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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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9506. 'And you shall make a mercy-seat from pure gold' means the hearing and reception of all things that belong to worship arising from the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the mercy-seat' as the cleansing from evils or forgiveness of sins, consequently the hearing and reception of all things that belong to worship, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'gold' as the good of love, dealt with in 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914. The truth that 'the mercy-seat' means the cleansing from evils and forgiveness of sins is clear from those places in the Word where propitiation or expiation is referred to. 1 The reason why the hearing and reception of all things belonging to worship is also meant is that only those who have made propitiation or expiation, that is, been cleansed from evils, are heard by the Lord and have their worship accepted by Him; it does not happen with those who are steeped in evils, that is, have not made expiation or propitiation. Therefore also Aaron was not allowed to approach the mercy-seat until he had been cleansed and had made propitiation for himself and the people.

[2] The truth that 'the mercy-seat' consequently means the hearing and reception of all things that belong to worship is also clear from the consideration that Jehovah spoke to Moses over the mercy-seat between the cherubs. The reason why worship arising from the good of love is that which is received is that no one is allowed to enter heaven and so approach the Lord other than a person who is governed by good, that is to say, by the good of love to the Lord and the good of charity towards the neighbour, see 8516, 8539, 8722, 8772, 9139, 9227, 9230, 9274; no one else is heard nor can anyone else's worship be received. This also explains why there were cherubs over the mercy-seat; for watchfulness and providence are meant by 'the cherubs', guarding against access to the Lord except through the good of love, that is, guarding against entrance into heaven by any apart from those who are governed by good, and also guarding against those in hell gaining access to the inhabitants of heaven and doing them harm. All this shows what was meant by the presence of the mercy-seat over the ark and by that of the cherubs over the mercy-seat, and by the fact that the mercy-seat and the cherubs too were made from pure gold; for 'gold' means the good of love, and 'the ark' heaven where the Lord is.

[3] The truth that 'the mercy-seat' means the cleansing from evils, and so the forgiveness of sins, is clear from places in the Word where 'propitiation' or 'expiation' 2 is referred to, as in David,

O Jehovah, expiate our sins for Your name's sake. Psalms 79:9.

In the same author,

He, being merciful, has expiated iniquity. Psalms 78:38.

In the same author,

You will expiate me with hyssop and I shall become clean; You will wash me and I shall be made whiter than snow. Psalms 51:7.

In Isaiah,

Evil will come upon you, which you will not know how to ward off; calamity will befall you, which you will not be able to expiate. Isaiah 47:11.

And in Moses,

Sing, O nations, the people of Him who will avenge the blood of His servants, and will expiate His land, His people. Deuteronomy 32:43.

[4] Expiations were effected by means of sacrifices; and it says that when they were offered the priest would expiate him from sin, and he would be pardoned, 3 Leviticus 4:26, 31, 35; 5:6, 10, 13, 16, 18; 6:7; 9:7; 15:15, 30. Expiation was also effected by 'silver', Exodus 30:16; Psalms 49:7. Hence also the day of expiations 4 before the feast of tabernacles, Leviticus 23:27-32. But it should be recognized that none of those expiations constituted a real cleansing from evils or forgiveness of sins; it only represented it. For every religious observance among the Israelite and Jewish nation was merely representative of the Lord, His kingdom and Church, and such realities as belong to heaven and the Church. How representations brought such realities to angels' awareness in heaven, see 9229.

[5] Since the cleansing from evils and forgiveness of sins was meant by 'the mercy-seat', the hearing and reception of all things that belonged to worship was also meant; for one who has been cleansed from evils is heard and his worship is received. This was represented by Jehovah's speaking above the mercy-seat to Moses and His commanding what the children of Israel should do, as is clear from verse 22 of the present chapter, where it says,

And I will meet with you there, and I will speak to you from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubs which are over the ark of the Testimony, [declaring] everything that I shall command you for the children of Israel.

The like occurs elsewhere,

Whenever Moses spoke to Jehovah he heard the voice speaking from above the mercy-seat that was over the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubs. Numbers 7:89.

The fact that a person was heard and his worship was received when he had been cleansed from evils was represented by Aaron's not going into the holy place within the veil before the mercy-seat unless he had first made expiation for himself and the people, by ceremonial washing, sacrifices, incense, and blood, as stated in Leviticus 16:2-16, which concludes,

In this way he shall expiate the holy place from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and from their transgressions in regard of all their sins.

It also says in verse 2 that Jehovah would appear at the mercy-seat 'in the cloud', meaning in Divine Truth adjusted to people's ability to receive and understand it, such as the Word is in the sense of the letter, 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343 (end), 6752, 8106, 8443, 8781.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Latin word propitiatorium rendered the mercy-seat may be translated more literally as the place of propitiation.

2. The Hebrew verb behind expiate, used in an uncommon way in the following quotations, means cover over. The Latin verb generally means atone for or purify what is defiled.

3. i.e. the priest shall make atonement for the person's sin, and the person will stand forgiven

4. Generally known as the day of atonement

  
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