10021. 'And you shall bring the young bull' means a state in which the natural or external man, as this is in its infancy, applies itself. This is clear from the meaning of 'bringing near' as effecting presence and togetherness, dealt with in 9378, 9997, 10001, and also application, 8439, at this point applying oneself to purification and to the reception of goodness and truth from the Divine, because by this sacrifice and by sacrifices generally such application is meant; and from the meaning of 'the young bull' as the good of charity and innocence in the natural or external man, dealt with in 9391, thus the external or natural man as this is in its infancy, for at this time the good of innocence reigns there. While in this state the external man is also in a state of applying itself to purification and to the reception of goodness and truth from the Divine.

[2] Since these matters are now the subject in the internal sense the nature of them must be mentioned. When a person is being regenerated, which happens when he has reached adult life, he is first let into a state of innocence, but a state of external innocence almost like young children's; for their innocence is an external innocence that resides in lack of knowledge. This state serves as the basis for new life while the person is being regenerated; for at this time also the person is a young child so to speak, in that while being regenerated he is conceived anew, born, becomes a young child, and grows up, all of which is accomplished through truth implanted in good. Also to the extent that he comes at this time into authentic good he passes on into the good of internal innocence, which is innocence residing in wisdom. And since the regeneration of a person is an image of the glorification of the Lord, it is evident that the manner in which the Lord glorified Himself, that is, made Divine His Human, is the same. For the subject in the internal sense of this chapter is the glorification of the Lord, 9985; but since the glorification of the Lord's Human is beyond understanding the likeness or image of it must be used to explain it and so give some idea of it. These things have been mentioned first so that people may know what to understand by purification and by reception of goodness and truth, and by joining together the things that are meant by sacrifices generally, and at this point specifically by the sacrifices offered at the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priestly office.

The regeneration of a person is an image of the glorification of the Lord, see 3138, 3212, 3296, 3490, 4402, 5688.

Young children's innocence is an external innocence, and it resides in lack of knowledge, 2305, 2306, 3494, 3504, 4563, 4797, 5608, 9301.

A person who is being regenerated is conceived anew, born, becomes a young child, then an older one, and grows up, 3203.

The innocence of early childhood serves as a basis, 2780, 3183, 3994, 4797, 5608, 7840.

Cognitions or knowledge of truth and good are implanted in the innocence which belongs to early childhood as their basis, 1616, 2299, 3504, 4797.

The innocence of those who have been regenerated is an internal innocence, and it resides in wisdom, 1616, 3494, 3994, 4797, 5608, 9301, 9938.

The difference between external innocence which young children possess and internal innocence which the wise possess, 2280, 4563, 9301.

The nature of the difference becomes clear from the upbringing and regeneration of children in the next life, dealt with in 2289-2309.

All the good of the Church and heaven holds innocence within itself, and without it good is not good, 2736, 2780, 6013, 7840, 7887, 9262.

What innocence is, 3994, 4001, 4797, 5236, 6107, 6765, 7902, 9262, 9936.

9985. Exodus 29

1. And this is the word ¹ which you shall do to them to sanctify them to serve Me in the priestly office: Take one young bull, a son of the herd, and two rams without defect ² ,

2. And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil; of fine wheat flour you shall make them.

3. And you shall put them in one basket and bring ³ them in the basket, and the young bull and the two rams.

4. And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tent of meeting, and wash them with water.

5. And you shall take the garments, and clothe Aaron with the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate; and you shall gird him with the girdle of the ephod.

6. And you shall put the turban on his head, and put the crown of holiness on the turban.

7. And you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

8. And you shall bring ³ his sons, and clothe them with tunics.

9. And you shall gird them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headdresses on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by the statute of an age ⁴ ; and you shall fill the hand ⁵ of Aaron and the hand of his sons.

10. And you shall bring ³ the young bull, before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the young bull.

11. And you shall slaughter the young bull before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting.

12. And you shall take some of the blood of the young bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

13. And you shall take all the fat covering the intestines, and the omentum over the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them; and you shall burn [them on] the altar.

14. And the flesh of the young bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin [offering].

15. And you shall take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the ram's head.

16. And you shall slaughter the ram, and take its blood and sprinkle it over the altar round about.

17. And you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its intestines and its legs, and put them on top of its pieces and of its head.

18. And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar ⁶ . It is a burnt offering to Jehovah; it is an odour of rest, a fire offering to Jehovah.

19. And you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the ram's head.

20. And you shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot; and you shall sprinkle the blood over the altar round about.

21. And you shall take some of the blood which is on the altar, and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it over Aaron and over his garments, and over his sons and over the garments of his sons with him; and he and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and the garments of his sons with him.

22. And you shall take the fat of the ram, and the tail, and the fat covering the intestines, and the omentum on the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the right flank - for it is the ram of fillings [of the hand] -

23. And one loaf of bread, and one cake of bread with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is before Jehovah.

24. And you shall put all these on Aaron's palms and on the palms of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before Jehovah.

25. And you shall take them from their hands and burn [them on] the altar with ⁷ the burnt offering, for an odour of rest before Jehovah; it is a fire offering to Jehovah.

26. And you shall take the breast of the ram of fillings [of the hand], which is Aaron's, and wave it as a wave offering before Jehovah; and it shall be the portion for you.

27. And you shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the flank of the heave offering - that which has been waved and that which has been heaved up - from the ram of fillings [of the hand], from that which is for Aaron and from that which is for his sons.

28. And it shall be for Aaron and his sons by the statute of an age ⁴ from among the children of Israel; for it is a heave offering, and it shall be a heave offering from among the children of Israel from their peace-offering sacrifices, their heave offering to Jehovah.

29. And the holy garments which are Aaron's shall be for his sons after him, to anoint [them] in them, and to fill their hand in them.

30. For seven days shall the priest coming after him, one of his sons ⁸ , put them on - he who will enter the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.

31. And you shall take the ram of fillings [of the hand] and boil its flesh in a holy place.

32. And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread which is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting.

33. And they shall eat those things containing what has been expiated, to fill their hand, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat them, because they are something holy.

34. And if anything of the flesh of fillings [of the hand], and of the bread, is left until the morning, you shall burn what is left with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35. And thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; seven days you shall fill their hand.

36. And a young bull of sin [offering] you shall offer daily at ⁹ propitiations. And you shall cleanse from sin on the altar when you make propitiation on it; and you shall anoint it to sanctify it.

37. Seven days you shall make propitiation on the altar, and sanctify it. And the altar shall be the holy of holies ¹⁰ ; everyone touching the altar will be sanctified.

38. And this is what you shall offer on the altar: Two lambs, the sons of a year, ¹¹ each day - a continual [offering].

39. You shall offer one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb between the evenings,

40. And a tenth [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with beaten oil, a quarter of a hin, and a drink offering of a quarter of a hin of wine, for the first lamb.

41. And you shall offer the second lamb between the evenings; according to the morning minchah and according to its drink offering you shall do for it, for an odour of rest, a fire offering to Jehovah,

42. A continual burnt offering throughout ¹² your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you to speak to you there.

43. And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and it will be sanctified in My glory.

44. And I will sanctify the tent of meeting and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I will sanctify, to serve Me in the priestly office.

45. And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and I will be their God.

46. And they will recognize that I am Jehovah their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell in their midst; I am Jehovah their God.

CONTENTS

The subject in the internal sense of this chapter is the glorification of the Lord's Human, which is meant by the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priestly office.

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