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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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Arcana Coelestia # 10105

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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 # 9409

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9409. 'And on the children of Israel who had been set apart' means those restricted to the outward sense, separated from the inward. This is clear from the representation of 'the children of Israel who had been set apart' - that is, those who had been separated from Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders, and about whom verse 2 above says 'they shall not come up' - as those restricted to the outward sense of the Word, separated from the inward, dealt with above in 9380. Something brief must be stated here about who exactly those people are, and what they are like, who are restricted to the outward sense of the Word, separated from the inward. They are those who draw no teachings about charity and faith from the Word but confine themselves to the sense of the letter. Teachings about charity and faith compose the inward substance of the Word, while the sense of the letter composes its outward form. The worship too of those restricted to the outward sense of the Word without the inward is something outward devoid of anything inward. They venerate outward things as being holy and Divine, and also believe that these things are in themselves holy and Divine, when in fact they are holy and Divine by virtue of inner realities. This was what the children of Jacob were like, see 3479, 4281, 4293, 4307, 4429, 4433, 4680, 4844, 4847, 4865, 4868, 4874, 4899, 4903, 4911, 4913, 6304, 8588, 8788, 8806, 8871.

[2] But let some examples serve to illustrate this matter. They believed that they were pure, free from all sin and all guilt, when they offered sacrifices and ate from them. For they thought that the sacrifices in their outward form alone, without the inward, were the most holy things of worship, that when used in those sacrifices the oxen, young bulls, lambs, she-goats, sheep, rams, and he-goats were holy, and that the altar was the most holy thing of all. And they thought of the bread of the minchahs and the wine of the drink-offerings in a similar way. They also believed that when they had washed their clothes and their bodies they were altogether clean, and in like manner that the perpetual fire on the altar and the fires in the lamps were in themselves holy, also the loaves of the presence, the anointing oil, and all else. This was what they believed because they rejected everything internal, so completely that they were unwilling even to hear about internal things, such as that they should love Jehovah for His sake and not their own, that is to say, not in order that they might be raised to important positions and wealth above all nations and peoples throughout the world. Nor therefore were they willing to hear that the Messiah was going to come for the sake of their eternal salvation and happiness, only for the sake of their pre-eminence over all in the world. Nor were they willing to hear about mutual love and charity towards the neighbour for the neighbour's sake and good, only for their own, so far as the neighbour was favourably disposed towards them. They thought nothing of entertaining feelings of enmity, harbouring hatred, taking vengeance, acting savagely, so long as they could lay hold of some reason.

[3] Their beliefs and actions would have been altogether different if they had been willing to accept teachings about love to and faith in the Lord and charity towards the neighbour. They would then have known and believed that burnt offerings, sacrifices, minchahs, drink-offerings, and feasting on sacrifices would not purify them from any guilt or sin, but that worship of God and heartfelt repentance would do so, Deuteronomy 33:19; Jeremiah 7:21-23; Micah 6:6-8; Hosea 6:6; Psalms 40:6, 8; 51:16-17; 1 Samuel 15:22. They would in a similar way have known that the washing of clothes and body rendered no one clean, only purification of the heart; and in like manner that the fire on the altar and fires in the lamps, also the loaves of the presence, and the anointing oil were not holy of themselves but by virtue of the inner realities which they were the signs of. They would have known too that when they were governed by those holy and inner realities they would be holy people, not on their own account, but on that of the Lord from whom everything holy springs. The children of Israel would have known these inner realities if they had received teachings about love and charity, because these declare what it is that outward things include within them. Those teachings also provide knowledge of the internal sense of the Word, because the internal sense of the Word constitutes true teachings about love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour. It is also what the Lord teaches, when He says that on both these commands all the Law and the Prophets depend, Matthew 22:36, 40.

[4] The situation is virtually the same today in the Christian world. Here people are restricted to outward things, without anything inward, because teachings about love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour are lacking, so much so that there is scarcely any knowledge of what celestial love is and what spiritual love is, which is charity. For the good of celestial and spiritual love, and consequently the truth of faith, constitute the inner level in a person. So it is that even at the present day the outward sense of the Word, without doctrinal teachings as regulator and guide, can be distorted as much as anyone likes. For teachings about faith without teachings about love and charity are like the darkness of night, whereas teachings about faith arising out of teachings about love and charity are like the light of day. For the good that belongs to love and charity is like the flame, while the truth of faith is like the light radiating from it.

[5] This being what people in the Christian world are like at the present day, that is to say, people restricted to outward things without anything inward, scarcely any have an affection for truth for its own sake. Here also is the reason why they are not even aware of what good, charity, or the neighbour is. They are not even aware of what the inner level in a person is, nor of what heaven is and hell is, nor of the fact that everyone is alive immediately after death. And those among them who keep to the teachings of their Church do not care whether those teachings are false or true. They learn them and endorse them not for the sake of exercising the good of charity from the heart, nor for the sake of the salvation of their soul and eternal happiness, but for the sake of getting on in the world, that is, to earn reputation, important positions, and wealth. For this reason they receive no enlightenment when they read the Word, and so will altogether deny the existence of anything inwardly present in the Word apart from what stands out in the letter. But more on this subject from experience will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated elsewhere.

  
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