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Levitska 4

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1 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

2 "Ovako kaži Izraelcima: 'Ako se tko nehotice ogriješi o bilo koju Jahvinu zapovijed te učini što je zabranjeno činiti:

3 Bude li to pomazanjem posvećeni svećenik koji pogriješi i navuče tako krivnju na narod, onda za grijeh koji učini neka prinese Jahvi jedno grlo krupne stoke, jednoga junca bez mane, kao žrtvu okajnicu.

4 Neka junca dovede pred Jahvu do ulaza u Šator sastanka; neka juncu na glavu položi svoju ruku i onda junca zakolje pred Jahvom.

5 Zatim neka pomazanjem posvećeni svećenik uzme krvi od junca i donese je u Šator sastanka.

6 Onda neka svećenik zamoči svoj prst u krv i tom krvlju neka sedam puta poškropi prednju stranu zavjese Svetišta, pred Jahvom.

7 Potom neka svećenik stavi te krvi na rogove žrtvenika za miomirisni kad koji se dimi pred Jahvom u Šatoru sastanka. Svu ostalu krv od junca neka izlije podno žrtvenika za žrtve paljenice što se nalazi na ulazu u Šator sastanka.

8 Iz junca što ga prinosi kao žrtvu okajnicu neka izvadi: loj što omotava drobinu, sav loj što je oko drobine;

9 oba bubrega i loj što je na njima i na slabinama, privjesak s jetre; neka i njega izvadi s bubrezima;

10 onako kako se uzima dio iz vola žrtve pričesnice. Neka ih zatim svećenik sažeže u kad na žrtveniku za žrtve paljenice.

11 Kožu od junca, sve meso od njega, njegovu glavu, njegove noge, drobinu i njegovu nečist

12 - svega junca - neka iznese na čisto mjesto izvan tabora gdje se pepeo izasiplje i neka ga spali na vatri od drva; tu na pepelu neka se junac spali.'"

13 "Ako sva izraelska zajednica nehotično pogriješi počinivši štogod što je Jahve zabranio pa tako postanu krivi a ne budu svjesni krivnje,

14 onda, kad se sazna za učinjeni prijestup, neka zajednica prinese jedno grlo krupne stoke - jednoga junca bez mane - kao žrtvu okajnicu. Neka ga dovedu pred Šator sastanka.

15 Tu pred Jahvom neka starješine zajednice polože svoje ruke juncu na glavu. Neka se onda junac zakolje pred Jahvom.

16 Neka zatim pomazanjem posvećeni svećenik donese krvi od junca u Šator sastanka;

17 neka svećenik zamoči svoj prst u krv i sedam puta poškropi prednju stranu zavjese, pred Jahvom.

18 Neka zatim stavi krvi na rogove žrtvenika koji se nalazi pred Jahvom u Šatoru sastanka. Svu ostalu krv neka izlije podno žrtvenika za žrtve paljenice što se nalazi na ulazu u Šator sastanka.

19 S junca neka skine sav loj i sažeže ga u kad na žrtveniku.

20 I s juncem neka uradi kako je uradio s onim juncem žrtve okajnice - tako neka učini i s tim. I pošto svećenik nad članovima zajednice izvrši obred pomirenja, bit će im oprošteno.

21 Neka odnese junca izvan tabora i spali ga kako je spalio i prvoga junca. To je žtrva za prijestup zajednice."

22 "Ako nehotično pogriješi glavar i učini štogod što je Jahve, Bog njegov, zabranio i tako sagriješi,

23 onda, kad ga obznane o prijestupu koji je počinio, neka kao svoj prinos donese muško jare bez mane.

24 Položivši svoju ruku jaretu na glavu, neka ga zakolje na mjestu gdje se kolju pred Jahvom žrtve paljenice. To je žrtva okajnica.

25 Svećenik neka uzme na svome prstu krvi od žrtve okajnice pa je stavi na rogove žrtvenika za žrtve paljenice. A svu ostalu krv neka izlije podno žrtvenika za žrtve paljenice.

26 Sav loj neka sažeže u kad na žrtveniku kao i loj sa žrtve pričesnice. Neka tako svećenik nad glavarom izvrši obred pomirenja za njegov grijeh, pa će mu biti oprošteno."

27 "Ako tko od običnoga puka nehotično pogriješi učinivši štogod što je Jahve zabranio i tako sagriješi,

28 onda, kad ga obznane o prijestupu koji je počinio, neka kao svoj prinos za grijeh koji je počinio donese žensko jare bez mane.

29 Neka stavi svoju ruku na glavu okajnice i zakolje žrtvu okajnicu na mjestu za žrtve paljenice.

30 Neka svećenik uzme krvi na svome prstu pa je stavi na rogove žrtvenika za žrtve paljenice. A svu ostalu krv neka izlije podno žrtvenika.

31 Neka zatim izvadi sav njezin loj kao što se vadi loj iz žrtve pričesnice; neka ga onda svećenik sažeže u kad na žrtveniku kao ugodan miris Jahvi. Kad svećenik izvrši nad tim čovjekom obred pomirenja, bit će mu oprošteno.

32 Ako bi tko htio dovesti janje kao žrtvu okajnicu, neka dovede žensko bez mane.

33 Položivši svoju ruku na glavu žrtve okajnice, neka je zakolje kao žrtvu okajnicu na mjestu gdje se kolju žrtve paljenice.

34 Neka onda svećenik uzme krvi od žrtve okajnice na svome prstu pa je stavi na rogove žrtvenika za žrtve paljenice. A svu ostalu krv neka izlije podno žrtvenika.

35 Neka zatim izvadi sav njezin loj kao što se vadi loj iz žrtve pričesnice. Neka to svećenik sažeže u kad povrh žrtava paljenih Jahvi u čast. Neka tako svećenik izvrši nad tim čovjekom obred pomirenja za grijeh koji je počinio, pa će mu biti oprošteno."

   

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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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