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1 "Tee heille näin, pyhittääksesi heidät pappeina palvelemaan minua: Ota mullikka ja kaksi virheetöntä oinasta

2 ja happamatonta leipää ja öljyyn leivottuja happamattomia kakkuja ja öljyllä voideltuja happamattomia ohukaisia; leivo ne lestyistä nisujauhoista.

3 Ja pane ne samaan koriin ja tuo ne korissa, samalla kertaa kuin tuot mullikan ja kaksi oinasta.

4 Tuo sitten Aaron poikinensa ilmestysmajan ovelle ja pese heidät vedellä.

5 Ja ota vaatteet ja pue Aaronin ylle ihokas ja kasukan viitta ja kasukka ja rintakilpi; ja sido hänen ympärilleen kasukan vyö.

6 Pane myös käärelakki hänen päähänsä ja kiinnitä pyhä otsalehti käärelakkiin.

7 Ja ota voiteluöljyä ja vuodata hänen päähänsä ja voitele hänet.

8 Ja tuo hänen poikansa esille ja pue heidän ylleen ihokkaat.

9 Ja vyötä heidät vyöllä, sekä Aaron että hänen poikansa, ja sido päähineet heidän päähänsä, että pappeus olisi heillä ikuisena säätynä. Vihi näin virkaansa Aaron ja hänen poikansa.

10 Ja tuo mullikka ilmestysmajan eteen, ja Aaron poikineen laskekoon kätensä mullikan pään päälle.

11 Ja teurasta sitten mullikka Herran edessä, ilmestysmajan ovella.

12 Ja ota mullikan verta ja sivele sitä sormellasi alttarin sarviin; mutta kaikki muu veri vuodata alttarin juurelle.

13 Ja ota kaikki sisälmyksiä peittävä rasva ja maksanlisäke ja molemmat munuaiset ynnä niiden päällä oleva rasva, ja polta ne alttarilla.

14 Mutta mullikan liha, nahka ja rapa polta tulessa leirin ulkopuolella. Se on syntiuhri.

15 Ja ota toinen oinaista, ja Aaron poikinensa laskekoon kätensä sen oinaan pään päälle.

16 Teurasta sitten oinas ja ota sen veri ja vihmo se alttarille ympärinsä;

17 ja leikkele oinas määräkappaleiksi ja pese sen sisälmykset ja jalat ja pane ne kappaleiden ja pään päälle.

18 Ja polta koko oinas alttarilla. Se on polttouhri Herralle, se on suloisesti tuoksuva uhri Herralle.

19 Ota sitten toinen oinas, ja Aaron poikinensa laskekoon kätensä oinaan pään päälle.

20 Ja teurasta oinas ja ota sen verta ja sivele Aaronin ja hänen poikiensa oikean korvan lehteen ja oikean käden peukaloon ja heidän oikean jalkansa isoonvarpaaseen, mutta vihmo muu veri alttarille ympärinsä.

21 Ja ota alttarilla olevaa verta ja voiteluöljyä ja pirskoita Aaronin ja hänen vaatteidensa päälle, ja samoin hänen poikiensa ja heidän vaatteidensa päälle. Näin hän tulee pyhäkölle pyhitetyksi, sekä hän itse että hänen vaatteensa, ja samoin hänen poikansa ja hänen poikiensa vaatteet.

22 Ota sitten oinaasta rasva ja rasvahäntä ja sisälmyksiä peittävä rasva ja maksanlisäke ja molemmat munuaiset ynnä niiden päällä oleva rasva ja oikea reisi, sillä tämä on vihkiäisoinas.

23 Ja ota pyöreä leipä ja öljyyn leivottu kakku ja ohukainen happamattomien leipien korista, joka on Herran edessä.

24 Ja pane kaikki nämä Aaronin käsiin ja hänen poikiensa käsiin, että toimitettaisiin niiden heilutus Herran edessä.

25 Ota ne sitten heidän käsistään ja polta alttarilla, polttouhrin päällä, suloiseksi tuoksuksi Herran edessä. Se on Herran uhri.

26 Ja ota rintaliha Aaronin vihkiäisoinaasta ja toimituta sen heilutus Herran edessä; ja se olkoon sinun osasi.

27 Näin sinun on pyhitettävä heilutettu rintaliha ja anniksi annettu reisi, se, mitä on heilutettu ja anniksi annettu Aaronin ja hänen poikiensa vihkiäisoinaasta.

28 Ja ne olkoot Aaronin ja hänen poikiensa ikuinen osuus, israelilaisilta saatu, sillä se on anti. Se olkoon israelilaisten anti heidän yhteysuhreistaan, heidän antinsa Herralle.

29 Aaronin pyhät vaatteet tulkoot hänen pojillensa hänen jälkeensä, että heidät niissä voideltaisiin ja vihittäisiin virkaansa.

30 Seitsemänä päivänä on sen hänen pojistaan, joka tulee papiksi hänen sijaansa, puettava ne ylleen, kun hän menee ilmestysmajaan toimittamaan virkaansa pyhäkössä.

31 Ja ota vihkiäisoinas ja keitä sen liha pyhässä paikassa.

32 Ja Aaron poikinensa syököön ilmestysmajan ovella oinaan lihan ynnä leivän, joka on korissa.

33 He syökööt sen, mitä käytettiin heidän sovittamisekseen, kun heidät vihittiin virkaansa ja pyhitettiin, mutta syrjäinen älköön sitä syökö, sillä se on pyhää.

34 Jos jotakin jää tähteeksi vihkiäislihasta tai leivästä seuraavaan aamuun, polta tähteeksi jäänyt tulessa; älköön sitä syötäkö, sillä se on pyhää.

35 Tee näin Aaronille ja hänen pojillensa, aivan niinkuin minä olen sinua käskenyt. Seitsemän päivää kestäköön heidän vihkimisensä.

36 Ja uhraa joka päivä syntiuhrimullikka sovitukseksi, ja puhdista alttari toimittamalla sen sovitus ja voitele se pyhittääksesi sen.

37 Seitsemänä päivänä toimita alttarin sovitus ja pyhitä se. Näin tulee alttarista korkeasti-pyhä; jokainen, joka alttariin koskee, on pyhäkölle pyhitetty.

38 Ja uhraa alttarilla tämä: kaksi vuodenvanhaa karitsaa joka päivä, ainiaan.

39 Uhraa toinen karitsa aamulla ja toinen karitsa iltahämärässä,

40 ja kumpaakin karitsaa kohti kymmenennes lestyjä jauhoja, sekoitettuna neljännekseen hiin-mittaa survomalla saatua öljyä, ja juomauhriksi neljännes hiin-mittaa viiniä.

41 Ja uhraa toinen karitsa iltahämärässä; uhrattakoon se toimittamalla samankaltainen ruokauhri ja juomauhri kuin aamullakin, suloisesti tuoksuvaksi uhriksi Herralle.

42 Tämä olkoon teillä jokapäiväinen polttouhri sukupolvesta sukupolveen ilmestysmajan ovella Herran edessä, jossa minä ilmestyn teille puhuakseni sinun kanssasi.

43 Siinä minä ilmestyn israelilaisille, ja se on oleva minun kirkkauteni pyhittämä.

44 Ja minä pyhitän ilmestysmajan ja alttarin; ja minä pyhitän Aaronin poikinensa pappeina palvelemaan minua.

45 Ja minä asun israelilaisten keskellä ja olen heidän Jumalansa.

46 Ja he tulevat tietämään, että minä olen Herra, heidän Jumalansa, joka vein heidät pois Egyptin maasta, asuakseni heidän keskellään. Minä olen Herra, heidän Jumalansa."

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10053

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10053. 'It is a burnt offering to Jehovah' means the glorification of the Lord's Human. This is clear from the representation of 'a burnt offering' as the glorification of the Lord's Human. The Jewish nation had sacrifices and burnt offerings; the sacrifices served to mean purification from evils and falsities and the implantation of truth, but burnt offerings served to mean the joining of truth to good, thus complete regeneration. In the highest sense however, in which the Lord is the subject, sacrifices meant the ejection of evils and falsities from His Human derived from the mother and the implantation of Divine Truth from the Divine Good that was within Him, while the burnt offerings meant the uniting of Divine Truth to Divine Good. This uniting is what should be understood by glorification. For when He was in the world the Lord made His Human Divine Truth, and also, by uniting this in stages to the Divine Good that was within Him and was the Essential Being (Esse) of His life, He also made His Human Divine Good, thus one with Jehovah. The Essential Being of His life was that which as it exists with others is called the soul from the father; and it was Divine Good itself or Divine Love. But regarding these matters, see what has been shown in the places referred to in 9194, 9315(end), 9528(end). As regards the Lord's expulsion of everything human derived from the mother, till at length He was not her son, see 9315 (end); and as regards 'the Son of Man', which the Lord calls Himself, that He is not Mary's son but Divine Truth, 9807.

[2] Glorification, where the Lord is the subject, means uniting His Human to Divinity itself that was within Him, thus to Jehovah His Father; and by uniting them He also made His Human Divine Good. This is clear from places in the Word which use the terms 'glory' and 'glorification' in reference to Jehovah or the Lord, as in Isaiah,

The glory of Jehovah will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. Isaiah 40:5.

In the same prophet,

I Jehovah have called You in righteousness, to open the blind eyes, to bring the bound out of prison. I am Jehovah, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another. Isaiah 42:6-8.

And in the same prophet,

Jehovah will arise over You, and His glory will be seen over You. Nations will walk to Your light. Isaiah 60:2-3.

In these places the Lord is the subject, 'the glory of Jehovah' being used to mean the Lord in respect of Divine Truth; for Jehovah's glory is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, 9429. That Divine Truth does not come from any other source is the Lord's teaching in John,

You have never heard the Father's voice nor seen His shape. John 5:37.

And since He is the Lord He is Jehovah Himself, for He says, 'I am Jehovah, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another'.

[3] For this reason also the Lord is called 'the King of glory' in David,

Lift up your heads, O gates, and be lifted up, O ancient doors 1 , and the King of glory will come in. Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle. Psalms 24:7-10.

Here the Lord is called 'the King of glory' by virtue of Divine Truth, with which He fought against, overcame, and subdued the hells. This was accomplished by His Human when He was in the world, see 9715, 9809, 10019. This is why He is called 'Jehovah strong and mighty in battle', and also a mighty one or 'hero' in Isaiah,

To us a Boy is born, to us a Son is given; His name is God, Hero, Father of Eternity. Isaiah 9:6.

[4] The Lord Himself teaches that Jehovah's glory is the Lord in respect of Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Good, which is Jehovah or the Father, in John,

The Word became flesh, and we saw His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father. John 1:14.

Here, where it is self-evident that the Lord is meant by the Word which became flesh, 'the Word' is Divine Truth, and so too is 'glory'. In Matthew,

The Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father. Matthew 16:27.

And in Luke,

Jesus said to the disciples, Ought not the Christ to have suffered this and to enter into His glory? Luke 24:26.

'Entering into His glory' means being united to Divine Good which was within Him, thus to Jehovah or His Father. For Jehovah the Father is God's Essential Being (Esse), and God in His Essential Being is Divine Love, thus also Divine Good; and the uniting of the Human to that Good is meant by 'entering into His glory'.

[5] From this it is evident what 'being glorified' means in the following places:

In John,

The Holy Spirit was not yet because Jesus was not yet glorified. John 7:39.

And in the same gospel,

These things Jesus' disciples did not know, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered ... . Jesus said, The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. And He said, Father, glorify Your name. [Then] a voice came from heaven, I have both glorified it and will glorify it again. John 12:16, 23, 27-28.

And in the same gospel,

After Judas went out Jesus said, Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him. And God will glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him at once. John 13:31-32.

From these places it is evident that glorification is the uniting of the Lord's Human to Divinity itself which was within Him and is called Jehovah the Father, for it is said that 'God will glorify Him in Himself'. It is also evident from those places that the uniting was fully accomplished by the passion of the Cross, which was the last of His temptations. For the Lord glorified His Human by means of conflicts with hell, which are temptations, see the places referred to in 9528, 9937.

[6] The Lord Himself teaches that when He has been glorified Divine Truth emanates from Him, in John,

The Holy Spirit was not yet because Jesus was not yet glorified. John 7:39.

And in the same gospel,

The Paraclete, the Spirit of truth, whom I will send to you will not speak from Himself. He will glorify Me, for He will receive from what is Mine and declare it to you; all things whatever that the Father has are Mine. John 16:13-15, 28.

'The Spirit of truth' is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, 9818. The uniting of the Human to the Divine within Him is also described here by the declaration that all things the Father has are His, and elsewhere by the declarations that the Father and He are one and that the Father is in Him and He is in the Father, John 10:30; 14:10-11; see 3704. Thus the glorification or uniting was reciprocal, which too is the Lord's teaching in John,

Father, glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You. John 17:1.

'Father' is the Divinity itself that was within Him, and 'Son' is the Divine Human.

'The Father' is Divine Good which is within the Lord, see 3704, 7499.

Jehovah in the Word is the Lord, 2921, 6303, 8865.

The Lord is Divinity itself, or Jehovah, in a Human form, see the places referred to in 9315.

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9807. 'And his sons' means Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 2803, 2813, 3373, 3704, at this point Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good, since they were Aaron's sons and Aaron as the high priest represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good, as shown immediately above. Truths are meant by 'sons' because everything in the internal sense of the Word is spiritual, and 'sons' in the spiritual sense are those who are born anew from the Lord, thus are in possession of truths springing from good, so that in the abstract sense - when the persons are not envisaged - 'sons' are the actual truths which spring from good. These truths therefore are what should be understood in the Word by 'the sons of God', 'the king's sons', and 'the sons of the kingdom'. They are also the sons of new birth or regeneration. Furthermore the truths and forms of good present with the person who has been regenerated or born anew from the Lord are exactly like families in wide and long lines of descent from the one same father. There are those which resemble sons and daughters, those which resemble grandsons and granddaughters, those which resemble sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, and so relationships belonging to many degrees, thus to many kinds. Truths and forms of good arranged like this are what sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, in short, relatives belonging to different degrees and therefore different kinds, denote in the spiritual sense. I have been shown by actual experience that spiritual generations follow one another in that kind of order. And at the same time I have been told that this being so the truths and forms of good with a person who has been regenerated follow in that kind of order, since the angelic communities in heaven are arranged in that way and the truths and forms of good present with a person correspond to those communities. Therefore also the person whose truths and forms of good possess that kind of correspondence is heaven in the smallest form it takes, 9279.

[2] Anyone who knows that truths are meant by 'sons' and forms of good by 'daughters' can see many arcana in the Word, especially the prophetical part, which would otherwise lie hidden from view. For example he can see what is meant specifically by the Son of Man, which the Lord often calls Himself in the Word, namely Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Human, as is clear from the places where that title appears. Let these be quoted, in order that at the same time it may be established that 'the Son' means truth, as in John,

The crowd said to Jesus, Why do you say, The Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man? Jesus answered them, The light is with you for a brief while longer. Walk, as long as you have the light, lest the darkness overtakes you. As long as you have the light believe in the light, that you may be sons of the light. John 12:34-36.

From these words it is evident that 'the Son of Man' has the same meaning as 'the light'; for when the crowd asked, 'Who is this Son of Man?' the Lord answered that He was 'the light' in which they should believe. 'The light' means Divine Truth, see the places referred to in 9548, 9684, and so therefore does 'the Son of Man'.

[3] In Luke,

Blessed are you when people will hate you on account of the Son of Man. Luke 6:22.

'On account of the Son of Man' is on account of Divine Truth, which emanates from the Lord. Divine Truth constitutes the all of faith in and love to the Lord; and 'being hated' on account of these is blessedness. In the same gospel,

The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see. Then they will say to you, Behold here! or Behold there! Do not go away or go in search. Luke 17:22-23.

'Desiring to see one of the days of the Son of Man' means desiring to see one of the states of truth that is authentically God's. The subject here is the end of the Church, when no faith exists any longer because there is no charity, at which time every truth that is genuinely God's is going to perish. And since God's truth is meant by 'the Son of Man' it says, 'Then they will say, Behold here! or Behold there! Do not go in search', which may be said of God's truth emanating from the Lord, but not of the Lord Himself.

[4] In the same gospel,

When the Son of Man comes will He find faith on the earth? Luke 18:8.

That is, when God's truth is revealed from heaven there will be no belief in it. Here also 'the Son of Man' is the Lord in respect of God's truth, or God's truth emanating from the Lord, the Lord's coming being the revelation of God's truth at the end of the Church.

[5] In Matthew,

As the lightning comes from the east and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then the sign will appear, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and glory. Matthew 24:27, 30.

'The coming of the Son of Man' stands for the revelation of God's truth at the close of the age, that is, at the end of the Church. 'All the tribes of the earth' who will mourn then are all the truths and forms of the good of faith and love in their entirety that are derived from the Lord and so are offered to the Lord. 'The clouds of heaven' in which He is going to come are the literal sense of the Word, 'power and glory' being the internal sense, the subject of which at its inmost level is the Lord alone. For further explanation of these matters, see 4060.

[6] Something similar occurs elsewhere in the same gospel,

I say to you, Hereafter you will see the Son of Man seated on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. Matthew 26:64.

And in Luke,

Hereafter the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

'The Son of Man' stands for Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. 'Sitting at the right hand of power' stands for the reality that in Him there is almighty power; for Divine Good exercises its almighty power through Divine Truth. The declaration that 'hereafter they would see this' means that Divine Truth would be in its almighty power, when the Lord in the world had overcome the hells and restored to order everything there and in the heavens, as a result of which those who received Him in faith and love could be saved, see 9715.

'Sitting at the right hand' means almighty power, see 3387, 4592, 4933 (end), 7518, 8281, 9133.

All the power good possesses is exercised through truth, 6344, 6423, 8304, 9327, 9410, 9639, 9643.

Actual Divine power consists in Divine Truth, 6948.

'The clouds' in which the Son of Man, that is, Divine Truth, will come are the Word in the letter, Preface to Genesis 18, and 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8443, 8781; and 'the glory' is Divine Truth itself as it exists in the internal sense of the Word, Preface to Genesis 18, and 4809, 5922, 8267, 9429.

[7] All this now makes clear what the following words in the Book of Revelation mean,

I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud one was sitting, like the Son of Man, having on His head a crown of gold. Revelation 14:14.

And in Daniel,

I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of the heavens One like the Son of Man came. Daniel 7:13.

In John,

The Father has given Him [authority] to execute judgement also, because He is the Son of Man. John 5:27.

The basis on which all judgement is executed is truth, and this explains why it says that [authority] to execute judgement has been given to the Lord because He is the Son of Man. 'The Son of Man', as has been stated, is Divine Truth; 'the Father' from whom that Truth springs is Divine Good, 2803, 3704, 7499, 8328, 8897. The fact that 'executing judgement' rests with Divine Truth explains why it says that when the Son of Man comes He will sit on the throne of His glory, Matthew 19:28; 25:31, and that the Son of Man will repay everyone according to his deeds, Matthew 16:27.

[8] In Matthew,

He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the seed are the sons of the kingdom, the tares are the sons of the evil one. Matthew 13:37-38.

'The good seed' is God's truth, therefore it says that 'the Son of Man' sows it. 'The sons of the kingdom' are God's truths in heaven and in the Church. For 'son' means truth, 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, and in the contrary sense falsity, which is also meant by 'son of the evil one'; and 'the kingdom' means heaven, and also the Church.

[9] In John,

No one has gone up into heaven except Him who came down from heaven, the Son of Man who is in the heavens. John 3:13.

From these words it is evident that 'the Son of Man' means Divine Truth present in the heavens. This Truth comes down from there and then goes up, for no one can go up into heaven unless Divine Truth has come down into Him from heaven; the flow starts from God, not from the opposite direction. And since the Lord is that Truth He calls Himself 'the Son of Man who is in the heavens'. In Matthew,

The Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head. Matthew 8:20.

'The Son of Man' stands for Divine Truth; 'having nowhere to lay His head' stands for the fact that at that time there was no place for Him anywhere, that is, with any person.

[10] The declarations that the Son of Man is about to suffer and will be killed, in Matthew 17:12, 22; 20:18; 26:2, 24, 45; Mark 8:31; 9:12, 31; and elsewhere, imply that this was how Divine Truth was treated, and therefore how the Lord was treated since He was Divine Truth itself, as He also says in John, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. John 14:6.

In Jeremiah,

No man (vir) will dwell there, nor will any son of man stay in it. Jeremiah 49:18, 33.

And in the same prophet,

Not a man (vir) will dwell in the cities, nor will any son of man pass through them. Jeremiah 51:43.

Anyone who has no knowledge of the spiritual sense of the Word will suppose that 'the cities' here is used to mean cities, and 'a man' and 'son of man' to mean a man and a son, and that the cities would be made so desolate that no one would be there. But it is the state of the Church so far as the teaching of truth is concerned that is being described. For 'cities' are the doctrinal teachings of the Church, see 402, 2449, 3216, 4492, 4493; 'a man' is the Church's truth itself joined to good, 3134, 7716, 9007, 'son of man' accordingly meaning truth.

[11] Since 'son of man' meant Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, the prophets too through whom it was revealed were called sons of man, as Daniel and Ezekiel were - Daniel 8:17; Ezekiel 2:1, 3, 6, 8; 3:1, 3-4, 10, 17, 25; 4:1, 16; 8:5-6, 8, 12, 15; 12:2-3, 9, 18, 22, 27; and in many other places.

[12] The majority of expressions in the Word have also a contrary sense, and this applies equally to the meaning of the expression son of man, which in that contrary sense is falsity opposed to truth, as in Isaiah,

What are you that you are afraid of man (homo), [who] dies, and of the son of man, [who] is given grass? Isaiah 51:12.

'Grass given to the son of man' is factual knowledge that gives rise to falsity. In David,

Do not put your trust in princes, in the son of man who has no salvation. Psalms 146:3.

'Princes' are primary truths, 2089, 5044, and so in the contrary sense primary falsities, while 'the son of man' is falsity itself.

  
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