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Levitska 8

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1 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

2 "Uzmi Arona, a s njim i njegove sinove; ruho, ulje pomazanja, junca žrtve okajnice, dva ovna i košaru beskvasnih kruhova

3 te skupi svu zajednicu na ulazu u Šator sastanka."

4 Mojsije učini kako mu je Jahve naredio, i zajednica se sabra na ulazu u Šator sastanka.

5 Tada Mojsije progovori zajednici: "Ovo je Jahve zpovjedio da se učini."

6 Izvede zatim Mojsije Arona i njegove sinove pa ih u vodi opra.

7 Obuče na nj haljinu, opasa ga pojasom, ogrnu ga ogrtačem i stavi mu oplećak. Zatim ga opasa tkanicom oplećka i njome pritegnu uza nj oplećak.

8 Stavi mu naprsnik, a u naprsnik metnu Urim i Tumim.

9 Na glavu mu stavi mitru, a sprijeda na mitru postavi zlatnu pločicu - sveti vijenac - kako je Jahve naredio Mojsiju.

10 Uzme zatim Mojsije ulje pomazanja te pomaže Prebivalište i sve što je u njemu da ih posveti.

11 Sedam puta poškropi njime žrtvenik te pomaže žrtvenik i sav njegov pribor, umivaonik s njegovim stalkom da ih posveti.

12 Izlije ulja pomazanja Aronu na glavu te ga pomaže da ga posveti.

13 Potom Mojsije dovede Aronove sinove; na njih obuče haljine, pasovima ih opaše i poveze im zavije, kako je Jahve Mojsiju naredio.

14 Dovede potom junce žrtve okajnice. Aron i njegovi sinovi stave svoje ruke na glavu juncu žrtve okajnice.

15 Zatim ga Mojsije zakolje. Onda uzme krvi pa je svojim prstom stavi na rogove oko žrtvenika. Tako žrtvenik očisti. Zatim izlije krv podno žrtvenika; posveti ga, izvršivši na njemu obred pomirenja.

16 Zatim Mojsije uzme sav loj što je bio oko drobine, privjesak s jetre, oba bubrega i njihov loj, pa to sažeže u kad na žrtveniku.

17 A kožu od junca, njegovo meso i njegovu nečist spali u vatri izvan tabora, kako je Jahve naredio Mojsiju.

18 Dovede potom ovna za žrtvu paljenicu. Aron i njegovi sinovi stave svoje ruke ovnu na glavu.

19 Sad ga Mojsije zakolje. Onda krvlju zapljusne žrtvenik sa svih strana.

20 Pošto isiječe ovna na dijelove, Mojsije sažeže u kad glavu, dijelove i loj.

21 U vodi opere drobinu i noge pa u kad sažeže na žrtveniku svega ovna. Bila je to žrtva paljenica na ugodan miris - žrtva u čast Jahvi paljena - kako je Jahve naredio Mojsiju.

22 Zatim dovede drugoga ovna, ovna za žrtvu posvetnicu. Aron i njegovi sinovi stave svoje ruke ovnu na glavu.

23 Mojsije ga zakolje. Onda uzme krvi pa stavi na resu Aronova desnog uha, na palac njegove desne ruke i na palac njegove desne noge.

24 Potom Mojsije dovede Aronove sinove, pa im stavi iste krvi na resu desnog uha, na palac desne ruke i na palac desne noge. Zatim Mojsije krvlju zapljusne žrtvenik sa svih strana.

25 Poslije toga uzme loj, pretili rep, loj što je bio oko drobine, privjesak s jetre, oba bubrega i njihov loj - i desno pleće;

26 a iz košare beskvasnih kruhova, što je stajala pred Jahvom, uzme jednu beskvasnu pogaču, jednu prevrtu s uljem i jedan kolač i postavi ih na loj i desno pleće.

27 Sve to položi na ruke Arona i na ruke njegovih sinova pa to prinese kao žrtvu prikaznicu pred Jahvom.

28 Potom Mojsije opet to uzme s njihovih ruku i sažeže u kad na žrtveniku povrh žrtve paljenice. Bila je to žrtva posvetnica na ugodan miris, žrtva u čast Jahvi paljena.

29 Naposljetku Mojsije uzme grudi i prinese ih kao žrtvu prikaznicu pred Jahvom. To je bila pristojbina Mojsiju od ovna žrtve posvetnice, kako je Jahve Mojsiju naredio.

30 Zatim Mojsije uze ulja za pomazanje i krvi što je bila na žrtveniku te poškropi Arona i njegove haljine, a tako i njegove sinove i njihove haljine. Tako posveti Arona i njegove haljine; njegove sinove i njihove haljine.

31 Onda reče Mojsije Aronu i njegovim sinovima: "Skuhajte to meso na ulazu u Šator sastanka i ondje ga blagujte s kruhom što je u košari za žrtvu posvetnicu, kako sam naredio. Neka ga jedu Aron i njegovi sinovi!

32 A što od mesa i kruha ostane, spalite na vatri.

33 Sedam dana ne odlazite s ulaza Šatora sastanka - do dana kad se navrši rok vašega svećeničkog posvećenja. Jer Sedam dana treba za vaše posvećenje.

34 Kako se radilo danas, Jahve je naredio da se tako radi dalje, da se nad vama izvrši obred pomirenja.

35 Zato ostanite na ulazu Šatora sastanka sedam dana, danju i noću vršeći što je Jahve naredio, da ne pomrete. Takvu sam ja zapovijed dobio."

36 Aron i njegovi sinovi učiniše sve što je Jahve naredio preko Mojsija.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 921

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921. 'Noah built an altar to Jehovah' means a representative of the Lord. This is clear from what has been stated just above. All the religious observances of the Ancient Church were representative of the Lord, as also were those of the Jewish Church. But the chief representative in later times was the altar, and also the burnt offering, which, because it was made from clean beasts and clean birds, represented the same as that of which it was the meaningful sign. Clean beasts represented goods that stem from charity, and clean birds the truths of faith. And when offering these, members of the Ancient Church meant that they were offering gifts of those goods or truths to the Lord. Nothing else can be offered up to the Lord that will please Him. But their descendants, like the gentiles, and also the Jews, corrupted these offerings, for they did not even know that these had such a meaning. They confined worship solely to things of an external nature.

[2] That the altar was the chief representative of the Lord becomes clear also from the consideration that there were altars even among gentiles before all the other religious observances were established, before the Ark [of the Covenant] was made, and before the Temple was built. This is clear from Abram's going on to the mountain east of Bethel, erecting an altar, and calling on the name of Jehovah, Genesis 12:8; from his being commanded to offer Isaac as a burnt offering on an altar, Genesis 22:2, 9, from Jacob's building an altar in Luz, which was Bethel, Genesis 35:6-7; and from Moses' building an altar at the foot of Mount Sinai and offering sacrifice, Exodus 24:4-6. Each of these events took place before the establishment of the sacrificial system and before the construction of the Ark, the place where worship was at a later time celebrated in the wilderness. The fact that gentiles too had altars is clear from what is said about Balaam telling Balak to build seven altars and to prepare seven young bulls and seven rams, Numbers 23:1-7, 15-18, 29-30, and also from the command to destroy the altars of the nations, as in Deuteronomy 7:5; Judges 2:2. Consequently Divine worship involving the use of altars and sacrifices was not something new when it was established among the Jews. Indeed men were building altars, especially those for commemorative purposes, before they ever knew of immolating young bulls and other animals on them.

[3] That 'altars' means a representative of the Lord, and 'burnt offerings' consequent worship of Him, is quite clear from the Prophets and also in Moses where Levi to whom the priesthood was entrusted is the subject,

They will teach Jacob Your judgements and Israel Your law. They will put incense in Your nostrils, and whole (burnt offering) upon Your altar. Deuteronomy 33:10.

This stands for the whole of worship. 'Teaching Jacob His judgements, and Israel His law' stands for internal worship, while 'putting incense in His nostrils, and whole [burnt offering] on the altar' stands for corresponding external worship, and so for the whole of worship. In Isaiah,

On that day a man will look to his Maker and his eyes will regard the Holy One of Israel. And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands. Isaiah 17:7-8.

Here 'looking to the altars' clearly means representative worship in general, which was to be abolished. In the same prophet,

On that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at its border to Jehovah. Isaiah 19:19.

Here too 'altar' stands for external worship.

[4] In Jeremiah,

The Lord has abandoned His altar, He has abhorred His sanctuary. Lamentations 2:7.

'Altar' stands for representative worship which had become idolatrous. In Hosea,

Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have been to him altars for sinning. Hosea 8:11.

'Altars' here stands for all representative worship separated from internal, and so stands for what is idolatrous. In the same prophet,

The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. Thorn and thistle will grow up on their altars. Hosea 10:8.

Here too 'altars' stands for idolatrous worship. In Amos,

On the day I visit Israel for his transgressions, I will visit the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will be cut off. Amos 3:14.

Here also 'altars' stands for representative worship that had become idolatrous.

[5] In David,

They will bring me to Your holy mountain, and to Your dwellings! Then I will go in to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy. Psalms 43:3-4.

Here 'altar' clearly stands for the Lord. So the making of an altar in the Ancient and the Jewish Churches stood for a representative of the Lord. Because worship of the Lord was carried out principally by means of burnt offerings and sacrifices, and these principally meant representative worship, it is clear that the altar itself means representative worship itself.

  
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