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1 Ez az, a mit õ velök cselekedjél, az õ felszentelésökre, hogy az én papjaim legyenek: Végy egy tulkot, fiatal marhát, és hiba nélkül való két kost.

2 És kovásztalan kenyeret, és olajjal elegyített kovásztalan kalácsokat, meg olajjal kent kovásztalan lepényeket is; búzalisztlángból készítsd azokat.

3 És tedd azokat egy kosárba, és vidd fel azokat a kosárban, a tulokkal és a két kossal együtt.

4 Áront pedig és az õ fiait állítsd a gyülekezet sátorának ajtaja elé, és mosd meg õket vízzel.

5 És vedd a ruhákat, és öltöztesd fel Áront a köntösbe, az efódhoz való palástba, és az efódba, meg a hósenbe és övezd fel õt az efód övével.

6 Tedd a süveget is fejére, és a szent koronát tedd a süvegre.

7 És vedd a kenetnek olaját, és töltsd az õ fejére, így kend fel õt.

8 Fiait is állítsd elõ, és öltöztesd fel õket [a] köntösökbe.

9 És övezd körûl õket övvel, Áront és az õ fiait, és tégy a fejökre süvegeket is, hogy övék legyen a papság örök rendelés szerint. Így iktasd be tisztökbe Áront és fiait.

10 Azután állíttasd a tulkot a gyülekezet sátora elé, és Áron és az õ fiai tegyék kezeiket a tulok fejére.

11 És vágd le a tulkot az Úr elõtt a gyülekezet sátorának ajtajánál.

12 Azután végy a tulok vérébõl, és hintsd azt ujjaiddal az oltár szarvaira; a [többi] vért pedig töltsd mind az oltár aljára.

13 És vedd a kövérébõl mindazt, a mi a belet fedi, és a májon lévõ hártyát, és a két vesét a rajtok lévõ kövérrel együtt, és füstölögtesd el az oltáron.

14 A tulok húsát, bõrét és ganéját pedig égesd el a táboron kívül: bûnért való áldozat az.

15 Vedd az egyik kost is, és Áron és az õ fiai tegyék kezeiket a kos fejére.

16 Azután vágd le a kost, és vedd annak vérét, és hintsd azt az oltárra köröskörûl.

17 A kost pedig vagdald tagjaira, és mosd meg a belét és lábszárait, és tedd rá tagjaira és fejére.

18 Azután füstölögtesd el az egész kost az oltáron: égõáldozat az az Úrnak, kedves illatú tûzáldozat az Úrnak.

19 Vedd a másik kost is, és Áron és az õ fiai tegyék kezeiket a kos fejére.

20 Azután vágd le a kost, és végy annak vérébõl, és hintsd meg azzal Áron füle czimpáját és az õ fiai jobb fülének czimpáját, és az õ jobb kezök hüvelykét és jobb lábok hüvelykét; a [többi] vért pedig hintsd az oltárra köröskörül.

21 Azután végy a vérbõl, mely az oltáron van, és a kenetnek olajából, és hintsd Áronra és az õ ruháira, s vele együtt az õ fiaira és az õ fiainak ruháira, hogy szent legyen õ és az õ ruhái, s vele együtt az õ fiai és az õ fiainak ruhái.

22 Azután vedd a kosból a kövérét, a farkát s a belet borító kövéret, meg a máj hártyáját, meg a két veséjét a rajtok levõ kövérével, és a jobb lapoczkát; mert felavatási kos ez.

23 Meg egy kenyeret és egy olajos kalácsot és egy lepényt a kovásztalan kenyérnek kosarából, mely az Úr elõtt van;

24 És rakd mindezeket az Áron kezeire és az Áron fiainak kezeire, és lóbáltasd meg azokat az Úr elõtt.

25 Azután vedd le azokat kezükrõl, és füstölögtesd el az oltáron az égõáldozat felett kedves illatul az Úr elõtt; az Úrnak tûzáldozata az.

26 Vedd az Áron felavatási kosának szegyét is, és lóbbáld meg azt az Úr elõtt; azután legyen az a te részed.

27 Így szenteld meg a meglóbbált szegyet és a felemelt lapoczkát, a melyet meglóbbáltak és a melyet felemeltek, Áronnak és az õ fiainak felavatási kosából.

28 És legyen ez Áronnak és az õ fiainak része örökké az Izráel fiaitól: mert felmutatott adomány ez, és felmutatott adomány legyen Izráel fiai részérõl az õ hálaáldozataikból; az Úrnak felmutatott adomány.

29 A szent öltözetek pedig, a melyek az Áronéi, legyenek õ utána az õ fiaié, hogy azokban kenettessenek fel, és azokban állíttassanak tisztökbe.

30 Hét napon öltözzék azokba, a ki az õ fiai közül õ utána pap lesz, a ki bemenendõ lesz a gyülekezet sátorába, hogy a szent helyen szolgáljon.

31 A felavatási kost pedig vedd, és fõzd meg annak húsát szent helyen.

32 És a kosnak húsát és a kenyeret, mely a kosárban van, a gyülekezet sátorának ajtajánál egye meg Áron és az õ fiai.

33 Õk egyék meg azokat, a mik által az engesztelés történt, hogy tisztökbe állíttassanak és felszenteltessenek. De idegen ne egyék [azokból], mert szentek azok.

34 Ha pedig valami megmarad az avatási húsból vagy a kenyérbõl reggelig, tûzzel égesd meg a maradékot; meg ne egyék, mert szent az.

35 Áronnal tehát és az õ fiaival akképen cselekedjél, a mint megparancsoltam néked; hét napon át állítsd õket tisztökbe.

36 És naponként készíts bûnáldozati tulkot engesztelésül, és tisztítsd meg az oltárt, mikor engesztelõ áldozatot végzesz rajta, és kend meg azt, hogy megszenteltessék.

37 Hét napon tégy engesztelõ áldozatot az oltáron; és szenteld meg azt, hogy felette igen szentséges legyen az oltár. Valami illeti az oltárt, szent legyen.

38 Ez pedig az, a mit áldoznod kell az oltáron: Esztendõs két bárányt mindennap szüntelen.

39 Az egyik bárányt reggel áldozd meg, a másik bárányt pedig áldozd meg estennen.

40 És az egyik bárányhoz [végy] egy tized lisztlángot, egy negyed hin-nyi sajtolt olajjal vegyítve; italáldozatul pedig egy negyed hin-nyi bort.

41 A másik bárányt estennen áldozd meg, ugyanazzal az étel- és italáldozattal készítsd azt, mint reggel; kedves illatul, tûzáldozatul az Úrnak.

42 Szüntelen égõáldozat legyen az a ti nemzetségeitek között a gyülekezet sátorának ajtajánál az Úr elõtt, a hol megjelenek néktek, hogy veled ott szóljak.

43 Ott jelenek meg az Izráel fiainak, és megszenteltetik az én dicsõségem által.

44 És megszentelem a gyülekezetnek sátorát és az oltárt; Áront és az õ fiait is megszentelem, hogy papjaim legyenek.

45 És az Izráel fiai között lakozom, és nékik Istenök lészek.

46 És megtudják, hogy én, az Úr vagyok az õ Istenök, a ki kihoztam õket Égyiptom földérõl, hogy közöttök lakozhassam, én, az Úr az õ Istenök.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9714

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9714. And thou shalt make the altar. That this signifies a representative of the Lord and of the worship of Him, is evident from the signification of “the altar which was for burnt-offerings and sacrifices,” as being a representative of the Lord; and as by “the burnt-offerings and sacrifices” were signified all things of the worship of the Lord, therefore also the altar was a representative of the worship of Him. The Lord, however, is not worshiped by means of burnt-offerings and sacrifices, but by means of those things which were represented thereby, which are celestial things of love and spiritual things of faith (see n. 922, 923, 1823, 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3519, 6905, 8680, 8936).

[2] There were two things by which was represented the Lord as to the Divine Human: the temple and the altar. That this was represented by the temple, He Himself teaches in John:

Jesus said, Take apart this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. He spoke of the temple of His body (John 2:19, 21).

That the same was represented by the altar can also be seen from His own words when He speaks of the temple and at the same time of the altar, in Matthew:

Ye fools and blind, because ye say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is guilty. Which is the greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? Likewise, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind; for which is the greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? He that shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by everything that is upon it. And he that shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by Him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by Him that sitteth thereon (Matthew 23:16-22).

From this it is evident that, as the temple, so also the altar was a representative of the Lord’s Divine Human; for the same is said of the altar as of the temple, namely, that it is that which sanctifieth the gift that is upon it; thus that the altar was the subject from which came the sanctification; consequently that it also was a representative of the Lord’s Divine Human, from which all that is holy proceeds. But the altar was a representative of the Lord in respect to His Divine good; whereas the temple was a representative of Him in respect to His Divine truth, thus in respect to heaven; for the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord makes heaven. For this reason it is said of the temple that “he that shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it and by Him that dwelleth therein”; and it is added that “he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by Him that sitteth thereon.” “The throne of God” denotes the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord, thus heaven, and “He that sitteth thereon” denotes the the Lord, (n. 5313). The same that was represented by the temple, was represented also by the Habitation; the Lord in respect to Divine truth being there denoted by “the Testimony” which was in the ark (n. 9503).

[3] As the altar represented the Lord in respect to Divine good, it was the very holy of holies, and sanctified everything that touched it; as can be seen from what follows in this book, where it is said, “Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; that the altar may be a holy of holies, and everything that shall touch it shall be made holy” (Exodus 29:37); and therefore the fire upon the altar was perpetually burning, and was never put out (Leviticus 6:13); and from that fire was taken the fire for the incense, and from no other source (Leviticus 10:1-6); for by “the fire of the altar” was signified the Divine good of the Lord’s Divine love (n. 5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849).

[4] That the altar was a representative of the Lord, is evident from the following passages in David:

Let Thy light and Thy truth bring me unto the mountain of Thy holiness, and unto Thy habitations, that I may go in unto the altar of God, unto God (Psalms 43:3-4).

I wash mine hands in innocency; and I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah (Psalms 26:6).

[5] But that the altar was a representative of the worship of the Lord, is evident from Isaiah:

All the flocks of Arabia shall be gathered together to thee; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to thee; they shall come up with acceptance on Mine altar (Isaiah 60:7).

The Lord hath forsaken His altar, He hath abhorred His sanctuary (Lam. 2:7); where “to forsake the altar” denotes to abolish the representative of the worship of the Lord from the good of love; “to abhor the sanctuary” denotes to abolish the representative of the worship of the Lord from the truths of faith.

[6] In Ezekiel:

Your altars shall be destroyed; I will scatter your bones round about your altars; and your altars shall be laid waste, and made desolate; and your idols shall be broken, and shall cease (Ezekiel 6:5, 6);

“to destroy, lay waste, and desolate the altars” denotes that so it shall be with representative worship.

In Isaiah:

The iniquity of Jacob shall not be expiated, when he shall put all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are scattered (Isaiah 27:9); where “the stones of the altar that are scattered” denote all the truths of worship.

[7] Again:

In that day shall a man look unto his Maker, and his eyes unto the Holy One of Israel. And he shall not look unto the altars, the work of his hands, and to that which his fingers have made (Isaiah 17:7-8); where “the altars which are the work of his hands and that which his fingers have made” denote worship from one’s own intelligence.

[8] In Hosea:

Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning (Hos. 8:11); where “multiplying altars for sinning” denotes to invent worthless things of worship. In the same:

The thistle and the thorn shall come up on their altars (Hos. 10:8);

denoting that evils and falsities shall enter in and make the worship.

[9] In Isaiah:

In that day there shall be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of Egypt (Isaiah 19:19); where “an altar to Jehovah” denotes the worship of the Lord.

[10] As the altar described in this chapter was portable, it was made of shittim wood, and was overlaid with brass; but the altar which was to remain in its place was made either of earth or of unhewn stones. The altar made of earth was the principal representative of the worship of the Lord from the good of love; and the altar made of unhewn stones was a representative of worship from the goods and truths of faith (n. 8935, 8940); while the portable altar here described was a representative of the worship of the Lord from the good of love. For this reason it was of shittim wood and was overlaid with brass.

  
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2180. And took a son of an ox tender and good. That this signifies the celestial natural which the rational associated to itself, in order that it might conjoin itself with the perception from the Divine, is evident from the signification in the Word of a “bullock” or “son of an ox,” as being natural good. And as the Lord’s rational is treated of, it is called “tender” from the celestial-spiritual, or the truth of good; and “good” from the celestial itself, or good itself. In the genuine rational there is the affection of truth and the affection of good; but its chief thing [primarium] is the affection of truth (as before shown, n. 2072). Hence it is first called “tender,” and yet is called both “tender and good,” according to the usual practice in the Word, to indicate the marriage of good and truth (spoken of above, n. 2173).

[2] That a “bullock,” or “son of an ox,” signifies the celestial natural, or what is the same, natural good, is especially evident from the sacrifices, which were the principal representatives of worship in the Hebrew Church, and afterwards in the Jewish. Their sacrifices were made either from the herd or from the flock, thus from animals of various kinds that were clean, such as oxen, bullocks, he-goats, sheep, rams, she-goats, kids, and lambs; besides turtledoves and young pigeons, all of which animals signified internal things of worship, that is, things celestial and spiritual (n. 2165, 2177); the animals taken from the herd signifying celestial natural things, and those from the flock celestial rational things; and as both the natural and the rational things are more and more interior, and are various, therefore so many kinds and species of those animals were made use of in the sacrifices; as is also evident from its being prescribed what animals should be offered-in the burnt-offerings; in the sacrifices of various kinds, as in those that were daily, those of the Sabbaths and festivals, those that were voluntary, those for thanksgiving and vows, those expiatory of guilt and sin, those of purifying and cleansing, and those of inauguration-and also from their being expressly named, and how many of them should be used in each kind of sacrifice; which would never have been done unless each had signified some special thing. This is very evident from those passages where the sacrifices are treated of (as Exodus 29; Leviticus 1, 3, 4, 9, 16, 23; Numbers 7, 8, 15, 29). But this is not the place to set forth what each one signified. The case is similar in the Prophets where these animals are named, and from them it is evident that “bullocks” signified celestial natural things.

[3] That no other than heavenly things were signified, is also evident from the cherubs seen by Ezekiel, and from the animals before the throne seen by John. Concerning the cherubs the Prophet says:

The likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and they four had the face of a lion on the right side, and they four had the face of an ox on the left side, and they four had the face of an eagle (Ezekiel 1:10).

Concerning the four animals before the throne John says:

Around the throne were four animals; the first animal was like a lion, the second animal like a young bullock, the third animal had a face like a man, the fourth animal was like a flying eagle; saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come (Revelation 4:6-8).

Everyone can see that holy things were represented by the cherubs and by these animals, and also by the oxen and young bullocks in the sacrifices. In like manner in the prophecy of Moses concerning Joseph:

Let it come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the head of him that was a Nazirite from his brethren. The firstling of his ox, honor is his; and his horns are the horns of the unicorn, with them he shall push the peoples together, to the ends of the earth (Deuteronomy 33:16-17).

None can understand these things unless it is known what an ox, a unicorn, horns, and other things signify in the internal sense.

[4] As regards sacrifices in general, they were indeed enjoined through Moses on the people of Israel, but the Most Ancient Church, that existed before the flood, knew nothing whatever about sacrifices; nor did it even come into their minds to worship the Lord by slaughtering animals. The Ancient Church, that existed after the flood, was likewise unacquainted with sacrifices. This church was indeed in representatives, but not in sacrifices. In fact sacrifices were first instituted in the following church, which was called the Hebrew Church, and from this spread to the nations, and from the same source they came to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and thus to the descendants of Jacob. That the nations were in a worship of sacrifices, was shown above (n. 1343); and that so were Jacob’s posterity before they went out of Egypt, thus before sacrifices were commanded by Moses upon Mount Sinai, is evident from what is said in Exodus 5:3; 10:25, 27; 18:12; 24:4-5; and especially from their idolatrous worship before the golden calf.

[5] Thus described in Moses:

Aaron built an altar before the calf, and Aaron made proclamation and said, Tomorrow is the feast of Jehovah. And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat, and to drink, and rose up to play (Exodus 32:5-6).

This was done while Moses was upon Mount Sinai, and thus before the command concerning the altar and the sacrifices came to them. The command came on this account-that the worship of sacrifices had become idolatrous with them, as it had with the gentiles, and from this worship they could not be withdrawn, because they regarded it as the chief holy thing. For what has once been implanted from infancy as holy, especially if by fathers, and thus inrooted, the Lord never breaks, but bends, unless it is contrary to order itself. This is the reason why it was directed that sacrifices should be instituted in the way described in the books of Moses.

[6] That sacrifices were by no means acceptable to Jehovah, thus were merely permitted and tolerated for the reason just stated, is very evident in the Prophets, as we read in Jeremiah:

Thus saith Jehovah Zebaoth the God of Israel, Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices, and eat flesh. I spoke not unto your fathers, and I commanded them not in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offering and sacrifice; but this word I commanded them, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your God (Jeremiah 7:21-23).

In David:

O Jehovah, sacrifice and offering Thou hast not willed, burnt-offering and sin-offering Thou hast not required. I have desired to do Thy will, O my God (Psalms 40:6, 8).

In the same:

Thou delightest not in sacrifice, that I should give it; burnt-offering Thou dost not accept. The sacrifices of God are a broken 1 spirit (Psalms 51:16-17).

In the same:

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds; sacrifice to God confession (Psalms 50:9, 13-14; 107:21-22; 116:17; Deuteronomy 23:19).

In Hosea:

I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings (Hos. 6:6).

Samuel said to Saul:

Hath Jehovah pleasure in burnt-offerings and sacrifices? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, to hearken than the fat of rams (1 Samuel 15:22).

In Micah:

Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself to the high God? Shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old? Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to humble thyself in walking with thy God (Micah 6:6-8).

[7] From all this it is now evident that sacrifices were not commanded, but permitted; also that nothing else was regarded in the sacrifices than what is internal; and that it was the internal, not the external, that was acceptable. On this account also, the Lord abrogated them, as was likewise foretold by Daniel in these words:

In the midst of the week shall He cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease (Daniel 9:27),

where the Lord’s advent is treated of. (See what is said concerning sacrifices in volume 1, n. 922-923, 1128, 1823.) As regards the “son of an ox” which Abraham “made” or prepared for the three men, the case is the same as with that animal in the sacrifices. That it had a like signification is evident also from his telling Sarah to take three measures of fine flour. Concerning the fine flour to a bullock, we read in Moses:

When ye be come into the land; when thou shalt make a son of an ox a burnt-offering or a sacrifice, in pronouncing publicly a vow, or peace-offerings unto Jehovah, thou shalt offer upon the son of an ox a meat offering of three tenths of fine flour, mingled with oil (Numbers 15:8-9), where it is in like manner “three,” here “three tenths,” and above, “three measures;” but to a ram there were to be only two tenths, and to a lamb one tenth (Numbers 15:4-6).

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1. Contritus; but infractus n. 9818.

  
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