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Mooseksen kirja 4

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1 Ja Herra puhui Moosekselle sanoen:

2 "Puhu israelilaisille ja sano: Jos joku erehdyksestä rikkoo jotakuta Herran käskyä vastaan ja tekee jotakin, mitä ei saa tehdä,

3 niin, jos voideltu pappi tekee rikkomuksen ja saattaa kansan vikapääksi, tuokoon rikkomuksensa tähden, jonka hän on tehnyt, virheettömän mullikan Herralle syntiuhriksi.

4 Ja vieköön mullikan ilmestysmajan ovelle Herran eteen ja laskekoon kätensä mullikan pään päälle ja teurastakoon mullikan Herran edessä.

5 Ja ottakoon se voideltu pappi mullikan verta ja vieköön sen ilmestysmajaan,

6 ja pappi kastakoon sormensa vereen ja pirskoittakoon verta seitsemän kertaa Herran edessä, pyhäkön esiripun edessä.

7 Ja pappi sivelköön sitä verta alttarin sarviin, jolla poltetaan hyvänhajuista suitsutusta Herran edessä ja joka on ilmestysmajassa; mullikan kaiken muun veren hän vuodattakoon ilmestysmajan oven edessä olevan polttouhrialttarin juurelle.

8 Ja kaiken syntiuhrimullikan rasvan hän erottakoon siitä pois, sekä sisälmyksiä peittävän rasvan että kaiken sisälmysten rasvan,

9 ja molemmat munuaiset ynnä niiden päällä lantiolihaksissa olevan rasvan ja maksanlisäkkeen, joka on irroitettava munuaisten luota,

10 samalla tavalla kuin se erotetaan pois yhteysuhrihärästä; ja pappi polttakoon ne polttouhrialttarilla.

11 Mutta mullikan nahan ja kaiken lihan ynnä pään ja jalat, sisälmykset ja ravan,

12 koko mullikan, hän vieköön leirin ulkopuolelle puhtaaseen paikkaan, johon tuhka heitetään, ja polttakoon sen halkojen päällä tulessa; siinä paikassa, johon tuhka heitetään, se poltettakoon.

13 Ja jos koko Israelin seurakunta erehdyksestä tekee rikkomuksen ja seurakunta ei siitä tiedä ja he rikkomalla jotakuta Herran käskyä vastaan ovat tehneet sellaista, mitä ei saa tehdä, ja niin joutuneet vikapäiksi,

14 ja jos sitten rikkomus, jonka he ovat tehneet sitä vastaan, tulee tunnetuksi, niin tuokoon seurakunta mullikan syntiuhriksi ja vieköön sen ilmestysmajan eteen.

15 Ja seurakunnan vanhimmat laskekoot kätensä mullikan pään päälle Herran edessä, ja mullikka teurastettakoon Herran edessä.

16 Ja voideltu pappi vieköön mullikan verta ilmestysmajaan.

17 Ja pappi kastakoon sormensa vereen ja pirskoittakoon sitä seitsemän kertaa Herran edessä, esiripun edessä.

18 Ja hän sivelköön sitä verta alttarin sarviin, joka on Herran edessä ilmestysmajassa; kaiken muun veren hän vuodattakoon ilmestysmajan oven edessä olevan polttouhrialttarin juurelle.

19 Ja hän erottakoon siitä pois kaiken rasvan ja polttakoon sen alttarilla

20 ja tehköön tälle mullikalle, niinkuin hän teki syntiuhrimullikalle; samalla tavalla hän sille tehköön. Kun pappi näin on toimittanut heille sovituksen, annetaan heille anteeksi.

21 Ja mullikan hän vieköön leirin ulkopuolelle ja polttakoon sen, niinkuin hän poltti edellisen mullikan; se on seurakunnan syntiuhri.

22 Jos päämies tekee rikkomuksen ja erehdyksestä rikkomalla jotakuta Herran, Jumalansa, käskyä vastaan tekee sellaista, mitä ei saa tehdä, ja niin joutuu vikapääksi,

23 ja hän sitten saa tietää rikkomuksensa, jonka hän on tehnyt, niin tuokoon uhrilahjanaan kauriin, virheettömän urospuolen,

24 ja laskekoon kätensä kauriin pään päälle ja teurastakoon sen siinä paikassa, jossa polttouhriteuraat Herran edessä teurastetaan; se on hänen syntiuhrinsa.

25 Ja pappi ottakoon syntiuhrin verta sormeensa ja sivelköön sitä polttouhrialttarin sarviin; muun veren hän vuodattakoon polttouhrialttarin juurelle.

26 Mutta kaiken sen rasvan hän polttakoon alttarilla, niinkuin yhteysuhrin rasvan. Kun pappi näin on toimittanut hänelle sovituksen hänen rikkomuksestansa, annetaan hänelle anteeksi.

27 Jos joku rahvaasta erehdyksestä rikkoo jotakuta Herran käskyä vastaan tekemällä sellaista, mitä ei saa tehdä, ja niin joutuu vikapääksi,

28 ja hän sitten saa tietää rikkomuksensa, jonka hän on tehnyt, niin tuokoon rikkomuksensa tähden, jonka hän on tehnyt, uhrilahjanaan vuohen, virheettömän naaraspuolen,

29 ja laskekoon kätensä tämän syntiuhriteuraan pään päälle ja teurastakoon sen polttouhripaikalla.

30 Ja pappi ottakoon sen verta sormeensa ja sivelköön sitä polttouhrialttarin sarviin; kaiken muun veren hän vuodattakoon alttarin juurelle.

31 Ja hän irroittakoon kaiken sen rasvan, niinkuin rasva irroitetaan yhteysuhrista, ja pappi polttakoon sen alttarilla suloisena tuoksuna Herralle. Kun pappi näin on toimittanut hänelle sovituksen, annetaan hänelle anteeksi.

32 Mutta jos hän tuo uhrilahjanaan karitsan syntiuhriksi, niin tuokoon virheettömän uuhen

33 ja laskekoon kätensä tämän syntiuhriteuraan pään päälle ja teurastakoon sen syntiuhriksi siinä paikassa, jossa polttouhrieläin teurastetaan.

34 Ja pappi ottakoon syntiuhrin verta sormeensa ja sivelköön polttouhrialttarin sarviin; kaiken muun veren hän vuodattakoon alttarin juurelle.

35 Ja kaiken sen rasvan hän irroittakoon, niinkuin yhteysuhrilampaan rasva irroitetaan, ja pappi polttakoon sen alttarilla Herran uhrin päällä. Kun pappi on toimittanut hänelle sovituksen hänen rikkomuksestansa, jonka hän on tehnyt, annetaan hänelle anteeksi."

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 167

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167. And all [the churches] shall know that I am he who searcheth the reins and hearts. That this signifies the acknowledgment, on the part of all those who belong to the church, that the Lord alone knows and explores the exteriors and interiors and the things pertaining to faith and love is evident from the signification of searching, when said of the Lord, as being that He alone knows and explores; and from the signification of the reins, as being the truths of faith, and their purification from falsities, concerning which we shall speak in what follows; and from the signification of hearts, as being the goods of love. The reason why the heart signifies the good of love is, that there are two things that reign in man, from which all the life of his body is derived - the heart and the lungs. And because all things in a man's body correspond to all the things in his mind, and there are also two things that reign there, the will and the understanding, therefore these two kingdoms of the mind correspond to the two kingdoms of the body - the will to the heart and its pulse, and the understanding to the lungs and their respiration; without this correspondence the body could not live, nor even a particle of it. Because the heart corresponds to the will, it also corresponds to the good of love; and as the lungs correspond to the understanding, they also correspond to the truths of faith. It is from this correspondence that the heart signifies love, and the soul (anima) signifies faith; hence the expression "from the heart and soul" is so often used in the Word, by which is meant from the love and faith. (This correspondence is much treated of in Arcana Coelestia, where the following particulars may be seen more fully explained, namely, that the heart in the Word signifies love, and because it signifies love, that it also signifies the will, n. 2930, 3313, 7542, 8910, 9050, 9113, 10336. That the heart corresponds to the things that pertain to man's love, and the lungs to the things that pertain to his faith, n. 3883-3896. That in heaven there is a pulse like that of the heart, and a respiration like that of the lungs, n. 3884, 3885, 3887. That the pulse of the heart there is according to the state of love, and the respiration of the lungs according to the state of faith, n. 3886-3889; that the influx of the heart into the lungs is circumstanced like the influx of good into truth, or of the will into the understanding and of love into faith, and that the communications and conjunctions are similar, n. 3884, 3887-3889, 9300, 9495. Concerning the influx of heaven into the heart and into the lungs, from experience, n. 3884. That from this correspondence in the Word, when it is said from the heart and from the soul, it signifies from the love and faith, n. 2930, 9050; that the conjunction of man's spirit with his body is by means of the respiration of the lungs and of the pulse of the heart, and that therefore when these cease, man's body dies, but his spirit lives, see the work, Heaven and Hell; and that when the pulse of the heart ceases, the spirit is separated, because the heart corresponds to love which is the vital heat, n.447, in that work. Many other things concerning that correspondence may be seen there, n. 95.) That the kidneys signify the truths of faith and the purification of them from falsities, is because the purification of the blood is performed in the kidneys; and by blood in the Word is signified truth, as may be seen, Arcana Coelestia. n. 4735, 9127. The same also is signified by the organ which purifies: also all purification from falsities is effected by means of truths.

It is therefore evident that by Jehovah, or the Lord, in the Word, searching the heart and reins is signified that He explores the goods of love and the truths of faith, and separates them from evils and falsities.

[2] This is signified by reins in the following places: in Jeremiah,

"Jehovah Zebaoth, judge of justice, proving the reins and the heart" (11:20).

Again:

"Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit; thou art near in their mouth and far from their reins. Jehovah, thou shalt see me, and shalt prove my heart" (12:2, 3).

By being near in the mouth, and far from the reins is meant truth only in the memory, and thence in some of his thoughts when a man speaks, but not in the will and thence in act. Truth in the will and thence in act is that which separates and dissipates falsities; truth in the will and thence in act is to will and do what a man knows and thinks to be truth; this truth is what is specifically meant by reins.

[3] Again in the same prophet:

"I Jehovah search the heart, and prove the reins, even to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his works" (17:10).

To search the heart is to purify good by separating evil from it; to prove the reins, is to purify truth by separating falsity from it. It is therefore said, "To give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his works"; ways denote the truths of faith, and the fruit of works denotes the goods of love. (That ways denote truths of faith, may be seen above, n. 97, and that the fruit of works denotes the goods of love, n. 98, 109, 116.)

[4] In the same:

"Jehovah Zebaoth, proving the just, seeing the reins and the heart" (20:12).

And in David:

"Establish the just for thou who triest the hearts and reins art a just God" (Psalms 7:9).

The just denote those who love to do what is good and true, whose truths and goods are purified by the Lord, which is signified by His seeing and trying the reins and the hearts.

In the same:

"Prove me, O Jehovah, and try me, explore my reins and my heart" (Psalms 26:2).

Because truths are separated from falsities and goods from evils by temptations, it is therefore said, try me. In the same:

"For my heart was embittered and I am pricked in my reins. But I am foolish, and I do not know" (Psalms 73:21, 22).

The infestation of good by evil and of truth by falsity, is described by these words.

In the same:

"Behold, thou desirest truth in the reins, and in the hidden part thou makest wisdom known to me" (Psalms 51:6).

Here reins are expressed by another word in the original tongue, which involves the separation both of falsities from truths and of evils from goods. It is therefore evident that the reins signify purification and separation.

[5] In the same:

"I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; nightly, also, do my reins chastise me" (Psalms 16:7).

Nights signify the state of man when falsities rise up; the combat in such cases of truths with them is signified by "my reins chastise me." In the same:

"Even the darkness doth not make darkness before thee, but the night is light as the day; as the darkness so is the light; for thou possessest my reins, my bone was not hid from thee when I was made in secret" (Psalms 139:12, 13, 15).

Falsities are signified by darkness and truths by light; to possess the reins, is to know the falsities and truths pertaining to man; hence it is said, "my bone was not hid from thee when I was made in secret," which signifies that no falsity that was made could be bid. (That darkness denotes falsities and light truths may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell 126-140 and that bone signifies truth in the ultimate of order, and, in the opposite sense, falsity, in Arcana Coelestia 3812, 5560, 5565, 6592, 8005.)

[6] Because the reins signified truths purified from falsities, therefore in the sacrifices the fats and reins were alone offered up, as may be seen in Exodus 29:13; Leviticus 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; and other places.

The reason why the fats and reins alone were offered upon the altar was, because the fats signified the goods of love, and the reins the truths of faith. (That fats or fatnesses signify the goods of love, may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 353, 5943, 6409, 10033. That the reins signify the truths of faith examining, purifying, and rejecting from themselves falsities is from correspondence; for all parts of the body, even the most minute, have a correspondence, as may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell, where it is shown, under its proper article, that "there is a correspondence of all things of heaven with all things of man," n. 87-102; and concerning the kidneys, n.96, 97.) Unless it be known that there is such a correspondence, who could know why it is so often stated of Jehovah, or the Lord, in the Word, that He searches and tries the reins and the heart? (Concerning the correspondence of the kidneys, the ureters, and vesicles, see Arcana Coelestia 5380-5386.) The reason why to search the reins and the heart also signifies to explore the exteriors and interiors of man is, that truth is without, and good is within; and spiritual good, which in its essence is truth, and which is specifically signified by the reins, is exterior good: but celestial good, which is specifically signified by the heart, is interior good. (This is more evident from what is said and shown concerning, the spiritual kingdom and the celestial kingdom in the work, Heaven and Hell 20-26.)

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.