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4 Mose 5

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1 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

2 Gebiete den Kindern Israel, daß sie alle Aussätzigen und alle Flüssigen und alle wegen einer Leiche Verunreinigten aus dem Lager hinauszutun;

3 sowohl Mann als Weib sollt ihr hinaustun, vor das Lager sollt ihr sie hinaustun, damit sie nicht ihre Lager verunreinigen, in deren Mitte ich wohne.

4 Und die Kinder Israel taten also und taten sie vor das Lager hinaus; so wie Jehova zu Mose geredet hatte, also taten die Kinder Israel.

5 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

6 Rede zu den Kindern Israel: Wenn ein Mann oder ein Weib irgend eine von allen Sünden der Menschen tun, so daß sie eine Untreue gegen Jehova begehen, und selbige Seele sich verschuldet,

7 so sollen sie ihre Sünde bekennen, die sie getan haben; und der Täter soll seine Schuld erstatten nach ihrer vollen Summe und soll das Fünftel davon hinzufügen und es dem geben, an welchem er sich verschuldet hat.

8 Und wenn der Mann keinen Blutsverwandten hat, um diesem die Schuld zu erstatten, so soll die Schuld, welche Jehova erstattet wird, dem Priester gehören außer dem Widder der Versöhnung, womit man Sühnung für ihn tut. -

9 Und jedes Hebopfer von allen heiligen Dingen der Kinder Israel, welche sie dem Priester darbringen, soll ihm gehören.

10 Ja, ihm sollen eines jeden heilige Dinge gehören; was jemand dem Priester gibt, soll ihm gehören.

11 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

12 Rede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Wenn irgend eines Mannes Weib ausschweift und Untreue gegen ihn begeht,

13 und ein Mann liegt bei ihr zur Begattung, und es ist verborgen vor den Augen ihres Mannes, und sie hat sich im geheimen verunreinigt, und es ist kein Zeuge gegen sie, und sie ist nicht ertappt worden;

14 und der Geist der Eifersucht kommt über ihn, und er wird eifersüchtig auf sein Weib, und sie hat sich verunreinigt; oder der Geist der Eifersucht kommt über ihn, und er wird eifersüchtig auf sein Weib, und sie hat sich nicht verunreinigt:

15 so soll der Mann sein Weib zu dem Priester bringen und ihre Opfergabe ihrethalben bringen, ein Zehntel Epha Gerstenmehl; er soll kein Öl darauf gießen und keinen Weihrauch darauf legen; denn es ist ein Speisopfer der Eifersucht, ein Speisopfer des Gedächtnisses, welches Ungerechtigkeit ins Gedächtnis bringt.

16 Und der Priester soll sie herzunahen lassen und sie vor Jehova stellen.

17 Und der Priester nehme heiliges Wasser in einem irdenen Gefäße; und der Priester nehme von dem Staube, der auf dem Fußboden der Wohnung ist, und tue ihn in das Wasser.

18 Und der Priester stelle das Weib vor Jehova und entblöße das Haupt des Weibes, und lege auf ihre Hände das Speisopfer des Gedächtnisses; es ist ein Speisopfer der Eifersucht; und das fluchbringende Wasser der Bitterkeit soll in der Hand des Priesters sein.

19 Und der Priester soll sie beschwören und zu dem Weibe sagen: Wenn kein Mann bei dir gelegen hat, und wenn du, unter deinem Manne seiend, nicht ausgeschweift bist in Unreinigkeit, so bleibe unversehrt von diesem fluchbringenden Wasser der Bitterkeit;

20 wenn du aber, unter deinem Manne seiend, ausgeschweift bist und dich verunreinigt hast, und ein Mann bei dir gelegen hat außer deinem Manne, -

21 und zwar soll der Priester das Weib beschwören mit dem Schwure des Fluches, und der Priester soll zu dem Weibe sagen: So mache dich Jehova zum Fluche und zum Schwure in der Mitte deines Volkes, indem Jehova deine Hüfte schwinden und deinen Bauch schwellen mache,

22 und es komme dieses fluchbringende Wasser in deine Eingeweide, um den Bauch schwellen und die Hüfte schwinden zu machen! Und das Weib soll sagen: Amen, Amen!

23 Und der Priester soll diese Flüche in ein Buch schreiben und sie in das Wasser der Bitterkeit auslöschen;

24 und er soll das Weib das fluchbringende Wasser der Bitterkeit trinken lassen, damit das fluchbringende Wasser in sie komme zur Bitterkeit.

25 Und der Priester nehme aus der Hand des Weibes das Speisopfer der Eifersucht und webe das Speisopfer vor Jehova und bringe es zum Altar;

26 und der Priester nehme eine Handvoll von dem Speisopfer als dessen Gedächtnisteil und räuchere es auf dem Altar; und danach soll er das Weib das Wasser trinken lassen.

27 Und hat er sie das Wasser trinken lassen, so wird es geschehen, wenn sie sich verunreinigt und Untreue begangen hat gegen ihren Mann, daß das fluchbringende Wasser in sie kommen wird zur Bitterkeit, und ihr Bauch wird schwellen und ihre Hüfte schwinden; und das Weib wird zum Fluche werden in der Mitte ihres Volkes.

28 Wenn aber das Weib sich nicht verunreinigt hat und rein ist, so wird sie unversehrt bleiben und Samen empfangen.

29 Das ist das Gesetz der Eifersucht: Wenn ein Weib, unter ihrem Manne seiend, ausschweift und sich verunreinigt,

30 oder wenn über einen Mann der Geist der Eifersucht kommt, und er wird eifersüchtig auf sein Weib, so soll er das Weib vor Jehova stellen, und der Priester soll ihr tun nach diesem, ganzen Gesetz.

31 Und der Mann wird frei sein von Schuld; selbiges Weib aber soll ihre Missetat tragen.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10210

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10210. 'With the blood of the sin [offering] of expiations' means by means of truths which spring from the good of innocence. This is clear from the meaning of 'the blood' as Divine Truth, dealt with in 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326, 7846, 7850, 9127, 9393, 10026, 10033, 10047; and from the meaning of 'the sin [offering] of expiations', or the sin sacrifice by means of which expiation was made, as purification from evils and consequent falsities.

'Sin' is used to mean a sacrifice for sin, see 10039.

'Expiation' means purification from evils and consequent falsities, 9506.

The reason why this purification is accomplished by means of truths which spring from the good of innocence is that the blood with which the expiation was accomplished came from a young bull or from a lamb, and 'a young bull' means the good of innocence in the external man, 9391, 9990, 10132, 'a lamb' the good of innocence in the internal man, 10132; and innocence must be present if truth and good are to be received, 3111, 3994, 4797, 6013, 6765, 7836(end), 7840, 9262, 10134, as well as the places referred to in 10021. The good of innocence consists in acknowledging that all truths and forms of good come from the Lord and none at all from the human self or proprium; thus it consists in wishing to be led by the Lord and not by self. From this it is evident that the more a person trusts and believes in himself, thus the more he is ruled by self-love, the less the good of innocence is present in him. This is why a person cannot be purified from evils unless the good of innocence is present in him. For if this good is not present that person is led not by the Lord but by self; and anyone who is led by self is led by hell, since the human proprium is nothing but evil, and all evil belongs to hell. The fact that every expiation was accomplished with the blood either of a young bull, or of a lamb, or of turtle doves, that is, young pigeons, is clear in Moses, in Exodus 29:36; Leviticus 4:1-7, 13-18, 27-end; 5:1-7; 15:14, 24, 28-31; Numbers 6:9-11. 'Turtle doves' and 'young pigeons' as well mean the good of innocence.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 8568

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8568. 'And the people thirsted there for water' means an increase in the desire for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'thirsting' as craving and desiring, and as having reference to truth just as 'hungering' has reference to good; and from the meaning of 'water' as the truth of faith, dealt with above in 8562. The fact that 'thirsting' is craving and desiring - desiring truth, meant by 'water' - is plainly evident from a large number of places in the Word, such as in Amos,

Behold, the days are going to come, in which I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah. And they will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; and they will run to and fro to seek the Word of Jehovah, and will not find it. On that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst. Amos 8:11-13.

The desire to know the truth is described here by 'thirsting'. The desire for truth is meant by 'I will not send a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah' and by 'they will run to and fro to seek the Word of Jehovah'. The lack of truth and a resulting deprivation of spiritual life is described by 'on that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst', 'the beautiful virgins' being those with affections for good, and 'the young men' those with affections for truth.

[2] In Isaiah,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy [and] eat! Come and buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1.

'Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters' plainly stands for one desiring the truths of faith. 'Buying wine and milk without price' stands for acquiring from the Lord, thus for nothing, the good and truth of faith. For the meaning of 'the waters' as the truth of faith, see above in 8562; for 'wine' as the good of faith, 6377; and also 'milk', 2184. Anyone may see that 'going to the waters and buying wine and milk' is not used to mean the acquisition of wine and milk, but the kinds of things that belong to heaven and the Church.

[3] The like occurs in John,

To him who thirsts I will give from the spring of the water of life for nothing. Revelation 21:6.

'The spring of the water of life' stands for the truth and good of faith. 'The thirsting one' stands for one desiring them from affection for them, as accords with the Lord's words in John,

Jesus said to the Samaritan woman, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but he who drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up into eternal life. John 4:13-14.

'Water' here plainly stands for the truth of faith obtained from the Word, and so from the Lord; and 'not thirsting' stands for his being never again in want of truth.

[4] Something similar appears elsewhere in John,

Jesus said, I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. John 6:35.

And in the same gospel,

Jesus cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water. John 7:37-38.

'Thirsting stands for desiring truth, 'drinking for receiving instruction, and 'rivers of living water' for Divine Truth that flows from the Lord alone.

[5] In Isaiah,

To the thirsty bring water, O inhabitants of the land of Tema; meet with his bread the fugitive. Isaiah 21:14.

'To the thirsty bring water' stands for giving instruction in truths to one desiring them, and so refreshing the life of his soul. In the same prophet,

The fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah; to empty the soul of the hungry one, and to cause the drink of the thirsting one to fail. Isaiah 32:6.

'The hungry one' stands for one desiring good, and 'one thirsting for drink' for one desiring truth.

[6] In the same prophet,

The poor and the needy are seeking water, but there is none; their tongue is parched with thirst. I will open streams on the sloping heights, and I will place springs in the midst of valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into wellsprings of water. Isaiah 41:17-18.

It is perfectly clear to anyone that 'seeking water' is seeking truth, that

'being parched with thirst' is being deprived of spiritual life owing to the lack of truth, and that 'streams, springs, a pool, and wellsprings of water' are the truths of faith in which they are to receive instruction.

In the same prophet,

Say, Jehovah has redeemed His servant Jacob. At that time they will not thirst; in waste places He will lead them. He will make water flow for them from the rock; and He will cleave the rock so that water flows out. Isaiah 48:20-21.

'They will not thirst' stands for their having no lack of truths; here 'water' plainly stands for the truths of faith.

[7] In the same prophet,

They will not hunger, nor will they thirst, nor will heat or the sun strike them; for the One having mercy on them will lead them, so that also by the wellsprings of water He will lead them. Isaiah 49:10.

'They will not hunger' stands for their having no lack of good, 'they will not thirst' for their having no lack of truth. 'Wellsprings of water' stands for cognitions of truth out of the Word.

[8] Something similar occurs in Moses,

Jehovah was leading you through a great and frightening wilderness, with serpents, fiery snakes, and scorpions, and dry places where there was no water; and He brought water for you out of the rock of the crag. Deuteronomy 8:15.

In Isaiah,

Behold, your God will come. At that time waters will break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the plain of the wilderness; and the dry place will become a pool and the thirsty ground wellsprings of water. Isaiah 35:4, 6-7.

'Waters in the wilderness which will break forth', 'streams', 'a pool', and

'wellsprings of water' plainly stand for the truths of faith and cognitions of those truths, which would be received from the Lord when He came into the world.

[9] In David,

O God, [You are] my God; in the morning I seek You. My soul thirsts for You; my flesh in a dry land longs for You, and I am weary without water. Psalms 63:1.

Here 'thirsting' has reference to truth, and 'I am weary without water' stands for the fact that there are no truths. 'Thirst' stands for a lack of truth and the resulting deprivation of spiritual life in Isaiah,

Therefore My people will go into exile because they have no knowledge, and their honourable men will be famished, 1 and their multitude parched with thirst. Isaiah 5:13.

In the same prophet,

I make the rivers into a desert; their fish become putrid because there is no water, and they will die of thirst. Isaiah 50:2.

[10] From all this one may now see what is meant in the present chapter by there was no water for the people to drink, verse 1; by their saying, Give us water and let us drink, verse 2; by the people thirsted there for water, verse 3; and by the declaration that water would come out of the rock, verse 6. All of this makes it clear that their grumbling because of the lack of water means temptation arising from a lack of truth. For when a person enters temptation because of a lack of truth he is gripped by an intense desire for it, and at the same time by despair of eternal salvation on account of this. These feelings are responsible for the grief at that time and for the complaining.

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1. literally, their glory will be men (homo) of famine

  
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