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Leviticus 23

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1 Mluvil opět Hospodin Mojžíšovi, řka:

2 Mluv k synům Izraelským a rci jim: Slavnosti Hospodinovy, kteréž nazývati budete shromáždění svatá, tyto jsou slavnosti mé:

3 Šest dní dělati budete, dne pak sedmého sobota odpočinutí jest, shromáždění svaté bude. Žádného díla nedělejte, nebo jest sobota Hospodinova, ve všech příbytcích vašich.

4 Protož tyto jsou slavnosti Hospodinovy, shromáždění svatá, kteréž slaviti budete v časy jich určité:

5 Měsíce prvního, čtrnáctého dne téhož Měsíce u večer bude Fáze Hospodinovo.

6 A patnáctého dne téhož měsíce svátek přesnic bude Hospodinu; za sedm dní přesné chleby jísti budete.

7 Dne prvního sbor svatý míti budete; žádného díla robotného nebudete dělati.

8 Ale obětovati budete obět ohnivou Hospodinu za sedm dní. Dne také sedmého sbor svatý bude; žádného díla robotného nebudete dělati.

9 I mluvil Hospodin k Mojžíšovi, řka:

10 Mluv k synům Izraelským a rci jim: Když vejdete do země, kterouž já dávám vám, a žíti budete obilí její, tedy přinesete snopek prvotiny žně vaší k knězi.

11 Kterýž obraceti bude sem i tam snopek ten před Hospodinem, aby byl příjemnou obětí za vás; nazejtří po sobotě obraceti jej bude kněz.

12 Kterého dne obraceti budete snopek ten, téhož zabijete beránka ročního bez poškvrny v obět zápalnou Hospodinu.

13 Též i obět suchou jeho, dvě desetiny mouky bělné olejem zadělané, v obět ohnivou Hospodinu u vůni příjemnou, a mokrou obět jeho, vína čtvrtý díl míry hin.

14 Chleba pak, ani pražmy, ani zrní vymnutého nebudete jísti, až právě do toho dne, když obětovati budete obět Bohu svému. Ustanovení to věčné bude v pronárodech vašich, ve všech příbytcích vašich.

15 Počtete sobě také od prvního dne po sobotě, ode dne, v němž jste obětovali snopek sem i tam obracení, (plných sedm téhodnů ať jest),

16 Až do prvního dne po sedmém téhodni, sečtete padesáte dní, a tehdy obětovati budete novou obět suchou Hospodinu.

17 Z příbytků svých přinesete chleby sem i tam obracení, dva bochníky ze dvou desetin mouky bělné budou; kvašené je upečete, prvotiny jsou Hospodinu.

18 A s tím chlebem obětovati budete sedm beránků ročních bez vady, a volka mladého jednoho, a skopce dva; obět zápalná budou Hospodinu, s obětmi svými suchými i mokrými, obět ohnivá vůně spokojující Hospodina.

19 Zabijete také kozla jednoho za hřích, a dva beránky roční k oběti pokojné.

20 I bude je kněz sem i tam obraceti s chleby prvotin v obět sem i tam obracení před Hospodinem, i s těmi dvěma beránky; a budou svaté věci Hospodinu, a dostanou se knězi.

21 I vyhlásíte v ten den slavnost, shromáždění svaté míti budete, žádného díla robotného nebudete dělati. Ustanovení to bude věčné ve všech příbytcích vašich, v pronárodech vašich.

22 A když budete žíti obilé krajiny vaší, nesežneš všeho až do konce pole svého, a pozůstalých klasů po žni své nebudeš sbírati; chudému a příchozímu zanecháš jich: Já jsem Hospodin Bůh váš.

23 Mluvil ještě Hospodin k Mojžíšovi, řka:

24 Mluv synům Izraelským takto: Měsíce sedmého, v první den téhož Měsíce, budete míti odpočinutí, památku troubení, shromáždění svaté držíce.

25 Žádného díla robotného nebudete dělati, a budete obětovati obět ohnivou Hospodinu.

26 Mluvil také Hospodin k Mojžíšovi, řka:

27 Desátý pak den každého měsíce sedmého den očišťování jest. Shromáždění svaté míti budete, a ponižovati budete životů svých, a obětovati obět ohnivou Hospodinu.

28 Žádného díla nebudete dělati v ten den; nebo den očišťování jest, k očišťování vás před Hospodinem Bohem vaším.

29 A všeliká duše, kteráž by neponižovala se toho dne, vyhlazena bude z lidu svého.

30 Kdož by koli dílo nějaké dělal toho dne, zatratím člověka toho z lidu jeho.

31 Žádného díla nedělejte. Ustanovení to bude věčné v pronárodech vašich, ve všech příbytcích vašich.

32 Sobotu odpočinutí míti budete, když ponižovati budete duší svých, devátého dne téhož měsíce u večer; od večera až do druhého večera držeti budete sobotu svou.

33 Mluvil také Hospodin k Mojžíšovi, řka:

34 Mluv synům Izraelským a rci: Každého patnáctého dne měsíce sedmého slavnost stánků za sedm dní bude Hospodinu.

35 Dne prvního shromáždění svaté bude; žádného díla robotného nebudete dělati.

36 Za sedm dní obětovati budete obět ohnivou Hospodinu. Dne osmého shromáždění svaté míti budete, a obětovati budete obět ohnivou Hospodinu; svátek jest, žádného díla robotného nebudete dělati.

37 To jsou slavnosti Hospodinovy, kteréž slaviti budete, mívajíce shromáždění svatá, abyste v nich obětovali obět ohnivou Hospodinu, zápal, obět suchou, obět pokojnou, a oběti mokré, jedno každé ve dni svém,

38 Kromě sobot Hospodinových, a kromě darů vašich, i všech slibů vašich a kromě všech dobrovolných obětí vašich, kteréž dávati budete Hospodinu.

39 A však dne patnáctého toho měsíce sedmého, když byste shromáždili úrody země, světiti budete svátek Hospodinův za sedm dní. Dne prvního odpočinutí bude, tolikéž dne osmého bude odpočinutí.

40 A naberouce sobě dne prvního ovoce z stromů krásných, a ratolestí palmových, a větvoví z stromů hustých, a vrbí od potoku, veseliti se budete před Hospodinem Bohem svým za sedm dní.

41 A tak držeti budete ten svátek Hospodinův za sedm dní každého roku. Ustanovení to bude věčné v pronárodech vašich; každého měsíce sedmého slaviti jej budete.

42 V staních zůstanete za sedm dní. Kdožkoli doma zrozený jest v Izraeli, v staních zůstávati budete,

43 Aby věděli potomci vaši, že jsem choval v staních syny Izraelské, když jsem je vyvedl z země Egyptské: Já Hospodin Bůh váš.

44 I oznámil Mojžíš slavnosti Hospodinovy synům Izraelským.

   

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Explanation of Leviticus 23

Napsal(a) Henry MacLagan

On the successive states of the regenerate life in general, involving states of conflict against evil succeeded by states of rest.

The first subordinate state is one of deliverance from evil, involving the interior reception of truth conjoined with good, purification, and the arrangement of truths under good. Verses 4-8.

The second subordinate state is that of the implantation of truth in good. Verses 9-22.

Concerning revelation in consequence. Verses 23-25.

Also concerning the plenary removal of evil in consequence. Verses 26-32.

The third subordinate state is that of the implantation of good, involving gladness and joy of heart in all completeness and holiness, with states of peace and rest from the lowest principles to the highest, which are perpetually renewed. Verses 33-34.

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2165. That 'I will take a piece of bread' means something heavenly or celestial to go with [that something natural] is clear from the meaning of 'bread' as that which is celestial, dealt with already in 276, 680, 681, 1798. The reason 'bread' here means that which is celestial is that bread means all food in general, and so in the internal sense all heavenly or celestial food. What celestial food is has been stated in Volume One, in 56-58, 680, 681, 1480, 1695. That 'bread' means all food in general becomes clear from the following places in the Word: One reads of Joseph telling the man in charge of his house to bring the men, that is, his brothers, into the house, and then to slaughter what needed to be slaughtered and made ready. And after that, when these things had been made ready and the men were to eat them, he said, Set on bread, Genesis 43:16, 31, by which he meant that the table was to be made ready by them. Thus 'bread' stood for all the food that made up the entire meal. Regarding Jethro one reads that Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God, Exodus 18:12. Here also 'bread' stands for all the food that made up the entire meal. And regarding Manoah, in the Book of Judges,

Manoah said to the angel of Jehovah, Let us now detain you, and let us make ready a kid before you. And the angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, If you detain me I will not eat your bread. Judges 13:15-16.

Here 'bread' stands for the kid. When Jonathan ate from the honeycomb the people told him that Saul had commanded the people with an oath, saying,

Cursed be the man who eats bread this day. 1 Samuel 14:27-28.

Here 'bread' stands for all food. Elsewhere, regarding Saul,

When Saul sat down to eat bread he said to Jonathan, Why has not the son of Jesse come either yesterday or today, to bread? 1 Samuel 20:24, 27.

This stands for coming to the table, where there was food of every kind. Regarding David who said to Mephibosheth, Jonathan's son,

You will eat bread at my table always. 2 Samuel 9:7, 10.

Similarly regarding Evil-Merodach who said that Jehoiachin the king of Judah was to eat bread with him always, all the days of his life, 2 Kings 25:29. Regarding Solomon the following is said,

Solomon's bread for each day was thirty cors 1 of fine flour, sixty cors of meal, ten fatted oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides harts and wild she-goats and roebucks and fatted fowl. 1 Kings 4:22-23.

Here 'bread' plainly stands for all the provisions that are mentioned.

[2] Since then 'bread' means every kind of food in general it consequently means in the internal sense all those things that are called heavenly or celestial foods. This becomes even clearer still from the burnt offerings and sacrifices that were made of lambs, sheep, 2 she-goats, kids, he-goats, young bulls, and oxen, which are referred to by the single expression bread offered by fire to Jehovah, as is quite clear from the following places in Moses where the various sacrifices are dealt with and which, it says, the priest was to burn on the altar as the bread offered by fire to Jehovah for an odour of rest, Leviticus 3:11, 16. All those sacrifices and burnt offerings were called such. In the same book,

The sons of Aaron shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God, for it is the fire-offerings to Jehovah, the bread of their God, that they offer. You shall sanctify him, for it is the bread of your God that he offers. No man of Aaron's seed who has a blemish in himself shall approach to offer the bread of his God. Leviticus 21:6, 8, 17, 21.

Here also sacrifices and burnt offerings are referred to as 'bread', as they are also in Leviticus 22:25. Elsewhere in the same author,

Command the children of Israel, and say to them, My gift, My bread, for fire-offerings of an odour of rest, you shall take care to offer to Me at their appointed times. Numbers 28:2.

Here also 'bread' stands for all the sacrifices that are mentioned in that chapter. In Malachi,

Offering polluted bread on My altar. Malachi 1:7.

This also has regard to sacrifices. The consecrated parts of the sacrifices which they ate were called 'bread' as well, as is clear from these words in Moses,

The person who has touched anything unclean shall not eat any of the consecrated offerings, but he shall surely bathe his flesh in water, and when the sun has set he will be clean. And afterwards he shall eat of the consecrated offerings, because it is his bread. Leviticus 22:6-7.

[3] Burnt offerings and sacrifices in the Jewish Church represented nothing else than the heavenly things of the Lord's kingdom in heaven, and of the Lord's kingdom on earth, which is the Church. They also represented the things of the Lord's kingdom or Church as it exists with every individual; and in general they represented all those things that are composed of love and charity, for those things are celestial or of heaven. In addition each type of sacrifice represented some specific thing. In those times all of the sacrifices were called 'bread', and therefore when the sacrifices were abolished and other things serving for external worship took their place, the use of bread and wine was commanded.

[4] From all this it is now clear what is meant by that 'bread', namely that it means all those things which were represented in the sacrifices, and thus in the internal sense means the Lord Himself. And because 'bread' there means the Lord Himself it means love itself towards the whole human race and what belongs to love. It also means man's reciprocal love to the Lord and towards the neighbour. Thus the bread now commanded means all celestial things, and wine accordingly all spiritual things, as the Lord also explicitly teaches in John,

They said, Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, It was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. They said to Him, Lord, give us this bread always. Jesus said to them, I am the Bread of life he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. John 6:31-35.

And in the same chapter,

Truly I say to you, He who believes in Me has eternal life. I am the Bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the Bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living Bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this Bread he will live for ever. John 6:47-51.

[5] Now because this 'Bread' is the Lord it exists within the celestial things of love which are the Lord's, for the Lord is the celestial itself, because He is love itself, that is, mercy itself. This being so, 'bread' also means everything celestial, that is, all the love and charity existing with a person, for these are derived from the Lord. People who are devoid of love and charity therefore do not have the Lord within them, and so are not endowed with the forms of good and of happiness which are meant in the internal sense by 'bread'. This external symbol [of love and charity] was commanded because the worship of the majority of the human race is external, and therefore without some external symbol scarcely anything holy would exist among them. Consequently when they lead lives of love to the Lord and of charity towards the neighbour, that which is internal exists with them even though they do not know that such love and charity constitute the inner core of worship. Thus in their external worship they are confirmed in the kinds of good which are meant by 'the bread'.

[6] In the Prophets as well 'bread' means the celestial things of love, as in Isaiah 3:1, 7; 30:23; 33:15-16; 55:2; 58:7-8; Lamentations 5:9; Ezekiel 4:16-17; 5:16; 14:13; Amos 4:6; 8:11; Psalms 105:16. Those things are in a similar way meant by 'the loaves of the Presence' on the table, referred to in Leviticus 24:5-9; Exodus 25:30; 40:23; Numbers 4:7; 1 Kings 7:48.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. A cor, or a homer, was a Hebrew measure of about 6 bushels or 220 litres.

2. The Latin has a word meaning oxen (boves), but comparison with other places where Swedenborg gives the same list of animals suggests that he intended sheep (oves).

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