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1 Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega, öeldes:

2 'Räägi Iisraeli lastega ja ütle neile: Kui mees või naine tõotab erilise nasiiritõotuse, et Issandale pühenduda,

3 siis ta peab hoiduma veinist ja vägijoogist; ta ei tohi juua veini- ega vägijoogi äädikat; ta ärgu joogu ka mitte mingisugust viinamarjamahla ja ärgu söögu värskeid või kuivatatud viinamarju!

4 Kõigil oma nasiiripõlve päevil ei tohi ta midagi süüa, mida toodetakse viinapuust, isegi mitte kivikesi ega kesti.

5 Kõigil tema tõotatud nasiiripõlve päevil ei tohi habemenuga ta peast üle käia; seni kui aeg täis saab, milleks ta ennast Issandale on pühendanud, on ta püha: ta peab laskma juuksed peas pikaks kasvada.

6 Kõigil oma Issandale pühenduse päevil ei tohi ta minna surnukeha juurde.

7 Ta ei tohi ennast roojastada oma isa ja ema, venna ja õe pärast, kui need surevad, sest ta pea peal on pühitsus Jumalale.

8 Kõigil oma nasiiripõlve päevil on ta Issandale pühitsetud!

9 Ja kui keegi tema juures väga äkitselt sureb ja ta nõnda roojastab oma nasiiripea, siis ta peab puhastuspäeval oma pea paljaks ajama; ta ajagu see paljaks seitsmendal päeval!

10 Ja kaheksandal päeval viigu ta kaks turteltuvi või kaks muud tuvi preestrile kogudusetelgi ukse juurde!

11 Ja preester valmistagu üks patuohvriks ja teine põletusohvriks ning toimetagu temale lepitust, sellepärast et ta surnu tõttu pattu tegi; selsamal päeval ta pühitsegu oma pead,

12 eraldagu taas Issandale oma nasiiripõlve päevad ja viigu aastane oinastall süüohvriks! Endised päevad aga langevad ära, sest ta nasiiripõli rüvetus.

13 Ja niisugune on nasiiriseadus: päeval, mil tema nasiiriaeg täitub, viidagu ta kogudusetelgi ukse juurde,

14 ja ta toogu oma ohvriannina Issandale üks veatu aastane oinastall põletusohvriks ja üks veatu aastane utetall patuohvriks ja üks veatu jäär tänuohvriks;

15 ja korv hapnemata leiba, peenest jahust õliga segatud kooke ja õliga võitud hapnemata koogikesi; ja nende juurde kuuluv roaohver ning joogiohvrid!

16 Ja preester viigu need Issanda ette ning toimetagu tema patu- ja põletusohver;

17 jäär aga ohverdagu ta Issandale tänuohvriks koos korvitäie hapnemata leibadega; preester ohverdagu ka tema roa- ja joogiohver!

18 Siis nasiir pügagu oma nasiiripõlve pea paljaks kogudusetelgi ees ja võtku oma nasiiripea juuksed ning pangu tänuohvri all olevasse tulle!

19 Ja preester võtku keedetud jäärasaps, üks hapnemata kook korvist ja üks hapnemata koogike ning pangu nasiiri kätele, pärast seda kui see oma nasiirijuuksed on püganud.

20 Ja preester kõigutagu neid Issanda ees kõigutusohvrina; see olgu preestrile pühitsetud koos kõigutusrinna ja tõstesapsuga; pärast seda võib nasiir veini juua.

21 See on seadus nasiiri kohta, kes tõotab oma ohvrianni Issandale nasiiripõlve pärast lisaks sellele, mis ta jõud muidu lubab. Vastavalt tõotusele, mis ta tõotab, peab ta toimima oma nasiiriseaduse järgi.'

22 Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega, öeldes:

23 'Räägi Aaroni ja ta poegadega ning ütle: Õnnistades Iisraeli lapsi, öelge neile nõnda:

24 Issand õnnistagu sind ja hoidku sind!

25 Issand lasku oma pale paista sinu peale ja olgu sulle armuline!

26 Issand tõstku oma pale sinu üle ja andku sulle rahu!

27 Nõnda pandagu minu nimi Iisraeli laste peale ja mina õnnistan neid!'

   

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Heaven and Hell # 287

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287. Because these are the origins of peace, the Lord is called the Prince of Peace and says that peace comes from him and that peace is in him. So too angels are called angels of peace and heaven the dwelling place of peace, as in the following passages:

A child is born to us, a son is given to us, on whose shoulder the government [shall rest], and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, God, Hero, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace; of the increase of government and peace there shall be no end. (Isaiah 9:5-6 9:6-7)

Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you, not as the world gives do I give to you." (John 14:27)

I have told you these things so that you might have peace in me. (John 16:33)

May Jehovah lift his face to you and give you peace. (Numbers 6:26)

The angels of peace weep bitterly, the highways are ruined. (Isaiah 33:7-8)

The work of justice will be peace, and my people will live in a dwelling place of peace. (Isaiah 32:17-18)

[2] We may also gather that "peace" in the Word means divine and heavenly peace from other passages where it is mentioned, as for example in Isaiah 52:7; 54:10; 59:8; Jeremiah 16:5; 25:37; 29:11; Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 8:12; Psalms 37:37; and elsewhere.

Because peace means the Lord and heaven and also heavenly joy and the delight of good, greetings in ancient times were - and consequently still are-"Peace be with you." The Lord confirmed this, too, when he sent out his disciples and told them, "When you enter a house, first say 'Peace be upon this house'; and if a child of peace is there, let your peace rest upon it" (Luke 10:5-6). Further, the Lord himself said "Peace be with you" when he appeared to the apostles (John 20:19, 21, 26).

[3] A state of peace is also meant in the Word when it says that "Jehovah smelled an odor of quietness," as in Exodus 29:18, 25, 41; Leviticus 1:9, 13, 17, 2:2, 9, 6:8, 14 6:15, 21?; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18; Numbers 15:3, 7, 13, 28:6, 8, 13, 29:2, 6, 8, 13, 36. "An odor of quietness," in the heavenly sense, means a perception of peace. 1

Since peace means the oneness of the Divine itself and the divine human in the Lord and the union of the Lord with heaven and with the church and with everyone in heaven, and also with everyone in the church who accepts him, the Sabbath was instituted as a reminder of these matters and was named for quietness and peace. It became the holiest symbol of the church, which is why the Lord called himself the Lord of the Sabbath (Matthew 12:8; Mark 2:27-28; Luke 6:5). 2

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1. [Swedenborg's footnote] An odor in the Word means a perception of something pleasant or unpleasant, depending on the quality of the love and faith of the entity described: 3577, 4626, 4628, 4748, 5021 [5621?], 10292. An odor of quietness, in relation to Jehovah, means a perception of peace: 925, 10054. So frankincense, various kinds of incense, and the fragrances in oils and salves came to be representative: 925, 4748, 5621, 10177.

2. [Swedenborg's footnote] In the highest sense, the Sabbath means the oneness of the Divine itself with the divine human in the Lord; and in the inner sense the union of the Lord's divine human with heaven and the church. In a general sense it means the union of the good and the true and therefore the heavenly marriage: 8495, 10356, 10730. So the rest on the Sabbath day meant the state of that oneness, because then the Lord has rest, through which peace and salvation come to the heavens and to earth; and in a relative sense it means the union of the Lord with us, because then we have peace and salvation: 8494, 8510, 10360, 10367, 10370, 10374, 10668, 10730.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1171

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1171. 'The sons of Raamah' similarly means those who had no internal worship but cognitions of faith, in the mere possession of which they made religion consist; and 'Sheba and Dedan' are nations with whom they existed and by these same nations cognitions themselves are meant in the internal sense. This is evident from the places in the Prophets given below, and from the following in David concerning Seba, Sheba, and Raamah,

The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring a gift, and the kings of Sheba and Seba will offer a present; and all kings will fall down before Him. Psalms 72:10-11.

This refers to the Lord, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. Anyone may see that here 'gift' and 'present' mean types of worship, though exactly which types of worship, and the nature of them, cannot be known unless it is known what 'Tarshish and the islands' and 'Sheba and Seba' are used to mean. The fact that 'Tarshish and the islands' is used to mean forms of external worship corresponding to internal has been shown already, from which it follows that 'Sheba and Seba' is used to mean forms of internal worship - 'Sheba' the celestial things of worship, and 'Seba' the spiritual.

[2] In Isaiah,

I gave Egypt as your expiation, Cush and Seba in place of you. Isaiah 43:3.

Here 'Cush and Seba' stands for the spiritual things of faith. In the same prophet,

The labour of Egypt, and the wares of Cush and of the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you. Isaiah 45:14.

'The labour of Egypt' stands for knowledge, 'the wares of Cush and the Sabeans' for cognitions of spiritual things which serve people who believe in the Lord.

[3] In the same prophet,

A drove of camels will cover you, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense and will proclaim the praises of Jehovah. The whole Rock of Arabia will be gathered to you. Isaiah 60:6-7.

Here 'Sheba' is used to mean celestial things and the spiritual things deriving from these, described as 'gold and frankincense', which, as now explained, are 'the praises of Jehovah', that is, internal worship.

[4] In Ezekiel,

The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traders in the best of every spice, and in every precious stone, and they gave gold for your resources. Ezekiel 27:22-23.

This refers to Tyre. What 'Sheba and Raamah' means is clear from the commodities in which they are said to have traded - spices, precious stones, and gold. 'Spices' in the internal sense are charity, 'precious stones' are faith deriving from charity, and 'gold' is love to the Lord, all of which are the celestial things meant by 'Sheba'. Strictly, 'Sheba' means the cognitions of those things - and this is why they are here called 'merchandise' - with which those who become members of the Church are endowed, for without cognitions no one is able to become a member of the Church.

[5] Similar things were represented by the Queen of Sheba who came to Solomon and brought him spices, gold, and precious stones, 1 Kings 10:1-3, and also by the wise men from the east who came to Jesus at His birth, and who fell down and worshipped Him, and who opened their treasures, and offered Him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh, Matthew 2:1, 11. These gifts meant celestial, spiritual, and natural good. In Jeremiah,

To what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba, and best sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable. Jeremiah 6:20.

Here also it is evident that 'Sheba' stands for cognitions and adoration, meant by 'frankincense and sweet cane', though here they are those things devoid of charity, which are not pleasing.

  
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