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Leviticus 12

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1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, A woman if she have received seed and given·​·birth·​·to a male, then she shall be·​·unclean seven days; according·​·to the days of the isolation of her infirmity shall she be·​·unclean.

3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

4 And she shall then dwell in the bloods* of her cleansing three days and thirty days; all that is holy she shall not touch, and into the sanctuary she shall not come, until the days of her cleansing be fulfilled.

5 But if she give·​·birth·​·to a female, then she shall be·​·unclean two·​·weeks, as in her isolation; and sixty days and six days she shall dwell upon the bloods of her cleansing.

6 And when the days of her cleansing are·​·fulfilled, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb, a son of his year, for a burnt·​·offering, and a young dove, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, to the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest;

7 and he shall offer it before Jehovah, and make· an ·atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that has given·​·birth·​·to a male or a female.

8 And if her hand find not enough for a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves, or two young doves; one for a burnt·​·offering, and one for a sin offering; and the priest shall make· an ·atonement for her, and she shall be·​·clean.

   


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

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Iniquity, transgression and sin

  
The Abduction of Rebecca, by Eugène Delacroix

In the Word three terms are used to refer to bad actions: transgression, iniquity, and sin. Transgression is the least bad. It means a violation of what is true in an external context, a violation of what is right and orderly. Iniquity is next and denotes acts that violate more interior truths. Sin is the worst. It is a violation of what is holy and righteous, a violation against the Lord. Sin is the deepest kind of evil. Regarding iniquity -- to be in charity, or live a life of charity is to live a life where the acts and thoughts that have top priority are those that have within them a love for the neighbor. Sometimes our love of self, our inborn desire to put ourselves first, is stronger than our charity and we do something for ourselves at the expense of our neighbor, or even do harm to our neighbor. Such an act, if our motive is selfish, is an iniquity.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 9156, 9965 [2-3])