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Leviticus 23

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1 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 λαλέω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--NPF ἑορτή-N1--NPF κύριος-N2--GSM ὅς- --APF καλέω-VF--FAI2P αὐτός- D--APF κλητός-A1--APF ἅγιος-A1A-APF οὗτος- D--NPF εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ἑορτή-N1--NPF ἐγώ- P--GS

3 ἕξ-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἔργον-N2N-APN καί-C ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἕβδομος-A1--DSF σάββατον-N2N-NPN ἀνάπαυσις-N3I-NSF κλητός-A1--NSF ἅγιος-A1A-NSF ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S σάββατον-N2N-NPN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF κατοικία-N1A-DSF σύ- P--GP

4 οὗτος- D--NPF ὁ- A--NPF ἑορτή-N1--NPF ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM κλητός-A1--NPF ἅγιος-A1A-NPF ὅς- --APF καλέω-VF--FAI2P αὐτός- D--APF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM καιρός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM

5 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM πρῶτος-A1--DSMS μήν-N3--DSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF οςτεσσαρεσκαιδέκατ-A1--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GPM ἑσπερινός-A1--GPM πασχα-N---NSN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM

6 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πεντεκαιδέκατος-A1--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM οὗτος- D--GSM ἑορτή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GPM ἄζυμος-A1B-GPM ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ἄζυμος-A1B-APN ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P

7 καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF ὁ- A--NSF πρῶτος-A1--NSFS κλητός-A1--NSF ἅγιος-A1A-NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN λατρευτός-A1--ASN οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2P

8 καί-C προςἄγω-VF--FAI2P ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἕβδομος-A1--NSF ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF κλητός-A1--NSF ἅγιος-A1A-NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN λατρευτός-A1--ASN οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2P

9 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

10 εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ὅταν-D εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAS2P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ὅς- --ASF ἐγώ- P--NS δίδωμι-V8--PAI1S σύ- P--DP καί-C θερίζω-V1--PAS2P ὁ- A--ASM θερισμός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C φέρω-VF--FAI2P δράγμα-N3M-ASN ἀπαρχή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSM θερισμός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GP πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἱερεύς-N3V-ASM

11 καί-C ἀναφέρω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--ASN δράγμα-N3M-ASN ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM δεκτός-A1--ASN σύ- P--DP ὁ- A--DSF ἐπαύριον-D ὁ- A--GSF πρῶτος-A1--GSFS ἀναφέρω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASN ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM

12 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐν-P ὅς- --DSF ἄν-X φέρω-V1--PAS2P ὁ- A--ASN δράγμα-N3M-ASN πρόβατον-N2N-ASN ἄμωμος-A1B-ASN ἐνιαύσιος-A1A-ASN εἰς-P ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM

13 καί-C ὁ- A--ASF θυσία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSN δύο-M δέκατος-A1--NPN σεμίδαλις-N3I-GSF ἀναποιέω-VM--XPPGSF ἐν-P ἔλαιον-N2N-DSN θυσία-N1A-NSF ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ὀσμή-N1--NSF εὐωδία-N1A-GSF κύριος-N2--DSM καί-C σπονδή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSN ὁ- A--NSN τέταρτος-A1--NSN ὁ- A--GSN ιν-N---GSN οἶνος-N2--GSM

14 καί-C ἄρτος-N2--ASM καί-C φρύγω-VM--XPPAPN χίδρον-N2N-APN νέος-A1A-APN οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P ἕως-C εἰς-P αὐτός- D--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF οὗτος- D--ASF ἕως-C ἄν-X προςφέρω-VA--AAS2P σύ- P--NP ὁ- A--APN δῶρον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM σύ- P--GP νόμιμος-A1--NSN αἰώνιος-A1B-NSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF γενεά-N1A-APF σύ- P--GP ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF κατοικία-N1A-DSF σύ- P--GP

15 καί-C ἀριθμέω-VF--FAI2P σύ- P--NP ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ἐπαύριον-D ὁ- A--GPN σάββατον-N2N-GPN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF ὅς- --GSF ἄν-X προςφέρω-VA--AAS2P ὁ- A--ASN δράγμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSN ἐπίθεμα-N3M-GSN ἑπτά-M ἑβδομάς-N3D-APF ὁλόκληρος-A1B-APF

16 ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSF ἐπαύριον-D ὁ- A--GSF ἔσχατος-A1--GSF ἑβδομάς-N3D-GSF ἀριθμέω-VF--FAI2P πεντήκοντα-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF καί-C προςφέρω-VF--FAI2P θυσία-N1A-ASF νέος-A1A-ASF ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM

17 ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF κατοικία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GP προςφέρω-VF--FAI2P ἄρτος-N2--APM ἐπίθεμα-N3M-ASN δύο-M ἄρτος-N2--APM ἐκ-P δύο-M δέκατος-A1--GPN σεμίδαλις-N3I-GSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ζύμομαι-VM--XPPNPM πέπτω-VC--FPI3P πρωτογένημα-N3M-GPN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM

18 καί-C προςἄγω-VF--FAI2P μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM ἄρτος-N2--GPM ἑπτά-M ἀμνός-N2--APM ἄμωμος-A1B-APM ἐνιαύσιος-A1A-APM καί-C μόσχος-N2--ASM εἷς-A3--ASM ἐκ-P βουκόλιον-N2N-GSN καί-C κριός-N2--APM δύο-M ἄμωμος-A1B-APM εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF θυσία-N1A-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF σπονδή-N1--NPF αὐτός- D--GPM θυσία-N1A-ASF ὀσμή-N1--ASF εὐωδία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM

19 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI3P χίμαρος-N2--ASM ἐκ-P αἴξ-N3G-GPM εἷς-A3--ASM περί-P ἁμαρτία-N1A-GSF καί-C δύο-M ἀμνός-N2--APM ἐνιαύσιος-A1A-APM εἰς-P θυσία-N1A-ASF σωτήριον-N2N-GSN μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM ἄρτος-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GSN πρωτογένημα-N3M-GSN

20 καί-C ἐπιτίθημι-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--APN ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM ἄρτος-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GSN πρωτογένημα-N3M-GSN ἐπίθεμα-N3M-ASN ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM δύο-M ἀμνός-N2--GPM ἅγιος-A1A-NPN εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM ἱερεύς-N3V-DSM ὁ- A--DSM προςφέρω-V1--PAPDSM αὐτός- D--APN αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

21 καί-C καλέω-VF--FAI2P οὗτος- D--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF κλητός-A1--ASF ἅγιος-A1A-NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN λατρευτός-A1--ASN οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF νόμιμος-A1--NSN αἰώνιος-A1B-NSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF γενεά-N1A-APF σύ- P--GP ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF κατοικία-N1A-DSF σύ- P--GP

22 καί-C ὅταν-D θερίζω-V1--PAS2P ὁ- A--ASM θερισμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF σύ- P--GP οὐ-D συντελέω-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--ASN λοιπός-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GSM θερισμός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN θερίζω-V1--PAN σύ- P--AS καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἀποπίπτω-V1--PAPAPN ὁ- A--GSM θερισμός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS οὐ-D συνλέγω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--DSM πτωχός-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DSM προσήλυτος-N2--DSM ὑπολείπω-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--APN ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP

23 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

24 λαλέω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM ὁ- A--GSM ἕβδομος-A1--GSM εἷς-A1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP ἀνάπαυσις-N3I-NSF μνημόσυνον-N2N-NSN σάλπιγξ-N3G-GPF κλητός-A1--NSF ἅγιος-A1A-NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP

25 πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN λατρευτός-A1--ASN οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2P καί-C προςἄγω-VF--FAI2P ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-ASN κύριος-N2--DSM

26 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

27 καί-C ὁ- A--DSF δέκατος-A1--DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM ὁ- A--GSM ἕβδομος-A1--GSM οὗτος- D--GSM ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF ἐξιλασμός-N2--GSM κλητός-A1--NSF ἅγιος-A1A-NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP καί-C ταπεινόω-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--APF ψυχή-N1--APF σύ- P--GP καί-C προςἄγω-VF--FAI2P ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM

28 πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF οὗτος- D--DSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S γάρ-X ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF ἐξιλασμός-N2--GSM οὗτος- D--NSF σύ- P--DP ἐκἱλάσκομαι-VA--AMN περί-P σύ- P--GP ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GP

29 πᾶς-A1S-NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ὅστις- X--NSF μή-D ταπεινόω-VC--FPI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF οὗτος- D--DSF ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VC--FPI3S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

30 καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ὅστις- X--NSF ποιέω-VF--FAI3S ἔργον-N2N-ASN ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF οὗτος- D--DSF ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐκεῖνος- D--NSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

31 πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2P νόμιμος-A1--NSN αἰώνιος-A1B-NSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF γενεά-N1A-APF σύ- P--GP ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DPF κατοικία-N1A-DPF σύ- P--GP

32 σάββατον-N2N-NPN σάββατον-N2N-GPN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP καί-C ταπεινόω-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--APF ψυχή-N1--APF σύ- P--GP ἀπό-P ἔνατος-A1--GSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM ἀπό-P ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF ἕως-P ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF σαββατίζω-VF2-FAI2P ὁ- A--APN σάββατον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GP

33 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

34 λαλέω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--DSF πεντεκαιδέκατος-A1--DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM ὁ- A--GSM ἕβδομος-A1--GSM οὗτος- D--GSM ἑορτή-N1--NSF σκηνή-N1--GPF ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM

35 καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF ὁ- A--NSF πρῶτος-A1--NSFS κλητός-A1--NSF ἅγιος-A1A-NSF πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN λατρευτός-A1--ASN οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2P

36 ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF προςἄγω-VF--FAI2P ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF ὁ- A--NSF ὄγδοος-A1--NSF κλητός-A1--NSF ἅγιος-A1A-NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP καί-C προςἄγω-VF--FAI2P ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἐξόδιος-A1B-NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN λατρευτός-A1--ASN οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2P

37 οὗτος- D--NPF ὁ- A--NPF ἑορτή-N1--NPF κύριος-N2--DSM ὅς- --APF καλέω-VF--FAI2P κλητός-A1--APF ἅγιος-A1A-APF ὥστε-C προςφέρω-VA--AAN κάρπωμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN καί-C θυσία-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C σπονδή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--ASN κατά-P ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF εἰς-P ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF

38 πλήν-P ὁ- A--GPN σάββατον-N2N-GPN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C πλήν-P ὁ- A--GPN δόμα-N3M-GPN σύ- P--GP καί-C πλήν-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF εὐχή-N1--GPF σύ- P--GP καί-C πλήν-P ὁ- A--GPM ἑκούσιος-A1A-GPM σύ- P--GP ὅς- --APN ἄν-X δίδωμι-VO--AAS2P ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM

39 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πεντεκαιδέκατος-A1--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM ὁ- A--GSM ἕβδομος-A1--GSM οὗτος- D--GSM ὅταν-D συντελέω-VA--AAS2P ὁ- A--APN γένημα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἑορτάζω-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF πρῶτος-A1--DSFS ἀνάπαυσις-N3I-NSF καί-C ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF ὄγδοος-A1--DSF ἀνάπαυσις-N3I-NSF

40 καί-C λαμβάνω-VF--FMI2P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF πρῶτος-A1--DSFS καρπός-N2--ASM ξύλον-N2N-GSN ὡραῖος-A1A-ASM καί-C κάλλυνθρον-N2N-APN φοῖνιξ-N3K-GPM καί-C κλάδος-N2--APM ξύλον-N2N-GSN δασύς-A3U-APM καί-C ἰτέα-N1A-APF καί-C ἄγνος-N2--GSF κλάδος-N2--APM ἐκ-P χειμάρρους-N2--GSM εὐφραίνω-VC--APN ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GP ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF

41 ὁ- A--GSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--GSM νόμιμος-A1--NSN αἰώνιος-A1B-NSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF γενεά-N1A-APF σύ- P--GP ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM μήν-N3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM ἕβδομος-A1--DSM ἑορτάζω-VF--FAI2P αὐτός- D--ASF

42 ἐν-P σκηνή-N1--DPF καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI2P ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM αὐτόχθων-N3N-NSM ἐν-P *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI3S ἐν-P σκηνή-N1--DPF

43 ὅπως-C ὁράω-VB--AAS3P ὁ- A--NPF γενεά-N1A-NPF σύ- P--GP ὅτι-C ἐν-P σκηνή-N1--DPF καταοἰκίζω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκἄγω-VB--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP

44 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--APF ἑορτή-N1--APF κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

   

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865. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and unto the Lamb. That this signifies those in the New Church who are received by the Lord, is evident from the signification of those who are redeemed by the Lord, as denoting those who receive instruction from the Word, especially respecting the Lord, and who live according to it; respecting which see above (n. 860). These are also called the redeemed of the Lord; and these are the redeemed who are regenerated by the Lord; and these are they who follow the Lord, that is, are led by Him, of whom we have just treated above. And the same appears from the signification of the first-fruits of God and the Lamb, as denoting those who have given themselves to the Lord, and are adopted by Him. That these are those who belong to the New Church, is evident from this consideration, that they are called the first-fruits to God and to the Lamb. For those who are received therein, acknowledge the Lord's Divine Human, and live according to His precepts. No others, are received in the New Church, called the New Jerusalem, because those who do not believe it, and so live, are not in agreement with the life of heaven, neither with the light there, nor with the heat; for the light there is Divine truth, from which come all intelligence and wisdom; and the heat there is Divine good, from which come all love and charity. All man's affection and thought therefrom is not only within him, and constitutes his life, but is also external to him, and constitutes the sphere of his life. This is why heaven is divided into societies according to the varieties of affections and thoughts therefrom. Unless therefore the affections and the thoughts therefrom are spiritual, and are formed solely from the acknowledgment of the Lord, and from a life according to His precepts, they cannot be admitted into any society of heaven, for they are repugnant thereto. This is the reason that those who do not acknowledge the Lord's Divine Human, and do not live according to His precepts in the Word, cannot be in association with the angels of heaven. That this is the case, has been made plain to me from much experience. There were some who had thought of the Lord only as of another man, and had lived in the faith of the present day, which is a faith of the thought merely, without any good of life. But because they believed that nothing more was necessary to life eternal than to be admitted into heaven, therefore, according to their wish, they were admitted into some society; but as soon as the light of heaven struck their eyes with its lustre, their sight and also their understanding began to be entirely obscured and became stupefied. And when the heat of heaven came upon them, they began to be tormented in a direful manner, and as to the head and limbs to writhe like serpents. Therefore they cast themselves downwards, swearing that to enter heaven was hell to them, unless they were in the light and heat of heaven; and that they did not know that every one has heaven from love and thence faith, or from a life according to the Lord's precepts in the Word, and from faith in the Lord, and not in any way from faith without the life of faith, which is charity.

[2] It shall now be stated in a few words what first-fruits in the Word signify. They signify the same as the first-begotten; but the latter term is used of animals, and first-fruits of vegetables. Thus the first-begotten are what are born first, and first-fruits are from the first things produced; and both signify the spiritual good first formed, which is essentially truth from good from the Lord. The origin of this is as follows. There are two minds in man, natural and spiritual. From the natural mind alone nothing but evil is produced, and the falsity therefrom; but as soon as the spiritual mind is opened, then good is produced, and the truth therefrom; this which is first produced is meant by the first-begotten and by the first-fruits. Now because nothing born and produced from the spiritual mind is from man but from the Lord, therefore those things were sanctified to Jehovah, that is, to the Lord, because they were His, and consequently holy. And because that which is born or produced first, signifies all the things that follow in a series - as a leader the people, and a shepherd the flock - therefore by the first-begotten and the first-fruits being given to the Lord was signified that all other things were also His.

[3] But in order that this may be more clearly understood, it must be known, that the merely natural mind is formed according to the idea or image of the world, but the spiritual mind according to the idea or image of heaven; and that the spiritual mind is opened to no one, except by the acknowledgment of the Divine of the Lord, and by a life according to His precepts; and that previous to this, no good and truth are produced. But as soon as the spiritual mind is opened, then they are produced therefrom from the Lord. Therefore the first that is produced is called holy, and signifies that all things afterwards produced are also holy. From these things, it is evident that the opening of the womb or matrix signifies the opening of the spiritual mind. That this is the signification is seen also from correspondence; for the womb corresponds to the good of celestial love; concerning which correspondence see above (n. 710), and in the Arcana Coelestia 4918, 5050-5062).

[4] Since the things now mentioned were signified by the first-fruits; and since the things of harvest, as wheat, barley, and the rest, signified the goods and truths of heaven and the church; also wool, and the clean and useful beasts, therefore, of the latter the first-begotten were given to the Lord, and of the former the first-fruits. And because the high priest represented the Lord as to His priesthood, which is the good of love, therefore they were given to that priest. And consequently everything produced from corn, wine, and oil was sanctified.

But concerning those first-fruits, see the statutes for the sons of Israel in the law of Moses; as, for example, the first of the fruits of all the corn, oil, wine, and the fruit of the tree; also of the fleece, and the first-begotten of the flock and the herd; and that they were given as holy to Jehovah, and by Jehovah to Aaron, and after him to the high priest.

(Exodus 22:29; Numbers 13:20; 15:17-22; 18:8-20; Deuteronomy 18:4; 26:1, to the end).

And concerning the feast of the first-fruits of harvest, and of the first-fruits of bread

(Exodus 23:14, 15, 16, 19, 26; Leviticus 23:9-15, 20-25 Numbers 28:26, to the end; and elsewhere).

From these things it is now evident, that by first-fruits to God and to the Lamb are meant those who will belong to the New Church, called the New Jerusalem, who acknowledge the Lord's Divine Human, and live a life of love, that is, a life according to the Lord's precepts in the Word. For in the case of these and no others is the spiritual mind opened; no others, therefore, are led of the Lord, or follow Him whithersoever He goeth.

That by God and the Lamb in the Apocalypse, is meant the Lord as to the Divine itself, and at the same time as to the Divine Human, may be seen above (n. 297, 314, 343, 460, 482).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.