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4 Mózes 6

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1 És szóla az Úr Mózesnek, mondván:

2 Szólj Izráel fiainak, és mondd meg nékik: Mikor férfi vagy asszony külön fogadást tesz, nazireusi fogadást, hogy így az Úrnak szentelje magát:

3 Bortól és részegítõ italtól szakassza el magát; boreczetet és részegítõ italból való eczetet ne igyék, és semmi szõlõbõl csinált italt se igyék, se új, se asszú szõlõt ne egyék.

4 Az õ nazireusságának egész idején át semmit a félét ne igyék, a mi a szõlõtõrõl kerül, a szõlõ magvától fogva a szõlõ héjáig.

5 Az õ nazireusi fogadásának egész idején, beretva az õ fejét ne járja; míg be nem teljesednek a napok, a melyekre az Úrnak szentelte magát, szent legyen, hagyja növekedni az õ fejének hajfürteit.

6 Az egész idõn át, a melyre az Úrnak szentelte magát, megholtnak testéhez be ne menjen.

7 Se atyjának, se anyjának, se fiú- se leánytestvéreinek holttestével meg ne fertõztesse magát, mikor meghalnak, mert az õ Istenének nazireussága van az õ fején.

8 Az õ nazireusságának egész idejében szent legyen az Úrnak.

9 Ha pedig meghal valaki õ nála hirtelenséggel, és megfertõzteti az õ nazireus fejét: nyírja meg a fejét az õ tisztulásának napján, a hetedik napon nyírja meg azt.

10 A nyolczadik napon pedig vigyen két gerliczét vagy két galambfiat a papnak a gyülekezet sátorának nyílásához.

11 És készítse el a pap egyiket bûnért való áldozatul, a másikat pedig egészen égõáldozatul, és szerezzen néki engesztelést, a miért vétkezett a holttest miatt; és szentelje meg annak fejét azon napon.

12 És az õ nazireusságának napjait szentelje [újra] az Úrnak, és vigyen az õ vétkéért való áldozatul egy esztendõs bárányt; az elébbi napok pedig essenek el, mert megfertõztette az õ nazireusságát.

13 Ez pedig a nazireus törvénye: A mely napon betelik az õ nazireusságának ideje, vigyék õt a gyülekezet sátorának nyílásához.

14 Õ pedig vigye fel az õ áldozatját az Úrnak: egy esztendõs, ép hím bárányt egészen égõáldozatul, és egy esztendõs, ép nõstény bárányt bûnért való áldozatul, és egy ép kost hálaáldozatul.

15 Továbbá egy kosár kovásztalan kenyeret, olajjal elegyített lánglisztbõl való lepényeket, és olajjal megkent kovásztalan pogácsákat, a hozzájok való étel- és italáldozatokkal.

16 És vigye azokat a pap az Úr elé, és készítse el annak bûnéért való áldozatát és egészen égõáldozatát.

17 A kost is készítse el hálaadó áldozatul az Úrnak, a kosárban lévõ kovásztalan kenyerekkel egybe, és készítse el a pap az ahhoz való étel- és italáldozatot is.

18 A nazireus pedig nyírja meg az õ nazireus fejét a gyülekezet sátorának nyílásánál, és vegye az õ nazireus fejének haját, és tegye azt a tûzre, a mely van a hálaadó áldozat alatt.

19 Vegye azután a pap a kosnak megfõtt lapoczkáját, és egy kovásztalan lepényt a kosárból, és egy kovásztalan pogácsát, és tegye a nazireus tenyerére, minekutána megnyirta az õ nazireus [fejét].

20 És lóbálja meg a pap azokat áldozatul az Úr elõtt; a papnak szenteltetett ez, a meglóbált szegyen és a felemelt lapoczkán felül. Azután igyék bort a nazireus.

21 Ez a nazireus törvénye, a ki fogadást tett, [és] az õ áldozata az õ nazireusságáért az Úrnak, azonkivül, a mihez módja van. Az õ fogadása szerint, a melyet fogadott, a képen cselekedjék, az õ nazireusságának törvénye szerint.

22 És szóla az Úr Mózesnek, mondván:

23 Szólj Áronnak és az õ fiainak, mondván: Így áldjátok meg Izráel fiait, mondván nékik:

24 Áldjon meg tégedet az Úr, és õrizzen meg tégedet.

25 Világosítsa meg az Úr az õ orczáját te rajtad, és könyörüljön te rajtad.

26 Fordítsa az Úr az õ orczáját te reád, és adjon békességet néked.

27 Így tegyék az én nevemet Izráel fiaira, hogy én megáldjam õket.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9306

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9306. 'Take notice of his face' means holy fear. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking notice of the face', when it has reference to the Lord, whom 'the angel' is used to mean to here, as fearing that He may be angry on account of evils, or provoked on account of transgressions, as below; and fearing these things is holy fear. Regarding this fear, see 2826, 3718, 3719, 5459, 5534, 7280, 7788, 8816, 8925. The words 'taking notice of his face' are used because 'the face' means the interior things that constitute a person's life, thus his thought and affection, and in particular his faith and love. The reason for this is that the face has been fashioned so that it can produce an image of a person's interiors. It has been so fashioned to the end that those things which belong to the internal man may appear within the external, thus to the end that those things which belong to the spiritual world can be visualized in the natural world and so have an effect on one's neighbour. It is well known that the face presents visually, or as if in a mirror, what a person thinks and loves. This is so with honest people's faces, and especially with angels' faces, see 1999, 2434, 3527, 3573, 4066, 4326, 4796-4799, 5102, 5695, 6604, 8248-8250. For this reason 'face' in the original language is a general term that is used to describe the feelings a person has which reveal themselves, such as those of indulgence, favour, goodwill, helpfulness, or kindness, and also lack of pity, anger, or vengeance. So it is that in that language when this word is coupled with another it means beside, with, in front of, on account of, or else against, thus whatever is within, from, for, or against the person himself. For as has been stated, 'the face' is a person's true self, or that present within a person which reveals itself.

[2] All this enables one to know what is meant by the face of Jehovah, or 'the face of the angel', who in this instance is the Lord in respect of His Divine Human - namely the Divine Good of Divine Love, and the Divine Truth emanating from that Divine Good, since these reside within Jehovah or the Lord, come from Him, indeed are Himself, see 222, 223, 5585. From this it is evident what 'the face of Jehovah' means in the Blessing,

Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be merciful to you. Jehovah lift up His face upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:25-26.

In David,

God be merciful to us and bless us and make His face shine upon us. Psalms 67:1.

The like may be seen in Psalms 80:3, 7, 19; 119:134-135; Daniel 9:17; and in other places.

[3] So it is that the Lord's Divine Human is called 'the angel of Jehovah's face' in Isaiah,

I will cause the mercies of Jehovah to be remembered. He has rewarded 1 them according to His mercies, and according to the abundance of His mercies; and He became their Saviour. And the angel of His face saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them. Isaiah 63:7-9.

The reason why the Lord's Divine Human is called 'the angel of Jehovah's face' is that the Divine Human is the Divine Himself facially, that is, in outward form, as also the Lord teaches in John,

If you know Me you know My Father also, and from now on you know Him and have seen Him. Philip said, Show us the Father. Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father. I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. John 14:7-11.

[4] 'Jehovah's (or the Lord's) face' also means anger, vengeance, punishment, and ill. It does so because simple people, in accepting the general idea that all things come from God, believe that even ill, especially the misery of punishment, comes from Him. For this reason - in keeping with that general idea, and also with appearances - anger, vengeance, punishment, or ill is attributed to Jehovah the Lord, when in fact the Lord is not the source of them but man. Regarding this, see 1861, 2447, 5798, 6071, 6832, 6991, 6997, 7533, 7632, 7877, 7926, 8197, 8227, 8228, 8282, 8483, 8632, 8875, 9128. This kind of meaning appears here in 'take notice of his face, lest you provoke him, for he will not bear your transgression', and also in Leviticus,

Whoever eats any blood, I will set My face against the soul eating blood and will cut him off from among his people. Leviticus 17:10.

In Jeremiah,

I have set My face against the city for ill and not for good. Jeremiah 21:10.

And in David,

Jehovah's face is against evildoers, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. Psalms 34:16.

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1. Reading retribuit (has rewarded) for retribuet (will reward)

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 6997

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6997. 'And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses' means leniency. This is clear from the meaning of 'the anger of Jehovah' as not anger but the opposite of anger, which is mercy or in this instance leniency. The absence of any anger in Jehovah is evident from the consideration that He is love itself, goodness itself, and mercy itself, while anger is the opposite and is also a failing, which is inapplicable to God. For this reason when anger in the Word is attributed to Jehovah or the Lord, the angels do not discern anger but either mercy or the removal of the wicked from heaven. Here they discern leniency because what is said is addressed to Moses, who represents the Lord when He was in the world in respect of Divine Truth.

[2] The Word attributes anger to Jehovah or the Lord because of the very general truth that all things come from God, thus the bad as well as the good. But this very general truth, which young children, older ones, and simple people need to have, must at a later stage be clarified. That is to say, it must be shown that bad things are assignable to man, though they may seem to be assignable to God, and have been declared to be so to the end that people may learn to fear God, so as not to be destroyed by wicked things they themselves do, and may then come to love Him. Fear must come before love in order that love may have holy fear within it; for when fear is instilled into love that fear is made holy by the holiness of love. Once it is made holy it is not a fear that the Lord will be angry and punish them, but a fear that they may act contrary to Goodness itself; for to do that will torment their conscience.

[3] Furthermore it was by means of punishments that the Israelites and the Jews were compelled to fulfill the external and formal requirements of religious laws and commands. This led them to think that Jehovah was angry and punished them, when in fact they themselves through their idolatrous behaviour were the ones who brought such things upon themselves and cut themselves off from heaven. Their own behaviour brought about their punishments, as it also says in Isaiah,

Your iniquities cause division between you and your God; and your sins hide [His] face from you. Isaiah 59:1.

And since the Israelites and the Jews were confined to the fulfillment of external requirements and knew nothing internal they continued to believe that Jehovah was angry and punished them. For people who concern themselves only with things of an external nature but not with anything internal do everything out of fear and nothing out of love.

[4] From all this one may now see what 'the anger' and 'the wrath' of Jehovah are used to mean in the Word, namely punishments, as in Isaiah,

Behold, the name of Jehovah comes from afar, burning with His anger, and the heaviness of the burden. His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue like a burning fire. Isaiah 30:27.

'Anger' stands for reproof, and for a warning in order that evils may not destroy them. In the same prophet,

In an overflowing of anger I hid My face from you for a moment. Isaiah 54:8.

'An overflowing of anger' stands for temptation, during which evils bring pain and torment. In Jeremiah,

I Myself will fight with you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, and in anger, and in fury, and in great indignation. Lest My fury go forth like fire, and burn so that there is none to quench it because of the wickedness of your works. Jeremiah 21:5, 12.

In the same prophet,

. . . to fill those places with the corpses of people whom I smote in My anger and in My wrath. Jeremiah 33:5.

In Zephaniah,

I will pour out onto them My indignation, all My fierce anger, 1 for in the fire of My zeal the whole earth will be devoured. Zephaniah 3:8.

In David,

He let loose on them His fierce anger, 2 indignation, fury, distress, and a mission of evil angels. Psalms 78:49.

[5] In addition to these there are many other places in which, as in these, 'anger , 'wrath', 'fury', and 'fire' are used to mean states of punishment or damnation into which a person casts himself when he enters into evil ways. For it is in keeping with Divine order that rewards should go with ways that are good, and therefore that punishments should go with those that are evil, so much so that they are bound up in one another. Punishment and damnation are also meant by the day of Jehovah's anger in Isaiah 13:9, 17; Lamentations 2:1; Zephaniah 2:3; Revelation 6:17; 11:18; also by the wine of God's anger and the cup of God's anger in Jeremiah 25:15, 28; Revelation 14:10; 16:19; as well as by the winepress of God's anger and fury in Revelation 14:19; 19:15.

[6] The fact that punishment and damnation are meant by 'anger' is also evident in Matthew,

Brood of vipers, who has shown you to flee from the anger to come? Matthew 3:7.

In John,

He who does not believe in the Son will not see life, but the anger of God rests upon him. John 3:36.

In Luke,

In the final period there will be great distress over the earth, and anger on that people. Luke 21:23.

From these places it is evident that 'the anger of Jehovah' means forms of punishment and damnation. The reason why 'anger' is used to mean leniency and mercy is that all forms of punishment that the evil suffer arise because of the Lord's mercy shown towards the good to protect them from harm done by the evil. Yet the Lord does not inflict punishments on the evil; rather, it is they who inflict them on themselves since evils and forms of punishment in the next life are bound up with one another. The evil especially inflict punishments on themselves when the Lord acts mercifully towards the good, for at such times the evils and the resulting punishments are on the increase in them. This explains why instead of 'the anger of Jehovah', which means forms of punishment suffered by the evil, angels understand mercy.

[7] From all this one may recognize what the Word in the sense of the letter is like and also what God's truth in its most general form is like - that it presents matters in ways that accord with outward appearances. The reason for this is that man is by nature such that he believes what he can see and apprehend with his senses, but does not believe and for that reason does not accept what he cannot see or apprehend with his senses. This is why the Word in the sense of the letter presents matters in accordance with outward appearances; nevertheless it has genuine truths concealed in its more internal recesses, while in its inmost recesses it conceals God's truth itself going forth directly from the Lord, and so Divine Good, which is the Lord Himself.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, all the wrath of My anger

2. literally, the wrath of His anger

  
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