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Leviticus 4

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1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin in ignorance against any of the commandments of Jehovah concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do one of them;

3 if the anointed priest sin to the guilt of the people; then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a son of the herd, a perfect bullock to Jehovah for a sin offering.

4 And he shall bring the bullock to the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation before Jehovah; and shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and slaughter the bullock before Jehovah.

5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the Tabernacle of the congregation;

6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and spatter of the blood seven times before Jehovah, before the veil of the sanctuary.

7 And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of the fragrant incense before Jehovah, which is in the Tabernacle of the congregation; and shall spill all the blood of the bullock at the foundation of the altar of the burnt·​·offering, which is at the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation.

8 And he shall lift·​·up from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covers over the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

9 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is on the entrails, and the caul on the liver, on the kidneys, it he shall remove,

10 as it was lifted·​·up from the ox of the sacrifice of peace·​·offerings; and the priest shall burn· them ·for·​·incense on the altar of the burnt·​·offering.

11 And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, on its head, and on its legs, and its inwards, and its dung,

12 and he shall bring· all the bullock ·out to a clean place outside of the camp, to where the grease is spilled·​·out, and burn· it ·up on the wood with fire; on the place where the grease is spilled·​·out shall it be burnt·​·up.

13 And if all the congregation of Israel err, and the thing be hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any one of the commandments of Jehovah, which should not have been done, and are·​·guilty;

14 and the sin, which they have sinned against it*, is known, then the assembly shall offer a son of the herd, a bullock for the sin, and bring him before the Tabernacle of the congregation.

15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before Jehovah; and the bullock shall be slaughtered before Jehovah.

16 And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the Tabernacle of the congregation;

17 and the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and spatter it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil.

18 And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before Jehovah, which is in the Tabernacle of the congregation, and shall spill all the blood at the foundation of the altar of the burnt·​·offering, which is at the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation.

19 And he shall lift·​·high all its fat from it, and burn· it ·for·​·incense on the altar.

20 And he shall do to the bullock as he did to the bullock of the sin offering, so shall he do to it; and the priest shall make·​·atonement for them, and it shall be pardoned them.

21 And he shall bring·​·out the bullock to outside of the camp, and burn· it ·up as he burned·​·up the first bullock; it is a sin offering of the assembly.

22 When a chief has sinned, and done something in ignorance against one of any of the commandments of Jehovah his God, which should not be done, and is·​·guilty,

23 or his sin is made known to him, in which he has sinned, then he shall bring as his offering a male goat of the goats, a perfect male;

24 and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the male goat, and slaughter it in the place where they slaughter the burnt·​·offering before Jehovah; it is a sin offering.

25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt·​·offering, and shall spill its blood at the foundation of the altar of the burnt·​·offering.

26 And he shall burn·​·for·​·incense all its fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of the peace·​·offerings; and the priest shall make·​·atonement for himself from his sin, and he shall be pardoned.

27 And if one soul of the people of the land sin in ignorance, when he does somewhat against one of the commandments of Jehovah concerning things which ought not to be done, and be·​·guilty;

28 or if his sin, which he has sinned, be known to him: then he shall bring his offering, a she-goat of the goats, a perfect female, for his sin which he has sinned.

29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slaughter the sin offering in the place of the burnt·​·offering.

30 And the priest shall take of its blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt·​·offering, and shall spill all its blood at the foundation of the altar.

31 And he shall remove all the fat; as the fat is removed from upon the sacrifice of the peace·​·offerings; and the priest shall burn· it ·for·​·incense upon the altar for a restful smell to Jehovah; and the priest shall make·​·atonement for him, and he shall be pardoned.

32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a perfect female.

33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slaughter it for a sin offering in the place where he slaughters the burnt·​·offering.

34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt·​·offering, and shall spill all its blood at the foundation of the altar;

35 and he shall remove all the fat, as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace·​·offerings; and the priest shall burn· them ·for·​·incense on the altar, on the fire·​·offerings to Jehovah; and the priest shall atone concerning him, concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he shall be pardoned.

   


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10044. 'On the ram's head' means, to the whole of it. This is clear from the meaning of 'the head' as the whole person, thus the whole [of the good of innocence in the internal man], dealt with in 10011. The reason why 'the head' means the whole is that it is highest and holds the inmost part of a person within it; and what is highest is the fountainhead of everything below it, just as what is inmost is the hub of everything outside it. For what lies outside or below is dependent on that which is inmost or highest. What is inmost in the human being is his will and understanding; these have their beginnings in the head. What flows from these inner powers is activity, that is, effects which they generate in the body. When therefore will and understanding are mentioned the whole person should be understood, for it is by virtue of these that a person is a person. The actions performed by the body also owe their entire nature to the will; and this is why a person is not regarded from the point of view of bodily actions or deeds but from that of the will within them. This being so, soul is used in the Word to mean the whole person, and a person is called a soul, as in Leviticus 4:27; 5:1, 4, 17; 6:2; 17:10, 15, and elsewhere.

[2] There are two things that mean the whole, namely the highest and the lowest. The reason why the lowest or last also has this meaning is that all interior things, beginning with the first or highest, terminate in those that are lowest and exist together there, see 9828, 9836. So it is that the highest by means of the lowest holds all the interior or intermediate things in connection and form, in order that they may all have the same end in view, 9828. The fact that the lowest also means the whole is clear from very many places in the Word, such as those which speak of the whole person as 'flesh', for example, Genesis 6:12; Numbers 16:22; 27:16; Isaiah 40:5; Zechariah 2:13, and elsewhere.

[3] Since the last things also mean all or the whole, the hair on the head, hair on the body, and the beard, which are last or outermost things growing out of a person's body, are used to mean those things, as also are the feet, or rather the toes on them, and the fingers on the hands. The fact that the hair on the head, hair on the body, and the beard have this meaning is clear in Isaiah,

On that day the Lord will shave with a razor - by means of the king of Asshur - the head, the hair of the feet, and also the beard. Isaiah 7:20.

'The king of Asshur' means reasoning, the kind that is used by people to destroy Divine things, 1186. 'Shaving the head, the hair of the feet, and the beard' means taking lowest things away, for when these have been taken away those within fall apart and perish. This also was why a priest was forbidden to shave his head, Leviticus 21:10, as was a Nazirite, whose hair according to Numbers 6:7 was called the Naziriteship of God, 6437, 9407, and is what 'the crown of the head of the Nazirite among [his] brothers', Genesis 49:25-26; Deuteronomy 33:16, should be taken to mean. Therefore also it says in Matthew 10:30 that the hairs of one's head are all numbered, meaning that every single thing in a person is so 'numbered', and in Luke 21:18 that not a hair on one's head will perish.

[4] The fact that the feet, the toes on them, and the fingers on the hands mean all things and so the whole is clear in John,

Peter said, Lord, You shall not wash my feet only, but also my hands and head. Jesus said to him, He who has been washed has no need except to wash his feet, and the whole person is clean. John 13:9-10.

'Feet' are the natural, which is last, 2162, 3147, 4938-4952, 9406. And in the following words of the present chapter,

You shall put some of the ram's blood on the tip of Aaron's ear, and on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot. Verse 20.

That is, it was to be put on every single thing, meant by 'ear', 'hand', and 'foot'.

[5] Since highest and lowest, or what amounts to the same thing, first and last, equally mean every single thing, or the whole with all its parts, the Lord's Omnipotence and Omniscience is described by the words stating that He is the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega, Revelation 1:8; 21:6; 22:13; Isaiah 41:4.

[6] The situation in which all things are held in connection and stand together, from that which is first or highest through to those that are last or lowest, is described in the following words in Isaiah,

I am the First and I am the Last, indeed My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand measured out heaven. I am summoning them; they stand together. Isaiah 48:12-13.

Jehovah's or the Lord's 'hand' and 'right hand' mean His almighty power, 'the earth' which He laid the foundation of is that which is last, 'heaven' which He stretched out is that which is between the first and the last, 'summoning them, that they may stand together' is holding all the interior things in connection and in form by means of what is last, that they may have a single end in view. This single end to be held in view is He who is the First and the Last. That this is the Lord is clear in Isaiah,

Thus said Jehovah, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, I am the First and I am the Last. Isaiah 44:6.

'The King of Israel' is the Lord, John 18:37, and so, as is self-evident, is 'his Redeemer'. And in the Book of Revelation,

These things says the First and the Last, who was dead and came to life. Revelation 2:8.

[7] The truth that what is first holds all things in connection by means of what is last may be recognized from the Word and from humanness. In the case of the Word its last and lowest things are its literal sense; that which is first and highest is the Lord; and the interior things within it are its internal sense, which the heavens perceive and which causes those who are there to have the same end in view, namely the Lord. Regarding this arcanum, see 9360, 9824.

[8] As to humanness, this as it exists in the things that are last is the Church on earth; as it exists in that which is first it is the Lord; and as it exists in the interior things it is heaven. For in the Lord's sight the Church and heaven are like one human being; therefore heaven is called the Grand Man, which has been the subject at the ends of a number of chapters, see the places referred to in 10030 (end). There is an unbroken connection, and an influx in keeping with that connection, of all things from the Lord through the heavens to the Church on earth. By the heavens the angels who are there should be understood; by the Church people who are true members of the Church; and by humanness as it exists in that which is first the Lord in respect of His Divine Human. The truth that what is first by means of what is last holds all things in connection and makes them stand as one is meant by the Lord's words in Isaiah quoted above,

I am the First and I am the Last, indeed My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand measured out heaven. I summoning them, they stand together. Isaiah 48:12-13.

The fact that 'the earth' is used in the Word to mean the Church has also been shown on many occasions, see the places referred to in 9325.

[9] An idea of this matter may be had from what is last or outermost with a person and what is inmost. His outermost is the skin, his inmost the heart, while the things in between or his interiors are the organs of the body. From the heart all the way to the skin by way of the organs there is an unbroken connection through blood vessels; for these emanate from the heart and end in the skin. The skin is self-evidently the last or outermost part holding the interior things in connection, for when the skin has been taken away the interiors fall apart.

[10] From all this it may be seen why it is that just as what is highest or inmost means every single thing, so too does what is lowest or last. Also evident from it all is the arcanum of why the Lord also glorified His Human right down to its last and lowest levels, called the bones and flesh, which explains why the Lord told His disciples, who thought that they were seeing a spirit,

See My hands and My feet, that it is I; handle Me and see; for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see Me having. Luke 24:37, 39.

It is well recognized that Divinity itself was the First in Him, for He was conceived from Jehovah, and what is conceived from the father is pre-eminently first in a person. The truth that the Lord also glorified the last and lowest levels of His Human in which they co-exist is evident from His words recorded in those verses, and also from the fact that He left nothing of His Human in the tomb. It is true of spiritual things as well that interior things terminate and come to rest in last and lowest ones in which they co-exist, and that the last hold the interior ones in connection, see 9216, 9828. Therefore the lowest things have might and power within them, 9836, and for the same reason have holiness within them, 9824; and revelations are made and answers are given in them, 9905.

  
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