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Leviticus 17

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1 Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega, öeldes:

2 'Räägi Aaroni ja ta poegade ning kõigi Iisraeli lastega ja ütle neile: Issand on käskinud öelda nõnda:

3 Kes iganes Iisraeli soost tapab härja või lamba või kitse, leeris või väljaspool leeri,

4 aga ei vii seda kogudusetelgi ukse juurde ohvrianni toomiseks Issandale Issanda eluaseme ees, sellele loetakse see veresüüks: ta on valanud verd, ja see mees tuleb hävitada oma rahva seast!

5 Seepärast toogu Iisraeli lapsed oma ohvriloomad, mis nad seni väljal tapsid, ja viigu kogudusetelgi ukse juurde preestri kätte ja tapku need tänuohvriks Issandale!

6 Ja preester piserdagu veri Issanda altarile kogudusetelgi ukse ees ning süüdaku rasv põlema Issandale meeldivaks lõhnaks!

7 Ja nad ei tohi enam tappa oma tapaohvreid paharettidele, kelle järel nad hoora viisil käivad: see olgu nende sugupõlvedele igaveseks seaduseks!

8 Ja ütle neile: Igaüks Iisraeli soost ja nende keskel asuvaist võõraist, kes ohverdab põletus- või tapaohvrit,

9 aga ei vii seda kogudusetelgi ukse juurde Issandale ohverdamiseks, tuleb hävitada oma rahva seast!

10 Ja kui keegi Iisraeli soost ja nende keskel asuvaist võõraist sööb mingisugust verd, siis ma pööran oma palge selle veresööja vastu ja hävitan tema ta rahva seast.

11 Sest liha hing on veres, ja selle ma olen teile andnud altari jaoks lepituse toimetamiseks teie hingede eest; sest veri lepitab temas oleva hinge tõttu.

12 Seepärast ma olen öelnud Iisraeli lastele: Ükski teist ei tohi verd süüa, ka teie keskel asuv võõras ei tohi verd süüa!

13 Igaüks Iisraeli lastest ja nende keskel asuvaist võõraist, kes kütib söödava jahilooma või linnu, peab selle vere maha kallama ja mullaga katma.

14 Sest kõige liha hing on tema hinge sisaldav veri. Ja ma ütlen Iisraeli lastele: Te ei tohi süüa mitte ühegi liha verd, sest iga liha hingeks on ta veri. Igaüks, kes seda sööb, hävitatagu!

15 Ja igaüks, kes sööb raibet või mahamurtud looma, olgu päriselanik või võõras, peab pesema oma riided ja loputama ennast veega ning olema õhtuni roojane; siis ta on puhas!

16 Aga kui ta ei pese ja oma ihu ei loputa, siis ta kannab oma patusüüd.'

   

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1010. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood in man. That this signifies extinguishing charity, and that “in man” is with man, is evident from the signification of “blood”—concerning which above—as being the holy of charity, and from its being said “man’s blood in man.” This means his internal life, which is not in him, but with him; for the life of the Lord is charity, which is not in man, because he is filthy and profane, but is with man. That “shedding blood” is inflicting violence on charity, is evident from passages in the Word, as from those adduced before n. 374, 376), where it was shown that violence inflicted upon charity is called “blood.” “Shedding blood” is in the literal sense killing, but in the internal sense it is bearing hatred against the neighbor, as the Lord teaches in Matthew:

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment; but I say unto you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without cause shall be in danger of the judgment (Matthew 5:21-22).

Here “being angry” signifies receding from charity (on which see n. 357), and consequently hatred.

[2] He who is in hatred, not only has no charity, but also inflicts violence on charity, that is, “sheds blood.” In hatred lies actual murder, as is manifest from this, that he who is in hatred desires nothing so much as that the one he hates should be killed; and if he were not withheld by outward restraints, he would kill him. For this reason the “killing of a brother and the shedding of his blood” is hatred; and since it is hatred, there is this in every idea of his against him. It is the same with profanation. He who profanes the Word, as has been said, not only holds truth in hatred, but also extinguishes, or kills it. This is manifest from those in the other life who have committed profanation; no matter how upright, wise, and devout they have appeared outwardly during their life in the body, in the other life they hold the Lord in deadly hatred, and also all the goods of love and truths of faith, for the reason that these are opposed to their inward hatred, robbery, and adultery, which they have veiled with a show of holiness, and while adulterating the goods of love and truths of faith to favor themselves.

[3] That “blood” means profanation, is evident not only from the passages adduced above n. 374), but also from the following in Moses:

What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it without the camp, and hath not brought it unto the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it as an oblation unto Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood shall be imputed unto that man, he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people (Leviticus 17:3-4).

Sacrificing in any other place than on the altar, which was near the tabernacle, represented profanation; for sacrificing was a holy thing, but profane if in the camp or outside the camp.

  
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