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1 Or l'Eternel appela Moïse, et lui parla du Tabernacle d'assignation, en disant :

2 Parle aux enfants d'Israël, et leur dis : Quand quelqu'un d'entre vous offrira à l'Eternel une offrande d'une bête à quatre pieds, il fera son offrande de gros ou de menu bétail.

3 Si son offrande pour un holocauste est de gros bétail, il offrira un mâle sans tare; il l'offrira de son bon gré, à l'entrée du Tabernacle d'assignation, devant l'Eternel.

4 Et il posera sa main sur la tête de l'holocauste, et il sera agréé pour lui, afin de faire propitiation pour lui.

5 Puis on égorgera le veau devant l'Eternel, et les fils d'Aaron Sacrificateurs en offriront le sang, et ils répandront le sang tout autour sur l'autel, qui est à l'entrée du Tabernacle d'assignation.

6 Et on égorgera l'holocauste, et on le coupera par pièces.

7 Et les fils d'Aaron Sacrificateurs mettront le feu sur l'autel, et arrangeront le bois sur le feu.

8 Et les fils d'Aaron Sacrificateurs arrangeront les pièces, la tête, et la fressure au dessus du bois qui sera au feu sur l'autel.

9 Mais il lavera avec de l'eau le ventre et les jambes, et le Sacrificateur fera fumer toutes ces choses sur l'autel; c'est un holocauste, un sacrifice fait par feu, en bonne odeur à l'Eternel.

10 Que si son offrande pour l'holocauste est de menu bétail, d'entre les brebis ou d'entre les chèvres, il offrira un mâle sans tare.

11 Et on l'égorgera à côté de l'autel vers le Septentrion devant l'Eternel, et les fils d'Aaron Sacrificateurs en répandront le sang sur l'autel tout autour.

12 Puis on le coupera par pièces, avec sa tête, et sa fressure; et le Sacrificateur les arrangera sur le bois qui sera au feu qui est sur l'autel.

13 Mais il lavera avec de l'eau le ventre et les jambes. Puis le Sacrificateur offrira toutes ces choses, et les fera fumer sur l'autel; c'est un holocauste, un sacrifice fait par feu d'agréable odeur à l'Eternel.

14 Que si son offrande pour l'holocauste à l'Eternel est d'oiseaux, il fera son offrande de tourterelles, ou de pigeonneaux.

15 Et le Sacrificateur l'offrira sur l'autel, et lui entamera la tête avec l'ongle, afin de la faire fumer sur l'autel, et il en épreindra le sang au côté de l'autel.

16 Et il ôtera son jabot avec sa plume, et les jettera près de l'autel vers l'Orient, où seront les cendres.

17 Il l'entamera donc avec ses ailes sans le diviser; et le Sacrificateur le fera fumer sur l'autel, au dessus du bois qui sera au feu; c'est un holocauste, un sacrifice fait par feu d'agréable odeur à l'Eternel.

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Arcana Coelestia # 10151

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10151. 'And the altar' means reception of what is Divine from the Lord in the higher heavens. This is clear from the meaning of 'sanctifying' as the reception of what is Divine from the Lord, dealt with above in 10149; and from the meaning of 'the altar' as that which was representative of the Lord in respect of Divine Good, dealt with in 9964, at this point in respect of Divine Good emanating from Him in the heavens where that Good is received, thus in the higher heavens. For these heavens receive the Lord as to His Divine Good, but the lower heavens receive the Lord as to His Divine Truth, in accord with what has been shown immediately above in 10150.

[2] It should be recognized that whatever served to represent the Lord Himself represented heaven also; for what is Divine, emanating from the Lord and received by angels, constitutes heaven. The angels themselves, as to what is properly their own, do not constitute heaven; only what is Divine, received by them from the Lord, does so. The truth of this may be recognized from the consideration that every one of them there acknowledges, believes, and also perceives that not a grain of good originates in themselves, only in the Lord, and that whatever originates in themselves is not good, so that - exactly as the Church teaches - everything good comes down from above. All this being so, it follows that what is Divine and the Lord's is what constitutes heavenly life among them, consequently constitutes heaven. All this goes to show how the idea that the Lord is the All in all of heaven should be understood, that the Lord dwells there in what is His own, and also that 'an angel' in the Word means some attribute that is the Lord's, ideas that have been the subject in various places in what has gone before.

[3] The situation is the same with regard to the Church. People there, as to what is properly their own, do not constitute the Church; only what is Divine, received by them from the Lord, does so. For no one there who fails to acknowledge and believe that the good of love and the truth of faith come entirely from God forms part of the Church, because he wishes to love God with what is his own and to believe in God with what is his own, which however no one is able to do. From this too it is evident that what is Divine and the Lord's constitutes the Church, just as it constitutes heaven. The Church furthermore is the Lord's heaven on earth, and therefore also the Lord is the All in all within the Church, just as He is in heaven, and dwells with people there in what is His own, just as He does with angels in heaven. Also, people of the Church who thus receive what is Divine and the Lord's in love and faith, they and no others, become angels of heaven after life in the world.

[4] That what is Divine and the Lord's constitutes His kingdom with a person, that is, heaven and the Church with him, is also the Lord's teaching in John,

The Spirit of truth will remain with you and will be in you. And you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. John 14:17, 20.

'The Spirit of truth' is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, about which He says that it 'will remain with you'. After this He says that He is in the Father, they are in Him, and He is in them, meaning that they will be in what is Divine and the Lord's, and what is Divine and the Lord's will be in them, by which, it is evident, the Divine Human should be understood. Elsewhere in the same gospel He says,

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in Me. He who abides in Me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you cannot do anything. John 15:4-5.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.