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Ezekiel 44

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1 καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GPM ἅγιος-A1A-GPM ὁ- A--GSF ἐξώτερος-A1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF βλέπω-V1--PAPGSF κατά-P ἀνατολή-N1--APF καί-C οὗτος- D--NSF εἰμί-V9--IAI3S κλείω-VT--XPPNSF

2 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSF πύλη-N1--NSF οὗτος- D--NSF κλείω-VT--XPPNSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S οὐ-D ἀναοἴγω-VQ--FPI3S καί-C οὐδείς-A3--NSM μή-D διαἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S διά-P αὐτός- D--GSF ὅτι-C κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S διά-P αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S κλείω-VT--XPPNSF

3 διότι-C ὁ- A--NSM ἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM οὗτος- D--NSM καταἵημι-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF ὁ- A--GSN ἐσθίω-VB--AAN ἄρτος-N2--ASM ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF αιλαμ-N---GSN ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S καί-C κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S

4 καί-C εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM κατέναντι-D ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C ἰδού-I πλήρης-A3H-NSM δόξα-N1S-GSF ὁ- A--NSM οἶκος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C πίπτω-V1--PAI1S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS

5 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM τάσσω-VA--AAD2S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--DPN οὖς-N3T-DPN σύ- P--GS ἀκούω-V1--PAD2S πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἐγώ- P--NS λαλέω-V2--PAI1S μετά-P σύ- P--GS κατά-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN πρόσταγμα-N3M-APN οἶκος-N2--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C κατά-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN νόμιμος-A1--APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C τάσσω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF εἴσοδος-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM κατά-P πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἔξοδος-N2--APF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM ἅγιος-A1A-DPM

6 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPASM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἱκανόω-V4--PMD3S σύ- P--DP ἀπό-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF ἀνομία-N1A-GPF σύ- P--GP οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

7 ὁ- A--GSN εἰςἄγω-VB--AAN σύ- P--AP υἱός-N2--APM ἀλλογενής-A3H-APM ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-APM καρδία-N1A-DSF καί-C ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-APM σάρξ-N3K-DSF ὁ- A--GSN γίγνομαι-V1--PMN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM ἅγιος-A1A-DPM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C βεβηλόω-V4I-IAI3P αὐτός- D--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN προςφέρω-V1--PAN σύ- P--AP ἄρτος-N2--APM στέαρ-N3--ASN καί-C αἷμα-N3M-ASN καί-C παραβαίνω-V1I-IAI2P ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF ἀνομία-N1A-DPF σύ- P--GP

8 καί-C διατάσσω-VAI-AAD2P ὁ- A--GSN φυλάσσω-V1--PAN φυλακή-N1--APF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἅγιος-A1A-DPN ἐγώ- P--GS

9 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM πᾶς-A3--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM ἀλλογενής-A3H-NSM ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-NSM καρδία-N1A-DSF καί-C ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-NSM σάρξ-N3K-DSF οὐ-D εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM ἀλλογενής-A3H-GPM ὁ- A--GPM εἰμί-V9--PAPGPM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM οἶκος-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

10 ἀλλά-C ἤ-C ὁ- A--NPM *λευίτης-N1M-NPM ὅστις- X--NPM ἀποἅλλομαι-VAI-AMI3P ἀπό-P ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πλανάω-V3--PMN ὁ- A--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM ἀπό-P ἐγώ- P--GS κατόπισθεν-D ὁ- A--GPN ἐνθύμημα-N3M-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P ἀδικία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GPM

11 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἅγιος-A1A-DPN ἐγώ- P--GS λειτουργέω-V2--PAPNPM θυρωρός-N2--NPM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF πύλη-N1--GPF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM καί-C λειτουργέω-V2--PAPNPM ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM οὗτος- D--NPM σφάζω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN καί-C ὁ- A--APF θυσία-N1A-APF ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM καί-C οὗτος- D--NPM ἵστημι-VF--FMI3P ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSN λειτουργέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--DPM

12 ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM λειτουργέω-V2I-IAI3P αὐτός- D--DPM πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GPN εἴδωλον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM εἰς-P κόλασις-N3I-ASF ἀδικία-N1A-GSF ἕνεκα-P οὗτος- D--GSM αἴρω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM

13 καί-C οὐ-D ἐγγίζω-VF2-FAI3P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--GSN ἱερατεύω-V1--PAN ἐγώ- P--DS οὐδέ-C ὁ- A--GSN προςἄγω-V1--PAN πρός-P ὁ- A--APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN υἱός-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οὐδέ-C πρός-P ὁ- A--APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN ὁ- A--GPN ἅγιος-A1A-GPN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P ἀτιμία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πλάνησις-N3I-DSF ὅς- --DSF πλανάω-VCI-API3P

14 καί-C κατατάσσω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM φυλάσσω-V1--PAN φυλακή-N1--APF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM εἰς-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἔργον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἰς-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἄν-X ποιέω-VA--AAS3P

15 ὁ- A--NPM ἱερεύς-N3V-NPM ὁ- A--NPM *λευίτης-N1M-NPM ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GSM *σαδδουκ-N---GSM ὅστις- X--NPM φυλάσσω-VAI-AMI3P ὁ- A--APF φυλακή-N1--APF ὁ- A--GPM ἅγιος-A1A-GPM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πλανάω-V3--PMN οἶκος-N2--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀπό-P ἐγώ- P--GS οὗτος- D--NPM προςἄγω-VF--FAI3P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--GSN λειτουργέω-V2--PAN ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C ἵστημι-VF--FMI3P πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSN προςφέρω-V1--PAN ἐγώ- P--DS θυσία-N1A-ASF στέαρ-N3--ASN καί-C αἷμα-N3M-ASN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM

16 οὗτος- D--NPM εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C οὗτος- D--NPM προςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P πρός-P ὁ- A--ASF τράπεζα-N1S-ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSN λειτουργέω-V2--PAN ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C φυλάσσω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APF φυλακή-N1--APF ἐγώ- P--GS

17 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--APF πύλη-N1--APF ὁ- A--GSF αὐλή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF ἐσώτερος-A1A-GSF στολή-N1--APF λινοῦς-A1C-APF ἐνδύω-VF--FMI3P καί-C οὐ-D ἐνδύω-VF--FMI3P ἐρέα-N3--ASF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN λειτουργέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--APM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF ἐσώτερος-A1A-GSF αὐλή-N1--GSF

18 καί-C κίδαρις-N3I-APF λινοῦς-A1C-APF ἔχω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DPF κεφαλή-N1--DPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C περισκελής-A3H-APN λινοῦς-A1C-APN ἔχω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APF ὀσφύς-N3U-APF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C οὐ-D περιζωννύω-VF--FMI3P βία-N1A-DSF

19 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF αὐλή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐξώτερος-A1A-ASF πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐκδύω-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--APF στολή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὅς- --DPF αὐτός- D--NPM λειτουργέω-V2--PAI3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPF καί-C τίθημι-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἐξέδρα-N1--DPF ὁ- A--GPN ἅγιος-A1A-GPN καί-C ἐνδύω-VF--FMI3P στολή-N1--APF ἕτερος-A1A-APF καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ἁγιάζω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF στολή-N1--DPF αὐτός- D--GPM

20 καί-C ὁ- A--APF κεφαλή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM οὐ-D ξυράω-VF--FMI3P καί-C ὁ- A--APF κόμη-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM οὐ-D ψιλόω-VF--FAI3P καλύπτω-V1--PAPNPM καλύπτω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APF κεφαλή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM

21 καί-C οἶνος-N2--ASM οὐ-D μή-D πίνω-VB--AAS3P πᾶς-A3--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF αὐλή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐσώτερος-A1A-ASF

22 καί-C χήρα-N1A-ASF καί-C ἐκβεβηλόω-VM--XPPASF οὐ-D λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM εἰς-P γυνή-N3K-ASF ἀλλά-C ἤ-C παρθένος-N2--ASF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN σπέρμα-N3M-GSN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C χήρα-N1A-NSF ἐάν-C γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S ἐκ-P ἱερεύς-N3V-GSM λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P

23 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS διδάσκω-VF--FAI3P ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἅγιος-A1A-GSN καί-C βέβηλος-A1B-GSN καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-GSN καί-C καθαρός-A1A-GSN γνωρίζω-VF2-FAI3P αὐτός- D--DPM

24 καί-C ἐπί-P κρίσις-N3I-ASF αἷμα-N3M-GSN οὗτος- D--NPM ἐπιἵστημι-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--GSN διακρίνω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--APN δικαίωμα-N3M-APN ἐγώ- P--GS δικαιόω-VF--FAI3P καί-C ὁ- A--APN κρίμα-N3M-APN ἐγώ- P--GS κρίνω-VF2-FAI3P καί-C ὁ- A--APN νόμιμος-A1--APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρόσταγμα-N3M-APN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF ἑορτή-N1--DPF ἐγώ- P--GS φυλάσσω-VF--FMI3P καί-C ὁ- A--APN σάββατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS ἁγιάζω-VF--FAI3P

25 καί-C ἐπί-P ψυχή-N1--ASF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM οὐ-D εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--GSN μιαίνω-VC--APN ἀλλά-C ἤ-C ἐπί-P πατήρ-N3--DSM καί-C ἐπί-P μήτηρ-N3--DSF καί-C ἐπί-P υἱός-N2--DSM καί-C ἐπί-P θυγάτηρ-N3--DSF καί-C ἐπί-P ἀδελφός-N2--DSM καί-C ἐπί-P ἀδελφή-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --NSF οὐ-D γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S ἀνήρ-N3--DSM μιαίνω-VC--FPI3S

26 καί-C μετά-P ὁ- A--ASN καθαρίζω-VS--APN αὐτός- D--ASM ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ἐκἀριθμέω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM

27 καί-C ὅς- --DSF ἄν-X ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMS3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF αὐλή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐσώτερος-A1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSN λειτουργέω-V2--PAN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἅγιος-A1A-DSN προςφέρω-VF--FAI3P ἱλασμός-N2--ASM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM

28 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--DPM εἰς-P κληρονομία-N1A-ASF ἐγώ- P--NS κληρονομία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C κατάσχεσις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--DPM οὐ-D δίδωμι-VC--FPI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κατάσχεσις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--GPM

29 καί-C ὁ- A--APF θυσία-N1A-APF καί-C ὁ- A--APN ὑπέρ-P ἁμαρτία-N1A-APF καί-C ὁ- A--APN ὑπέρ-P ἄγνοια-N1A-APF οὗτος- D--NPM ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3P καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN ἀφόρισμα-N3M-NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM αὐτός- D--DPM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

30 ἀπαρχή-N1--NPF πᾶς-A3--GPN καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρωτότοκος-A1B-APN πᾶς-A3--GPN καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἀφαίρεμα-N3M-APN πᾶς-A3--APN ἐκ-P πᾶς-A3--GPF ὁ- A--GPF ἀπαρχή-N1--GPF σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--DPM ἱερεύς-N3V-DPM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρωτογένημα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP δίδωμι-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--DSM ἱερεύς-N3V-DSM ὁ- A--GSN τίθημι-VE--AAN εὐλογία-N1A-APF σύ- P--GP ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM οἶκος-N2--APM σύ- P--GP

31 καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN θνησιμαῖος-A1A-NSN καί-C θηριάλωτος-A1B-NSN ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN πετεινόν-N2N-GPN καί-C ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--NPM ἱερεύς-N3V-NPM

   

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4545. 'And be purified, and change your garments' means the holiness that was to be put on. This is clear from the meaning of 'being purified' or being cleansed as being made holy, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'changing one's garments' as putting on, in this case putting on holy truths, for in the internal sense of the Word truths are meant by 'garments'. It is quite evident that 'changing one's garments' was an accepted representative within the Church, but what that custom represented no one can know unless he knows what 'garments' means in the internal sense - namely truths, see 2576. Because in the internal sense the casting aside of falsities and the arrangement by good of truths within the natural is the subject here, it is therefore recorded that Jacob commanded them to change their garments.

[2] 'Changing their garments' was representative of the need to put on holy truths, as may also be seen from other places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion, put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, for there will no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. Isaiah 52:1.

Since 'Zion' means the celestial Church and 'Jerusalem' the spiritual Church, and the celestial Church is that which dwells in good by virtue of its love to the Lord, and the spiritual Church in truth by virtue of its faith and charity, 'strength' is therefore used in reference to Zion, and 'garments' in reference to Jerusalem. And when clothed with these the two are 'clean'.

[3] In Zechariah,

Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and so stood before the angel. And [the angel] answered and said to those standing before him - he said - Remove the filthy garments from upon him. And he said to him, See, I have caused your iniquity to pass away from upon you, by putting on you a change of garments Zechariah 3:3-4.

From this place too it is evident that 'removing garments' and 'putting on a change of garments' represented purification from falsities, for the words 'I have caused your iniquity to pass away from upon you' are used. This also explains why people had changes of garments - which they called simply 'changes', an expression occurring in various places in the Word - because different representations were set forth by means of those changes.

[4] Because the kinds of things mentioned here were represented by changes of garments it is therefore said in Ezekiel, in the description of the new Temple, which in the internal sense means a new Church,

When the priests enter they shall not go out of the holy place to the outer court, but there shall lay aside their garments in which they have ministered, for these are holy, 1 and they shall put on other garments and go near the things which are for the people. Ezekiel 42:14.

And in the same prophet,

When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments, and they shall not sanctify the people in their own garments. 2 Ezekiel 44:19.

[5] Anyone may see that a new temple and the holy city and land which are referred to by the prophet in this chapter, and in the chapters before and after it, are not used to mean any new temple, new city, or new land. For reference is made to sacrifices and religious ceremonies being introduced anew, when in fact these had to be brought to an end; and mention is also made of how the tribes of Israel, referred to by name, were to divide the land among themselves into inheritances, when in fact they were dispersed and never returned to the land. From this it is evident that the religious ceremonies referred to in those chapters mean the spiritual and celestial things constituting the Church. Much the same is meant by Aaron's change of garments when he was going to minister, to offer a burnt offering; in Moses,

He shall put on his linen robe, and linen breeches. He shall place the ashes at the side of the altar. After he takes off his own garments and puts on other garments he shall carry away the ashes to a clean place outside the camp. Leviticus 6:9-12.

This was what he had to do when offering the burnt offering.

[6] As regards 'being cleansed' meaning being made holy, this may be seen from the cleansings that were commanded, such as the command to wash their flesh and their garments, and the command to be sprinkled with the waters of separation. Everyone who knows anything about the spiritual man may also recognize that nobody is made holy by carrying out commands such as these. For what does iniquity or sin have to do with the garments a person is wearing? Yet it is stated several times that after people had cleansed themselves they would be holy. From this it is also evident that such rituals which the Israelites were commanded to carry out were in no way holy except by virtue of their representation of holy things, and that as a consequence people who served as representers did not on that account become holy persons. It was the holiness they represented, quite apart from them as actual persons, that stirred the affections of the spirits present with them, and through these the affections of the angels in heaven, 4307.

[7] For in order that the human race may be kept in being, human beings must of necessity live in communication with heaven; and that communication is effected through the Church. Otherwise human beings would become like animals, lacking any restraints internally or externally, so that all would plunge unchecked into the destruction of others and would annihilate one another. And because in the time of the Israelites no communication through any Church was possible, the Lord therefore provided in an amazing way for a communication to be effected by means of representatives. It is evident from many places in the Word that being made holy was represented by the ritual observance of washing and cleansing, as when Jehovah came down on Mount Sinai and then said to Moses,

Make them holy today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments and be ready on the third day. Exodus 19:10-11.

In Ezekiel,

I will sprinkle clean water over you, and you will be cleansed from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit will I give in the midst of you. Ezekiel 36:25-26.

Here it is plain that 'sprinkling clean water' represented purification of the heart, so that 'being cleansed' means being made holy.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, holiness

2. The Latin means they shall sanctify the people in other garments, but the Hebrew means they shall not sanctify the people in their own garments, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

  
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