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3 Mose 22

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1 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

2 Rede zu Aaron und zu seinen Söhnen, daß sie sich enthalten von den heiligen Dingen der Kinder Israel, die sie mir heiligen, und meinen heiligen Namen nicht entweihen. Ich bin Jehova.

3 Sprich zu ihnen: Wer irgend von all eurem Samen, bei euren Geschlechtern, sich den heiligen Dingen naht, welche die Kinder Israel Jehova heiligen, und seine Unreinigkeit ist an ihm, selbige Seele soll ausgerottet werden vor meinem Angesicht hinweg. Ich bin Jehova.

4 Jedermann vom Samen Aarons, der aussätzig oder flüssig ist, soll nicht von den heiligen Dingen essen, bis er rein ist. Und wer irgend einen anrührt, der durch eine Leiche verunreinigt ist, oder jemanden, dem der Samenerguß entgeht;

5 oder wer irgend ein kriechendes Tier anrührt, durch welches er unrein wird, oder einen Menschen, durch den er unrein wird nach irgend welcher Unreinigkeit, die er hat:

6 Einer, der solches anrührt, der wird unrein sein bis an den Abend; und er soll nicht von den heiligen Dingen essen, sondern soll sein Fleisch im Wasser baden;

7 und ist die Sonne untergegangen, so ist er rein; und danach darf er von den heiligen Dingen essen, denn es ist sein Brot.

8 Aas und Zerrissenes soll er nicht essen, daß er sich dadurch verunreinige. Ich bin Jehova.

9 Und sie sollen meine Vorschriften beobachten, damit sie nicht deswegen Sünde auf sich laden und dadurch sterben, weil sie es entweihen. Ich bin Jehova, der sie heiligt.

10 Und kein Fremder soll Heiliges essen; der Beisasse und der Tagelöhner eines Priesters sollen Heiliges nicht essen.

11 Wenn aber ein Priester eine Seele für Geld kauft, so darf diese davon essen; und seine Hausgeborenen, sie dürfen von seinem Brote essen.

12 Und wenn die Tochter eines Priesters das Weib eines fremden Mannes wird, so soll sie nicht von dem Hebopfer der heiligen Dinge essen.

13 Und wenn die Tochter eines Priesters Witwe oder verstoßen wird, und keine Kinder hat und in das Haus ihres Vaters zurückkehrt, wie in ihrer Jugend, so darf sie von dem Brote ihres Vaters essen. Aber kein Fremder soll davon essen.

14 Und wenn jemand aus Versehen Heiliges isset, so soll er das Fünftel davon hinzufügen und dem Priester das Heilige erstatten.

15 Und man soll die heiligen Dinge der Kinder Israel nicht entweihen, die sie dem Jehova heben,

16 und ihnen so die Ungerechtigkeit einer Schuld aufladen, wenn sie ihre heiligen Dinge essen; denn ich bin Jehova, der sie heiligt.

17 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

18 Rede zu Aaron und zu seinen Söhnen und zu allen Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Jedermann vom Hause Israel und von den Fremdlingen in Israel, der seine Opfergabe darbringt, nach allen ihren Gelübden und nach allen ihren freiwilligen Gaben, welche sie Jehova als Brandopfer darbringen, -

19 zum Wohlgefallen für euch soll es sein, ohne Fehl, männlich, von den Rindern, von den Schafen oder von den Ziegen.

20 Alles, woran ein Gebrechen ist, sollt ihr nicht darbringen, denn es wird nicht zum Wohlgefallen für euch sein.

21 Und wenn jemand dem Jehova ein Friedensopfer darbringt, um ein Gelübde zu erfüllen, oder als freiwillige Gabe vom Rind-oder Kleinvieh: ohne Fehl soll es sein, zum Wohlgefallen; keinerlei Gebrechen soll an ihm sein.

22 Ein blindes oder verletztes oder verstümmeltes Tier, oder eines, das Geschwüre oder die Krätze oder die Flechte hat, diese sollt ihr Jehova nicht darbringen, und sollt Jehova keine Feueropfer davon auf den Altar geben.

23 Und ein Stück Rind-oder Kleinvieh, an welchem ein Glied zu lang oder zu kurz ist, das magst du als freiwillige Gabe opfern; aber zu einem Gelübde wird es nicht wohlgefällig sein.

24 Und dem die Hoden zerquetscht oder zerstoßen oder ausgerissen oder ausgeschnitten sind, sollt ihr Jehova nicht darbringen; und in eurem Lande sollt ihr dergleichen nicht tun.

25 Und aus der Hand eines Fremden sollt ihr das Brot eures Gottes aus allen diesen nicht darbringen; denn ihr Verderben ist an ihnen, ein Gebrechen ist an ihnen; sie werden nicht wohlgefällig für euch sein.

26 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

27 Wenn ein Rind oder ein Schaf oder eine Ziege geboren wird, so soll es sieben Tage unter seiner Mutter sein; und vom achten Tage an und weiterhin wird es wohlgefällig sein zur Opfergabe eines Feueropfers dem Jehova. -

28 Und ein Stück Rind-oder Kleinvieh, es selbst und sein Junges, sollt ihr nicht schlachten an einem Tage.

29 Und wenn ihr dem Jehova ein Dankopfer opfert, so sollt ihr es zum Wohlgefallen für euch opfern:

30 An demselben Tage soll es gegessen werden; ihr sollt nichts davon übriglassen bis an den Morgen. Ich bin Jehova.

31 Und ihr sollt meine Gebote beobachten und sie tun. Ich bin Jehova.

32 Und ihr sollt meinen heiligen Namen nicht entweihen, damit ich geheiligt werde in der Mitte der Kinder Israel.

33 Ich bin Jehova, der euch heiligt, der euch aus dem Lande Ägypten herausgeführt hat, um euer Gott zu sein. Ich bin Jehova.

   

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10262. 'A hin' means how far things are joined together. This is clear from the meaning of 'a hin' - which was a liquid measure, at this point a measure of oil - as the extent to which things are joined together. 'Oil' means the Lord's celestial Divine Good, which is the essential power that binds all things together in heaven; consequently the measure of the oil means how far things are joined together, and the fullness of their being joined together. The reason why the Lord's celestial Divine Good is the essential power that binds all things together is that it is the essential being (ipsum esse) of the life that all things have. For that Divine Good imparts life to all things through the Divine Truth emanating from itself; and it imparts life in accordance with the specific character of whatever receives it. Angels are recipients; so too are people in the world. The truths and forms of good they have form their specific character, and this conditions the reception that takes place within them, and so conditions any joining together.

[2] Two measures which were used for sacred purposes are mentioned in the Word; one was for liquids, which was called the hin, the other was for dry substances, which was called the ephah. The hin served to measure oil and wine, and the ephah to measure flour and fine flour. The hin, used for oil and wine, was divided into four, whereas the ephah was divided into ten. The reason why the hin was divided into four was in order that it might mean that which binds things together; for 'four' means a joining together. But the reason why the ephah was divided into ten was in order that it might mean reception, the nature of which was indicated by the numbers; for 'ten' means much, all, and what is complete.

'Four' means a joining together, see 8877, 9601, 9674, 10136, 10137.

'Ten' means much, all, and what is complete, as 'a hundred' does, 1988, 3107, 4400, 4638, 8468, 8540, 9745, 10253.

[3] The fact that the hin was used for the oil and wine in the sacrifices, and was divided into four, whereas the ephah was used for the flour and fine flour, which were for the minchah in the sacrifices, and that it was divided into ten, becomes clear in Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 5:11; 23:13; Numbers 15:3-10; 28:5, 7, 14. From these verses it is evident that 'a hin' means the extent to which things are joined together, and 'an ephah' the amount of reception. Furthermore the oil served to bind the fine flour together, and the fine flour to receive the oil; for a minchah consisted of oil and fine flour.

[4] In addition there were other measures that were used for ordinary purposes, both for dry substances and for liquids. The measures for dry substances were called the homer and the omer, and the measures for liquids the cor and the bath. A homer contained ten ephahs, and an ephah ten omers, whereas a cor contained ten baths, and a bath ten smaller parts; regarding all these, see Exodus 16:36; Ezekiel 45:11, 13, 24.

[5] But where the new temple is dealt with in Ezekiel a different division of the ephah and the bath occurs. There the ephah and the bath are divided not into ten but into six, and the hin corresponds to the ephah, as is evident in the same prophet, in Ezekiel 45:13-14, 24; 46:5, 7, 11, 14. The reason for this is that in those places the subject is not celestial good and its ability to bind things together, but spiritual good and its ability to do so; and the numbers 'twelve', 'six', and 'three' have their correspondence in the spiritual kingdom, because they mean all and, when used in reference to truths and forms of good, mean all aspects of truth and good in their entirety. The fact that these are meant by 'twelve', see 3272, 3858, 3913, 7973, also by 'six', 3960(end), 7973, 8148, 10217; and in like manner 'three', by which from beginning to end, thus what is complete, is meant, and - in respect of real things - all, 2788, 4495, 5159, 7715, 9825, 10127. The reason why these numbers imply similar things is that larger numbers are similar in meaning to the simple ones which when multiplied produce them, 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973.

[6] Since 'a hin' also means how far something is joined to spiritual truth, a third part of a hin of oil was taken for the minchah in the sacrifices of a ram, and a third part of wine for the drink offering, Numbers 15:6-7; for spiritual good is meant by 'a ram', 2830, 9991. From all this it is again plainly evident that numbers are used in the Word to mean real things. What other reason could there be for the numbers used so often in Moses, Ezekiel, and elsewhere to specify amounts and measures?

  
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Exodus 16

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1 They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

2 The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;

3 and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

4 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

5 It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily."

6 Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening, then you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from the land of Egypt;

7 and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Yahweh; because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh. Who are we, that you murmur against us?"

8 Moses said, "Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh."

9 Moses said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near before Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.'"

10 It happened, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud.

11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

12 "I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God.'"

13 It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.

14 When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.

15 When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, "What is it?" For they didn't know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat."

16 This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: "Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent."

17 The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

18 When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating.

19 Moses said to them, "Let no one leave of it until the morning."

20 Notwithstanding they didn't listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was angry with them.

21 They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.

22 It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

23 He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken, 'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to Bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.'"

24 They laid it up until the morning, as Moses asked, and it didn't become foul, neither was there any worm in it.

25 Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. today you shall not find it in the field.

26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none."

27 It happened on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.

28 Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?

29 Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."

30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

31 The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.

32 Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, 'Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.'"

33 Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept throughout your generations."

34 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

35 The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.

36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.