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1 Kad vidiš kako luta vol ili ovca tvoga brata, nemoj proći mimo njih nego ih otjeraj svome bratu.

2 Ako ti brat nije blizu ili ga ne znaš, kući ih svojoj dotjeraj pa neka ostanu kod tebe dokle brat tvoj ne dođe po njih. Tada mu ih vrati.

3 Tako čini s njegovim magarcem, s njegovim ogrtačem i sa svime što brat tvoj izgubi, a ti nađeš. Nije ti dopušteno prolaziti mimo njegovo.

4 Kad opaziš kako se magarac tvoga brata ili njegov vol svalio na putu, ne kloni se nego mu pomozi da ih podigne.

5 Žena ne smije na se stavljati muške odjeće, a muškarac se ne smije oblačiti u ženske haljine. Tko bi to činio bio bi odvratan Jahvi, Bogu svome.

6 Ako putem naiđeš na ptičje gnijezdo sa ptićima ili s jajima, na stablu ili na zemlji, a majka bude ležala sa ptićima ili na jajima, nemoj uzimati majke sa ptićima:

7 pusti majku na slobodu, a ptiće uzmi. Tako ćeš imati sreću i dug život.

8 Kad gradiš novu kuću, na krovu načini ogradu da svoju kuću, kad bi tko s nje pao, ne okaljaš krvlju.

9 Po svome vinogradu nemoj sijati drugog usjeva da ne bi bila posvećena čitava ljetina: i plod sjemena i rod vinograda.

10 Ne upreži u plug vola i magarca zajedno.

11 Ne oblači se u tkaninu otkanu od vune i lana zajedno.

12 Na četiri roglja ogrtača kojim se zaogrćeš napravi rese.

13 Ako koji čovjek uzme ženu i uđe k njoj, ali je potom zamrzi,

14 pripiše joj ružnoće i ozloglasi je govoreći: 'Oženih se njome, ali kad joj priđoh, ne nađoh u nje znakova djevičanstva' -

15 neka tada djevojčin otac i majka uzmu dokaz djevojčina djevičanstva te ga iznesu pred gradske starješine na vrata.

16 Potom neka progovori starješinama djevojčin otac: 'Ovome sam čovjeku dao svoju kćer za ženu, ali mu je omrzla.

17 Stoga joj pripisuje svašta ružno i tvrdi: nisam u tvoje kćeri našao znakove djevičanstva. Ali evo djevičanskih znakova moje kćeri!' I neka razastru plahtu pred gradskim starješinama.

18 Neka tada starješine onoga grada uzmu muža pa ga kazne;

19 neka ga, zato što je pronio ružan glas o jednoj izraelskoj djevici, udare globom od stotinu srebrnika pa ih dadnu ocu mlade žene. I neka mu ona i dalje bude ženom da je ne može pustiti dok je živ.

20 Ali ako optužba - da se na mladoj ženi nije našlo djevičanstvo - bude istinita,

21 neka djevojku izvedu na kućna vrata njezina oca pa neka je ljudi njezina grada kamenjem zasiplju dok ne umre, jer je počinila besramnost u Izraelu odajući se bludu u očevu domu. Tako ćeš iskorijeniti zlo iz svoje sredine.

22 Ako se koji čovjek zateče gdje leži sa ženom udatom za drugoga, neka oboje - i čovjek koji je ležao sa ženom i sama žena - budu smaknuti. Tako ćeš iskorijeniti zlo iz Izraela.

23 Ako mladu djevicu zaručenu za nekoga u gradu sretne drugi čovjek i s njom legne,

24 oboje ih dovedite vratima toga grada pa ih kamenjem zasipljite dok ne umru: djevojku što nije zvala u pomoć u gradu, a čovjeka što je oskvrnuo ženu bližnjega svoga. Tako ćeš iskorijeniti zlo iz svoje sredine.

25 Ako čovjek u polju naiđe na zaručenu djevojku i silom legne s njom, onda neka se pogubi samo taj što je s njom legao;

26 a djevojci nemoj ništa: nema na njoj krivnje kojom bi zasluživala smrt. Jer to je kao da navali tko na bližnjega svoga i ubije ga.

27 On ju je zatekao u polju; i premda je zaručena djevojka zapomagala, nije bilo nikoga da joj priskoči u pomoć.

28 Ako čovjek naiđe na mladu djevicu koja nije zaručena te je pograbi i s njom legne, pa budu uhvaćeni na djelu,

29 tada čovjek koji je s njom ležao neka djevojčinu ocu dade pedeset srebrnika. A budući da ju je oskvrnuo, neka je uzme za ženu da je ne može pustiti dok je živ.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2252

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2252. That 'perhaps there may be fifty righteous persons in the midst of the city' means that the truths may be full of goods is clear from the meaning of 'fifty' as full, from the meaning of 'righteous' as good, dealt with in 612, 2235, from [the meaning] of 'midst' as that which is within, 1074, and from [the meaning] of 'the city' as truth, 402. Thus 'fifty righteous persons in the midst of the city' in the internal sense means that the truths may be full of goods. That this meaning exists within these words cannot be seen by anyone from the letter, for the historical details of the literal sense lead the mind in an altogether different direction or to think in a different way; but that these words are nevertheless perceived according to that meaning by those who possess the internal sense, I know for certain. Moreover the actual numbers mentioned, such as fifty here, and forty-five, forty, thirty, twenty, and ten in what follows, are never perceived as numbers by those who possess the internal sense but as real things or as states, as shown in 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075.

[2] Indeed the ancients also used numbers to mark off one from another the states of their Church; and the nature of such numbers worked out by them becomes clear from the meaning of the numbers in the paragraphs that have just been mentioned. The meaning possessed by numbers was received by those people from the representatives which manifest themselves in the world of spirits. There when anything appears as that which is numbered, it does not mean something defined by means of numbers but means some real thing or else a state, as becomes clear from what has been presented in 2129, 2130, and also in 2089, regarding 'twelve' meaning all things of faith. It is similar with the numbers that now follow. This shows what the nature of the Word is in the internal sense.

[3] The reason 'fifty' means that which is full is that it is the number which comes after seven times seven, or forty-nine, and so marks the completion of the latter number. This explains why in the representative Church the feast of the seven sabbaths 1 was held on the fiftieth day, and why a jubilee was held in the fiftieth year. Regarding the feast of the seven sabbaths the following is said in Moses,

You shall count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath; from the day you bring the sheaf of the wave-offering, seven sabbaths shall there be complete. Until the day after the seventh sabbath you shall count fifty days, and offer a new gift to Jehovah. Leviticus 23:15-16.

Regarding the jubilee in the same book,

You shall count for yourself seven sabbaths of years, seven times seven years, and you shall have a time of seven sabbaths of years, forty-nine years. And you shall sanctify the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land to all its inhabitants; it shall be a jubilee for you. Leviticus 25:8, 10.

From this it is evident that 'the fiftieth' means that which marks the full completion of the sabbaths.

[4] What is more, whenever 'fifty' is mentioned in the Word it means that which is full, as in the case of the numbering of the Levites aged thirty years and over up to fifty years of age, Numbers 4:23, 35, 39, 43, 47; 8:25. Here 'fifty' stands for the full or final state of that period of ministerial service. A man found lying with a young woman who was a virgin had to give to the young woman's father fifty pieces of silver, and she had to be his wife; nor could he divorce her, Deuteronomy 22:29. Here 'fifty pieces of silver' stands for a full fine and a full recompense. David's giving to Araunah fifty pieces of silver for the threshing-floor, where he built an altar to Jehovah, 2 Samuel 24:24, stands for a full price and a full payment. Absalom's making ready for himself a chariot and horses, and his having fifty men running before him, 2 Samuel 15:1, and Adonijah's likewise having chariots and horsemen, and fifty men running before him, 1 Kings 1:5, stand for their full dignity and majesty. For these people received from the ancients certain numbers which were representative and carried spiritual meanings and which were observed by them. Those numbers were also commanded in their religious observances, though the majority of the people did not know what was meant by them.

[5] In the same way, because 'fifty' means that which is full and this number was also representative, as has been stated, the same thing is meant in the Lord's parable concerning the steward, who said to the man owing oil,

How much do you owe my master? He said, A hundred baths of oil. Then he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty. Luke 16:5-6.

'Fifty' stands for the full discharge of the debt. Being a number it does indeed seem to imply nothing more than a number, when in fact in the internal sense this number is used in every case to mean that which is full, as also in Haggai,

One came to the winevat to draw fifty measures from the winevat, and there were only twenty. Haggai 2:16.

This means that instead of a full amount there was not much. 'Fifty' would not have been mentioned in the prophet if it had not carried this meaning.

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1. Often referred to as the feast of weeks

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