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1 και-C ουτος- D--NPF ο- A--NPF γενεσις-N3I-NPF *ααρων-N---GSM και-C *μωυσης-N1M-GSM εν-P ος- --DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--DSM *μωυσης-N1M-DSM εν-P ορος-N3E-DSN *σινα-N---GS

2 και-C ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN ονομα-N3M-NPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ααρων-N---GSM πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NSM *ναδαβ-N---NSM και-C *αβιουδ-N---NSM *ελεαζαρ-N---NSM και-C *ιθαμαρ-N---NSM

3 ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN ονομα-N3M-NPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ααρων-N---GSM ο- A--NPM ιερευς-N3V-NPM ο- A--NPM αλειφω-VAI-AMPNPM ος- --APM τελειοω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF αυτος- D--GPM ιερατευω-V1--PAN

4 και-C τελευταω-VAI-AAI3S *ναδαβ-N---ASM και-C *αβιουδ-N---ASM εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM προςφερω-V1--PAPGPM αυτος- D--GPM πυρ-N3--ASN αλλοτριος-A1A-ASN εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM εν-P ο- A--DSF ερημος-N2--DSF *σινα-N---DS και-C παιδιον-N2--NPN ου-D ειμι-V9--IAI3S αυτος- D--DPM και-C ιερατευω-VAI-AAI3S *ελεαζαρ-N---NSM και-C *ιθαμαρ-N---NSM μετα-P *ααρων-N---ASM ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GPM

5 και-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

6 λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--ASF φυλη-N1--ASF *λευι-N---GSM και-C ιστημι-VF--FAI2S αυτος- D--APM εναντιον-P *ααρων-N---GSM ο- A--GSM ιερευς-N3V-GSM και-C λειτουργεω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--DSM

7 και-C φυλασσω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--APF φυλακη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--APF φυλακη-N1--APF ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM εναντι-P ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN μαρτυριον-N2N-GSN εργαζομαι-V1--PMN ο- A--APN εργον-N2N-APN ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF

8 και-C φυλασσω-VF--FAI3P πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN σκευος-N3--APN ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN μαρτυριον-N2N-GSN και-C ο- A--APF φυλακη-N1--APF ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM κατα-P πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN εργον-N2N-APN ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF

9 και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI2S ο- A--APM *λευιτης-N1M-APM *ααρων-N---DSM και-C ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--DPM ιερευς-N3V-DPM δομα-N3M-ASN διδωμι-VM--XMPNPM ουτος- D--NPM εγω- P--DS ειμι-V9--PAI3P απο-P ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

10 και-C *ααρων-N---ASM και-C ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSM καταιστημι-VF--FAI2S επι-P ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN μαρτυριον-N2N-GSN και-C φυλασσω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--ASF ιερατεια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GPM και-C πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN κατα-P ο- A--ASM βωμος-N2--ASM και-C εσω-D ο- A--GSN καταπετασμα-N3M-GSN και-C ο- A--NSM αλλογενης-A3H-NSM ο- A--NSM απτομαι-V1--PMPNSM αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3S

11 και-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

12 και-C εγω- P--NS ιδου-I λαμβανω-VX--XAI1S ο- A--APM *λευιτης-N1M-APM εκ-P μεσος-A1--GSM ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM αντι-P πας-A3--GSM πρωτοτοκος-A1B-GSM δια αναοιγω-V1--PAPGSM μητρα-N1A-ASF παρα-P ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM λυτρον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GPM ειμι-VF--FMI3P και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3P εγω- P--DS ο- A--NPM *λευιτης-N1M-NPM

13 εγω- P--DS γαρ-X πας-A3--NSN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NSN εν-P ος- --DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF πατασσω-VAI-AAI1S πας-A3--NSN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NSN εν-P γη-N1--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF αγιαζω-VAI-AAI1S εγω- P--DS πας-A3--NSN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NSN εν-P *ισραηλ-N---DSM απο-P ανθρωπος-N2--GSM εως-P κτηνος-N3E-GSN εγω- P--DS ειμι-VF--FMI3P εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM

14 και-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM εν-P ο- A--DSF ερημος-N2--DSF *σινα-N---GS λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

15 επισκεπτω-VA--AAN ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM *λευι-N---GSM κατα-P οικος-N2--APM πατρια-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GPM κατα-P δημος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM κατα-P συγγενεια-N1A-GSF αυτος- D--GPM πας-A3--NSN αρσενικος-A1--NSN απο-P μηνιαιος-A1A-GSM και-C επανω-D επισκεπτω-VA--AMD2P αυτος- D--APM

16 και-C επισκεπτω-VAI-AMI3P αυτος- D--APM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM και-C *ααρων-N---NSM δια-P φωνη-N1--GSF κυριος-N2--GSM ος- --ASM τροπος-N2--ASM συντασσω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM κυριος-N2--NSM

17 και-C ειμι-V9--IAI3P ουτος- D--NPM ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *λευι-N---GSM εκ-P ονομα-N3M-GPN αυτος- D--GPM *γεδσων-N---NSM *κααθ-N---NSM και-C *μεραρι-N---NSM

18 και-C ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN ονομα-N3M-NPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *γεδσων-N---GSM κατα-P δημος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM *λοβενι-N---NSM και-C *σεμει-N---NSM

19 και-C υιος-N2--NPM *κααθ-N---GSM κατα-P δημος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM *αμραμ-N---NSM και-C *ισσααρ-N---NSM *χεβρων-N---NSM και-C *οζιηλ-N---NSM

20 και-C υιος-N2--NPM *μεραρι-N---GSM κατα-P δημος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM *μοολι-N---NSM και-C *μουσι-N---NSM ουτος- D--NPM ειμι-V9--PAI3P δημος-N2--NPM ο- A--GPM *λευιτης-N1M-GPM κατα-P οικος-N2--APM πατρια-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GPM

21 ο- A--DSM *γεδσων-N---DSM δημος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM *λοβενι-N---GSM και-C δημος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM *σεμει-N---GSM ουτος- D--NPM δημος-N2--NPM ο- A--GSM *γεδσων-N---GSM

22 ο- A--NSF επισκεψις-N3I-NSF αυτος- D--GPM κατα-P αριθμος-N2--ASM πας-A3--GSM αρσενικος-A1--GSM απο-P μηνιαιος-A1A-GSM και-C επανω-D ο- A--NSF επισκεψις-N3I-NSF αυτος- D--GPM επτακισχιλιοι-A1A-NPM και-C πεντακοσιοι-A1A-NPM

23 και-C υιος-N2--NPM *γεδσων-N---GSM οπισω-P ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF παρα-P θαλασσα-N1S-ASF παρα ενβαλλω-VF2-FAI3P

24 και-C ο- A--NSM αρχων-N3--NSM οικος-N2--GSM πατρια-N1A-GSF ο- A--GSM δημος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM *γεδσων-N---GSM *ελισαφ-N---NSM υιος-N2--NSM *λαηλ-N---GSM

25 και-C ο- A--NSF φυλακη-N1--NSF υιος-N2--GPM *γεδσων-N---GSM εν-P ο- A--DSF σκηνη-N1--DSF ο- A--GSN μαρτυριον-N2N-GSN ο- A--NSF σκηνη-N1--NSF και-C ο- A--NSN καλυμμα-N3M-NSN και-C ο- A--NSN κατακαλυμμα-N3M-NSN ο- A--GSF θυρα-N1A-GSF ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN μαρτυριον-N2N-GSN

26 και-C ο- A--APN ιστιον-N2--NPN ο- A--GSF αυλη-N1--GSF και-C ο- A--NSN καταπετασμα-N3M-NSN ο- A--GSF πυλη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSF αυλη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSF ειμι-V9--PAPGSF επι-P ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF και-C ο- A--NPN καταλοιπος-A1B-NPN πας-A3--GPN ο- A--GPN εργον-N2N-GPN αυτος- D--GSM

27 ο- A--DSM *κααθ-N---DSM δημος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM *αμραμις-N---NSM και-C δημος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM *σααρις-N---NSM και-C δημος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM *χεβρωνις-N---NSM και-C δημος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM *οζιηλις-N---NSM ουτος- D--NPM ειμι-V9--PAI3P δημος-N2--NPM ο- A--GSM *κααθ-N---GSM

28 κατα-P αριθμος-N2--ASM πας-A3--ASM αρσενικος-A1--ASM απο-P μηνιαιος-A1A-GSM και-C επανω-D οκτακισχιλιοι-A1A-NPM και-C εξακοσιοι-A1A-NPM φυλασσω-V1--PAPNPM ο- A--APF φυλακη-N1--APF ο- A--GPM αγιος-A1A-GPM

29 ο- A--NPM δημος-N2--NPM ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *κααθ-N---GSM παρα ενβαλλω-VF2-FAI3P εκ-P πλαγιος-A1A-GPM ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF κατα-P λιψ-N3--ASM

30 και-C ο- A--NSM αρχων-N3--NSM οικος-N2--GSM πατρια-N1A-GPF ο- A--GPM δημος-N2--GPM ο- A--GSM *κααθ-N---GSM *ελισαφαν-N---NSM υιος-N2--NSM *οζιηλ-N---GSM

31 και-C ο- A--NSF φυλακη-N1--NSF αυτος- D--GPM ο- A--NSF κιβωτος-N2--NSF και-C ο- A--NSF τραπεζα-N1S-NSF και-C ο- A--NSF λυχνια-N1A-NSF και-C ο- A--NPN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-NPN και-C ο- A--NPN σκευος-N3--NPN ο- A--GSM αγιος-A1A-GSM οσος-A1--APN λειτουργεω-V2--PAI3P εν-P αυτος- D--DPN και-C ο- A--NSN κατακαλυμμα-N3M-NSN και-C πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN εργον-N2N-NPN αυτος- D--GPN

32 και-C ο- A--NSM αρχων-N3--NSM επι-P ο- A--GPM αρχων-N3--GPM ο- A--GPM *λευιτης-N1M-GPM *ελεαζαρ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM *ααρων-N---GSM ο- A--GSM ιερευς-N3V-GSM καταιστημι-VMI-XMPNSM φυλασσω-V1--PAN ο- A--APF φυλακη-N1--APF ο- A--GPN αγιος-A1A-GPN

33 ο- A--DSM *μεραρι-N---DSM δημος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM *μοολι-N---NSM και-C δημος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM *μουσι-N---NSM ουτος- D--NPM ειμι-V9--PAI3P δημος-N2--NPM *μεραρι-N---GSM

34 ο- A--NSF επισκεψις-N3I-NSF αυτος- D--GPM κατα-P αριθμος-N2--ASM πας-A3--ASN αρσενικος-A1--ASM απο-P μηνιαιος-A1--GSM και-C επανω-D εξακισχιλιοι-A1A-NPM και-C πεντηκοντα-M

35 και-C ο- A--NSM αρχων-N3--NSM οικος-N2--GSM πατρια-N1A-GPF ο- A--GSM δημος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM *μεραρι-N---GSM *σουριηλ-N---NSM υιος-N2--NSM *αβιχαιλ-N---GSM εκ-P πλαγιος-A1A-GPM ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF παρα ενβαλλω-VF2-FAI3P προς-P βορεας-N1T-ASM

36 ο- A--NSF επισκεψις-N3I-NSF ο- A--NSF φυλακη-N1--NSF υιος-N2--GPM *μεραρι-N---GSM ο- A--APF κεφαλις-N3D-APF ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF και-C ο- A--APM μοχλος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--APM στυλος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--APF βασις-N3I-APF αυτος- D--GSF και-C πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN σκευος-N3--APN αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--APN εργον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GPM

37 και-C ο- A--APM στυλος-N2--APM ο- A--GSF αυλη-N1--GSF κυκλος-N2--DSM και-C ο- A--APF βασις-N3I-APF αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--APM πασσαλος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--APM καλος-A1--APM αυτος- D--GPM

38 και-C ο- A--NPM παρα ενβαλλω-V1--PAPNPM κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN μαρτυριον-N2N-GSN απο-P ανατολη-N1--GSF *μωυσης-N1M-NSM και-C *ααρων-N---NSM και-C ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM αυτος- D--GSM φυλασσω-V1--PAPNPM ο- A--APF φυλακη-N1--APF ο- A--GSM αγιος-A1A-GSM εις-P ο- A--APF φυλακη-N1--APF ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--NSM αλλογενης-A3H-NSM ο- A--NSM απτομαι-V1--PMPNSM αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3S

39 πας-A1S-NSF ο- A--NSF επισκεψις-N3I-NSF ο- A--GPM *λευιτης-N1M-GPM ος- --APM επισκεπτω-VAI-AMI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM και-C *ααρων-N---NSM δια-P φωνη-N1--GSF κυριος-N2--GSM κατα-P δημος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM πας-A3--ASN αρσενικος-A1--ASN απο-P μηνιαιος-A1A-GSM και-C επανω-D δυο-M και-C εικοσι-M χιλιας-N3D-NPF

40 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM επισκεπτω-VA--AAN πας-A3--NSN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-ASN αρσην-A3--ASN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM απο-P μηνιαιος-A1A-GSM και-C επανω-D και-C λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--ASM αριθμος-N2--ASM εκ-P ονομα-N3M-GSN

41 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI2S ο- A--APM *λευιτης-N1M-APM εγω- P--DS εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM αντι-P πας-A3--GPN ο- A--GPN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-GPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN ο- A--GPM *λευιτης-N1M-GPM αντι-P πας-A3--GPN ο- A--GPN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-GPN εν-P ο- A--DPN κτηνος-N3E-DPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

42 και-C επισκεπτω-VAI-AMI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ος- --ASM τροπος-N2--ASM εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI3S κυριος-N2--NSM πας-A3--ASN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-ASN εν-P ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

43 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NPN ο- A--NPN αρσενικος-A1--NPN κατα-P αριθμος-N2--ASM εκ-P ονομα-N3M-GSN απο-P μηνιαιος-A1A-GSM και-C επανω-D εκ-P ο- A--GSF επισκεψις-N3I-GSF αυτος- D--GPM δυο-M και-C εικοσι-M χιλιας-N3D-NPF τρεις-A3--NPM και-C εβδομηκοντα-M και-C διακοσιοι-A1A-NPM

44 και-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

45 λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--APM *λευιτης-N1M-APM αντι-P πας-A3--GPN ο- A--GPN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-GPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN ο- A--GPM *λευιτης-N1M-GPM αντι-P ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN αυτος- D--GPM και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3P εγω- P--DS ο- A--NPM *λευιτης-N1M-NPM εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM

46 και-C ο- A--APN λυτρον-N2N-APN τρεις-A3--GPM και-C εβδομηκοντα-M και-C διακοσιοι-A1A-GPM ο- A--NPM πλεοναζω-V1--PAPNPM παρα-P ο- A--APM *λευιτης-N1M-APM απο-P ο- A--GPN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-GPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

47 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI2S πεντε-M σικλος-N2--APM κατα-P κεφαλη-N1--ASF κατα-P ο- A--ASN διδραγμον-N2N-ASN ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN λαμβανω-VF--FMI2S εικοσι-M οβολος-N2--APM ο- A--GSM σικλος-N2--GSM

48 και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI2S ο- A--ASN αργυριον-N2N-ASN *ααρων-N---DSM και-C ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GSM λυτρον-N2N-APN ο- A--GPM πλεοναζω-V1--PAPGPM εν-P αυτος- D--DPM

49 και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--ASN αργυριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--APN λυτρον-N2N-APN ο- A--GPM πλεοναζω-V1--PAPGPM εις-P ο- A--ASF εκλυτροω-V4--PAS3P ο- A--GPM *λευιτης-N1M-GPM

50 παρα-P ο- A--GPN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-GPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN αργυριον-N2N-ASN χιλιοι-A1A-APM τριακοσιοι-A1A-APM εξηκοντα-M πεντε-M σικλος-N2--APM κατα-P ο- A--ASM σικλος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM αγιος-A1A-ASM

51 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--APN λυτρον-N2N-APN ο- A--GPM πλεοναζω-V1--PAPGPM *ααρων-N---DSM και-C ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GSM δια-P φωνη-N1--GSF κυριος-N2--GSM ος- --ASM τροπος-N2--ASM συντασσω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--DSM *μωυσης-N1M-DSM

   

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17. The firstborn from the dead. This symbolically means, and which is Divine good itself.

No one as yet knows what it is to be firstborn from the dead. Moreover, the ancients debated what it symbolized. They knew that the firstborn symbolized the first or primary constituent from which sprung everything having to do with the church. Many also believed that it was truth in doctrine and faith, but a few thought it was truth in act and deed, which constitutes goodness of life. We will see that the latter is the first and primary constituent of the church, and therefore that, properly speaking, it is what is meant by the firstborn.

First, however, we must say something about the opinion of those who believed that truth in doctrine and faith is the first and primary constituent of the church, thus the firstborn. They believed this because truth is learned first, and because the church is a church in consequence of its truth, though not before the truth is lived. Prior to that it exists only in the thought and memory of the intellect, and not in any action of the will; and truth that is not truth in act or deed has no life in it. It is merely like a tree abounding in branches and leaves without any fruit, or like knowledge without any useful application. Or it is like a foundation upon which a house is being built for people to live in. These things are first in time, but they are not first in end, and those which are first in end are primary. For first in end is the living in the house, while the first in time is the foundation. The first in end, too, is useful application, while the first in time is knowledge. Likewise, when a tree is planted, the first in end is its fruit, while first in time are its branches and leaves.

[2] The same is the case with the intellect, which is formed first in a person, but to the end that the person may put into practice what he sees with the intellect. Otherwise the intellect is like a preacher who teaches rightly but lives an evil life.

Every truth, furthermore, is sown in the inner self and takes root in the outer one. Consequently, unless the truth that is sown takes root in the outer self, which it does by being put into practice, it becomes like a tree placed not in the ground but on top of it, which in the radiating heat of the sun immediately wilts.

This root is something a person takes with him after death if he has put truths into practice, but not the person who has known and acknowledged them in faith only.

Now, because many of the ancients made what is first in time first in end or primary, therefore they said that something firstborn symbolized truth in the church in doctrine and faith, unaware that it is the firstborn apparently, but not actually.

[3] Those, however, who made truth in doctrine and faith primary, were all condemned, because not a bit of practice or deed, or of life, was found in that truth. Cain, who was the firstborn of Adam and Eve, was condemned for that reason. That he symbolizes truth in doctrine and faith may be seen in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Providence 242.

For the same reason too, Reuben, who was the firstborn of Jacob, was condemned by his father (Genesis 49:3-4), and the birthright was taken from him (1 Chronicles 5:1). In the spiritual sense Reuben means truth in doctrine and faith, as we will see hereafter.

The firstborn of Egypt were all struck down, having been condemned, and in the spiritual sense they mean nothing else than truth in doctrine and faith apart from goodness of life - truth which in itself is lifeless.

The goats mentioned in Daniel and Matthew 1 mean no others than people who possess a faith apart from life, as discussed in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding Faith, nos. 61-68.

Around the time of the Last Judgment, people who possessed a faith apart from life were rejected and condemned, as may be seen in A Continuation Concerning the Last Judgment 16[1]ff.

[4] It can be seen from these few considerations that the firstborn of the church is not truth in doctrine and faith, but truth in practice or deed, which constitutes goodness of life. For the church does not exist in a person until truth becomes a matter of life, and when truth becomes a matter of life, it is then goodness. That is because the thought of the intellect and memory do not flow into the will and through the will into practice. Rather the will flows into the thought and memory of the intellect and acts. Moreover, whatever issues from the will through the intellect does so from affection, which is a matter of love, through thought, which is a matter of the intellect. And it is all called good and enters into the life. Therefore the Lord says that he who does the truth does it in God (John 3:21).

[5] Since John represented goodness of life, and Peter the truth of faith (see no. 5 above), therefore John is said to have reclined at the Lord's breast and followed Jesus, and not Peter (John 21:18-23). The Lord also said of John that John would remain till He came (John 21:22-23), thus to the present day, which is the day of the Lord's coming. Consequently the Lord is now teaching goodness of life for people who will be constituents of His New Church, which is the New Jerusalem.

In sum, the firstborn is that which truth first produces from good, thus what the intellect produces from the will, because truth has to do with the intellect, and good with the will. This first element is primary, because it is like a seed from which everything else springs.

[6] As for the Lord, He is the "firstborn from the dead" because in respect to His humanity He is truth itself united to Divine good, from whom all people live, who in themselves are dead.

The like is meant in Psalms,

I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. (Psalms 89:27)

This is said of the Lord's humanity.

So it is that Israel is called the firstborn (Exodus 4:22-23). "Israel" means truth in practice, "Jacob" truth in doctrine; and because no church is formed in consequence of the latter alone, therefore Jacob was named Israel. (In the highest sense, however, Israel means the Lord.)

[7] Because of this representation of the firstborn, all the firstborn of people and animals were consecrated to Jehovah (Exodus 13:2, 12; 22:28-29).

Because of this representation of the firstborn, in the Israelite church the Levites were taken in place of all the firstborn, and it is said that they therefore belonged to Jehovah (Numbers 3:12-13, 40-46; 18:15-18). For Levi symbolizes truth in practice, which constitutes goodness of life, and therefore his descendants were given the priesthood, on which subject more later.

For the same reason, too, the firstborn was given a double portion of the inheritance, and he is called the beginning of strength (Deuteronomy 21:15-17).

[8] The firstborn symbolizes the primary constituent of the church because natural births in the Word symbolize spiritual births, and what first produces them in a person is then meant by his firstborn. For the church does not exist in him until the doctrinal truth conceived in the inner self is given birth in the outer self.

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1. Daniel 8:5, 8, 21

  
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