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2 Mose 21

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1 Dies sind die Rechte, die du ihnen sollst vorlegen:

2 So du einen ebräischen Knecht kaufest, der soll dir sechs Jahre dienen; im siebenten Jahr soll er frei ledig ausgehen.

3 Ist er ohne Weib kommen, so, soll er auch ohne Weib ausgehen. Ist er aber mit Weib kommen, so soll sein Weib mit ihm ausgehen.

4 Hat ihm aber sein HERR ein Weib gegeben und hat Söhne oder Töchter gezeuget, so soll das Weib und die Kinder seines HERRN sein; er aber soll ohne Weib ausgehen.

5 Spricht aber der Knecht: Ich habe meinen HERRN lieb und mein Weib und Kind, ich will nicht frei werden,

6 So bringe ihn sein HERR vor die Götter und halte ihn an die Tür oder Pfosten und bohre ihm mit einem Pfriemen durch sein Ohr; und er sei sein Knecht ewig.

7 Verkauft jemand seine Tochter zur Magd, so soll sie nicht ausgehen wie die Knechte.

8 Gefällt sie aber ihrem HERRN nicht und will ihr nicht zur Ehe helfen, so soll er sie zu lösen geben. Aber unter ein fremd Volk sie zu verkaufen, hat er nicht Macht, weil er sie verschmähet hat.

9 Vertrauet er sie aber seinem Sohn, so soll er Tochterrecht an ihr tun.

10 Gibt er ihm aber eine andere, so soll er ihr an ihrem Futter, Decke und Eheschuld nicht abbrechen.

11 Tut er diese drei nicht, so soll sie frei ausgehen ohne Lösegeld.

12 Wer einen Menschen schlägt, daß er stirbt, der soll des Todes sterben.

13 Hat er ihm aber nicht nachgestellet sondern Gott hat ihn lassen ohngefähr in seine Hände fallen, so will ich dir einen Ort bestimmen, dahin er fliehen soll

14 Wo aber jemand an seinem Nächsten frevelt und ihn mit List erwürget, so sollst du denselben von meinem Altar nehmen, daß man ihn töte.

15 Wer seinen Vater oder Mutter schlägt, der soll des Todes sterben.

16 Wer einen Menschen stiehlt und verkaufet, daß man ihn bei ihm findet, der soll des Todes sterben.

17 Wer Vater oder Mutter flucht, der soll des Todes sterben.

18 Wenn sich Männer miteinander hadern, und einer schlägt den andern mit einem Stein oder mit einer Faust, daß er nicht stirbt, sondern zu Bette liegt:

19 kommt er auf, daß er ausgehet an seinem Stabe so soll, der ihn schlug, unschuldig sein, ohne daß er ihm bezahle, was er versäumet hat, und das Arztgeld gebe.

20 Wer seinen Knecht oder Magd schlägt mit einem Stabe, daß er stirbt unter seinen Händen, der, soll darum gestraft werden.

21 Bleibt er aber einen oder zween Tage, so soll er nicht darum gestraft werden; denn es ist sein Geld.

22 Wenn sich Männer hadern und verletzen ein schwanger Weib, daß ihr die Frucht abgehet, und ihr kein Schade widerfährt, so soll man ihn um Geld strafen, wieviel des Weibes Mann ihm auflegt, und soll's geben nach der Teidingsleute Erkennen.

23 Kommt ihr aber ein Schade daraus, so soll er lassen Seele um Seele,

24 Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn, Hand um Hand, Fuß um Fuß,

25 Brand um Brand, Wunde um Wunde, Beule um Beule.

26 Wenn jemand seinen Knecht oder seine Magd in ein Auge schlägt und verderbet es, der soll sie frei loslassen um das Auge.

27 Desselbigengleichen, wenn er seinem Knecht oder Magd einen Zahn ausschlägt, soll er sie frei loslassen um den Zahn.

28 Wenn ein Ochse einen Mann oder Weib stößet, daß er stirbt, so soll man den Ochsen steinigen und sein Fleisch nicht essen; so ist der HERR des Ochsen unschuldig.

29 Ist aber der Ochse vorhin stößig gewesen, und seinem HERRN ist's angesagt, und er ihn nicht verwahret hat, und tötet darüber einen Mann oder Weib, soll man den Ochsen steinigen, und sein HERR soll sterben.

30 Wird man aber ein Geld auf ihn legen, so soll er geben, sein Leben zu lösen, was man ihm auflegt.

31 Desselbigengleichen soll man mit ihm handeln, wenn er Sohn oder Tochter stößet.

32 Stößet er aber einen Knecht oder Magd, so soll er ihrem HERRN dreißig silberne Sekel geben, und den Ochsen soll man steinigen.

33 so jemand eine Grube auftut, oder gräbt eine Grube und decket sie nicht zu, und fällt darüber ein Ochse oder Esel hinein,

34 so soll's der HERR der Grube mit Geld dem andern wieder bezahlen; das Aas aber soll sein sein.

35 Wenn jemandes Ochse eines andern Ochsen stößet, daß er stirbt, so sollen sie den lebendigen Ochsen verkaufen und das Geld teilen und das Aas auch teilen.

36 Ist's aber kund gewesen, daß der Ochse stößig vorhin gewesen ist, und sein HERR hat ihn nicht verwahret, so soll er einen Ochsen um den andern vergelten und das Aas haben.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 865

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865. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and unto the Lamb. That this signifies those in the New Church who are received by the Lord, is evident from the signification of those who are redeemed by the Lord, as denoting those who receive instruction from the Word, especially respecting the Lord, and who live according to it; respecting which see above (n. 860). These are also called the redeemed of the Lord; and these are the redeemed who are regenerated by the Lord; and these are they who follow the Lord, that is, are led by Him, of whom we have just treated above. And the same appears from the signification of the first-fruits of God and the Lamb, as denoting those who have given themselves to the Lord, and are adopted by Him. That these are those who belong to the New Church, is evident from this consideration, that they are called the first-fruits to God and to the Lamb. For those who are received therein, acknowledge the Lord's Divine Human, and live according to His precepts. No others, are received in the New Church, called the New Jerusalem, because those who do not believe it, and so live, are not in agreement with the life of heaven, neither with the light there, nor with the heat; for the light there is Divine truth, from which come all intelligence and wisdom; and the heat there is Divine good, from which come all love and charity. All man's affection and thought therefrom is not only within him, and constitutes his life, but is also external to him, and constitutes the sphere of his life. This is why heaven is divided into societies according to the varieties of affections and thoughts therefrom. Unless therefore the affections and the thoughts therefrom are spiritual, and are formed solely from the acknowledgment of the Lord, and from a life according to His precepts, they cannot be admitted into any society of heaven, for they are repugnant thereto. This is the reason that those who do not acknowledge the Lord's Divine Human, and do not live according to His precepts in the Word, cannot be in association with the angels of heaven. That this is the case, has been made plain to me from much experience. There were some who had thought of the Lord only as of another man, and had lived in the faith of the present day, which is a faith of the thought merely, without any good of life. But because they believed that nothing more was necessary to life eternal than to be admitted into heaven, therefore, according to their wish, they were admitted into some society; but as soon as the light of heaven struck their eyes with its lustre, their sight and also their understanding began to be entirely obscured and became stupefied. And when the heat of heaven came upon them, they began to be tormented in a direful manner, and as to the head and limbs to writhe like serpents. Therefore they cast themselves downwards, swearing that to enter heaven was hell to them, unless they were in the light and heat of heaven; and that they did not know that every one has heaven from love and thence faith, or from a life according to the Lord's precepts in the Word, and from faith in the Lord, and not in any way from faith without the life of faith, which is charity.

[2] It shall now be stated in a few words what first-fruits in the Word signify. They signify the same as the first-begotten; but the latter term is used of animals, and first-fruits of vegetables. Thus the first-begotten are what are born first, and first-fruits are from the first things produced; and both signify the spiritual good first formed, which is essentially truth from good from the Lord. The origin of this is as follows. There are two minds in man, natural and spiritual. From the natural mind alone nothing but evil is produced, and the falsity therefrom; but as soon as the spiritual mind is opened, then good is produced, and the truth therefrom; this which is first produced is meant by the first-begotten and by the first-fruits. Now because nothing born and produced from the spiritual mind is from man but from the Lord, therefore those things were sanctified to Jehovah, that is, to the Lord, because they were His, and consequently holy. And because that which is born or produced first, signifies all the things that follow in a series - as a leader the people, and a shepherd the flock - therefore by the first-begotten and the first-fruits being given to the Lord was signified that all other things were also His.

[3] But in order that this may be more clearly understood, it must be known, that the merely natural mind is formed according to the idea or image of the world, but the spiritual mind according to the idea or image of heaven; and that the spiritual mind is opened to no one, except by the acknowledgment of the Divine of the Lord, and by a life according to His precepts; and that previous to this, no good and truth are produced. But as soon as the spiritual mind is opened, then they are produced therefrom from the Lord. Therefore the first that is produced is called holy, and signifies that all things afterwards produced are also holy. From these things, it is evident that the opening of the womb or matrix signifies the opening of the spiritual mind. That this is the signification is seen also from correspondence; for the womb corresponds to the good of celestial love; concerning which correspondence see above (n. 710), and in the Arcana Coelestia 4918, 5050-5062).

[4] Since the things now mentioned were signified by the first-fruits; and since the things of harvest, as wheat, barley, and the rest, signified the goods and truths of heaven and the church; also wool, and the clean and useful beasts, therefore, of the latter the first-begotten were given to the Lord, and of the former the first-fruits. And because the high priest represented the Lord as to His priesthood, which is the good of love, therefore they were given to that priest. And consequently everything produced from corn, wine, and oil was sanctified.

But concerning those first-fruits, see the statutes for the sons of Israel in the law of Moses; as, for example, the first of the fruits of all the corn, oil, wine, and the fruit of the tree; also of the fleece, and the first-begotten of the flock and the herd; and that they were given as holy to Jehovah, and by Jehovah to Aaron, and after him to the high priest.

(Exodus 22:29; Numbers 13:20; 15:17-22; 18:8-20; Deuteronomy 18:4; 26:1, to the end).

And concerning the feast of the first-fruits of harvest, and of the first-fruits of bread

(Exodus 23:14, 15, 16, 19, 26; Leviticus 23:9-15, 20-25 Numbers 28:26, to the end; and elsewhere).

From these things it is now evident, that by first-fruits to God and to the Lamb are meant those who will belong to the New Church, called the New Jerusalem, who acknowledge the Lord's Divine Human, and live a life of love, that is, a life according to the Lord's precepts in the Word. For in the case of these and no others is the spiritual mind opened; no others, therefore, are led of the Lord, or follow Him whithersoever He goeth.

That by God and the Lamb in the Apocalypse, is meant the Lord as to the Divine itself, and at the same time as to the Divine Human, may be seen above (n. 297, 314, 343, 460, 482).

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