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2 Mose 29

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1 Und dies ist es, was du ihnen tun sollst, sie zu heiligen, um mir den Priesterdienst auszuüben: Nimm einen jungen Farren und zwei Widder, ohne Fehl,

2 und ungesäuertes Brot, und ungesäuerte Kuchen, gemengt mit Öl, und ungesäuerte Fladen, gesalbt mit Öl: von Feinmehl des Weizens sollst du sie machen.

3 Und lege sie in einen Korb und bringe sie in dem Korbe dar, und den Farren und die zwei Widder.

4 Und Aaron und seine Söhne sollst du herzunahen lassen an den Eingang des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft und sie mit Wasser waschen.

5 Und du sollst die Kleider nehmen und Aaron bekleiden mit dem Leibrock und dem Oberkleide des Ephods und dem Ephod und dem Brustschilde und es ihm anbinden mit dem gewirkten Gürtel des Ephods.

6 Und setze den Kopfbund auf sein Haupt und lege das heilige Diadem an den Kopfbund.

7 Und nimm das Salböl und gieße es auf sein Haupt und salbe ihn.

8 Und seine Söhne sollst du herzunahen lassen und sie mit den Leibröcken bekleiden;

9 und umgürte sie mit dem Gürtel, Aaron und seine Söhne, und binde ihnen die hohen Mützen um; und das Priestertum sei ihnen zu einer ewigen Satzung. Und du sollst Aaron und seine Söhne weihen.

10 Und du sollst den Farren herzubringen vor das Zelt der Zusammenkunft, und Aaron und seine Söhne sollen ihre Hände auf den Kopf des Farren legen.

11 Und schlachte den Farren vor Jehova, an dem Eingang des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft;

12 und nimm von dem Blute des Farren und tue es mit deinem Finger an die Hörner des Altars, und alles Blut sollst du an den Fuß des Altars gießen.

13 Und nimm alles Fett, welches das Eingeweide bedeckt, und das Netz über der Leber und die beiden Nieren und das Fett, das an ihnen ist, und räuchere es auf dem Altar.

14 Und das Fleisch des Farren und seine Haut und seinen Mist sollst du mit Feuer verbrennen außerhalb des Lagers: es ist ein Sündopfer.

15 Und du sollst den einen Widder nehmen, und Aaron und seine Söhne sollen ihre Hände auf den Kopf des Widders legen.

16 Und du sollst den Widder schlachten und sein Blut nehmen und an den Altar sprengen ringsum.

17 Und den Widder sollst du in seine Stücke zerlegen und sein Eingeweide und seine Schenkel waschen und sie auf seine Stücke und auf seinen Kopf legen.

18 Und den ganzen Widder sollst du auf dem Altar räuchern: es ist ein Brandopfer dem Jehova, ein lieblicher Geruch; es ist ein Feueropfer dem Jehova.

19 Und du sollst den zweiten Widder nehmen, und Aaron und seine Söhne sollen ihre Hände auf den Kopf des Widders legen.

20 Und du sollst den Widder schlachten und von seinem Blute nehmen und es auf das rechte Ohrläppchen Aarons tun und auf das rechte Ohrläppchen seiner Söhne und auf den Daumen ihrer rechten Hand und auf die große Zehe ihres rechten Fußes; und du sollst das Blut an den Altar sprengen ringsum.

21 Und nimm von dem Blute, das auf dem Altar ist, und von dem Salböl, und sprenge es auf Aaron und auf seine Kleider und auf seine Söhne und auf die Kleider seiner Söhne mit ihm; und er wird heilig sein und seine Kleider, und seine Söhne und die Kleider seiner Söhne mit ihm.

22 Und nimm von dem Widder das Fett und den Fettschwanz und das Fett, welches das Eingeweide bedeckt, und das Netz der Leber und die beiden Nieren und das Fett, das an ihnen ist, und den rechten Schenkel, denn es ist ein Widder der Einweihung-

23 und einen Laib Brot und einen Kuchen geölten Brotes und einen Fladen aus dem Korbe des Ungesäuerten, der vor Jehova ist;

24 und lege das alles auf die Hände Aarons und auf die Hände seiner Söhne, und webe es als Webopfer vor Jehova.

25 Und nimm es von ihren Händen und räuchere es auf dem Altar, auf dem Brandopfer, zum lieblichen Geruch vor Jehova: es ist ein Feueropfer dem Jehova.

26 Und nimm die Brust von dem Einweihungswidder, der für Aaron ist, und webe sie als Webopfer vor Jehova; und sie soll dein Anteil sein.

27 Und heilige die Brust des Webopfers und den Schenkel des Hebopfers, die gewoben und der gehoben worden ist von dem Einweihungswidder, von dem, der für Aaron, und von dem, der für seine Söhne ist;

28 und es soll Aaron und seinen Söhnen gehören als eine ewige Gebühr von seiten der Kinder Israel, denn es ist ein Hebopfer; und es soll ein Hebopfer sein von seiten der Kinder Israel, von ihren Friedensopfern: ihr Hebopfer dem Jehova. -

29 Und die heiligen Kleider Aarons sollen für seine Söhne sein nach ihm, um sie darin zu salben und sie darin zu weihen.

30 Sieben Tage soll sie anziehen, wer von seinen Söhnen Priester wird an seiner Statt, welcher in das Zelt der Zusammenkunft hineingehen wird, um im Heiligtum zu dienen. -

31 Und den Einweihungswidder sollst du nehmen und sein Fleisch an heiligem Orte kochen.

32 Und Aaron und seine Söhne sollen das Fleisch des Widders und das Brot, das in dem Korbe ist, essen an dem Eingang des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft:

33 sie sollen die Dinge essen, durch welche Sühnung geschehen ist, um sie zu weihen, um sie zu heiligen; ein Fremder aber soll nicht davon essen, denn sie sind heilig.

34 Und wenn von dem Fleische der Einweihung und von dem Brote etwas übrigbleibt bis an den Morgen, so sollst du das Übriggebliebene mit Feuer verbrennen; es soll nicht gegessen werden, denn es ist heilig.

35 Und du sollst Aaron und seinen Söhnen also tun, nach allem, was ich dir geboten habe; sieben Tage sollst du sie einweihen.

36 Und einen Farren als Sündopfer sollst du täglich zur Sühnung opfern und den Altar entsündigen, indem du Sühnung für ihn tust; und du sollst ihn salben, um ihn zu heiligen.

37 Sieben Tage sollst du Sühnung tun für den Altar und ihn heiligen; und der Altar soll hochheilig sein: alles, was den Altar anrührt, wird heilig sein.

38 Und dies ist es, was du auf dem Altar opfern sollst: zwei einjährige Lämmer des Tages beständig.

39 Das eine Lamm sollst du am Morgen opfern, und das zweite Lamm sollst du opfern zwischen den zwei Abenden,

40 und ein Zehntel Feinmehl, gemengt mit einem viertel Hin zerstoßenen Öles, und ein Trankopfer, ein viertel Hin Wein, zu dem einen Lamme.

41 Und das zweite Lamm sollst du opfern zwischen den zwei Abenden; wie das Morgenspeisopfer und wie dessen Trankopfer, so sollst du zu diesem opfern, zum lieblichen Geruch, ein Feueropfer dem Jehova:

42 ein beständiges Brandopfer bei euren Geschlechtern an dem Eingang des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft vor Jehova, wo ich mit euch zusammenkommen werde, um daselbst mit dir zu reden.

43 Und ich werde daselbst mit den Kindern Israel zusammenkommen, und es wird geheiligt werden durch meine Herrlichkeit.

44 Und ich werde das Zelt der Zusammenkunft und den Altar heiligen; und Aaron und seine Söhne werde ich heiligen, daß sie mir den Priesterdienst ausüben.

45 Und ich werde in der Mitte der Kinder Israel wohnen und werde ihr Gott sein.

46 Und sie werden wissen, daß ich Jehova bin, ihr Gott, der ich sie aus dem Lande Ägypten herausgeführt habe, um in ihrer Mitte zu wohnen; ich bin Jehova, ihr Gott.

   

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2 Mose 27:21

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21 Im Zelte der Zusammenkunft, außerhalb des Vorhangs, der vor dem Zeugnis ist, sollen Aaron und seine Söhne sie zurichten vom Abend bis zum Morgen, vor Jehova. Eine ewige Satzung bei ihren Geschlechtern von seiten der Kinder Israel.

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503. And there followed hail and fire mingled with blood.- That this signifies infernal falsity and evil destroying, intermingled with the truths and goods of the Word to which violence was done, is evident from the signification of hail, as denoting infernal falsity destroying, concerning which more will be said presently; and from the signification of fire, as denoting infernal evil destroying, concerning which also we shall speak presently; and from the signification of blood, as denoting the Divine Truth, in the present case, the Divine Truth to which violence was done, consequently, Divine Truth falsified, for it is said, "hail and fire mingled with blood."

[2] That blood signifies Divine Truth proceeding from the Lord and received by man, and the opposite sense its destruction by the falsities of evil, and thus violence done to it may be seen above (n. 329). That hail and fire signify infernal falsities and evil destroying, is also a result of appearances in the spiritual world. When the Divine Truth flows down there out of heaven, and flows into the sphere where those are who are in falsities from evil and who desire to destroy the truths and goods of the church, then as it were a raining down of hail and fire appears to those who stand afar off; as it were a raining down of hail, as a result of their falsities, and of fire, as a result of their evils. The reason of this appearance is, that the Divine Truth, when it flows into the sphere where evils and falsities are, is changed into what is similar to that sphere. For all influx is changed in the recipient subject according to the quality thereof, just as the light of the sun when it flows into dark objects, and the heat of the sun when it flows into putrid things. The case is similar with the Divine Truth, which is the light of heaven, and with the Divine Good, which is the heat of heaven, when they flow into evil subjects, which are those spirits who are in falsities from evil. This is the reason of that appearance. It is from this fact that hail and fire have such significations in the Word; for the sense of the letter of the Word as to the greater part of it is from appearances in the spiritual world.

[3] That hail signifies infernal falsity destroying the truth of the church, is clear from other places in the Word, where the destruction of truth is described by hail as in Egypt, when Pharaoh would not let the people of Israel go, concerning which it is thus written:

Moses told Pharaoh that it should rain a very grievous hail, such as had not been in Egypt. "And the hail shall be upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. And Moses stretched forth his rod towards heaven; and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and the fire walked to the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and at the same fire walking in the midst of the hail, very grievous. And the hail smote all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, was there no hail. And the flax and barley were smitten; for the barley was a ripening ear, and the flax a stalk. But the wheat and the rye were not smitten; for they were hidden" (Exodus 9:18-32).

Similar things are signified by the hail in Egypt as by the hail here mentioned in the Revelation; therefore several things of a similar kind are said concerning it; as that the hail and the fire walked together, that the herb of the field was smitten, and the trees broken. The reason why several things of a similar kind are here related is, that the signification of the plagues of Egypt is similar to that of the plagues in the Apocalypse which took place when the seven angels sounded. For the Egyptians signified merely natural men, the sons of Israel spiritual men, and the plagues of Egypt, the changes which precede a last judgment, just as here in the Apocalypse. For the drowning of Pharaoh and the Egyptians in the Sea Suph [or Red Sea] represented a last judgment, and condemnation; therefore hail and fire here also signify falsities and evils destroying the church. But these things are more fully explained in the Arcana Coelestia 7553-7619).

[4] The signification also of hail and hot thunderbolts, mentioned in David, is similar:

"He destroyed their vine with hail, and their sycamore trees with great hailstones. He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to burning coals. He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, the sending of evil angels" (Psalm 78:47-59).

Because hail signifies falsity destroying the truths of the church, it is therefore said, "He destroyed their vine with hail, and their sycamore trees with great hailstones;" for vine signifies the spiritual truth of the church, and a sycamore its natural truth; and because burning coals, or fire, signify the love of evil, and its eagerness to destroy the goods of the church, it is therefore said, "he gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to burning coals." Cattle and flocks signify evil affections or inordinate desires which arise from evil love, and burning coals, or fire, the lust and burning desire to destroy; by the sending of evil angels, is signified the falsity of evil from hell.

[5] So again:

"He gave them hail for rain; flaming fire in their land, and he smote their vine, and their fig tree; and brake the tree of their border" (Psalm 105:32, 33).

These things are also said concerning the hail of Egypt, which signifies infernal falsity destroying the truths of the church. The vine and the fig tree have here a similar signification to the vine and sycamores mentioned above, the vine signifying spiritual truth, and the fig tree, natural truth, each pertaining to the church, and tree signifies the perceptions and cognitions of truth and good.

[6] The signification of hail mentioned in Joshua, when he fought against the five kings of the Amorites, is similar, of which it is said:

"And it came to pass," as the kings "fled before Israel, while they were in the going down to Bethhoron, that Jehovah cast down great stones of hail from heaven upon them unto Azekah; and they were more that died from the hailstones than they whom the sons of Israel slew with the sword" (10:11).

Because the historical parts of the Word are representative, and contain an internal sense, equally as the prophetical parts, therefore this is the case also in regard to what is related of the five kings of the Amorites, and of the battle of the sons of Israel with them. For the nations that were driven out of the land of Canaan signified the evil who were to be cast out of the kingdom of the Lord, and the sons of Israel signify those to whom it is granted to possess the kingdom. The land of Canaan signified heaven and the church, and therefore the kingdom of the Lord; hence the five kings of the Amorites signified those who are in falsities of evil, and desire to destroy the truths of the good of the church. It was for this reason, that they were slain by hailstones from heaven, that is to say, they perished and were destroyed by their own falsities of evil; for the evil themselves perish by their own evils and falsities, by means of which they desire to destroy the truths and goods of the church.

[7] Again, in David:

"At the brightness before him his clouds passed, with hailstones and coals of fire. Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave his voice, hailstones and coals of fire. Yea, he sent out his darts and scattered them and many lightnings and discomfited them" (Psalm 18:12-14).

In these passages, hailstones and fire signify the same things as the hail and fire here in the Apocalypse, that is, falsities and evils destroying the truths and goods of the church.

It is said that such things are from Jehovah, because the Divine Truth descending out of heaven is changed into infernal falsities with the evil, as stated above. Out of this change various appearances arise, such as the flowing down of hail and fire; still these things do not proceed out of heaven from the Lord, but from those who are in falsities of evil, who turn the influx of Divine Truth and Good into the falsity of evil. It has also been granted me to perceive those changes, when the Divine Truth has flowed down out of heaven into some hell. During its course it was successively changed into the falsity of evil, according to the quality of that evil in those [who were there]; just as the heat of the sun, when it falls upon dunghills, and the light of the sun, when it falls upon subjects which turn its rays into dismal colours; or as the light and heat of the sun, in putrid marshy lands, produce noxious herbs which nourish serpents, while in good lands they cause trees and grasses to grow, which nourish men and useful beasts. The cause of such effects in putrid lands is not in the light and heat of the sun, but in the nature of the lands themselves, and yet those effects may be ascribed to the fire and heat of the sun. From these things the source from which hail and fire appear in the spiritual world is evident, and also why it is said that Jehovah causes them to be rained down, when nevertheless nothing comes from Jehovah but what is good. When Jehovah, that is the Lord, causes a powerful influx, it is not for the purpose of destroying the evil, but to rescue and protect the good, for by this means he conjoins the good to himself more closely and interiorly, and therefore they are separated from the evil, and the evil perish. For if the evil were not separated, the good would perish, and the angelic heaven would fall to ruin.

[8] Similar things are signified by hail, and by a tempest of hail, in the following passages.

In Isaiah:

"Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and behold, the Lord, strong and mighty, as a tempest of hail, as a destroying storm" (28:1, 2).

Again:

"The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place" (28:17).

Again:

"And Jehovah shall cause the glory of his voice to be heard, and shall cause his arm to see rest, in the indignation of his anger, and in the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering and inundation, and hailstones" (30:30).

And again:

"It shall hail until the forest come down, and the city humble herself with humility" (32:19).

In Ezekiel:

"And I will plead with" Gog "with pestilence and with blood; and I will cause to rain upon him, an overflowing rain, and hailstones, fire, and brimstone" (38:22).

In the Apocalypse,

"Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of the covenant; and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail" (11:19).

And in another place:

"And great hail, as it were the weight of a talent, came out of heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great" (16:21).

[9] Therefore those who are in falsities are called hailstones in Ezekiel:

"Say unto them that cover over with untempered [mortar], that it shall fall; there shall be an overflowing rain, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall" (13:11).

Here by them "that cover over with untempered [mortar]," are signified those who confirm falsities in order that they may outwardly appear as truths. They are called hailstones, because they thus destroy truths; and the dispersion of such falsities is signified by the words "there shall be an overflowing rain."

[10] In Job,

"Hast thou entered into the treasuries of the snow? and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail? which I reserve against the time of battle and of war? Which is the way where the light is spread abroad?" (Job 38:22-24).

Job is being questioned by Jehovah about many things, to see whether he knows them; but these things about which he is questioned signify such things as have reference to heaven and the church. Hast thou entered into the treasuries of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail? signifies, whether he knows whence come the deprivation of truth and the destruction of it by the falsities of evil, which appear in the spiritual world like a fall of snow and hail from heaven. That these appearances are seen when the evil have to be dispersed, is signified by the words, "Which I reserve against the time of battle and of war." It is therefore also said, "Which is the way where the light is spread abroad?" which signifies, by what way is truth insinuated? light denoting truth. Hail signifies the falsity of evil, and a storm of hail, the destruction of truth, because hail in itself is cold, and cannot support the heat of heaven, and cold signifies the deprivation of the good of love; and heat in the angelic heaven, is the good of love. As may be seen in the Heaven and Hell 126-140); also, because stones in the Word, signify truths, and in the opposite sense falsities; and large hail appears to consist as it were of stones cast down from heaven, which destroy the crops and herbs of the field, as well as the smaller animals, just as stones would do; therefore it is also said, hailstones. That stones, in the Word, signify truths, and in the opposite sense falsities, may be seen in the Arcana. Coelestia (n. 643, 1298, 3720, 6426, 8609, 10376).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.