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Tredje Mosebog 10

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1 Men Arons Sønner Nadab og Abihu tog hver sin Pande, kom Ild i dem og lagde øgelse derpå og frembar for HE ENs Åsyn fremmed Ild, som han ikke havde pålagt dem.

2 Da for Ild ud fra HE ENs Åsyn og fortærede dem, så de døde for HE ENs Åsyn.

3 Moses sagde da til Aron: "Det er det, HE EN talede om, da han sagde: Jeg viser min Hellighed på dem, der står mig nær, og min Herlighed for alt Folkets Øjne!" Og Aron tav.

4 Da kaldte Moses Misjael og Elzafan, Arons Farbroder, Uzziels Sønner, til sig og sagde til dem: "Kom og bær eders Frænder bort fra Helligdommen uden for Lejren!"

5 Og de kom og bar dem uden for Lejren i deres Kjortler, som Moses havde sagt.

6 Men Moses sagde til Aron og hans Sønner Eleazar og Itamar: "I må hverken lade eders Hår vokse frit eller sønderrive eders Klæder, ellers skal I og Vrede komme over hele Menigheden; lad eders Brødre, hele Israels Hus, begræde den Brand, HE EN har antændt;

7 og vig ikke fra Åbenbaringsteltets indgang, ellers skal I , thi HE ENs Salveolie er på eder!" Og de gjorde som Moses sagde.

8 Og HE EN talede til Aron og sagde:

9 Vin og stærk Drik må hverken du eller dine Sønner drikke, når I gået ind i Åbenbaringsteltet, for at I ikke skal . Det skal være eder en evig gyldig Anordning fra Slægt til Slægt,

10 for at I kan gøre Skel mellem det hellige og det, der ikke er helligt, og mellem det urene og det rene,

11 og for at I kan vejlede Israeliterne i alle de Love, HE EN har kundgjort dem ved Moses.

12 Og Moses sagde til Aron og hans tilbageblevne Sønner Eleazar og Itamar: "Tag Afgrødeofferet, der er levnet fra HE ENs Ildoffer, og spis det usyret ved Siden af Alteret, thi det er højhelligt;

13 I skal spise det på et helligt Sted; det er jo din og dine Sønners retmæssige Del af HE ENs Ildofre; thi således er det mig påbudt.

14 Og Svingningsbrystet og Offerydelseskøllen skal I spise på et rent Sted, du, dine Sønner og Døtre, thi de er givet dig tillige med dine Sønner som en retmæssig Del af Israeliternes Takofre;

15 Offerydelseskøllen og Svingningsbrystet skal man frembære sammen med de til Ildofre bestemte Fedtdele, for at Svingningen kan udføres for HE ENs Åsyn, og de skal tilfalde dig og dine Sønner tillige med dig som en evig gyldig ettighed, således som HE EN har påbudt!"

16 Og Moses spurgte efter Syndofferbukken, men se, den var opbrændt. Da blev han fortørnet på Eleazar og Itamar, Arons tilbageblevne Sønner, og sagde:

17 "Hvorfor har I ikke spist Syndofferet på det hellige Sted? Det er jo dog højhelligt, og han har givet eder det. for at I skal borttage Menighedens Skyld og således skaffe dem Soning for HE ENs Åsyn.

18 Se, Blodet deraf er ikke blevet bragt ind i Helligdommens Indre, derfor havde det været eders Pligt at spise det på det hellige Sted, således som jeg har påbudt!"

19 Men Aron svarede Moses: "Se, de har i Dag frembåret deres Syndoffer og Brændoffer for HE ENs Åsyn, og en sådan Tilskikkelse har ramt mig! Om jeg i Dag havde spist Syndofferkød, vilde HE EN da have billiget det?"

20 Da Mose's hørte dette, billigede han det.

   


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9378. 'And Moses alone shall come near Jehovah' means the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people achieved through the Word in general. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming near' as the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people, dealt with below; and from the representation of 'Moses' as the Word in general, dealt with above in 9372. The reason why 'Moses shall come near' means the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people achieved through the Word is that 'coming near' in the spiritual sense means being joined together through love; for those who love each other are joined together, love being spiritual togetherness. It is universally so in the next life that all are joined together according to their love of goodness and truth received from the Lord. Consequently the whole of heaven consists in such togetherness. The situation is similar with coming near or being joined to the Lord. Those who love the Lord are joined to Him, so intimately that they are said to be 'in Him' when they are in heaven. And all those people love the Lord, and are consequently joined to Him through their love, who lead a good life based on the truths of faith, since the good based on those truths emanates from the Lord, indeed is the Lord, John 14:20-21.

[2] But it should be recognized that a person is unable of himself to come near the Lord and be joined to Him; rather the Lord has to come near the person and be joined to him. Yet since the Lord draws a person towards Himself, John 6:44; 12:32, the appearance is that the person does of himself come near and join himself. This happens when the person refrains from evils, for refraining from evils is left to a person's own decision or free will. At this time good from the Lord is flowing in; and it is never lacking, for it is present within the very life a person has from the Lord. But the good accompanying that life is received only in the measure that evils have been removed. The reason why the Word is the means by which the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people is achieved is that the Word unites a person to heaven and through heaven to the Lord. For the Word is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, and therefore those who adhere to that truth in doctrine and life, or in faith and love, adhere to what is Divine emanating from the Lord, and in so doing are joined to Him.

[3] From all this it is evident that 'Moses alone shall come near Jehovah' means the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people achieved through the Word. The reason why 'coming near' means togetherness and presence is that in the next life distances between one person and another are determined altogether by the dissimilarity and diversity of the interior things which belong to thought and affection, see 1273-1277, 1376-1381, 9104. Also every moving away from the Lord or coming near Him is determined altogether by the good of love and consequently of faith received from Him and shown towards Him. So it is that every heaven's nearness to the Lord is determined by its good and conversely every hell's remoteness from Him by its evil. From all this it is evident why it is that 'being near' and 'coming near' in the spiritual sense mean being joined together, as also in the following places: In David,

Jehovah is near to all calling on Him, who call on Him in truth. Psalms 145:18.

'Near' stands for present and joined together with. In the same author,

Blessed is [anyone] whom You choose and cause to come near; he will dwell in Your courts. Psalms 65:4.

'Causing to come near' stands for being joined together with.

[4] In the same author,

O Jehovah, come near my soul; deliver me. Psalms 69:18.

In the same author,

Jehovah is near to those broken in heart. Psalms 34:18.

In Jeremiah,

Let them cause My people to hear My words, and let them bring them back from their evil way, from the wickedness of their deeds. Am I a God near at hand, and not a God afar off? Jeremiah 23:22-23.

The words 'a God near at hand' apply, it is evident, to those who refrain from evils, and the words 'a God afar off' to those who are immersed in evils. In Moses,

Moses said to Aaron, This is what Jehovah spoke, In those who are near Me 1 I will be sanctified. Leviticus 10:3.

'Being sanctified in those who are near' means with those who have been joined to the Lord through the good of love and the truth of faith derived from the Word. In Jeremiah,

At that time their Magnificent One will be one of themselves, and their Ruler will come from their midst; and I will cause Him to come near, and He will come near Me. For who is This [who] has pledged His heart to come near Me? Jeremiah 30:21.

This refers to the Lord, who is 'the Magnificent One' and 'the Ruler'. 'Coming near Jehovah' is being united to Him, for the coming near of [Him who is] Divine to Divine [Being Itself] is nothing other than union.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, In My near ones

  
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