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Lévitique 8

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1 L'Eternel parla à Moïse, et dit:

2 Prends Aaron et ses fils avec lui, les vêtements, l'huile d'onction, le taureau expiatoire, les deux béliers et la corbeille de pains sans levain;

3 et convoque toute l'assemblée à l'entrée de la tente d'assignation.

4 Moïse fit ce que l'Eternel lui avait ordonné; et l'assemblée se réunit à l'entrée de la tente d'assignation.

5 Moïse dit à l'assemblée: Voici ce que l'Eternel a ordonné de faire.

6 Moïse fit approcher Aaron et ses fils, et il les lava avec de l'eau.

7 Il mit à Aaron la tunique, il le ceignit de la ceinture, il le revêtit de la robe, et il plaça sur lui l'éphod, qu'il serra avec la ceinture de l'éphod dont il le revêtit.

8 Il lui mit le pectoral, et il joignit au pectoral l'urim et le thummim.

9 Il posa la tiare sur sa tête, et il plaça sur le devant de la tiare la lame d'or, diadème sacré, comme l'Eternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.

10 Moïse prit l'huile d'onction, il oignit le sanctuaire et toutes les choses qui y étaient, et le sanctifia.

11 Il en fit sept fois l'aspersion sur l'autel, et il oignit l'autel et tous ses ustensiles, et la cuve avec sa base, afin de les sanctifier.

12 Il répandit de l'huile d'onction sur la tête d'Aaron, et l'oignit, afin de la sanctifier.

13 Moïse fit aussi approcher les fils d'Aaron; il les revêtit de tuniques, les ceignit de ceintures, et leur attacha des bonnets, comme l'Eternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.

14 Il fit approcher le taureau expiatoire, et Aaron et ses fils posèrent leurs mains sur la tête du taureau expiatoire.

15 Moïse l'égorgea, prit du sang, et en mit avec son doigt sur les cornes de l'autel tout autour, et purifia l'autel; il répandit le sang au pied de l'autel, et le sanctifia pour y faire l'expiation.

16 Il prit toute la graisse qui couvre les entrailles, le grand lobe du foie, et les deux rognons avec leur graisse, et il brûla cela sur l'autel.

17 Mais il brûla au feu hors du camp le taureau, sa peau, sa chair et ses excréments, comme l'Eternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.

18 Il fit approcher le bélier de l'holocauste, et Aaron et ses fils posèrent leurs mains sur la tête du bélier.

19 Moïse l'égorgea, et répandit le sang sur l'autel tout autour.

20 Il coupa le bélier par morceaux, et il brûla la tête, les morceaux et la graisse.

21 Il lava avec de l'eau les entrailles et les jambes, et il brûla tout le bélier sur l'autel: ce fut l'holocauste, ce fut un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Eternel, comme l'Eternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.

22 Il fit approcher l'autre bélier, le bélier de consécration, et Aaron et ses fils posèrent leurs mains sur la tête du bélier.

23 Moïse égorgea le bélier, prit de son sang, et en mit sur le lobe de l'oreille droite d'Aaron, sur le pouce de sa main droite et sur le gros orteil de son pied droit.

24 Il fit approcher les fils d'Aaron, mit du sang sur le lobe de leur oreille droite, sur le pouce de leur main droite et sur le gros orteil de leur pied droit, et il répandit le sang sur l'autel tout autour.

25 Il prit la graisse, la queue, toute la graisse qui couvre les entrailles, le grand lobe du foie, les deux rognons avec leur graisse, et l'épaule droite;

26 il prit aussi dans la corbeille de pains sans levain, placée devant l'Eternel, un gâteau sans levain, un gâteau de pain à l'huile et une galette, et il les posa sur les graisses et sur l'épaule droite.

27 Il mit toutes ces choses sur les mains d'Aaron et sur les mains de ses fils, et il les agita de côté et d'autre devant l'Eternel.

28 Puis Moïse les ôta de leurs mains, et il les brûla sur l'autel, par-dessus l'holocauste: ce fut le sacrifice de consécration, ce fut un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Eternel.

29 Moïse prit la poitrine du bélier de consécration, et il l'agita de côté et d'autre devant l'Eternel: ce fut la portion de Moïse, comme l'Eternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.

30 Moïse prit de l'huile d'onction et du sang qui était sur l'autel; il en fit l'aspersion sur Aaron et sur ses vêtements, sur les fils d'Aaron et sur leurs vêtements; et il sanctifia Aaron et ses vêtements, les fils d'Aaron et leurs vêtements avec lui.

31 Moïse dit à Aaron et à ses fils: Faites cuire la chair à l'entrée de la tente d'assignation; c'est là que vous la mangerez, avec le pain qui est dans la corbeille de consécration, comme je l'ai ordonné, en disant: Aaron et ses fils la mangeront.

32 Vous brûlerez dans le feu ce qui restera de la chair et du pain.

33 Pendant sept jours, vous ne sortirez point de l'entrée de la tente d'assignation, jusqu'à ce que les jours de votre consécration soient accomplis; car sept jours seront employés à vous consacrer.

34 Ce qui s'est fait aujourd'hui, l'Eternel a ordonné de le faire comme expiation pour vous.

35 Vous resterez donc sept jours à l'entrée de la tente d'assignation, jour et nuit, et vous observerez les commandements de l'Eternel, afin que vous ne mouriez pas; car c'est là ce qui m'a été ordonné.

36 Aaron et ses fils firent toutes les choses que l'Eternel avait ordonnées par Moïse.

   

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1082. And shall eat her flesh, signifies rejection of its evils, which are adulterated goods, and then the manifestation that they were without any good. This is evident from the signification of "flesh," as being the good of the Word and of the church, and in the contrary sense the evil thereof. Here "flesh" means evils, which are adulterated goods. Also from the signification of "to eat," as being to consume, but here to reject wholly, because this is said of the Reformed, who have rejected the works or goods of Babylon, which consist especially in gifts to the idols of their saints, to their sepulchers, also to monasteries, and to the monks themselves, given as offerings for various expiations. It follows that the same words mean also the manifestation that they were without any good, for when spurious and meritorious goods are rejected, which are signified by the "flesh that they should eat," it is then manifest that they are without any good.

[2] "Flesh" has various significations in the Word. It signifies what is man's own [proprium], thus either his good or evil, and from this it signifies the whole man. But in the highest sense it signifies the Lord's Divine Human, and particularly the Divine good of the Divine love that proceeds from Him. That "flesh" signifies the Divine Human as to the good of love is evident in John:

Jesus said, I am the living bread, which cometh down out of heaven; if anyone eat of this bread he shall live forever; and the bread which I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews, therefore, strove one with another, saying, How can this one give His flesh to eat? Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood ye shall not have life in yourselves. He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day; for My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood abideth in Me and I in him. This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven (John 6:51-58).

It is clearly evident that "flesh" here means the own [proprium] of the Lord's Divine Human, which is the Divine good of the Divine love, and is that which is called in the Holy Supper the body. (That the "body" there, that is, the "flesh," is the Divine good, and the "blood" is the Divine truth, may be seen above, n. 329.) And as "bread and wine" have the same signification as "flesh and blood," "bread" meaning the Divine good, and "wine" the Divine truth, therefore these were commanded in place of flesh and blood.

[3] Divine good from the Lord was signified also by the flesh of the sacrifices that Aaron, his sons, and those who sacrificed, and others who were clean, might eat:

And that this was holy (may be seen in Exodus 12:7-9, 29:31-34; Leviticus 7:15-21; 8:31; Deuteronomy 12:27; 16:4);

Consequently if an unclean person ate of that flesh he would be cut off from his people (Leviticus 7:21).

That those sacrifices were called bread (Leviticus 22:6-7).

That that flesh was called the flesh of holiness (Jeremiah 11:15; Haggai 2:12),

And the flesh of the offering, which was to be upon the table in the Lord's kingdom (Ezekiel 40:43).

The Lord's Divine Human is also called "flesh" in John:

The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father (John 1:14).

[4] That "flesh" signified also the good with man can be seen from the following passages. In Ezekiel:

I will give them one heart, and I will give a new spirit in the midst of you, and I will take away the heart of stone out of their flesh, and I will give them a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26).

"Heart of flesh" means the will and love of good. In David:

O God, Thou art my God, in the morning I seek Thee; my soul thirsteth for Thee; my flesh longeth for Thee in a land of drought and weariness without waters (Psalms 63:1).

In the same:

My soul longeth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God (Psalms 84:2).

The "flesh" that longeth for Jehovah, and that crieth out unto the living God, signifies man as to good of the will, for the "flesh" of man corresponds to the good or evil of his will, and the "blood" to the truth or falsity of his understanding; here "flesh" means the good of the will, because it longeth for Jehovah and crieth out unto God.

[5] In Job:

I have known my Redeemer, He liveth, and at the last He shall rise upon the dust; and afterwards these things shall be encompassed by my skin, and from my flesh I shall see God (Job 19:25-27).

To see God from one's flesh signifies from one's own voluntary made new by the Lord, and thus good. In Ezekiel:

Upon the bones seen in the midst of the valley, I will put sinews, and I will cause flesh to come up upon them, and I will cover them with skin, and I will give spirit unto them that they may live (Ezekiel 37:6, 8).

Here, too, "flesh" signifies what is one's own [proprium] of the will made new by the Lord, and thus good. What "bones" and the rest signify here may be seen above (n. 418, 419, 665). In Revelation:

Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God, that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of commanders of thousands, and the flesh of the mighty, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all, free and bond, small and great (Revelation 19:17-18; Ezekiel 39:17-19).

That "flesh" here does not mean flesh but goods of every kind, is clearly evident.

[6] But on the other hand, that "flesh" signifies man's own voluntary, which regarded in itself is evil, is evident from the following passages. In Isaiah:

They shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm (Isaiah 9:20).

In the same:

I will feed thine oppressors with their own flesh (Isaiah 49:26).

In Jeremiah:

I will feed you with the flesh of their sons and with the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every man the flesh of his companion (Jeremiah 19:9).

In Zechariah:

The rest shall eat everyone the flesh of another (Zechariah 11:9).

In Moses:

I will chastise you sevenfold for your sins, and ye shall eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters (Leviticus 26:28-29).

[7] In Jeremiah:

Cursed is the man who trusteth in man and maketh flesh his arm (Jeremiah 17:5).

Here "flesh" signifies what is man's own [proprium] which in itself is evil; to appropriate this to oneself is signified by eating and feeding upon it. Again, "flesh" signifies what is man's own [proprium] in Matthew:

Jesus said, Blessed art thou, Simon, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee (Matthew 16:17).

In John:

As many as received, to them gave He power to become sons of God, who were born, not from bloods nor from the will of the flesh, but from God (John 1:12-13).

In Ezekiel:

Jerusalem committed whoredom with the sons of Egypt her neighbors, great in flesh (Ezekiel 16:26).

In Isaiah:

Egypt is man and not God, and his horses are flesh and not spirit (Isaiah 31:3).

In John:

It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing (John 6:63).

In the same:

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, that which is begotten of the spirit is spirit (John 3:6).

In David:

God remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and returneth not (Psalms 78:39).

The evil of man's will, which is what is his own [proprium] from birth is what is signified in these passages by "flesh"; also by:

The flesh that the sons of Israel lusted after in the desert, and on account of which they were smitten with a great plague, and from which the place was called graves of lust (Numbers 11:4-34).

Moreover, in the Word the expression "all flesh" is frequently used as meaning every man (as in Genesis 6:12, 13, 17, 19; Isaiah 40:5, 6; 49:26; 66:16, 23, 24; Jeremiah 25:31; 32:27; 45:5; Ezekiel 20:48, 21:4, 5; and elsewhere).

(Continuation respecting the Word)

[8] The spiritual by influx presents what is correspondent to itself in the natural, in order that the end may become a cause, and the cause become an effect, and thus the end through the cause may present itself in the effect as visible and sensible. This trine, namely, end, cause, and effect, is given from creation in every heaven. The end is the good of love, the cause is truth from that good, and the effect is use. That which produces is love, and the product therefrom is of love from good by means of truth. The final products, which are in our world, are various, as numerous as the objects are in its three kingdoms of nature, animal, vegetable, and mineral. All products are correspondences.

[9] As this trine, namely, end, cause, and effect, exists in each heaven, there must be in each heaven products that are correspondences, and which in form and aspect are like the objects in the three kingdoms of our earth; from which it is clear that each heaven is like our earth in external appearance, differing only in excellence and beauty according to degrees. Now in order that the Word may be full, that is, may consist of effects in which are a cause and an end, or may consist of uses, in which truth is the cause and good is the end and love is that which produces, it must needs consist of correspondences; and from this it follows that the Word in each heaven is like the Word in our world, differing only in excellence and beauty according to degrees. What this difference is shall be told elsewhere.

  
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