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Levitico 8

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1 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

2 "Prendi Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli con lui, i paramenti, l’olio dell’unzione, il giovenco del sacrifizio per il peccato, i due montoni e il paniere dei pani azzimi;

3 e convoca tutta la raunanza all’ingresso della tenda di convegno".

4 E Mosè fece come l’Eterno gli aveva ordinato, e la raunanza fu convocata all’ingresso della tenda di convegno.

5 E Mosè disse alla raunanza: "Questo è quello che l’Eterno ha ordinato di fare".

6 E Mosè fece accostare Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli, e li lavò con acqua.

7 Poi rivestì Aaronne della tunica, lo cinse della cintura, gli pose addosso il manto, gli mise l’efod, e lo cinse della cintura artistica dell’efod, con la quale gli fissò l’efod addosso.

8 Gli mise pure il pettorale, e sul pettorale pose l’Urim e il Thummim.

9 Poi gli mise in capo la mitra, e sul davanti della mitra pose la lamina d’oro, il santo diadema, come l’Eterno aveva ordinato a Mosè.

10 Poi Mosè prese l’olio dell’unzione, unse il tabernacolo e tutte le cose che vi si trovavano, e le consacrò.

11 Ne fece sette volte l’aspersione sull’altare, unse l’altare e tutti i suoi utensili, e la conca e la sua base, per consacrarli.

12 E versò dell’olio dell’unzione sul capo d’Aaronne, e unse Aaronne, per consacrarlo.

13 Poi Mosè fece accostare i figliuoli d’Aaronne, li vestì di tuniche, li cinse di cinture, e assicurò sul loro capo delle tiare, come l’Eterno aveva ordinato a Mosè.

14 Fece quindi accostare il giovenco del sacrifizio per il peccato, e Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli posarono le loro mani sulla testa del giovenco del sacrifizio per il peccato.

15 Mosè lo scannò, ne prese del sangue, lo mise col dito sui corni dell’altare tutto all’intorno, e purificò l’altare; poi sparse il resto del sangue appiè dell’altare, e lo consacrò per farvi su l’espiazione.

16 Poi prese tutto il grasso ch’era sulle interiora, la rete del fegato, i due arnioni col loro grasso, e Mosè fece fumar tutto sull’altare.

17 Ma il giovenco, la sua pelle, la sua carne e i suoi escrementi, li bruciò col fuoco fuori del campo, come l’Eterno aveva ordinato a Mosè.

18 Fece quindi accostare il montone dell’olocausto, e Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli posarono le mani sulla testa del montone.

19 E Mosè lo scannò, e ne sparse il sangue sull’altare tutto all’intorno.

20 Poi fece a pezzi il montone, e Mosè fece fumare la testa, i pezzi e il grasso.

21 E quando n’ebbe lavato le interiora e le gambe con acqua, Mosè fece fumare tutto il montone sull’altare. Fu un olocausto di soave odore, un sacrifizio fatto mediante il fuoco all’Eterno, come l’Eterno aveva ordinato a Mosè.

22 Poi fece accostare il secondo montone, il montone della consacrazione; e Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli posarono le mani sulla testa del montone.

23 E Mosè lo scannò, e ne prese del sangue e lo mise sull’estremità dell’orecchio destro d’Aaronne e sul pollice della sua man destra e sul dito grosso del suo piede destro.

24 Poi Mosè fece accostare i figliuoli d’Aaronne, e pose di quel sangue sull’estremità del loro orecchio destro, sul pollice della loro man destra e sul dito grosso del loro piè destro; e sparse il resto del sangue sull’altare tutto all’intorno.

25 Poi prese il grasso, la coda, tutto il grasso che copriva le interiora, la rete del fegato, i due arnioni, il loro grasso, e la coscia destra;

26 e dal paniere dei pani azzimi, ch’era davanti all’Eterno, prese una focaccia senza lievito, una focaccia di pasta oliata e una galletta, e le pose sui grassi e sulla coscia destra.

27 Poi mise tutte queste cose sulle palme delle mani d’Aaronne e sulle palme delle mani de’ suoi figliuoli, e le agitò come offerta agitata davanti all’Eterno.

28 Mosè quindi le prese dalle loro mani, e le fece fumare sull’altare sopra l’olocausto. Fu un sacrifizio di consacrazione, di soave odore: un sacrifizio fatto mediante il fuoco all’Eterno.

29 Poi Mosè prese il petto del montone e lo agitò come offerta agitata davanti all’Eterno; questa fu la parte del montone della consacrazione che toccò a Mosè, come l’Eterno aveva ordinato a Mosè.

30 Mosè prese quindi dell’olio dell’unzione e del sangue ch’era sopra l’altare, e ne asperse Aaronne e i suoi paramenti, i figliuoli di lui e i loro paramenti; e consacrò Aaronne e i suoi paramenti, i figliuoli di lui e i loro paramenti con lui.

31 Poi Mosè disse ad Aaronne e ai suoi figliuoli: "Fate cuocere la carne all’ingresso della tenda di convegno; e quivi la mangerete col pane che è nel paniere della consacrazione, come ho ordinato, dicendo: Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli la mangeranno.

32 E quel che rimane della carne e del pane lo brucerete col fuoco.

33 E per sette giorni non vi dipartirete dall’ingresso della tenda di convegno, finché non siano compiuti i giorni delle vostre consacrazioni; poiché la vostra consacrazione durerà sette giorni.

34 Come s’è fatto oggi, così l’Eterno ha ordinato che si faccia, per fare espiazione per voi.

35 Rimarrete dunque sette giorni all’ingresso della tenda di convegno, giorno e notte, e osserverete il comandamento dell’Eterno, affinché non muoiate; poiché così m’è stato ordinato".

36 E Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli fecero tutte le cose che l’Eterno aveva ordinate per mezzo di Mosè.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10090

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10090. 'And it shall be the portion for you' means transmission to those who are governed by God's truths. This is clear from the representation of Moses, whose portion the breast was to be, as the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, thus Divine Truth which comes from the Lord, dealt with in 6752, 7010, 7014, 9372; and from the meaning of 'being the portion for' as transmission, since those parts of sacrifices that were given to Moses, Aaron, his sons, and the people were signs of the transmission of what was Divine and holy with them. And all transmission takes place in accord with the character of the recipient, thus in accord with the character of the representation among those who were the recipients.

[2] The reason why the breast was apportioned to Moses and the flank, spoken of a little further on, to Aaron was that the subject at present is the transmission of Divine Truth and Divine Good from the Lord in heaven and in the Church, and their making that Truth and Good their own. These two - Divine Truth and Divine Good, both of which come from the Lord - are what are received there, Divine Truth by those in the Lord's spiritual kingdom and Divine Good by those in the celestial kingdom, see the places referred to in 9277, 9684. This explains why the breast was apportioned to Moses and the flank to Aaron, for 'the breast' means Divine Truth in the Lord's spiritual kingdom, 10087, while 'the flank' means Divine Good in the celestial kingdom, 10075, as also does 'the bread in the basket', which too was assigned to Aaron, 10077.

[3] As was shown just above, Moses represented the Lord in respect of Divine Truth; and Aaron, when consecrated to the priesthood, represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good, see 9806. The fact that the breast was assigned to Moses as his portion is clear in Leviticus, where again the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priesthood is the subject,

Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before Jehovah, from the ram of fillings [of the hand]; and it was Moses' portion, as Jehovah had commanded Moses. Leviticus 8:29.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9684

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9684. 'And the lampstand across from the table, at the side of the dwelling-place towards the south' means the enlightenment of the spiritual kingdom by means of the Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Human to those who are governed by good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the lampstand' as the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, thus as Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Human, and the enlightenment given to His spiritual kingdom, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'the table', on which the loaves of the Presence were laid and which the lampstand was 'across from', as the Lord in respect of celestial good, thus that very good from which and through which the Lord flows into the spiritual kingdom or middle heaven, also dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'at the side of the dwelling-place towards the south' as in the heaven where the Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Human dwells in the greatest light. For the dwelling-place outside the veil, where the lampstand was, is the middle heaven, 9594, and 'the south' is where Divine Truth dwells in its own light, 9642. The instructions that the lampstand in the dwelling-place, and also the table on which the loaves of the Presence were laid, were to be positioned close to the veil, the lampstand however at the side of the dwelling-place towards the south, but the table at the side towards the north, are arcana of heaven which cannot be properly brought to light unless it is known that the dwelling-place represented heaven, and the objects in the dwelling-place the celestial and spiritual realities which exist in heaven. What the lampstand represented has been shown already in 9548, and what the table on which the loaves of the Presence were laid represented in 9527, 9545. What 'the south' means has been shown in 9642, and what 'the north' in 3708. From all this it becomes clear that 'the lampstand at the side of the dwelling-place towards the south' means the enlightenment of the spiritual kingdom by means of Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Human.

[2] But to lay bare those actual arcana, something must be stated about the whole situation in heaven. The Lord appears to those who belong to the celestial kingdom as the Sun, but to those who belong to the spiritual kingdom as the Moon. The Lord as the Sun appears mid-way above the horizon, before the right eye, and as the Moon also mid-way above the horizon, before the left eye. It is from the Lord as the Sun that angels in His celestial kingdom derive their light, and from the Lord as the Moon that those in the spiritual kingdom derive theirs; regarding those two kingdoms, see the places referred to in 9277. The light in the heavens is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Human; and when that truth has been received by angels belonging to the spiritual kingdom it is called the truth of faith springing from the good of charity towards the neighbour. This good together with that truth constitute the middle heaven, called the spiritual heaven. The lampstand in the dwelling-place represented the Moon from which those belonging to the spiritual kingdom derive their light; it accordingly represented the Lord's presence there as Divine Truth, since, as has been stated, the Lord appears to those who belong to that kingdom as the Moon. From all this it now becomes clear why the lampstand was placed 'towards the south', for the south is where Divine Truth dwells in light, 9642; also why the table on which the loaves of the Presence were laid was placed 'towards the north', for the north is where Divine Truth dwells in obscurity, 3708, as at the same time does Divine Good, meant by 'the loaves' laid on that table. That good becomes spiritual good through the reception of Divine Truth, like the reception of light from the moon. These are the arcana that are meant by the lampstand and its position 'towards the south', and by the table on which the loaves of the Presence were laid and its position 'towards the north'.

[3] The fact that 'the lampstand' means Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Human is clear from the Book of Revelation,

I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe, and surrounded by a golden girdle around the breasts. Revelation 1:12-14.

'The Son of Man' is the Lord in respect of Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Human, 2803, 2813, 3704. And elsewhere in the same book,

The glory of God will give light to the holy city Jerusalem, and its lamp is the Lamb. Revelation 21:23.

'The glory of God' is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, 9429. 'The lamp' which is 'the Lamb', that is, the Lord, is the faith and consequently the intelligent understanding of truth and wise discernment of good which come from the Lord alone, 9548. The new Jerusalem is the Lord's New Church, 2117.

[4] The Lord is the Sun to those who are in the celestial kingdom and appears as the Moon to those who are in the spiritual kingdom, see 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 3636, 3643, 5097, 7083, 7173, 7270, 8644, 8812. Consequently in the Word the Lord in respect of celestial good is meant by 'the sun', and the Lord in respect of spiritual good by 'the moon', 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495, 4060, 4696, 7083, 8644. The Lord as the Sun appears mid-way above the horizon, before the right eye, and as the Moon also mid-way above the horizon, before the left eye, 1531, 4321 (end), 7078, 7171.

So it is that the east in heaven is where the Lord appears as the Sun, and the south where the Lord appears as the Moon.

The light from the Lord as the Sun and Moon is Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Human, 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3337, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4060, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4414, 4415, 4419, 4527, 4598, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6315, 6608, 6907, 7174, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407.

Since the light from the Lord as the Sun and the Moon is Divine Truth emanating from Him, the heat from the Lord as the Sun there is the Divine Good of His Divine Love, 3338, 3339, 3636, 3643, 5215, 6032.

[5] All this goes to show the nature of the difference between the Lord's celestial kingdom and His spiritual kingdom so far as the reception of Divine Truth is concerned. That is to say, it is like the difference between light from the sun and light from the moon.

Those in the spiritual kingdom, in comparison with the others, dwell in obscurity so far as the truth of faith and the good of charity are concerned, 2708, 2715, 2718, 2831, 2849, 2935, 2937, 3241, 3833, 6289, 6500, 6945, 7233. These primarily are the ones to have been saved by the Lord's Coming into the world, 2661, 2716, 3969, 6372, 6854, 6914, 7035, 7091, 7828, 7932, 8018, 8054, 8159, 8321, 9596; and the enlightenment they have is in the Lord's Divine Human, 2716, 2833, 2834.

But those belonging to the spiritual Church are saved who lead a good life based on the truths of faith, 2954, 6435, 6647, 6648, 7977, 7992, 8643, 8648, 8658, 8685, 8690, 8701.

  
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