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Leviticus 6

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1 Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens :

2 Anima quæ peccaverit, et contempto Domino, negaverit proximo suo depositum quod fidei ejus creditum fuerat, vel vi aliquid extorserit, aut calumniam fecerit,

3 sive rem perditam invenerit, et inficians insuper pejeraverit, et quodlibet aliud ex pluribus fecerit, in quibus solent peccare homines,

4 convicta delicti,

5 reddet omnia, quæ per fraudem voluit obtinere, integra, et quintam insuper partem domino cui damnum intulerat.

6 Pro peccato autem suo offeret arietem immaculatum de grege, et dabit eum sacerdoti, juxta æstimationem mensuramque delicti :

7 qui rogabit pro eo coram Domino, et dimittetur illi pro singulis quæ faciendo peccavit.

8 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens :

9 Præcipe Aaron et filiis ejus : Hæc est lex holocausti : cremabitur in altari tota nocte usque mane : ignis ex eodem altari erit.

10 Vestietur tunica sacerdos et feminalibus lineis : tolletque cineres, quos vorans ignis exussit, et ponens juxta altare,

11 spoliabitur prioribus vestimentis, indutusque aliis, efferret eos extra castra, et in loco mundissimo usque ad favillam consumi faciet.

12 Ignis autem in altari semper ardebit, quem nutriet sacerdos subjiciens ligna mane per singulos dies, et imposito holocausto, desuper adolebit adipes pacificorum.

13 Ignis est iste perpetuus, qui numquam deficiet in altari.

14 Hæc est lex sacrificii et libamentorum, quæ offerent filii Aaron coram Domino, et coram altari.

15 Tollet sacerdos pugillum similæ, quæ conspersa est oleo, et totum thus, quod super similam positum est : adolebitque illud in altari in monimentum odoris suavissimi Domino :

16 reliquam autem partem similæ comedet Aaron cum filiis suis, absque fermento : et comedet in loco sancto atrii tabernaculi.

17 Ideo autem non fermentabitur, quia pars ejus in Domini offertur incensum. Sanctum sanctorum erit, sicut pro peccato atque delicto.

18 Mares tantum stirpis Aaron comedent illud. Legitimum ac sempiternum erit in generationibus vestris de sacrificiis Domini : omnis qui tetigerit illa, sanctificabitur.

19 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens :

20 Hæc est oblatio Aaron, et filiorum ejus, quam offerre debent Domino in die unctionis suæ. Decimam partem ephi offerent similæ in sacrificio sempiterno, medium ejus mane, et medium ejus vespere :

21 quæ in sartagine oleo conspersa frigetur. Offeret autem eam calidam in odorem suavissimum Domino

22 sacerdos, qui jure patri successerit, et tota cremabitur in altari.

23 Omne enim sacrificium sacerdotum igne consumetur, nec quisquam comedet ex eo.

24 Locutus est autem Dominus ad Moysen, dicens :

25 Loquere Aaron et filiis ejus : Ista est lex hostiæ pro peccato : in loco ubi offertur holocaustum, immolabitur coram Domino. Sanctum sanctorum est.

26 Sacerdos, qui offert, comedet eam in loco sancto, in atrio tabernaculi.

27 Quidquid tetigerit carnes ejus, sanctificabitur. Si de sanguine illius vestis fuerit aspersa, lavabitur in loco sancto.

28 Vas autem fictile, in quo cocta est, confringetur ; quod si vas æneum fuerit, defricabitur, et lavabitur aqua.

29 Omnis masculus de genere sacerdotali vescetur de carnibus ejus, quia Sanctum sanctorum est.

30 Hostia enim quæ cæditur pro peccato, cujus sanguis infertur in tabernaculum testimonii ad expiandum in sanctuario, non comedetur, sed comburetur igni.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 395

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395. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. (8:5) This symbolizes spiritual love, containing celestial love, and its influx into the lower regions where those people were who were caught up in a faith divorced from charity.

A censer, just like incense, symbolizes worship springing from a spiritual love. This is apparent from what we have already shown, and from the fact that in the Word, a container has the same symbolism as what it contains, even as a cup and plate have the same symbolism as wine and food (Matthew 23:25-26, Luke 22:20, and elsewhere).

Fire from the altar of burnt offering symbolizes Divinely given celestial love, because that altar symbolized worship springing from that love (see no. 392 above). And fire in the highest sense symbolizes Divine love (no. 494).

Spiritual love, or charity, takes its essence from celestial love, or love toward the Lord. Apart from that love, spiritual love or charity has in it no vitality, for spirit and life have no other origin than the Lord.

This was represented in the Israelite Church by their taking fire for their censers and burning incense only from the altar of burnt offering, as can be seen in the books of Moses (Leviticus 16:12-13).

It was also a statute, therefore, that fire burn continually on the altar of burnt offering and not go out (Leviticus 6:13). The reason was that the fire of that altar symbolized the Lord's Divine love, and thus love toward the Lord.

Throwing the censer to the earth symbolizes an influx into lower regions.

  
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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.