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3 Mose 18

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1 Und der HERR redete mit Mose und sprach:

2 Rede mit den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Ich bin der HERR, euer Gott.

3 Ihr sollt nicht tun nach den Werken des Landes Ägypten, darinnen ihr gewohnet habt, auch nicht nach den Werken des Landes Kanaan, darein ich euch führen will; ihr sollt auch euch nach ihrer Weise nicht halten.

4 Sondern nach einen Rechten sollt ihr tun und meine Satzungen sollt ihr halten, daß ihr darinnen wandelt; denn ich bin der HERR, euer Gott.

5 Darum sollt ihr meine Satzungen halten und meine Rechte. Denn welcher Mensch dieselben tut, der wird dadurch leben; denn ich bin der HERR.

6 Niemand soll sich zu seiner nächsten Blutsfreundin tun, ihre Scham zu blößen; denn ich bin der HERR.

7 Du sollst deines Vaters und deiner Mutter Scham nicht blößen; es ist deine Mutter, darum sollst du ihre Scham nicht blößen.

8 Du sollst deines Vaters Weibes Scham nicht blößen; denn es ist deines Vaters Scham.

9 Du sollst deiner Schwester Scham, die deines Vaters oder deiner Mutter Tochter ist, daheim oder draußen geboren, nicht blößen.

10 Du sollst deines Sohns oder deiner Tochter Tochter Scham nicht blößen; denn es ist deine Scham.

11 Du sollst der Tochter deines Vaters Weibes, die deinem Vater geboren ist und deine Schwester ist, Scham nicht blößen.

12 Du sollst deines Vaters Schwester Scham nicht blößen; denn es ist deines Vaters nächste Blutsfreundin.

13 Du sollst deiner Mutter Schwester Scham nicht blößen denn es ist deiner Mutter nächste Blutsfreundin.

14 Du sollst deines Vaters Bruders Scham nicht blößen, daß du sein Weib nehmest; denn sie ist deine Base.

15 Du sollst deiner Schnur Scham nicht blößen; denn es ist deines Sohns Weib, darum sollst du ihre Scham nicht blößen.

16 Du sollst deines Bruders Weibes Scham nicht blößen; denn sie ist deines Bruders Scham.

17 Du sollst deines Weibes samt ihrer Tochter Scham nicht blößen, noch ihres Sohns Tochter oder Tochter Tochter nehmen, ihre Scham zu blößen; denn es ist ihre nächste Blutsfreundin, und ist ein Laster.

18 Du sollst auch deines Weibes Schwester nicht nehmen neben ihr, ihre Scham zu blößen, ihr zuwider, weil sie noch lebet.

19 Du sollst nicht zum Weibe gehen, weil sie ihre Krankheit hat, in ihrer Unreinigkeit ihre Scham zu blößen.

20 Du sollst auch nicht bei deines nächsten Weib liegen, sie zu besamen, damit du dich an ihr verunreinigest.

21 Du sollst auch deines Samens nicht geben, daß es dem Molech verbrannt werde, daß du nicht entheiligest den Namen deines Gottes; denn ich bin der HERR.

22 Du sollst nicht bei Knaben liegen wie beim Weibe; denn es ist ein Greuel.

23 Du sollst auch bei keinem Tier liegen, daß du mit ihm verunreiniget werdest. Und kein Weib soll mit einem Tier zu schaffen haben; denn es ist ein Greuel.

24 Ihr sollt euch in dieser keinem verunreinigen; denn in diesem allem haben sich verunreiniget die Heiden, die ich vor euch her will ausstoßen,

25 und das Land dadurch verunreiniget ist. Und ich will ihre Missetat an ihnen heimsuchen, daß das Land seine Einwohner ausspeie.

26 Darum haltet meine Satzungen und Rechte und tut dieser Greuel keine, weder der Einheimische noch der Fremdling unter euch;

27 denn alLE solche Greuel haben die Leute dieses Landes getan, die vor euch waren, und haben das Land verunreiniget;

28 auf daß euch nicht auch das Land ausspeie, wenn ihr es verunreiniget, gleichwie es die Heiden hat ausgespeiet, die vor euch waren.

29 Denn welche diese Greuel tun, deren Seelen sollen ausgerottet werden von ihrem Volk.

30 Darum haltet meine Satzung, daß ihr nicht tut nach den greulichen Sitten, die vor euch waren, daß ihr nicht damit verunreiniget werdet; denn ich bin der HERR, euer Gott.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 946

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946. For Thy judgments have been made manifest, signifies that Divine truths have been revealed to them. This is evident from the signification of "judgments," as being Divine truths (of which presently); also from the signification of "made manifest," as being to be revealed. That Divine truths are revealed at the end of the church, and that they have been revealed, will be shown in what follows in this chapter, because this is there treated of. "Judgments" signify Divine truths because the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called "judgments;" while the laws of government in His celestial kingdom are called "justice." For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from the Divine truth; while the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from the Divine good. This is why "judgment" and "justice" are mentioned in the Word, in the following passages. In Isaiah:

Of peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and in justice from henceforth and to eternity (Isaiah 9:7).

This is said of the Lord and His kingdom. His spiritual kingdom is signified by "the throne of David;" and because this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "in judgment and in justice."

In Jeremiah:

I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and He shall reign King, and He shall act intelligently, and shall do judgment and justice (Jeremiah 23:5).

This, too, is said of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And as this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "He shall reign king, and shall act intelligently, and He shall do judgment and justice." The Lord is called "King," from Divine truth; and as Divine truth is also Divine intelligence it is said that "He shall act intelligently." And as the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said that "He shall do judgment and justice."

[2] In Isaiah:

Jehovah is exalted, for He dwelleth on high, He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice (Isaiah 33:5).

"Zion" means heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by the Divine truth; and as all the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

I Jehovah doing judgment and justice in the earth; for in these things I am well pleased (Jeremiah 9:24).

Here, too, "judgment and justice" signify the Divine truth from the Divine good.

In Isaiah:

They ask of me the judgments of justice, they long for an approach unto God (5 Isaiah 58:2).

The "judgments of justice" are Divine truths from the Divine good, as are "judgment and justice;" for the spiritual sense conjoins things that the sense of the letter separates.

In Hosea:

I will betroth thee unto Me forever; and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment and in mercy and in truth (Hosea 2:19, 20).

This treats of the Lord's celestial kingdom, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord; and as the Lord's conjunction with such is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife, for so does the good of love conjoin, it is said, "I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment," "justice" being put here in the first place, and "judgment" in the second, because those who are in the good of love to the Lord are also in truths; for they see truths from good. As "justice" is predicated of good, and "judgment" of truth, it is also said, "in mercy and in truth," "mercy" belonging to good, because it is of love.

[3] In David:

Jehovah is in the heavens. Thy justice is like the mountains of God, and Thy judgments are like the great deep (Psalms 36:5-6).

"Justice" is predicated of the Divine good, and is therefore compared to "the mountains of God;" for "mountains of God" signify the goods of love (See above, n. 405, 510, 850); and "judgments" are predicated of Divine truths, and are therefore compared to "the great deep;" for "the great deep" signifies the Divine truth. From this it can now be seen that "judgments" signify Divine truths.

[4] In many passages in the Word, "judgments," "commandments," and "statutes" are mentioned; and "judgments" there signify civil laws, "commandments" the laws of spiritual life, and "statutes" the laws of worship. That "judgments" signify civil laws, is evident from Exodus (21, 22, 23), where the things commanded are called "judgments" because according to them the judges gave judgments in the gates of the city; nevertheless they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain these in the spiritual sense; as can be (Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103) seen (Arcana Coelestia 9124-9231) from (Arcana Coelestia 9247-9348) the explanation of them in the Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348). That the laws given to the sons of Israel were called "judgments, "commandments," and "statutes," can be seen from the following passages.

In Moses:

I will speak unto thee all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them (Deuteronomy 5:31).

In the same:

These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you (Deuteronomy 6:1).

In the same:

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them (Deuteronomy 7:11).

In David:

If his sons forsake My law and walk not in My judgments, if they profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, then will I visit their transgression with the rod (Psalms 89:30-32).

So in many other places, as Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24. In these passages "commandments" mean the laws of life, especially those contained in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Commandments; while "statutes" mean the laws of worship which related especially to sacrifices and holy ministrations; and "judgments" mean civil laws; and as these laws were representative of spiritual laws, they signify such Divine truths as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.

[5] It follows from this that when man shuns and turns away from evils as sins and is raised up into heaven by the Lord, he is no longer in what is his own (proprium), but in the Lord, and thus he thinks and wills goods. Again, since man acts as he thinks and wills, for every act of man proceeds from the thought of his will, it follows that when he shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods from the Lord and not from self; and this is why shunning evils is doing goods. The goods that a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole complex are meant by charity. Man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and does as if from himself, since that which is done as if by the man himself is conjoined to him and remains with him, while that which is not done by the man as if from himself, not being received in any life of sense, flows through like ether; and this is why the Lord wills that man should not only shun and turn away from evils as if of himself, but should also think, will, and do as if of himself, and yet acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he must acknowledge because it is the truth.

  
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