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Deuteronoomia 17

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1 Sa ei tohi ohverdada Issandale, oma Jumalale, härga või lammast, kellel on viga küljes, midagi pahaloomulist, sest see on jäledus Issandale, su Jumalale!

2 Kui su keskel mõnes su väravaist, mis Issand, su Jumal, sulle annab, leitakse mees või naine, kes teeb, mis kuri on Issanda, su Jumala silmis, rikkudes tema lepingut,

3 kes läheb ja teenib teisi jumalaid ja kummardab neid, päikest või kuud või kõiki taevavägesid, mida ma olen keelanud,

4 ja sellest teatatakse sinule ja sa kuuled seda, siis kuula hästi järele, ja vaata, kui see on tõsi, asi on kindel, seesugust jõledust on Iisraelis tehtud,

5 siis vii see mees või naine, kes seda kurja on teinud, välja oma väravate ette, olgu see mees või naine, ja ta visatagu kividega surnuks!

6 Surmatav surmatagu kahe või kolme tunnistaja ütluse põhjal; ühe tunnistaja ütluse põhjal ei tohi teda surmata.

7 Tunnistajate käsi tõusku esimesena ta vastu, et teda surmata, ja seejärel kogu rahva käsi. Nõnda kõrvalda kurjus enese keskelt!

8 Kui sulle on mõni asi raske otsustada õigusemõistmises vere ja vere vahel, kohtuasja ja kohtuasja vahel, vägivallateo ja vägivallateo vahel tüliasjus su väravais, siis võta kätte ja mine sinna paika, mille Issand, su Jumal, valib,

9 ja tule leviitpreestrite juurde ja selle juurde, kes neil päevil on kohtumõistjaks, ja kuula järele, siis nad kuulutavad sulle otsuse.

10 Ja tee siis selle otsuse järgi, mille nad sulle kuulutavad paigas, mille Issand valib, ja täida hoolsasti kõike, mida nad sulle õpetavad!

11 Tee õpetuse järgi, mida nad sulle annavad, ja kohtuotsuse järgi, mille nad sulle kuulutavad, pead sa talitama, kaldumata paremale või vasakule otsusest, mida nad sulle kuulutavad!

12 Aga mees, kes käitub ülbelt, kuulamata preestrit, kes seisab seal Issanda, su Jumala teenistuses, või kohtumõistjat, peab surema! Nõnda kõrvalda kurjus Iisraelist!

13 Ja kogu rahvas kuulgu seda ja kartku, et nad ei oleks enam nii ülbed!

14 Kui sa jõuad sellele maale, mille Issand, su Jumal, sulle annab, ja sa pärid selle ning elad seal ja ütled: 'Ma tahan tõsta enesele kuninga, nagu on kõigil mu ümberkaudseil rahvail',

15 siis tõsta enesele kuningaks see, kelle Issand, su Jumal, valib! Sa pead tõstma enesele kuninga oma vendade hulgast, sa ei tohi panna enese üle võõrast meest, kes ei ole sinu vend!

16 Aga tema ärgu pidagu enesel palju hobuseid, ja tema ärgu viigu rahvast tagasi Egiptusesse, et hankida palju hobuseid, sest Issand on teile öelnud: 'Ärge minge enam tagasi seda teed!'

17 Ja tema ärgu võtku enesele palju naisi, et ta ei taganeks usust, ja tema ärgu kogugu enesele väga palju hõbedat ja kulda!

18 Ja kui ta istub oma kuningriigi aujärjel, siis ta kirjutagu enesele raamatusse ärakiri sellest Seadusest, mis on leviitpreestrite käes.

19 See olgu tema juures ja ta lugegu seda kõik oma elupäevad, et ta õpiks kartma Issandat, oma Jumalat, pidades kõiki selle Seaduse sõnu ja määrusi, tehes nende järgi,

20 ilma et ta süda suurustleks oma vendade ees ja ilma et ta kalduks käsust paremale või vasakule, et pikendada päevi, mis ta on oma kuningriigi üle, tema ja ta pojad Iisraelis.

   

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6756. 'That he went out to his brothers' means a joining to the Church's truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'brothers' as the truths of the Church, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'going out to them' as being joined to them. As regards 'brothers', sometimes the expression means the forms of good, at other times the truths of the Church. Forms of good are meant when the celestial Church is the subject, truths when the spiritual Church is the subject. The reason for this is that the celestial Church is governed by good, but the spiritual Church by truth; and in ancient times all who belonged to the Church called one another brothers. Those who belonged to the spiritual Church did indeed call one another brothers on the basis of good, 3803; yet there were differences in the ways that members of the internal Church did so. Those differences depended on the nature of the good, and so on truths since good derives its specific nature from truths. Later on when the Church fell away from good, and consequently from truth also, people ceased any more to call one another brothers as a result of spiritual connections and relationships, which are those of charity and faith, but solely as a result of natural connections and relationships, or else as a result of friendship. They also began to consider it beneath them to call someone brother who ranked less highly than themselves. The reason for this was that they attached little or no importance to close ties that sprang from a spiritual origin, but great and supreme importance to close ties that had a natural or social origin. The Church's truths are clearly called 'brothers', because the sons of Jacob represented the truths of the Church in their entirety, 5407, 5419, 5427, 5458, 5512.

[2] The reason why in ancient times people were called 'brothers' as a result of spiritual relationships is that the new birth or regeneration established family connections and relationships on a level superior to that of those established by natural birth. A further reason is that those connections and relationships trace their origin back to the same Father, who is the Lord. This goes to explain why people who enter heaven after death no longer acknowledge any brother, or even their mother or father, if the relationship is not founded on goodness and truth. It is in accordance with these that new brotherly relationships are formed there. This then is why those who belonged to the Church in former times called one another brothers.

[3] The fact that the children of Israel referred to all who were descended from Jacob as brothers, but everyone else as companions, is evident from the following places:

In Isaiah,

I will embroil Egypt with Egypt, in order that a man may fight against brother, and a man against his companion. Isaiah 19:2.

In the same prophet,

A man helps his companion and says to his brother, Be firm. Isaiah 41:6.

In Jeremiah,

Take heed, a man of his companion, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother supplants wholly, and every companion utters slanders. Jeremiah 9:4.

[4] The fact that all who were descended from Jacob called themselves brothers may be seen in Isaiah,

Then they will bring all your brothers from all nations as an offering to Jehovah, on horses, in chariots, and in covered waggons. Isaiah 66:20.

In Moses,

You shall indeed set a king over you 1 whom Jehovah your God will choose, from among your brothers shall you set a king over you; 1 you may not place over you 1 a foreigner, who is not your 1 brother. Deuteronomy 17:15.

Even the children of Esau, because they were descended from Jacob, were called brothers by them, in Moses,

We passed through, away from our brothers the children of Esau dwelling in Seir. Deuteronomy 2:8.

[5] The reason why in ancient times those who belonged to the Church called one another brothers was, as stated above, that they acknowledged the Lord as their one and only Father and received a new soul and life from Him, on account of which the Lord says,

Refuse to be called Rabbi, for one is your Master, Christ; but all you are brothers. Matthew 23:8.

Since spiritual brotherhood has its origin in love, that is, one person is another's, and those who are governed by good abide in the Lord, and He abides in them, John 14:20, the Lord calls them brothers, in Matthew,

Jesus stretching out His hand over His disciples said, Behold My mother and My brothers; for whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven is My brother, and sister, and mother. Matthew 12:49-50.

In the same gospel,

Insofar as you did it to one of the least of My brothers you did it to Me. Matthew 25:40.

He again calls the disciples brothers in Matthew 28:10; John 20:17. 'Disciples' is used in the representative sense to mean all who are guided by the truths of faith and governed by the good of charity.

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1. The Latin means them and their but the Hebrew means you and your, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

  
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