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Lévitique 20

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

2 Tu diras aux enfants d'Israël : Quiconque des enfants d'Israël, ou des étrangers qui demeurent en Israël, donnera de sa postérité à Molec, sera puni de mort; le peuple du pays l'assommera de pierres.

3 Et je mettrai ma face contre un tel homme, et je le retrancherai du milieu de son peuple, parce qu'il aura donné de sa postérité à Molec, pour souiller mon Sanctuaire, et profaner le Nom de ma Sainteté.

4 Que si le peuple du pays ferme les yeux en quelque manière que se soit, pour ne point voir quand cet homme-là aura donné de sa postérité à Molec, [et] ne le point faire mourir;

5 Je mettrai ma face contre cet homme-là, et contre sa famille, et je le retrancherai du milieu de mon peuple, avec tous ceux qui paillardent à son exemple, en paillardant après Molec.

6 Quant à la personne qui se détournera après ceux qui ont l'esprit de Python, et après les devins, en paillardant après eux, je mettrai ma face contre cette personne-là, et je la retrancherai du milieu de son peuple.

7 Sanctifiez-vous donc, et soyez saints; car je suis l'Eternel votre Dieu.

8 Gardez aussi mes ordonnances, et les faites; je suis l'Eternel qui vous sanctifie.

9 Quand quelqu'un aura maudit son père ou sa mère, on le fera mourir de mort; il a maudit son père ou sa mère, son sang est sur lui.

10 Quant à l'homme qui aura commis adultère avec la femme d'un autre, parce qu'il a commis adultère avec la femme de son prochain, on fera mourir de mort l'homme et la femme adultères.

11 L'homme qui aura couché avec la femme de son père, a découvert la nudité de son père; on les fera mourir de mort tous deux, leur sang est sur eux.

12 Et quand un homme aura couché avec sa belle-fille, on les fera mourir de mort tous deux; ils ont fait une confusion; leur sang est sur eux.

13 Quand un homme aura eu la compagnie d'un mâle, ils ont tous deux fait une chose abominable; on les fera mourir de mort, leur sang est sur eux.

14 Et quand un homme aura pris une femme, et la mère de cette femme, c'est une énormité, il sera brûlé au feu avec elles, afin qu'il n'y ait point d'énormité au milieu de vous.

15 L'homme qui se sera souillé avec une bête, sera puni de mort; vous tuerez aussi la bête.

16 Et quand quelque femme se sera prostituée à quelque bête, tu tueras cette femme et la bête; on les fera mourir de mort, leur sang est sur eux.

17 Quand un homme aura pris sa sœur, fille de son père, ou fille de sa mère, et aura vu sa nudité, et qu'elle aura vu la nudité de cet homme; c'est une chose infâme; ils seront donc retranchés en la présence des enfants de leur peuple; il a découvert la nudité de sa sœur, il portera son iniquité.

18 Quand un homme aura couché avec une femme qui a ses mois, et qu'il aura découvert la nudité de cette [femme], en découvrant son flux, et qu'elle aura découvert le flux de son sang; ils seront tous deux retranchés du milieu de leur peuple.

19 Tu ne découvriras point la nudité de la sœur de ta mère, ni de la sœur de ton père; parce qu'il aura découvert sa chair, ils porteront [tous deux] leur iniquité.

20 Et quand un homme aura couché avec sa tante, il a découvert la nudité de son oncle; ils porteront leur péché, et ils mourront sans en laisser d'enfants.

21 Et quand un homme aura pris la femme de son frère, c'est une ordure; il a découvert la honte de son frère, ils n'[en] auront point d'enfants.

22 Ainsi gardez toutes mes ordonnances, et mes jugements, et observez-les; et le pays auquel je vous fais entrer pour y habiter ne vous vomira point.

23 Vous ne suivrez point aussi les ordonnances des nations que je m'en vais chasser de devant vous; car elles ont fait toutes ces choses-là, et je les ai eues en abomination.

24 Et je vous ai dit : Vous posséderez leur pays, et je vous le donnerai pour le posséder; c'est un pays découlant de lait et de miel. Je suis l'Eternel votre Dieu, qui vous ai séparés des [autres] peuples.

25 C'est pourquoi séparez la bête nette de la souillée, l'oiseau net d'avec le souillé, et ne rendez point abominables vos personnes [en mangeant] des bêtes et des oiseaux [immondes], ni rien qui rampe sur la terre, rien de ce que je vous ai défendu comme une chose immonde.

26 Vous me serez donc saints; car je suis saint, moi l'Eternel, et je vous ai séparés des [autres] peuples, afin que vous soyez à moi.

27 Quand un homme ou une femme aura un esprit de Python, ou sera devin, on les fera mourir de mort; on les assommera de pierres ; leur sang est sur eux.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 769

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769. Who keep the commandments of God, signifies with those who live the life of faith, which is charity. This is evident from the signification of "keeping the commandments of God," as being to live according to the commandments in the Word; and as that life is a life of faith, and a life of faith is charity, therefore "keeping the commandments of God" signifies to live the life of faith, which is charity. The life of faith is charity towards the neighbor, because faith means faith in the Word, thus faith in the truth that is in the Word and from the Word, and charity means the love of good and truth, spiritual, moral, and civil; and as that which man loves he also wills, and what he wills he does, therefore "keeping the commandments of God" signifies to live the life of faith, which is charity.

[2] From this it can be seen that all those who separate faith from charity know not what faith is or what charity is, for they have no other idea of faith than as being everything of the memory that is believed because they have heard it from learned men; and yet such faith is historical faith, for they do not see whether a thing is so, except because someone else has said it; and what is seen from another can be confirmed both by the sense of the letter of the Word misunderstood and by reasonings from appearances and knowledges [scientifica], although it may be a falsity directly opposed to the truth.

When this is confirmed it becomes a persuasive faith; but neither this faith nor historical faith is a spiritual faith, thus not a saving faith, for such faith has as yet no life from the Lord in it. That a man may receive that life he must live according to the Lord's commandments in the Word, for living according to these commandments is the same as living from the Lord, because the Lord is the Word and is in the Word. Such a life is the life of faith, which is charity; and then its affection becomes charity, and thought from that affection becomes faith; for all man's thought derives its life wholly from affection, since no one can think without affection; therefore when a man's affection becomes spiritual his thought also becomes spiritual; consequently such as a man's charity is such is his faith. From this it can be seen that charity and faith, like affection and thought, or what is the same, like will and understanding, act as one, for affection is of the will and thought is of the understanding, consequently they act as one as goods and truths do. Thence it is clear that to live according to the commandments of the Lord from the Word, or "to keep the commandments of God," means to live the life of faith, which is charity.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 566

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566. 'The face 1 of the ground' means the whole of that area where the Church was. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ground', for in the Word a careful distinction is made between ground (humus) and land or earth (terra). Whenever 'ground' is used it means the Church or some aspect of the Church. This too is the derivation of the name Man or Adam, which means ground. But when 'land' or earth' occurs in the Word it frequently means where the Church or some aspect of the Church does not exist, as in Chapter 1 where the word 'land' alone is used, because the Church or regenerate person did not as yet exist. Not until Chapter 2 is the word 'ground' used because the Church has by now come into being. The same applies in the present verse and in verses 4, 23, of the next chapter, where it is said that every being was to be wiped off the face 1 of the ground, meaning within that area where the Church was; and in verse 7 of the next chapter, where the subject is the Church that is to be created, 'to keep their seed alive on the face 1 of the ground'. 2 The same applies elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and will set them on their own ground. And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will inherit them on Jehovah's ground. Isaiah 14:1-2.

This refers to the Church once it has come into being; but when in the same chapter the Church does not exist it is called the land, verses 9, 12, 16, 20, 21, 25, 26.

[2] In the same prophet,

And the ground of Judah will be a terror to Egypt. On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak the language 3 of Canaan. Isaiah 19:17-18.

Here 'the ground' means where the Church exists, and 'the land' where it does not. In the same prophet,

The land will surely stagger like a drunken man. Jehovah will visit the host of the height on high, and the kings of the ground on the ground. Isaiah 24:20-21.

Here the meaning is similar. In Jeremiah,

Because of the ground which was cracked since there was no rain on the land, the farmers were put to shame, and covered their heads. Even the hind in the field has calved. Jeremiah 14:4-5.

Here 'the land' stands for that which includes the ground, and 'the ground' for that which includes the field.

[3] In the same prophet,

He led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north land and out of all the lands to where I have driven them. And they will dwell on their own ground. Jeremiah 23:8.

Here 'land' and 'lands' mean where Churches do not exist, 'the ground' where the Church or true worship does exist. In the same prophet,

I will render the remnants of Jerusalem, those who are left in this land, and those who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, and I will render them as a horror for evil to all the kingdoms of the land. And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they are consumed from the ground which I gave to them and their fathers. Jeremiah 24:8-10.

'The ground' stands for doctrine and worship arising out of it. And something similar is found in 25:5 of the same book.

[4] In Ezekiel,

I will gather you out of the lands into which you have been scattered. And you will acknowledge that I am Jehovah when I bring you back to the ground of Israel, into the land which I lifted up My hand to give to your fathers. Ezekiel 20:41-42.

'The ground' stands for internal worship. It is called 'the land' when internal worship does not exist. In Malachi,

I will rebuke the devourer for you, and he will not ruin for you the fruit of the ground, nor will the vine in the field fail you. And all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of that which is pleasing. Malachi 3:11-12.

Here 'land' stands for that which includes, and so plainly stands for man who is actually called 'the land', when 'ground' stands for the Church or doctrine.

[5] In Moses,

Sing, O Nations, His people. He will reconcile His ground, His people. Deuteronomy 32:43.

This clearly stands for the Church of the gentiles, which is called 'the ground'. In Isaiah,

Before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the ground will be deserted which you loathe in the presence of its two kings. Isaiah 7:16.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. 'The ground will be deserted' stands for the Church or true doctrine of faith. The words 'ground 'and 'field' are clearly used in this way because they are places that are sown, as in Isaiah,

He will give rain for your seed with which you may sow the ground. Oxen and young asses tilling the ground . . . Isaiah 30:23-24.

And in Joel,

The field has been laid waste, and the ground has been mourning because the corn has been laid waste. Joel 1:10.

From these quotations it is now clear that 'man', who in Hebrew is called Adam from the word for ground, means the Church.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, faces

2. The Hebrew in Genesis 7:3 in fact means earth or land. cf 722 below.

3. literally, lip.

  
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