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Levitico 6

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1 E l’Eterno parlò a Mosè dicendo:

2 "Quand’uno peccherà e commetterà una infedeltà verso l’Eterno, negando al suo prossimo un deposito da lui ricevuto, o un pegno messo nelle sue mani, o una cosa che ha rubata o estorta con frode al prossimo,

3 o una cosa perduta che ha trovata, e mentendo a questo proposito e giurando il falso circa una delle cose nelle quali l’uomo può peccare,

4 quando avrà così peccato e si sarà reso colpevole, restituirà la cosa rubata o estorta con frode, o il deposito che gli era stato confidato, o l’oggetto perduto che ha trovato,

5 o qualunque cosa circa la quale abbia giurato il falso. Ne farà la restituzione per intero e v’aggiungerà un quinto in più, consegnandola al proprietario il giorno stesso che offrirà il suo sacrifizio di riparazione.

6 E porterà al sacerdote il suo sacrifizio di riparazione all’Eterno: un montone senza difetto, preso dal gregge, secondo la tua stima, come sacrifizio di riparazione.

7 E il sacerdote farà l’espiazione per lui davanti all’Eterno, e gli sarà perdonato qualunque sia la cosa di cui si è reso colpevole".

8 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

9 "Da’ quest’ordine ad Aaronne e ai suoi figliuoli, e di’ loro: Questa è la legge dell’olocausto. L’olocausto rimarrà sulle legna accese sopra l’altare tutta la notte, fino al mattino; e il fuoco dell’altare sarà tenuto acceso.

10 Il sacerdote si vestirà della sua tunica di lino e si metterà sulla carne le brache; leverà la cenere fatta dal fuoco che avrà consumato l’olocausto sull’altare e la porrà allato all’altare.

11 Poi si spoglierà delle vesti e ne indosserà delle altre, e porterà la cenere fuori del campo, in un luogo puro.

12 Il fuoco sarà mantenuto acceso sull’altare e non si lascerà spegnere; e il sacerdote vi brucerà su delle legna ogni mattina, vi disporrà sopra l’olocausto, e vi farà fumar sopra il grasso dei sacrifizi di azioni di grazie.

13 Il fuoco dev’esser del continuo mantenuto acceso sull’altare, e non si lascerà spengere.

14 Questa è la legge dell’oblazione. I figliuoli d’Aaronne l’offriranno davanti all’Eterno, dinanzi all’altare.

15 Si leverà una manata di fior di farina con il suo olio e tutto l’incenso che è sull’oblazione, e si farà fumare ogni cosa sull’altare in sacrifizio di soave odore, come una ricordanza per l’Eterno.

16 Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli mangeranno quel che rimarrà dell’oblazione; la si mangerà senza lievito, in luogo santo; la mangeranno nel cortile della tenda di convegno.

17 Non la si cocerà con lievito; è la parte che ho data loro de’ miei sacrifizi fatti mediante il fuoco. E’ cosa santissima, come il sacrifizio per il peccato e come il sacrifizio di riparazione.

18 Ogni maschio tra i figliuoli d’Aaronne ne potrà mangiare. E’ una parte perpetua, assegnatavi di generazione in generazione, sui sacrifizi fatti mediante il fuoco all’Eterno. Chiunque toccherà quelle cose dovrà esser santo".

19 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

20 "Questa è l’offerta che Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli faranno all’Eterno il giorno che riceveranno l’unzione: un decimo d’efa di fior di farina, come oblazione perpetua, metà la mattina e metà la sera.

21 Essa sarà preparata con olio, sulla gratella; la porterai quando sarà fritta; l’offrirai in pezzi, come offerta divisa di soave odore all’Eterno;

22 e il sacerdote che, tra i figliuoli d’Aaronne, sarà unto per succedergli, farà anch’egli quest’offerta; è la parte assegnata in perpetuo all’Eterno; sarà fatta fumare per intero.

23 Ogni oblazione del sacerdote sarà fatta fumare per intero; non sarà mangiata".

24 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

25 "Parla ad Aaronne e ai suoi figliuoli, e di’ loro: Questa è la legge del sacrifizio per il peccato. Nel luogo dove si sgozza l’olocausto, sarà sgozzata, davanti all’Eterno, la vittima per il peccato. E’ cosa santissima.

26 Il sacerdote che l’offrirà per il peccato, la mangerà; dovrà esser mangiata in luogo santo, nel cortile della tenda di convegno.

27 Chiunque ne toccherà la carne dovrà esser santo; e se ne schizza del sangue sopra una veste, il posto ove sarà schizzato il sangue lo laverai in luogo santo.

28 Ma il vaso di terra che avrà servito a cuocerla, sarà spezzato; e se è stata cotta in un vaso di rame, questo si strofini bene e si sciacqui con acqua.

29 Ogni maschio, fra i sacerdoti, ne potrà mangiare; è cosa santissima.

30 Ma non si mangerà alcuna vittima per il peccato, quando si deve portare del sangue d’essa nella tenda di convegno per fare l’espiazione nel santuario. Essa sarà bruciata col fuoco.

   

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10105. 'And boil its flesh in a holy place' means employing the truths of doctrine seen in light received from the Lord to make good ready for use in life. This is clear from the meaning of 'boiling' as employing the truths of doctrine to make ready for use in life; from the meaning of 'flesh' as good, dealt with in 7850, 9127; and from the meaning of 'in a holy place' as thanks to Divine enlightenment. For a holy place is one where what is Divine and the Lord's is present, and so, when the expression has specific reference to the truths of doctrine, is one where Divine enlightenment exists; for where what is Divine and the Lord's is present, so is enlightenment. The reason why 'boiling the flesh of the sacrifice' means employing the truths of doctrine to make good ready for use in life is that flesh, by which good is meant, is by that means made ready for the use of the body; consequently being made ready for use in life is meant in the spiritual sense. The fact that the truths of doctrine are what are employed to make good ready is self-evident, for use is what those truths teach. Also 'the water' in which the flesh is boiled means truths, see 2702, 3058, 3424, 5668, 8568, 9323.

[2] The words 'employing the truths of doctrine seen in light received from the Lord' are used because truths drawn from the Word have to be marshalled into doctrine in order that they may be put to use. The marshalling must be done by those who see things in light received from the Lord; and those so enlightened when they read the Word are people who desire truth for its own sake and for the sake of goodness of life, not those who desire it for the sake of self-glorification, reputation, or gain. Doctrine drawn from the Word is wholly essential for understanding the Word, see 9025, 9409, 9410, 9424, 9430; and those who gather doctrine from the Word must see things in light received from the Lord, 9382, 9424.

[3] The meaning of 'boiling in water' as turning truths into doctrine and thereby making them ready for use in life seems at first sight to be implausible and far-fetched. Nevertheless that is indeed the meaning, as becomes clear from places in the Word where the words 'boiling in water' occur, and also where 'a pot' in which the boiling is done is mentioned, as in the second Book of Kings,

Elisha came again to Gilgal, when there was a famine in the land. When the sons of the prophets were sitting before him he said to his servant, Put on a great pot, and boil a soup for the sons of the prophets. One of them went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine, and gathered from it wild gourds, and cut them up into the pot of soup. While they were eating of the soup they cried out, There is death in the pot, O man of God! Therefore he said that they should bring flour, which he threw into the pot, and said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. Then there was not anything bad in the pot. 2 Kings 4:38-41.

This miracle, like all others in the Word, holds holy things of the Church within it, which are made evident by the internal sense. This sense shows that Elisha represented the Lord in respect of the Word, as Elijah had done; that 'the sons of the prophets' are those who teach truths drawn from the Word; that 'the pot' which was put on at Elisha's command is doctrine formed from them; that 'a wild vine' and 'gourds' from it are falsities; and from all this it is evident what 'death in the pot' is. 'The flour which he threw into the pot' is truth springing from good, as a result of which action - because doctrine had been cured - 'there was not anything bad in the pot'. The internal sense also shows that 'boiling in the pot' means combining into doctrine and thereby making ready for use.

All miracles in the Word hold holy things of the Church within them, see 7337, 8364, 9086.

Elisha represented the Lord in respect of the Word, 2762.

'Prophets' are teachers of truths, thus in the abstract sense, without reference to persons, the truths of doctrine, 2534, 7269.

'Vine' is the Church's truth, and 'grapes' its good, 5113, 5117, 9277, so that 'a wild vine' and 'gourds' are falsities and evils.

'Flour' is the authentic truth of faith derived from good, 9995.

'The soup' which they were to boil means matters of doctrine massed together, as those of the Jews were, 3316.

From all this people may deduce what 'boiling' means, and what 'a pot' means.

[4] In Ezekiel,

Tell a parable against the house of rebellion: Put on the pot, put it on, and also pour water into it; gather the pieces into it - every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice of the bones, and let the bones be boiled in the midst of it. Thus said the Lord Jehovih, Woe to the city of blood 1 , to the pot whose scum is in it, and whose scum does not come out of it! Ezekiel 24:3-6.

These verses describe what the Word is like so far as doctrine is concerned, that is to say, it contains Divine Truths emanating from Divine Good. Then they describe doctrine from the Word as it existed among the Jewish nation - full of unclean and false notions. 'The pot' is doctrine; 'the thigh, the shoulder, and the choice of the bones' are Divine Truths emanating from Divine Good in successive order; 'the city of blood' is the Jewish nation in respect of the truth of doctrine among them, and in the abstract sense, without reference to nation or person, doctrine destructive of good; 'the scum in it' is that which is external and favours foul kinds of love, which if not removed defile truth. From this also it is evident that 'the pot' is doctrine, and 'boiling' making ready for use.

[5] In the same prophet,

The Spirit said to me, Son of man, these men think iniquity and give wicked counsel in the city, saying, [The time] is not near to build houses; [the city] itself is the pot and we are the flesh. Ezekiel 11:2-3, 7.

Here also 'the pot' stands for doctrine consisting of falsity arising from evil; for 'the pot' is used to describe the city in which iniquity is thought and wicked counsel is given. 'The city' too means doctrine, see 402, 2712, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493, in this instance doctrine of the same type.

[6] In Jeremiah,

Jehovah said, What do you see? I said, A puffed-out pot do I see, its face towards the north. Jehovah said, From the north evil will be opened over all the inhabitants of the land. Jeremiah 1:13-14.

'A puffed-out pot' likewise means doctrine consisting of falsity arising from evil. 'The north' means an obscure state so far as the truth of faith is concerned, also thick darkness caused by falsities, 3708. From this it is evident what this prophetic vision holds within it.

[7] In Zechariah,

On that day every pot in Jerusalem [and] in Judah will be holiness to Jehovah Zebaoth, and all offering sacrifice will come, and take from them, and boil in them. Zechariah 14:21.

Here 'pot' means doctrine teaching about charity and faith, thus doctrine consisting of truth springing from good; 'Jerusalem' is the Lord's Church; and '[all] offering sacrifice' are those engaging in Divine worship. From this it is evident that 'boiling in the pots' means making ready for use in spiritual life.

[8] In Moses,

Every earthen vessel in which the flesh of the sacrifice of a guilt or a sin offering is boiled shall be broken. But if it has been boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured and rinsed 2 in water. Leviticus 6:28.

'An earthen vessel' in which the boiling was done is falsity that does not go together with good; 'a bronze vessel' is doctrinal teaching that has good in it; 'boiling the flesh of the sacrifice of a guilt or sin offering' in them means making something ready for purification from evils and consequent falsities. From this it is evident what was represented by the decree that an earthen vessel should be broken and that a bronze vessel should be scoured and rinsed in water.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, bloods

2. literally, shall be scraped and immersed

  
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