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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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5895. 'In which there will be no ploughing and harvest' means that in the meanwhile no good will be seen nor any truth derived from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'ploughing' as the preparation made by good for the reception of truths, dealt with in what follows below; and from the meaning of 'harvest' as truths derived from good, for a harvest is grain that has ripened by the time it is gathered in, so that 'harvest' means truth derived from good. Before this truth is produced truths are indeed to be seen, but they are truths that lead to good, not truths derived from good. When truth guides a person in his actions his truths are truths leading to good; but when good guides him in them his truths are truths derived from good. The reason why 'ploughing' is said to mean good is that 'the field' which is ploughed means the Church as regards good, 2971, and so the good which constitutes the Church, 3310, 3317, 4982. Consequently 'ploughing' is the preparation made by good for the reception of truths; and 'the oxen' too that were used in ploughing means forms of good within the natural, 2180, 2566, 2781.

[2] Because 'ploughing' had this meaning people in the representative Church were forbidden 'to plough with an ox and an ass together', Deuteronomy 22:10. They would never have been forbidden to do this if there had not been some cause of a more internal nature, thus a cause existing in the spiritual world. Without it what would have been wrong with the two ploughing together? And what value would such a law have in the Word? That cause of a more internal nature, a cause existing in the spiritual world, is that 'ploughing with an ox' means good within the natural, and 'ploughing with an ass' means the truth there, 'an ass' being truth contained in factual knowledge, thus truth within the natural, see 5492, 5741. The more internal or spiritual cause behind the existence of this prohibition was that the angels could not have a separate idea of good and truth. The two must be joined together and make one. For this reason the angels were unwilling to see any kind of ploughing done by an ox and an ass. Celestial angels refuse even to think about truth separate from good, for all truth with them exists within good, so that also for them truth is good. It was for the same reason that people were also forbidden to wear a garment made from a mixture of wool and linen, Deuteronomy 22:11; for 'wool' meant good, and 'linen' truth.

[3] The fact that 'ploughing', also 'harrowing', 'sowing', and 'reaping', mean the kinds of activities that are connected with good and the truth that goes with it is clear in Hosea,

I will make Ephraim ride, Judah will plough, Jacob will harrow for him. Sow for yourselves in keeping with righteousness, reap in keeping with godliness, break up 'your fallow ground; and it is time to seek Jehovah, until He comes and teaches righteousness. Hosea 10:11-12.

'Riding' is used in reference to Ephraim because 'riding' means having the use of an understanding, 'Ephraim' being the Church's gift of understanding. But 'ploughing' is used in reference to Judah because 'Judah' is the good which exists in the Church.

[4] In Amos,

Will horses run upon the rock? Will one plough with oxen? in that you have turned judgement into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood. Amos 6:11-12.

'Will horses run upon the rock?' stands for Will there be any understanding of the truth of faith? For 'rock' in the spiritual sense is faith, Preface to Genesis 22, while 'horses' means the powers of understanding, 2761, 2762, 3217, 5321. 'Will one plough with oxen?' stands for Will there be any doing of good? For 'oxen' means good in the natural, see 2180, 2566, 2781. The fact that no doing of it was possible is meant by the words that follow - 'because you have turned judgement into poison'.

[5] In Luke,

Jesus said, No one putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 9:62.

These words have the same meaning as those spoken by the Lord in Matthew,

Let him who is on the housetop not go 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.

The meaning of these words is that a person governed by good should not depart from it and resort to matters of doctrine concerning faith; see 3652, where those words spoken by the Lord have been explained. Thus 'one who puts his hand to the plough' is a person governed by good; but 'looking back' means someone who then looks to matters of doctrine concerning faith and in so doing forsakes good. This explains why Elijah was displeased with Elisha who, ploughing in the field when he received his call, asked whether he might first kiss his father and mother; for Elijah said,

Go away; go back again; for what have I done to you? 1 Kings 19:19-21.

In the contrary sense 'ploughing' means evil that destroys good, and so means a laying waste, as in Jeremiah,

Zion will be ploughed [like] a field, and Jerusalem will be heaps, and the mountain of the house [will be turned] into the heights of the forest. Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 3:12.

  
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