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Levitico 22

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1 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

2 "Di’ ad Aaronne e ai suoi figliuoli che si astengano dalle cose sante che mi son consacrate dai figliuoli d’Israele, e non profanino il mio santo nome. Io sono l’Eterno.

3 Di’ loro: Qualunque uomo della vostra stirpe che nelle vostre future generazioni, trovandosi in stato d’impurità, s’accosterà alle cose sante che i figliuoli d’Israele consacrano all’Eterno, sarà sterminato dal mio cospetto. Io sono l’Eterno.

4 Qualunque uomo della stirpe d’Aaronne che sia lebbroso o abbia la gonorrea, non mangerà delle cose sante, finché non sia puro. E così sarà di chi avrà toccato una persona impura per contatto con un morto, o avrà avuto una perdita di seme genitale,

5 o di chi avrà toccato un rettile che l’abbia reso impuro, o un uomo che gli abbia comunicato una impurità di qualsivoglia specie.

6 La persona che avrà avuto di tali contatti sarà impura fino alla sera, e non mangerà delle cose sante prima d’essersi lavato il corpo nell’acqua;

7 dopo il tramonto del sole sarà pura, e potrà poi mangiare delle cose sante, perché sono il suo pane.

8 Il sacerdote non mangerà carne di bestia morta da sé o sbranata, per non rendersi impuro. Io sono l’Eterno.

9 Osserveranno dunque ciò che ho comandato, onde non portino la pena del loro peccato, e muoiano per aver profanato le cose sante. Io sono l’Eterno che li santifico.

10 Nessun estraneo al sacerdozio mangerà delle cose sante: chi sta da un sacerdote o lavora da lui per un salario non mangerà delle cose sante.

11 Ma una persona che il sacerdote avrà comprata coi suoi danari, ne potrà mangiare; così pure colui che gli è nato in casa: questi potranno mangiare del pane di lui.

12 La figliuola di un sacerdote maritata a un estraneo non mangerà delle cose sante offerte per elevazione.

13 Ma se la figliuola del sacerdote è vedova, o ripudiata, senza figliuoli, e torna a stare da suo padre come quand’era giovine, potrà mangiare del pane del padre; ma nessun estraneo al sacerdozio ne mangerà.

14 E se uno mangia per sbaglio di una cosa santa, darà al sacerdote il valore della cosa santa aggiungendovi un quinto.

15 I sacerdoti non profaneranno dunque le cose sante dei figliuoli d’Israele, ch’essi offrono per elevazione all’Eterno,

16 e non faranno loro portare la pena del peccato di cui si renderebbero colpevoli, mangiando delle loro cose sante; poiché io sono l’Eterno che li santifico".

17 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

18 "Parla ad Aaronne, ai suoi figliuoli, a tutti i figliuoli d’Israele, e di’ loro: Chiunque sia della casa d’Israele o de’ forestieri in Israele che presenti in olocausto all’Eterno un’offerta per qualche voto o per qualche dono volontario, per essere gradito,

19 dovrà offrire un maschio, senza difetto, di fra i buoi, di fra le pecore o di fra le capre.

20 Non offrirete nulla che abbia qualche difetto, perché non sarebbe gradito.

21 Quand’uno offrirà all’Eterno un sacrifizio di azioni di grazie, di buoi o di pecore, sia per sciogliere un voto, sia come offerta volontaria, la vittima, perché sia gradita, dovrà esser perfetta: non dovrà aver difetti.

22 Non offrirete all’Eterno una vittima che sia cieca, o storpia, o mutilata, o che ubbia delle ulceri, o la rogna, o la scabbia; e non ne farete sull’altare un sacrifizio mediante il fuoco all’Eterno.

23 Potrai presentare come offerta volontaria un bue o una pecora che abbia un membro troppo lungo o troppo corto; ma, come offerta per qualche voto, non sarebbe gradito.

24 Non offrirete all’Eterno un animale che abbia i testicoli ammaccati o schiacciati o strappati o tagliati; e di queste operazioni non ne farete nel vostro paese.

25 Non accetterete dallo straniero alcuna di queste vittime per offrirla come pane del vostro Dio; siccome sono mutilate, difettose, non sarebbero gradite per il vostro bene".

26 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

27 "Quando sarà nato un vitello, o un agnello, o un capretto, starà sette giorni sotto la madre; dall’ottavo giorno in poi, sarà gradito come sacrifizio fatto mediante il fuoco all’Eterno.

28 Sia vacca, sia pecora, non la scannerete lo stesso giorno col suo parto.

29 Quando offrirete all’Eterno un sacrifizio di azioni di grazie, l’offrirete in modo da esser graditi.

30 La vittima sarà mangiata il giorno stesso; non ne lascerete nulla fino ai mattino. Io sono l’Eterno.

31 Osserverete dunque i miei comandamenti, e li metterete in pratica. Io sono l’Eterno.

32 Non profanerete il mio santo nome, ond’io sia santificato in mezzo ai figliuoli d’Israele. Io sono l’Eterno che vi santifico,

33 che vi ho tratto dal paese d’Egitto per esser vostro Dio. Io sono l’Eterno".

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 79

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79. And he laid his right hand upon me. That this signifies life from Him, is evident from the signification of right hand, when said of the Lord, as being life from Him (concerning this see above, n. 72). The reason why this signifies life from the Lord, is, that it follows immediately after the words, "I fell at his feet as dead." And, moreover, by touching with the hand, is signified to communicate and transfer to another that which belongs to oneself, and also to receive from another and to communicate and transfer to another what belongs to oneself, when said of the Lord, as in this passage, denotes life, such as is communicated to those who are in a state of enlightenment, and see and hear such things as are in heaven. This also was the case with John; for he was in such a state of enlightenment when he saw and heard the things described in the Apocalypse.

[2] The reason why to touch with the hand denotes to communicate, and to transfer to another, is, because all the power of man is transferred from the body into the hands; therefore, what the mind wills that the body should do, the arms and hands perform accordingly. Hence it is that by arms and hands in the Word is signified power (as may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 878, 3091, 4931-4937. 7673, 10019); this power, however, is natural power, and communication thereby is the exertion of the forces of the body; but spiritual power is to will the good of another, and, as much as possible, to be willing to transfer to another what belongs to oneself. This power is signified by hand in the spiritual sense, and its communication and translation by touching with the hand.

From these considerations it is evident that, by the Lord, who is there called the Son of man, laying His right hand upon John, when he lay as dead, is signified, that He communicated and transferred to him life from Himself (concerning which, see above).

[3] To touch, and to touch with the hand, has a similar signification in many passages in the Word, as in the following. In Daniel:

The Lord, who there appeared to him as a man clothed in linen, whose aspect was as the appearance of lightning, and His eyes as torches of fire, and His feet as the brightness of polished brass, touched him; restored him to his station; set him upon his knees; touched his lips, and opened his mouth; and again touched him, and strengthened him (10:4 to the end).

In Jeremiah:

"Jehovah put forth his hand and touched my mouth, and said, I give my words into thy mouth" (1:9).

And in Matthew:

Jesus put forth His and to the leper "and touched him, saying, I will, be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed" (8:3).

In the same:

Jesus saw Peter's wife's mother sick of a fever "and he touched her hand, and the fever left her" (8:14, 15).

In the same:

Jesus touched the eyes of two blind men and their eyes were opened (9:29).

In the same:

"While Peter was speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed the disciples, and behold a voice out of the cloud which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell upon their face, and were sore afraid. Then Jesus came near and touched them, and said, Arise, be not afraid" (17:5-7).

In Luke:

Jesus came and touched the bier of the dead man, and said, "Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. Then he that was dead sat up, and began to speak" (7:14, 15).

In the same:

Jesus touched the ear of the deaf man, and healed him (22:51).

In Mark:

"They brought young children to him, that he should touch them. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them" (10:13, 16).

In the same:

They brought unto Jesus those that were sick "that they might touch the hem of his garment; and as many as touched were made whole" (Matthew 14:35, 36).

In Luke:

"A woman having an issue of blood, touched the border of Jesus' garment; and immediately her issue of blood stanched. Jesus said, Some one hath touched me, for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me" (8:43, 44, 46).

[4] Because by the touching and laying on of hands, is signified to communicate and transfer to another what is one's own, therefore from ancient times it has been customary in the churches to lay hands upon the heads of those who were inaugurated and blessed, as Moses was commanded to do in the case of Joshua (Numbers 27:18-23; Deuteronomy 34:9). Since all things among the sons of Israel were representative and significative of spiritual things, so also was the touch; therefore those were sanctified who touched what was holy, and those were polluted who touched what was unclean, for the touch signified communication and transference from one to another, and reception from one by another; as is evident from the following passages in Moses: whosoever shall touch the tent of the assembly, the ark of the testimony, the table and all its vessels, the lampstand and its vessels, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its foot, shall be holy (Exodus 30:26-29). Whatsoever touched the altar should be holy (Exodus 29:37). Every thing which touched the remainder of the meat-offering, and the remainder of the flesh from the sacrifices, should be holy (Leviticus 6:11-20).

"Whosoever touched a dead body, and purified not himself, defiled the tabernacle of Jehovah; therefore that soul should be cut off from Israel. Whosoever touched one that was slain with a sword in the open fields, or a bone of a man, or a grave, should be unclean seven days. He that toucheth the waters of separation, shall be unclean until even. Whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean until even" (Numbers 19:11, 13, 16, 21, 22).

He who toucheth unclean beasts, and unclean creeping things, shall be unclean; everything upon which they shall fall shall be unclean, whether a vessel of wood, raiment, water, an earthen vessel, food, drink, an oven, except a fountain, pit, a receptacle of waters, shall be unclean (Leviticus 11:31-36). Besides other places, as Leviticus 5:2, 3; 7:21; 11:37, 38; 15:1 to the end; 22:4; Numbers 16:26; Isaiah 52:11; Lamentations 4:14, 15; Hosea 4:2, 3; Haggai 2:12, 13, 14.

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