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Leviticus 14

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1 Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega, öeldes:

2 'See on seadus pidalitõbise kohta ta puhastuspäevaks: tema tuleb viia preestri juurde

3 ja preester mingu väljapoole leeri; ja kui preester vaatab, et näe, pidalitõbisel on pidalitõve lööve paranenud,

4 siis preester käskigu, et puhastatava pärast võetaks kaks elusat puhast lindu, seedripuud, helepunast lõnga ja iisopit.

5 Ja preester käskigu tappa üks lind värske veega saviastja kohal!

6 Siis ta võtku elus lind, seedripuu, helepunane lõng ja iisop ning kastku need ja elus lind värske vee kohal tapetud linnu verre

7 ja piserdagu seda pidalitõvest puhastatava peale seitse korda ning kuulutagu ta puhtaks; aga elus lind ta lasku väljale lahti!

8 Ja puhastatav pesku oma riided ja pügagu ära kõik oma karvad ja pesku ennast veega, siis ta on puhas; ja seejärel ta võib minna leeri, peab aga jääma seitsmeks päevaks väljapoole oma telki!

9 Seitsmendal päeval peab ta ära pügama kõik oma karvad, juukse-, habeme- ja kulmukarvad; ta pügagu ära kõik oma karvad, pesku oma riided ja loputagu oma ihu veega, siis ta on puhas!

10 Ja kaheksandal päeval võtku ta kaks veatut oinastalle, üks veatu aastane utetall, pool külimittu õliga segatud peent jahu roaohvriks ja üks kortel õli!

11 Ja preester, kes puhastab, seadku puhastatav mees ja need asjad Issanda ette kogudusetelgi ukse juurde!

12 Siis preester võtku üks tall ja ohverdagu see koos kortli õliga süüohvriks, kõigutades neid kõigutusohvrina Issanda ees.

13 Ja ta tapku tall paigas, kus tapetakse patuohver ja põletusohver, pühas paigas; sest nagu patuohver, nõnda kuulub ka süüohver preestrile, see on väga püha!

14 Preester võtku süüohvri verd ja preester määrigu seda puhastatava parema kõrva lestale ja ta parema käe pöidlale ja ta parema jala suurele varbale!

15 Seejärel preester võtku kortlist õli ja valagu oma vasakusse pihku!

16 Ja preester kastku oma parema käe nimetissõrm õlisse, mis on ta vasakus pihus, ja tilgutagu sõrmega õli Issanda ees seitse korda!

17 Ja õlist, mis ta pihku üle jääb, preester määrigu puhastatava parema kõrva lestale, ta parema käe pöidlale ja ta parema jala suurele varbale süüohvri vere peale!

18 Aga õli, mis veel preestri pihku üle jääb, ta valagu puhastatavale pähe; nõnda toimetagu preester tema eest lepitust Issanda ees!

19 Siis preester ohverdagu patuohver ja toimetagu lepitust roojusest puhastatava eest ning seejärel ta tapku põletusohver!

20 Ja preester ohverdagu altaril põletusohver ja roaohver; kui preester nõnda on toimetanud lepitust tema eest, siis ta on puhas!

21 Aga kui ta on kehv ja ta jõud ei luba, siis ta võtku ainult üks oinastall kõigutatavaks süüohvriks tema eest lepituse toimetamiseks, üks kann õliga segatud peent jahu roaohvriks, kortel õli

22 ja kaks turteltuvi või kaks muud tuvi, nagu ta jõud lubab: üks olgu patuohvriks ja teine põletusohvriks!

23 Ja ta viigu need kaheksandal päeval enese puhastamiseks preestrile kogudusetelgi ukse juurde Issanda ette!

24 Ja preester võtku süüohvri tall ja kortel õli ning preester kõigutagu neid kõigutusohvrina Issanda ees!

25 Kui süüohvri tall on tapetud, siis preester võtku süüohvri verd ja määrigu puhastatava parema kõrva lestale ja ta parema käe pöidlale ja ta parema jala suurele varbale!

26 Siis preester valagu õli oma vasakusse pihku

27 ja preester tilgutagu oma parema käe nimetissõrmega õli, mis on ta vasakus pihus, Issanda ees seitse korda!

28 Ja preester määrigu õli, mis on ta pihus, puhastatava parema kõrva lestale ja ta parema käe pöidlale ja ta parema jala suurele varbale süüohvri vere peale!

29 Ja ülejäänud õli, mis on preestri pihus, ta valagu puhastatavale pähe, tema eest lepituse toimetamiseks Issanda ees!

30 Ja ta ohverdagu üks neist turteltuvidest või muudest tuvidest, nagu ta jõud kandis,

31 neist, keda ta jõud kandis: üks patuohvriks ja teine põletusohvriks ühes roaohvriga; nõnda toimetagu preester puhastatava eest lepitust Issanda ees!

32 See on seadus selle kohta, kellel oli pidalitõve lööve, kelle jõud aga ei luba rohkem enese puhastamiseks.'

33 Ja Issand rääkis Moosese ja Aaroniga, öeldes:

34 'Kui te tulete Kaananimaale, mille ma annan teie valdusesse, ja ma panen pidalitõve mõne teie pärandimaa koja külge,

35 siis koja omanik peab minema ja teatama preestrile, öeldes: 'Mulle näib, nagu oleks koja küljes pidalitõve nakatus.'

36 Preester käskigu koda tühjendada, enne kui preester läheb löövet vaatama, et ei saaks roojaseks kõik, mis kojas on; pärast seda mingu preester koda vaatama!

37 Ja kui ta löövet vaatab, ja näe, koja seintel on lööve, rohekad või punakad süvendid, ja need näivad olevat madalamad kui muu sein,

38 siis preester mingu kojast välja koja ukse juurde ja sulgegu koda seitsmeks päevaks!

39 Ja kui preester seitsmendal päeval jälle tuleb ja vaatab, ja näe, lööve koja seintel on laienenud,

40 siis preester käskigu, et nad murraksid välja need kivid, millel on lööve, ja viskaksid need väljapoole linna ühte roojasesse paika!

41 Ja koda kaabitagu seestpidi ümberringi, kaabitud savi aga puistatagu väljapoole linna ühte roojasesse paika!

42 Siis võetagu teised kivid ja pandagu nende kivide asemele ning võetagu uut savi ja savitatagu koda!

43 Aga kui lööve tuleb taas ja lööb välja koja peal, pärast seda kui kivid on välja murtud ning koda on kaabitud ja savitatud,

44 siis preester peab minema ja vaatama, ja näe, kui lööve kojal on laienenud, siis on koja küljes pahaloomuline pidalitõbi; koda on roojane!

45 Koda kistagu maha, selle kivid, puud ja kogu koja savi, ja see viidagu väljapoole linna ühte roojasesse paika!

46 Ja kes läheb kotta kõigil neil päevil, mil see on suletud, on õhtuni roojane.

47 Ja kes selles kojas magab, pesku oma riided, ja kes kojas sööb, pesku oma riided!

48 Aga kui preester tuleb ja vaatab, ja näe, lööve maja küljes ei ole laienenud pärast koja savitamist, siis preester peab koja puhtaks kuulutama, sest lööve on paranenud!

49 Ta võtku koja puhastamiseks kaks lindu, seedripuud, helepunast lõnga ja iisopit

50 ning tapku üks lind värske veega saviastja kohal!

51 Ja ta võtku seedripuu, iisop, helepunane lõng ja elus lind ning kastku need tapetud linnu verre ja värskesse vette ja piserdagu koja peale seitse korda!

52 Nõnda ta peab koja puhastama linnu verega, värske veega, elusa linnuga, seedripuuga, iisopiga ja helepunase lõngaga.

53 Siis ta lasku elus lind lahti väljale väljaspool linna; kui ta nõnda on koja eest lepitust toimetanud, siis on see puhas!

54 See on seadus igasuguse pidalitõve ja lubikärna kohta,

55 riiete ja kodade pidalitõve kohta,

56 muhkude, löövete ja valgete laikude kohta,

57 õpetuseks, millal keegi on roojane ja millal ta on puhas. See on seadus pidalitõve kohta.'

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 419

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419. CHAPTER 9

1. Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth, and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit.

2. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.

3. Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

5. And it was given them not to kill them, but to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

6. In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

7. The locusts in appearance were like horses prepared for battle, and on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.

8. They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

9. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle.

10. They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails, and their power was to hurt men five months.

11. And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but who in Greek has the name Apollyon.

12. One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.

13. Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14. saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."

15. And the four angels were released, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, to kill a third of mankind.

16. Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million, and I heard the number of them.

17. And thus I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates that were fiery, hyacinthine and sulfurous; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.

18. By these three a third of mankind was killed - by the fire and smoke and brimstone coming out of their mouths.

19. Their power was in their mouth [and in their tails]; for their tails were like serpents, having heads, and with them they do harm.

20. But the rest of mankind, who were not killed in these plagues, still did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

21. And they did not repent of their murders or their enchantments or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

THE SPIRITUAL MEANING

The Contents of the Whole Chapter

An examination and disclosure of the state of life of those people in the Protestant Reformed church who are called learned and wise because of their defense of faith divorced from charity and of justification and salvation by it alone. This is the subject of verses 1-12.

An examination and disclosure of the state of life of those people in that church who are not so learned and wise, who are caught up in faith alone and live as they please. This is the subject of verses 13-19.

Finally, concerning people in that church who know only that faith is the whole means by which a person is saved, and nothing more beyond that. Verses 20, 21.

The Contents of the Individual Verses:

Verse ContentsSpiritual Meaning
1. Then the fifth angel sounded,An examination and disclosure of the state of life of those people in the Protestant Reformed Church who are called learned and wise because of their defense of faith divorced from charity and of justification and salvation by it alone.
and I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth,Spiritual Divine truth flowing in from heaven into the church with them, examining and exposing them.
and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit.Their hell opened.
2. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace,Falsities accompanying the lusts of the natural self springing from those people's evil loves.
and the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.Therefore the light of truth became thick darkness.
3. Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth,From them issued falsities of the lowest sort, such as are found in the case of people who have become sensual and who view and judge everything in accordance with the senses and their fallacies.
and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.Their power to persuade that their falsities are true.
4. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.The Lord's Divinely providing that they be unable to take away any truth or good of faith, or any affection for or perception of these, from any others than people lacking in charity and so having no faith,
5. And it was given them not to kill them, but to torment them for five months,and that they also be unable to take away their faculty for understanding and willing truth and good, but be able only for a short time to induce a mental numbness,
and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.and this owing to their persuasiveness.
6. In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.They wish the intellect to be closed and the will stopped up in matters of faith, which extinguishes spiritual light and life, but that this is impossible.
7. The locusts in appearanceThe appearance and likeness of those people who affirmed in themselves a faith divorced from charity,
were like horses prepared for battle,who because of their ability to reason appeared to themselves to be battling from an understanding of truth founded on the Word.
and on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold,They seemed to themselves to be conquerors.
and their faces were like the faces of men.They seemed to themselves to be wise.
8. They had hair like women's hair,They seemed to themselves to have an affection for truth.
and their teeth were like lions' teeth.Matters of the senses, which constitute the lowest elements of the natural self's life, appeared to them to have power over all else.
9. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron,Their arguments based on fallacies, with which they battled and prevailed, appeared to them too strong to be refuted.
and the sound of their wings was like the sound of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle.Their reasonings, as though founded on doctrinal truths from the Word fully understood, which they had to ardently defend.
10. They had tails like scorpions,The Word's truths falsified, by which they induce a mental numbness.
and there were stings in their tails, and their power was to hurt men five months.Their clever falsifications of the Word, by which for a short time they darkened and enchanted the intellect, and so deceived and captivated it.
11. And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but who in Greek has the name Apollyon.Those caught up in falsities springing from lusts, who by a total falsification of the Word destroyed the church, are in a satanic hell.
12. One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.Further lamentations over the state of the church.
13. Then the sixth angel sounded,An examination and exposure of the state of life among those people in the Protestant Reformed Church who were not so wise, and yet who placed the whole of religion in faith, thinking of it alone and living as they pleased.
and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14. saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet,A command by the Lord out of the spiritual heaven to those who were to examine and expose it,
"Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."to remove from them external bonds, to enable the interiors of their minds to appear.
15. And the four angels were released,When the external bonds were removed, the interiors of their minds became apparent.
who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, to kill a third of mankind.Their being in a perpetual effort to take away spiritual light and life from the people of the church.
16. Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million,Their reasonings concerning faith alone, with which they had filled the interiors of the minds, springing from nothing but an abundance of falsities accompanying evil.
and I heard the number of them.Their character perceived.
17. And thus I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them,The discovery then that the reasonings of the interiors of their minds concerning faith alone were fanciful and illusory, and that they themselves were insane because of them.
having breastplates that were fiery, hyacinthine and sulfurous;Their fanciful and illusory arguments springing from a hellish love and their own inherent intelligence, and from the attendant lusts.
and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions;Their delusions with respect to faith alone, as though they had power.
and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.Interiorly regarded, their thoughts and discourses contained nothing else, and issuing from them was nothing but a love of self and the world, a conceit in their own intelligence, and from these two the lusts attendant on evil and falsity.
18. By these three a third of mankind was killed - by the fire and smoke and brimstone coming out of their mouths.It is because of these that the people of the church perish.
19. Their power was in their mouthThey prevailed only by their discourse affirming faith.
[and in their tails,] for their tails were like serpents, having heads, and with them they do harm.The reason being that they are sensual and turned upside down, speaking truths with their mouths, but falsifying them by the postulate which forms the chief tenet of their religion, and thus deceiving others.
20. But the rest of mankind, who were not killed in these plagues,Those people in the Protestant Reformed Church who were not as spiritually dead as the former were because of their illusory reasonings and love of self, a conceit in their own intelligence, and the attendant lusts, and yet who made faith alone the chief tenet of their religion.
still did not repent of the works of their hands,Nor did they refrain from their native proclivities, which are evils of every kind, as being sins.
so as not to worship demons,Thus they were caught up in the evils of their lusts, and acted in concert with their like in hell.
and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood,Thus they engage in worship founded on nothing but falsities,
which can neither see nor hear nor walk.which do not have in them any spiritual or truly rational life.
21. And they did not repent of their murders or their enchantments or their sexual immorality or their thefts.The heretical belief in faith alone induces in their hearts stupidity, backsliding, and intransigence, so that they give no thought to the Ten Commandments, not even to any sin as something to be shunned because it is on the side of the Devil and against God.

THE EXPOSITION

Then the fifth angel sounded. (9:1) This symbolizes an examination and disclosure of the state of life of those people in the Protestant Reformed Church who are called learned and wise because of their defense of faith divorced from charity and of justification and salvation by it alone.

That this is the subject in what follows now up to verse 12, is clear from the several particulars, understood in their spiritual sense.

To sound a trumpet means, symbolically, to examine and expose the state of the church and consequent life in people for whom religion is faith alone, as may be seen in no. 397 above.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Deuteronomy 17:15-19

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15 you shall surely set him king over yourselves, whom Yahweh your God shall choose: one from among your brothers you shall set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

16 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, "You shall not go back that way again."

17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

18 It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites:

19 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;