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Levitska 23

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1 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

2 "Kaži Izraelcima i reci im: Blagdani Jahvini koje imate sazivati jesu sveti zborovi. Ovo su moji blagdani:

3 Šest dana neka se posao obavlja, a sedmi je dan subota - dan potpunog odmora, dan svetoga zbora, kad ne smijete raditi nikakva posla. Gdje god boravili, subota je Jahvina."

4 "A ovo su blagdani Jahvini - sveti zborovi - koje imate proglasiti u njihovo određeno vrijeme:

5 U prvom mjesecu četrnaestoga dana u suton jest Pasha u čast Jahvi;

6 petnaestoga dana toga mjeseca jest Blagdan beskvasnih kruhova u čast Jahvi - sedam dana jedite beskvasan kruh.

7 Prvoga dana neka vam bude sveti zbor; nikakva težačkog posla nemojte raditi.

8 Sedam dana prinosite paljenu žrtvu u čast Jahvi, a sedmoga dana neka opet bude sveti zbor; nikakva težačkog posla ne radite."

9 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

10 "Kaži Izraelcima i reci im: 'Kad uđete u zemlju koju vam dajem i u njoj žetvu požanjete, prvi snop svoje žetve donesite svećeniku.

11 Neka ga on prinese kao žrtvu prikaznicu pred Jahvom da budete primljeni. Sutradan po suboti neka ga svećenik prinese kao žrtvu prikaznicu.

12 A u dan kad budete prinosili snop kao žrtvu prikaznicu, prinesite Jahvi jednogodišnjeg janjca bez mane kao žrtvu paljenicu.

13 Uz to žrtva prinosnica neka bude: dvije desetine efe najboljeg brašna zamiješena u ulju, kao paljena žrtva Jahvi na ugodan miris; a s njom ljevanica od vina neka bude četvrt hina.

14 Prije toga dana - dok ne donesete prinose svoga Boga - ne smijete jesti ni kruha, ni pržena zrnja, ni svježa klasja. To je trajan zakon za vaše naraštaje gdje god vi boravili.'"

15 "A počevši od sutrašnjega dana po suboti - dana u koji donesete snop za žrtvu prikaznicu - nabrojte punih sedam tjedana.

16 Onda na dan po sedmoj suboti, na Pedesetnicu, prinesite Jahvi novu žrtvu.

17 Donesite iz svojih stanova po dva kruha za žrtvu prikaznicu. Neka svaki bude od dvije desetine efe najboljeg brašna; neka budu ispečeni ukvas, kao prvine Jahvi.

18 S kruhom prinesite sedam jednogodišnjih janjaca bez mane, jednoga junca i dva ovna kao žrtvu paljenicu Jahvi zajedno sa žrtvom prinosnicom i ljevanicom, žrtvom paljenom na ugodan miris Jahvi.

19 Prinesite i jednoga jarca kao žrtvu okajnicu, a dva janjca od godine dana za žrtvu pričesnicu.

20 Neka ih svećenik prinese pred Jahvom kao žrtvu prikaznicu povrh kruha od prvina. Uz oba janjca, i ovo je Jahvi sveto i neka pripadne svećeniku.

21 Toga istog dana sazovite zbor. Neka vam to bude posvećen zbor - nikakva težačkog posla ne radite. To je trajan zakon za vaše naraštaje gdje god vi boravili.

22 Kad budete želi žetvu sa svoje zemlje, nemoj žeti dokraja svoje njive niti pabirčiti poslije svoje žetve. Ostavi to sirotinji i strancu. Ja sam Jahve, Bog vaš."

23 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

24 "Govori Izraelcima i reci: 'Sedmoga mjeseca, prvoga dana u mjesecu, neka vam je potpun odmor, proglašen glasom trube, sveti zbor.

25 Nikakva teškog posla ne radite; u čast Jahvi paljenu žrtvu prinesite.'"

26 Reče Jahve Mojsiju:

27 "Povrh toga, u deseti dan toga sedmog mjeseca pada dan pomirenja. Neka vam to bude prigoda za sveti zbor; postite i prinesite u čast Jahvi paljenu žrtvu.

28 Toga dana nemojte raditi nikakva posla. To je, naime, Dan pomirenja, kada će se za vas obaviti obred pomirenja pred Jahvom, Bogom vašim.

29 Jest, tko god ne bude postio toga dana, neka se odstrani iz svoga naroda.

30 A tko bi god radio kakav posao na taj dan, toga ću ja istrijebiti iz njegova naroda.

31 Nikakva posla nemojte raditi. To je trajan zakon za vaše naraštaje gdje god vi boravili.

32 Neka vam je to subotnji počinak. Postite! Navečer devetoga dana u mjesecu - od večeri do večeri - prestanite raditi."

33 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

34 "Reci Izraelcima: 'Od petnaestoga dana toga sedmog mjeseca neka se sedam dana drži Blagdan sjenica u čast Jahvi.

35 Prvoga dana, u dan svetoga zbora, nikakva težačkog posla nemojte raditi.

36 Sedam dana prinosite paljenu žrtvu u čast Jahvi. Osmi dan neka vam bude sveti zbor, kada ćete u čast Jahvi prinijeti paljenu žrtvu. To je svečani zbor; nikakva težačkog posla nemojte obavljati.'"

37 "To su blagdani Jahvini koje imate sazvati - sveti zborovi određeni za prinošenje žrtava u čast Jahvi; žrtava paljenica, prinosnica, žrtava klanica i ljevanica; svaku na njezin pravi dan,

38 povrh Jahvinih subota, povrh vlastitih prinosa, povrh svojih zavjetnih i dragovoljnih darova koje inače prinosite Jahvi."

39 "Osim toga, petnaestoga dana mjeseca sedmoga, pošto pokupite sa zemlje plodove, svetkujte Jahvin blagdan sedam dana. Na prvi dan i na osmi dan neka je potpun počinak.

40 Uzmite već prvoga dana lijepih plodova, palmovih grana, grančica s lisnatih drveta i potočne vrbovine pa se veselite u nazočnosti Jahve, Boga svoga, sedam dana.

41 Svetkujte tako blagdan u čast Jahvi sedam dana svake godine. Neka je to trajan zakon za vaše naraštaje. Svetkujte taj blagdan sedmoga mjeseca.

42 Sedam dana stanujte u sjenicama. Svi Izraelovi domoroci neka proborave u sjenicama,

43 da vaši potomci znaju kako sam ja učinio da Izraelci žive u sjenicama kad sam ih izbavio iz zemlje egipatske. Ja sam Jahve, Bog vaš."

44 I tako Mojsije objavi Izraelcima Jahvine blagdane.

   

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10083. 'And you shall wave them as a wave offering before Jehovah' means the life from God which comes as a result of this. This is clear from the meaning of 'waving a wave offering' as endowing with life, thus the life [present in something]; and since it says from 'before Jehovah' the life from God is meant. The fact that 'waving a wave offering' means endowing with life, that is, imparting the life from God, is clear from places in the Word where 'waving a wave offering' is spoken of, as in Moses,

When you bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, so that you may be acceptable; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. Leviticus 23:10-11.

'Harvest' means a state when the truth of faith springing from good exists, thus a state when good is present, 9295; 'a sheaf of the firstfruits' means all collectively constituting that state. 'Being waved by the priest' therefore means being endowed with life to receive a blessing; for every blessing, to be a blessing, must have life from God within it.

[2] In the same author,

Aaron shall wave the Levites before Jehovah as a wave offering 1 from among the children of Israel, that they may be used in the service of Jehovah. You shall stand the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering to Jehovah. After that the Levites shall go in to serve in the tent of meeting; and you shall purify them, and wave them as a wave offering. And when the Levites had been purified, Aaron waved them before Jehovah as a wave offering, and Aaron expiated them to purify them. Numbers 8:11, 13, 15, 21.

These verses show what 'waving a wave offering' means, namely endowing with life through acknowledgement, which is the first phase of faith, and so the first phase of life from God with a person. Knowledge, it is true, comes before acknowledgement, but knowledge has none of God's life within it until it becomes acknowledgement and then faith. The Levites represented truths serving good, while Aaron represented the good they served; that is why they were 'waved', that is, were endowed with life. This also accounts for its being said that they were to be purified. For truths must have life from God within them if they are to serve good, and that life first flows in through acknowledgement.

[3] Much the same is meant by 'a wave offering of gold' in Moses,

They came, the men with the women ... they brought brooches, nose-jewels, rings, girdles 2 , all vessels of gold; and every man who waved a wave offering of gold to Jehovah. Exodus 35:22.

'Waving a wave offering of gold to Jehovah' means endowing with life through the acknowledgement that it was Jehovah's, that is, the Lord's. 'Waving a wave offering' means such things by virtue of what that action corresponds to; for every motion corresponds to a state of thought. In the Word therefore advancing, travelling on, and like movements mean states of life, see 3335, 4882, 5493, 5605, 8103, 8417, 8420, 8557.

[4] In John,

At the pool of Bethesda lay a large multitude of sick people; and an angel went down at a certain time to the pool and stirred up the water. Then whoever stepped in first after the movement of the water was cured of whatever disease he had. John 5:2-7.

'Stirring up the water' here was in like manner a sign of the endowment of life through acknowledgement and faith, and therefore also a sign of purification by means of truths.

'Movement' means states of life, see 2837, 3356, 3387, 4321, 4882, 5605, 7381, 9440, 9967.

'Water' means the truths of faith, 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 8568, 9323.

All purification is accomplished by means of the truths of faith, 2799, 5954 (end), 7044, 7918, 9088.

Healings represented the restoration of spiritual life, 8365, 9031 (end).

[5] Since 'the waving on Aaron's palms' means the endowment of life through acknowledgement of the Lord and the acknowledgement that all things come from Him, something brief must be stated with regard to that acknowledgement and resulting faith. The Lord often said, when sick people were being healed, that they should have faith, and, 'Let it be to you according to your faith', as in Matthew 8:10-13; 9:2, 22, 27-29; 13:57-58; 15:28; 21:21-22, 31-32; Mark 5:34, 36; 10:49, 52; 16:16; Luke 7:9, 48-50; 8:48; 17:19; 18:42-43. The reason why He said it was that the very first thing a person needs to do is to acknowledge that the Lord is the Saviour of the world; for unless he acknowledges this no one can receive any truth or good at all from heaven, or therefore receive faith from there. And since it was the very first and most essential thing, therefore in order that He might be acknowledged when He came into the world the Lord questioned the sick, when He healed them, about their faith; and those who had faith were healed. This faith was that He was the Son of God who was to come into the world, and that He had power to heal and save. Furthermore every healing of sickness by the Lord when He was in the world served to mean a healing of spiritual life, thus served to mean the things that belong to salvation, 8364, 9031(end), 9086.

[6] Since acknowledgement of the Lord is the first thing of all belonging to spiritual life and is the most essential feature of the Church, and since no one, unless he acknowledges Him, can receive any truth of faith or good of love at all from heaven, the Lord also often says that whoever believes in Him has eternal life, and whoever does not believe in Him does not have it, as in John 1:1, 4, 12-13; 3:14-16, 36; 5:39-40; 6:28-30, 33-35, 40, 47-48; 7:37-38; 8:24; 11:25-26; 20:30-31. But at the same time He also teaches that they have faith in Him who live according to His commandments, so that the life which results from doing so goes to compose their faith. These things have been stated to cast light on and corroborate the truth that acknowledging the Lord and acknowledging that all salvation comes from Him constitute the beginning of the life from God with a person. That beginning of it is meant by the offering waved on Aaron's palms.

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1. i.e. the Levites were to be offered to Jehovah as though they were a wave offering

2. i.e. bracelets, necklaces, etc

  
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