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1 속건제의 규례는 이러하니라 이는 지극히 거룩하니

2 번제 희생을 잡는 곳에서 속건제의 희생을 잡을 것이요 제사장은 그 피를 단 사면에 뿌릴 것이며

3 그 모든 기름을 드리되 곧 그 기름진 꼬리와, 내장에 덮인 기름과,

4 두 콩팥과, 그 위의 기름 곧 허리 근방에 있는 것과, 간에 덮인 꺼풀을 콩팥과 함께 취하고

5 제사장은 그것을 다 단 위에 불살라 여호와께 화제로 드릴 것이니라 이는 속건제요

6 지극히 거룩하니 이것을 제사장의 남자마다 먹되 거룩한 곳에서 먹을지며

7 속건제나 속죄제는 일례니 그 제육은 속하는 제사장에게로 돌아갈 것이요

8 사람의 번제를 드리는 제사장 곧 그 제사장은 그 드린 번제물의 가죽을 자기가 얻을 것이며

9 무릇 화덕에 구운 소제물과 솥에나 번철에 만든 소제물은 그 드린 제사장에게로 돌아갈 것이니

10 무릇 소제물은 기름 섞은 것이나 마른 것이나 아론의 모든 자손이 평균히 분배할 것이니라

11 여호와께 드릴 화목제 희생의 규례는 이러하니라

12 만일 그것을 감사하므로 드리거든 기름 섞은 무교병과 기름 바른 무교병과 고운 가루에 기름 섞어 구운 과자를 그 감사 희생과 함께 드리고

13 또 유교병을 화목제의 감사 희생과 함께 그 예물에 드리되

14 그 전체의 예물 중에서 하나씩 여호와께 거제로 드리고 그것을 화목제의 피를 뿌린 제사장들에게로 돌릴지니라 !

15 감사함으로 드리는 화목제 희생의 고기는 드리는 그 날에 먹을 것이요, 조금이라도 이튿날 아침까지 두지 말 것이니라

16 그러나 그 희생의 예물이 서원이나 자원의 예물이면 그 희생을 드린 날에 먹을 것이요, 그 남은 것은 이튿날에도 먹되

17 그 희생의 고기가 제 삼일까지 남았으면 불사를지니

18 만일 그 화목제 희생의 고기를 제 삼일에 조금이라도 먹으면 그 제사는 열납되지 않을 것이라 드린 자에게도 예물답게 못되고 도리어 가증한 것이 될 것이며 그것을 먹는 자는 죄를 당하리라

19 그 고기가 부정한 물건에 접촉되었으면 먹지 말고 불사를 것이라 그 고기는 깨끗한 자만 먹을 것이니

20 만일 몸이 부정한 자가 여호와께 속한 화목제 희생의 고기를 먹으면 그 사람은 자기 백성 중에서 끊쳐질 것이요

21 만일 누구든지 부정한 것 곧 사람의 부정이나 부정한 짐승이나 부정하고 가증한 아무 물건이든지 만지고 여호와께 속한 화목제 희생의 고기를 먹으면 그 사람도 자기 백성 중에서 끊쳐지리라 !

22 여호와께서 모세에게 일러 가라사대

23 이스라엘 자손에게 고하여 이르라 너희는 소나 양이나 염소의 기름을 먹지 말 것이요

24 스스로 죽은 것의 기름이나 짐승에게 찢긴 것의 기름은 달리는 쓰려니와 결단코 먹지 말지니라

25 사람이 여호와께 화제로 드리는 희생의 기름을 먹으면 그 먹는 자는 자기 백성 중에서 끊쳐지리라 !

26 너희의 사는 모든 곳에서 무슨 피든지 새나 짐승의 피를 먹지 말라 !

27 무슨 피든지 먹는 사람이 있으면 그 사람은 다 자기 백성 중에서 끊쳐지리라 !

28 여호와께서 모세에게 일러 가라사대

29 이스라엘 자손에게 고하여 이르라 화목제의 희생을 여호와께 드리려는 자는 그 화목제 희생 중에서 그 예물을 취하여 여호와께 가져오되

30 여호와의 화제는 그 사람이 자기 손으로 가져올지니 곧 그 제물의 기름과 가슴을 가져올 것이요 제사장은 그 가슴을 여호와 앞에 흔들어 요제를 삼고

31 그 기름은 단 위에 불사를 것이며 가슴은 아론과 그 자손들에게 돌릴 것이며

32 또 너희는 그 화목제 희생의 우편 뒷다리를 제사장에게 주어 거제를 삼을지니

33 아론의 자손 중 화목제 희생의 피와 기름을 드리는 자가 그 우편 뒷다리를 자기의 소득으로 삼을 것이라

34 내가 이스라엘 자손의 화목제 중에서 그 흔든 가슴과 든 뒷다리를 취하여 제사장 아론과 그 자손에게 주었나니 이는 이스라엘 자손에게 받을 영원한 소득이니라

35 이는 여호와의 화제 중에서 아론에게 돌릴 것과 그 자손에게 돌릴 것이니 그들을 세워 여호와의 제사장의 직분을 행하게 한 날

36 곧 그들에게 기름 부은 날에 여호와께서 명하사 이스라엘 자손 중에서 그들에게 돌리게 하신 것이라 대대로 영원히 받을 소득이니라

37 이는 번제와, 소제와, 속죄제와, 속건제와, 위임제와, 화목제의 규례라

38 여호와께서 시내 광야에서 이스라엘 자손에게 그 예물을 여호와께 드리라 명하신 날에 시내산에서 이같이 모세에게 명하셨더라

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 725

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725. "A son, a male" signifies the doctrine of truth for the church which is called "the New Jerusalem," because "son" signifies truth (as has been shown just above), and "a son, a male" signifies the truth of doctrine from the Word, consequently the doctrine of genuine truth which is for the church. It means the doctrine for the church which is called the New Jerusalem, because "the woman that brought forth a son, a male" means that church (as has also been shown above). The doctrine of truth which is for the church is also signified by "male" in the following passages. In Moses:

God created man into His image, into the image of God created He him. Male and female created He them (Genesis 1:27).

Male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Man, in the day when they were created (Genesis 5:2).

What is involved in the things that are related in the first chapters of Genesis respecting the creation of heaven and earth, paradise, and eating from the tree of knowledge, no one can know except from the spiritual sense, for these historical things are made-up historicals, and yet they are holy, because every least particular is inwardly or in its bosom spiritual.

[2] It describes the establishment of the Most Ancient Church, which surpassed all the churches on this earth; its establishment is meant by the creation of heaven and earth, its intelligence and wisdom by the garden in Eden, and its decline and fall by eating from the tree of knowledge. From this it is clear that "Man," who is called "Adam and Eve," means that church, for it is said "male and female created He them, and called their name Man;" and as that church is meant by the two, it follows that "the male" means its truth, and "the female" its good, so too, "male" means doctrine, and "female," the life, since the doctrine of truth is also the doctrine of love and charity, thus the doctrine of life; and the life of good is also the life of love and charity, thus the life of doctrine, that is, life according to doctrine. These two are meant by "male [and female]," and these taken together and conjoined in marriage are called "Man" [Homo], and also constitute the church, which is meant by "Man," as has been said above. So, again, Adam is from a word that means ground, and ground from its reception of seeds signifies the church in respect to the truths of doctrine, for in the Word seeds signify truths; while Eve is from a word that means life, as it is said:

Because she was to be the mother of all living (Genesis 3:20).

These two, doctrine and life, when taken together and joined as it were in marriage, are called "Man," and also constitute the church, because man is man from the understanding of truth and from the will of good, consequently from the doctrine of life, since this is of the understanding, and from the life of doctrine, because this is of the will. It is similar with the church, for the church is in man, and is the man himself.

[3] That these two, which are signified by "male and female," are not to be two but one, the Lord teaches in the Gospels:

Jesus said, Have ye not read that He who made them from the beginning of creation made them male and female, and they twain shall be one flesh? Therefore they are no more twain, but one flesh (Matthew 19:4-6; Mark 10:6, 8).

This, like every particular of the Word, must be understood not only naturally, but also spiritually, and unless it is also understood spiritually no one can know what is signified by "male and female [or husband and wife] shall be no more twain but one flesh" (as it is also said in Genesis 2:24). Here, as above, "male and female" signify in the spiritual sense truth and good, consequently the doctrine of truth, which is the doctrine of life, and the life of truth, which is the life of doctrine; these must be not two but one, since truth does not become truth with man without the good of life, nor does good become good with anyone without the truth of doctrine, for good becomes spiritual good only by means of truths, and spiritual good is good, but natural good without it is not good. When these are one, then truth is of good and good is of truth, and this one is meant by "one flesh." It is similar with doctrine and life; these also constitute one man of the church when the doctrine of life and the life of doctrine are conjoined with him, for doctrine teaches how one must live and do, and life lives the doctrine and does it. From this it can also be seen that "a son, a male" signifies the doctrine of love and charity, consequently the doctrine of life.

[4] Since the truth of doctrine or the doctrine of truth is signified by the "male," the law was given:

That every male opening the womb should be holy to Jehovah (Exodus 13:12, 15; Deuteronomy 15:19; Luke 2:23).

For from the marriage of truth and good, which, as has been said above, is meant in the spiritual sense by the marriage of man and woman, truths and goods are born, consequently these are signified in that sense by "sons and daughters," truths by "sons," and goods by "daughters;" and as every man is reformed and regenerated by means of truths, for without truths man does not know what is good, or what is the nature of good, thus does not know the way to heaven, so truth, which is what is first born from the marriage of truth and good, was sanctified to Jehovah. This truth first born is also the doctrine of truth, for that which is first is the all in what follows, thus is in all truth, and all truth is doctrine. But it must be carefully noted that "the firstborn" signifies the truth that is of the good of charity, consequently it signifies the good of charity in its form and in its quality, and therefore truth. For truth is the form of good and the quality of good. This is signified by "the firstborn," because from the good of love, which is signified by the womb and the infant in it, nothing else can be born but the good of charity; and this good does not become good until it has been formed and qualified, that is, until it is in the form in which it has its quality, and its form is called truth, and yet it is good in form.

[5] From what has now been said it can be seen why it was commanded:

That every male should appear three times in the year before the face of the Lord Jehovah (Exodus 23:17; 34:23; Deuteronomy 16:16);

namely, at the three feasts, which signified everything of regeneration, from its first to its last; and as everything of regeneration is effected by the truths of doctrine that are made by the Lord to be of the life, so all males, by whom truths were signified, were to present themselves before the Lord that they might be made clean by Him and afterwards be led by Him. Moreover, "three times in the year" signifies continually, and "the face of Jehovah" the Divine love, by which man is led. And this was done because "Jerusalem" signified the church in respect to doctrine, and thence also the doctrine of the church.

[6] Because "burnt-offerings and sacrifices" signified celestial and spiritual things, "burnt-offerings" celestial things, and "sacrifices" spiritual things, the law was given:

That burnt-offerings should be of males without blemish, either from the flock or from the herd; but sacrifices might be either of males or females (Leviticus 1:2, 3; 3:1, 6).

The reasons were that celestial things are such as are of the love to the Lord, thus of the marriage of good and truth, but spiritual things are such as are of charity towards the neighbor, thus not of marriage but of the blood relationship of truth with good; and truths and goods in blood relationship are like sisters and brothers, but in marriage truths and goods are like husband and wife. This is why the burnt-offerings were "of males without blemish," which signify genuine truths from the Word, or from doctrine out of the Word, which have been conjoined to the good of love to the Lord, which good was signified by "the altar and its fire." The sacrifices were "either of males or females," because "males" signified truths, and "females" goods, conjoined not by marriage but by blood relationship; and as both of these, like brothers and sisters, are of one parent, worship was equally well pleasing from truths and from goods, that is, from males and from females.

[7] As all spiritual nourishment is from truths that are from good, the law was also given:

That the male among the priests might eat the holy things (Leviticus 6:18, 29; 7:6).

This was the law because "males" signify the truths of doctrine, which are doctrinals, as above, and "priests" the goods of love, which are the goods of life, and "their eating of the holy things" that belonged to Aaron and his sons signified spiritual nourishment.

[8] In Moses:

When thou draw near unto a city to fight against it, thou shalt invite it to peace; if it does not accept, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword, but the women, the little ones, the beasts, and the prey thou shalt take (Deuteronomy 20:10-14).

Every male in a city that did not accept peace should be smitten with the edge of the sword, but not the women, little ones, and beasts, because "city" signifies doctrine, and "a city of the nations in the land of Canaan" the doctrine of falsity, likewise the males of that city; and "not to accept peace" signifies not to agree with the truths and goods of the church, which were signified by "the sons of Israel;" "the edge of the sword," with which the males should be smitten, signifies truth destroying falsity. And because falsities alone fight against truths and goods and destroy them, but not evils without falsities, "the women, little ones, and beasts," which, with the nations, signified evils, were not smitten, since evils can be subdued, amended, and reformed by means of truths.

[9] In Jeremiah:

Cursed be the man who brought glad tidings to his father, saying, A son, a male is born to thee, in gladdening he hath made him glad; let that man be as the cities that Jehovah overthrew (Jeremiah 20:15, 16).

This is said of those who are in the devastated church, in which nothing but falsities rule and are accepted; therefore "cursed be the man who brought glad tidings to his father, saying, A male is born to thee," signifies one who acknowledges falsity and proclaims it as truth, thus the doctrine of falsity in place of the doctrine of truth; "in gladdening he hath made him glad" signifies the accepting from affection of falsity; "let that man be as the cities that Jehovah overthrew" signifies that it shall be with the doctrines that are from mere falsities, which the Lord exterminated from the church, and as with the cities of the Canaanitish nation that He destroyed; the comparison is with cities because "cities" signify doctrines.

[10] In Ezekiel:

Thou didst take the vessels of thine adorning, of My gold and of My silver which I had given to thee, and madest for thee images of a male with which thou didst commit whoredom (Ezekiel 16:17).

This is said of "the abominations of Jerusalem," which signify the falsifications and adulterations of the Word, which are made by applications to the cupidities of corporeal and earthly loves; "vessels of adorning from the gold and silver of the Lord" signify the knowledges of good and truth, which are the goods and truths of the sense of the letter of the Word; these are called "vessels" because they contain in them spiritual truths and goods, and are called "vessels of adorning" because they are the appearances and thus forms of things interior; the things that are of "gold" signify those that are from good, and those of "silver" those that are from truth; "thou madest for thee images of a male, with which thou didst commit whoredom," signifies falsities appearing as truths of doctrine, but which are falsified; "the images of a male" meaning the appearances of truth, which nevertheless are falsities, and "to commit whoredom" meaning to falsify.

[11] In Malachi:

Cursed be the defrauder in whose flock is a male and he voweth and sacrificeth to the Lord a corrupted thing (Malachi 1:14).

"A male in the flock" signifies the genuine truth of doctrine from the Word; "a corrupted thing" signifies what is falsified; and "to vow and sacrifice" signifies to worship, thus from things falsified when truth is known; that this worship being fraudulent is infernal is signified by "cursed be the defrauder." From what has now been shown from the Word respecting the signification of "male" and of "sons," it can be seen that "the son, a male that was brought forth by the woman arrayed with the sun, and upon whose head was a crown of twelve stars," signifies the doctrine of truth, thus the doctrine of love and charity for the church which is called the New Jerusalem (which is treated of in the twenty-first chapter of this book).

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.