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1 Ne áldozzál az Úrnak, a te Istenednek olyan ökröt és juhot, a melyen valami fogyatkozás van, akármi hiba; mert útálatosság az az Úrnak, a te Istenednek.

2 Hogyha találtatik közötted valamelyikben a te kapuid közül, a melyeket az Úr, a te Istened ád néked, vagy férfiú vagy asszony, a ki gonoszt cselekszik az Úrnak, a te Istenednek szemei elõtt, megszegvén az õ szövetségét;

3 És elmegy és szolgál idegen isteneket, és imádja azokat, akár a napot, akár a holdat, vagy akármelyet az égnek seregei közül, a melyet nem parancsoltam;

4 És megjelentetik néked, és meghallod: jól megtudakozd; és hogyha igaz, és bizonyos a dolog, [és] megtörtént ez az útálatosság Izráelben:

5 Akkor vidd ki azt a férfiút vagy azt az asszonyt, a ki azt a gonoszságot mívelte, a te kapuidba, (a férfiút vagy az asszonyt) és kövezd agyon õket, hogy meghaljanak.

6 Két tanú vagy három tanú szavára halállal lakoljon a halálra való; [de] egy tanú szavára meg ne haljon.

7 A tanúk keze legyen elsõ rajta, hogy megölettessék, és azután mind az egész nép keze. Így tisztítsd ki magad közül a gonoszt.

8 Ha megfoghatatlan valami elõtted, a mikor ítélned kell vér és vér között, ügy és ügy között, sérelem és sérelem között, vagy egyéb versengések között a te kapuidban: akkor kelj fel, és menj el arra a helyre, a melyet kiválaszt az Úr, a te Istened.

9 És menj be a Lévita-papokhoz és a bíróhoz, a ki lesz majd abban az idõben; és kérdezd meg õket, és õk tudtul adják néked az ítéletmondást.

10 És annak a mondásnak értelme szerint cselekedjél, a melyet tudtul adnak néked azon a helyen, a melyet kiválaszt az Úr; és vigyázz, hogy mind a szerint cselekedjél, a mint tanítanak téged.

11 A törvény szerint cselekedjél, a melyre tanítanak téged, és az ítélet szerint, a melyet mondanak néked; el ne hajolj attól a mondástól, a melyet tudtul adnak néked, se jobbra, se balra.

12 Ha pedig elbizakodottságból azt cselekszi valaki, hogy nem hallgat a papra, a ki ott áll, szolgálván az Urat, a te Istenedet, vagy a bíróra: haljon meg az ilyen ember. Így tisztítsd ki a gonoszt Izráelbõl.

13 És mind az egész nép hallja, és féljen, hogy elbizakodottan senki ne cselekedjék többé.

14 Mikor bemégy arra a földre, a melyet az Úr, a te Istened ád néked, és bírod azt, és lakozol abban, és ezt mondod: Királyt teszek magam fölé, miképen egyéb népek, a melyek körültem vannak:

15 Azt emeld magad fölé királyul, a kit az Úr, a te Istened választ. A te atyádfiai közül emelj magad fölé királyt; nem tehetsz magad fölé idegent, a ki nem atyádfia.

16 Csak sok lovat ne tartson, és a népet vissza ne vigye Égyiptomba, hogy lovat sokasítson, mivelhogy az Úr megmondta néktek: Ne térjetek többé vissza azon az úton!

17 Sok feleséget se tartson, hogy a szíve el ne hajoljon; se ezüstjét, se aranyát felettébb meg ne sokasítsa.

18 És mikor az õ országának királyi székére ül, írja le magának könyvbe e törvénynek mását a Lévita-papokéból.

19 És legyen az õ nála, és olvassa azt életének minden idejében, hogy tanulja félni az Urat, a te Istenedet, hogy megtartsa e törvénynek minden ígéjét, és e rendeléseket, hogy azokat cselekedje.

20 Fel ne fuvalkodjék az õ szíve az õ atyjafiai ellen, se el ne hajoljon a parancsolattól jobbra vagy balra, hogy hosszú ideig éljen az õ országában õ és az õ fiai Izráelben.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7456

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7456. And will they not stone us? That this signifies that they would thus extinguish the truths of faith which are of worship, is evident from the signification of “stoning,” as being to extinguish and blot out falsities; but in the opposite sense, when done by the evil, as being to extinguish and blot out the truths of faith. If the infernal foulness and filthiness spoken of above (n. 7454) were to flow in with those who are in the holy of worship, the holy of worship would be extinguished; for the reason that when man is in the holy of worship, he is withheld from such things, and they who are in the good of faith and of life are elevated from the sensuous where such things are; but when such objects flow in, there are then excited the filthy things which are in the sensuous mind (and from which, as just said, the man is withheld when he is in the holy of worship, and they who are in good are being elevated), and thereupon the holy of worship is extinguished. This may also be plain from experience, for if when a man is engaged in Divine worship a filthy object appears, and is not removed, so long as it remains, the worship perishes and is extinguished. This is what is meant by the truths of faith which are of worship being extinguished by those who are in falsities from evils if these were in the neighborhood.

[2] As regards the signification of “stoning,” be it known that there were two death penalties among the Israelites and Jews, with whom the representative of a church had been instituted, of which the one was stoning, and the other was hanging upon wood. Stoning was for anyone who desired to destroy the truths of worship that had been commanded, and hanging was for anyone who desired to destroy the good of life. That those were stoned who desired to destroy the truths of worship, was because a “stone” signified truth, and in the opposite sense falsity (n. 643, 1298, 3720, 6426); and that those were hanged upon wood who desired to destroy the good of life, was because “wood” signified good, and in the opposite sense the evil of cupidities (n. 643, 2784, 2812, 3720).

[3] That the penalty of stoning was inflicted if anyone destroyed the truths which are of worship, is plain from the following passages:

At last they will make the company come up upon thee, and they shall stone thee with stone, and cut thee in sunder with their swords (Ezekiel 16:40);

speaking of Jerusalem perverted, and of the destruction of the truth of faith by means of falsities; hence it is said that they shall “stone with stone,” and also “cut in sunder with swords;” for a “sword” signifies truth fighting and destroying falsity, and in the opposite sense falsity fighting and destroying truth (n. 2799, 4499, 6353, 7102).

[4] So in another passage in the same:

Make the company come up against them, that the companies stone them with stone, and cleave them asunder with their swords (Ezekiel 23:46-47);

speaking of Jerusalem and Samaria, by which is signified the church, by “Jerusalem” the celestial spiritual church, by “Samaria” the spiritual church; and in this chapter is described how the goods and truths of faith have been destroyed in them.

[5] In Moses:

If when an ox shall gore a man or a woman that they die, stoning, the ox shall be stoned (Exodus 21:28);

“to gore a man or a woman” signifies falsity fighting and destroying truth and good, for a “horn” denotes falsity fighting, and also the power of falsity (n. 2832); by “man” and “woman” are signified in the Word truth and good. From this it is evident what is the internal sense in this command, and what the reason why the ox was to be stoned.

[6] In the same:

He that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah slaying shall be slain; all the assembly stoning shall stone him (Leviticus 24:15);

“to blaspheme the name of Jehovah” signifies to do violence to the truths and goods of worship by means of malevolent falsities. (That the “name of Jehovah” denotes everything in one complex whereby Jehovah is worshiped, see n. 2724, 3006, thus everything of faith and charity, n. 6674.) For this reason the son of the Israelitish woman who blasphemed the name of Jehovah was brought forth out of the camp and stoned (Leviticus 24:11, 14, 23). It was also ordered that those who served other gods should be stoned (Deuteronomy 17:3, 5); and also those who incited others to serve other gods (Deuteronomy 13:7-11). By “serving other gods” is signified profane worship, by which true worship is extinguished.

[7] If a damsel were married, and the tokens of virginity were not found in her, she was to be stoned, because she had wrought folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father’s house (Deuteronomy 22:20-21). This was because by “whoredom” was signified the falsification of truth, thus its destruction (n. 2466, 4865). If a man lay in a city with a damsel, a virgin betrothed to a man, they were both to be stoned (Deuteronomy 22:23-24), for the same reason, namely, because of whoredom, for spiritual whoredom is the falsification of truth.

[8] In Luke:

They concluded among themselves that if they were to say that the baptism of John was from heaven, He would say, Why did ye not believe him? But if they said, From men, all the people would stone them (Luke 20:5-6); where also “stoning” is predicated of what is contrary to truth. The Jews desired to stone Jesus because He said that before Abraham was, He was (John 8:58-59); and this was because that nation believed it to be false. It was the same when they desired to stone Jesus because He said that He and His Father are one (John 10:30-33); for this they believed to be blasphemy, as is there said. From all this it is now evident what “stoning” involves, and why it was commanded, and also that the penalty of stoning being in Egypt from ancient times, had been derived from the representatives of the Ancient Church.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2724

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2724. And called there on the name of the God of eternity. That this signifies worship therefrom, is evident from the signification of “calling upon the name of God,” as being worship (see n. 440). They who were of the Ancient Church did not by a name understand the name, but all the quality (see n. 144-145, 440, 768, 1754, 1896, 2009); and thus by the “name of God” all that in one complex by which God was worshiped, consequently everything of love and faith; but when the internal of worship perished, and only the external remained, they then began to understand by the name of God nothing else than the name, so much so that they worshiped the name itself, feeling no care about the love and the faith from which they worshiped. On this account the nations began to distinguish themselves by the names of their gods; and the Jews and Israelites set themselves up above the rest, because they worshiped Jehovah, placing the essential of worship in uttering the name and invoking it, when in truth the worship of a name only is no worship, and may also be found among the worst of men, who thereby profane the more.

[2] But as by the “name of God” everything of worship is signified, that is, everything of love and faith from which He is worshiped, it is therefore evident what is meant by “hallowed be Thy Name,” in the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9); also by what the Lord said:

Ye shall be hated for My name’s sake (Matthew 10:22).

If two shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in the heavens; for where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them (Matthew 18:19-20).

Everyone that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life (Matthew 19:29).

Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Matthew 21:9).

Jesus said, Ye shall not see Me henceforth till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Matthew 23:39).

Ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake; and then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another (Matthew 24:9-10).

As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, to them that believe on His name (John 1:12).

He that believeth not is judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God (John 3:18).

Jesus said, Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do (John 14:14-15; 15:16; 16:23-24, 26-27).

Jesus said, I have manifested Thy name unto the men (John 17:6).

Holy Father, keep them in Thy name whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are (John 17:11-12).

I have made known unto them Thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them (John 17:26).

That ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in His name (John 20:31).

Besides very many passages in the Old Testament, in which by the “name” of Jehovah and of God the name is not meant, but everything of love and faith from which is worship.

[3] But they who worship a name only, without love and faith, are thus spoken of in Matthew:

Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied by Thy name, and by Thy name have cast out demons, and in Thy name done many mighty works? But I will confess unto them, I know you not; depart from Me ye that work iniquity (Matthew 7:22-23).

When as before said the men of the church became external, from being internal, and began to place worship in a name alone, they then no longer acknowledged one God, but many. For it was a common thing for the ancients to add something to the name of Jehovah, and thereby call to mind some benefit or attribute of His, as in the passage before us, “he called upon the name of the God of eternity;” and in the following chapter (22), “Abraham called the name of that place, Jehovah-jireh,” that is, “Jehovah shall see” (verse 14). “Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi,” that is, “Jehovah my banner” (Exodus 17:15); “Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom” that is, “Jehovah of peace” (Judges 6:24); besides other places. From this it came to pass that they who placed worship in a name only, acknowledged so many gods; and also that among the Gentiles, especially in Greece and at Rome, so many gods were acknowledged and worshiped; whereas the Ancient Church, from which the epithets emanated, never worshiped but one God, reverenced under so many names, because by the “name” they understood the quality.

  
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