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Leviticus 24

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1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Command the sons of Israel that they take to thee pure olive oil, beaten for the light, to cause the flame of the lamp to go·​·up* continually.

3 Outside the veil of the testimony, in the Tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron arrange it from the evening to the morning before Jehovah continually; it shall be an eternal statute to your generations.

4 He shall arrange the lamps upon the pure* lampstand before Jehovah continually.

5 And thou shalt take flour, and bake it, twelve cakes, two tenths shall be one cake.

6 And thou shalt set them in two arrays, six in an array, upon a clean table before Jehovah.

7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense on each array, and it shall be on the bread for a memorial, even a fire·​·offering to Jehovah.

8 In the day of the Sabbath, in the day of the Sabbath, he shall arrange it before Jehovah continually, being taken from the sons of Israel by an eternal covenant.

9 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place; for it is a holy of holies to him of the fire·​·offerings of Jehovah by an eternal statute.

10 And the son of a woman, an Israelitess, and he was the son of an Egyptian man, went·​·out in the midst of the sons of Israel; and the son of the Israelitess and an Israelite man quarreled in the camp;

11 and the son of the woman, the Israelitess, cursed the name, and reviled it. And they brought him to Moses; and the name of his mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan,

12 and they placed him under guard, that the mouth of Jehovah might be made·​·clear to them.

13 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

14 Bring·​·out the reviling one to outside the camp; and let all that heard lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

15 And to the sons of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, A man, a man that reviles his God shall bear his sin.

16 And he who curses the name of Jehovah, dying he shall be made to die; all the congregation stoning shall stone him; as the sojourner, as the native, when he curses the name, he shall be made to die.

17 And a man when he smites any soul of man, dying he shall be·​·put·​·to·​·death.

18 And he who smites the soul of a beast shall repay it, a soul in·​·return·​·for a soul.

19 And if a man put a blemish on his fellow·​·man; as he has done, so shall it be done to him;

20 breaking in·​·return·​·for breaking, eye in·​·return·​·for eye, tooth in·​·return·​·for tooth; as he has put a blemish on the man, so shall it be put on him.

21 And he who smites a beast, he shall repay it; and he who smites man*, he shall be put·​·to·​·death.

22 You shall have one judgment, for the sojourner, as for the native born; for I am Jehovah your God.

23 And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, that they should bring·​·out the reviling one to outside the camp, and stone him with stones. And the sons of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

   


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Families

  

In Genesis 8:19, families signify goodnesses and truths arranged in man by the Lord, according to order. See Secrets of Heaven 917.

In Genesis 10:5, families signify uprightness; also charity and love. (Arcana Coelestia 1159[2]).

In Nahum 3:4, families have respect to truths. See Apocalypse Explained 355:23.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 0917)


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Arcana Coelestia # 905

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905. 'Going out of the ark' means freedom. This is clear from what has been stated already and from the point reached in the train of thought. Noah's time in the ark surrounded by the flood-waters meant that he was in bondage, that is, he was tossed about by evils and falsities, or what amounts to the same, by evil spirits responsible for the conflict that accompanies temptation. From this it follows that 'going out of the ark' means freedom. The Lord's presence entails freedom; one follows the other. The more the Lord is present the more free a person becomes, that is, insofar as love of good and truth is in him he acts in freedom. Such is the Lord's influx by way of angels. On the other hand, the influx of hell by way of evil spirits brings with it a force and impulsion to dominate. Their whole intention is to subjugate a person to the point of making him nothing and themselves everything. When they are everything a person is one of them. Yet he is scarcely one of them but in their eyes a veritable nobody. Consequently when the Lord is freeing a person from their yoke and dominion, conflict arises. But once he has been set free, that is, been regenerated, he is led by the Lord through angels so gently that no yoke or dominion exists at all, for he is being led by what is joyful and pleasing, he is being loved, and he is being shown respect. This is what the Lord teaches in Matthew,

My yoke is easy, and My burden is light. Matthew 11:30.

It is quite the reverse with evil spirits. With them, as has been stated, a person is reckoned as nothing, and if they could they would be tormenting him from one moment to the next. This I have been given to know from considerable experience, which will in the Lord's Divine mercy be presented later on.

  
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