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Lévitique 19

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1 L'Eternel parla aussi à Moïse, en disant :

2 Parle à toute l'assemblée des enfants d'Israël, et leur dis : Soyez saints; car je suis saint, moi l'Eternel votre Dieu.

3 Vous craindrez chacun sa mère et son père, et vous garderez mes Sabbats; je suis l'Eternel votre Dieu.

4 Vous ne vous tournerez point vers les idoles, et ne vous ferez aucuns dieux de fonte; je suis l'Eternel votre Dieu.

5 Si vous offrez un sacrifice de prospérités à l'Eternel, vous le sacrifierez de votre bon gré.

6 II se mangera au jour que vous l'aurez sacrifié, et le lendemain, mais ce qui restera jusqu'au troisième jour, sera brûlé au feu.

7 Que si on en mange au troisième jour, ce sera une abomination; il ne sera point agréé.

8 Quiconque aussi en mangera, portera son iniquité; car il aura profané la chose sainte de l'Eternel; et cette personne-là sera retranchée d'entre ses peuples.

9 Et quand vous ferez la moisson de votre terre, tu n'achèveras point de moissonner le bout de ton champ, et tu ne glaneras point ce qui restera à cueillir de ta moisson.

10 Et tu ne grappilleras point ta vigne, ni ne recueilleras point les grains [tombés] de ta vigne, mais tu les laisseras au pauvre et à l'étranger; je suis l'Eternel votre Dieu.

11 Vous ne déroberez point, ni ne dénierez point [la chose à qui elle appartient]; et aucun de vous ne mentira à son prochain.

12 Vous ne jurerez point par mon Nom en mentant; car tu profanerais le Nom de ton Dieu; je suis l'Eternel.

13 Tu n'opprimeras point ton prochain, et tu ne le pilleras point. Le salaire de ton mercenaire ne demeurera point par devers toi jusqu'au matin.

14 Tu ne maudiras point le sourd, et tu ne mettras point d'achoppement devant l'aveugle, mais tu craindras ton Dieu; je suis l'Eternel.

15 Vous ne ferez point d'iniquité en jugement; tu n'auras point d'égard à la personne du pauvre, et tu n'honoreras point la personne du grand, [mais] tu jugeras justement ton prochain.

16 Tu n'iras point médisant parmi ton peuple. Tu ne t'élèveras point contre le sang de ton prochain; je suis l'Eternel.

17 Tu ne haïras point ton frère en ton cœur. Tu reprendras soigneusement ton prochain, et tu ne souffriras point de péché en lui.

18 Tu n'useras point de vengeance, et tu ne la garderas point aux enfants de ton peuple; mais tu aimeras ton prochain comme toi-même; je suis l'Eternel.

19 Vous garderez mes ordonnances. Tu n'accoupleras point tes bêtes avec d'autres de diverse espèce. Tu ne sèmeras point ton champ de diverses sortes de grains, et tu ne mettras point sur toi de vêtements de diverses espèces, [comme] de laine et de lin.

20 Si un homme a couché avec une femme, laquelle étant esclave fut fiancée à un homme, et qu'elle n'ait pas été rachetée, et que la liberté ne lui ait pas été donnée, ils auront le fouet; [mais] on ne les fera point mourir; parce qu'elle n'avait pas été affranchie.

21 Et l'homme amènera son [offrande pour le] délit à l'Eternel à l'entrée du Tabernacle d'assignation, [savoir] un bélier pour le délit.

22 Et le Sacrificateur fera propitiation pour lui devant l'Eternel par le bélier de [l'offrande pour le] délit, à cause de son péché qu'il aura commis; et son péché qu'il aura commis lui sera pardonné.

23 Et quand vous serez entrés au pays, et que vous y aurez planté quelque arbre fruitier, vous tiendrez son fruit pour son prépuce; il vous sera incirconcis pendant trois ans, et on n'en mangera point.

24 Mais en la quatrième année tout son fruit sera une chose sainte, pour en louer l'Eternel.

25 Et en la cinquième année vous mangerez son fruit, afin qu'il vous multiplie son rapport; je suis l'Eternel votre Dieu.

26 Vous ne mangerez rien avec le sang. Vous n'userez point de divinations, et vous ne pronostiquerez point le temps.

27 Vous ne tondrez point en rond les coins de votre tête, et vous ne gâterez point les coins de votre barbe.

28 Vous ne ferez point d'incisions dans votre chair pour un mort, et vous n'imprimerez point de caractère sur vous; je suis l'Eternel.

29 Tu ne souilleras point ta fille en la prostituant pour la faire paillarder; afin que la terre ne soit point souillée par la paillardise, et ne soit point remplie d'énormité.

30 Vous garderez mes Sabbats, et vous aurez en révérence mon Sanctuaire; je suis l'Eternel.

31 Ne vous détournez point après ceux qui ont l'esprit de Python, ni après les devins; ne cherchez point de vous souiller par eux; je suis l'Eternel votre Dieu.

32 Lève-toi devant les cheveux blancs, et honore la personne du vieillard, et crains ton Dieu; je suis l'Eternel.

33 Si quelque étranger habite en votre pays, vous ne lui ferez point de tort.

34 L'étranger qui habite parmi vous, vous sera comme celui qui est né parmi vous, et vous l'aimerez comme vous-mêmes; car vous avez été étrangers au pays d'Egypte. Je suis l'Eternel votre Dieu.

35 Vous ne ferez point d'iniquité en jugement, ni en règle, ni en poids, ni en mesure.

36 Vous aurez les balances justes, les pierres [à peser] justes, l'Epha juste, et le Hin juste. Je suis l'Eternel votre Dieu qui vous ai retirés du pays d'Egypte.

37 Gardez donc toutes mes ordonnances, et mes jugements, et les faites; je suis l'Eternel.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 946

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946. For Thy judgments have been made manifest, signifies that Divine truths have been revealed to them. This is evident from the signification of "judgments," as being Divine truths (of which presently); also from the signification of "made manifest," as being to be revealed. That Divine truths are revealed at the end of the church, and that they have been revealed, will be shown in what follows in this chapter, because this is there treated of. "Judgments" signify Divine truths because the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called "judgments;" while the laws of government in His celestial kingdom are called "justice." For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from the Divine truth; while the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from the Divine good. This is why "judgment" and "justice" are mentioned in the Word, in the following passages. In Isaiah:

Of peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and in justice from henceforth and to eternity (Isaiah 9:7).

This is said of the Lord and His kingdom. His spiritual kingdom is signified by "the throne of David;" and because this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "in judgment and in justice."

In Jeremiah:

I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and He shall reign King, and He shall act intelligently, and shall do judgment and justice (Jeremiah 23:5).

This, too, is said of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And as this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "He shall reign king, and shall act intelligently, and He shall do judgment and justice." The Lord is called "King," from Divine truth; and as Divine truth is also Divine intelligence it is said that "He shall act intelligently." And as the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said that "He shall do judgment and justice."

[2] In Isaiah:

Jehovah is exalted, for He dwelleth on high, He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice (Isaiah 33:5).

"Zion" means heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by the Divine truth; and as all the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

I Jehovah doing judgment and justice in the earth; for in these things I am well pleased (Jeremiah 9:24).

Here, too, "judgment and justice" signify the Divine truth from the Divine good.

In Isaiah:

They ask of me the judgments of justice, they long for an approach unto God (5 Isaiah 58:2).

The "judgments of justice" are Divine truths from the Divine good, as are "judgment and justice;" for the spiritual sense conjoins things that the sense of the letter separates.

In Hosea:

I will betroth thee unto Me forever; and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment and in mercy and in truth (Hosea 2:19, 20).

This treats of the Lord's celestial kingdom, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord; and as the Lord's conjunction with such is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife, for so does the good of love conjoin, it is said, "I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment," "justice" being put here in the first place, and "judgment" in the second, because those who are in the good of love to the Lord are also in truths; for they see truths from good. As "justice" is predicated of good, and "judgment" of truth, it is also said, "in mercy and in truth," "mercy" belonging to good, because it is of love.

[3] In David:

Jehovah is in the heavens. Thy justice is like the mountains of God, and Thy judgments are like the great deep (Psalms 36:5-6).

"Justice" is predicated of the Divine good, and is therefore compared to "the mountains of God;" for "mountains of God" signify the goods of love (See above, n. 405, 510, 850); and "judgments" are predicated of Divine truths, and are therefore compared to "the great deep;" for "the great deep" signifies the Divine truth. From this it can now be seen that "judgments" signify Divine truths.

[4] In many passages in the Word, "judgments," "commandments," and "statutes" are mentioned; and "judgments" there signify civil laws, "commandments" the laws of spiritual life, and "statutes" the laws of worship. That "judgments" signify civil laws, is evident from Exodus (21, 22, 23), where the things commanded are called "judgments" because according to them the judges gave judgments in the gates of the city; nevertheless they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain these in the spiritual sense; as can be (Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103) seen (Arcana Coelestia 9124-9231) from (Arcana Coelestia 9247-9348) the explanation of them in the Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348). That the laws given to the sons of Israel were called "judgments, "commandments," and "statutes," can be seen from the following passages.

In Moses:

I will speak unto thee all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them (Deuteronomy 5:31).

In the same:

These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you (Deuteronomy 6:1).

In the same:

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them (Deuteronomy 7:11).

In David:

If his sons forsake My law and walk not in My judgments, if they profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, then will I visit their transgression with the rod (Psalms 89:30-32).

So in many other places, as Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24. In these passages "commandments" mean the laws of life, especially those contained in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Commandments; while "statutes" mean the laws of worship which related especially to sacrifices and holy ministrations; and "judgments" mean civil laws; and as these laws were representative of spiritual laws, they signify such Divine truths as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.

[5] It follows from this that when man shuns and turns away from evils as sins and is raised up into heaven by the Lord, he is no longer in what is his own (proprium), but in the Lord, and thus he thinks and wills goods. Again, since man acts as he thinks and wills, for every act of man proceeds from the thought of his will, it follows that when he shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods from the Lord and not from self; and this is why shunning evils is doing goods. The goods that a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole complex are meant by charity. Man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and does as if from himself, since that which is done as if by the man himself is conjoined to him and remains with him, while that which is not done by the man as if from himself, not being received in any life of sense, flows through like ether; and this is why the Lord wills that man should not only shun and turn away from evils as if of himself, but should also think, will, and do as if of himself, and yet acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he must acknowledge because it is the truth.

  
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Jeremiah 9:24

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24 but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.