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1 Ja Herra puhui Moosekselle sanoen:

2 "Tämä olkoon laki pitalitautisen puhdistamispäivästä. Hänet tuotakoon papin eteen,

3 ja pappi menköön leirin ulkopuolelle; ja jos pappi tarkastaessaan pitalista huomaa, että hän on parantunut pitalitaudista,

4 käskeköön pappi puhdistettavaa varten ottaa kaksi elävää, puhdasta lintua, setripuuta, helakanpunaista lankaa ja isoppikorren.

5 Ja pappi käskeköön teurastaa toisen linnun saviastian päällä, jossa on raikasta vettä.

6 Sitten hän ottakoon sen elävän linnun ynnä setripuun, helakanpunaisen langan ja isoppikorren ja kastakoon ne ynnä elävän linnun sen linnun vereen, joka teurastettiin raikkaan veden päällä,

7 ja pirskoittakoon sitä seitsemän kertaa siihen, joka on pitalista puhdistettava; ja puhdistettuaan hänet hän päästäköön sen elävän linnun lentämään kedolle.

8 Ja puhdistettava pesköön vaatteensa, ajakoon kaikki hiuksensa ja peseytyköön vedessä, niin hän on puhdas. Sen jälkeen hän saa mennä leiriin; asukoon kuitenkin ulkona teltastansa seitsemän päivää.

9 Seitsemäntenä päivänä hän ajakoon kaikki hiukset päästänsä, partansa ja kulmakarvansa: kaikki karvat hän ajakoon; pesköön sitten vaatteensa ja pesköön ruumiinsa vedessä, niin hän on puhdas.

10 Ja kahdeksantena päivänä hän ottakoon kaksi virheetöntä karitsaa ja virheettömän, vuoden vanhan uuhikaritsan sekä kolme kymmenennestä lestyjä jauhoja, joihin on sekoitettu öljyä, ruokauhriksi, ja yhden loog-mitan öljyä.

11 Ja puhdistusta toimittava pappi asettakoon puhdistettavan henkilön ja nämä esineet Herran eteen ilmestysmajan ovelle.

12 Sitten pappi ottakoon toisen karitsan ja tuokoon sen vikauhriksi ynnä loog-mitan öljyä, ja toimittakoon niiden heilutuksen Herran edessä.

13 Ja niin hän teurastakoon karitsan siinä paikassa, jossa syntiuhri-ja polttouhriteuraat teurastetaan, pyhässä paikassa; sillä vikauhri on, niinkuin syntiuhrikin, papin oma, se on korkeasti-pyhä.

14 Ja pappi ottakoon vikauhrin verta ja sivelköön sitä puhdistettavan oikeaan korvanlehteen sekä oikean käden peukaloon ja oikean jalan isoonvarpaaseen.

15 Senjälkeen pappi ottakoon öljyä loog-mitasta ja kaatakoon sitä vasempaan käteensä,

16 ja pappi kastakoon oikean kätensä etusormen öljyyn, jota on hänen vasemmassa kädessään, ja pirskoittakoon öljyä sormellansa seitsemän kertaa Herran edessä.

17 Ja käteensä jäänyttä öljyä pappi sivelköön puhdistettavan oikeaan korvanlehteen sekä oikean käden peukaloon ja oikean jalan isoonvarpaaseen vikauhrin veren päälle.

18 Ja käteensä vielä jääneen öljyn pappi sivelköön puhdistettavan päähän; näin pappi toimittakoon hänelle sovituksen Herran edessä.

19 Sitten pappi uhratkoon syntiuhrin ja toimittakoon puhdistettavalle sovituksen hänen saastaisuudestansa, ja senjälkeen hän teurastakoon polttouhriteuraan.

20 Ja pappi uhratkoon polttouhrin ja ruokauhrin alttarilla, ja kun pappi näin on toimittanut hänelle sovituksen, on hän puhdas.

21 Mutta jos hän on köyhä eikä saa hankituksi niin paljoa, ottakoon vain yhden karitsan vikauhriksi, heilutettavaksi, toimittaakseen itsellensä sovituksen, sekä vain yhden kymmenenneksen lestyjä jauhoja, joihin on sekoitettu öljyä, ruokauhriksi, ja loog-mitan öljyä,

22 sekä kaksi metsäkyyhkystä tai kaksi kyyhkysenpoikaa, mikäli hän on saanut ne hankituksi; toinen olkoon syntiuhriksi ja toinen polttouhriksi.

23 Ja hän vieköön ne papille puhdistustaan varten kahdeksantena päivänä, ilmestysmajan ovelle Herran eteen.

24 Ja pappi ottakoon vikauhrikaritsan ja loog-mitan öljyä, ja pappi toimittakoon niiden heilutuksen Herran edessä,

25 ja vikauhrikaritsa teurastettakoon, ja pappi ottakoon vikauhrin verta ja sivelköön sitä puhdistettavan oikeaan korvanlehteen sekä oikean käden peukaloon ja oikean jalan isoonvarpaaseen.

26 Sitten pappi kaatakoon öljyä vasempaan käteensä,

27 ja pappi pirskoittakoon oikealla etusormellaan öljyä, jota on hänen vasemmassa kädessään, seitsemän kertaa Herran edessä.

28 Ja käteensä jäänyttä öljyä pappi sivelköön puhdistettavan oikeaan korvanlehteen sekä oikean käden peukaloon ja oikean jalan isoonvarpaaseen, siihen paikkaan, missä on vikauhrin verta.

29 Ja käteensä vielä jääneen öljyn pappi sivelköön puhdistettavan päähän toimittaakseen hänelle sovituksen Herran edessä.

30 Ja hän uhratkoon toisen niistä metsäkyyhkysistä tai kyyhkysenpojista, jotka hän on hankkinut,

31 mikäli on saanut ne hankituiksi, toisen syntiuhriksi ja toisen polttouhriksi ruokauhrin ohella. Näin pappi toimittakoon puhdistettavalle sovituksen Herran edessä."

32 Tämä on laki pitalitautia sairastavasta, joka ei saa hankituksi puhdistukseensa sitä, mikä on säädetty.

33 Ja Herra puhui Moosekselle ja Aaronille sanoen:

34 "Kun te tulette Kanaanin maahan, jonka minä annan teille perintömaaksi, ja minä sallin pitalin tarttua johonkin taloon siinä maassa, jonka te saatte perintömaaksenne,

35 niin talon omistaja menköön ja ilmoittakoon sen papille sanoen: 'Minun talooni näyttää ilmestyneen jotakin pitalitarttuman tapaista'.

36 Ja pappi käskeköön tyhjentää talon, ennenkuin menee tarkastamaan tarttumaa, ettei kaikki, mitä talossa on, tulisi saastaiseksi; sitten pappi menköön tarkastamaan taloa.

37 Ja jos hän tarkastaessaan tarttumaa näkee tartunnan paikassa talon seinissä vihertäviä tai punertavia syvennyksiä, jotka näyttävät muuta seinää matalammilta,

38 menköön pappi talosta ulos talon ovelle ja sulkekoon talon seitsemäksi päiväksi.

39 Ja jos pappi palattuaan seitsemäntenä päivänä tarkastaessaan huomaa tarttuman levinneen talon seinissä,

40 käskeköön hän murtaa pois ne kivet, joissa tarttuma on, ja heittää ne ulos kaupungista saastaiseen paikkaan.

41 Ja talo kaavittakoon sisältä ympärinsä puhtaaksi, ja kaavittu savi heitettäköön ulos kaupungista saastaiseen paikkaan.

42 Ja otettakoon toisia kiviä ja pantakoon entisten kivien sijaan, ja otettakoon toista savea ja savettakoon talo sillä.

43 Jos tarttuma taas ilmestyy taloon, sen jälkeen kuin kivet ovat murretut pois ja talo on puhtaaksi kaavittu ja uudestaan savettu,

44 menköön pappi sisälle, ja jos hän tarkastaessaan huomaa tarttuman levinneen talossa, niin on talossa pahanlaatuinen pitali; se on saastainen.

45 Sentähden se talo revittäköön, sekä sen kivet että puuaineet ja kaikki sen savi, ja vietäköön ne ulos kaupungista saastaiseen paikkaan.

46 Ja se, joka on käynyt talossa sinä aikana, jona sen oli oltava suljettuna, olkoon saastainen iltaan asti.

47 Ja se, joka siinä talossa on maannut, pesköön vaatteensa, ja se, joka siinä talossa on syönyt, pesköön vaatteensa.

48 Mutta jos pappi menee sisälle ja tarkastaessaan huomaa, ettei tarttuma ole levinnyt talossa, sen jälkeen kuin talo on savettu, niin julistakoon pappi talon puhtaaksi, sillä tarttuma on hävinnyt.

49 Ja hän ottakoon talon puhdistamiseksi kaksi lintua, setripuuta, helakanpunaista lankaa ja isoppikorren.

50 Ja teurastakoon toisen linnun saviastian päällä, jossa on raikasta vettä.

51 Ja ottakoon setripuun, isoppikorren ja helakanpunaisen langan ja elävän linnun, kastakoon ne teurastetun linnun vereen ja raikkaaseen veteen ja pirskoittakoon sitä taloon seitsemän kertaa.

52 Näin hän puhdistakoon talon linnun verellä ja raikkaalla vedellä, elävällä linnulla, setripuulla, isoppikorrella ja helakanpunaisella langalla.

53 Ja sitten hän päästäköön elävän linnun lentämään ulkopuolelle kaupunkia kedolle. Kun hän näin on toimittanut talolle sovituksen, on se puhdas."

54 Tämä on laki kaikkinaisesta pitalitaudista ja syyhelmästä,

55 pitalista vaatteissa ja taloissa,

56 nystyröistä, ihottumista ja vaaleista pilkuista,

57 neuvoksi siitä, milloin mikin on saastainen, milloin puhdas. Tämä on laki pitalista.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10042

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10042. 'And you shall take one ram' means the good of innocence in the internal man. This is clear from the meaning of 'a ram' as the good of innocence and charity in the internal man, dealt with below. Since sacrifices and burnt offerings of rams and lambs are referred to in this chapter, the general meaning of the living creatures offered in sacrifices and burnt offerings must be stated. Those creatures were oxen, young bulls, and he-goats; rams, she-goats, and he-kids; and he-lambs, she-lambs, and she-kids of she-goats. Anyone who does not know what these creatures serve to mean cannot possibly know what is meant by a sacrifice or burnt offering of any of them in particular. It should be recognized that all living creatures on earth serve to mean things such as reside in the human being, which in general consist in affections present in his will and in thoughts present in his understanding, and so consist in forms of good and in truths; for forms of good belong to the will and truths to the understanding. And since those things consist in forms of good and in truths they also consist in love and faith; for all aspects of love are called forms of good, and all matters of faith are called truths.

[2] The reason why these different kinds of living creatures serve to mean such things lies in representatives in the next life, where creatures belonging to many genera and countless species appear. Such creatures there are wholly lifelike appearances corresponding to spirits' and angels' affections and thoughts. The truth of this is evident also from the visions of the prophets spoken of in places throughout the Word; for all the things that were seen by the prophets are such as appear in heaven before angels' eyes. This explains why mention in the Word is so often made of beasts or animals, each of which serves to mean something belonging to one of the categories of things residing in the human being. As to his outward self the human being is no more than an animal; but his inward self makes him different. By means of his inward self both this inward self and his outward self can be raised towards heaven and up to God, and can as a consequence receive faith and love. This is why animals were used in sacrifices and burnt offerings. The person who knows nothing of all this cannot possibly know the reason why it was commanded to offer young bulls, rams, or he-lambs on one occasion, oxen, she-goats, and she-lambs on another, and he-goats, he-kids, and she-kids of she-goats on yet another. What other reason could there be for these differences? For the meaning of animals or beasts in the Word as forms of good or evils present with a person, and also truths or falsities, see 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 776, 1823, 2179, 2180, 2781, 3218, 3519, 5198, 7523, 7872, 9090; and for their use in sacrifices on account of that meaning, 1823, 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830.

[3] So far however as sacrifices and burnt offerings of those creatures are concerned it should be recognized that,

1. Representative worship among the Jewish and Israelite nation consisted first and foremost in sacrifices and burnt offerings.

2. Sacrifices and burnt offerings in general served to mean the regeneration of a person by means of the truths of faith and forms of the good of love received from the Lord, and in the highest sense the glorification of the Lord's Human.

3. Everything belonging to worship - all the different things constituting it, thus worship in all its variety - was represented by the sacrifices and burnt offerings; and this is why it was decreed that different kinds of living creatures should be used.

[4] But to deal with these considerations in detail,

1. Representative worship among the Jewish and Israelite nation consisted first and foremost in sacrifices and burnt offerings

This is clear from the fact that they were used for every sin and all guilt, and also for every consecration and admission to office, besides being used daily, on every sabbath, at each new moon, and at every feast; and for this reason the altar was the holiest object of all. Every other act of worship among that nation grew out of an occasion for sacrifice, which explains why it says in Daniel, when the abolition of representative worship is the subject, that the sacrifice and the offering will cease, Daniel 9:27, and the continual [sacrifice] will be removed, Daniel 8:10-13; 11:31; 12:11. In particular 'the continual' means the sacrifice that was offered daily, and in general all worship. But see what has been shown already on these matters,

Sacrifices in general mean all representative worship, 923, 2165, 6905, 8680, 8936.

The altar was the chief representative of the Lord and consequently of worship, 2777, 2811, 8935, 8940, 9388, 9389, 9714, 9964.

The ancients before Eber knew nothing about sacrifices, 2180.

Sacrifices were established in Eber's time, existing from then on among the Hebrew nation, and consequently among the descendants of Jacob, and why they did so, 1128, 1343, 2180, 2818.

Sacrifices were not commanded, only permitted, 2180.

[5] 2. Sacrifices and burnt offerings in general served to mean the regeneration of a person by means of the truths of faith in the Lord and forms of the good of love to Him, both received from the Lord

This is clear from the fact that all aspects of worship have regard to purification from evils and falsities, the implantation of truth and good, and the joining together of these, thus to regeneration since by means of those three a person is regenerated. This explains why sacrifices and burnt offerings were offered for every sin and all guilt; and it says, when they were offered, that it was expiated and would be pardoned, Leviticus 4:20, 26, 31, 35; 5:6, 10, 13, 18; 6:7; 7:7; 10:17; 14:18-19; 15:30-31; 16:6, 24; 17:11. The pardoning of sins, expiation, propitiation, and redemption are nothing other than purification from evils and falsities, the implantation of goodness and truth, and the joining together of these, which is regeneration, 9076, 9452-9454, 9937, 9938. The whole process of regeneration is also described by the specific observances belonging to each sacrifice and burnt offering, and a clear view of that process emerges when the internal sense is used to unfold the representative elements of it, 10022.

[6] In the highest sense sacrifices and burnt offerings serve to mean the glorification of the Lord's Human

This is so because all the ritual observances belonging to worship that were established among the Israelite and Jewish nation had regard solely to the Lord; thus more than all else the sacrifices and burnt offerings - by which in general everything belonging to worship was represented, as shown above - had regard to Him. Furthermore the only source of human regeneration is the Lord, 9486, 9487, 9506, 9715, 9809, 10019. When therefore the Word deals with human regeneration the subject in the highest sense is the glorification of the Lord's Human; for the regeneration of a person is an image of the glorification of the Lord, 3138, 3212, 3296, 3490, 4402, 5688. Glorifying His Human implies making it Divine, whereas regenerating a person implies making him heavenly, in order that what is Divine and the Lord's may dwell in him.

[7] 3. Everything belonging to worship - all the different things constituting it, thus worship in all its variety - was represented by the sacrifices and burnt offerings; and this is why it was decreed that different kinds of living creatures should be used

This is clear from all the different situations for which sacrifices and burnt offerings were prescribed - for sins committed through error, and for sins not committed through error; for every trespass and uncleanness, whether on the part of a priest, the whole congregation, a leader, or any ordinary person 1 ; for cleansing from leprosy; for purification after childbirth; for consecration of the altar, the tent of meeting, and everything in it; for the cleansing of these when Aaron went once a year into the holy of holies; for the admission of Aaron and his sons to the priestly office; for the consecration of Nazirites; and in general at the three feasts, at each new moon, on the sabbaths, and morning and evening 2 every day; and in addition votive offerings and free-will offerings.

[8] Since sacrifices and burnt offerings were prescribed for so many different situations and they represented all the different things constituting worship, it was also decreed that different kinds of creatures should be used - young bulls, oxen, and he-goats; rams, she-goats, and he-kids; and he-lambs, she-lambs, and she-kids of she-goats. Sacrifices and burnt offerings of young bull, ox, and he-goat represented the purification and regeneration of the external or natural man; those of ram, she-goat, and he-kid represented the purification and regeneration of the internal or spiritual man; and those of he-lamb, she-lamb, and she-kid of the she-goats represented the purification and regeneration of the inmost or celestial man. For there are three degrees that follow in order in a person, namely celestial, spiritual, and natural, see 9992, 10005, 10017; and if a person is to be regenerated the things that are internal and those that are external must be regenerated, see the places referred to in 9325(end).

[9] But what is meant specifically by the sacrifice and burnt offering of a ram that are referred to in the present chapter is clear from places in the Word where sacrifices and burnt offerings of rams are described or where a ram is mentioned. From those places it is evident that 'a ram' means the good of innocence and charity in the internal man, and that a sacrifice and burnt offering of it mean purification and regeneration of the internal man, and so the implantation of the good of innocence and charity there. This meaning of 'a ram' is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

All the flocks of Arabia will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will minister to you; they will come up with acceptance on My altar. Isaiah 60:7.

This refers to the Lord, and to heaven and His Church. 'The flocks of Arabia' are all the forms of good belonging to the internal man, 'the rams of Nebaioth' are the forms of the good of innocence and charity there, 'flocks' being forms of good that belong to the internal man, see 8937, 9135, 'Arabia' a place where good exists, 3268, and 'Nebaioth' those there who are governed by that good, 3268, 3686, 3688.

[10] In Ezekiel,

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, [these were] the merchants of your hand through [the trading of] small cattle, and rams, and he-goats. Ezekiel 27:21.

This refers to Tyre, by which is meant the Church where cognitions or knowledge of good and truth exist, 1201. 'The merchants' are those who possess them and pass them on, 2967, 4453; 'cattle' are forms of the good of love, 'rams' forms of the good of charity, and 'he-goats' forms of the good of faith. In the Word reference is made to 'flocks', 'small cattle' 3 , and 'members of the flock', for which the original language has distinct and separate terms. By 'flocks' internal things in general are meant, by 'members of the flock' the same things in particular, and by 'small cattle' inmost things in particular. But by 'herds' external things are meant. In Jeremiah,

I will cause them to come down like small cattle to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats. Jeremiah 51:40.

'Small cattle', 'rams', and 'he-goats' here have much the same meaning.

[11] In Ezekiel,

Thus said the Lord Jehovih, Behold, I am judging between members of the flock and members of the flock 4 , between rams, and between he-goats. Ezekiel 34:17.

'Between members of the flock and members of the flock' stands for between those with whom interior things of good and of evil are present. 'Between rams and between he-goats' stands for between those with whom charity and consequently faith are present and those with whom truths of faith without charity are present. 'Rams' here have the same meaning as 'sheep', rams being male sheep. For the meaning of 'sheep' as those with whom charity and consequently faith are present, see 4169, 4809; and for that of 'he-goats' as those with whom truths that are called the truths of faith are present but without charity, 4169(end), 4769. The ram and the he-goat in Daniel 8:1-end have the same meaning, as do the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25:32-end.

[12] In Moses,

If a soul has sinned through error he shall bring his guilt offering to Jehovah, a ram without blemish out of the flock. Leviticus 5:15, 18; 6:6.

By sacrifices of rams is meant purification of the internal man and the implantation of the good of innocence there; for sin committed through error is sin owing to ignorance that has innocence within it, and the innocence of ignorance belongs to the internal man.

[13] In the same author,

At new moons they were to offer two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs, and afterwards a he-goat of the she-goats. The same thing was to be done every day during Passover, and also on the day of the firstfruits. Numbers 28:11, 15, 19, 22, 27, [Numbers 28:30.]

All this was done in order that the purification of the whole person - the external, the internal, and the inmost - might be represented. The purification of the external man was represented by the sacrifice and burnt offering of the young bulls, of the internal by those of the ram, and of the inmost by those of the lambs. And since purification was represented, so too was the implantation of the good of innocence; for a young bull is the good of innocence in the external man, a ram that good in the internal man, and a lamb that good in the inmost man, as has been stated above. The reason why the last of the creatures was a he-goat was that 'a he-goat' means the truth of faith in the external man, and the truth of faith there is last and lowest, 9959. Since the forms of good and the truths present with a person follow one another in this order, therefore also the gifts of the princes of Israel when the altar and the tent of meeting were anointed were a young bull, a ram, and a lamb for burnt offerings, and a he-goat of the she-goats for a sacrifice, Numbers 7:15-17, 21-23, 27-29, 33ff.

From all this it may now be recognized that 'a ram' means the good of innocence and charity in the internal man.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, any soul

2. literally, between the evenings

3. The expression small cattle describes animals belonging to a flock.

4. i.e. between good ones and bad ones

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4169

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4169. 'Your sheep and your she-goats have not miscarried' means its state as regards good and the good of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'sheep' as good, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'she-goat' as the good of truth, dealt with in 3995, 4006. The word good when used by itself means the good of the will, whereas the expression the good of truth means the good of the understanding. The good of the will consists in doing good from good, whereas the good of the understanding consists in doing it from truth. To people who do good from truth those two activities seem to be one and the same, when in fact they are considerably different from each other. For doing good from good consists in doing it from the perception of good, and that perception does not exist with any except those who are celestial. But doing good from truth is doing it from knowledge and consequently from the understanding. It amounts to doing it without any perception that it is good, and so solely as something that a person has been taught to do by others, or else by the exercise of his own intellect has decided that it is good. Such truth may well be faulty, but if it has good as its end in view, then a person's action arising out of that truth becomes tantamount to good.

[2] 'Sheep' means goods. This may be seen from many places in the Word, from which places let merely the following be quoted: In Isaiah,

He was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth. He is led like a lamb 1 to the slaughter, and like a sheep before its shearers, he did not open his mouth. Isaiah 53:7.

This refers to the Lord, where He is compared to 'a sheep' not by virtue of truth but of good. In Matthew,

Jesus said to the twelve whom He sent out, Do not go into the way of the gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Matthew 10:5-6.

'The gentiles' to whom they were forbidden to go stands for those among whom evils exist - 'gentiles' meaning evils, see 1259, 1260, 1849; 'the cities of the Samaritans' stands for those among whom falsities are present; and 'sheep' stands for those among whom forms of good may be found.

[3] In John,

Jesus after the Resurrection said to Peter, Feed My lambs. A second time He said, Feed My sheep; the third time He said, Feed My sheep. John 21:15-17.

'Lambs' stands for those who have innocence within them. The first reference to 'sheep' stands for people whose practice of good stems from good, the second for those whose practice of it stems from truth. In Matthew,

When the Son of Man comes in His glory He will place the sheep at His right hand but the goats at His left. And He will say to those at His right hand, Come, O blessed of My Father, possess as an inheritance the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me. Insofar as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers you did it to Me. Matthew 25:31-40.

Here it is quite plain that 'sheep' stands for goods, that is, for those in whom good is present. Every kind of good flowing from charity, which will in the Lord's Divine mercy be described elsewhere, is included here in the internal sense. 'Goats' means in particular those who have faith but no charity.

[4] Similarly in Ezekiel,

As for you, O My flock, said the Lord Jehovih, Behold, I am judging between one member of the flock and another, between rams of the sheep, and he-goats. Ezekiel 34:17.

'He-goats' means in particular those whose faith is not linked to any charity. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'he-goats' in the good sense as those who possess the truth of faith and from this some charity, but in the contrary sense those whose faith is not linked to any charity. Such people reason about salvation from basic assumptions that faith is what saves. The same point is apparent from what the Lord says about the goats in the passage in Matthew quoted above. But people who do not possess any truth of faith, or at the same time any good of charity, are carried away into hell without undergoing any such judgement, that is to say, without any examination to prove that they are governed by falsity.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Latin means cattle, but the Hebrew means lamb, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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