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民数记 8

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1 耶和华晓谕摩西

2 告诉亚伦:点的时候,都要向台前面发

3 亚伦便这样行。他点台上的,使向前发,是照耶和华所吩咐摩西的

4 台的作法是用子锤出来的,连座带都是锤出来的。摩西制造台,是照耶和华所指示的样式。

5 耶和华晓谕摩西

6 你从以色列人中选出利未人来,洁净他们。

7 洁净他们当这样行:用除弹在他们身上,又叫他们用剃头刀刮全身,洗衣服,洁净自己。

8 然後叫他们取一只公牛犊,并同献的素祭,就是调的细面;你要另取一只公牛犊作赎祭。

9 将利未人奉到会幕前,招聚以色列会众

10 将利未人奉到耶和华面前,以色列人要按在他们头上。

11 亚伦也将他们奉到耶和华面前,为以色列人当作摇祭,使他们好办耶和华的事。

12 利未人要按在那两只牛的上;你要将只作赎祭,只作燔祭,献给耶和华,为利未人赎

13 你也要使利未人站在亚伦和他儿子面前,将他们当作摇祭奉给耶和华

14 这样,你从以色列人中将利未人分别出来,利未人便要归我。

15 利未人要进去办会幕的事,你要洁净他们,将他们当作摇祭奉上;

16 因为他们是从以色列人中全然我的,我拣选他们归我,是代替以色列人中一切头生的。

17 以色列人中一切头生的,连人带牲畜,都是我的。我在埃及击杀一切头生的那,将他们分别为归我。

18 我拣选利未人代替以色列人中一切头生的。

19 我从以色列人中将利未人当作赏赐亚伦和他的儿子,在会幕中办以色列人的事,又为以色列人赎罪,免得他们挨所,有灾殃临到他们中间

20 摩西亚伦,并以色列全会众便向利未人如此行。凡耶和华指着利未人所吩咐摩西的以色列人就向他们这样行。

21 於是利未人洁净自己,除了罪,洗了衣服亚伦将他们当作摇祭奉到耶和华面前,又为他们赎罪,洁净他们。

22 利未人进去,在亚伦和他儿子面前,在会幕中办事。耶和华指着利未人怎样吩咐摩西,以色列人就怎样向他们行了。

23 耶和华晓谕摩西

24 利未人是这样:从二十五岁以外,他们要前任职,办会幕的事。

25 到了五十岁要停工退任,不再办事,

26 只要在会幕里,和他们的弟兄一同伺候,谨守所吩咐的,不再办事了。至於所吩咐利未人的,你要这样向他们行。

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10093

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10093. 'That which has been waved, and that which has been heaved up' means what has been acknowledged and what has been perceived. This is clear from the meaning of the words 'that which has been waved', when they refer to the breast, as that which has been endowed with life through acknowledgement, dealt with above in 10091; and from the meaning of 'that which has been heaved up' as the Divine Celestial, which is the Lord's alone, perceived in heaven and in the Church, dealt with below. The implications of all this must be stated briefly. There are two kingdoms which comprise the heavens, the celestial and the spiritual. Divine Truth is acknowledged in the spiritual kingdom but perceived in the celestial kingdom. The reason why this should be so is that Divine Truth in the spiritual kingdom is received in the understanding part of the mind but in the celestial kingdom in the will part. What is received in the understanding part is termed 'acknowledged', and what is received in the will part is spoken of as 'perceived'. Furthermore those in the spiritual kingdom can do no more than acknowledge Divine Truth, whereas those in the celestial kingdom are able to perceive it. See what has been shown abundantly regarding those two kingdoms in the places referred to in 9277, 9596, 9684.

[2] As regards 'the heave offering', that which was Jehovah's or the Lord's and was given to Aaron on account of his representation is called 'the heave offering'. And since Aaron represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good, 9806, that part of sacrifices which was heaved up and given to Aaron represented that which is Divine and the Lord's, and is also called 'the anointing', in Moses,

The breast of the wave offering and the flank of the heave offering I have received from among the children of Israel from their eucharistic sacrifices, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons by a statute forever 1 from among the children of Israel. This is the anointing of Aaron and the anointing of his sons from the fire offerings to Jehovah, on the day he presented them 2 , to serve Jehovah in the priestly office. Leviticus 7:34-35.

The expression 'the anointing' is used because 'anointing' means consecrating to serve as a representative sign of the Lord in respect of Divine Good, see 9954, 10019. And in another place in the same author,

Jehovah spoke to Aaron, Behold, I have given you charge of My heave offerings; as regards all the holy things of the children of Israel, I have given them to you for the anointing, and to your sons. Yours shall the heave offering of [their] gift be, as regards every wave offering of the children of Israel, all the best 3 of pure oil, and all the best 3 of the new wine and the grain, of the firstfruits; and as regards all the firstfruits which they will give to Jehovah, they shall be yours. As regards every devoted thing, everything opening the womb of all flesh which they will bring to Jehovah, [it shall be yours.] From the firstborn of cow, sheep, and she-goat, the flesh shall be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering and just as the right flank are. Every heave offering of the holy things [I have given you]. You shall have no portion or inheritance in the land, because Jehovah is your portion and inheritance. Also, every heave offering from the tithes and the gifts which have been made to the Levites. Numbers 18:8-29.

From all this it is evident what the term 'heave offering' denotes, namely all the things that were Jehovah's, that is, the Lord's.

[3] And since the Levites represented the Divine Truths in heaven and in the Church which serve Divine Good, they were also given to Aaron instead of all the firstborn, which were Jehovah's, that is, the Lord's. They are spoken of in Moses as follows,

I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every firstborn, that which opens the womb, from the children of Israel, that the Levites may be Mine; for every firstborn is Mine. And since the Levites have been given to Me, I have given them as gifts to Aaron and his sons. Numbers 3:12-13; 8:16-19.

Heave offerings are spoken of as gifts presented to Jehovah, that is, to the Lord, from among the children of Israel; but it should be understood that they are Jehovah's not by virtue of their being a gift but because He is the real owner; for nothing holy or Divine with a person belongs to the person, only to the Lord present with him. All that is good and true, as is well known in the Church, thus all that is holy and Divine, comes from the Lord God, and none at all from the person; and from this it is evident that when the gift is said to come from the person, this is due to appearances. This also is why the next verse states,

For it is a heave offering, and it shall be a heave offering from among the children of Israel, it is a heave offering to Jehovah.

This means that the heave offering from the children of Israel belongs to Jehovah, thus that the gift from them is a gift from the Lord. From this it is evident what a heave offering is.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, a statute of eternity

2. literally, he (i.e. Moses) caused them to draw near

3. literally, fat

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.