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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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Arcana Coelestia # 8495

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8495. 'A holy sabbath to Jehovah shall tomorrow be' means the joining together of goodness and truth into eternity. This is clear from the meaning of 'sabbath' as the joining together of goodness and truth, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'tomorrow' as into eternity, dealt with in 3998. Anyone who does not know what the sabbath represented, and what it was consequently a sign of, also cannot know why it was held to be the holiest institution of all. It was held to be the holiest because in the highest sense it represented the union of the Divine and the Divine Human within the Lord, and in the relative sense the joining together of the Lord's Divine Human and the human race. This is why the sabbath was the holiest. And since it represented those realities it also represented heaven in respect of the joining together of goodness and truth, that is, the joining together called the heavenly marriage. And since the joining together of goodness and truth is accomplished by the Lord alone and nothing at all of it by man, and since it is accomplished in a state of peace, people were most strictly forbidden to do any work on that day. The prohibition was so strict that the soul who did do any was to be cut off. This is stated in Moses as follows,

You shall keep the sabbath, for it is holy to you. He who profanes it must certainly die; for everyone who does work on that day, this soul shall be cut off from the midst of his people. Exodus 31:14.

This was why the one who merely gathered sticks on that day was stoned, Numbers 15:32-36. It is also why the command regarding the sabbath is the third of the Ten Commandments, coming immediately after the two regarding holy worship of Jehovah, Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12. And it is why the sabbath is called 'an eternal covenant', Exodus 31:16; for 'a covenant' means a joining together, 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 6804.

[2] From all this one may now see what is meant in the internal sense by the things said about the sabbath in the following places, as in Isaiah,

Blessed is the person keeping the sabbath so that he does not profane it. Thus said Jehovah to the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths and choose that in which I delight, and hold fast to My covenant, I will give those in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off. Whoever keeps the sabbath so that he does not profane it, and those who hold fast to My covenant, I will bring them onto My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Isaiah 56:2-7.

From these words it is evident that those who are joined to the Lord are meant by those who keep the sabbath holy. That they will be in heaven is meant by the promise that those in Jehovah's house will be given a place and a name better than sons and daughters, an eternal name which will not be cut off, and that they will be brought onto the holy mountain.

[3] In the same prophet,

If you turn away your foot from the sabbath, so that you do not do your own will on My holy day, but call the sabbath, Delights holy to Jehovah, honourable, and honour it, so that you do not do your own ways, nor find your own desire or speak [your own] words, then you will take delight in Jehovah, and I will convey you into the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob. Isaiah 58:13-14.

What was represented by the requirement that they should not do any work on the sabbath day is clearly evident here, namely that they must not do anything that begins in themselves, only what begins in the Lord. For the angelic state in heaven is such that they do not will or do, they do not even think or utter, anything that begins in themselves or what is properly their own. This is what their being joined to the Lord consists in. Not doing anything that begins in themselves is meant when it says that they should not do their own will, nor do their own ways, nor find their own desire, nor speak [their own] words. This state existing with the angels is the heavenly state itself; and when they are in it they experience peace and rest. Also the Lord has rest, for when they have been joined to Him their labour ceases; they now abide in the Lord. These things are meant by the words 'so shall you call the sabbath, Delights holy to Jehovah' and that they will take delight in Jehovah. The Lord's rest is meant where it says that after creating on six days 'He rested on the seventh day', Genesis 2:2.

[4] The same things are meant by the following words in Jeremiah,

If you most certainly hear Me, so that you do not bring a burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, and you keep the sabbath day holy, so that you do not do any work in it, then there will enter through the gates of this city kings and princes seated on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men (vir) of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city will be inhabited forever. Jeremiah 17:24-25

'Work on the sabbath' means everything that springs from the self. The state of people who are not led by self but by the Lord is what 'there will enter through the gates of the city kings and princes seated on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses' describes. 'Kings' means the truths of faith, 'princes' leading aspects of them, 'seated on the throne of David' the fact that they come from the Lord, and 'chariots and horses' religious teachings and intellectual concepts belonging to faith. It should be recognized that everything coming from a person's self is bad, and everything coming from the Lord is good. The fact that everything, in the case of those who are led by the Lord, flows in, down to the smallest particle of life in both their understanding and their will, thus down to every single part of the faith and charity they possess, see what has been shown abundantly from experience in 2886-2888, 6053-6058, 6189-6215, 6307-6327, 6466-6495, 6598-6626, 6982, 6985, 6996, 7004, 7055, 7056, 7058, 7147, 7270.

[5] As regards the sabbath and its being a representative of the joining together of the Lord and the human race, this is clear in Ezekiel,

I gave them My sabbaths, in order that they might be a sign between Me and them, to know that I am Jehovah who sanctifies them. Ezekiel 20:12.

See too Exodus 31:13. Therefore also it was forbidden to kindle fire on the sabbath day, Exodus 35:3, because 'fire' meant all that composed life, and 'kindling fire' that which composed life beginning from self. From all that has been stated it is evident that the Lord is Lord of the sabbath, in accordance with His words in Matthew 12:1-9. It is evident too why a large number of healings by the Lord were performed on sabbath days, Matthew 12:10-14; Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-12; 13:10-17; 14:1-6; John 5:9-18; 7:22-23; 9:14, 16; for the sicknesses from which the Lord healed people involved spiritual sicknesses which exist as a result of evil, 7337, 8364.

  
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