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1 Ja Issand ütles Aaronile: 'Sina ja su pojad, koos sinuga su perekond, peate kandma süüd pühamu eest; ja sina, ja koos sinuga su pojad, peate kandma süüd oma preestriameti eest.

2 Too ka oma vennad, Leevi suguharu, enesega kaasa ja nad seltsigu sinuga ja teenigu sind, kui sina, ja koos sinuga su pojad, olete tunnistustelgi ees!

3 Nad toimetagu sinu ja kogu telgiteenistust, aga pühadele riistadele ja altarile nad ei tohi ligineda, et ei sureks nii nemad kui teie!

4 Nad seltsigu sinuga ja toimetagu kogudusetelgi teenistust, kogu telgiteenistust; aga võõras ei tohi teile ligineda!

5 Teie aga toimetage pühamu- ja altariteenistust, et suur viha ei tabaks enam Iisraeli lapsi!

6 Mina, vaata, olen võtnud teie vennad leviidid Iisraeli laste hulgast: nad on teile kingituseks, mis on antud Issandale, et nad toimetaksid kogudusetelgi teenistust.

7 Aga sina ja koos sinuga su pojad peate pidama preestriametit kõiges, mis puutub altarisse ja seespool eesriiet sooritatavaisse toiminguisse, ja teie peate toimetama teenistust! Teie preestriameti ma annan teile kingitusena, aga võõras, kes ligineb, surmatagu!'

8 Ja Issand rääkis Aaroniga: 'Mina, vaata, olen andnud sinule, mis mu tõstelõivudest tuleb üle jätta; kõigist Iisraeli laste pühadest andidest ma annan need osaks sinule ja su poegadele igavese seadusena.

9 Kõige pühamaist andidest saagu sulle see, mida ei põletata tules: kõik nende ohvriannid kõigi nende roaohvrite ja kõigi nende patuohvrite ja kõigi nende süüohvrite puhul, mida nad mulle toovad; kui kõige püham kuulub see sinule ja su poegadele.

10 Söö seda kõige pühamas paigas; kõik meesterahvad võivad seda süüa! See olgu sulle püha!

11 Nende andidest kuulub sinule tõstelõivuna ka see: kõik Iisraeli laste kõigutusohvrid ma annan sinule ja su poegadele ja tütardele koos sinuga igavese seadusena; iga puhas su peres võib neid süüa.

12 Kõik parima õlist, kõik parima värskest veinist ja nende uudseviljast, mida nad annavad Issandale, ma annan sinule.

13 Uudsevili kõigest, mis nende maal on, mida nad toovad Issandale, olgu sinu; kõik puhtad su peres võivad seda süüa.

14 Kõik pühendatu Iisraelis kuulub sinule.

15 Iga emakoja avaja kõigest lihast, keda tuuakse Issandale inimestest ja veistest, olgu sinu; aga lase lunastada inimese esmasündinu, samuti lase lunastada roojase looma esmasündinu!

16 Neid lunastatavaid lase lunastada ühe kuu vanuselt hindeväärtuse alusel: viis seeklit hõbedat püha seekli järgi, milles on kakskümmend geera.

17 Aga härja või lamba või kitse esmasündinut ära lase lunastada: need on pühitsetud; nende veri piserda altarile ja nende rasv süüta põlema healõhnaliseks tuleohvriks Issandale!

18 Nende liha aga saagu sinule; samuti kui kõigutusrind ja parempoolne saps saagu see sinule!

19 Kõik pühad tõstelõivud, mida Iisraeli lapsed ohverdavad Issandale, annan ma sinule ja su poegadele ja tütardele koos sinuga kui igavesti kuuluva osa. See olgu igavene soolaosadus Issanda ees sinule ja su soole koos sinuga!'

20 Ja Issand ütles Aaronile: 'Nende maal ärgu olgu sul pärisosa ja ärgu olgu sul omandit nende seas! Mina olen su omand ja su pärisosa Iisraeli laste seas.

21 Aga leviitidele, vaata, annan ma pärisosaks kõik kümnise Iisraelis tasuks nende teenistuse eest, mida nad toimetavad, kogudusetelgi-teenistuse eest.

22 Ja Iisraeli lapsed ei tohi enam ligineda kogudusetelgile, et nad ei võtaks eneste peale pattu ega sureks,

23 vaid leviidid toimetagu kogudusetelgi-teenistust ja nemad kandku süüd; see olgu teie sugupõlvedele igaveseks seaduseks! Aga Iisraeli laste seas nad ärgu saagu pärisosa,

24 sest Iisraeli laste kümnise, mida nad ohverdavad Issandale tõstelõivuks, annan ma leviitidele pärisosaks. Seepärast ma ütlen neile, et nad ei tohi saada pärisosa Iisraeli laste seas!'

25 Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega, öeldes:

26 'Räägi leviitidega ja ütle neile: Kui te võtate Iisraeli lastelt kümnist, mille ma neilt olen andnud teile kui teie pärisosa, siis võtke sellest Issandale tõstelõiv - kümnis kümnistest -

27 ja seda teie tõstelõivu arvestatagu teile nagu vilja rehealusest ja ülevoolavust surutõrrest!

28 Nõnda ohverdage ka teie Issandale tõstelõivu kõigist oma kümnistest, mida te saate Iisraeli lastelt, ja see Issanda tõstelõiv andke preester Aaronile!

29 Kõigist oma saadud andidest ohverdage Issandale täielik tõstelõiv, kõige parem osa neist kui temale pühitsetud and!

30 Ja ütle neile: Kui te ohverdate sellest parima osa, siis arvestatagu seda leviitidele nagu rehealuse vilja ja surutõrre saadust!

31 Ja te võite seda süüa igas paigas, teie ja teie pere, sest see on teie palk teenistuse eest kogudusetelgis.

32 Ja kui te ohverdate sellest parima osa, siis te ei võta sellega eneste peale pattu ega teota Iisraeli laste pühi ande, ja te ei sure.'

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9955

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9955. 'And fill their hand' means a representative sign of the Lord in respect of the truth of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'filling the hand' of Aaron and his sons as consecrating to serve as a representative sign of the Lord in respect of Divine Truth that constitutes faith. For 'the hand' means the power that truth from good possesses, and therefore the hand is spoken of in reference to truth, see 3091, 3387, 4931-4937, 7518, 8281, 9025. Consequently, then, just as anointing served to represent the Lord in respect of Divine Good, so the filling of hands represented the Lord in respect of Divine Truth. For everything throughout creation has connection with goodness or truth, or both if it is to have any real existence. In the Word therefore wherever the subject has to do with good, it has to do also with truth, see the places referred to in 9263, 9314. In what way the filling of hands was carried out is described in the next chapter; therefore what needs to be said about it will in the Lord's Divine mercy appear there.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4007

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4007. 'Every one that had white in it' means that which has truth in it. This is clear from the meaning of 'white' as truth, but strictly speaking as the Lord's Righteousness and Merit, and from this the Lord's righteousness and merit as these exist with man, dealt with in 3301, 3993. 'White' has that meaning because the light of heaven which radiates from the Lord, a light which is the source of splendour and brightness, means truth. Anything therefore on which that light falls and is made splendid and bright is that which is called the Lord's righteousness and merit existing with man. Those who acknowledge this, the Lord's righteousness, and who from good take it to themselves and reject their own, are specifically the ones meant by 'the righteous' whom the Lord refers to, in Matthew,

The righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Matthew 13:43.

[2] The fact that that which is 'white', being splendid and bright, has this meaning is also evident from other places in the Word, as in Moses,

His eyes will be redder than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. Genesis 49:12.

This refers to Judah, who represents the Lord as regards the Divinity of His Love, and in the internal sense the celestial kingdom, and so the celestial man, see 3881. 'Eyes redder than wine' means Divine Wisdom, and 'teeth whiter than milk' means Righteousness. In David,

You will purify me with hyssop and I shall be clean; You will wash me, and I shall become whiter than snow. Psalms 51:7.

'Washing and becoming whiter than snow' stands for being purified from sins by means of receiving and putting on the Lord's righteousness. In John,

In the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. His head and hair were white, like white wool, like snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire. Revelation 1:13-14.

[3] In the same book,

You have a few names in Sardis, who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. He who conquers will be clad in white garments. Revelation 3:4-5.

In the same book,

I counsel you to buy from Me gold purified in fire, that you may be rich, and white garments to clothe you. Revelation 3:18.

In the same book,

To each soul under the altar were given white robes. Revelation 6:9, 11.

In the same book,

I saw, standing before the throne and before the Lamb those clothed in white robes. One of the elders said to me, These clothed in white robes - who are they, and where have they come from? I said to him, Sir, you know. He said to me, These are they who are coming out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 7:9, 13-14.

In the same book,

The angels were clothed in linen, white and splendid, and were girded around their breasts with golden girdles. Revelation 15:6.

In the same book,

I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; to him a crown was given. Revelation 6:2.

And elsewhere,

After this I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. His armies in heaven were following Him on white horses and were clothed in linen white and clean. Revelation 19:11, 14.

[4] In all these places 'white' means the truth of faith; 'white garments' and 'white robes' have no other meaning. But the truth of faith does not exist with any who believe that they have faith of themselves and so believe that they are wise of themselves. Rather, it exists with those who believe that their faith and wisdom come from the Lord, for faith and wisdom are imparted to them because they do not ascribe any truth or good at all to themselves. Even less do they believe that they possess any merit through the truths and goods residing with them, and less still any righteousness, but only by ascribing these to the Lord, and so everything to His grace and mercy. This is what 'putting on white garments' means, and also what 'being made white in the blood of the Lamb' means. There are two things which all who enter heaven cast aside, namely their proprium and consequent confidence, and merit that is their own or self-righteousness. Then they assume a heavenly proprium which comes from the Lord, and the Lord's merit or righteousness. And to the extent that these are so assumed those persons advance further into heaven. These two things specifically are meant by 'red' and by 'white'; 'red' means the good of love and is present with those people at that time, 'white' the truth of faith.

  
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