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5 Mose 17

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1 Du sollst Jehova, deinem Gott, kein ind- oder Kleinvieh opfern, an welchem ein Gebrechen ist, irgend etwas Schlimmes; denn es ist ein Greuel für Jehova, deinen Gott.

2 Wenn in deiner Mitte, in einem deiner Tore, die Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt, ein Mann oder ein Weib gefunden wird, welche das tun, was böse ist in den Augen Jehovas, deines Gottes, indem sie seinen Bund übertreten,

3 so daß sie hingehen und anderen Göttern dienen und sich vor ihnen oder vor der Sonne oder vor dem Monde oder vor dem ganzen Heere des Himmels niederbeugen, was ich nicht geboten habe,

4 und es wird dir berichtet, und du hörst es, so sollst du genau nachforschen; und siehe, ist es Wahrheit, steht die Sache fest, ist dieser Greuel in Israel verübt worden,

5 so sollst du jenen Mann oder jenes Weib, die diese böse Sache getan haben, zu deinen Toren hinausführen, den Mann oder das Weib, und sollst sie steinigen, daß sie sterben.

6 Auf die Aussage zweier Zeugen oder dreier Zeugen soll getötet werden, wer sterben soll; er soll nicht auf die Aussage eines einzelnen Zeugen getötet werden.

7 Die Hand der Zeugen soll zuerst an ihm sein, ihn zu töten, und danach die Hand des ganzen Volkes. Und du sollst das Böse aus deiner Mitte hinwegschaffen.

8 Wenn dir eine Sache zwischen Blut und Blut, zwischen echtssache und echtssache, und zwischen Verletzung und Verletzung, zu schwierig ist zum Urteil, irgendwelche Streitsachen in deinen Toren, so sollst du dich aufmachen und an den Ort hinaufziehen, den Jehova, dein Gott, erwählen wird.

9 Und du sollst zu den Priestern, den Leviten, kommen und zu dem ichter, der in jenen Tagen sein wird, und dich erkundigen; und sie werden dir den echtsspruch verkünden.

10 Und du sollst dem Spruche gemäß tun, welchen sie dir verkünden werden von jenem Orte aus, den Jehova erwählen wird, und sollst darauf achten, zu tun nach allem, was sie dich lehren werden.

11 Dem Gesetze gemäß, das sie dich lehren, und nach dem echte, das sie dir sagen werden, sollst du tun; von dem Spruche, den sie dir verkünden werden, sollst du weder zur echten noch zur Linken abweichen.

12 Der Mann aber, der mit Vermessenheit handeln würde, daß er auf den Priester, der dasteht, um den Dienst Jehovas, deines Gottes, daselbst zu verrichten, oder auf den ichter nicht hörte: selbiger Mann soll sterben. Und du sollst das Böse aus Israel hinwegschaffen.

13 Und das ganze Volk soll es hören und sich fürchten, und nicht mehr vermessen sein.

14 Wenn du in das Land kommst, das Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt, und es besitzest und darin wohnst und sagst: Ich will einen König über mich setzen, gleich allen Nationen, die rings um mich her sind:

15 so sollst du nur den König über dich setzen, den Jehova, dein Gott, erwählen wird; aus der Mitte deiner Brüder sollst du einen König über dich setzen; du sollst nicht einen fremden Mann über dich setzen, der nicht dein Bruder ist.

16 Nur soll er sich die osse nicht mehren und soll das Volk nicht nach Ägypten zurückführen, um sich die osse zu mehren; denn Jehova hat euch gesagt: Ihr sollt fortan nicht wieder dieses Weges zurückkehren.

17 Und er soll sich die Weiber nicht mehren, daß sein Herz nicht abwendig werde; und Silber und Gold soll er sich nicht sehr mehren.

18 Und es soll geschehen, wenn er auf dem Throne seines Königtums (O. Königreichs) sitzt, so soll er sich eine Abschrift dieses Gesetzes in ein Buch schreiben, aus dem, was vor den Priestern, den Leviten, liegt.

19 Und es soll bei ihm sein, und er soll alle Tage seines Lebens darin lesen, auf daß er Jehova, seinen Gott, fürchten lerne, um zu beobachten alle Worte dieses Gesetzes und diese Satzungen, sie zu tun;

20 damit sein Herz sich nicht über seine Brüder erhebe und damit er von dem Gebote weder zur echten noch zur Linken abweiche, auf daß er die Tage in seinem Königtum verlängere, er und seine Söhne, in der Mitte Israels.

   

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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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