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1 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

2 "Govori Izraelcima i reci im: 'Ako tko, bilo čovjek ili žena, položi nazirejski zavjet te se posveti Jahvi,

3 neka se suzdržava od vina i svakoga opojnog pića. Neka ne pije ni ukiseljena vina niti ukiseljena opojnog pića; a niti kakva soka od grožđa neka ne pije; neka ne jede grožđa, ni svježa ni suha.

4 Sve vrijeme svoga nazireata ne smije jesti ništa što rađa lozov trs - od zelena grožđa do komine.'

5 Sve dok traje njegov nazirejski zavjet, neka britva ne prelazi preko njegove glave; dok se ne navrši vrijeme što ga je Jahvi zavjetovao, neka bude posvećen i pusti kose da mu slobodno rastu na glavi.

6 Za sve vrijeme svoga zavjeta Jahvi neka se ne primiče nikakvu mrtvacu.

7 Neka se ne onečišćuje ni zbog svoga oca, ni zbog svoje majke, svoga brata ili svoje sestre ako bi umrli, jer na svojoj glavi nosi posvećenje svoga Boga.

8 Sve vrijeme svoga nazireata on je posvećen Jahvi.

9 Umre li tko nenadanom smrću pokraj njega, onečistivši tako njegovu posvećenu glavu, neka na dan svoga očišćenja obrije svoju glavu - neka je obrije sedmoga dana.

10 A osmoga dana neka donese svećeniku, na ulazu u Šator sastanka, dvije grlice ili dva golubića.

11 Neka svećenik prinese jedno kao žrtvu okajnicu, a drugo kao žrtvu paljenicu, zatim neka nad njim izvrši obred pomirenja zbog ljage kojom se okaljao uz mrtvaca. Toga dana neka posveti svoju glavu;

12 neka zavjetuje Jahvi dane svoga nazireata; neka donese jednogodišnjeg janjca kao žrtvu naknadnicu. Prijašnje vrijeme neka se ne računa, jer je njegov nazireat bio oskvrnjen.

13 Ovo je obred za nazirejca: na dan kad se navrši vrijeme njegova nazireata, neka ga dovedu na ulaz Šatora sastanka.

14 Kao svoj prinos neka Jahvi donese: jednogodišnjeg janjca bez mane za žrtvu paljenicu; jednogodišnje žensko janje, bez mane, za žrtvu okajnicu; jednoga ovna, bez mane, za žrtvu pričesnicu;

15 nadalje, košaru neukvasanih pogača od najboljeg brašna, u ulju zamiješenih i neukvasanih kolača, namazanih uljem, s njihovim prinosnicama i ljevanicama.

16 Svećenik, pošto to donese pred Jahvu, neka prinese njegovu okajnicu i paljenicu.

17 Zatim neka prinese ovna Jahvi kao žrtvu pričesnicu zajedno s košarom neukvasanih pogača. I njegovu prinosnicu i njegovu ljevanicu neka prinese svećenik.

18 Na ulazu u Šator sastanka neka nazirejac obrije svoju posvećenu glavu i, uzevši uvojke sa svoje posvećene glave, neka ih stavi na vatru što gori pred žrtvom pričesnicom.

19 Zatim neka svećenik uzme kuhano pleće ovna, jednu neukvasanu pogaču iz košare i jedan neukvasani kolač i stavi to na ruke nazirejcu pošto ovaj obrije svoje posvećene kose.

20 Neka to svećenik prinese kao žrtvu prikaznicu pred Jahvom. To je svetinja što pripada svećeniku, osim grudi prikaznice i stegna podizanice. Poslije toga nazirejac može piti vina."

21 Ovo je obred nazirejca, ne računajući ono što bi još mogla prinijeti njegova ruka. Ako je povrh svoga nazireata obećao kakav dar, neka povrh obreda svoga nazireata učini kako je zavjetovao.

22 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

23 "Reci Aronu i njegovim sinovima: 'Ovako blagoslivljajte Izraelce govoreći im:

24 Neka te blagoslovi Jahve i neka te čuva!

25 Neka te Jahve licem svojim obasja, milostiv ti bude!

26 Neka pogled svoj Jahve svrati na te i mir ti donese!' Tako neka stavljaju moje ime nad sinove Izraelove, i ja ću ih blagoslivljati."

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7978

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7978. 'And they baked the dough which they brought out of Egypt - unleavened cakes' means that from the truth of good further good was produced that had no falsity at all in it. This is clear from the meaning of 'baking' - when used in reference to the truth of good, meant by 'the dough' - as producing; from the meaning of 'the dough' as the truth of good, dealt with above in 7966; and from the meaning of 'unleavened cakes' as forms of good that have no falsity at all in them, since 'unleavened' means without falsity, see 2342, 7906. This is the second state of truth from good that they passed through when they were delivered, see above in 7966, 7972. The reason why 'cakes' means forms of good is that they are cakes of bread, and 'bread' in the internal sense is the good of love, dealt with in 276, 680, 2165, 2177, 3464, 3478, 3735, 3813, 4211, 4217, 4735, 4976, 5915. But bread in the form of cakes is distinguished from bread in general, in that bread in the form of cakes means the good of love towards the neighbour, which is spiritual good, while bread in general means the good of love to the Lord, which is celestial good. Such spiritual good was meant by 'the minchah' which was offered and burned with the sacrifice on the altar; for 'the minchah' was baked into cakes and into wafers, as is made clear in Exodus 29:2-3, 23-24, 32; Leviticus 2:2 and following verses; 6:20-21; Numbers 6:15, 19; 15:18-21.

[2] Something similar was meant by 'the twelve loaves of the presence which too were baked into cakes, described in Moses as follows,

You shall take fine flour and bake it into twelve cakes; two-tenths [of an ephah] shall there be in one cake. And you shall place them in two rows, six in a row, on the clean table before Jehovah. And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, and it shall be loaves of bread serving as a memorial, a fire-offering to Jehovah. Leviticus 24:5-9.

From these instructions it becomes clear that 'the loaves' meant what was holy, for such instructions would never have been issued but for that reason. And since they meant what was holy they were also called in verse 9 of the same chapter 'holiness of holinesses.' 1 But these loaves meant the good of celestial love, and their being baked into cakes meant forms of the good of spiritual love. From these verses and from those in the references given above it becomes clear that something similar is meant by the bread in the Holy Supper.

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1. A very literal rendering of the Hebrew

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.