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1 Zovnu Jahve Mojsija te mu iz Šatora sastanka reče:

2 "Govori Izraelcima i kaži im: 'Kad tko od vas želi prinijeti Jahvi žrtvu od stoke, prinijet će je ili od krupne ili od sitne stoke.

3 Ako njegov prinos za žrtvu paljenicu bude od krupne stoke, neka prinese muško bez mane. Neka ga dovede k ulazu u Šator sastanka da pred Jahvom bude primljen.

4 Neka stavi svoju ruku na glavu žrtve paljenice da mu za njegovo ispaštanje bude primljena.

5 Neka zatim zakolje junca pred Jahvom. A Aronovi sinovi, svećenici, neka prinesu krv. Neka njome zapljusnu sve strane žrtvenika koji stoji pred ulazom u Šator sastanka.

6 Potom neka se žrtva sadre i rasiječe na dijelove.

7 Neka sinovi Aronovi, svećenici, nalože vatru na žrtveniku i na vatru metnu drva.

8 Neka zatim sinovi Aronovi, svećenici, naslažu dijelove, s glavom i lojem, na drva što su na vatri na žrtveniku.

9 Drobina i noge neka se operu u vodi. A onda neka svećenik sve sažeže u kad na žrtveniku. To je žrtva paljenica, žrtva paljena Jahvi na ugodan miris.'

10 Ako bi htio prinijeti za žrtvu paljenicu od sitne stoke - od ovaca ili koza - neka prinese muško bez mane.

11 Neka ga zakolje pred Jahvom, na žrtveniku sa sjeverne strane. Neka zatim Aronovi sinovi, svećenici, zapljusnu žrtvenik krvlju sa svih strana.

12 Potom neka je rasijeku na dijelove, a svećenik neka ih, s glavom i lojem, naslaže na drva što su na vatri na žrtveniku.

13 Drobina i noge neka se operu u vodi. Onda svećenik neka sve prinese i na žrtveniku sažeže. To je žrtva paljenica, žrtva paljena Jahvi na ugodan miris.

14 Ako bi hto prinijeti Jahvi ptice kao žrtvu paljenicu, neka onda prinese grlicu ili golubića.

15 Neka ga svećenik prinese k žrtveniku i, zavrnuvši mu vratom, otkine glavu i na žrtveniku sažeže. Zatim neka mu krv iscijedi žrtveniku sa strane.

16 Neka mu gušu i perje ukloni i pobaca ih na istočnu stranu žrtvenika, na mjesto za otpatke.

17 Neka ga raspori duž obaju krila, ali neka ih ne rastavlja. Onda neka ga svećenik na žrtveniku sažeže na drvima što su na vatri. To je žrtva paljenica, žrtva paljena Jahvi na ugodan miris."

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Apocalypse Revealed # 781

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781. "And merchandise of horses, and wagons, and the bodies and souls of people." This symbolically means that all of these things depend on an understanding of the Word and on doctrine drawn from it, and on the goods and truths in the Word's literal sense, which these Roman Catholics do not possess, because they have falsified and adulterated the Word by using the things in it contrary to their real meaning in order to gain dominion over heaven and the world.

The valuables here follow the preposition "of," because they involve all of the things that go before. That horses symbolize an understanding of the Word may be seen in no. 298. Chariots symbolize doctrine from the Word (no. 437); consequently so do wagons. The bodies and souls of people symbolize goods and truths in the literal sense of the Word, because they have the same symbolism as the body and blood in the Holy Supper. The body in that supper symbolizes the Lord's Divine goodness, and the blood the Lord's Divine truth; and because of this symbolism they also symbolize the Divine good and truth in the Word, because the Lord embodies the Word.

Instead of blood, however, the text here says souls. That is because the soul likewise symbolizes truth (see no. 681 above), and because blood in the Word is called the life or soul (Genesis 9:4-5). "Human lives" in Ezekiel 27:13 has a similar symbolic meaning. So does the "seed of men" in Daniel 2:43.

[2] Horses and wagons have a similar symbolic meaning in Isaiah:

Then they shall bring all your brethren... on horses and in chariots and in wagons, and on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem... (Isaiah 66:20)

This is said of the Lord's New Church, which Jerusalem is, regarding people in it who have an understanding of the Word and doctrine derived from it, which are the horses, chariots, and wagons.

Now because these people of the Roman Catholic religion falsify and adulterate the Word by using it to gain dominion over heaven and the world, the symbolic meaning here is that they do not possess any goods and truths from the Word, and so do not have any in their doctrine either.

Regarding this Jeremiah says the following:

...the king of Babylon has devoured me, has thrown me into confusion; He has made me an empty vessel; He has swallowed me up like a whale; He has filled his stomach with my delicacies... (Jeremiah 51:34-35)

A sword is against the horses (of Babylon), against her chariots, and... against her treasures, so that they are plundered. A drought is upon her waters, so that they are dried up. For the land is one of carved images, and they boast of their dreadful deeds. (Jeremiah 50:37-38)

  
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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.