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Levitiko 22

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1 Kaj la Eternulo ekparolis al Moseo, dirante:

2 Diru al Aaron kaj al liaj filoj, ke ili agu singarde koncerne la sanktajxojn de la Izraelidoj, kaj ili ne malhonoru Mian sanktan nomon en tio, kion ili konsekras al Mi:Mi estas la Eternulo.

3 Diru al ili:Se iu en viaj generacioj el via tuta idaro aliros al la sanktajxoj, kiujn la Izraelidoj konsekras al la Eternulo, kaj li havos sur si malpurajxon, tiam tiu animo ekstermigxos de antaux Mi:Mi estas la Eternulo.

4 Se iu el la idaro de Aaron havos lepron aux elfluon, tiu ne mangxu la sanktajxojn, gxis li purigxos. Kiu ektusxis iun, kiu malpurigxis per mortinto, aux kiu havas elfluon de semo;

5 aux kiu ektusxis ian rampajxon, per kiu li malpurigxis, aux iun homon, de kiu li malpurigxis per ia lia malpurajxo;

6 tiu, ektusxinte tion, estos malpura gxis la vespero, kaj li ne mangxu la sanktajxojn, antaux ol li estos lavinta sian korpon per akvo.

7 Post la subiro de la suno li farigxos pura, kaj tiam li povas mangxi la sanktajxojn, cxar tio estas lia mangxajxo.

8 Kadavrajxon kaj ion, kion dissxiris bestoj, li ne mangxu, por ke li ne malpurigxu per tio:Mi estas la Eternulo.

9 Kaj ili observu Miajn ordonojn, por ke ili ne portu sur si pekon kaj ne mortu en gxi, se ili tion malhonoros:Mi estas la Eternulo, kiu ilin sanktigas.

10 Kaj neniu laiko mangxu sanktajxon; logxanto cxe pastro kaj ankaux dungito ne mangxu sanktajxon.

11 Se pastro acxetis homon per sia mono, tiu povas mangxi tion; kaj tiuj, kiuj naskigxis en lia domo, povas mangxi lian panon.

12 Se filino de pastro edzinigxis kun viro laika, sxi ne mangxu el la levataj sanktajxoj.

13 Sed se filino de pastro farigxis vidvino aux eksedzino kaj sxi ne havas infanojn, kaj sxi revenis en la domon de sia patro, kiel sxi estis en sia juneco, tiam sxi povas mangxi la panon de sia patro; sed neniu laiko devas gxin mangxi.

14 Se iu mangxis sanktajxon per eraro, li aldonu al gxi kvinonon de la valoro kaj redonu al la pastro la sanktajxon.

15 Ili ne malhonoru la sanktajxojn de la Izraelidoj, kiujn ili oferlevas al la Eternulo.

16 Kaj ili ne sxargxu sur sin la kulpon de la krimo, mangxante siajn sanktajxojn; cxar Mi estas la Eternulo, kiu ilin sanktigas.

17 Kaj la Eternulo ekparolis al Moseo, dirante:

18 Parolu al Aaron kaj al liaj filoj kaj al cxiuj Izraelidoj, kaj diru al ili:Se iu el la domo de Izrael aux el la fremduloj inter Izrael alportas sian oferon, cxu gxi estas promesitajxo aux cxu gxi estas ofero memvola, kiun ili alportas al la Eternulo kiel bruloferon,

19 tiam, por ke vi akiru placxon, gxi devas esti sendifekta, virseksa, el grandaj brutoj, el sxafoj, aux el kaproj.

20 Neniun beston, kiu havas difektajxon, alportu, cxar gxi ne akirigos al vi placxon.

21 Kaj se iu alportas pacoferon al la Eternulo, por plenumi promeson aux memvole, el grandaj aux malgrandaj brutoj, gxi estu sendifekta, por ke gxi placxu; nenia difekto estu sur gxi.

22 Beston blindan aux difektitan aux kriplan aux absceshavan aux aknohavan aux favan ne alportu al la Eternulo; kaj ne donu ilin kiel fajroferon sur la altaron de la Eternulo.

23 Bovon aux sxafon, kiu havas tro longajn aux tro mallongajn membrojn, vi povas alporti kiel oferon memvolan, sed kiel promesita ofero gxi ne akiros placxon.

24 Beston, kiu havas testikon kunpremitan, disbatitan, desxiritan, aux fortrancxitan, ne alportu al la Eternulo, kaj en via lando ne faru tion.

25 Kaj el la manoj de alilandulo ne alportu tiajn kiel panon de via Dio; cxar kriplajxo estas sur ili, difektajxo estas sur ili:ili ne akiros al vi placxon.

26 Kaj la Eternulo ekparolis al Moseo, dirante:

27 Kiam naskigxos bovido aux sxafido aux kaprido, tiam gxi restu dum sep tagoj sub sia patrino, kaj de post la oka tago kaj plue gxi povas akiri placxon kiel fajrofero al la Eternulo.

28 Sed nek bovon, nek sxafon bucxu kun gxia ido en unu tago.

29 Se vi alportas dankoferon al la Eternulo, oferu gxin tiel, ke gxi akiru por vi placxon.

30 En la sama tago oni devas gxin mangxi; ne lasu iom el gxi gxis la mateno:Mi estas la Eternulo.

31 Kaj observu Miajn ordonojn kaj plenumu ilin:Mi estas la Eternulo.

32 Kaj ne malhonoru Mian sanktan nomon, kaj Mi estu sankta inter la Izraelidoj:Mi estas la Eternulo, kiu sanktigas vin,

33 kiu elkondukis vin el la lando Egipta, por esti por vi Dio. Mi estas la Eternulo.

   

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2383. That 'they struck with blindness' means that they were filled with falsities is clear from the meaning of 'blindness'. In the Word blindness is used in reference to people who are immersed in falsity, and also to people who have no knowledge of the truth. Both kinds of people are called blind, though who are meant in any one place becomes clear from the train of thought, especially that in the internal sense. That those immersed in falsity are called 'blind' is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark. Isaiah 56:10.

'Blind watchmen' stands for those who, because of reasoning, are immersed in falsity. In the same prophet,

We look for light, and, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in thick darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind. Isaiah 59:9-10,

In Jeremiah,

They went astray blind in the streets; they defiled themselves with blood. Things which have no power they touch with their garments. Lamentations 4:14.

This stands for the fact that all truths have been defiled, 'streets' standing for truths in which they have gone astray, 2336.

[2] In Zechariah,

On that day I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. Every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness. Zechariah 12:4.

Here and elsewhere in the Word 'a horse' stands for what has to do with the understanding. This is why it is said that the horse would be struck with panic, and [every] horse of the peoples with blindness, that is, it would be filled with falsities.

[3] In John,

For judgement I came into the world, that those who do not see may see, but that those who see may become blind. Some of the Pharisees heard these words and said, Are we also blind? Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see', therefore your sin remains. John 9:39-41.

Here the blind in both senses are referred to, that is to say, those who are immersed in falsity and those who have no knowledge of truth. With those inside the Church who know what the truth is, 'blindness' is falsity; but with those who do not know what the truth is, as with those outside the Church, 'blindness' is having no knowledge of the truth. The latter are blameless.

[4] In the same gospel,

He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart and I heal them. John 12:40; Isaiah 6:9-11.

The meaning here is that it would be better for falsities to exist with them than truths, for they lead a life of evil and if they received instruction in truths they would not only continue to falsify them but would also pollute them with evils. They would do so for the same reason that the men of Sodom were struck with blindness, that is, matters of doctrine were filled with falsities. Why this is done has been shown in 301-303, 593, 1008, 1010, 1059, 1327, 1328, 2426.

[5] Because 'blind' meant that which was false, therefore people were not allowed in the Jewish representative Church to sacrifice anything blind, Leviticus 22:22; Deuteronomy 15:21; Malachi 1:8. Also any priest who was blind was forbidden to approach and offer on the altar, Leviticus 21:18, 21.

[6] That 'blindness' is used in reference to those, like gentiles, who have no knowledge of the truth, is clear in Isaiah,

On that day the deaf will hear the words of the Book, and out of thick darkness and out of darkness the eyes of the blind will see. Isaiah 29:18.

'The blind' stands for people who have no knowledge of the truth, chiefly those who are outside the Church. In the same prophet,

Bring forth the blind people and they will have eyes; and the deaf, and they will have ears. Isaiah 43:8.

This refers to the Church of the gentiles. In the same prophet,

I will lead the blind in a way they do not know; I will turn the darkness before them into light. Isaiah 42:16.

[7] In the same prophet,

I will give You to be a light of the people, to open the blind eyes, to bring the bound out of the dungeon, from the prison-house those who sit in darkness. Isaiah 42:6-7.

This refers to the Lord's Coming and the fact that at that time people who had no knowledge of truth were to receive instruction. For those immersed in falsity do not allow themselves to receive such instruction, for they know the truth but have set themselves against it and have turned the light of truth into darkness which is not dispelled. In Luke,

The householder said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and the maimed, and the lame, and the blind. Luke 14:21.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom. Not those who are literally poor, maimed, lame, and blind are meant but those who are so in the spiritual sense.

[8] In the same gospel,

Jesus said that they were to report to John: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them. Luke 7:22.

According to the sense of the letter nobody else is meant by the blind, the lame, lepers, the deaf, the dead, and the poor than those who were so physically, for such cures did take place, that is to say, the blind received sight, the deaf hearing, lepers were restored to health, and the dead to life.

[9] But in the internal sense the same people are meant as are referred to in

Isaiah,

Then will be opened the eyes of the blind, and the ears of the deaf will be opened; then will the lame man leap like a hart, and the dumb man sing with his tongue. Isaiah 35:5-6.

This refers to the Lord's Coming and a new Church at that time called the Church of the gentiles who are described as being blind, deaf, lame, and dumb; they were so called as regards their doctrine and life. For it should be recognized that all the miracles which the Lord performed always embodied such matters and therefore meant the things which the blind, the lame, lepers, the deaf, the dead, and the poor are used to mean in the internal sense. Consequently the Lord's miracles were Divine, as also those performed in Egypt, in the wilderness, and all the rest described in the Word, had been. This is an arcanum.

  
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