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Deuteronomio 17

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1 Ne oferbucxu al la Eternulo, via Dio, bovon aux sxafon, kiu havas sur si difekton, kian ajn malbonajxon; cxar tio estas abomenajxo por la Eternulo, via Dio.

2 Se trovigxos inter vi en iu el viaj urboj, kiujn la Eternulo, via Dio, donas al vi, viro aux virino, kiu faras malbonon antaux la Eternulo, via Dio, malobeante Lian interligon;

3 kaj li iros kaj servos al aliaj dioj, kaj adorklinigxos antaux ili aux antaux la suno aux antaux la luno aux antaux la tuta armeo de la cxielo, kion mi ne ordonis;

4 kaj estos dirite al vi, kaj vi auxdos kaj bone esploros, kaj montrigxos, ke la afero estas preciza vero, ke tiu abomenajxo estas farita en Izrael:

5 tiam elkonduku tiun viron aux tiun virinon, kiuj faris tiun malbonan aferon, al via pordego, la viron aux la virinon, kaj jxetu sur ilin sxtonojn, ke ili mortu.

6 Laux la akuzo de du atestantoj aux tri atestantoj la mortigoto estu ekzekutita; li ne estu mortigita laux la akuzo de unu atestanto.

7 La mano de la atestantoj estu sur li plej antauxe, por mortigi lin, kaj la mano de la tuta popolo poste; tiel ekstermu la malbonon el inter vi.

8 Se estos por vi tro malfacila ia jugxa afero inter sango kaj sango, inter proceso kaj proceso, inter frapo kaj frapo, en disputaj aferoj en via urbo:tiam levigxu, kaj iru al la loko, kiun elektos la Eternulo, via Dio;

9 kaj venu al la pastroj Levidoj, kaj al la jugxisto, kiu estos en tiu tempo, kaj demandu, kaj ili diros al vi la jugxan decidon.

10 Kaj agu laux la vorto, kiun ili diros al vi de tiu loko, kiun la Eternulo elektos; kaj observu, ke vi faru cxion, kion ili instruos al vi.

11 Laux la instruo, kiun ili donos al vi, kaj laux la decido, kiun ili diros al vi, agu; de tio, kion ili diros al vi, ne deklinigxu dekstren nek maldekstren.

12 Kiu agos arogante, kaj ne obeos la pastron, kiu staras tie, por servi al la Eternulo, via Dio, aux la jugxiston, tiu homo devas morti; kaj vi ekstermos la malbonon el Izrael.

13 Kaj la tuta popolo auxdos kaj ektimos, kaj ili ne plu agos arogante.

14 Kiam vi venos en la landon, kiun la Eternulo, via Dio, donas al vi, kaj vi ekposedos gxin kaj eklogxos en gxi, kaj diros:Mi starigos super mi regxon, kiel cxiuj popoloj cxirkaux mi:

15 tiam starigu super vi regxon, kiun elektos la Eternulo, via Dio; el inter viaj fratoj starigu super vi regxon; vi ne povas starigi super vi homon aligentan, kiu ne estas via frato.

16 Sed li ne multigu al si cxevalojn, kaj li ne revenigu la popolon en Egiptujon, por multigi cxevalojn; la Eternulo diris al vi:Ne iru plu returne laux tiu vojo.

17 Kaj li ne multigu al si edzinojn, por ke ne deklinigxu lia koro; kaj argxenton kaj oron li ne tro multigu al si.

18 Sed kiam li sidigxos sur la trono de sia regno, li transskribu al si kopion de cxi tiu instruo en libron laux tio, kio trovigxas cxe la pastroj Levidoj;

19 kaj gxi estu cxe li, kaj li legadu en gxi dum sia tuta vivo, por ke li lernu timi la Eternulon, sian Dion, observante cxiujn vortojn de cxi tiu instruo kaj cxi tiujn legxojn, por plenumi ilin;

20 por ke ne altigxu lia koro super liaj fratoj kaj por ke li ne deklinigxu de la ordono dekstren nek maldekstren, por ke li restu longe en sia regxeco, li kaj liaj filoj, inter Izrael.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 666

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666. 'A covenant' means nothing other than regeneration and the things that constitute regeneration. This becomes clear from many places in the Word where the Lord Himself is called 'the Covenant', for it is He alone who regenerates, to whom a regenerated person looks, and who is the All in all of love and faith. That the Lord is the Covenant itself is clear in Isaiah,

I Jehovah have called You in righteousness, taking You by the hand and keeping You, and I will give You for a Covenant of the people, a light of the nations. Isaiah 42:6.

Here 'a Covenant' stands for the Lord, and 'the light of the nations' is faith. Similarly in Isaiah 49:6, 8. In Malachi,

Behold, I am sending My angel, and suddenly there will come to His temple the Lord whom you are seeking, and the Angel of the Covenant in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming. Who will endure the day of His coming? Malachi 3:1-2.

Here the Lord is called 'the Angel of the Covenant'. In Exodus 31:16 the Sabbath is called an eternal covenant because it means the Lord Himself. It also means the celestial man who has been regenerated by Him.

[2] The Lord being the Covenant itself, it is clear that what constitutes the covenant is everything that joins a person to the Lord, that is to say, love and faith and the things that belong to love and faith. In fact these are the Lord's and the Lord is within them, and so the Covenant itself exists within these, where they are received. These things do not exist except with someone who has been regenerated, with whom anything at all that is the Regenerator's, or the Lord's, constitutes the covenant, or is the covenant. As in Isaiah,

My mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of My peace will not be removed. Isaiah 54:10.

Here 'mercy and covenant of peace' means the Lord and things that are the Lord's. In the same prophet,

Incline your ear and come to Me; hear, that your soul may live, and I will make with you an eternal covenant, even the sure mercies of David. Lo, I have given Him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and lawgiver to the peoples. Isaiah 55:3-4.

Here 'David' stands for the Lord. 'The eternal covenant' exists in and acts through those qualities that are the Lord's, which are meant by 'coming to Him' and 'hearing so that your soul may live'.

[3] In Jeremiah,

I will give them one heart and one way, to fear Me all their days, for their own good and that of their sons after them. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear into their heart. Jeremiah 31:39, 40.

This stands for those who are to be regenerated, and also for those things with someone regenerate which are 'one heart and one way', namely charity and faith, which belong to the Lord and so to the covenant. In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers, for they rendered My covenant invalid. But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days: I will put My law in the midst of them, and will write it on their heart, and I will be their God, and they will be My people. Jeremiah 31:31-33.

This is an explicit statement of what constitutes the covenant - love and faith in the Lord, which will be present with him who is to be regenerated.

[4] In the same prophet love is called the covenant far the day, and faith the covenant for the night, Jeremiah 33:20. In Ezekiel,

I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David will be prince in the midst of them; and I will make with them a covenant of peace, and I will banish the evil wild animal from the land, and they will dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. Ezekiel 34:24-25.

This clearly refers to regeneration. 'David' stands for the Lord. In the same prophet,

David will be their prince for ever. I will make with them a covenant of peace, it will be an eternal covenant with them. I will set My sanctuary in their midst for evermore. Ezekiel 37:25-26.

This similarly refers to regeneration. 'David' and 'the sanctuary' stand for the Lord. In the same prophet,

I entered into a covenant with you, and you were Mine. And I washed you with water and washed away your blood from upon you, and anointed you with oil. Ezekiel 16:8-9, 11.

This clearly stands for regeneration. In Hosea,

I will make for them a covenant on that day, with the wild animals of the field, and with the birds of the air, 1 and with the creeping things of the earth. Hosea 2:18.

This stands for regeneration. 'Wild animals of the field' stands for things of the will, 'birds of the air' 1 for those of the understanding. In David,

He sent redemption to His people, He commanded His covenant for ever. Psalms 111:9.

This stands for regeneration. This is called 'a covenant' because it is something given and received.

[5] People however who have not been regenerated - or what amounts to the same, who focus worship on things that are external and who set up and worship as gods both themselves and everything they desire and think - are referred to, because they separate themselves from the Lord, as 'rendering the covenant invalid', as in Jeremiah,

They forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and bowed down to other gods and served them. Jeremiah 22:9.

In Moses,

He who transgressed the covenant by serving other gods, the sun, the moon, and the host of heaven, was to be stoned. Deuteronomy 17:2 and following verses.

'The sun' stands for self-love, 'the moon' for false assumptions, 'the host of heaven' for falsities themselves. From this it is now clear what 'the Ark of the covenant' is, containing the testimony or covenant, namely the Lord Himself; what 'the Book of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:4-7, 34:27; Deuteronomy 4:13, 23; what 'the Blood of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:6, 8; who alone is the Regenerator. Hence 'a covenant' is regeneration itself.

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1. literally, bird of the heavens (or the skies)

  
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