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1 Viešpats kalbėjo Mozei ir Aaronui:

2 “Įsakyk izraelitams atvesti sveiką žalą karvę, dar nekinkytą į jungą,

3 ir duokite ją kunigui Eleazarui. Ji bus išvesta iš stovyklos ir papjauta jo akivaizdoje.

4 Tada Eleazaras, padažęs jos kraujyje pirštą, pašlakstys septynis kartus Susitikimo palapinės įėjimo link.

5 Paskui ji bus sudeginta jo akivaizdoje: oda, mėsa, kraujas ir mėšlas.

6 Kunigas įmes į ugnį, kurioje dega karvė, kedro medžio, yzopo ir raudonų siūlų.

7 Po to kunigas išplaus savo drabužius, apsiplaus vandeniu ir grįš į stovyklą, ir jis bus nešvarus iki vakaro.

8 Tas, kuris karvę sudegins, išplaus savo drabužius, išsimaudys ir bus nešvarus iki vakaro.

9 Kas nors nesusitepęs susems karvės pelenus ir juos išpils už stovyklos švarioje vietoje, kad jie būtų izraelitų laikomi apvalymo vandeniui padaryti, nes karvė sudeginta kaip auka už nuodėmę.

10 Kuris susems karvės pelenus, plaus savo drabužius ir bus nešvarus iki vakaro. Tai bus izraelitams ir tarp jų gyvenantiems ateiviams amžinas įstatymas.

11 Kas paliečia žmogaus lavoną, bus nešvarus septynias dienas.

12 Jis apsivalys šiuo vandeniu trečią ir septintą dieną ir bus švarus. Jei trečią dieną neapsivalys, tai septintą dieną nebus švarus.

13 Kuris palies mirusio žmogaus lavoną ir nebus apšlakstytas minėtu vandeniu, suteps Viešpaties palapinę ir bus išnaikintas iš izraelitų; kadangi jis neapšlakstytas apvalomuoju vandeniu, jis liks nešvarus.

14 Šitas yra įstatymas apie žmogų, mirusį palapinėje. Visi, kurie įeina į jo palapinę, ir visi ten esantieji bus nešvarūs septynias dienas.

15 Indas, neturintis dangčio, bus suteptas.

16 Jei kas lauke paliestų užmušto kardu ar savaime mirusio žmogaus lavoną, kaulą ar karstą, bus nešvarus septynias dienas.

17 Dėl nešvaraus žmogaus tegul ima karvės, sudegintos apvalyti nuo nuodėmės, pelenų, įberia į indą ir užpila tekančio vandens ant jų.

18 Nesusitepęs žmogus, padažęs jame yzopą, teapšlaksto visą palapinę ir visus daiktus bei susitepusius prisilietimu žmones.

19 Nesusitepęs apšlakstys nešvarųjį trečią ir septintą dieną, ir jis apsivalys septintą dieną, išplaus savo drabužius, pats išsimaudys ir bus nešvarus iki vakaro.

20 Jei kas nebus tuo būdu apvalytas, jis bus išnaikintas iš izraelitų, nes sutepė Viešpaties šventyklą; jis nebuvo apšlakstytas apvalomuoju vandeniu, todėl yra nešvarus.

21 Tai amžinas nuostatas jiems, kad tas, kuris šlakstė vandeniu, plautų savo drabužius, ir kiekvienas, palietęs apvalomąjį vandenį, bus nešvarus iki vakaro.

22 nešvarus žmogus palies­suteps, kas prisiliestų suteptų daiktų­bus nešvarus iki vakaro”.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 1044

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1044. And pearls, signifies their appearance in externals to be in the cognitions [cognitiones] of good and truth, and yet in internals they are in the knowledge [scientia] of evil and falsity. This is evident from the signification of "pearls," as being the cognitions of good and truth (of which presently); therefore in the contrary sense "pearls" signify the knowledges of evil and falsity, which are the source of their craft and cunning. That the Babylonian nation is such, namely, that they wish to appear to be in sanctity, and thus in every good and truth and in the knowledges of these, and to appear in consequence to be intelligent above all others in the world, although in fact they are in no good or truth nor in any knowledges of these, and thus not in any intelligence or wisdom in spiritual things. That they are not in these, but are instead insane in respect to them, is clearly seen in the spiritual world, where the interiors of every man are laid bare and thus clearly appear. In the case of the monks, and especially the Jesuits, who from their cleverness were considered to be more intelligent than all others in the world, their interiors were found to be so empty and void that they did not know a single truth that leads to heaven. These have been explored, and have been found to be such.

[2] They appear in externals to be in goods, truths, knowledges, intelligence, and wisdom, because they have made subject to their dominion all the holy things of the Word, of the church, and of worship, and therefore from dominion they speak with the common people, persuading them that they hold the mysteries of heaven, and that their Pope utters his edicts from inspiration, like that of the prophets and apostles; and this they can declare in a haughty manner, because they speak from the authority of dominion over souls, and over heaven and hell; and from a persuasion of their holiness it can be accepted by the common people with no repugnance of heart, since the common people are kept for this very purpose in dense thick darkness respecting spiritual things. And in that thick darkness they inspire spurious goods and foolish truths, which they call Divine and heavenly; and in such thick darkness in which the common people are kept, they are even able to inspire devilish and infernal evils and falsities, and to induce a faith in them as if they were celestial and spiritual goods and truths; for thus and not otherwise can they be adored as deities, and subject countries and possessions to their command and disposal. Such are the things that lie hidden inwardly in them, while outwardly they appear as if "arrayed in purple and scarlet, and inwrought with gold, precious stones, and pearls."

[3] That "pearls" signify the knowledges of good and truth can be seen from the following passages. In Matthew:

The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one precious pearl, going away sold all that he had and bought it (Matthew 13:45-46).

"The kingdom of the heavens" means both heaven and the church; the "merchant" means those who acquire for themselves the goods and truths through which heaven and the church come; "pearls" signify the knowledges of good and truth, for these are the truths of the natural man; "the one precious pearl" means the knowledge respecting the Lord and His Divine; "going away he sold all that he had and bought it" signifies to reject what is one's own [proprium] in order to receive life from the Lord.

[4] In the same:

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample on them with their feet, and turn and rend you (Matthew 7:6).

"Dogs" signify lusts and appetites; "swine" signify filthy loves, such as are those in the hells of adulterers. Because such are in the infernal marriage, which is the marriage of falsity and evil, they utterly reject goods and truths and the knowledges of these, and moreover treat them with scorn and scoffing; therefore it is said, "Cast not your pearls before the swine, lest they trample on them with their feet, and turn and rend you," "to trample with the feet" being to wholly reject as filth, and "to turn and rend" being to treat with scorn and scoffing.

[5] "Pearls" also signify the knowledges of good and truth in the following passages in Revelation:

The merchants of the earth shall weep and wail over Babylon, for no one buyeth their merchandise any more, merchandise of gold and silver, and of precious stone and pearl (Revelation 18:11-12).

Again:

The twelve gates of the wall of the New Jerusalem were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was one pearl (Revelation 21:21).

As "the gates to the New Jerusalem" signify such things of doctrine from the Word as introduce man into the church, and these are the knowledges of truth and good from the Word, so the gates were seen to be "of pearls."

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