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Ale pokolení převrácené a zavilé zpronevěřilo se jemu mrzkostí vlastní svou,jakáž vzdálena jest od synů jeho.
Deuteronomium 32:5
Arcana Coelestia # 353
353. By “fat” is signified the celestial itself, which is also of the Lord. The celestial is all that which is of love. Faith also is celestial when it is from love. Charity is the celestial. All the good of charity is the celestial. All these were represented by the various kinds of fat in the sacrifices, and distinctively by that which covered the liver, or the caul; by the fat upon the kidneys; by the fat covering the intestines, and upon the intestines; which were holy, and were offered up as burnt-offerings upon the altar (Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 3:3-4, 14; 4:8-9, 19, 26, 31, 35; 8:16, 25). They were therefore called the “bread of the offering by fire for a rest unto Jehovah” (Leviticus 3:14, 16). For the same reason the Jewish people were forbidden to eat any of the fat of the beasts by what is called “a perpetual statute throughout your generations” (Leviticus 3:17; 7:23, 25). This was because that church was such that it did not even acknowledge internal, much less celestial things.
[2] That “fat” signifies celestial things, and the goods of charity, is evident in the Prophets; as in Isaiah:
in Isaiah:
Wherefore do ye weigh silver for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? Attend ye diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness (Isaiah 55:2).
And in Jeremiah:
I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness, and My people shall be satiated with My good (Jeremiah 31:14),
where it is very evident that fatness is not meant, but celestial spiritual good. So in David:
They are filled with the fatness of Thy house, and Thou makest them drink of the river of Thy deliciousnesses. For with Thee is the fountain of lives; in Thy light we see light (Psalms 36:8-9).Here “fatness” and the “fountain of lives” signify the celestial, which is of love; and the “river of deliciousnesses” and “light” the spiritual, which is of faith from love. Again in David:
My soul shall be satiated with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise Thee with lips of songs (Psalms 63:5),
where in like manner “fat” denotes the celestial, and “lips of songs” the spiritual. That it is what is celestial is very evident, because it will satiate the soul. For the same reason the first fruits, which were the firstborn of the earth, are called “fat” (Numbers 18:12).
[3] As celestial things are of innumerable genera, and still more innumerable species, they are described in general in the song which Moses recited before the people:
Butter of kine, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs and of rams, the sons of Bashan, and of goats, with the fat of the kidneys of wheat; and thou shalt drink the blood of the grape, unmixed (Deuteronomy 32:14).
It is impossible for anyone to know the signification of these expressions except from the internal sense. Without the internal sense, such expressions as the “butter of kine” the “milk of sheep” the “fat of lambs” the “fat of rams and goats” the “sons of Bashan” the “fat of the kidneys of wheat” and the “blood of the grape” would be words and nothing more, and yet they all and each signify genera and species of celestial things.
Leviticus 4
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them:
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if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bull without blemish to Yahweh for a sin offering.
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He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh; and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull, and kill the bull before Yahweh.
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The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of Meeting.
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The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the sanctuary.
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The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the Tent of Meeting; and he shall pour out all of rest of the blood of the bull at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
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He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering off of it; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
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and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away,
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as it is taken off of the bull of the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
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The bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung,
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even the whole bull shall he carry forth outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire. where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
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"'If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and are guilty;
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when the sin in which they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bull for a sin offering, and bring it before the Tent of Meeting.
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The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before Yahweh; and the bull shall be killed before Yahweh.
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The anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bull to the Tent of Meeting:
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and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil.
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He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before Yahweh, that is in the Tent of Meeting; and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
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All its fat he shall take from it, and burn it on the altar.
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Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
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He shall carry forth the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
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"'When a ruler sins, and unwittingly does any one of all the things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty;
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if his sin, in which he has sinned, is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
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He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Yahweh. It is a sin offering.
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The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
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All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.
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"'If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and is guilty;
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if his sin, which he has sinned, is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned.
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He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
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The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
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All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from off of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
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"'If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.
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He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
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The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
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All its fat he shall take away, like the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.
