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Leviticus 2

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1 And when a soul will offer an offering, a gift·​·offering to Jehovah, his offering shall be of flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it;

2 and he shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests; and he shall take·​·a·​·handful from there, his full handful from its flour, and from its oil, on all its frankincense; and the priest shall burn·​·as·​·incense the memorial of it upon the altar, a fire·​·offering, a restful smell to Jehovah:

3 and the remnant of the gift·​·offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; it is a holy of holies of the fire·​·offerings of Jehovah.

4 And if thou offer an offering of a gift·​·offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

5 And if thine offering be a gift·​·offering on a griddle, it shall be unleavened flour, mixed with oil.

6 Thou shalt morsel· it ·out in morsels, and pour oil on it; it is a gift·​·offering.

7 And if thine offering be a gift·​·offering of the cooking·​·pot, it shall be made of flour with oil.

8 And thou shalt bring the gift·​·offering that is made of these things to Jehovah; and when it is offered to the priest, he shall present it to the altar.

9 And the priest shall lift·​·high from the gift·​·offering a memorial of it, and shall burn· it ·as·​·incense upon the altar; it is a fire·​·offering, a restful smell to Jehovah.

10 And the remainder of the gift·​·offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; it is a holy of holies of the fire·​·offerings of Jehovah.

11 All the gift·​·offering, which you shall offer to Jehovah, shall not be made with leaven; for you shall not burn·​·for·​·incense any yeast, or any honey, in a fire·​·offering to Jehovah.

12 As for the offering of the firstfruits, you shall offer them to Jehovah; but they shall not be offered·​·up on the altar for a restful smell.

13 And every offering of thy gift·​·offering shalt thou salt with salt; neither shalt thou cause the salt of the covenant of thy God to cease from thy gift·​·offering; with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

14 And if thou offer a gift·​·offering of thy firstfruits to Jehovah, thou shalt offer a gift·​·offering of thy firstfruits of maturing·​·ears, parched grain by the fire, and groats* of fresh·​·grain.

15 And thou shalt put oil on it, and set frankincense on it; it is a gift·​·offering.

16 And the priest shall burn·​·as·​·incense the memorial of it, from its groats, and from its oil, on all its frankincense; it is a fire·​·offering to Jehovah.

   


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

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It was customary in the representative Ancient Church, and later in the Jewish Church, when people went to the judges, and at a later time, to the kings or priests, to present them with a gift. The people were commanded to do this. The reason for this custom was that the gifts people presented to those men represented the kinds of things mankind possessed that ought to be offered to the Lord when any approach is made to Him. Such gifts are ones that a person offers in freedom and therefore ones that come truly from himself, because his freedom resides in what comes from his heart, and what comes from his heart comes from his will. What comes from his will comes from a desire arising from his love, and this desire constitutes his freedom, or what is truly his own. This should be the origin of any gift made by a person to the Lord when making any approach to Him. This kind of gift was represented by the gifts mentioned above, for 'kings' represented the Lord regarding Divine Truth, while 'priests' represented Him regarding Divine Good. These gifts also served as introductions, which were made to obtain favor.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 5619)