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Leviticus 1

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1 Povolal pak Hospodin Mojžíše, a mluvil k němu z stánku úmluvy, řka:

2 Mluv k synům Izraelským a rci jim: Když by kdo z vás obětoval obět Hospodinu, z hovad, totiž z volů aneb z drobného dobytka obětovati budete obět svou.

3 Jestliže zápalná obět jeho byla by z skotů, samce bez vady obětovati bude. U dveří stánku úmluvy obětovati jej bude dobrovolně, před oblíčejem Hospodinovým.

4 A vloží ruku svou na hlavu oběti zápalné, i bude příjemná jemu k očištění jeho.

5 Tedy zabije volka toho před tváří Hospodinovou, a obětovati budou kněží, synové Aronovi, krev, a pokropí tou krví oltáře svrchu vůkol, kterýž jest u dveří stánku úmluvy.

6 I stáhne kůži s oběti zápalné, a rozseká ji na díly své.

7 A dají synové Arona kněze oheň na oltář, a narovnají dříví na tom ohni.

8 Potom zpořádají kněží, synové Aronovi, díly ty, hlavu i tuk, na dříví vložené na oheň, kterýž jest na oltáři.

9 A droby jeho i nohy jeho vymyjete vodou. I páliti bude kněz všecko to na oltáři; zápal jest v obět ohnivou, vůně spokojující Hospodina.

10 Jestliže pak z drobného dobytka bude obět jeho, z ovcí aneb z koz k oběti zápalné, samce bez poškvrny obětovati bude.

11 A zabije ho při straně oltáře půlnoční před tváří Hospodinovou, a pokropí kněží, synové Aronovi, krví oltáře vůkol.

12 I rozseká ho na díly jeho s hlavou jeho i tukem jeho, a zpořádá je kněz na dříví vložené na oheň, kterýž jest na oltáři.

13 A střeva jeho i nohy jeho vymyje vodou. Tedy obětovati bude kněz všecko to, a páliti bude to na oltáři; zápal jest v obět ohnivou, vůně spokojující Hospodina.

14 Jestliže pak z ptactva obět zápalnou obětovati bude Hospodinu, tedy ať obětuje z hrdliček aneb z holoubat obět svou.

15 I vloží je kněz na oltář a nehtem natrhne hlavy jeho, a zapálí na oltáři, vytlače krev jeho na stranu oltáře.

16 Odejme také vole jeho s nečistotami jeho, a povrže je blízko oltáře k straně východní na místo, kdež jest popel.

17 A natrhne ho za křídla jeho, kterýchž však neodtrhne. I páliti bude je kněz na oltáři na dříví, kteréž jest na ohni; zápalť jest v obět ohnivou, vůně spokojující Hospodina.

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Arcana Coelestia # 1832

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1832. 'But the birds he did not cut apart' means that no such parallelism and correspondence existed in the case of spiritual things. This is clear from the meaning of 'birds' as that which is spiritual, dealt with just above in verse 9, and from the fact that he did not part the birds down the middle, which consequently means that no such parallelism and correspondence existed in their case. By spiritual things, as has often been stated already, are meant all those things that constitute faith, consequently all those things which are matters of doctrine, as these are called matters of faith even though in fact they are not so until they have been joined to charity. Between these and the Lord no parallelism and correspondence exists, for they are not such as flow in through an internal dictate and through conscience - as matters of love and charity do - but such as flow in through the reception of teaching and so through hearing, thus not from what is more internal, but from that which is more external; and in this way they form in man their vessels or recipients.

[2] The majority of these have the appearance of being truths but in fact they are not so - like those things which belong to the literal sense of the Word, being also representatives of truth, and meaningful signs of truth, and so not in themselves truths. Some are even falsities, which nevertheless are able to serve as vessels and recipients. With the Lord however only those exist which are wholly and essentially truths, and therefore no parallelism or correspondence exists involving those apparent truths. Yet they may be rendered suitable to serve celestial things - which are matters of love and charity - as vessels. These apparent truths are what constitute the cloud in the understanding part of the mind, dealt with already, into which the Lord infuses charity and so forms conscience.

[3] Take, for example, people who keep to the sense of the letter of the Word and imagine that it is the Lord who brings on temptation, that it is He who at such times tortures a person's conscience, and who imagine that because He permits evil He is the author of evil, that He thrusts the wicked down into hell, and similar ideas. These are not truths, but apparent truths. And because they are not in themselves truths there is no parallelism and correspondence. Nevertheless the Lord leaves these things in man as they are and in a remarkable fashion adapts them by means of charity so that they may serve as vessels for celestial things. The same applies as well to the worship, the teachings, the practices, even the idols, of honest gentiles. In the same way the Lord leaves these things as they are, yet adapts them by means of charity so that they too may serve as vessels. The same was true of so many of the forms of ritual in the Ancient Church, and subsequently in the Jewish Church. In themselves they were nothing more than religious observances that contained no truth in them and which were tolerated and permitted, even prescribed, because they had been held sacred by parents, and so had been implanted in and impressed upon their minds as truths since they were children.

[4] These and other such things are what are meant by the statement that the birds were not divided. For the things that are once implanted in a person's beliefs and are held sacred, provided they are not contrary to Divine order, are left by the Lord as they are; and although no parallelism or correspondence exists He nevertheless adapts them. The same things were also meant in the sacrifices of the Jewish Church by the birds not being divided, for to divide is to set one part opposite the other so that they exactly correspond. But because those things to which reference has been made are not exactly correspondent, they are in the next life blotted out in the case of those who allow themselves to be taught, and truths themselves are implanted in their affections for good. For the sake of this representation and meaning, birds in the Jewish Church were not divided, as is clear in Moses,

If his gift to Jehovah is a burnt offering of a bird, he is to bring a gift of turtle doves or of young pigeons; he will tear it with its wings, he is not to divide it. Leviticus 1:14, 17.

Likewise in sacrifices for sin, Leviticus 5:7-8.

  
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