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Leviticus 8

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1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;

3 and assemble thou all the congregation to the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation.

4 And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him; and the congregation was assembled to the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation.

5 And Moses said to the congregation, This is the word which Jehovah commanded to be done.

6 And Moses brought· Aaron and his sons ·near, and bathed them with water.

7 And he put upon him the tunic, and girded him with the belt, and clothed him with the mantle and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the girding of the ephod, and bound it to him with it.

8 And he set the breastplate upon him; and he put into the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.

9 And he set the miter upon his head; and he set upon the miter next·​·to his face the gold plate, the holy crown; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the Habitation and all that was in it, and sanctified them.

11 And he spattered of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.

12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

13 And Moses brought· the sons of Aaron ·near, and clothed them with tunics, and girded them with belts, and bound·​·up turbans upon them; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

14 And he presented the bullock of the sin offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin offering.

15 And he slaughtered it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round·​·about with his finger, and purged the altar, and poured the blood at the foundation of the altar, and sanctified it, to make·​·atonement upon it.

16 And he took all the fat that was on the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned· it ·for·​·incense on the altar.

17 But the bullock, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burnt·​·up with fire outside the camp; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

18 And he brought· the ram ·near for the burnt·​·offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

19 And he slaughtered it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar all around.

20 And he sectioned the ram into its sections; and Moses burnt· the head ·for·​·incense, and the sections, and the fat.

21 And he bathed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt·​·for·​·incense all of the ram on the altar; it was a burnt·​·offering for a restful smell, it was a fire·​·offering to Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

22 And he brought· the second ram ·near, the ram of infilling; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

23 And he slaughtered it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it on the lobe of the right ear of Aaron, and on the thumb of his right hand, and upon the big·​·toe of his right foot.

24 And he caused Aaron’s sons to come·​·near, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big·​·toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar all around.

25 And he took the fat, and the tail, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right hind·​·quarter;

26 and from the basket of unleavened things, that was before Jehovah, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of bread with oil, and one wafer, and set them on the fat, and on the right hind·​·quarter;

27 and he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Jehovah.

28 And Moses took them from upon their palms, and burnt· them ·for·​·incense on the altar upon the burnt·​·offering; they were infillings for a restful smell: it is a fire·​·offering to Jehovah.

29 And Moses took the chest portion, and waved it for a wave offering before Jehovah; for of the ram of infilling it was Moses’ portion; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and spattered it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

31 And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Cook the flesh at the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation; and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of infilling, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

32 And the remainder of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn·​·up with fire.

33 And you shall not go·​·out of the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation for seven days, until the day of the fulfillment of the days of your infilling; because seven days He shall fill your hand.

34 As He has done this day, so Jehovah has commanded to do, to make· an ·atonement for you.

35 And you shall sit at the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Jehovah, and you shall· not ·die; for so I am commanded.

36 And Aaron and his sons did all the things which Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses.

   


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

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Apocalypse Revealed # 10

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10. John, to the seven churches. (1:4) This symbolically means, to all who are in the Christian world where the Word exists and where through it the Lord is known, and who turn to the church.

The seven churches mean, not seven churches, but all who are constituents of the church in the Christian world. For numbers in the Word symbolize properties, and seven symbolizes all things or all people, and so also fullness and completeness, and it occurs in the Word where the subject is something holy, and in an opposite sense, something profane. Consequently this number involves holiness, and in an opposite sense, profanation.

Numbers symbolize properties, or rather they serve as a class of adjectives to substantives, assigning some attribute to their subjects, because a number in itself is a natural quantity. For natural things are measured by numbers, but spiritual things by properties and their states. Therefore someone who does not know the symbolism of numbers in the Word, and particularly in the book of Revelation, cannot know the many secrets that it contains.

Now, because seven symbolizes all things or all people, it is apparent that the seven churches mean all people in the Christian world where the Word exists and where through it the Lord is known. If these live according to the Lord's commandments in the Word, they form the real church.

[2] It is because of this that the Sabbath was instituted on the seventh day, and that the seventh year was called a sabbatical year, and the forty-ninth year the year of Jubilee, which symbolized everything holy in the church.

It is because of this, too, that a week in Daniel and elsewhere symbolizes an entire period from beginning to end and is predicated of the church.

Similar things are symbolized by seven hereafter, as for example, by the seven golden lampstands, in the midst of which was the Son of Man (Revelation 1:13); by the seven stars in His right hand (1:16, 20); by the seven spirits of God (1:4; 4:5); by the seven lamps of fire (4:5); by the seven angels to whom were given seven trumpets (8:2); by the seven angels having the seven last plagues (15:5-6); by the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues (16:1; 21:9); by the seven seals with which the book was sealed (5:1).

Likewise in the following places: That their hands should be filled for seven days (Exodus 29:35). That they should be sanctified for seven days (Exodus 29:37). That when they were inaugurated they should go in seven days, clothed in holy garments (Exodus 29:30). That for seven days they should not go out of the Tabernacle while being initiated into the priesthood (Leviticus 8:33, 35). That atonement should be made for the altar seven times on its horns (Leviticus 16:18-19), and also seven times toward the east (Leviticus 16:12-15). That the water of separation should be sprinkled seven times toward the Tabernacle (Numbers 19:4). That Passover should be celebrated for seven days and unleavened bread eaten for seven days (Exodus 12:1ff., Deuteronomy 16:4-7).

So, too, that the Jews should be punished sevenfold for their sins (Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28), on which account David says, "Requite our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom" (Psalms 79:12). "Sevenfold" means fully.

[3] Also in these places:

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver... in a furnace... purified seven times. (Psalms 12:6)

The hungry have ceased, until the barren has borne seven, while she who has many children has become feeble. (1 Samuel 2:5)

"The barren" is the church of the gentiles, who did not have the Word. "She who has many children" is the church of the Jews, who did have the Word. Similarly,

She will languish who has borne seven; she will breath out her soul. (Jeremiah 15:9)

Those who dwell in the cities of Israel will... set on fire and burn the weapons...; and they will make fires with them for seven years... ...they will bury Gog, and... for seven months... will be cleansing the land. (Ezekiel 39:9, 11-12)

(The unclean spirit) will take seven other spirits more wicked than himself... (Matthew 12:45)

Profanation is described there, and the seven spirits with which he would return symbolize all falsities of evil, thus a complete extinguishing of goodness and truth.

The seven heads of the dragon, and the seven jewels 1 on its heads (Revelation 12:3), symbolize the profanation of all goodness and truth.

This makes apparent that "seven" involves holiness or profanation, and symbolizes completeness and fullness.

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1. The word translated as "jewels" here means diadems or crowns in the original Greek and Latin, but the writer's definitions of the term elsewhere make plain that he regularly and consistently interpreted it to mean jewels or gems.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.