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Tredje Mosebog 5

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1 Hvis nogen, når han hører en Forbandelse udtale, synder ved at undlade at vidne, skønt han var Øjenvidne eller på anden Måde kender Sagen, og således pådrager sig Skyld,

2 eller hvis nogen, uden at det er ham vitterligt, rører ved noget urent, hvad enten det nu er et Ådsel af et urent vildt Dyr eller af urent Kvæg eller urent Kryb, og han opdager det og bliver sig sin Skyld bevidst,

3 eller når han, uden at det er ham vitterligt, rører ved Urenhed hos et Menneske, Urenhed af en hvilken som helst Art, hvorved man bliver uren, og han opdager det og bliver sig sin Skyld bevidst,

4 eller når nogen, uden at det er ham vitterligt, med sine Læber aflægger en uoverlagt Ed på at ville gøre noget, godt eller ondt, hvad nu et Menneske kan aflægge en uoverlagt Ed på, og han opdager det og bliver sig sin Skyld bevidst i et af disse Tilfælde,

5 så skal han, når han bliver sig sin Skyld bevidst i et af disse Tilfælde, bekende det, han har forsyndet sig med,

6 og til Bod for den Synd, han har begået, bringe HE EN et Hundyr af Småkvæget, et Får eller en Ged, som Syndoffer; da skal Præsten skaffe ham Soning for hans Synd.

7 Men hvis han ikke evner at give et Stykke Småkvæg, skal han til Bod for sin Synd bringe HE EN to Turtelduer eller Dueunger, EN som Syndoffer og EN som Brændoffer.

8 Han skal bringe dem til Præsten, og Præsten skal først frembære den, der skal bruges til Syndoffer; han skal knække Halsen på den ved Nakken uden at rive Hovedet helt af

9 og stænke noget af Syndofferets Blod på Alterets Side, medens esten af Blodet skal udpresses ved Alterets Fod. Det er et Syndoffer.

10 Men den anden skal han ofre som Brændoffer på den foreskrevne Måde; da skal Præsten skaffe ham Soning for den Synd, han har begået, så han finder Tilgivelse.

11 Men hvis han ej heller evner at give to Turtelduer eller Dueunger, skal han som Offergave for sin Synd bringe en Tiendedel Efa fint Hvedemel til Syndoffer, men han må ikke hælde Olie derover eller komme øgelse derpå, thi det er et Syndoffer.

12 Han skal bringe det til Præsten, og Præsten skal tage en Håndfuld deraf, det, som skal ofres deraf, og bringe det som øgoffer på Alteret oven på HE ENs Ildofre. Det er et Syndoffer.

13 Da skal Præsten skaffe ham Soning for den Synd, han har begået på en af de nævnte Måder, så han finder Tilgivelse. esten skal tilfalde Præsten på samme Måde som Afgrødeofferet.

14 HE EN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

15 Når nogen gør sig skyldig i Svig og af Vanvare forsynder sig mod HE ENs Helliggaver, skal han til Bod derfor som Skyldoffer bringe HE EN en lydefri Væder af Småkvæget, der er vurderet til mindst to Sølvsekel efter hellig Vægt;

16 og han skal give Erstatning for, hvad han har forsyndet sig med over for det hellige, med Tillæg af en Femtedel af Værdien. Han skal give Præsten det, og Præsten skal skaffe ham Soning ved Skyldoffervæderen, så han finder Tilgivelse.

17 Når nogen, uden at det er ham vitterligt, synder ved at overtræde et af HE ENs Forbud, så han bliver skyldig og pådrager sig Skyld,

18 da skal han af Småkvæget bringe en lydefri Væder, der er taget god, som Skyldoffer til Præsten, og Præsten skal skaffe ham Soning for den uforsætlige Synd, han har begået, uden at den var ham vitterlig, så han finder Tilgivelse.

19 Det er et Skyldoffer; han har pådraget sig Skyld over for HE EN.

   


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The Offering, by François-Alfred Delobbe

To bring, in Genesis 37:28, signifies consultation.

As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “bring” is highly dependent on context, but in general it represents an introduction to a new spiritual state or to new ideas.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3943, 5543, 5641, 5645, 8988)

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8988. '[His] master shall bring him to God' means the state he then enters in keeping with Divine order. This is clear from the meaning of 'bringing to God', when the subject is those who are imbued with truths and cannot be imbued with good, as causing them to enter a state in keeping with Divine order; for 'bringing to' means entering, and 'God' means Divine order, which is dealt with below. The fact that these things are meant is evident from the details contained in the rest of this verse. These describe the state of those imbued with truths and not with complementary good, that is to say, a state of everlasting obedience. For those living in this condition are in servitude compared with those imbued with good complementing truths. For being governed by good the latter's actions spring from affection; and those who act from affection do so from the will, thus from themselves since whatever forms part of a person's will is part of his true self; for indeed the essence (esse) of a person's life is his will. But those whose actions spring from obedience act not from their own will, but from their master's, thus not from themselves, but from another; therefore in comparison they are in servitude. Actions that spring from truths and not from good spring solely from the understanding, for truths have connection with the understanding and forms of good with the will; and actions that spring from the understanding and not from the will spring from that which stands outside and serves. The understanding has been given to a person in order that he may receive truths and introduce them into his will to become forms of good; for when truths become part of the will they are called forms of good.

[2] The condition however of one who serves the Lord by doing according to His commandments, and by being obedient in that kind of way, is not that of a slave; rather, it is that of one who is free. For perfect freedom consists for a person in being led by the Lord, 892, 905, 2870, 2872. The Lord breathes the good into the person's will from which his actions spring; and although that good comes from the Lord, the person nevertheless has the feeling that his actions are from himself, that is, he does them in freedom. This freedom exists with all who abide in the Lord; and coupled with it there is indescribable happiness.

[3] The reason why 'God' here means Divine order is that in the Word the name 'God' is used where truth is referred to, and 'Jehovah' where good is referred to, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921 (end), 4402, 7010, 7268, 8867. Therefore Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good is meant in the highest sense by 'God', and His Divine Good from which Divine Truth emanates is meant by 'Jehovah'. The reason for this is that Divine Good is Essential Being (Esse), and Divine Truth is the Coming-into-Being (Existere) from it, since what emanates from something comes into being from it. The situation with good and truth in heaven or among angels is similar, and that in the Church among men is similar. Good there is the essential being, and truth is the coming-into-being from it. Or what amounts to the same thing love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour is the essential being of heaven and the Church, while faith is the coming-into-being from it. All this makes plain why it is that 'God' can also mean Divine order; for Divine Truth emanating from the Lord is what constitutes order in heaven, so completely that it is order itself. For more about Divine Truth's being order, see 1728, 1919, 7995, 8700.

Therefore when man or angel receives Divine Truth from the Lord within good, there resides with him that order which exists in the heavens. As a consequence he is a heaven or kingdom of the Lord in particular; he is such in the measure that he is imbued with good from truths, and after this in the measure that he is endowed with truths from good. And - what is an arcanum - angels themselves appear in heaven in a human form that accords exactly with the truths present with them within good, together with beauty and brilliance which accord with the character of the good from truths. The souls of members of the Church present a similar appearance in heaven. The Divine Truth itself emanating from the Lord brings this about, as may be recognized from what has been shown at the ends of a number of chapters regarding heaven as the Grand Man, and its correspondence with individual aspects of a human being.

[4] This arcanum is what the following words are used to mean in John, in the Book of Revelation,

He measured the wall of the holy Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man (homo), that is, of an angel. Revelation 21:17.

Will anyone ever understand these words if he does not know what the holy Jerusalem, its wall, measure, the number 144, and so 'a man, that is, an angel' all mean? By the new or holy Jerusalem is meant the Lord's New Church, which is going to take the place of the Christian Church existing at the present time, 2117; by 'the wall' is meant the truths of faith which will defend that Church, 6419; by 'measuring' and 'the measure' is meant its state in respect of truth, 3104; by the number 144 is meant much the same as by 12, since 144 is the number that is the product of 12 multiplied by itself, and by these numbers all truths in their entirety are meant, see 7973. These meanings make plain what is meant by 'the measure of a man, that is, of an angel', namely actual truth emanating from the Lord in the form it assumes, which is that of a man-angel in heaven, as stated above. All this reveals the arcanum which the words quoted above embody; it reveals that they describe the truths of that Church which is going to take the place of the Christian Church existing at the present time.

[5] The fact that they are truths from good is described in the very next verse, in these words,

The construction of its wall was jasper, but the city was pure gold, like pure glass. Revelation 21:18.

'Jasper' means truth such as that Church's will be, for truths are meant by 'stones' generally, 1298, 3720, 6426, and truths that come from the Lord by 'precious stones', 643; and 'gold' means the good of love and wisdom, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658. Would anyone ever discern that such meanings are embodied in those words? Yet who can fail to see from them that countless arcana lie concealed in the Word, which are not at all made apparent to anyone except by means of the internal sense, and that this sense, like a key, is the means of opening up God's truths as they exist in heaven, and therefore heaven and the Lord Himself, who is the All in all of the Word in its inmost sense?

  
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