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Leviticus 8

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1 Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega, öeldes:

2 'Võta Aaron ja koos temaga ta pojad, ja nende riided, võideõli, patuohvri härjavärss, kaks jäära ja korv hapnemata leibu,

3 ja kogu terve kogudus kogudusetelgi ukse ette!'

4 Ja Mooses tegi nõnda, nagu Issand teda oli käskinud, ja kogudus kogunes kogudusetelgi ukse ette.

5 Ja Mooses ütles kogudusele: 'Issand on käskinud nõnda teha.'

6 Ja Mooses tõi ette Aaroni ja tema pojad ning pesi neid veega.

7 Ja ta pani temale särgi selga ja vöö vööle; ta pani temale ülekuue selga ja seadis õlarüü, vöötas tema õlarüü vööga, sidudes selle ta ümber.

8 Ja ta kinnitas temale rinnakilbi ning pani rinnakilpi uurimi ja tummimi.

9 Ja ta seadis peamähise ümber tema pea ning kinnitas peamähise esiküljele kuldlaubaehte, püha krooni, nagu Issand Moosest oli käskinud.

10 Ja Mooses võttis võideõli ja võidis kogudusetelki ja kõike, mis selles oli, ja pühitses neid.

11 Ja ta piserdas seda altarile seitse korda ja võidis altarit ja kõiki selle riistu, pesemisnõu ja selle jalga, et neid pühitseda.

12 Ja ta valas võideõli Aaronile pähe ning võidis teda, et teda pühitseda.

13 Ja Mooses laskis Aaroni pojad ette astuda ning pani neile särgid selga, vöötas nad vöödega ja sidus neile peakatted, nõnda nagu Issand Moosest oli käskinud.

14 Ja ta tõi esile härjavärsi ning Aaron ja tema pojad panid oma käed patuohvri härjavärsi pea peale.

15 Ja see tapeti, ja Mooses võttis verd ja määris sõrmega ümberringi altari sarvedele. Ja ta puhastas altari ning valas vere altari aluse kõrvale; nõnda pühitses ta seda, toimetades selle eest lepitust.

16 Ja ta võttis kõik rasva, mis oli sisikonna küljes, ja maksarasva ja mõlemad neerud ja nende rasva - ja Mooses süütas selle altaril põlema.

17 Aga ülejäänud härjavärsi ja selle naha, liha ja sisikonna ta põletas tulega väljaspool leeri, nõnda nagu Issand Moosest oli käskinud.

18 Ja ta tõi esile põletusohvri jäära ning Aaron ja tema pojad panid oma käed jäära pea peale.

19 Siis see tapeti ja Mooses piserdas verd altarile ümberringi.

20 Ta raius jäära tükkideks ning Mooses süütas põlema pea ja tükid ja rasva.

21 Ja sisikonna ja jalad pesi ta veega, ja Mooses põletas altaril kogu jäära. See oli põletusohver, healõhnaline tuleohver Issandale, nõnda nagu Issand Moosest oli käskinud.

22 Ja ta tõi esile teise jäära, pühitsusjäära, ja Aaron ja tema pojad panid oma käed jäära pea peale.

23 Ja see tapeti ning Mooses võttis verd ja määris Aaroni parema kõrva lestale ja tema parema käe pöidlale ja ta parema jala suurele varbale.

24 Ja ta laskis Aaroni pojad ette astuda ja Mooses määris neile verd parema kõrva lestale ja parema käe pöidlale ja parema jala suurele varbale; ja Mooses piserdas verd altarile ümberringi.

25 Ja ta võttis rasva, rasvase saba, kõik sisikonna küljes oleva rasva, maksarasva, mõlemad neerud ja nende rasva ja parempoolse sapsu,

26 ja hapnemata leibade korvist, mis oli Issanda ees, võttis ta ühe hapnemata koogi ja ühe õlileiva koogi ja ühe õhukese kakukese ning asetas rasvade ja parempoolse sapsu peale

27 ja pani need kõik Aaroni ja tema poegade käte peale ning kõigutas neid kõigutusohvrina Issanda ees.

28 Siis Mooses võttis selle nende käte pealt ja süütas altaril põlema põletusohvri peal; see oli healõhnaline pühitsusohver, tuleohver Issandale.

29 Ja Mooses võttis rinnaliha ning kõigutas seda kõigutusohvrina Issanda ees; pühitsusohvri jäärast sai osa Moosesele, nagu Issand oli Moosesele käsu andnud.

30 Ja Mooses võttis võideõli ja verd, mis oli altari peal, ning tilgutas Aaroni ja ta riiete peale, samuti ta poegade ja ta poegade riiete peale, ja ta pühitses Aaronit, tema riideid ja ta poegi ja poegade riideid.

31 Ja Mooses ütles Aaronile ja tema poegadele: 'Keetke liha kogudusetelgi ukse ees ja sööge seda seal, nõndasamuti leiba, mis on pühitsusohvri korvis, nagu ma olen käskinud ja öelnud: Seda söögu Aaron ja tema pojad!

32 Aga mis lihast ja leivast üle jääb, põletage tulega!

33 Ja seitsme päeva jooksul ärge väljuge kogudusetelgi uksest kuni päevani, mil teie pühitsuspäevad on täitunud, sest teie käsi täidetakse seitse päeva.

34 Nõnda nagu seda täna on tehtud, nõnda on Issand käskinud teie eest lepitust toimetada.

35 Jääge seitsmeks päevaks kogudusetelgi ukse juurde, päevaks ja ööks, ja pange tähele Issanda korraldusi, et te ei sureks, sest nõnda on mulle käsk antud!'

36 Ja Aaron ja tema pojad tegid kõik, mida Issand Moosese läbi oli käskinud.

   

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716. 'Sevens of each' means that they are holy. This is clear from what has been stated already in 84-87 about the seventh day or sabbath. That is to say, the Lord is the Seventh Day and from Him derives every celestial Church or man, and indeed, the celestial itself which, because it is the Lord's alone, is most holy. Consequently seven in the Word means holy; indeed in the internal sense, as here, absolutely nothing is obtained from the number itself. For people who possess the internal sense, as angels and angelic spirits do, have no concept at all of what a number is, and so do not know what seven is. Therefore the idea that they were to take seven pairs of all the clean beasts, or that the ratio of the good to the evil was to be seven to two, is not at all the meaning here. Rather it is this: Things of the will with which this member of the Church was supplied were the goods which are holy, through which, as stated already, he was capable of being regenerated.

[2] That 'seven' means that which is holy, or things that are holy, becomes clear from the rituals in the representative Church, where the number seven occurs time and again, for example, being sprinkled seven times with blood and oil, as in Leviticus,

Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything that was in it and made them holy. And he sprinkled some of it over the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels to make them holy. Leviticus 8:10-11.

Here 'seven times' would be utterly devoid of meaning if that which is holy was not being represented in this way. 'Oil' there means the holiness of love. And elsewhere in Leviticus, when Aaron entered the Holy Place,

He shall take some of the blood of the young bull, and shall sprinkle it with his finger over the face 1 of the mercy-seat towards the east, and he shall sprinkle the face 1 of the mercy-seat seven times with some of the blood with his finger.

Similarly with the altar,

He shall sprinkle over it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and shall cleanse it, and make it holy. Leviticus 16:14, 19.

Here every single detail means the Lord Himself, and therefore the holiness of love - that is to say, 'the blood' and also 'the mercy-seat', 'the altar' too, 'the east in which direction the blood was to be sprinkled', and so 'seven' as well, all mean the Lord.

[3] In sacrifices it is similar, about which the following is said in Leviticus,

If a soul has sinned inadvertently, and if the anointed priest has sinned, thus making the people guilty, he shall slaughter the young bull in Jehovah's presence. And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times in Jehovah's presence towards the veil of the Holy Place. Leviticus 4:2-4, 6.

Here similarly 'seven' means that which is holy, for the subject is atonement, and therefore the Lord, since atonement is the Lord's alone. Similar instructions were also given concerning the cleansing of leprosy, about which the following is said in Leviticus,

[Taking some] of the bird's blood, the cedar-wood, the double-dyed scarlet, and the hyssop, the priest shall sprinkle over the one who is to be cleansed from leprosy seven times, and shall cleanse him. In a similar way some of the oil which is in his left palm, seven times in Jehovah's presence. In a similar way in a house where there is leprosy, [he shall take some] of the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the double-dyed scarlet, and shall sprinkle some of the bird's blood seven times. Leviticus 14:6-7, 27, 51.

Anyone may see that here cedar-wood, double-dyed scarlet, hyssop, oil, and blood of a bird, and so the number seven, would be utterly meaningless if things that are holy were not being represented by them. If you take away from them holy things, what is left is something dead, or something unholy and idolatrous. When however they do mean holy things the worship they contain in that case is a Divine worship which is internal and simply represented by things that are external. The Jews however were incapable of knowing what these meant; and neither does anyone today know what cedar-wood, hyssop, double-dyed scarlet, and the bird all mean. Yet if only they had been willing to think that these did embody holy things which they did not actually know, and so had worshipped the Lord - who was the Messiah to come who would heal them from their leprosy, that is, from profaning what is holy - they could have been saved. For people who do think and believe in this manner straightaway receive instruction in the next life, if they desire it, as to what every single detail represented.

[4] Similarly where 'the red heifer' is the subject it is said that the priest was to take some of its blood on his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood towards the face 1 of the tent of meeting seven times, Numbers 19:4. Because 'the seventh day' or sabbath meant the Lord, and from Him meant the celestial man and the celestial itself, the seventh day in the Jewish Church was the holiest of all its religious observances. For this reason there was a sabbath year 2 every seventh year, Leviticus 25:4. Also a jubilee was to be proclaimed after seven sabbaths of years, that is, after seven times seven years, Leviticus 25:8-9. In the highest sense the number seven means the Lord, and from this the holiness of love. This becomes clear also from the golden lampstand with its seven lamps, mentioned in Exodus 25:31-33, 37; 37:17-19, 23; Numbers 8:2-3; Zechariah 4:2. And in John it is spoken of as follows,

Seven golden lampstands; in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. Revelation 1:12-13.

Here it is absolutely clear that 'a lampstand with seven lamps' means the Lord, and that 'the lamps' are the holy things of love, which comprise celestial things, which also is why there were seven of them.

[5] In the same author,

From the throne there were coming forth seven fiery torches burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. Revelation 4:5.

Here 'the seven torches which came forth from the Lord's throne' are seven lamps. The same applies to the number seven when it occurs in the Prophets, as in Isaiah,

The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, on the day when Jehovah will bind up the hurt of His people. Isaiah 30:26.

Here 'sevenfold light as the light of seven days' does not at all mean sevenfold but the holiness of love meant by the sun. See also what has been stated and shown already at Genesis 4:15 concerning the number seven. From these quotations it is also quite clear that all numbers used in the Word never have a numerical value [in the internal sense], as has also been shown already at Genesis 6:3.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, the faces

2. literally, sabbath of a sabbath

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