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Tredje Mosebog 22

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1 HE EN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

2 Sig til Aron og hans Sønner, at de skal behandle Israeliternes Helliggaver, som de helliger mig, med Erefrygt, for at de ikke skal vanhellige mit hellige Navn. Jeg er HE EN!

3 Sig til dem: Enhver af alle eders Efterkommere, som i de kommende Slægter i uren Tilstand kommer de Helliggaver nær, Israeliterne helliger HE EN, det Menneske skal udryddes fra mit Åsyn. Jeg er HE EN!

4 Ingen af Arons Efterkommere, der er spedalsk eller lider af Flåd, må spise noget af Helliggaverne, før han bliver ren; den, der rører ved en, som er uren ved Lig, eller den, fra hvem der går Sæd,

5 eller den, der rører ved noget Slags Kryb, ved hvilket man bliver uren, eller ved et Menneske, ved hvem man bliver uren, af hvad Art hans Urenhed være kan,

6 enhver, der rører ved noget sådant, skal være uren til Aften og må ikke spise af Helliggaverne, før han har badet sit Legeme i Vand.

7 Når Solen går ned, er han ren, og derefter må han spise af Helliggaverne, thi de er hans Mad.

8 Selvdøde og sønderrevne Dyr må han ikke spise for ikke at gøre sig uren derved. Jeg er HE EN!

9 De skal overholde mine Forskrifter, at de ikke skal pådrage sig Synd og derfor, fordi de vanhelliger det. Jeg er HE EN, som helliger dem.

10 Ingen Lægmand må spise af det hellige; hverken den indvandrede hos Præsten eller hans Daglejer må spise af det hellige.

11 Men når en Præst for sine Penge køber sig en Træl, da må denne spise deraf, og ligeledes må hans hjemmefødte Trælle spise af hans Mad.

12 Når en Præstedatter ægter en Lægmand, må hun ikke spise af de ydede Helliggaver;

13 men når en Præstedatter bliver Enke eller forstødes uden at have Børn og vender tilbage til sin Faders Hus og er der som i sine unge År, da må hun spise af sin Faders Mad. Men ingen Lægmand må spise deraf.

14 Når nogen af Vanvare kommer til at spise af det hellige, skal han erstatte Præsten det hellige med Tillæg af en Femtedel.

15 Præsterne må ikke vanhellige de Helliggaver, Israeliterne yder HE EN,

16 og således bringe Brøde og Skyld over dem, når de spiser deres Helliggaver; thi jeg er HE EN, som helliger dem.

17 HE EN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

18 Tal til Aron og hans Sønner og alle Israeliterne og sig til dem: Om nogen af Israels Hus eller af de fremmede i Israel bringer sin Offergave, hvad enten det er deres Løfteoffer eller Frivilligoffer, de bringer HE EN som Brændoffer,

19 så skal I bringe dem således, at I kan vinde Guds Velbehag, et lydefrit Handyr af Hornkvæget, Fårene eller Gederne;

20 I må ikke ofre noget Dyr, der har en Legemsfejl, thi derved vinder I ikke eders Guds Velbehag.

21 Når nogen bringer HE EN et Takoffer af Hornkvæget eller Småkvæget enten for at indfri et Løfte eller som Frivilligoffer, da skal det være et lydefrit Dyr, for at det kan vinde Guds Velbehag; det må ingen som helst Legemsfejl have;

22 et blindt Dyr eller et Dyr med Brud på Lemmerne eller et såret Dyr eller et Dyr, der lider af Bylder, Skab eller ingorm, sådanne Dyr må I ikke bringe HE EN, og I må ikke lægge noget Ildoffer af den Slags på Alteret for HE EN.

23 Et Stykke Hornkvæg eller Småkvæg med en for lang eller forkrøblet Legemsdel kan du bruge som Frivillig offer, men som Løfteoffer vinder det ikke Guds Velbehag.

24 Dyr med udklemte, knuste, afrevne eller bortskårne Testikler må I ikke bringe HE EN; således må I ikke bære eder ad i eders Land.

25 Heller ikke må I af en Udlænding købe den Slags Dyr og ofre dem som eders Guds Spise, thi de har en Lyde, de har en Legemsfejl; ved dem vinder I ikke Guds Velbehag.

26 HE EN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

27 Når der fødes et Stykke Hornkvæg, et Får eller en Ged, skal de blive syv Dage hos Moderen; men fra den ottende Dag er de skikkede til at vinde HE ENs Velbehag som Ildoffergave til HE EN.

28 I må ikke slagte et Stykke Hornkvæg eller Småkvæg samme Dag som dets Afkom.

29 Når I ofrer et Lovprisningsoffer til HE EN, skal I ofre det således, at det kan vinde eder Guds Velbehag.

30 Det skal spises samme Dag, I må intet levne deraf til næste Morgen. Jeg er HE EN!

31 I skal holde mine Bud og handle efter dem. Jeg er HE EN!

32 I må ikke vanhellige mit hellige Navn, for at jeg må blive helliget blandt Israeliterne. Jeg er HE EN, som helliger eder,

33 som førte eder ud af Ægypten for at være eders Gud. Jeg er HE EN!

   


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Apocalypse Explained # 238

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238. And miserable and poor, signifies that they do not know that they have neither knowledges of truth nor knowledges of good. This is evident from the signification of "miserable" or "pitiable," as meaning those who are in no knowledges of truth; and from the signification of "poor" as meaning those who are in no knowledges of good. That this is the meaning of "miserable" and "poor" is evident from many passages in the Word, and also from this, that spiritual misery and poverty are nothing else than a lack of the knowledges of truth and good, for the spirit is then miserable and poor; but when the spirit possesses these it is rich and wealthy; therefore also "riches" and "wealth" in the Word signifies spiritual riches and wealth, which are the knowledges of truth and good (as was shown just above, n. 236).

[2] "Miserable and poor" are terms used in many passages in the Word. He who is ignorant of the spiritual sense of the Word believes that by these no others are meant than the miserable and poor in the world. These, however, are not meant, but those who are not in truths and goods and in the knowledges thereof; and by the "miserable" indeed, those who are not in truths because not in the knowledges of truths, and by the "poor" those who are not in goods because not in the knowledges of goods. As these two, truths and goods, are meant by these two expressions, the two in many places are mentioned together; as in the passages that now follow. In David:

I am miserable and poor, Lord, remember me (Psalms 40:17; 70:5). Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, answer me, for I am miserable and poor (Psalms 86:1).

The "miserable and poor" here mean evidently those who are miserable and poor, not in respect to worldly riches but in respect to spiritual riches, as David says this of himself; therefore he also said, "Jehovah, incline thine ear, and answer me."

[3] In the same:

The wicked draw out the sword and bend their bow, to cast down the miserable and poor (Psalms 37:14).

Here also "the miserable and poor" mean evidently those who are spiritually such and yet long for the knowledges of truth and good, for it is said that "the wicked draw out the sword and bend the bow," "sword" signifying falsity combating against truth and striving to destroy it, and "bow" the doctrine of falsity fighting against the doctrine of truth; therefore it is said that they do this "to cast down the miserable and poor." (That "sword" signifies truth combating against falsity, and in a contrary sense, falsity combating against truth, see above, n. 131; and that "bow" signifies doctrine in both senses, see Arcana Coelestia 2686, 2709)

[4] So in another place in the same:

The wicked man hath persecuted the miserable and poor and the broken in heart, to slay them (Psalms 109:16).

In Isaiah:

The fool speaketh folly, and his heart doeth iniquity to practice hypocrisy and to speak error against Jehovah, to make empty the hungry soul, and to make him who thirsteth for drink to want. He counseleth wicked devices to destroy the miserable by words of a lie, even when the poor speaketh judgment (Isaiah 32:6-7).

Here likewise "the miserable and poor" mean those who are destitute of the knowledges of truth and good; therefore it is said that "the wicked counseleth wicked devices to destroy the miserable by the words of a lie, even when the poor speaketh judgment;" "by the words of a lie" means by falsities, and "to speak judgment" is to speak what is right. Because such are treated of, it is also said that he "practices hypocrisy and speaketh error against Jehovah, to make empty the hungry soul and to make him who thirsteth for drink to want." "To practice hypocrisy and to speak error" is to do evil from falsity, and to speak falsity from evil; "to make empty the hungry soul" is to deprive those of the knowledges of good who long for them, and "to make him who thirsteth for drink to want" is to deprive those of the knowledges of truth who long for them.

In the same:

The miserable shall have joy in Jehovah, and the poor of men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 29:19).

Here also "the miserable and poor" signify those who are in lack of truth and good and yet long for them; of these, and not of those who are miserable and poor in respect to worldly wealth, it is said that they "shall have joy in Jehovah, and shall exult in the Holy One of Israel."

[5] From this it can be seen what is signified by the "miserable and poor" in other passages of the Word, as in the following. In David:

The poor shall not always be forgotten; and the hope of the miserable shall not perish for ever (Psalms 9:18).

In the same:

God shall judge the miserable of the people, He shall save the sons of the poor. He shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the miserable. He shall spare the weak and the poor, and the souls of the poor He shall save (Psalms 72:4, 12-13).

In the same:

The miserable shall see, they that seek Jehovah 1 shall be glad. For Jehovah heareth the poor (Psalms 69:32-33).

In the same:

Jehovah deliverest the miserable from him that is too strong for him, the poor from them that despoil him (Psalms 35:10).

In the same:

The miserable and the poor praise Thy name (Psalms 74:21; 109:22).

In the same:

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the miserable, and the judgment of the poor (Psalms 140:12).

Also elsewhere (as Isaiah 10:2; Jeremiah 22:16; Ezekiel 16:49; 18:12; 22:29; Amos 8:4; Deuteronomy 15:11; 24:14). "The miserable" and "the poor" are both mentioned in these passages, because it is according to the style of the Word that where truth is spoken of, good is also spoken of; and in a contrary sense, where falsity is spoken of, evil is also spoken of, since they make a one, and as if it were a marriage; this is why "the miserable and the poor" are mentioned together; for, by "the miserable" those deficient in the knowledges of truth are meant, and by "the poor" those deficient in the knowledges of good. (That there is such a marriage almost everywhere in the prophetical parts of the Word, see Arcana Coelestia 683, 793, 801, 2516, 2712, 3004, 3005, 3009, 4138, 5138, 5194, 5502, 6343, 7022, 7945, 8339, 9263, 9314.)

For the same reason it is said in what follows, "and blind and naked;" for by "the blind" one who is in no understanding of truth is meant, and by "the naked" one who is in no understanding and will of good. So in the following verse, "I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried by fire, and white garments that thou mayest be clothed;" for by "gold tried by fire" the good of love is meant, and by "white garments" the truths of faith. And further, "That the shame of thy nakedness be not manifest; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see," which means, lest evils and falsities be seen. So also elsewhere. But that there is such a marriage in the particulars of the Word, none but those who know its internal sense can see.

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1. For "Jehovah" the Hebrew has "God."

  
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