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1 καὶ ἐγένετο ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ συνετέλεσεν μωυσῆς ὥστε ἀναστῆσαι τὴν σκηνὴν καὶ ἔχρισεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἡγίασεν αὐτὴν καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτῆς καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔχρισεν αὐτὰ καὶ ἡγίασεν αὐτά

2 καὶ προσήνεγκαν οἱ ἄρχοντες ισραηλ δώδεκα ἄρχοντες οἴκων πατριῶν αὐτῶν οὗτοι ἄρχοντες φυλῶν οὗτοι οἱ παρεστηκότες ἐπὶ τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς

3 καὶ ἤνεγκαν τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν ἔναντι κυρίου ἓξ ἁμάξας λαμπηνικὰς καὶ δώδεκα βόας ἅμαξαν παρὰ δύο ἀρχόντων καὶ μόσχον παρὰ ἑκάστου καὶ προσήγαγον ἐναντίον τῆς σκηνῆς

4 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς μωυσῆν λέγων

5 λαβὲ παρ' αὐτῶν καὶ ἔσονται πρὸς τὰ ἔργα τὰ λειτουργικὰ τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ δώσεις αὐτὰ τοῖς λευίταις ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ λειτουργίαν

6 καὶ λαβὼν μωυσῆς τὰς ἁμάξας καὶ τοὺς βόας ἔδωκεν αὐτὰ τοῖς λευίταις

7 τὰς δύο ἁμάξας καὶ τοὺς τέσσαρας βόας ἔδωκεν τοῖς υἱοῖς γεδσων κατὰ τὰς λειτουργίας αὐτῶν

8 καὶ τὰς τέσσαρας ἁμάξας καὶ τοὺς ὀκτὼ βόας ἔδωκεν τοῖς υἱοῖς μεραρι κατὰ τὰς λειτουργίας αὐτῶν διὰ ιθαμαρ υἱοῦ ααρων τοῦ ἱερέως

9 καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς κααθ οὐκ ἔδωκεν ὅτι τὰ λειτουργήματα τοῦ ἁγίου ἔχουσιν ἐπ' ὤμων ἀροῦσιν

10 καὶ προσήνεγκαν οἱ ἄρχοντες εἰς τὸν ἐγκαινισμὸν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ ἔχρισεν αὐτό καὶ προσήνεγκαν οἱ ἄρχοντες τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν ἀπέναντι τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου

11 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς μωυσῆν ἄρχων εἷς καθ' ἡμέραν ἄρχων καθ' ἡμέραν προσοίσουσιν τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν ἐγκαινισμὸν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου

12 καὶ ἦν ὁ προσφέρων τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ πρώτῃ τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ ναασσων υἱὸς αμιναδαβ ἄρχων τῆς φυλῆς ιουδα

13 καὶ προσήνεγκεν τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

14 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

15 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

16 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

17 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ναασσων υἱοῦ αμιναδαβ

18 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δευτέρᾳ προσήνεγκεν ναθαναηλ υἱὸς σωγαρ ἄρχων τῆς φυλῆς ισσαχαρ

19 καὶ προσήνεγκεν τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

20 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

21 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

22 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

23 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ναθαναηλ υἱοῦ σωγαρ

24 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν ζαβουλων ελιαβ υἱὸς χαιλων

25 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

26 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

27 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

28 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

29 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ελιαβ υἱοῦ χαιλων

30 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν ρουβην ελισουρ υἱὸς σεδιουρ

31 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

32 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

33 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

34 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

35 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ελισουρ υἱοῦ σεδιουρ

36 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ πέμπτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν συμεων σαλαμιηλ υἱὸς σουρισαδαι

37 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

38 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

39 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

40 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

41 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον σαλαμιηλ υἱοῦ σουρισαδαι

42 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἕκτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν γαδ ελισαφ υἱὸς ραγουηλ

43 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

44 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

45 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

46 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

47 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ελισαφ υἱοῦ ραγουηλ

48 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν εφραιμ ελισαμα υἱὸς εμιουδ

49 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

50 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

51 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

52 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

53 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ελισαμα υἱοῦ εμιουδ

54 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν μανασση γαμαλιηλ υἱὸς φαδασσουρ

55 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

56 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

57 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

58 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

59 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον γαμαλιηλ υἱοῦ φαδασσουρ

60 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἐνάτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν βενιαμιν αβιδαν υἱὸς γαδεωνι

61 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

62 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

63 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

64 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

65 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον αβιδαν υἱοῦ γαδεωνι

66 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δεκάτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν δαν αχιεζερ υἱὸς αμισαδαι

67 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

68 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

69 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

70 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

71 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον αχιεζερ υἱοῦ αμισαδαι

72 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑνδεκάτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν ασηρ φαγαιηλ υἱὸς εχραν

73 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

74 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

75 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

76 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

77 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον φαγαιηλ υἱοῦ εχραν

78 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δωδεκάτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν νεφθαλι αχιρε υἱὸς αιναν

79 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

80 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

81 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

82 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

83 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον αχιρε υἱοῦ αιναν

84 οὗτος ὁ ἐγκαινισμὸς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἔχρισεν αὐτό παρὰ τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν υἱῶν ισραηλ τρυβλία ἀργυρᾶ δώδεκα φιάλαι ἀργυραῖ δώδεκα θυίσκαι χρυσαῖ δώδεκα

85 τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν σίκλων τὸ τρυβλίον τὸ ἕν καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων ἡ φιάλη ἡ μία πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον τῶν σκευῶν δισχίλιοι καὶ τετρακόσιοι σίκλοι ἐν τῷ σίκλῳ τῷ ἁγίῳ

86 θυίσκαι χρυσαῖ δώδεκα πλήρεις θυμιάματος πᾶν τὸ χρυσίον τῶν θυισκῶν εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατὸν χρυσοῖ

87 πᾶσαι αἱ βόες εἰς ὁλοκαύτωσιν μόσχοι δώδεκα κριοὶ δώδεκα ἀμνοὶ ἐνιαύσιοι δώδεκα καὶ αἱ θυσίαι αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ σπονδαὶ αὐτῶν καὶ χίμαροι ἐξ αἰγῶν δώδεκα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

88 πᾶσαι αἱ βόες εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις εἴκοσι τέσσαρες κριοὶ ἑξήκοντα τράγοι ἑξήκοντα ἀμνάδες ἑξήκοντα ἐνιαύσιαι ἄμωμοι αὕτη ἡ ἐγκαίνωσις τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου μετὰ τὸ πληρῶσαι τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ μετὰ τὸ χρῖσαι αὐτόν

89 ἐν τῷ εἰσπορεύεσθαι μωυσῆν εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου λαλῆσαι αὐτῷ καὶ ἤκουσεν τὴν φωνὴν κυρίου λαλοῦντος πρὸς αὐτὸν ἄνωθεν τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῆς κιβωτοῦ τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο χερουβιμ καὶ ἐλάλει πρὸς αὐτόν

   

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716. 'Sevens of each' means that they are holy. This is clear from what has been stated already in 84-87 about the seventh day or sabbath. That is to say, the Lord is the Seventh Day and from Him derives every celestial Church or man, and indeed, the celestial itself which, because it is the Lord's alone, is most holy. Consequently seven in the Word means holy; indeed in the internal sense, as here, absolutely nothing is obtained from the number itself. For people who possess the internal sense, as angels and angelic spirits do, have no concept at all of what a number is, and so do not know what seven is. Therefore the idea that they were to take seven pairs of all the clean beasts, or that the ratio of the good to the evil was to be seven to two, is not at all the meaning here. Rather it is this: Things of the will with which this member of the Church was supplied were the goods which are holy, through which, as stated already, he was capable of being regenerated.

[2] That 'seven' means that which is holy, or things that are holy, becomes clear from the rituals in the representative Church, where the number seven occurs time and again, for example, being sprinkled seven times with blood and oil, as in Leviticus,

Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything that was in it and made them holy. And he sprinkled some of it over the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels to make them holy. Leviticus 8:10-11.

Here 'seven times' would be utterly devoid of meaning if that which is holy was not being represented in this way. 'Oil' there means the holiness of love. And elsewhere in Leviticus, when Aaron entered the Holy Place,

He shall take some of the blood of the young bull, and shall sprinkle it with his finger over the face 1 of the mercy-seat towards the east, and he shall sprinkle the face 1 of the mercy-seat seven times with some of the blood with his finger.

Similarly with the altar,

He shall sprinkle over it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and shall cleanse it, and make it holy. Leviticus 16:14, 19.

Here every single detail means the Lord Himself, and therefore the holiness of love - that is to say, 'the blood' and also 'the mercy-seat', 'the altar' too, 'the east in which direction the blood was to be sprinkled', and so 'seven' as well, all mean the Lord.

[3] In sacrifices it is similar, about which the following is said in Leviticus,

If a soul has sinned inadvertently, and if the anointed priest has sinned, thus making the people guilty, he shall slaughter the young bull in Jehovah's presence. And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times in Jehovah's presence towards the veil of the Holy Place. Leviticus 4:2-4, 6.

Here similarly 'seven' means that which is holy, for the subject is atonement, and therefore the Lord, since atonement is the Lord's alone. Similar instructions were also given concerning the cleansing of leprosy, about which the following is said in Leviticus,

[Taking some] of the bird's blood, the cedar-wood, the double-dyed scarlet, and the hyssop, the priest shall sprinkle over the one who is to be cleansed from leprosy seven times, and shall cleanse him. In a similar way some of the oil which is in his left palm, seven times in Jehovah's presence. In a similar way in a house where there is leprosy, [he shall take some] of the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the double-dyed scarlet, and shall sprinkle some of the bird's blood seven times. Leviticus 14:6-7, 27, 51.

Anyone may see that here cedar-wood, double-dyed scarlet, hyssop, oil, and blood of a bird, and so the number seven, would be utterly meaningless if things that are holy were not being represented by them. If you take away from them holy things, what is left is something dead, or something unholy and idolatrous. When however they do mean holy things the worship they contain in that case is a Divine worship which is internal and simply represented by things that are external. The Jews however were incapable of knowing what these meant; and neither does anyone today know what cedar-wood, hyssop, double-dyed scarlet, and the bird all mean. Yet if only they had been willing to think that these did embody holy things which they did not actually know, and so had worshipped the Lord - who was the Messiah to come who would heal them from their leprosy, that is, from profaning what is holy - they could have been saved. For people who do think and believe in this manner straightaway receive instruction in the next life, if they desire it, as to what every single detail represented.

[4] Similarly where 'the red heifer' is the subject it is said that the priest was to take some of its blood on his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood towards the face 1 of the tent of meeting seven times, Numbers 19:4. Because 'the seventh day' or sabbath meant the Lord, and from Him meant the celestial man and the celestial itself, the seventh day in the Jewish Church was the holiest of all its religious observances. For this reason there was a sabbath year 2 every seventh year, Leviticus 25:4. Also a jubilee was to be proclaimed after seven sabbaths of years, that is, after seven times seven years, Leviticus 25:8-9. In the highest sense the number seven means the Lord, and from this the holiness of love. This becomes clear also from the golden lampstand with its seven lamps, mentioned in Exodus 25:31-33, 37; 37:17-19, 23; Numbers 8:2-3; Zechariah 4:2. And in John it is spoken of as follows,

Seven golden lampstands; in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. Revelation 1:12-13.

Here it is absolutely clear that 'a lampstand with seven lamps' means the Lord, and that 'the lamps' are the holy things of love, which comprise celestial things, which also is why there were seven of them.

[5] In the same author,

From the throne there were coming forth seven fiery torches burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. Revelation 4:5.

Here 'the seven torches which came forth from the Lord's throne' are seven lamps. The same applies to the number seven when it occurs in the Prophets, as in Isaiah,

The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, on the day when Jehovah will bind up the hurt of His people. Isaiah 30:26.

Here 'sevenfold light as the light of seven days' does not at all mean sevenfold but the holiness of love meant by the sun. See also what has been stated and shown already at Genesis 4:15 concerning the number seven. From these quotations it is also quite clear that all numbers used in the Word never have a numerical value [in the internal sense], as has also been shown already at Genesis 6:3.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, the faces

2. literally, sabbath of a sabbath

  
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