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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 # 9993

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9993. 'And unleavened cakes mixed with oil' means purification of the mid-celestial. This is clear from the meaning of 'cakes' as the mid-celestial, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'oil' as the good of love, dealt with in 886, 4582, 4638. From this it is evident that 'cakes mixed with oil' means the celestial that springs directly from the inmost part, for 'oil' is the good of love, which is inmost. The situation is that the heavens are divided into two kingdoms, one of which is called spiritual, the other celestial. The understanding part of the human mind corresponds to the spiritual kingdom in the heavens and the will part of it to the celestial kingdom there, 9835. In each kingdom there is an internal part and an external, as there is also in the human understanding and will. For the human understanding has an internal part and an external, and so does the human will. The internal part of the understanding forms the spiritual life of the internal man, and the external part of the understanding forms the spiritual life of the external man. But the internal part of the will forms the celestial life of the internal man, while the external part of the will forms the celestial life of the external man. The existence in the human mind of an internal part and an external may be recognized by anyone who stops to reflect. It may be recognized in particular in hypocrites, cheats, crafty types, and villains. What all these think deep within themselves is contrary to the truths of faith, and also what they will is the opposite of the good deeds of heavenly love; but on the surface their thought and will are in line with those truths and good deeds, which they also consequently declare and perform for all the world to see.

[2] In addition it should be recognized that each kingdom in the heavens, the spiritual kingdom and the celestial, has three parts; each has an inmost part, a middle, and an outward, see 9873. The inmost part of the celestial kingdom consists in the good of love to the Lord; the middle part there consists in the good of mutual love, which is good emanating from that of love to the Lord; and the outward part consists in delight emanating from the good of mutual love. The first two reside in the internal man of inhabitants of the Lord's celestial kingdom, whereas the third resides in their external man. These three were represented by unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil; and purification of them is represented by the offering of the three on the altar together with a burnt offering or else a sacrifice. The fact that those kinds of good in their proper order are meant can be recognized solely from the consideration that these three types of cereal offering were commanded and also their preparation described in the Books of Moses. This would never at all have been done if those things had not embodied arcana of heaven and the Church. What other use could such things have had?

[3] But I realize that those arcana are intelligible to scarcely anyone at the present day, because what is worldly permeates everything that people understand and will at the present day, and those who think of heaven and wish to be there do not have, and do not wish to have any other notion of it apart from a natural and earthly one. And where that kind of notion and wish exist, thus where that kind of love is present, there is no room for the mysteries of heaven. It would be altogether different if the human mind delighted in heavenly more than in worldly things. For the things which a person delights in are the ones he finds intelligible, as for instance when he delights in the intricacies of countries' public affairs, or in the intricacies of people's moral attitudes. By moral attitudes is meant what constitutes their loves and affections, and consequently their thoughts. Such are easily discovered by a crafty person, because he takes delight in leading others by means of those he discovers, to the end that he may acquire important positions or monetary gain, or earn reputation on account of these.

[4] That which is celestial in the internal man is meant by 'cakes', the reason being that they are second in order; for first in order is the unleavened bread, second the cakes mixed with oil, and third the wafers anointed with oil. These three were called minchahs, and they were offered on the altar along with burnt offerings and sacrifices. How they were to be made is described in Leviticus 2, and how they were to be offered is described in various places, how for example they were to be offered by Aaron on the day of his anointing in Leviticus 6:20-23.

[5] The term 'cakes' is also used in the Word to mean the good of love in general. So it is that the loaves of the Presence or the showbread are called 'cakes' in Moses,

You shall take fine flour and bake it into twelve cakes, two-tenths [of an ephah] shall there be in one cake. And you shall place them on the table before Jehovah. And you shall put pure frankincense on each row. Leviticus 24:5-9.

'Pure frankincense' that was put on the cakes was a sign of truth springing from celestial good, which is the lowest or outermost of the celestial kingdom.

[6] The good of love in general is again meant by 'cakes' in Jeremiah,

The sons gather pieces of wood, and the fathers kindle fire, the women knead dough to make cakes for Melecheth 1 of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods. Jeremiah 7:18; 44:19.

'Making cakes for Melecheth of heaven' means offering worship to the devil with the good of celestial love, and 'pouring out drink offerings to other gods' means offering worship to Satan with the truths of faith. For 'Melecheth of heaven' means those who are in the hell of genii, and 'other gods' those who are in the hell of evil spirits, about whom see 5977, 8593, 8622, 8625. Those in the hell of genii taken all together are called the devil, and those in the hell of evil spirits are called Satan.

[7] The good of spiritual love however is meant by 'cakes' in Hosea,

Ephraim has become a cake not turned. Hosea 7:8.

But here 'a cake' is expressed by a different word in the original language, which means the good of spiritual love. 'A cake not turned' is a situation in which the external man rules the internal. When this situation comes about in a person it is an inversion of order, for then the external is the master and the internal the servant. 'Ephraim' is the Church's power of understanding, which receives light and is stirred with affection when truths and forms of the good of faith are accepted, 3969, 5354, 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267.

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1. Melecheth is a Hebrew word for a queen.

  
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