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1 若有人献素祭为供物给耶和华,要用细面浇上,加上乳香,

2 亚伦子孙作祭司的那里;祭司就要从细面中取出一把来,并取些和所有的乳,然後要把所取的这些作为纪念,烧在上,是献与耶和华为馨的火祭。

3 素祭所的要归给亚伦和他的子孙;这是献与耶和华的火祭中为至的。

4 若用炉中烤的物为素祭,就要用调无酵细面饼,或是抹无酵薄饼。

5 若用铁鏊上做的物为素祭,就要用调无酵细面,

6 分成块子,浇上;这是素祭。

7 若用煎盘做的物为素祭,就要用与细面作成。

8 要把这些东西做的素祭耶和华面前,并奉给祭司,前。

9 祭司要从素祭中取出作为纪念的,烧在上,是献与耶和华为馨的火祭。

10 素祭所的要归给亚伦和他的子孙。这是献与耶和华的火祭中为至的。

11 凡献给耶和华的素祭都不可有;因为你们不可烧一点、一点蜜当作火祭献给耶和华

12 这些物要献给耶和华作为初熟的供物,只是不可在上献为馨的祭。

13 凡献为素祭的供物都要用调和,在素祭上不可缺了你立约的。一切的供物都要配而献。

14 若向耶和华献初熟之物为素祭,要献上烘了的禾穗子,就是轧了的新穗子,当作初熟之物的素祭。

15 并要抹上,加上乳香;这是素祭。

16 祭司要把其中作为纪念的,就是一些轧了的禾穗子和一些,并所有的乳香,都焚烧,是向耶和华献的火祭。

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 778

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778. "And wine, oil, flour, wheat." This symbolically means that these Roman Catholics no longer have any worship that springs from celestial truths and goods, because they have nothing inwardly in their worship that corresponds to the aforesaid things.

This statement is similar to ones explained just above and in previous numbers, the only difference being that the valuables here symbolize celestial goods and truths.

Just what goods and truths are called celestial, and what spiritual, may be seen in no. 773 above. It may also be seen that the Roman Catholics meant here possess none of these, nor are there any in their worship. For, as we said above, the goods and truths of doctrine are present in worship as the soul is in the body. Consequently worship without these is a lifeless worship. Of such a character is worship that is reverent in outward appearances, but which has in it no internal reverence.

That wine symbolizes truth springing from the goodness of love may be seen in no. 316 above. That oil symbolizes the goodness of love will be seen in the next number. Flour symbolizes celestial truth, and wheat symbolizes celestial good.

[2] Wine, oil, flour and wheat symbolize the truths and goods in worship, because they were the ingredients in drink offerings and grain offerings, which were offered on the altar along with other sacrifices, and sacrifices and other offerings offered on the altar symbolize worship, since it was in these that the Israelites' worship chiefly consisted.

That drink offerings, which were ones of wine, were offered on the altar along with other sacrifices, can be seen in Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19; Numbers 15:2-15; 28:11-15, 18-31; 29:1-7ff.; and also in Isaiah 57:6; 65:11; Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19; Ezekiel 20:28; Joel 1:9; Psalms 16:4; Deuteronomy 32:38.

That oil was also offered on the altar along with sacrifices, can be seen in Exodus 29:40.

That grain offerings, which consisted of wheat flour, were offered on the altar along with other sacrifices, can be seen in Exodus 29:40).

It can be seen from this that these four articles - wine, oil, flour and wheat - were sacred and celestial elements in their worship.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.