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Leviticus 6

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1 5:20 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 5:21 If a soul sin, and trespass a trespass against Jehovah, and deceive his fellow·​·man in what was deposited or in what·​·was·​·set in his hand, or in what was taken·​·by·​·robbery, or have oppressed his fellow·​·man,

3 5:22 or have found what was lost, and deceive in it, and promise falsely concerning any one from all of these which man does to sin;

4 5:23 then it shall be, that he has sinned and is·​·guilty, and he shall return what was taken·​·by·​·robbery that he took·​·by·​·robbery, or the oppression that he has oppressed, or the deposit that was deposited with him, or what is lost that he has found,

5 5:24 or from all concerning which he has promised falsely; and he shall repay it in its principal, and shall add its fifth part on it, and give it to him to whom it is, in the day of his guilt offering.

6 5:25 And he shall bring his guilt offering to Jehovah, a perfect ram out·​·of the flock, with thy value, for a guilt offering, to the priest;

7 5:26 and the priest shall make·​·atonement on· his ·account before Jehovah; and it shall be pardoned to him concerning each one from all that he has done for the guilt in it.

8 1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

9 2 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt·​·offering; It is the burnt·​·offering, on·​·account·​·of the burning upon the altar all the night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.

10 3 And the priest shall clothe· himself ·with his linen robe, and with linen breeches shall he clothe himself on his flesh, and lift·​·up the burnt fatness which the fire has eaten with the burnt·​·offering on the altar, and he shall set it beside the altar.

11 4 And he shall strip·​·off his garments, and clothe· himself ·with other garments, and bring·​·out the burnt fatness to outside the camp to a clean place.

12 5 And the fire on the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be quenched; and the priest shall burn wood on it in the morning by the morning, and arrange the burnt·​·offering upon it; and he shall burn·​·for·​·incense upon it the fat of the peace·​·offerings.

13 6 The fire shall continually be burning on the altar; it shall not be·​·quenched.

14 7 And this is the law of the gift·​·offering; the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Jehovah, before the altar.

15 8 And he shall lift·​·high his handful from it, from the flour of the gift·​·offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense which is upon the gift·​·offering, and shall burn· it ·for·​·incense upon the altar for a restful smell, even the memorial of it, to Jehovah.

16 9 And the remainder of it shall Aaron and his sons eat; with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the Tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.

17 10 It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it to them for their part of My fire·​·offerings; it is a holy of holies, as is the sin offering, and as the guilt offering.

18 11 All the males among the sons of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute of eternity to your generations concerning the fire·​·offerings of Jehovah; everyone that touches them shall be·​·holy.

19 12 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

20 13 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to Jehovah in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of flour for a gift·​·offering continually, half of it in the morning, and half of it in the evening.

21 14 On a griddle it shall be made with oil; bubbling thou shalt bring it; the baked morsels of the gift·​·offering shalt thou offer for a restful smell to Jehovah.

22 15 And the priest of his sons anointed in· his ·stead shall make it; it is a statute of eternity to Jehovah; all of it shall be burnt·​·for·​·incense.

23 16 For all of the gift·​·offering for the priest shall be burnt; it shall not be eaten.

24 17 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

25 18 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering; in the place where the burnt·​·offering is slaughtered shall the sin offering be slaughtered before Jehovah: it is a holy of holies.

26 19 The priest that offers it for sin shall eat it; in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the Tabernacle of the congregation.

27 20 All that shall touch its flesh shall be·​·holy; and what is spattered of its blood on the garment, thou shalt wash what was spattered on in the holy place.

28 21 But the pottery vessel in which it is cooked shall be broken; and if it be cooked in a vessel of bronze, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed with water.

29 22 All the males among the priests shall eat of it; it is a holy of holies.

30 23 And all the sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the Tabernacle of the congregation to make·​·atonement withal in the holy place, shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt·​·up in the fire.

   


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In 1 Kings 7:5, this signifies perfection or the complete equality of what is just and what is perfect. (Arcana Coelestia 8917)

In Revelation 21:16, this signifies that in the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, the good of the church will be equal to its truth, and so justice will prevail. (Apocalypse Revealed 905) The court of the tabernacle (Exodus 27:9 and other places) signifies the external of heaven, or the first, which is also called the ultimate heaven.

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9741. 'And you shall make the court of the dwelling-place' means the lowest heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'the court of the dwelling-place' as the external part of heaven, thus the lowest heaven; for there are three heavens, the inmost, the middle, and the lowest. The inmost was represented by the inmost part of the dwelling-place, where the ark of the Testimony was; the middle one by the dwelling-place outside the veil; and the lowest by the court, which is the subject now. This heaven is called the court because they who are there are those who are governed by the good of faith and not as yet by the good of charity towards the neighbour - they who are governed by the good of charity being those who are in the middle heaven. Those in the lowest heaven, which is called the court, are called angelic spirits; those in the middle heaven are called spiritual angels; but those in the inmost heaven are called celestial angels.

[2] The good of faith itself too, which is the good of the lowest heaven, is meant by 'the court', because it is through this good that a person is led on into the good of charity towards the neighbour, which is the good of the middle heaven. It should be remembered that the good present with a person constitutes his heaven and that the kind of heaven that is his is determined by the kind of good that is his. There are three kinds of good that follow one another in order - the good of faith, the good of charity towards the neighbour, and the good of love to the Lord. The good of faith constitutes the lowest or first heaven, as stated above; the good of charity towards the neighbour constitutes the middle or second heaven; and the good of love to the Lord constitutes the inmost or third heaven.

[3] A little more needs to be said to give people an even better knowledge of the arrangement of the heavens. The heavens are divided into two kingdoms, the celestial kingdom and the spiritual kingdom; and in each kingdom there is an internal part and an external. The internal part of the celestial kingdom is inhabited by those who are governed by the good of love to the Lord, and the external part of it by those who are governed by the good of mutual love; but the internal part of the spiritual kingdom is inhabited by those who are governed by the good of charity towards the neighbour, and the external part of it by those who are governed by the good of faith, see 9680. The external part of each kingdom 1 is what is called the lowest or first heaven and was represented by the court. This explains why there were two courts around the temple, an outer and an inner, the outer court standing for those who inhabit the external parts of the spiritual kingdom and the inner court for those inhabiting the external parts of the celestial kingdom.

[4] Regarding these two courts of the temple in Jerusalem, see 1 Kings 6:3, 36; 2 Kings 21:5. Regarding the outer court of the new temple in Ezekiel, see Ezekiel 40:17, 31, 34; Ezekiel 42:1-end; and regarding the inner court there, Ezekiel 40:23, 28, 32, 44; 42:3; 43:5. From all this it is evident that the lowest heaven which was represented by the outer court of the temple is composed of the good of faith, and the lowest heaven which was represented by the inner court is composed of the good of mutual love. Those governed by the good of mutual love are governed by an affection for good for goodness' sake, whereas those governed by the good of faith are governed by an affection for truth for truth's sake. For good has dominion in the celestial kingdom, whereas truth has it in the spiritual kingdom.

[5] The fact that the lowest heaven is meant by 'the courts' is evident from places in the Word where they are mentioned, as in Ezekiel,

The glory of Jehovah rose 2 from above the cherub over the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud; and the cloud filled the inner court. 3 And the court was full of the brightness of the glory of Jehovah, and the sound of the wings of the cherubs was heard as far as the outer court. Ezekiel 10:3-5.

The court was representative of the lowest heaven, and that was why it was filled, as was the house itself, with the cloud and the brightness of the glory of Jehovah, for 'the cloud' and 'the glory' mean Divine Truth. As regards 'the cloud', that it has this meaning, see 5922, 6343 (end), 6752, 8106, 8443, and also 'the glory', 8267, 8427, 9429. 'The sound of the wings' means the truth of faith derived from good, 8764, 9514.

[6]In the same prophet,

The spirit lifted me up and led me into the inner court of the temple; and behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house. And I heard Him speaking to me from the house, saying, Son of man, [this is] the place of My throne, and the place of the soles of My feet, where I shall dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. Ezekiel 43:4-7.

Here the temple and the court are called 'the place of Jehovah's throne, and the place of the soles of His feet' because the temple and the court represented heaven, 'Jehovah's throne' being the spiritual heaven, 5313, 8625, 'the place of the soles of His feet' the lowest heaven.

[7] The lowest heaven is also meant by 'court' and 'courts' in the following places: In David,

Blessed is [anyone] whom You choose and cause to come near; he will dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, with the holiness of Your temple. Psalms 65:4.

'Dwelling in those courts', as is self-evident, means dwelling in heaven. In the same author,

A day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I have chosen to stand at the door in the house of My God rather than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psalms 84:10.

In the same author,

Planted in the house of Jehovah, they will flourish in the courts of our God. Psalms 92:13.

In the same author,

Give to Jehovah the glory of His name; bring an offering, and come into His courts. Psalms 96:8.

In the same author,

Praise the name of Jehovah, praise [Him], O servants of Jehovah who are standing in the house of Jehovah, in the courts of the house of our God. Psalms 135:1-2.

In Isaiah,

They will collect the grain and new wine, they will eat [it] and praise Jehovah; and those who will have gathered it together will drink [it] in the courts of My holiness. Isaiah 62:9.

In these places 'courts' stands for the lowest heavens; for the more internal heavens are called Jehovah's house and His temple, 3720.

[8] In John,

The angel said, Rise and measure the temple and the altar, and those who worship in it. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations, 4 who will trample the holy city for forty-two months. Revelation 11:1-2.

'The temple and the altar, and those who worship in it' are the Church and its worship. 'The court outside the temple' is the good of mutual love, as stated above. 'The nations to whom the holy city has been given to trample' are the evils of self-love and love of the world, which destroy the Church, 6306. 'Forty-two months' is similar in meaning to six weeks, and 'six weeks' is similar in meaning to six days of a week; for six multiplied by seven makes forty-two. A week means a whole period, long or short, 2044, 3845; the six days which come before the seventh or sabbath mean a former Church through to its end, and the establishment of a new Church. For 'the sabbath' means goodness and truth joined together, and so means the Church, 8495, 8510, 8890, 8893, 9274.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The word used in the printed edition of the Latin means heaven but that in Swedenborg's rough draft means kingdom.

2. literally, lifted itself up

3. The final words of verse 3 are misplaced here, within verse 4.

4. or the gentiles

  
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