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Levitska 15

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1 Jahve reče Mojsiju i Aronu:

2 "Govorite Izraelcima i kažite im: 'Kad koji čovjek imadne izljev iz svoga tijela, njegov je izljev nečist.

3 Evo u čemu je njegova nečistoća ako ima taj izljev: ispusti li njegovo tijelo izljev ili ga zadrži, on je nečist.

4 Svaka postelja na koju legne onaj koji ima izljev neka je nečista; i svaki predmet na koji sjedne neka je nečist.

5 A svaki koji se dotakne njegove posteljine neka opere svoju odjeću, u vodi se okupa i nečistim ostane do večeri.

6 Tko god sjedne na predmet na kojemu je sjedio onaj koji je imao izljev neka opere svoju odjeću, u vodi se okupa i nečistim ostane do večeri.

7 Tko se dotakne tijela onoga koji je imao izljev neka opere svoju odjeću, u vodi se okupa i do večeri nečistim ostane.

8 Ako onaj koji ima izljev pljune na koga tko je čist neka taj opere svoju odjeću, u vodi se okupa i nečistim ostane do večeri.

9 Neka je nečisto i svako sjedalo na koje za vožnje sjedne onaj koji ima izljev;

10 i tko se dotakne čega što je pod tim bolesnikom bilo neka je nečist do večeri. Tko ponese štogod takvo neka svoju odjeću opere, u vodi se okupa i ostane nečistim do večeri.

11 A svaki koga se onaj koji ima izljev dotakne neopranih ruku neka svoju odjeću opere, u vodi se okupa i ostane nečistim do večeri.

12 Zemljana posuda koje se dotakne onaj s izljevom neka se razbije, a svaki drveni sud neka se vodom ispere.

13 Kad se onaj koji ima izljev od toga izliječi, neka onda nabroji sedam dana za svoje oćišćenje; neka opere svoju odjeću, okupa se u živoj vodi i neka je čist.

14 Osmoga pak dana neka uzme dvije grlice ili dva golubića, dođe pred Jahvu na ulaz u Šator sastanka pa ih svećeniku preda.

15 Neka ih svećenik prinese jedno kao žrtvu okajnicu, a drugo kao žrtvu paljenicu. Time će svećenik izvršiti obred pomirenja nad tim čovjekom za njegov izljev.

16 Kad čovjek imadne sjemeni izljev, neka u vodi okupa cijelo svoje tijelo i ostane nečistim do večeri.

17 Svaka haljina i svaka koža na koju dospije takav sjemeni izljev neka se u vodi opere i ostane nečistom do večeri.

18 Ako koja žena legne s kojim čovjekom i on ispusti sjeme, neka se okupaju u vodi i budu nečisti do večeri'."

19 "Kad žena imadne krvarenje, izljev krvi iz svoga tijela, neka ostane u svojoj nečistoći sedam dana; tko se god nje dotakne neka je nečist do večeri.

20 Na što god bi legla za svoje nečistoće neka je nečisto; na što god sjedne neka je nečisto.

21 Tko se dotakne njezine posteljine neka opere svoju odjeću, u vodi se okupa i do večeri ostane nečistim.

22 Tko god dotakne bilo koji predmet na kojemu je ona sjedila neka svoju odjeću opere, u vodi se okupa i nečist ostane do večeri.

23 A ako bi se dotakao čega što je bilo na njezinoj postelji ili na predmetu na kojem je ona sjedila, neka je nečist do večeri.

24 Ako koji čovjek s njom legne, njezina nečistoća za nj prianja, pa neka je nečist sedam dana. Svaka postelja na koju on legne neka je nečista.

25 Ako žena imadne krvarenje dulje vremena izvan svoga mjesečnog pranja, ili ako se njezino mjesečno pranje produžuje, neka se smatra nečistom sve vrijeme krvarenja kao da su dani njezina mjesečnog pranja.

26 Svaka postelja na koju legne za sve vrijeme svoga krvarenja bit će joj kao i postelja za njezina mjesečnog pranja. I svaki predmet na koji sjedne neka postane nečistim kao što bi bio nečist u vrijeme njezina mjesečnog pranja.

27 A svatko tko ih se dotakne neka je nečist; neka opere svoju odjeću, okupa se u vodi i ostane nečistim do večeri.

28 Ako ozdravi od svog krvarenja, neka namiri sedam dana, a poslije toga neka je čista.

29 Osmoga dana neka uzme dvije grlice ili dva golubića te ih donese svećeniku na ulaz u Šator sastanka.

30 Neka jedno svećenik prinese kao žrtvu okajnicu, a drugo kao žrtvu paljenicu. Tako će svećenik obaviti pred Jahvom obred pomirenja nad njom, za njezino nečisto krvarenje."

31 "Odvraćajte Izraelce od njihovih nečistoća, da ne bi zbog njih pomrli oskvrnjujući moje Prebivalište koje se nalazi među njima.

32 To je propis za čovjeka koji ima izljev; za onoga koga čini nečistim sjemeni izljev;

33 za ženu u vrijeme nečistoće njezina mjesečnog pranja; za svakoga - bilo muško bilo žensko - tko imadne izljev, a tako i za čovjeka koji legne s onečišćenom ženom."

   

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10208. 'And Aaron shall make expiation on its horns' means purification from evils by means of the truths of faith which spring from the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'making expiation' as purifying from evils, dealt with in 9506; from the representation of 'Aaron' as the Lord in respect of Divine Good, and in respect of the work of salvation, dealt with in 9806, 9946, 10017; and from the meaning of 'horns' as powers, dealt with in 10182, and also outer levels, 10186. The reason why purification by means of the truths of faith which spring from the good of love is meant is that expiation was made by means of blood, and 'blood' means the truth of faith emanating from the good of love, 4735, 7317, 7326, 7846, 7850, 7877, 9127, 9393, 10026, 10033, 10047; and all purification from evils is accomplished by means of the truths of faith that spring from the good of love, 2799, 5954(end), 7044, 7918, 9088. The fact that expiations were made by the blood on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense is clear in Leviticus 4:3, 7, 18, 25, 30, 34; 16:18.

[2] The altars were expiated in this way because holy things were polluted by the sins of the people. The people represented the Church; therefore those places which were the Church's, called its sanctuaries, such as the altar and the tent, together with their contents, were defiled whenever those people were guilty of sin; for those sanctuaries were places belonging to the Church. This is also made clear in Moses,

You shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, in order that they may not die in their uncleanness when they pollute My dwelling-place which is in their midst. Leviticus 15:31.

And in another place,

Aaron shall expiate the holy place from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. Thus shall he expiate the holy sanctuary, and the tent of meeting, and the altar. Leviticus 16:16, 33.

[3] The implications of all this are that those things which are called the holy things of the Church are not holy unless they are received with holy respect; for unless they are received with that respect what is Divine does not flow into them. Anything holy that exists with people is holy only by virtue of what is Divine flowing into it; sacred shrines for example, the altars there, and the bread and wine for the Holy Supper are made holy solely by the presence of the Lord. Therefore if the Lord is unable to be present there on account of the people's sins, those things have no holiness because they lack what is Divine. Furthermore the holy things of the Church are rendered unholy by sins because sins take what is Divine away from them.

[4] This then is the reason why sanctuaries are said to have been polluted by the uncleanness of the people and why those places therefore had to be expiated annually. The reason why the expiations were made with blood on the horns of the altars and not on the altars themselves was that the horns were the extremities of them, and nothing of a person has been purified unless the extremities or what is outermost has been purified. For inner things flow into those that are outermost, but the state of the outermost conditions the inflow. Consequently if what is outermost has been perverted the things within become perverted; for when those inner things flow into outermost ones, the recipient forms into which they descend are conditioned by the state in which the outermost things exist. The situation is like that when the eye is in bad condition; the power of sight which comes from within sees things only as that eye-condition will allow. Or it is like that when the arms are in bad shape; the powers which come from within exert themselves only as that condition will allow. Consequently if the natural man has been perverted the spiritual lacks the opportunity to function properly within the natural man, and this is why the spiritual or internal man is closed.

[5] But see what has been shown already on these matters, namely the following;

If a person is to be purified the natural or external man must be purified, see the places referred to in 9325(end).

This is because the path that all influx takes is from the internal to the external, and not vice versa, 5119, 6322.

For it is on the natural level within a person that influx from the spiritual world reaches its destination, 5651.

The outward aspects of a person have been formed to serve the inward, 5947, 9216, 9828.

Thus the external man must be altogether subject to the internal, 5786, 6275, 6284, 6299.

This is because the internal man is in heaven and the external man is in the world, 3167, 10156.

And the external man by himself or left to himself alone acts contrary to the internal, 3913, 3928.

In addition to all this, see 9701-9709 stating what the internal man is and what the external man is.

  
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