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1 Kaj jen estas tio, kion vi devas fari al ili, por sanktigi ilin, ke ili estu pastroj al Mi:prenu unu virbovidon kaj du virsxafojn sendifektajn;

2 kaj macan panon, kaj macajn kukojn, miksitajn kun oleo, kaj macajn flanojn, sxmiritajn per oleo; el delikata tritika faruno faru ilin.

3 Kaj metu ilin en unu korbon, kaj venigu ilin en la korbo, kaj ankaux la bovidon kaj la du virsxafojn.

4 Kaj Aaronon kaj liajn filojn alvenigu al la pordo de la tabernaklo de kunveno, kaj lavu ilin per akvo.

5 Kaj prenu la vestojn, kaj metu sur Aaronon la hxitonon kaj la tunikon de la efodo kaj la efodon kaj la surbrustajxon, kaj zonu lin per la zono de la efodo.

6 Kaj metu la cidaron sur lian kapon, kaj metu la sanktan kronon sur la cidaron.

7 Kaj prenu la oleon de sanktoleado, kaj versxu sur lian kapon kaj sanktoleu lin.

8 Kaj liajn filojn alvenigu, kaj vestu ilin per la hxitonoj.

9 Kaj zonu ilin per zono, Aaronon kaj liajn filojn, kaj alligu sur ili mitrojn, por ke al ili apartenu la pastreco laux eterna legxo; kaj konsekru Aaronon kaj liajn filojn.

10 Kaj alvenigu la bovidon antaux la tabernaklon de kunveno, kaj Aaron kaj liaj filoj metu siajn manojn sur la kapon de la bovido.

11 Kaj bucxu la bovidon antaux la Eternulo, cxe la pordo de la tabernaklo de kunveno.

12 Kaj prenu iom el la sango de la bovido kaj metu per viaj fingroj sur la kornojn de la altaro, kaj la tutan ceteran sangon elversxu cxe la bazo de la altaro.

13 Kaj prenu la tutan sebon, kiu kovras la internajxon, kaj la reton de la hepato, kaj la du renojn, kaj la sebon, kiu estas sur ili, kaj incense bruligu ilin sur la altaro.

14 Kaj la karnon de la bovido kaj gxian felon kaj gxian malpurajxon forbruligu per fajro ekster la tendaro; gxi estas pekofero.

15 Kaj unu virsxafon prenu, kaj Aaron kaj liaj filoj metu siajn manojn sur la kapon de la virsxafo.

16 Kaj bucxu la virsxafon, kaj prenu gxian sangon kaj aspergu la altaron cxirkauxe.

17 Kaj la virsxafon dishaku en partojn, kaj lavu gxian internajxon kaj gxiajn krurojn, kaj metu ilin sur gxiajn partojn kaj sur gxian kapon.

18 Kaj forbruligu la tutan virsxafon sur la altaro; gxi estas brulofero por la Eternulo; agrabla odorajxo, fajrofero por la Eternulo gxi estas.

19 Kaj prenu la duan virsxafon, kaj Aaron kaj liaj filoj metu siajn manojn sur la kapon de la virsxafo.

20 Kaj bucxu la virsxafon, kaj prenu iom el gxia sango kaj metu sur la malsupran randon de la dekstra orelo de Aaron kaj sur la malsupran randon de la dekstra orelo de liaj filoj kaj sur la dikan fingron de ilia dekstra mano kaj sur la dikan fingron de ilia dekstra piedo; kaj aspergu per la sango la altaron cxirkauxe.

21 Kaj prenu el la sango, kiu estos sur la altaro, kaj sanktan oleon, kaj aspergu Aaronon kaj liajn vestojn kaj liajn filojn kaj la vestojn de liaj filoj kune kun li; kaj sanktigxos li kaj liaj vestoj kaj liaj filoj kaj la vestoj de liaj filoj kune kun li.

22 Kaj prenu de la virsxafo la sebon kaj la voston, kaj la sebon, kiu kovras la internajxon, kaj la reton de la hepato, kaj la du renojn, kaj la sebon, kiu estas sur ili, kaj la dekstran femuron, cxar tio estas virsxafo de konsekrado;

23 kaj unu bulon da pano kaj unu kukon kun oleo kaj unu flanon, el la korbo kun macoj, kiu staras antaux la Eternulo;

24 kaj metu cxion sur la manojn de Aaron kaj sur la manojn de liaj filoj, kaj skuu tion kiel skuoferon antaux la Eternulo.

25 Kaj prenu tion el iliaj manoj, kaj forbruligu gxin sur la altaro kune kun la brulofero, kiel agrablan odorajxon antaux la Eternulo; gxi estas fajrofero por la Eternulo.

26 Kaj prenu la brustajxon de la virsxafo de konsekrado de Aaron, kaj skuu gxin kiel skuoferon antaux la Eternulo; kaj tio estos via parto.

27 Kaj sanktigu la brustajxon de skuado kaj la femuron de levado, kiuj estis skuitaj kaj levitaj el la virsxafo de konsekrado de Aaron kaj de liaj filoj;

28 kaj tio estu por Aaron kaj por liaj filoj porcxiama destinitajxo de la Izraelidoj; cxar gxi estas levofero, kaj levofero gxi estu de la Izraelidoj, el iliaj pacoferoj ilia levofero al la Eternulo.

29 Kaj la sanktaj vestoj de Aaron estu por liaj filoj post li, por ke ili estu sanktoleataj en ili kaj por ke ili estu konsekrataj en ili.

30 Dum sep tagoj portu ilin sur si tiu el liaj filoj, kiu estos pastro anstataux li, kaj kiu venos en la tabernaklon de kunveno, por servi en la sanktejo.

31 Kaj la virsxafon de konsekrado prenu, kaj kuiru gxian viandon sur sankta loko.

32 Kaj Aaron kaj liaj filoj mangxu la viandon de la virsxafo, kaj la panon, kiu estas en la korbo, cxe la pordo de la tabernaklo de kunveno.

33 Kaj ili tion mangxu, cxar per tio ili purigxis, por ke ili estu konsekritaj kaj por ke ili estu sanktigitaj. Laiko tion ne mangxu, cxar tio estas sankta.

34 Se el la viando de konsekrado kaj el la pano restos iom gxis la mateno, tiam forbruligu la restajxon per fajro; gxi ne estu mangxata, cxar gxi estas sankta.

35 Kaj agu kun Aaron kaj kun liaj filoj tiel, kiel Mi cxion ordonis al vi; dum sep tagoj konsekru ilin.

36 Kaj propekan bovidon oferu cxiutage por senpekigxo; kaj senpekigu la altaron, oferante sur gxi, kaj oleu gxin, por gxin sanktigi.

37 Dum sep tagoj senpekigu la altaron kaj sanktigu gxin; kaj la altaro farigxu plejsanktajxo; cxio, kio ektusxos la altaron, farigxos sankta.

38 Jen tio, kion vi metos sur la altaron:du jaragxajn sxafidojn cxiutage, cxiam;

39 unu sxafidon oferu matene, kaj la duan sxafidon oferu cxirkaux la vespero;

40 kaj por unu sxafido dekonon de efo da delikata faruno, miksita kun kvarono de hino da elpistita oleo, kaj kvaronon de hino da vino por versxoferi.

41 La duan sxafidon oferu cxirkaux la vespero; faru kun gxi kiel kun la matena donofero kaj versxofero, ke gxi estu agrabla odorajxo, fajrofero por la Eternulo,

42 cxiama brulofero en viaj generacioj cxe la pordo de la tabernaklo de kunveno antaux la Eternulo, kie Mi aperados antaux vi, por paroli tie kun vi.

43 Kaj Mi aperados tie antaux la Izraelidoj, kaj la loko sanktigxos per Mia gloro.

44 Kaj Mi sanktigos la tabernaklon de kunveno kaj la altaron; kaj Aaronon kaj liajn filojn Mi sanktigos, por ke ili estu Miaj pastroj.

45 Kaj Mi logxos inter la Izraelidoj, kaj Mi estos por ili Dio.

46 Kaj ili sciu, ke Mi estas la Eternulo, ilia Dio, kiu elirigis ilin el la lando Egipta, por ke Mi logxu inter ili, Mi, la Eternulo, ilia Dio.

   

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10105. 'And boil its flesh in a holy place' means employing the truths of doctrine seen in light received from the Lord to make good ready for use in life. This is clear from the meaning of 'boiling' as employing the truths of doctrine to make ready for use in life; from the meaning of 'flesh' as good, dealt with in 7850, 9127; and from the meaning of 'in a holy place' as thanks to Divine enlightenment. For a holy place is one where what is Divine and the Lord's is present, and so, when the expression has specific reference to the truths of doctrine, is one where Divine enlightenment exists; for where what is Divine and the Lord's is present, so is enlightenment. The reason why 'boiling the flesh of the sacrifice' means employing the truths of doctrine to make good ready for use in life is that flesh, by which good is meant, is by that means made ready for the use of the body; consequently being made ready for use in life is meant in the spiritual sense. The fact that the truths of doctrine are what are employed to make good ready is self-evident, for use is what those truths teach. Also 'the water' in which the flesh is boiled means truths, see 2702, 3058, 3424, 5668, 8568, 9323.

[2] The words 'employing the truths of doctrine seen in light received from the Lord' are used because truths drawn from the Word have to be marshalled into doctrine in order that they may be put to use. The marshalling must be done by those who see things in light received from the Lord; and those so enlightened when they read the Word are people who desire truth for its own sake and for the sake of goodness of life, not those who desire it for the sake of self-glorification, reputation, or gain. Doctrine drawn from the Word is wholly essential for understanding the Word, see 9025, 9409, 9410, 9424, 9430; and those who gather doctrine from the Word must see things in light received from the Lord, 9382, 9424.

[3] The meaning of 'boiling in water' as turning truths into doctrine and thereby making them ready for use in life seems at first sight to be implausible and far-fetched. Nevertheless that is indeed the meaning, as becomes clear from places in the Word where the words 'boiling in water' occur, and also where 'a pot' in which the boiling is done is mentioned, as in the second Book of Kings,

Elisha came again to Gilgal, when there was a famine in the land. When the sons of the prophets were sitting before him he said to his servant, Put on a great pot, and boil a soup for the sons of the prophets. One of them went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine, and gathered from it wild gourds, and cut them up into the pot of soup. While they were eating of the soup they cried out, There is death in the pot, O man of God! Therefore he said that they should bring flour, which he threw into the pot, and said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. Then there was not anything bad in the pot. 2 Kings 4:38-41.

This miracle, like all others in the Word, holds holy things of the Church within it, which are made evident by the internal sense. This sense shows that Elisha represented the Lord in respect of the Word, as Elijah had done; that 'the sons of the prophets' are those who teach truths drawn from the Word; that 'the pot' which was put on at Elisha's command is doctrine formed from them; that 'a wild vine' and 'gourds' from it are falsities; and from all this it is evident what 'death in the pot' is. 'The flour which he threw into the pot' is truth springing from good, as a result of which action - because doctrine had been cured - 'there was not anything bad in the pot'. The internal sense also shows that 'boiling in the pot' means combining into doctrine and thereby making ready for use.

All miracles in the Word hold holy things of the Church within them, see 7337, 8364, 9086.

Elisha represented the Lord in respect of the Word, 2762.

'Prophets' are teachers of truths, thus in the abstract sense, without reference to persons, the truths of doctrine, 2534, 7269.

'Vine' is the Church's truth, and 'grapes' its good, 5113, 5117, 9277, so that 'a wild vine' and 'gourds' are falsities and evils.

'Flour' is the authentic truth of faith derived from good, 9995.

'The soup' which they were to boil means matters of doctrine massed together, as those of the Jews were, 3316.

From all this people may deduce what 'boiling' means, and what 'a pot' means.

[4] In Ezekiel,

Tell a parable against the house of rebellion: Put on the pot, put it on, and also pour water into it; gather the pieces into it - every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice of the bones, and let the bones be boiled in the midst of it. Thus said the Lord Jehovih, Woe to the city of blood 1 , to the pot whose scum is in it, and whose scum does not come out of it! Ezekiel 24:3-6.

These verses describe what the Word is like so far as doctrine is concerned, that is to say, it contains Divine Truths emanating from Divine Good. Then they describe doctrine from the Word as it existed among the Jewish nation - full of unclean and false notions. 'The pot' is doctrine; 'the thigh, the shoulder, and the choice of the bones' are Divine Truths emanating from Divine Good in successive order; 'the city of blood' is the Jewish nation in respect of the truth of doctrine among them, and in the abstract sense, without reference to nation or person, doctrine destructive of good; 'the scum in it' is that which is external and favours foul kinds of love, which if not removed defile truth. From this also it is evident that 'the pot' is doctrine, and 'boiling' making ready for use.

[5] In the same prophet,

The Spirit said to me, Son of man, these men think iniquity and give wicked counsel in the city, saying, [The time] is not near to build houses; [the city] itself is the pot and we are the flesh. Ezekiel 11:2-3, 7.

Here also 'the pot' stands for doctrine consisting of falsity arising from evil; for 'the pot' is used to describe the city in which iniquity is thought and wicked counsel is given. 'The city' too means doctrine, see 402, 2712, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493, in this instance doctrine of the same type.

[6] In Jeremiah,

Jehovah said, What do you see? I said, A puffed-out pot do I see, its face towards the north. Jehovah said, From the north evil will be opened over all the inhabitants of the land. Jeremiah 1:13-14.

'A puffed-out pot' likewise means doctrine consisting of falsity arising from evil. 'The north' means an obscure state so far as the truth of faith is concerned, also thick darkness caused by falsities, 3708. From this it is evident what this prophetic vision holds within it.

[7] In Zechariah,

On that day every pot in Jerusalem [and] in Judah will be holiness to Jehovah Zebaoth, and all offering sacrifice will come, and take from them, and boil in them. Zechariah 14:21.

Here 'pot' means doctrine teaching about charity and faith, thus doctrine consisting of truth springing from good; 'Jerusalem' is the Lord's Church; and '[all] offering sacrifice' are those engaging in Divine worship. From this it is evident that 'boiling in the pots' means making ready for use in spiritual life.

[8] In Moses,

Every earthen vessel in which the flesh of the sacrifice of a guilt or a sin offering is boiled shall be broken. But if it has been boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured and rinsed 2 in water. Leviticus 6:28.

'An earthen vessel' in which the boiling was done is falsity that does not go together with good; 'a bronze vessel' is doctrinal teaching that has good in it; 'boiling the flesh of the sacrifice of a guilt or sin offering' in them means making something ready for purification from evils and consequent falsities. From this it is evident what was represented by the decree that an earthen vessel should be broken and that a bronze vessel should be scoured and rinsed in water.

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1. literally, bloods

2. literally, shall be scraped and immersed

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2015

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2015. That 'kings will come out of you' means that all truth comes from Him is clear from the meaning of 'a king' as truth in both the historical and the prophetical sections of the Word, as stated in 1672 but not yet shown to be so. From the meaning of 'nations' as goods, and from the meaning of 'kings' as truths, the nature of the internal sense of the Word becomes clear, and also how remote it is from the sense of the letter. No one reading the Word, especially the historical section, believes anything other than that 'nations' referred to there means nations, or that 'kings' there means kings, and therefore that the nations mentioned there, or the kings, are the real subject of the very Word itself. But when the idea of nations and also of kings reaches angels it perishes altogether, and good and truth take their place instead. This is bound to seem strange and indeed a paradox, but it is nevertheless the truth. The matter may also become clear to anyone from the fact that if nations were meant in the Word by 'nations' and kings by 'kings', the Word of the Lord would hardly embody anything more than some historical or other piece of writing and so would be something of a worldly nature, when in fact everything in the Word is Divine and so is celestial and spiritual.

[2] Take merely the statement in the present verse about Abraham's being made fruitful, nations being made of him, and kings coming out of him. What else is this but something purely worldly and nothing at all heavenly? Indeed these assertions entail no more than the glory of this world, a glory which is absolutely nothing in heaven. But if this is the Word of the Lord then its glory must be that of heaven, not that of the world. This also is why the sense of the letter is completely erased and disappears when it passes into heaven, and is purified in such a way that nothing worldly at all is intermingled. For 'Abraham' is not used to mean Abraham but the Lord; nor is 'being fruitful' used to mean his descendants who would increase more and more but the endless growth of good belonging to the Lord's Human Essence. 'Nations' do not mean nations but goods, and 'kings' do not mean kings but truths. Nevertheless the narrative in the sense of the letter remains historically true, for Abraham was indeed spoken to in this way; and he was indeed made fruitful in this way, with nations as well as kings descending from him.

[3] That 'kings' means truths becomes clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

The sons of the foreigner will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. You will suck the milk of nations, and the breast of kings will you suck. Isaiah 60:10, 16.

What 'sucking the milk of nations and the breast of kings' means is not at all evident from the letter but from the internal sense, in which being endowed with goods and instructed in truths is meant. In Jeremiah,

There will enter through the gates of this city kings and princes seated on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses. Jeremiah 17:25; 22:4.

'Riding in chariots and on horses' is a prophecy meaning the abundance of things of the understanding, as becomes clear from very many places in the Prophets. Thus the prophecy that 'kings will enter through the gates of the city' means in the internal sense that they were to be endowed with truths of faith. This sense of the Word is the heavenly sense into which the worldly sense of the letter passes.

[4] In the same prophet,

Jehovah has spurned in His fierce indignation king and priest. The gates of Zion have sunk into the ground, He has destroyed and broken in pieces her bars. King and princes are among the nations; the law is no more. Lamentations 2:6, 9.

Here 'king' stands for the truth of faith, 'priest' for the good of charity, 'Zion' for the Church, which is destroyed and its bars broken in pieces. Consequently 'king and princes among the nations', that is, truth and what belongs to truth, will be so completely banished that 'the law is no more', that is, nothing of the doctrine of faith will exist any more. In Isaiah,

Before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the ground will be abandoned which you loathe in the presence of its two kings. Isaiah 7:16.

This refers to the Lord's Coming. 'The land that will be abandoned' stands for faith which at that time would not exist. 'The kings' are the truths of faith which would be loathed.

[5] In the same prophet,

I will lift up My hand to the nations and raise My ensign to the peoples; and they will bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters will be carried on their shoulder. Kings will be your foster fathers and their queens your wet-nurses. Isaiah 49:22-23.

'Nations' and 'daughters' stand for goods, 'peoples' and 'sons' for truths, as shown in Volume One. That 'nations' stands for goods, 1259, 1260, 1416, 1849, as does 'daughters', 489-491, while 'peoples' stands for truths, 1259, 1260, as does 'sons', 489, 491, 533, 1147. 'Kings' therefore stands for truths, in general by which they will be nourished, and 'queens' for goods by which they will be suckled. Whether you speak of goods and truths or of those who are governed by goods and truths it amounts to the same.

[6] In the same prophet,

He will spatter many nations, kings will shut their mouths because of him, 1 for that which has [not] been told them they have seen, and that which they have not heard they have understood. Isaiah 52:15.

This refers to the Lord's Coming. 'Nations' stands for those who are stirred by an affection for goods, 'kings' those who are stirred by an affection for truths. In David,

Now, O kings, be intelligent; be instructed, O judges of the earth. Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son lest He perhaps be angry and you perish in the way. Psalms 2:10-12.

'Kings' stands for people who are governed by truths, and who by virtue of truths are also in many places called 'king's sons'. 'The Son' here stands for the Lord, and he is called the Son here because he is Truth itself, and the source of all truth.

[7] In John,

They will sing a new song, You are worthy to take the Book and to open its seals. You have made us kings and priests to our God so that we shall reign on the earth. Revelation 5:9-10.

Here people who are governed by truths are called 'kings'. The Lord also calls them 'the sons of the kingdom' in Matthew,

He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the seed are the sons of the kingdom, and the tares are the sons of the evil one. Matthew 13:37-38.

In John,

The sixth angel poured out his bowl over the great river Euphrates and its water was dried up to prepare the way of the kings who were from the east. Revelation 16:12.

'Euphrates' clearly does not mean the Euphrates, nor does 'kings from the east' mean kings from that quarter. What 'Euphrates' does mean may be seen in 120, 1585, 1866, from which it is evident that 'the way of the kings who were from the cast' means truths of faith that derive from goods of love.

[8] In the same book,

The nations that are saved will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory and honour into it. Revelation 21:24.

Here 'nations' stands for people who are governed by goods, 'kings of the earth' for those who are governed by truths, which is also evident from the fact that the details here are prophetical, not historical. In the same book,

With the great harlot seated on many waters the kings of the earth have committed whoredom and have become drunk with the wine of her whoredom. Revelation 17:2.

And elsewhere in the same book,

Babylon has given all nations drink from the wine of the fury of her whoredom; and the kings of the earth have committed whoredom with her. Revelation 18:1, 3, 9.

Here similarly it is clear that 'the kings of the earth' does not mean kings, for the subject is the falsification and adulteration of the doctrine of faith, that is, of truth, which are 'whoredom'. 'Kings of the earth' stands for truths that have been falsified and adulterated.

[9] In the same book,

The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom but are receiving authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. These will be of one mind, and they will hand over power and authority to the beast. Revelation 17:12-13.

That 'kings' here does not mean kings may also be evident to anyone. If kings were meant, then 'ten kings receiving authority as kings for one hour' would be quite unintelligible, as similarly with the following words in the same book,

I saw the beast and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered to make war with Him who was sitting on the horse, and with His army. Revelation 19:19

In verse 13 of the same chapter it is stated explicitly that the One who was sitting on the horse was The Word of God, against which the kings of the earth are said to have been gathered. 'The beast' stands for goods of love that have been profaned, 'kings' for truths of faith that have been adulterated; these are called 'kings of the earth' because they exist within the Church - 'earth' meaning the Church, see 662, 1066, 1067, 1262. 'The white horse' stands for the understanding of truth, 'He who was sitting on the horse' for the Word. This matter is plainer still in Daniel 11, describing the war between the king of the south and the king of the north, by which is meant the conflict of truths with falsities. Here such conflicts are described as a war that took place in history.

[10] Since 'a king' means truth, what is meant in the internal sense when the Lord is called King, and also a Priest, is made clear; and what essential quality of the Lord was represented by kings, and what by priests, is also made clear. 'Kings' represented His Divine Truth, and 'priests' His Divine Good. All the laws of order by which the Lord governs the universe as King are truths, while all the laws by which He governs the universe as Priest and by which He rules even over truths themselves are goods. For government from truths alone condemns everyone to hell, but government from goods lifts them out of that place and raises them up into heaven; see 1728. Because, in the Lord's case, these two - truths and goods - are joined together, they were also represented in ancient times by kingship and priesthood combined, as with Melchizedek who was at one and the same time king of Salem and priest to God Most High, Genesis 14:18. And at a later time among the Jews where the representative Church was established in a form of its own He was represented by judges and priests, and after that by kings.

[11] But because 'kings' represented truths which ought not to be paramount for the reason, already stated, that they condemn, the very idea was so objectionable that the Jews were reproached for it. The nature of truth regarded in itself has been described in 1 Samuel 8:11-18, as the rights of a king; and previous to that, in Moses, in Deuteronomy 17:14-18, they had been commanded through Moses to choose genuine truth deriving from good, not spurious truth, and not to pollute it with reasonings and factual knowledge. These are the considerations which the directive concerning a king given in the place in Moses referred to above embodies within itself. No one can possibly see this from the sense of the letter, but it is nevertheless evident from the details within the internal sense. This shows why 'a king' and 'kingship' represented and meant nothing other than truth.

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1. literally, over him

  
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