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1 Kaj la Eternulo ekparolis al Moseo, dirante:

2 Parolu al la Izraelidoj, kaj prenu de ili po unu bastono de cxiu tribo, de cxiuj iliaj triboj dek du bastonojn, kaj cxies nomon skribu sur lia bastono.

3 Sed la nomon de Aaron skribu sur la bastono de Levi; cxar unu bastono devas esti de la estro de ilia tribo.

4 Kaj kusxigu ilin en la tabernaklo de kunveno antaux la kesto de atesto, kie Mi aperas al vi.

5 Kaj kiun viron Mi elektos, ties bastono ekfloros; kaj tiel Mi silentigos antaux Mi la murmuradon de la Izraelidoj, kiun ili murmuras kontraux vi.

6 Kaj Moseo parolis al la Izraelidoj, kaj cxiuj iliaj estroj donis al li po unu bastono de cxiu tribo, laux iliaj triboj dek du bastonojn; kaj la bastono de Aaron estis inter iliaj bastonoj.

7 Kaj Moseo kusxigis la bastonojn antaux la Eternulo en la tabernaklo de atesto.

8 Kaj en la sekvanta tago Moseo venis en la tabernaklon de atesto; kaj jen ekfloris la bastono de Aaron de la domo de Levi, kaj gxi elirigis burgxonojn kaj donis florojn kaj maturigis migdalojn.

9 Kaj Moseo elportis cxiujn bastonojn de antaux la Eternulo al cxiuj Izraelidoj; kaj ili vidis, kaj cxiu prenis sian bastonon.

10 Kaj la Eternulo diris al Moseo:Remetu la bastonon de Aaron antaux la keston de atesto, por ke gxi estu gardata kiel memorsigno por la ribelemuloj, por ke cxesigxu ilia murmurado kontraux Mi, kaj por ke ili ne mortu.

11 Kaj Moseo faris tion; kiel la Eternulo ordonis al li, tiel li faris.

12 Kaj la Izraelidoj diris al Moseo:Jen ni mortas, ni pereas, ni cxiuj pereas;

13 cxiu, kiu alproksimigxas al la tabernaklo de la Eternulo, mortas; cxu ni cxiuj mortos?

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5622

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5622. 'Pistachio nuts and almonds' means forms of the good of life that agree with those truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'pistachio nuts' as forms of the good of life that agree with the truths of exterior natural good, meant by 'resin', dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'almonds' as forms of the good of life that agree with the truths of interior natural good, meant by 'aromatic wax and stacte'. Those nuts have that meaning because they are fruits, and 'fruits' in the Word means deeds - fruits produced by useful trees meaning good deeds, or what amounts to the same, forms of the good of life, since these, so far as the use they serve is concerned, are good deeds. The reason 'pistachio nuts' means forms of the good of life that agree with the truths of exterior natural good is that they are the fruit borne by an inferior kind of tree, and things of an exterior nature are meant by objects of an inferior kind, for the reason that essentially exterior things are not so specific as interior ones since they are the general appearances produced by large numbers of inner components.

[2] The reason 'almonds' means forms of the good of life that agree with the truths of interior natural good is that the almond is a superior kind of tree. In the spiritual sense the tree itself means a perception of interior truth derived from good, its blossom means interior truth derived from good, while its fruit means the good of life resulting from that truth. The word 'almond' is used with this meaning in Jeremiah,

The word of Jehovah came [to me], saying, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, A rod of almond do I see. Then Jehovah said to me, You have seen well, 1 for I am watching over My word to perform it. Jeremiah 1:11-12.

'A rod' stands for power, 'almond' for a perception of interior truth; and because this rod is said to be Jehovah's it stands for a watching over that truth -'word' standing for truth.

[3] The almonds which blossomed on Aaron's rod for the tribe of Levi also mean the good deeds of charity or forms of the good of life. They are described in Moses as follows,

It happened the next day, when Moses went into the tent of meeting, that behold, Aaron's rod for the house 2 of Levi had blossomed, and had produced buds, 3 so that it flowered and produced almonds. Numbers 17:8.

This was the sign that that tribe had been chosen for the priesthood; for charity was meant by that tribe, 3875, 3877, 4497, 4502, 4503, and charity is the essential characteristic of the spiritual Church.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, Well have you done in seeing

2. The Latin means tribe but the Hebrew means house.

3. literally, flower

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.