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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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9670. 'And you shall make a veil' means the intermediary uniting this heaven and the inmost heaven, thus spiritual good to celestial good. This is clear from the meaning of 'a veil' - which served to divide the dwelling-place where the ark of the Testimony was from the part where the lampstand was and the table on which the loaves of the Presence were laid was - as the intermediary uniting the middle heaven to the inmost heaven. For the ark containing the Testimony represented the inmost heaven, where the Lord was, 9457, 9481, 9485, and the dwelling-place outside the veil represented the middle heaven, 9594. And since the good of love to the Lord composes the inmost heaven and the good of charity towards the neighbour composes the middle heaven, 'the veil' also means the intermediary uniting spiritual good to celestial good, spiritual good being the good of charity towards the neighbour, and celestial good being the good of love to the Lord. For more about those heavens, about their distinctions in accordance with those kinds of good, see the places referred to in 9277. From all this it is now evident what the veil was a sign of in both the tabernacle and the temple.

[2] These two heavens, the inmost and the middle, are so distinct and separate that there can be no entering from one into the other. Yet they constitute one heaven through intermediate angelic communities, whose disposition is such that they are able to be next door to the good of both heavens. These communities are the ones which constitute the uniting intermediary that was represented by the veil. I have also been allowed to speak on several occasions to angels from those communities. What the angels of the inmost heaven are like, and what the angels of the middle heaven in comparison are like can be demonstrated from correspondence. The angels of the inmost heaven correspond to those powers with a person which belong to the provinces of the heart and the cerebellum, whereas the angels of the middle heaven correspond to those powers with a person which belong to the provinces of the lungs and the cerebrum. The powers belonging to the heart and cerebellum are called involuntary and spontaneous, because that is what they are seen as being; but those belonging to the lungs and cerebrum are called voluntary. This to some extent demonstrates how superior the perfection of the one heaven is to that of the other, and how they differ from each other. But as for the intermediate angels next door to both heavens and linking them together, it is the networks extending from the heart and lungs, which serve to interconnect the heart and lungs, that correspond to them, and also the medulla oblongata, where the fibres of the cerebellum are joined to the fibres of the cerebrum.

[3] Angels who belong to the Lord's celestial kingdom, that is, who are in the inmost heaven, constitute the province of the heart in the Grand Man, while angels who belong to the Lord's spiritual kingdom, that is, who are in the middle heaven, constitute the province of the lungs there, see 3635, 3886-3890. This is the origin of the correspondence of the human heart and lungs, 3883-3896, and the correspondence of the cerebrum and cerebellum is much the same. What celestial angels or those who are in the inmost heaven are like, and what spiritual angels or those who are in the middle heaven are like, and what the difference is, see 2046, 2227, 2669, 2708, 2715, 2718, 2935, 2937, 2954, 3166, 3235, 3236, 3240, 3246, 3374, 3833, 3887, 3969, 4138, 4286, 4493, 4585, 4938, 5113, 5150, 5922, 6289, 6296, 6366, 6427, 6435, 6500, 6647, 6648, 7091, 7233, 7474, 7977, 7992, 8042, 8152, 8234, 8521. From this it may be evident what the intermediate angels who constitute the uniting intermediary, which was represented by the veil, are like.

[4] The tearing of the veil of the temple into two parts when the Lord endured the Cross, Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45, was a sign of the glorification of the Lord. For when the Lord was in the world He made the Human He had assumed Divine Truth; but when He left the world He made this Human Divine Good, from which Divine Truth has since emanated, see the places referred to at the ends of 9199, 9315, Divine Good being meant by 'the holy of holies'.

[5] The glorification of the Lord's Human all the way to Divine Good which is Jehovah is also described, in the internal sense, by the process of expiation when Aaron went into the holy of holies within the veil, which is the subject in the whole of Leviticus 16. In the relative sense the same process describes human regeneration all the way to celestial good, which is the good of the inmost heaven. The process was as follows: Aaron was required to take a young bull for a [sin] sacrifice, and a ram for a burnt offering for himself and his household. He also had to put on the holy garments, which were a linen tunic, linen stockings, 1 a linen girdle, and a linen turban; and he had to bathe his flesh in water. He was then required to take two he-goats on which he cast lots, the first of which was to be offered to Jehovah and the second sent away into the wilderness, this being done on behalf of the assembly of the children of Israel. When he sacrificed the young bull he was required to take incense inside the veil and to sprinkle some of the blood of the young bull and of the he-goat seven times over the east side of the mercy-seat, and also to put blood onto the horns of the altar. After all this he was required to confess the sins of the children of Israel, which he placed on the he-goat that was to be sent away into the wilderness. Finally he had to take off the linen garments and put on his own, and to present a burnt offering for himself and for the people; and parts of the sacrifice that had not been burnt on the altar had to be taken away outside the camp and burned. This was what had to be done once a year, when Aaron went into the holy of holies within the veil. The priestly function which Aaron discharged represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good, just as the regal function, which in later times was performed by the kings, represented the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, 6148. The process of glorification of the Lord's Human all the way to Divine Good is described in the internal sense of that chapter in Leviticus. This process was revealed to angels whenever Aaron carried out those observances and went inside the veil; and it is also revealed to angels here and now when that chapter in the Word is read.

[6] A young bull for a sin sacrifice 2 and a ram for a burnt offering mean the purification of good from evils in the external man and in the internal man. The linen tunic, linen stockings, linen girdle, and linen turban which Aaron had to put on whenever he went in, and the bathing of his flesh, mean that this purification was accomplished by means of truths springing from good. Two he-goats of the she-goats for a sin sacrifice 2 and a ram for a burnt offering, and the he-goat which was offered and the other which was sent away, mean the purification of truth from falsities in the external man. The incense which he was required to take inside the veil means adaptation. The blood of the young bull and the blood of the he-goat which had to be sprinkled seven times over the east side of the mercy-seat and after this over the horns of the altar mean Divine Truth that emanates from Divine Good. The confession of sins over the living he-goat which was to be sent away into the wilderness means the casting away of evil after its total separation from good. Taking off the linen garments and putting on his own when he was about to present burnt offerings, also the taking away of the flesh, skin, and dung of sacrifices outside the camp, and the burning of them, mean putting on celestial good, in the case of one who has been regenerated, and in the Lord's case the glorification of His Human all the way to Divine Good. This stage was reached after He had cast aside everything belonging to the human from His mother, so completely that He was no longer her son, see the places referred to at the end of 9315. These are the realities that are meant by that process of purification when Aaron went into the holy of holies within the veil; for after he had carried out those observances Aaron represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good. From all this it becomes clear that the veil between the holy place and the holy of holies also means the intermediary uniting Divine Truth and Divine Good within the Lord.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Latin word means boots; the Hebrew is usually taken to mean breeches or drawers.

2. The Hebrew word here means simply sin and is generally rendered a sin offering.

  
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