation. 中文在后面。）
Numbers 21:14 “Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,”
This KJV translation of the original Hebrew text agrees with Rashi’s interpretation. Rashi believed that the Book of the Wars of the Creator is a lost book, recording many miracles He performed. The event at the Red Sea is described in detail in Exodus 14, where the Israelites, pursued by Pharaoh, reached the edge of the Red Sea. The Creator raised an east wind to divide the Red Sea, allowing the Israelites to cross on dry land, and then brought the sea back together to drown Pharaoh’s pursuing army. As for the Arnon Valley, the Bible does not describe the event in detail, but Rashi’s commentary on Numbers 21:14–15 records a related Jewish legend:
https://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Numbers.21.14?lang=bi
https://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Numbers.21.15?lang=bi
According to this legend, nearly forty years after the Exodus, when the Israelites were about to enter the land of Israel, they were to pass through the Arnon Valley, which was flanked by split mountain cliffs. At that time, foreigners were hiding in caves high in the cliffs above, ready to attack the Israelites passing through the valley with arrows and stones. The Creator caused the mountain to shift — the split cliffs closed together, and the protruding parts of one side and the indented caves of the other side perfectly aligned, crushing the ambushers hidden inside. Later, the mountain split open again, allowing the Israelites to pass through safely. The Creator then caused water from a well (underground spring) to flow through the valley as a stream, washing out the blood and crushed limbs of the foreign ambushers. Only then did the Israelites realize that the Creator had worked a miracle for them. They then sang the “Song of the Well” to praise the Creator:
(Numbers 21:17) “Then Israel sang this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it.”
【This well is the underground water that flowed from the rock that followed them in the wilderness, most likely the same as the spiritual rock that Paul referred to in 1 Corinthians 10:4, representing Christ: “And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.”】
Through this passage in Numbers and the related Jewish legend, I would like to highlight three points:
1. The Creator has performed many miracles, so many that no book, including the Bible, can record them all in detail.
The Gospel of John views Jesus Christ as the incarnate of the Word of the Creator. At the end of the book (John 21:25) it says,
“And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.”
I believe the “Book of the Wars of the LORD” mentioned in Numbers 21:14, which has been lost, also recorded many miracles — including ones unknown to most people, like the miracle in the Arnon Valley which can be compared to the splitting of the Red Sea. These verses teach us that the Creator has done many things not recorded in detail in Scripture.
2. Many of the Creator’s miracles happen without our awareness.
Inferring from the Jewish legend about the Arnon Valley, before the Israelites even arrived there, the Creator had already performed the miracle of moving the mountains to eliminate the enemy ambush. The Israelites were unaware until later. So many of the Creator’s miracles happen without us realizing it.
3. Modern science allows us to recognize, on a larger scale, many miracles of the Creator — ones not recorded in detail by ancient people in the Bible, and which also happen without our awareness.
For example, the sun rises every day, giving us warmth, energy, and food (via photosynthesis), but its energy source turns out to be nuclear fusion — similar to the energy released by 15 billion hydrogen bombs.
https://www.cora.nwra.com/~werne/eos/text/fusion.html
One hydrogen bomb can be a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
https://oregoned.org/professional-excellence/conferences-events/events/anniversary-explosion-first-hydrogen-bomb
And yet, the Creator uses gravity to restrain this massive hydrogen bomb, feeding the Earth with just the right amount of sunlight year after year. This is His miracle. As for us humans, as created beings, we can currently only control nuclear fusion on a very small scale and only for 17 minutes.
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-chinese-artificial-sun-fusion-power.html
If the sun were to explode after just 17 minutes, it’s likely that the Earth would be totally destroyed, since the Earth’s volume is less than one ten-thousandth that of the sun.
https://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ask/5-How-large-is-the-Sun-compared-to-Earth-
So the fact that the Earth still exists and the sun continues to shine properly — these are already enormous miracles the Creator is doing for us without our awareness.
（民21）未觉察的奇迹
民数记21:14 “所 以 耶 和 华 的 战 记 上 说 ， 苏 法 的 哇 哈 伯 与 亚 嫩 河 的 谷 ，”
这句话的英文钦定本把苏法翻译成红海，说到主在红海与在亚嫩河谷所行的事。（[kjv] Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,）
这个翻译与Rashi的解释一致。Rashi认为造物主的战记是一本遗失了的书，记载了祂所行的很多奇迹。红海的事，是圣经出埃及记第14章有详细记载的，讲以色利人出埃及时被法老追赶到红海边，造物主兴起东风分开红海，让以色列人从干地经过，又使红海复合，淹没法老的追兵。亚嫩谷的事，圣经里却没有详细记载，但Rashi在民数记21:14-15的解经记录了犹太人的一个相关传说，https://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Numbers.21.14?lang=bi
https://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Numbers.21.15?lang=bi
讲到以色列人出埃及后近四十年，快进以色列地之前，将要经过亚嫩谷，河谷两边是裂开的山体，此时有外邦人在河谷上方山体上高处的岩洞里埋伏，准备用弓箭和石头袭击将从
谷中经过的以色列人。造物主让山体移动，裂开的山体合并，山谷两边相对的突出的山体与凹陷的岩洞完全复合，压死了埋伏在岩洞里的外邦人的伏兵。后来山体又重新裂开，让后来的以色列人安全通过。造物主又让井水（地下水）冲出山谷形成激流，让激流冲出外邦人伏兵被压碎的肢体血肉，这时以色列人才知道造物主为他们行了奇事，并作“井之歌”赞美造物主：（民21:17）“当 时 ， 以 色 列 人 唱 歌 说 ， 井 阿 ， 涌 上 水 来 。 你 们 要 向 这 井 歌 唱 ”。【这井就是在旷野一路跟随他们的磐石所出的地下水，很可能对应于保罗在哥林多前书里10:4里所说的预表基督的伴随以色列人的灵磐石：“也 都 喝 了 一 样 的 灵 水 。 所 喝 的 是 出 于 随 着 他 们 的 灵 磐 石 。 那 磐 石 就 是 基 督 。”】
借着这段民数记的经文和相关的犹太传说，我想说明三个观点：
1。造物主有很多奇迹，以至于任何书籍，包括圣经，都无法全部详细地记载。
约翰福音认为耶稣基督是造物主的道成肉身，书的结尾（约翰福音21:25）说，“耶 稣 所 行 的 事 ， 还 有 许 多 ， 若 是 一 一 的 都 写 出 来 ， 我 想 所 写 的 书 ， 就 是 世 界 也 容 不 下 了 。” 我想，民数记21:14提到的，已经遗失的造物主的战记上也记载了很多。包括很多人所不知道的，可以与红海分开并列的亚嫩谷的奇迹。圣经的这些经文教导我们，造物主有很多奇迹在圣经里没有详细记载。
2。有很多造物主的奇迹，是我们在不知不觉中发生的。
按犹太人的亚嫩谷传说推断，以色利人还没到亚嫩谷，他们在不知不觉中，造物主已经为他们行了移动山体的奇迹，预先消灭了外邦人的伏兵。所以，有很多造物主的奇迹，是在我们不知不觉中发生的。
3。现代科学，让我们在更大规模上认识到很多造物主的奇迹，是在古人在圣经里没有详细记载的，又是在我们不知不觉中发生的。
比如说太阳，每天都升起，给我们带来热量，能量，食物（通过光合作用），但它的能量来源竟然是核聚变，和一百五十亿个氢弹的能量来源相似，https://www.cora.nwra.com/~werne/eos/text/fusion.html
而一个氢弹的威力可以是炸毁广岛的原子弹的一千倍。https://oregoned.org/professional-excellence/conferences-events/events/anniversary-explosion-first-hydrogen-bomb
可是，造物主又让万有引力控制这成百亿的氢弹不爆炸，年复一年以适量的阳光喂养着地球。这样的奇迹是造物主的作为，而作为受造者的人类，现在只能在很小的规模上控制十几分钟的核聚变。https://phys.org/news/2025-01-chinese-artificial-sun-fusion-power.html
如果太阳十几分钟就爆炸了，那很可能整个地球都会灭亡，因为地球的体积还不到太阳的一万分之一。https://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ask/5-How-large-is-the-Sun-compared-to-Earth-
所以，地球还存在，太阳还在正常的发光，这些已经是在我们不知不觉中，造物主为我们所行的大奇迹。