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Leviticus 26

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1 Nedělejte sobě modl, ani obrazu rytého, aneb sloupu nevyzdvihnete sobě, ani kamene malovaného v zemi vaší nestavějte, abyste se jemu klaněli; nebo já jsem Hospodin Bůh váš.

2 Sobot mých ostříhejte, a svatyně mé se bojte: Já jsem Hospodin.

3 Jestliže v ustanoveních mých choditi budete, a přikázaní mých ostříhajíce, budete je činiti:

4 Tedy dám vám deště vaše časy svými, a země vydá úrody své, a stromoví polní vydá ovoce své,

5 Tak že mlácení postihne vinobraní, a vinobraní postihne setí. I budete jísti chléb svůj do sytosti, a přebývati budete bezpečně v zemi své.

6 Nebo dám pokoj v zemi, i budete spáti, a nebude, kdo by vás předěsil; vypléním i zvěř zlou z země, a meč nebude procházeti země vaší.

7 Nýbrž honiti budete nepřátely své, a padnou před vámi od meče.

8 Pět vašich honiti jich bude sto, a sto vašich honiti bude deset tisíců, i padnou nepřátelé vaši před vámi od meče.

9 Nebo obrátím tvář svou k vám, a dám vám zrůst, a rozmnožím vás, a utvrdím smlouvu svou s vámi.

10 A jísti budete úrody několikaleté, a když nové přijdou, staré vyprázdníte.

11 Vzdělám příbytek svůj u prostřed vás, a duše má nebude vás nenáviděti.

12 A procházeti se budu mezi vámi, a budu Bohem vaším, a vy budete lidem mým.

13 Já jsem Hospodin Bůh váš, kterýž jsem vyvedl vás z země Egyptských, abyste jim nesloužili, a polámal jsem závory jha vašeho, abyste chodili prosti.

14 Pakli nebudete mne poslouchati, a nebudete činiti všech přikázaní těchto,

15 A jestli ustanovení má zavržete, a soudy mé zoškliví-li sobě duše vaše, tak abyste nečinili všech přikázaní mých, a zrušili byste smlouvu mou:

16 Já také toto učiním vám: Uvedu na vás strach, souchotiny a zimnici pálčivou, což zkazí oči vaše, a bolestí naplní duši. Semeno své nadarmo síti budete, nebo nepřátelé vaši snědí je.

17 Postavím zůřivou tvář svou proti vám, tak že poraženi budete od nepřátel svých, a panovati budou nad vámi ti, kteříž vás nenávidí. Utíkati budete, ano vás žádný nehoní.

18 Jestliže ani tak poslouchati mne nebudete, tedy ještě sedmkrát více trestati vás budu pro hříchy vaše.

19 A potru vyvýšenost síly vaší, a učiním nebe nad vámi jako železo, a zemi vaši jako měď.

20 Nadarmo bude vynaložena síla vaše, nebo země vaše nevydá vám úrody své, a stromoví země nevydá ovoce svého.

21 Jestliže pak se mnou maní zacházeti budete, a nebudete mne chtíti poslouchati, tedy přidám na vás sedmkrát více ran vedlé hříchů vašich.

22 A pustím na vás zvěř polní, kteráž uvede na vás sirobu, a vyhubí hovada vaše a umenší vás; i zpustnou cesty vaše.

23 Pakli ani potom nenapravíte se, ale vždy se mnou maní zacházeti budete,

24 I já s vámi maní zacházeti budu, a bíti vás budu sedmkrát více pro hříchy vaše.

25 A uvedu na vás meč, kterýž vrchovatě pomstí zrušení smlouvy. I shrnete se do měst svých; tam pošli mor mezi vás, a dáni budete v ruce nepřátelům.

26 A když polámi vám hůl chleba, tedy deset žen péci bude chléb váš v peci jedné, a zase chléb váš odvažovati vám budou. Budete pak jísti, a nenasytíte se.

27 Pakli i s tím nebudete mne poslouchati, ale předce maní se mnou zacházeti budete:

28 I já také v hněvě maní s vámi zacházeti budu, a trestati vás budu i já sedmkrát více pro hříchy vaše.

29 A budete jísti těla synů svých, a těla dcer svých.

30 A zkazím výsosti vaše, a vypléním slunečné obrazy vaše, a skladu těla vaše na špalky ukydaných bohů vašich, a duše má bude vás nenáviděti.

31 Města vaše dám v zpuštění, a učiním, aby zpustly svatyně vaše, aniž více zachutnám oběti vůně příjemné vaší.

32 Já zpustím zemi, tak že ztrnou nad ní nepřátelé vaši, kteříž bydliti budou v ní.

33 Vás pak rozptýlím mezi národy, a učiním, aby s dobytým mečem vás honili. I bude země vaše vyhubena, a města vaše zpustnou.

34 A tehdy země užive sobot svých po všecky dny, v nichž pustá bude, vy pak budete v zemi nepřátel svých. Tehdáž, pravím, odpočine země, a užive sobot svých.

35 Po všecky dny, v nichž pustá bude, odpočívati bude; nebo neodpočívala v soboty vaše, když jste vy bydlili v ní.

36 Kteříž pak ještě pozůstanou z vás, uvedu strach na srdce jejich v krajinách nepřátel jejich, tak že zažene je chřest listu větrem chřestícího. I budou utíkati, rovně jako před mečem, a padnou, an jich žádný honiti nebude.

37 A budou padati jeden přes druhého jakožto od meče, ač jich žádný honiti nebude; aniž kdo z vás bude moci ostáti před nepřátely svými.

38 I zahynete mezi národy, a zžíře vás země nepřátel vašich.

39 Kteříž pak pozůstanou z vás, svadnouti budou pro nepravost svou v zemi nepřátel vašich, ano i pro nepravosti otců vašich s nimi usvadnou.

40 Ale jestliže budou vyznávati nepravost svou, a nepravost otců svých vedlé přestoupení svého, kterýmž přestoupili proti mně, a maní se mnou zacházeli,

41 I já také že jsem maní s nimi zacházel, a uvedl je do země nepřátel jejich; jestliže, pravím, tehdáž poníží se srdce jejich neobřezané, a schválí pokutu nepravosti své:

42 Tedy rozpomenu se na smlouvu svou s Jákobem, a na smlouvu svou s Izákem, i na smlouvu svou s Abrahamem rozpomenu se; také i na tu zemi pamětliv budu.

43 Mezi tím země jsuc jich zbavena, užive sobot svých, kdyžto zpuštěna bude pro ně. Tehdáž oni schválí pokutu nepravosti své proto, že všelijak soudy mými pohrdali, a ustanovení má zošklivila sobě duše jejich.

44 A však i tak, když by v zemi nepřátel svých byli, nezavrhl bych jich, a nezošklivil jich sobě, abych je měl do konce zkaziti, a zrušiti smlouvu svou s nimi; nebo já jsem Hospodin Bůh jejich.

45 Ale rozpomenu se na ně pro smlouvu učiněnou s předky jejich, kteréž jsem vyvedl z země Egyptské před očima pohanů, abych jim byl za Boha: Já Hospodin.

46 Ta jsou ustanovení a soudové, i zákonové, kteréž vydal Hospodin na hoře Sinai skrze Mojžíše, aby byli mezi ním a mezi syny Izraelskými.

   

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9272. Six years thou shalt sow thy land. That this signifies the first state, when the man of the church is being instructed in the truths and goods of faith, is evident from the signification of “six years,” as being the first state of the man who is being regenerated (of which below, n. 9274); and from the signification of “sowing the land,” as being when the truths and goods of faith are being implanted. That this is signified by “sowing the land” is because all things of the field, of seeding, and of its produce, signify such things as are of the church in general, and as are of the man of the church in particular, who is a man that has been regenerated through the truth of faith and the good of charity from the Lord. Hence it is that “field” and “ground” in the Word signify those in the church who receive the truths and goods of faith, as a field receives seeds. Wherefore also in the Word mention is often made of a “field,” of “seed,” of “sowing,” of “harvest,” of “produce,” of “grain” and “wheat,” and of “bread” from these, as well as of all other things that belong to a field.

[2] He who does not know how the case is with the state of heaven, believes no otherwise than that these expressions in the Word are mere metaphors and comparisons. But they are real correspondences. For when the angels discourse about the regeneration of man by the Lord through the truths of faith and the goods of charity, then below in the world of spirits there appear fields, crops, fallow lands, and also harvests; and this by reason of their correspondence. He who knows this can also know that such things in the world have been created according to correspondences; for universal nature (that is, the sky with the sun, moon, and stars, and the earth with the objects of its three kingdoms) corresponds to such things as are in the spiritual world (n. 2993, 5116, 5377). (That in this way nature is a theater representative of the Lord’s kingdom, see n. 3483; and that from this all things in the natural world have their subsistence, n. 2987, 2989-2991, 3002, 8211.) From all this it is evident why the things belonging to a field, that is, which are sown in a field, and are reaped from a field, signify such things as are of the church in general and in particular. (That even the comparisons used in the Word are from things which correspond, see n. 3579, 8989)

[3] That “sowing the land,” that is, a “field,” denotes to teach and learn the truths and goods of faith which are of the church; and that the “produce” denotes the goods of truth therefrom, may be seen from many passages in the Word; as in Isaiah:

Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, therefore shall thou plant plants of delights; but with the shoot of a strange one thou shalt set it: in the day thou shalt cause thy plant to grow, and in the morning thy seed to blossom: the harvest shall be a heap in the day of possession; but the grief is desperate (Isaiah 17:10-11);

here such things are mentioned as grow on the earth; yet it is evident that holy things of the church are meant by them; namely, by “planting plants of delights,” such things as are favorable to the affections; and by “setting the land with a shoot of a strange one,” to teach truths not genuine.

[4] In Jeremiah:

Thus said Jehovah to the man of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart (Jeremiah 4:3-4).

That “to sow among thorns” denotes to teach and learn truths, but which are choked and rendered unfruitful by the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and concupiscence, the Lord teaches in Mark 4:7, 18-19. Wherefore it is said, that they should “circumcise themselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of their heart,” that is, that they should purify themselves from such things as choke the truths and goods of faith, and render them unfruitful (that this is the meaning of “circumcising” see n. 2039, 2056, 2632, 3412, 3413, 4462, 7045). The like is signified in Jeremiah by “sowing wheat and reaping thorns” (Jeremiah 12:13).

[5] In Micah:

I have been wearied with smiting thee, with laying thee waste because of thy sins. Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olive, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the must, but shalt not drink the wine (Micah 6:13, 15);

“sowing and not reaping” denotes to be instructed in the truths of faith, but without profit; “treading the olive, but not anointing oneself” denotes to be instructed about the good of life, but still not to live in it; “treading the must, but not drinking the wine” denotes to be instructed about the truths which are from good, but still not to appropriate them to oneself. That such things of the church or of heaven are signified by these words is plain from those which precede, namely, that they were to be laid waste in this manner “because of their sins;” for the wicked and sinful man receives instruction, but merely stores it up among memory-knowledges, which he brings forth from his memory in order to get reputation, fame, honors, and wealth, thus to serve an evil use and end. From this the truths and the goods in which he has been instructed lose the life of heaven, and become dead, and finally deadly.

[6] In Isaiah:

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the foot of the ox and the ass (Isaiah 32:20);

“to sow beside all waters” denotes to be instructed in all kinds of truths which are for use; “to send forth the foot of the ox and the ass” denotes to be instructed in external goods and truths. Again:

Jacob shall cause those who are to come to take root; Israel shall blossom and bloom, so that the faces of the world shall be filled with produce; thy teachers shall not any more be forced to flee away, and thine eyes shall look unto thy teachers; and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, go ye in it. Then shall Jehovah give the rain of thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the land; and bread of the produce of the earth, and it shall be fat and rich; in that day shall thy cattle feed in a broad meadow; and the oxen and the asses that till the land shall eat clean provender. The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah shall bind up the breach of His people, and shall heal the wound of their stroke (Isaiah 27:6; 30:20-26).

[7] To everyone who reflects it is plainly evident that by its being said that Jehovah should “give the rain of the seed wherewith they should sow the land, and bread of the produce of the earth;” that “their cattle should feed in a broad meadow;” that “the oxen and the asses that till the land should eat clean provender;” that “the light of the moon should be as the light of the sun, and the light of sun should be sevenfold,” there are signified such things as are of the church, and also that they signify instruction in the truths and goods of faith; because it is said, “thine eyes shall look unto thy teachers, and thine ears shall hear a word, saying, This is the way, go ye in it.” For “teachers” denote those who instruct, and “the way in which they should go” denotes the truth of doctrine and the good of life. But the specific signification of each expression is clear from the signification of “rain,” of “seed,” of “produce,” of “land,” of “cattle,” of a “broad meadow,” of “oxen and asses tilling the land,” and of “clean provender which they should eat;” also from the signification of “the light of the moon and of the sun,” likewise of “sevenfold,” and of “seven days.” And as by these expressions are signified such things as are of the church, that is, such as are of doctrine and of life, it follows that this will come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall “bind up the breach of His people, and heal the wound of their stroke;” for “the breach of the people” denotes the falsity of doctrine which gradually creeps in from the badness of the teachers, from concupiscences, and from other causes; “the wound of the stroke” denoting the consequent evil of life.

[8] As with the Israelitish and Jewish people all things were representative of things heavenly and Divine, so also were the fields, and their produce; likewise the vineyards, oliveyards, and all plantings; as also herds and oxen, and the mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, and all other things that were presented before their senses. From this also it was that they were enriched with such things when they kept and did the statutes and judgments, according to the promises in the Word throughout, as in Moses:

If ye shall walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them, I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield her produce, and the tree of the field shall yield its fruit (Leviticus 26:3-4).

The vine shall give its fruit, and the earth shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew; whence it shall come to pass, that as ye have been a curse among the nations, ye shall be a blessing (Zech. 8:12-13).

[9] The contrary befell them when they worshiped other gods, for then they no longer represented heavenly and Divine things, but infernal and diabolical ones. Wherefore then there was no longer fruitfulness nor produce; but consumption and wasting, according to these words in Moses:

If ye serve other gods, the anger of Jehovah shall be kindled against you, and He shall shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and the land yield not her produce (Deuteronomy 11:16-17).

When Jeshurun waxed fat, he kicked, and forsook God. They sacrifice unto demons, to gods whom they knew not; wherefore a fire is kindled in Mine anger, and it shall burn even to the lowest hell, and shall consume the land and its produce (Deuteronomy 32:15, 17, 22).

[10] From all this it is now evident what is signified by “sowing the land,” and by its “produce,” and also whence these have their signification. It is also evident what is signified by these things in David:

Jehovah maketh a wilderness into a pool of waters, and a land of drought into watersprings. There He maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get them fruit of produce (Psalms 107:35-37).

Let all the peoples confess Thee. The earth shall yield its produce; God shall bless us (Psalms 67:5-7).

Jehovah maketh His people ride on the high places of the earth, and feedeth them with the produce of the fields; He maketh him to suck honey out of the cliff of the rock, and oil out of the stone of the rock (Deuteronomy 32:13).

  
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Deuteronomy 11

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1 Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, always.

2 Know this day: for I don't speak with your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,

3 and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land;

4 and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them to this day;

5 and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place;

6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:

7 but your eyes have seen all the great work of Yahweh which he did.

8 Therefore you shall keep all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land, where you go over to possess it;

9 and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10 For the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't as the land of Egypt, that you came out from, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;

11 but the land, where you go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, [and] drinks water of the rain of the sky,

12 a land which Yahweh your God cares for: the eyes of Yahweh your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.

13 It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

14 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, and your new wine, and your oil.

15 I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be full.

16 Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

17 and the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you, and he shut up the sky, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which Yahweh gives you.

18 Therefore you shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.

19 You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

20 You shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates;

21 that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.

22 For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him;

23 then will Yahweh drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.

24 Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.

25 No man shall be able to stand before you: Yahweh your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread on, as he has spoken to you.

26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

27 the blessing, if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day;

28 and the curse, if you shall not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.

29 It shall happen, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, that you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal.

30 Aren't they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

31 For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall possess it, and dwell therein.

32 You shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you this day.