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Tredje Mosebog 16

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1 HE EN talede til Moses, efter at Døden havde ramt Arons to Sønner, da de trådte frem for HE ENs Åsyn og døde,

2 og HE EN sagde til Moses: Sig til din Broder Aron, at han ikke til enhver Tidgå ind i Helligdommen inden for Forhænget foran Sonedækket på Arken, ellers skal han , thi jeg kommer til Syne i Skyen over Sonedækket.

3 Kun således må Aron komme ind i Helligdommen: Med en ung Tyr til Syndoffer og en Væder til Brændoffer;

4 han skal iføre sig en hellig Linnedkjortel, bære Linnedbenklæder over sin Blusel, omgjorde sig med et Linnedbælte og binde et Linned Hovedklæde om sit Hoved; det er hellige Klæder; og han skal bade sit Legeme i Vand, før han ifører sig dem.

5 Af Israeliternes Menighed skal han tage to Gedebukke til Syndoffer og en Væder til Brændoffer.

6 Så skal Aron ofre sin egen Syndoffertyr og skaffe sig og sit Hus Soning.

7 Derefter skal han tage de to Bukke og stille dem frem for HE ENs Åsyn ved Indgangen til Åbenbaringsteltet.

8 Og Aron skal kaste Lod om de to Bukke, et Lod for HE EN og et for Azazel;

9 og den Buk, der ved Loddet tilfalder HE EN, skal Aron føre frem og ofre som Syndoffer;

10 men den Buk, der ved Loddet tilfalder Azazel, skal fremstilles levende for HE ENs Åsyn, for at man kan fuldbyrde Soningen over den og sende den ud i Ørkenen til Azazel.

11 Aron skal da føre sin egen Syndoffertyr frem og skaffe sig og sit Hus Soning og slagte sin egen Syndoffertyr.

12 Derpå skal han tage en Pandefuld Gløder fra Alteret for HE ENs Åsyn og to Håndfulde stødt, vellugtende øgelse og bære det inden for Forhænget.

13 Og han skal komme øgelse på Ilden for HE ENs Åsyn, så at øgelsesskyen skjuler Sonedækket oven over Vidnesbyrdet, for at han ikke skal .

14 Så skal han tage noget af Tyrens Blod og stænke det med sin Finger fortil på Sonedækket, og foran Sonedækket skal han syv Gange stænke noget af Blodet med sin Finger.

15 Derefter skal han slagte Folkets Syndofferbuk, bære dens Blod inden for Forhænget og gøre med det som med Tyrens Blod, stænke det på Sonedækket og foran Sonedækket.

16 Således skal han skaffe Helligdommen Soning for Israeliternes Urenhed og deres Overtrædelser, alle deres Synder, og på samme Måde skal han gøre med Åbenbaringsteltet, der har sin Plads hos dem midt i deres,Urenhed.

17 Intet Menneske må komme i Åbenbaringsteltet, når han går ind for at skaffe Soning i Helligdommen, før han går ud igen. Således skal han skaffe sig selv, sit Hus og hele Israels Forsamling Soning.

18 Så skal han gå ud til Alteret, som står for HE ENs Åsyn, og skaffe det Soning; han skal tage noget af Tyrens og Bukkens Blod og stryge det rundt om på Alterets Horn,

19 og han skal syv Gange stænke noget af Blodet derpå med sin Finger og således rense det og hellige det for Israeliternes Urenheder.

20 Når han så er færdig med at skaffe Helligdommen, Åbenbaringsteltet og Alteret Soning, skal han føre den levende Buk frem.

21 Aron skal lægge begge sine Hænder på Hovedet af den levende Buk og over den bekende alle Israeliternes Misgerninger og alle deres Overtrædelser, alle deres Synder, og lægge dem på Bukkens Hoved og så sende den ud i Ørkenen ved en Mand, der holdes rede dertil.

22 Bukken skal da bære alle deres Misgerninger til et øde Land, og så skal han slippe Bukken løs i Ørkenen.

23 Derpå skal Aron gå ind i Åbenbaringsteltet, afføre sig Linnedklæderne, som han tog på, da han gik ind i Helligdommen, og lægge dem der;

24 så skal han bade sit Legeme i Vand på et helligt Sted, iføre sig sine sædvanlige Klæder og gå ud og ofre sit eget Brændoffer og Folkets Brændoffer og således skaffe sig og Folket Soning.

25 Og Syndofferets Fedt skal han bringe som øgoffer på Alteret.

26 Men den, som fører Bukken ud til Azazel, skal tvætte sine Klæder og bade sit Legeme i Vand; derefter må han komme ind i Lejren.

27 Men Syndoffertyren og Syndofferbukken, hvis Blod blev båret ind for at skaffe Soning i Helligdommen, skal man bringe uden for Lejren, og man skal brænde deres Hud og deres Kød og Skarn.

28 Og den, der brænder dem, skal tvætte sine Klæder og bade sit Legeme; derefter må han komme ind i Lejren.

29 Det skal være eder en evig gyldig Anordning. Den tiende Dag i den syvende Måned skal I faste og afholde eder fra alt Arbejde, både den indfødte og den fremmede, der bor iblandt eder.

30 Thi den Dag skaffes der eder Soning til eders enselse; fra alle eders Synder renses I for HE ENs Åsyn.

31 Det skal være eder en fuldkommen Hviledag, og I skal faste: det skal være en evig gyldig Anordning.

32 Præsten, som salves og indsættes til at gøre Præstetjeneste i. Stedet for sin Fader, skal skaffe Soning, han skal iføre sig Linnedklæderne, de hellige Klæder,

33 og han skal skaffe det Allerhelligste Soning; og Åbenbaringsteltet og Alteret skal han skaffe Soning; og Præsterne og alt Folkets Forsamling skal han skaffe Soning.

34 Det skal være eder en evig gyldig Anordning, for at der kan skaffes Israeliterne Soning for alle deres Synder een Gang om Året. Og Aron gjorde som HE EN bød Moses.

   


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10023. 'And Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the young bull' means a representative sign of the reception of goodness and truth in the natural or external man. This is clear from the meaning of 'laying hands on' as transmitting what is one's own to another, the reason why reception too is meant being that what is transmitted is received by another; from the meaning of 'the head' as the whole, dealt with in 10011; and from the meaning of 'the young bull' as the good of innocence and charity in the external or natural man, dealt with in 9391, 10021. The reason why 'laying the hand on' means transmission and reception is that by 'the hands' is meant power and since this power is the capacity to act, whatever resides with a person, thus the entire person engaged in action, is also meant by 'the hands', see the places referred to in 10019; and by 'laying on' is meant transmission on the part of the one who lays them on and reception on the part of the person on whom or thing on which they are laid. From this it is evident what 'laying the hand on' meant among the ancients, namely the transmission and transference of whatever thing it was that they had in mind, and also the reception of it by another, whether it was power, obedience, blessing, or testimony.

[2] The fact that 'laying the hand on' meant power is clear from the following places in Moses,

Jehovah told Moses to lay his hand on Joshua and to set him before Eleazar the priest in front of the whole congregation, and thereby place some of his glory on him, that all the congregation might be obedient to him. Numbers 27:18-20.

'Laying his hand on' here, it is evident, means a transmission and transference of power that Moses had, and the reception of it by Joshua. Therefore it says that he would thereby put some of his glory on him.

[3] In the same author,

It was commanded, when the Levites were to be purified and the priestly function under Aaron was to be assigned to them, that two young bulls together with a minchah should be brought forward, and that Aaron should bring the Levites before Jehovah. And the children of Israel were to lay their hands on the Levites, and the Levites were to lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, one of which was to be offered as a sacrifice, the other as a burnt offering. And in this way were they to separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites would be Jehovah's. Numbers 8:7-14.

The laying of hands on the Levites by the children of Israel was a sign of the transference of power to the Levites to minister on their behalf, and a sign of the reception of that power by the Levites, thus a sign of the separation of the Levites. And the laying of hands on the heads of the young bulls by the Levites was a sign of the transference of that power to Jehovah, that is, the Lord. This is why it says that in that way were they to be separated from among the children of Israel and were to be Jehovah's.

[4] In the same author,

After the children of Israel had confessed their sins Aaron was to lay both his hands on the head of the live he-goat Asasel, and he was to confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their sins; and he was to put them on the goat's head, and send it into the wilderness. Leviticus 16:21.

Laying hands on the he-goat, it is self-evident, meant the transmission and transference of all the iniquities and sins of the children of Israel onto that goat, and its reception of them, 'the wilderness' into which the goat was sent being hell. Leviticus 24:14 required that the witnesses and all who had heard should lay their hands on him who was to be stoned. This action was a sign that the witness borne by them had been transmitted and transferred to him, and once it was received he was delivered up to death.

[5] In the same author,

A person who brings from the herd or from the flock a burnt offering as a gift to Jehovah shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering; then it will be received with pleasure from him, to make expiation for him. Leviticus 1:2-4.

The hand had in like manner to be laid on the head of a gift offered as a sacrifice, Leviticus 3:1-2, 8, 13. A priest was required to do the same thing if he had sinned, and so were the elders, or the whole congregation, and also a leader if he had sinned; and any ordinary person 1 was required to do the same thing if he had sinned, Leviticus 4:4, 15, 24, 29. Laying their hands on the burnt offering or on the sacrifice was a sign of all the worship of the one presenting the offering. That is to say, it was a sign of the acknowledgement of sins, confession, and consequent purification, and a sign of the implantation of goodness and truth, thus of being joined to the Lord, all of which was brought about by transmission, transference, and reception. By transference and reception that which is meant by 'bearing iniquities', dealt with in 9937, 9938, should be understood.

[6] Since the laying-on of hands was a sign of transmission, transference, and reception, one may recognize what the laying-on of hands means in Matthew,

A ruler came to Jesus and said, My daughter has just died, but come and lay Your hand on her and she will live. Jesus went in, took her hand, and the girl arose. Matthew 9:18-19, 25.

In Mark,

Jesus laid hands on the blind man's eyes, and he was restored. Mark 8:25.

In the same gospel,

They brought a deaf man to Jesus, that He might lay His hand on him. Taking him aside from the people He put His finger into his ears and touched his tongue, and his powers of hearing were opened. Mark 7:32-33, 35.

In Luke,

There was a woman bent right over owing to a spirit of infirmity. Jesus laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight 2 . Luke 13:11, 13.

In Mark,

Jesus laid hands on the weak and healed them. Mark 6:5.

[7] In these places it is evident that when the Lord laid His hand on people, and also when He touched them, the meaning was the transmission and reception of Divine power. The fact that these things are meant is perfectly clear in Mark,

A certain woman came behind and touched Jesus' garment, saying, If I touch merely His garment I shall be healed. And immediately she was healed of the affliction. And Jesus perceived within Himself that power had gone out of Him. Mark 5:27-30.

In Luke,

The woman, touching Jesus' garment, was healed. Jesus said, Someone touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me. Luke 8:44, 46.

And in the same gospel,

The entire crowd sought to touch Jesus, because power went out from Him and healed them all. Luke 6:19.

[8] From this it is evident what 'touching with the hand' and 'touching with the finger' mean, and also what the following words in the same gospel mean,

Jesus came and touched the coffin in which the dead man was; and the bearers stood still. Then He said, Young man, I say to you, Arise. And the dead man sat up and began to speak. Luke 7:14-15.

It is also evident what laying His hands on children and young children means. Laying them on children is described in Matthew,

Children were brought to Jesus that He might lay His hands on them. Jesus said, Let the children be and do not forbid them to come to Me; of such is the kingdom of heaven. And He laid His hands on them. Matthew 19:13-15.

And laying His hands on young children is spoken of in Mark,

Jesus took the young children up in His arms, and put His hands on them, and blessed them. Mark 10:16.

This laying of His hand on children and on young children likewise means the transmission and reception of Divine power, enabling a person's interiors to be healed, which is salvation.

[9] The meaning of touch by the use of the hands has its origin in representatives in the next life. People there whose states of life are dissimilar appear far removed from one another, whereas those whose states of life are similar appear living in association with one another; and those who touch one another there transmit their state of life to another. If this is done by the use of the hands the whole of their life is transmitted, for as stated above, by the hands, by virtue of their correspondence, is meant power, which is a human being's capacity to act, thus whatever resides with a person. Such representatives occur in the world of spirits, but they do so as a result of influx from heaven, where only the ties associating people as to affections for goodness and truth are perceived.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, every soul

2. The Latin means He healed [her], but the Greek, also what appears in Swedenborg's rough draft, means she was made straight.

  
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