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Exodus 22

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1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9064

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9064. Verses 28-36 And when an ox strikes a man or a woman with its horn, and [the person] dies, the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; and the owner 1 of the ox shall be guiltless. And if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, 2 and this has been testified to its owner' and he does not keep it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and also its owner' shall die. If expiation has been imposed on him 3 , he shall pay for the redemption of his soul according to all that has been imposed on him. Whether it strikes a son with its horn or strikes a daughter with its horn, according to this judgement it shall be done to him. If the ox strikes a male slave with its horn, or a female slave, [the owner] shall give their master thirty shekels of silver; and the ox shall be stoned. And when a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it, [the owner] of the pit shall make repayment; he shall give silver to its owner, 4 and the dead [animal] shall be his. And when a man's ox inflicts a blow on his companion's ox, and it dies, they shall sell the living ox, and divide the silver from it; and they shall also divide the dead one. Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, 5 and its owner 4 does not keep it in, he shall surely repay ox for ox; and the dead one shall be his.

'And when an ox strikes a man or a woman with its horn' means if an affection for evil in the natural injures the truth or the good of faith. 'And [the person] dies' means to the extent that it destroys it. 'It shall surely be stoned' means the punishment for destroying the truth or good of faith. 'And its flesh shall not be eaten' means that this evil must not by any means be made one's own but must be cast away. 'And the owner of the ox shall be guiltless' means that the evil is not attributable to the internal man, because it has come from the will but not from the understanding. 'And if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past' means if the affection for evil has existed for a long time. 'And this has been testified to its owner' means, and this evil has passed into the understanding. 'And he does not keep it in' means failure to restrain it. 'And it kills a man or a woman' means if it then destroys the truth or the good of faith. 'The ox shall be stoned' means the punishment for destroying truth. 'And also its owner shall die' means damnation of the internal man. 'If expiation has been imposed on him' means in order that he may be made free from damnation. 'He shall pay for the redemption of his soul' means painful experiences of repentance. 'According to all that has been imposed on him' means according to the nature of the affection for evil springing from the understanding. 'Whether it strikes a son with its horn or strikes a daughter with its horn' means an assault made by an affection for evil on truths and forms of the good of faith that are derived from interior things. 'According to this judgement it shall be done to him' means that the punishment will be similar. 'If the ox strikes a male slave with its horn, or a female slave' means if the affection for evil destroys truth or good in the natural. '[The owner] shall give their master thirty shekels of silver' means that the internal man shall restore it completely. 'And the ox shall be stoned' means the punishment for destroying truth and good in the natural. 'And when a man opens a pit' means if anyone receives falsity from another. 'Or when a man digs a pit, land does not cover it]' means, or if the person himself fabricates it. 'And an ox or an ass falls into it' means, which perverts good or truth in the natural. 'The owner of the pit shall make repayment' means that the one with whom the falsity resides shall make amends. 'He shall give silver to its owner' means by means of truth with him whose good or truth in the natural has been perverted. 'And the dead [animal] shall be his' means that the evil or falsity will remain with him. 'And when a man's ox inflicts a blow on his companion's ox' means two truths with dissimilar affections, and the affection with one injures that with the other. 'And it dies' means so severely that the good affection perishes. 'They shall sell the living ox' means that the affection with the one which has injured the affection with the other shall be alienated. 'And divide the silver from it' means that its truth will be dispersed. 'And they shall also divide the dead one' means that the injuring affection as well will be dispersed. 'Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past' means if it has been known previously that its affection is such. 'And its owner does not keep it in' means, and if it is not held in bonds. 'He shall surely repay ox for ox' means restoration to the full. 'And the dead one shall be his' means for the injuring affection.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, lord or master

2. literally, from yesterday three days ago

3. i.e. If he must make atonement

4. literally, lord or master

5. literally, from yesterday three days ago

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.