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5 Mose 18

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1 Die Priester, die Leviten, der ganze Stamm Levi, sollen kein Teil noch Erbe mit Israel haben; die Feueropfer Jehovas und sein Erbteil (d. h. die Zehnten, Erstlinge usw.) sollen sie essen.

2 Aber er soll kein Erbteil haben inmitten seiner Brüder; Jehova ist sein Erbteil, so wie er zu ihm geredet hat. -

3 Und dies soll das echt der Priester sein von seiten des Volkes, von seiten derer, die ein Schlachtopfer opfern, es sei ind- oder Kleinvieh: Man soll dem Priester die Schulter geben und die Kinnbacken und den rauhen Magen.

4 Die Erstlinge deines Getreides, deines Mostes und deines Öles, und die Erstlinge von der Schur deiner Schafe sollst du ihm geben;

5 denn ihn hat Jehova, dein Gott, erwählt aus allen deinen Stämmen, damit er dastehe, um den Dienst im Namen Jehovas zu verrichten, er und seine Söhne, alle Tage. -

6 Und wenn der Levit kommen wird aus einem deiner Tore, aus ganz Israel, wo er sich aufhält, und er kommt nach aller Lust seiner Seele an den Ort, den Jehova erwählen wird,

7 und verrichtet den Dienst im Namen Jehovas, seines Gottes, wie alle seine Brüder, die Leviten, die daselbst vor Jehova stehen:

8 so sollen sie zu gleichen Teilen essen, außer dem, was er von seinem väterlichen Eigentum verkauft hat.

9 Wenn du in das Land kommst, das Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt, so sollst du nicht lernen, nach den Greueln dieser Nationen zu tun.

10 Es soll keiner unter dir gefunden werden, der seinen Sohn oder seine Tochter durchs Feuer gehen läßt, keiner, der Wahrsagerei treibt, kein Zauberer oder Beschwörer oder Magier,

11 oder Bannsprecher oder Totenbeschwörer oder Wahrsager oder der die Toten befragt.

12 Denn ein Greuel für Jehova ist ein jeder, der diese Dinge tut; und um dieser Greuel willen treibt Jehova, dein Gott, sie vor dir aus.

13 Du sollst vollkommen (O. untadelig, lauter) sein gegen Jehova, deinen Gott.

14 Denn diese Nationen, die du austreiben wirst, hören auf Zauberer und auf Wahrsager; du aber-nicht also hat Jehova, dein Gott, dir gestattet.

15 Einen Propheten aus deiner Mitte, aus deinen Brüdern, gleich mir, wird Jehova, dein Gott, dir erwecken; auf ihn sollt ihr hören;

16 nach allem, was du von Jehova, deinem Gott, am Horeb begehrt hast am Tage der Versammlung, indem du sprachest: Ich möchte nicht weiter die Stimme Jehovas, meines Gottes, hören, und dieses große Feuer möchte ich nicht mehr sehen, daß ich nicht sterbe!

17 Und Jehova sprach zu mir: Gut ist, was sie geredet haben. (O. Sie haben wohl geredet)

18 Einen Propheten, gleich dir, will ich ihnen aus der Mitte ihrer Brüder erwecken; und ich will meine Worte in seinen Mund legen, und er wird zu ihnen reden alles, was ich ihm gebieten werde.

19 Und es wird geschehen, der Mann, der nicht hört auf meine Worte, die er in meinem Namen reden wird, von dem werde ich es fordern. -

20 Doch der Prophet, der sich vermessen wird, in meinem Namen ein Wort zu reden, das ich ihm nicht geboten habe zu reden, oder der im Namen anderer Götter reden wird: Selbiger Prophet soll sterben.

21 Und wenn du in deinem Herzen sprichst: Wie sollen wir das Wort erkennen, das Jehova nicht geredet hat?

22 Wenn der Prophet im Namen Jehovas redet, und das Wort geschieht nicht und trifft nicht ein, so ist das das Wort, welches Jehova nicht geredet hat; mit Vermessenheit hat der Prophet es geredet; du sollst dich nicht vor ihm fürchten.

   

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2534. For he is a prophet. That this signifies that thus it would be taught, is evident from the signification of a “prophet.” In the Word we frequently read of a “prophet;” and in the sense of the letter “prophet” signifies those to whom revelation is made, also abstractedly, revelation itself; but in the internal sense a “prophet” signifies one who teaches, and also abstractedly doctrine itself; and as the Lord (as before said) is doctrine itself, that is, the Word which teaches, He is called a “Prophet,” as in Moses:

A Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, will Jehovah thy God raise up; unto Him shall ye be obedient (Deuteronomy 18:15, 18).

It is said “like unto me,” because the Lord was represented by Moses, as well as by Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, and many more; and because they expected Him it is said in John:

The men, seeing the sign which Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world (John 6:14).

[2] It is because the Lord is the “Prophet” in the highest sense, and that “the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” (Revelation 19:10), that in the internal sense of the Word a “prophet” signifies one who teaches, and also abstractedly, doctrine; which is plainly evident from the following passages.

In Luke:

Thou child shalt be called the prophet of the Highest (Luke 1:76).

This was said by Zacharias of his son John the Baptist, who himself said that he was not the prophet, but one preparing the way by teaching and preaching concerning the Lord’s coming:

They asked him, What art thou? Art thou Elias? But he said, I am not. Art thou that prophet? he answered, No. They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? he said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord (John 1:21-23).

[3] In Matthew:

Many will say in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied by Thy name? (Matthew 7:22),

where it is manifest that to “prophesy” is to teach.

In John:

Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings (Revelation 10:11);

to “prophesy” denotes to teach; and what “peoples, nations, tongues, and kings” mean, has been stated and shown before. In the same:

The nations shall trample the holy city forty-two months; but I will give to My two witnesses that they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sackcloth (Revelation 11:2-3); where also to “prophesy” denotes to teach.

In Moses:

Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet (Exodus 7:1); where “prophet” denotes the one who should teach or speak what Moses would say.

In Joel:

I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy (Joel 2:28);

“shall prophesy” denotes shall teach.

[4] In Isaiah:

Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes; the prophets and your heads, the seers, hath He covered; the vision of all hath become like the words of a sealed book, which they give to him that knoweth letters, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed (Isaiah 29:10-11); where by “prophets” are meant those who teach truth; and by “seers” those who see truth; who are said to be “covered” when they know and see nothing of the truth. As in ancient times those who taught were called “prophets,” they were therefore called also “seers,” because to “see” signifies to understand (n. 2150, 2325; that they were called “seers” may be seen 1 Samuel 9:9; 2 Samuel 24:11). They were also called “men of God,” from the signification of “man” (n. 158, 265, 749, 915, 1007, 2517 they were called “men of God,” 2 Kings 1:9-16; 4:7, 9, 16, 21-22, 25, 27, 40, 42; 5:8, 14, 20; 13:19; 23:16-17).

[5] That in the internal sense by “prophets” are signified those who teach, is evident in Jeremiah in the whole of chapter 23, and in Ezekiel in the whole of chapter 13, where “prophets” are specifically treated of; as also in many other places where they are mentioned. Hence also by “false prophets” are signified those who teach falsities; as in Matthew:

In the consummation of the age many false prophets shall arise, and shall mislead many. There shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show great signs, and shall mislead if possible even the elect (Matthew 24:11, 24); where by “false prophets” no others are signified. In like manner by the “false prophet” in Revelation 16:13; 19:20; 20:10.

[6] This shows how greatly the internal sense of the Word is obscured by the ideas that have been formed from the representatives of the Jewish Church; for whenever a “prophet” is mentioned in the Word, there at once occurs the idea of prophets such as they were at that time; which idea is a great obstacle to perceiving what is signified by them. Yet the wiser anyone is, the more easily is the idea gathered from those representatives removed; as for example where the “temple” is mentioned, they who think more wisely do not perceive the temple at Jerusalem, but the Temple of the Lord; where “Mount Zion,” or “Zion,” is mentioned, they do not perceive that mountain at Jerusalem, but the Lord’s kingdom; and where “Jerusalem” is mentioned, they do not perceive the city that was in the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, but the holy and heavenly Jerusalem.

  
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