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Leviticus 9

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1 And it was, on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

2 and he said to Aaron, Take for thee a calf, a son of the herd, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt·​·offering, perfect, and offer them before Jehovah.

3 And to the sons of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a male goat of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both the son of a year and perfect for a burnt·​·offering;

4 and an ox and a ram for peace·​·offerings, to sacrifice before Jehovah; and a gift·​·offering mixed with oil; for today Jehovah will be seen of you.

5 And they took that which Moses commanded before the Tabernacle of the congregation; and all the congregation came·​·near and stood before Jehovah.

6 And Moses said, This is the word which Jehovah commanded that you should do; and the glory of Jehovah shall be seen of you.

7 And Moses said to Aaron, Go·​·near to the altar, and make thy sin offering, and thy burnt·​·offering, and make· an ·atonement for thyself, and for the people; and make the offering of the people, and make· an ·atonement for them; as Jehovah commanded.

8 And Aaron came·​·near to the altar, and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

9 And the sons of Aaron brought· the blood ·near to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the foundation of the altar:

10 but the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul from the liver of the sin offering, he burnt·​·for·​·incense upon the altar; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

11 And the flesh and the skin he burnt·​·up with fire outside the camp.

12 And he slaughtered the burnt·​·offering; and the sons of Aaron presented to him the blood, and he sprinkled it all around on the altar.

13 And they presented the burnt·​·offering to him, with the sections of it, and the head; and he burnt· them ·for·​·incense on the altar.

14 And he did bathe the inwards and the legs, and burnt· them ·for·​·incense on the burnt·​·offering on the altar.

15 And he brought·​·near the offering of the people, and took the male goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slaughtered it, and offered it for sin, as the first.

16 And he offered the burnt·​·offering, and made it according·​·to the judgment.

17 And he offered the gift·​·offering, and filled his palm with it, and burnt· it ·for·​·incense on the altar, apart from the burnt·​·offering of the morning.

18 And he slaughtered the ox and the ram for a sacrifice of the peace·​·offerings, which was for the people; and sons of Aaron presented to him the blood, and he sprinkled it all around upon the altar,

19 and the fat from the ox and from the ram, the tail, and the covering, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver;

20 and they set the fat on the chest portions, and he burnt· the fat ·for·​·incense on the altar;

21 and the chest portions and the right hind·​·quarter Aaron waved for a waving before Jehovah; as Moses commanded.

22 And Aaron lifted·​·up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came·​·down from making of the sin offering, and the burnt·​·offering, and the peace·​·offerings.

23 And Moses and Aaron came to the Tabernacle of the congregation, and went·​·out, and blessed the people; and the glory of Jehovah was seen by all the people.

24 And there came· a fire ·out from before Jehovah, and devoured upon the altar the burnt·​·offering and the fat; which when all the people saw, they shouted·​·aloud, and fell on their faces.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 8427

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8427. 'And in the morning you will see the glory of Jehovah' means that at the beginning of a new state the arrival of the Lord is going to take place. This is clear from the meaning of 'the morning' as the beginning of a new state, dealt with immediately above in 8426; and from the meaning of 'the glory of Jehovah' as the presence and the arrival of the Lord. The reason why 'the glory' means the presence and the arrival of the Lord is that in the highest sense 'glory' is the Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord; and Divine Truth appears before angels' eyes as the light and splendour from the Sun, which is the Lord. For the meaning of 'the glory' as Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, see 5922, 8267; for its meaning intelligence and wisdom that belong to Divine Truth, 4809; and its consequently meaning the internal sense of the Word, since that sense is Divine Truth in glory, 5922.

[2] It says that in the morning they are going to see the glory of Jehovah because sunrise and its accompanying light (which in heaven brings light to angels' eyes, to both their outward and their inward sight) consequently the presence and arrival of the Lord (who is the Sun of heaven) corresponds to morning time on earth and is meant here by 'the morning'. The light from the sun then, which is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, and for that reason is the Lord, is 'the glory'. From this it is evident that 'the glory' means the presence and arrival of the Lord. The fact that these are meant by 'the glory' is also evident from a number of places in the Word, such as in Moses,

The cloud covered the mountain, and the glory of Jehovah dwelt over Mount Sinai. And the cloud covered it six days. The sight of the glory of Jehovah was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel. Exodus 24:15-18.

Plainly, the presence of Jehovah, that is, of the Lord, appearing as a cloud and as fire on the mountain, is here called 'the glory of Jehovah'.

In the same author,

The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. Nor could Moses enter the tent of meeting, because the cloud dwelt over it, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. Exodus 40:34-35.

Here also the Lord's presence, appearing as a cloud, is called 'the glory'.

[3] In the same author,

Moses and Aaron entered the tent of meeting; and they came out and blessed the people. At that time the glory of Jehovah appeared to the whole people. Leviticus 9:23-24.

In the same author,

The glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting before all the children of Israel. Numbers 14:10-12.

Likewise in Numbers 16:19, 42. In the first Book of Kings,

The cloud filled the house of Jehovah, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah. 1 Kings 8:10-11.

In John,

The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, so that no one was able to enter the temple. Revelation 15:8.

In the same book,

He showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. The city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shed light in it; the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. Revelation 21:10-11, 23.

Here 'the glory of God' plainly stands for light from the Lord, which is Divine Truth emanating from Him, and so is the presence of the Lord since the Lord is present in Truth coming from Him.

[4] The fact that 'the glory of Jehovah' means His presence is clear yet again in Moses,

Moses said to Jehovah, Show me, I beg You, Your glory He said to him, I will cause all My goodness to pass by before you. And when My glory passes by, it will happen, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover My hand over you until I have passed by. But when I take My hand away you will see My back parts, and My face will not be seen. Exodus 33:18-end.

Here also 'Jehovah's glory' plainly stands for His presence. In Matthew,

The disciples said to Jesus, Tell us, what will be the sign of Your coming? Jesus said, Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear, and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and glory. Matthew 24:3, 30.

The subject here is the final period of the former Church and the first of the new. 'The Son of Man' is God's truth emanating from the Lord; 'the clouds of heaven' are the Word in the sense of the letter, and 'power and glory' are the internal sense, thus Divine Truth which will be visible then. 'The Lord's coming' stands for the acceptance of God's truth by those belonging to the new Church and the rejection of it by those belonging to the old Church, see 4060 (end).

[5] The fact that the Lord in respect of Divine Truth is meant by 'the glory' is clear in Isaiah,

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah. The glory of Jehovah will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together. Isaiah 40:3, 5.

This refers to the Lord, who is 'the glory'. In John,

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory. glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14

In the same gospel,

These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him. John 12:41.

Here 'glory' stands for the Lord. Similarly in Moses,

I am the Living One, and the whole earth will be filled with the glory of Jehovah. Numbers 14:21.

Here 'the glory of Jehovah' stands for the Coming or arrival of the Lord, and for enlightenment by Divine Truth emanating from Him.

[6] 'Glory' stands for the Lord's Divinity in Isaiah,

I am Jehovah, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another. Isaiah 42:8.

In Mark,

... when the Son of Man comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels. Mark 8:38.

In Luke,

Ought [not] Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory? Luke 24:26.

Since 'the glory of Jehovah' means the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, 'the glory' also means the Divine Wisdom and Intelligence that belong to Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. Wisdom and intelligence from God are meant by the glory in Ezekiel 1:28; 8:4; 9:3; 10:4, 18-19; 11:22-23; and there it is represented by 'a rainbow' such as one sees in a cloud.

  
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