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Exodus 21

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1 Ja need on seadused, mis sa pead panema nende ette:

2 kui sa ostad sulaseks heebrealase, siis ta teenigu kuus aastat, aga seitsmendal saagu ta vabaks lunamaksuta.

3 Kui ta tuli üksinda, mingu ta ka üksinda; kui ta oli naisemees, mingu naine koos temaga.

4 Kui ta isand andis temale naise ja see sünnitas temale poegi või tütreid, siis naine ja lapsed jäävad isandale, aga tema mingu üksinda.

5 Aga kui sulane ütleb kindla meelega: Ma armastan oma isandat, naist ja lapsi, ma ei taha vabaks saada,

6 siis tema isand viigu ta Jumala ette ja seadku ukse või piitjala juurde: ta isand torgaku tal kõrv naaskliga läbi ja ta teenigu igavesti.

7 Kui keegi müüb oma tütre teenijaks, siis see ei tohi sulaste taoliselt ära minna.

8 Kui ta ei meeldi oma isandale, kes tema on määranud enesele, siis lasku see teda lunastada; aga tal ei ole luba teda müüa võõrale rahvale, kui ta tema hülgab.

9 Aga kui ta määrab tema oma pojale, siis ta peab temale andma tütre õigused.

10 Kui ta võtab enesele veel teise naise, siis ei tohi esimesele vähendada toitu, katet ja abieluõigust.

11 Aga kui ta tema suhtes ei täida neid kolme tingimust, siis ta võib maksuta ära minna, ilma lunarahata.

12 Kes teist inimest lööb, nõnda et see sureb, seda tuleb karistada surmaga!

13 Aga kui ta teda ei ole varitsenud, vaid Jumal on lasknud ta tema kätte sattuda, siis ma määran sulle ühe paiga, kuhu ta võib põgeneda.

14 Aga kui keegi on riivatu oma ligimese vastu, tappes tema kavalusega, siis sa pead tema võtma surmamiseks isegi mu altari eest!

15 Kes lööb oma isa või ema, seda karistatagu surmaga!

16 Kes röövib inimese, kas ta selle müüb või see leitakse tema käest, seda karistatagu surmaga!

17 Kes neab oma isa või ema, seda karistatagu surmaga!

18 Kui mehed riidlevad ja üks lööb teist kivi või tööriistaga, nõnda et teine ei sure, vaid lamab asemel,

19 siis on lööja süüta, kui teine tõuseb üles ja saab õues kepi najal käia; ometi peab ta temale tasuma viidetud aja eest ja hoolitsema, et ta saaks terveks.

20 Kui keegi lööb kepiga oma sulast või teenijat, nõnda et ta tema käe all sureb, siis tuleb teda karistada.

21 Aga kui too jääb veel päevaks või paariks elama, siis ei tule teda karistada, sest too oli ju ostetud tema raha eest.

22 Kui mehed taplevad ja tõukavad lapseootel naist, nõnda et see enneaegselt sünnitab, muud kahju aga ei teki, siis tuleb süüdlast rahaga karistada; nõnda nagu naise mees temalt nõuab, nõnda andku ta seda nurisünnituse pärast.

23 Aga kui tekib kahju, siis tuleb anda hing hinge vastu,

24 silm silma vastu, hammas hamba vastu, käsi käe vastu, jalg jala vastu,

25 põletus põletuse vastu, haav haava vastu, vorp vorbi vastu.

26 Kui keegi lööb oma sulase või teenija silma ja rikub selle, siis ta peab tema silma pärast vabaks laskma.

27 Ja kui ta lööb oma sulasel või teenijal hamba välja, siis ta peab tema hamba pärast vabaks laskma.

28 Kui härg kaevleb surnuks mehe või naise, siis tuleb härg kividega surnuks visata ja tema liha ei tohi süüa, härja omanik aga on süüta.

29 Aga kui seesama härg oli varem kaevleja ja selle omanikku hoiatati juba ammu, ent tema ei takista seda ja härg tapab mehe või naise, siis visatagu härg kividega surnuks ja surmatagu ka ta omanik!

30 Kui temale aga määratakse lunastushind, siis ta peab andma niipalju hinge lunaraha, kui temale määratakse.

31 Kui see härg kaevleb poega või tütart, siis tuleb temaga talitada sellesama seaduse järgi.

32 Kui härg kaevleb sulast või teenijat, siis tuleb nende isandale anda kolmkümmend hõbeseeklit, härg aga visatagu kividega surnuks!

33 Kui keegi jätab kaevu lahti või kaevab kaevu, aga ei kata seda, mille tõttu langeb sinna härg või eesel,

34 siis peab kaevu omanik andma hüvituse; ta tasugu looma omanikule rahas, aga korjus jäägu temale.

35 Kui kellegi härg kaevleb surnuks teise mehe härja, siis tuleb elus härg müüa ja raha pooleks jagada; ka surnud härg tuleb poolitada.

36 Aga kui on teada, et see härg oli juba varem kaevleja ja selle omanik ei ole seda takistanud, siis ta peab selle täiesti asendama: härg härja vastu; aga korjus jäägu temale.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9088

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9088. 'He shall give silver to its owner' means by means of truth with him whose good or truth in the natural has been perverted. This is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, dealt with in 1551, 2048, 5658, 6112, 6914, 6917, 7999, and of 'giving silver' as redeeming by means of truth 2954; and from the meaning of 'its owner' - the owner of the ox or ass that fell into the pit - as the one whose good or truth in the natural has been perverted. For 'ox' is good in the natural, and 'ass' the truth there, 9086; and 'falling into a pit' means perverting them, 9086.

[2] The situation here is that if good or truth is perverted by falsity, then what has been perverted must be amended by means of truth, within the Church by means of truth from the Word, or from teachings drawn from the Word. The reason why it must be done this way is that truth teaches what evil is and what falsity is, and thereby a person sees and acknowledges them; and when he sees and acknowledges them amendment can be accomplished in him, since the Lord enters into those things with a person that the person knows, not into those he does not know. He does not therefore amend evil or falsity until the person has learned that it is evil or falsity. So it is that those who have to do the work of repentance must see and acknowledge their evils, and accordingly lead the life of truth, 8388-8392. The situation is similar with purification from the evils of self-love and love of the world. Purification from those loves cannot at all be accomplished except by means of the truths of faith, because these teach that all sinful desires spring from those loves. This explains why circumcision among the Israelite and Jewish nation was performed with a knife made of flint; for circumcision was a sign of purification from those foul loves, and the knife of flint with which it was performed was a sign of the truth of faith, 2799 (middle), 7044. By means of the truths of faith also a person is regenerated, 8635-8640, 8772. This was meant by the washings used in former times for ritual cleansings; and the same thing is also meant at the present day by the waters of baptism. For the waters are a sign of the truths of faith, by means of which evils are removed, 739, 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 7307, 8568, and baptism is a sign of regeneration, 4255, 5120 (end).

[3] From all this it is evident how false the thinking is of those who believe that a person's evils or sins are wiped away as dirt on the body is washed away by water, that the interiors of those who were washed with water in former times according to the rules of the Church were cleansed, and also that people at the present day are saved through undergoing baptism. In actual fact the washings in former times did no more than represent the cleansing of people interiorly, and baptism is only the sign of regeneration. The waters there mean the truths of faith by means of which a person is cleansed and regenerated, for by means of those truths are evils removed. Baptism is for those within the Church, because they have the Word, where the truths of faith, the means by which a person is regenerated, are to be found.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 8772

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8772. 'These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel' means influx in order that truths may be received within good. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking', when done by the Divine, as influx, as in 2951, 5481, 5743, 5797, 6152, 6291, 8128, 8660. The reason why in order that truths may be received within good is meant is that what is said has regard to the children of Israel, by whom the spiritual Church is meant, and the spiritual Church exists among those governed by good that has truths within it. What is implied by good that has truths within it must be stated briefly. Anyone who knows the way in which good is formed from truths is acquainted with the greatest arcana of heaven; for he knows the arcana concerning the way in which a person is formed anew, that is, the way in which heaven or the Lord's kingdom is formed with him. All Christian good or spiritual good holds the truths of faith within it; for that good is given specific quality by the truths of faith. Good that does not receive its specific quality from the truths of faith is not Christian good; instead it is natural good which does not impart eternal life. The reason for this is that in itself natural good holds merely natural life, life that is not unlike that of animals, who are also governed by good when they are harmless ones. But animals cannot receive spiritual life.

[2] From this it is evident that spiritual life is acquired only through the truths of faith. This life - spiritual life - is acquired first by knowing the truths of faith, after that by acknowledging them, and at length by believing them. When they are merely known they are so to speak at the front door; when they are acknowledged they are in the hall; but when they are believed they are in the room. Thus they pass in stages from the outer to the inner parts of the mind. In a person interiorly there exists good which flows in constantly from the Lord; and there it joins itself to truths, turning them into faith, and then into charity. That good draws truths to itself; for it desires them so that through them it may obtain for itself a specific quality, and in this condition manifest itself.

[3] When therefore those truths have been joined to the good, the person has been regenerated; for the standpoint from which he sees what he ought to believe and what he ought to do is no longer truths but good. This is because he has absorbed truths, and these now reside within him; and he has no interest in truths from any source except those which he can see from his good. He is all the time seeing more truths, which are produced from that good like offspring from their parents. These offspring arise from such a marriage of goodness and truth, which is called the heavenly marriage. Truths which are products of the marriage hold good within themselves, because good gives birth to them. They enter into good in a continuous series, enlarging it and perfecting it; and they go on doing so for evermore. All this too goes to show the nature of the two states that a person who is being regenerated passes through, the states spoken of previously in 7992, 8643, 8648, 8658, 8685, 8690, 8701, and also in 8516, 8539, 8722.

  
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