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5 Mosebog 22

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1 Når du ser din Broders Okse eller Får løbe løse om, må du ikke undlade at tage dig af dem, men du skal bringe dem tilbage til din Broder.

2 Og hvis din Broder ikke bor i Nærheden af dig, eller du ikke ved, hvis byret er, skal du tage det ind i dit Hus, og det skal være hos dig, indtil din Broder spørger efter det; så skal du give ham det tilbage.

3 På samme Måde skal du forholde dig med hans Æsel, med hans Klæder og med alt, hvad der bliver borte for din Broder, når du finder det. Du må ikke undlade at tage dig af det.

4 Når du ser din Broders Okse eller Æsel styrte på Vejen, må du ikke undlade at tage dig af dem, men du skal hjælpe ham med at få dem op.

5 En kvinde må ikke bære Mandsdragt, og en Mand må ikke iføre sig Kvindeklæder; thi enhver, der gør det, er HE EN din Gud en Vederstyggelighed.

6 Når du på din Vej træffer på en Fuglerede i et Træ eller på Jorden med Unger eller Æg, og Moderen ligger på Ungerne eller Æggene, må du ikke tage Moderen sammen med Ungerne;

7 Ungerne kan du tage, men Moderen skal du lade flyve, for at det må gå dig vel og du må få et langt Liv.

8 Når du bygger et nyt Hus, skal du sætte ækværk om Taget, for at du ikke skal bringe Blodskyld over dit Hus, hvis nogen falder ned derfra.

9 Dut må ikke så to Slags Sæd i din Vingård, ellers hjemfalder det hele til Helligdommen, både Sæden, du såede, og Udbyttet af Vingården.

10 Du må ikke pløje med en Okse og et Æsel sammen.

11 Du må ikke bære Tøj, som er vævet både af Uld og Hør.

12 Du skal sætte Kvaster i de fire Hjørner af din Kappe, som du hyller dig i.

13 Når en Mand efter at have ægtet en Kvinde og søgt Samkvem med hende får Uvilje imod hende

14 og siger hende skammelige Ting på og udspreder ondt ygte om hende, idet han siger: "Jeg tog denne Kvinde til Ægte, men da jeg havde Samkvem med hende, fandt jeg ikke hos hende Tegnet på, at hun var Jomfru!"

15 så skal den unge Kvindes Forældre bringe Jomfrutegnet hen til Byens Ældste i Byporten;

16 og Pigens Fader skal sige til de Ældste: "Jeg gav denne Mand min Datter til Hustru, men han har fået Uvilje imod hende,

17 og nu siger han hende skammelige Ting på og siger: Jeg har ikke hos din Datter fundet Tegnet på, at hun var Jomfru! Men her er Jomfrutegnet!" Og dermed skal de brede Klædet ud for Byens Ældste.

18 Da skal Byens Ældste tage Manden og revse ham;

19 og de skal pålægge ham en Bødehundrede Sekel Sølv og give den unge Kvindes Fader dem, fordi han udspredte ondt ygte om en Jomfru i Israel. Og han skal beholde hende som Hustru og har ikke Lov til at skille sig fra hende, så længe han lever.

20 Men hvis Beskyldningen er sand, hvis den unge kvindes Jomfrutegn ikke findes,

21 skal man føre hende hen foran hendes Faders Husdør, og Mændene i hendes By skal stene hende til Døde, fordi hun har begået en Udåd i Israel ved at bedrive Hor i sin Faders Hus. Således skal du udrydde det onde af din Midte.

22 Når en Mand gribes i Samleje med en gift Kvinde, skal de begge , både Manden, der lå hos kvinden, og Kvinden selv. Således skal du udrydde det onde af Israel.

23 Når en Mand inde i Byen træffer en Jomfru, der er trolovet med en anden, og har Samleje med hende,

24 skal I føre dem begge ud til Byens Port og stene dem til Døde, Pigen fordi hun ikke skreg om Hjælp i Byen, og Manden, fordi han krænkede sin Næstes Brud. Således skal du udrydde det onde af din Midte.

25 Men hvis Manden træffer den trolovede Pige ude i det fri og tiltvinger sig Samleje med hende, skal kun Manden, der havde Samleje med hende, .

26 Pigen derimod skal du ikke gøre noget; hun har ikke begået nogen Synd, som fortjener Døden; thi dermed er det, som når en overfalder sin Næste og slår ham ihjel;

27 han traf hende jo ude i det fri, og den trolovede Pige skreg, men ingen kom hende til Hjælp.

28 Når en Mand træffer en Jomfru, der ikke er trolovet, og tiltvinger sig Samleje med hende, og de gribes på fersk Gerning,

29 skal den Mand, der havde Samleje med hende, give Pigens Fader halvtredsindstyve Sekel Sølv og tage hende til Ægte, fordi han krænkede hende; og han har ikke et til at skille sig fra hende, så længe han lever.

30 Ingen må ægte sin Faders Hustru eller løfte sin Faders Tæppe.

   


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10184. 'Its roof' means what is inmost. This is clear from the meaning of 'the roof' as what is inmost. One reason why 'the roof' has this meaning is that it is the uppermost or highest part, and that which is uppermost or highest means what is inmost, in accord with what has been shown above in 10181; and another reason is that 'the roof' has the same meaning as the head on a person's body. For all representatives on the natural level resemble the human form and carry the same meaning as the parts of it they resemble, 9496. For the meaning of 'the head' as what is inmost, see 5328, 6436, 7859, 9656, 9913, 9914. What is inmost meant here by 'the roof of the altar of incense' is the inmost component of worship. Within worship there are levels similar to those within the person offering it, namely an inmost level, a middle level, and an outward level. The inmost is called celestial, the middle is called spiritual, and the outward is called natural, 4938, 4939, 9992, 10005, 10017, 10068. These degrees are by virtue of correspondence meant by the head, breast, and feet, and in like manner by the roof, walls, and horns of the altar of incense.

[2] Since 'the roof' means that which is celestial, which is what is inmost, it also means good, for in all places good is inmost, while truth emanates from it just as, to use a comparison, light does from a flame. This is what should be understood by 'the roof' in Matthew,

Then let him who is on the roof of the house not go down to take anything out of his house. Matthew 24:17; Mark 13:15; Luke 17:31.

This refers to the last times of the Church. 'Being on the roof' means the state of a person in whom good is present, and 'going down to take anything out of the house' means going back to a previous state, see 3652 and the places referred to in 9274. And in Jeremiah,

On all the roofs of Moab and in its streets there is mourning everywhere. Jeremiah 48:38.

'Mourning on all roofs' means the ruination of all forms of good among those meant in the representative sense by Moab, that is, those in whom natural good is present, who easily allow themselves to be led astray, 2468; and 'mourning in the streets' means the ruination of all truths, truths being meant by 'streets', see 2336.

[3] Since 'the roof' meant good the houses of the ancients had roofs on which they used to walk and on which they also used to worship, as becomes clear from 1 Samuel 9:25-26; 2 Samuel 11:2; Zephaniah 1:5. In Moses,

When you build a new house you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring blood 1 on your house if someone falls from it. You shall not sow your vineyard with mixed seed, lest the yield from the seed which you have sown and from the produce of your vineyard be forfeited 2 . You shall not plough with an ox and an ass together. You shall not wear a garment made of wool and flax mixed together 3 . Deuteronomy 22:8-11.

[4] From these quotations it is again evident that 'the roof' means the good of love, for the commands in them each embody similar meanings which only the internal sense can make evident. That is, they mean that one who is governed by good, which is the state of a person who has been regenerated, must not return to the state of truth, which was that person's previous state, or his state when being regenerated. During this state the person is led by means of truth towards good, that is, partly from self; but in the state which comes after it, that is to say, when the person has been regenerated, he is led by good, that is, by the Lord by means of good.

[5] This is the arcanum that lies within each of those commands, and so is akin to that which occurs in the Lord's words in Matthew,

Then let him who is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his clothes. Matthew 24:17-18.

In Mark,

Let him who is on the roof not go down into the house, nor go in to fetch anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not turn back again to fetch his garment. Mark 13:15-16.

And in Luke,

On that day, whoever will be on the housetop with his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and whoever is in the field, let him likewise not return to the things behind him. Remember Lot's wife. Luke 17:31-32.

[6] Who can fail to see that these places contain the arcana of heaven? For if they did not contain them, what point would there be to telling people not to come down from the housetop, not to turn back from the field and return to their house, and to remember Lot's wife? Such arcana are in like manner contained in those laws in Moses which declare that they should make a parapet around their roof, so that there would be no blood 1 if they fell, and immediately after that the field should not be sown with a mixture of seed and the produce of the vineyard, that it should not be ploughed with an ox and an ass together, and that they should not wear a garment made of wool and flax mixed together. 'The roof' means good, and 'to be on the housetop' or on the roof means a person's state when that person is governed by good. 'Falling' from the roof means sinking back into the previous state, while 'blood' means the violence done then to goodness and truth, 374, 1005, 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326. 'The vineyard' means the Church among mankind; 'the produce of the vineyard' means the state of truth, 9139; and 'the seed' of wheat or barley means the state of good, 3941, 7605. 'An ox' also means good, and 'ploughing with an ox' the state of good, 2781, 9135; and 'wool' and 'wearing a garment made of wool' have the same meanings, 9470. 'An ass' means truth, 2781, 5741, and so too does 'flax' or 'linen', 7601, 9959. But for anything more about the nature of this arcanum, see the explanations in the places referred to in 9274.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. i.e. guilt on account of bloodshed or injury caused by negligence

2. literally, become holy i.e. be devoted to the sanctuary

3. literally, a garment mixed, with wool and flax together

  
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