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1 Kaj la Eternulo diris al Aaron:Vi kaj viaj filoj kaj la domo de via patro kune kun vi portos sur vi la kulpon pri la tabernaklo, kaj vi kaj viaj filoj kune kun vi portos la kulpon pri via pastrado.

2 Ankaux viajn fratojn, la tribon de Levi, la genton de via patro, alproksimigu al vi; ili aligxu al vi kaj servu vin; kaj vi kune kun viaj filoj estos cxe la tabernaklo de atesto.

3 Kaj ili prizorgu la gardadon de vi kaj la gardadon de la tuta tabernaklo; nur al la objektoj de la sanktejo kaj al la altaro ili ne alproksimigxu, por ke ili ne mortu, kiel ili, tiel ankaux vi.

4 Ili aligxu al vi kaj plenumu la zorgadon pri la tabernaklo de kunveno, koncerne cxiujn servojn en la tabernaklo; sed laiko ne alproksimigxu al vi.

5 Kaj plenumu la zorgadon pri la sanktejo kaj la zorgadon pri la altaro, por ke ne estu plu kolero kontraux la Izraelidoj.

6 Kaj Mi prenis viajn fratojn, la Levidojn, el inter la Izraelidoj; donace al vi ili estas donitaj por la Eternulo, por plenumi la servojn en la tabernaklo de kunveno.

7 Kaj vi kune kun viaj filoj plenumu vian pastradon en cxio, kio koncernas la altaron, kaj tion, kio estas malantaux la kurteno, kaj servu; kiel donacon Mi donas al vi la servadon de via pastrado; sed laiko, kiu alproksimigxos, estu mortigita.

8 Kaj la Eternulo diris al Aaron:Mi donis al vi la zorgadon pri Miaj oferdonoj:cxion, kion konsekras la Izraelidoj, Mi donis al vi kaj al viaj filoj, kiel sanktan apartenajxon per legxo eterna.

9 Jen kio apartenas al vi el la plejsanktajxoj, el la bruligatajxo:cxiu ilia ofero, kiel cxiu ilia farunofero, tiel ankaux cxiu ilia pekofero kaj cxiu ilia kulpofero, kiun ili donos al Mi, estas plejsanktajxo por vi kaj por viaj filoj.

10 Sur la plej sankta loko mangxu tion; cxiu virseksulo povas tion mangxi. sankta gxi estu por vi.

11 Kaj jen kio apartenas al vi:iliaj donacataj oferdonoj el cxiuj skuoferoj de la Izraelidoj; al vi Mi donis ilin kaj al viaj filoj kaj al viaj filinoj kune kun vi, per legxo eterna; cxiu pura en via domo povas tion mangxi.

12 CXion plej bonan el oleo kaj cxion plej bonan el mosto kaj el greno, iliajn unuaajxojn, kiujn ili donas al la Eternulo, Mi fordonis al vi.

13 La unuaj produktoj de cxio, kio estas sur ilia tero, kiujn ili alportos al la Eternulo, apartenas al vi; cxiu pura en via domo povas tion mangxi.

14 CXio, kio estas konsekrita en Izrael, apartenas al vi.

15 CXiu utermalferminto el cxiuj vivaj estajxoj, kiun ili alportas al la Eternulo, kiel el homoj, tiel ankaux el brutoj, apartenas al vi; tamen prenu elacxeton pro unuenaskito el homoj, kaj ankaux pro unuenaskito el malpuraj brutoj prenu elacxeton.

16 Ilia elacxeto estas:post la agxo de unu monato prenu elacxeton laux via takso, kvin siklojn da argxento laux la sankta siklo, kiu konsistas el dudek geroj.

17 Nur pro unuenaskito el bovoj aux pro unuenaskito el sxafoj aux pro unuenaskito el kaproj ne prenu elacxeton:ili estas sanktajxo; per ilia sango aspergu la altaron, kaj ilian sebon bruligu kiel fajroferon, agrablan odorajxon al la Eternulo.

18 Sed ilia viando apartenas al vi; kiel la brustajxo de skuofero kaj la dekstra femuro, gxi apartenas al vi.

19 CXiujn sanktajn oferdonojn, kiujn alportas la Izraelidoj al la Eternulo, Mi donis al vi kaj al viaj filoj kaj al viaj filinoj kune kun vi, per legxo eterna. Tio estas interligo de salo por eterne antaux la Eternulo por vi kaj por via idaro kune kun vi.

20 Kaj la Eternulo diris al Aaron:En ilia tero vi ne havos heredajxon, kaj parton vi ne havos inter ili; Mi estas via parto kaj via heredajxo meze de la Izraelidoj.

21 Kaj al la filoj de Levi Mi donis kiel heredajxon dekonajxon de cxio en Izrael, rekompence pro ilia servado, kiun ili faras, la servado en la tabernaklo de kunveno.

22 Kaj la Izraelidoj ne alproksimigxu plu al la tabernaklo de kunveno, por ke ili ne portu pekon kaj ne mortu.

23 Nur la Levidoj mem plenumu la servadon en la tabernaklo de kunveno kaj portu sur si ilian pekon; legxo eterna tio estu en viaj generacioj; kaj inter la Izraelidoj ili ne havos posedajxon.

24 CXar la dekonajxon de la Izraelidoj, kiun ili alportos al la Eternulo oferdone, Mi donis al la Levidoj kiel posedajxon; tial Mi diris al ili, ke inter la Izraelidoj ili ne havu posedajxon.

25 Kaj la Eternulo ekparolis al Moseo, dirante:

26 Al la Levidoj parolu, kaj diru al ili:Kiam vi prenos de la Izraelidoj la dekonajxon, kiun Mi donas al vi de ili kiel posedajxon, tiam levu el gxi oferdonon por la Eternulo, dekonajxon el la dekonajxo.

27 Kaj estos kalkulata al vi via oferdono, kiel greno el la garbejo kaj kiel abundajxo el la vinpremejo.

28 Tiamaniere vi ankaux alportos oferdonon al la Eternulo el cxiuj viaj dekonajxoj, kiujn vi prenos de la Izraelidoj; kaj vi donos el ili la oferdonon, destinitan por la Eternulo, al la pastro Aaron.

29 El cxiuj ricevataj donacoj alportu oferdonon al la Eternulo, el cxio plej bona en gxi gxian parton konsekritan.

30 Kaj diru al ili:Kiam vi alportos el tio la plej bonan parton, tiam gxi estos kalkulata al la Levidoj kiel enspezo el la garbejo kaj kiel enspezo el la vinpremejo.

31 Kaj vi povas tion mangxi sur cxiu loko, vi kaj via domo; cxar tio estas pago al vi pro via servado en la tabernaklo de kunveno.

32 Kaj vi ne portos pri tio pekon, kiam vi alportos la plej bonan parton el tio; kaj vi ne malsanktigos la konsekritajxon de la Izraelidoj, kaj vi ne mortos.

   

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5943. 'And you will eat the fat of the land' means making the good there their own. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as being communicated, joined together, and made one's own, dealt with in 2187, 2343, 3168, 3517 (end), 3832, 4745; and from the meaning of 'the fat of the land' - of Egypt - as the good within the natural. The meaning of 'fat' as that which is celestial or good is clear from many places in the Word, not only the fat found in an animal's body but also fat obtained from other sources, such as butter and oil; and other products with any fat in them - such as milk, honeys, or resins - also mean good in the measure that they have it in them.

[2] 'Fat' was representative of celestial good, thus of love received from the Lord, as is clear from the burnt offerings and sacrifices in these all the fat had to be burned on the altar, thereby providing 'an odour of rest to Jehovah'; and the children of Israel were forbidden because of this to eat fat. From these regulations, as from all the rest, it may be plain to see that the observances established among the Israelites were representative of celestial and spiritual realities and thus held what was holy within them. If this had not been so there would have been no Divine purpose at all behind the requirements to sacrifice all the fat of an animal, making this 'an odour of rest to Jehovah', or behind the Prohibition that forbade the eating of fat, and also of blood. It would surely be a stupid way of thinking about the Divine if one were to believe that He could take pleasure in fat or that Jehovah should make a requirement that did not conceal something deeper. Furthermore a person would be far too earthly - and bodily-minded if he had no interest at all in knowing the real meaning of such requirements; it would be a sign that he had no desire to know anything about the Word and eternal life.

[3] Regarding 'the fat' the following is stated in Moses,

You shall take all the fat covering the entrails, and the omentum over the liver, and the fat on the kidneys; and you shall burn them on the altar. Exodus 29:13, 22.

See also Leviticus 3:4-5, 9-10, 14-15; 4:8-9, 19, 26, 31, 35; 7:3-4. They were also required to sacrifice the fat on the breast, Leviticus 7:30-31. The phrase 'an odour of rest to Jehovah' occurs in the following places,

This is the bread of Jehovah's fire-offering for an odour of rest. Leviticus 3:16. The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Jehovah, and shall offer the fat for an odour of rest to Jehovah. Leviticus 17:6.

And elsewhere,

The fat of the firstborn of an ox and of a sheep must be burned on the altar as an odour of rest to Jehovah. Numbers 18:17.

'An odour of rest' means the pleasure gained from the good of love.

[4] As regards the non-eating of fat by the children of Israel, Let all the fat be for Jehovah. Therefore this is a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your dwelling-places: You shall not eat any fat or any blood. Leviticus 3:16-17.

And elsewhere,

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, You shall not eat any fat, neither of ox, nor sheep, nor she-goat. Everyone who eats the fat from a beast, from one offered as a fire-offering to Jehovah, that soul eating it will be cut off from his peoples. Nor shall you eat any blood Leviticus 7:23-26.

[5] Burnt offerings and sacrifices were the main form taken by Divine worship among those people, 923, 2180. For this reason worship is meant by 'burnt offerings and sacrifices' in general, while the essential nature of worship is meant by what was offered in sacrifice and by the whole procedure followed then. 'The fat and the burning of it' meant the very Divine celestial itself, namely the good of love received from the Lord, as may also be seen in the following places:

In Isaiah,

Jacob, you have not bought Me [sweet] cane with silver, and you have not satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices; you have wearied Me so much with your sins. 1 Isaiah 43:24.

'You have not bought [sweet] cane with silver' stands for, You have not acquired the truths of faith for yourself; and 'you have not satisfied Me with the fat of sacrifices' stands for, Nor [have you offered] the good of love.

[6] In David,

I will offer You burnt offerings of fat ones, with the incense of rams. Psalms 66:15.

'Burnt offerings of fat ones' stands for worship fired by love. In Moses,

When it will be said, Where are their gods, the rock in which they trusted, who ate the fat of their sacrifices, [who] drank the wine of their drink-offering? Deuteronomy 32:37-38.

This would have been said by gentiles who imagined that the gods were fed especially by such offerings. They were totally unaware of the fact that 'the fat of sacrifices' was what was celestial, or the good of love, within worship, and that 'the wine of a drink-offering' was the truth of faith derived from that good. These offerings, when they were made, stirred the affections of the angels and were therefore prescribed so that through representatives and correspondences heaven might be near to man.

[7] In David,

Jehovah will remember all your offerings, and will make your burnt offering fat. Psalms 20:3.

'Making a burnt offering fat' stands for making worship good. In Isaiah,

Jehovah Zebaoth will make for all peoples on this mountain a feast of fat things, a feast of lees, 2 of fat things full of marrow, of sedimentary lees. 3 He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from upon all faces. Isaiah 25:6, 8.

'A feast' stands for heaven and being joined to angels there through love and charity, 3596, 3832, 5161, 'fat things' being forms of the good of love and charity. In the same prophet,

Why do you spend money on that which is not bread, and your labour on that which does not satisfy? Attend diligently to Me and eat what is good, that your soul may delight itself in fatness. Isaiah 55:2.

[8] In Jeremiah,

I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and will give them gladness instead of their sorrow. And I will fill the soul of the priests with fat, and My people will be satisfied with My goodness. Jeremiah 31:13-14.

'Fat' plainly stands for what is good, for it is said that 'the soul will be satisfied' with it and it is referred to as 'Jehovah's goodness', meaning nothing else than what is celestial, which is received from Him. In David,

My soul will be satisfied as with fatness and fat, and my mouth will praise You with joyful lips. 4 Psalms 63:5.

Here the meaning is similar. In the same author,

You have crowned the year of Your goodness, and Your tracks drip with fatness. Psalms 65:11

In the same author,

The sons of man put their trust in the shadow of Your wings. They will be filled with the fat of Your house, and You give them drink from the river of Your delights. Psalms 36:7-8.

In Isaiah,

Then Jehovah will give rain for your seed with which you will sow the land, and bread of the produce of the earth; and there will be fatness and wealthiness. Isaiah 30:23.

[9] In John,

All things fat and splendid have gone away, and you will find them no more. Revelation 18:14.

This refers to Babylon. 'All things fat and splendid have gone away' stands for the departure of all forms of the good of love and truth of faith. In Moses,

He caused him to suck honey out of the crag and oil out of the stony rock - butter from the herd, and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs and of rams, the breed 5 of Bashan, and of goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape you drink unmixed wine. Deuteronomy 32:13-14.

This refers to the spiritual Ancient Church, whose various kinds of good - meant by 'honey', 'oil', 'butter', 'milk', and 'fat' - are enumerated.

[10] Because 'fat' meant good, the word was also applied to the kinds of things that had no fat in them but nevertheless had good as their meaning, so that 'fat' and 'good' were so to speak one and the same. An example of this is the fat of wheat in the verses quoted immediately above, and similarly in David,

I would feed them with the fat of wheat. Psalms 81:16.

And elsewhere,

He is the one who makes peace your border, and with the fat of wheat He satisfies you. Psalms 147:14.

Also in Moses,

Because all the fat of the pure oil, and all the fat of the new wine and of the grain, which were the first fruits, were Jehovah's, they were given to Aaron. Numbers 18:12.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, so much have you made Me serve through your sins

2. i.e. sweet wines

3. i.e. well-refined, very mature wines

4. literally, lips of songs

5. literally, sons

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