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Numbers 30

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1 και-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM κατα-P πας-A3--APN οσος-A1--APN εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--DSM *μωυσης-N1M-DSM

2 και-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM προς-P ο- A--APM αρχων-N3--APM ο- A--GPF φυλη-N1--GPF *ισραηλ-N---GSM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM ουτος- D--NSN ο- A--NSN ρημα-N3M-NSN ος- --ASN συντασσω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

3 ανθρωπος-N2--NSM ανθρωπος-N2--NSM ος- --NSM αν-X ευχομαι-VA--AMS3S ευχη-N1--ASF κυριος-N2--DSM η-C ομνυμι-VA--AAS3S ορκος-N2--ASM η-C οριζω-VA--AMS3S ορισμος-N2--DSM περι-P ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM ου-D βεβηλοω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM πας-A3--APN οσος-A1--APN εαν-C εκερχομαι-VB--AAS3S εκ-P ο- A--GSN στομα-N3M-GSN αυτος- D--GSM ποιεω-VF--FAI3S

4 εαν-C δε-X γυνη-N3K-NSF ευχομαι-VA--AMS3S ευχη-N1--ASF κυριος-N2--DSM η-C οριζω-VA--AMS3S ορισμος-N2--ASM εν-P ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GSF εν-P ο- A--DSF νεοτης-N3T-DSF αυτος- D--GSF

5 και-C ακουω-VA--AAS3S ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSF ο- A--APF ευχη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--APM ορισμος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSF ος- --APM οριζω-VAI-AMI3S κατα-P ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF και-C παρασιωπαω-VA--AAS3S αυτος- D--GSF ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM και-C ιστημι-VF--FMI3P πας-A1S-NPF ο- A--NPF ευχη-N1--NPF αυτος- D--GSF και-C πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM ορισμος-N2--NPM ος- --APM οριζω-VAI-AMI3S κατα-P ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF μενω-VF2-FAI3P αυτος- D--DSF

6 εαν-C δε-X ανανευω-V1--PAPNSM ανανευω-VA--AAS3S ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSF ος- --DSF αν-X ημερα-N1A-DSF ακουω-VA--AAS3S πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF ευχη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--APM ορισμος-N2--APM ος- --APM οριζω-VAI-AMI3S κατα-P ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF ου-D ιστημι-VF--FMI3P και-C κυριος-N2--NSM καθαριζω-VF2-FAI3S αυτος- D--ASF οτι-C ανανευω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSF

7 εαν-C δε-X γιγνομαι-VB--AMPNSF γιγνομαι-VB--AMS3S ανηρ-N3--DSM και-C ο- A--NPF ευχη-N1--NPF αυτος- D--GSF επι-P αυτος- D--DSF κατα-P ο- A--ASF διαστολη-N1--ASF ο- A--GPN χειλος-N3E-GPN αυτος- D--GSF ος- --APM οριζω-VAI-AMI3S κατα-P ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF

8 και-C ακουω-VA--AAS3S ο- A--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSF και-C παρασιωπαω-VA--AAS3S αυτος- D--DSF ος- --DSF αν-X ημερα-N1A-DSF ακουω-VA--AAS3S και-C ουτως-D ιστημι-VF--FMI3P πας-A1S-NPF ο- A--NPF ευχη-N1--NPF αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--NPM ορισμος-N2--NPM αυτος- D--GSF ος- --APM οριζω-VAI-AMI3S κατα-P ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF ιστημι-VF--FMI3P

9 εαν-C δε-X ανανευω-V1--PAPNSM ανανευω-VA--AAS3S ο- A--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSF ος- --DSF αν-X ημερα-N1A-DSF ακουω-VA--AAS3S πας-A1S-NPF ο- A--NPF ευχη-N1--NPF αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--NPM ορισμος-N2--NPM αυτος- D--GSF ος- --APM οριζω-VAI-AMI3S κατα-P ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF ου-D μενω-VF2-FAI3P οτι-C ο- A--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM ανανευω-VAI-AAI3S απο-P αυτος- D--GSF και-C κυριος-N2--NSM καθαριζω-VF2-FAI3S αυτος- D--ASF

10 και-C ευχη-N1--NSF χηρα-N1A-GSF και-C εκβαλλω-VM--XMPGSF οσος-A1--APN αν-X ευχομαι-VA--AMS3S κατα-P ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF μενω-VF2-FAI3P αυτος- D--DSF

11 εαν-C δε-X εν-P ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM ο- A--GSM ανηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GSF ο- A--NSF ευχη-N1--NSF αυτος- D--GSF η-C ο- A--NSM ορισμος-N2--NSM κατα-P ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF μετα-P ορκος-N2--GSM

12 και-C ακουω-VA--AAS3S ο- A--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSF και-C παρασιωπαω-VA--AAS3S αυτος- D--DSF και-C μη-D ανανευω-VA--AAS3S αυτος- D--DSF και-C ιστημι-VF--FMI3P πας-A1S-NPF ο- A--NPF ευχη-N1--NPF αυτος- D--GSF και-C πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM ορισμος-N2--NPM αυτος- D--GSF ος- --APM οριζω-VAI-AMI3S κατα-P ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF ιστημι-VF--FMI3P κατα-P αυτος- D--GSF

13 εαν-C δε-X περιαιρεω-VB--AAPNSM περιαιρεω-VB--AAS3S ο- A--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSF ος- --DSF αν-X ημερα-N1A-DSF ακουω-VA--AAS3S πας-A3--APN οσος-A1--APN εαν-C εκερχομαι-VB--AAS3S εκ-P ο- A--GPN χειλος-N3E-GPN αυτος- D--GSF κατα-P ο- A--APF ευχη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GSF και-C κατα-P ο- A--APM ορισμος-N2--APM ο- A--APM κατα-P ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF ου-D μενω-VF2-FAI3S αυτος- D--DSF ο- A--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSF περιαιρεω-VBI-AAI3S και-C κυριος-N2--NSM καθαριζω-VF--FAI3S αυτος- D--ASF

14 πας-A1S-NSF ευχη-N1--NSF και-C πας-A3--NSM ορκος-N2--NSM δεσμος-N2--GSM κακοω-VA--AAN ψυχη-N1--ASF ο- A--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSF ιστημι-VF--FAI3S αυτος- D--DSF και-C ο- A--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSF περιαιρεω-VF2-FAI3S

15 εαν-C δε-X σιωπαω-V3--PAPNSM παρασιωπαω-VA--AAS3S αυτος- D--DSF ημερα-N1A-ASF εκ-P ημερα-N1A-GSF και-C ιστημι-VF--FAI3S αυτος- D--DSF πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF ευχη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--APM ορισμος-N2--APM ο- A--APM επι-P αυτος- D--GSF ιστημι-VF--FAI3S αυτος- D--DSF οτι-C σιωπαω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSF ο- A--DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF ος- --DSF ακουω-VAI-AAI3S

16 εαν-C δε-X περιαιρεω-VB--AAPNSM περιαιρεω-VB--AAS3S αυτος- D--GSF μετα-P ο- A--ASF ημερα-N1A-ASF ος- --ASF ακουω-VAI-AAI3S και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S ο- A--ASF αμαρτια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GSM

17 ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN δικαιωμα-N3M-NPN οσος-A1--NPN εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--DSM *μωυσης-N1M-DSM ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ανηρ-N3--GSM και-C γυνη-N3K-GSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN πατηρ-N3--GSM και-C θυγατηρ-N3--GSF εν-P νεοτης-N3T-DSF εν-P οικος-N2--DSM πατηρ-N3--GSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3994

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3994. 'And every black one among the lambs' means a proprium of innocence, which belongs to the good meant by 'Laban'. This is clear from the meaning of 'black' as the proprium, dealt with immediately above in 3993, and from the meaning of 'a lamb' as innocence, dealt with below. With regard to a proprium of innocence meant by 'black one among the lambs' the position is that, to be good, all good must contain innocence. Charity devoid of innocence is not charity, and still less can love to the Lord exist without it. Innocence is therefore an absolutely essential element of love and charity, and consequently of good. A proprium of innocence consists in knowing, acknowledging, and believing, not with the lips but with the heart, that nothing but evil originates in oneself, and everything good in the Lord, and therefore that such a proprium is altogether black, that is to say, both the will side of the proprium, which is evil, and the understanding side, which is falsity. When a person confesses and believes that in his heart, the Lord flows in with good and truth and instills a heavenly proprium into him which is bright and shining. Nobody can possibly be truly humble unless that acknowledgement and belief are present in his heart; and when they are present he is self-effacing, indeed self-loathing, and so is not preoccupied with himself, in which case he is in a fit state to receive the Lord's Divine. These are the circumstances in which the Lord flows in with good into a humble and contrite heart.

[2] Such is the proprium of innocence meant here by 'the black one among the lambs' which Jacob chose for himself, whereas 'the white one among the iambs' means the merit that is placed in good deeds - 'white' meaning merit, as stated above in 3993. Jacob did not choose this because it goes against innocence. Indeed anyone who places merit in good deeds acknowledges and believes that all good originates in himself, for he regards himself, not the Lord, in the good deeds he does and as a consequence seeks reward on the basis of that merit. For the same reason he also despises others in comparison with himself, indeed he even condemns them, and therefore to the same extent departs from heavenly order, that is, from good and truth. From all this it may be seen that charity towards the neighbour and love to the Lord are by no means able to exist unless they have innocence within them, and consequently that no one can enter heaven unless he possesses some degree of innocence, according to the Lord's words,

Truly I say to you, Whoever has not received the kingdom of God like a young child will not enter into it. Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17.

Here and elsewhere in the Word 'a young child' means innocence - see what has been stated already on these matters in the following paragraphs,

Early childhood is not innocence, but innocence resides in wisdom, 2305, 3494.

The nature of the innocence of early childhood, and the nature of the innocence of wisdom, 2306, 3183; also the nature of the proprium when, with innocence and charity, the Lord gives it life, 154.

Innocence causes good to be good, 2526, 2780.

[3] The fact that innocence is meant by 'lambs' may be seen from many places in the Word, of which let the following be quoted to confirm the point,

The wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the ox together; and a little child will lead them. Isaiah 11:6.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom and to the state of peace and of innocence there. 'The wolf' stands for those who are opposed to innocence, 'the lamb' for those in whom innocence is present. A similar example occurs elsewhere in the same prophet,

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and for the serpent, dust will be his bread. They will not hurt and will not destroy on all My holy mountain. Isaiah 65:25.

As above, 'the wolf' stands for those who are opposed to innocence, and 'the lamb' for those in whom innocence is present. Because 'the wolf' and 'the lamb' are opposites, the Lord also said to the seventy whom He sent out, in Luke,

Behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Luke 10:3.

In Moses,

He causes him to suck honey out of the crag, and oil out of the stony rock - butter from the cattle, and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs and rams, the breed 1 of Bashan. Deuteronomy 32:13-14.

This refers in the internal sense to the celestial qualities of the Ancient Church. 'The fat of lambs' stands for the charity that goes with innocence.

[4] In the original language various nouns exist for lambs, and each is used to mean a different degree of innocence, for as has been stated, all good, if it is to be good, must have innocence within it. And so also must truth. Here in Genesis 30:32 the word used for lambs is also used for sheep, as in Leviticus 1:10; 3:7; 5:6; 17:3; 22:19; Numbers 18:17; and by that word is meant the innocence belonging to faith grounded in charity. Different words are used elsewhere, as in Isaiah,

Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from the rock towards the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion. Isaiah 16:1.

A different word again is used in the same prophet,

The Lord Jehovih is coming with strength, and His arm will exercise dominion for Him. He will pasture His flock like a shepherd, He will gather the lambs into His arm, He will carry them in His bosom, and will lead those that give suck. Isaiah 40:9-11.

'Gathering the lambs into the arm and carrying in the bosom' stands for people who are governed by charity that has innocence within it.

[5] In John,

When He appeared [to the disciples] Jesus said to Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord; You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs. He said to him again, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My sheep. John 21:15-16.

Here as elsewhere 'Peter' means faith - see the Prefaces to Chapters 18 and 22, and 3750. And since faith is not faith if it does not arise out of charity towards the neighbour, and so out of love to the Lord, neither are charity and love charity and love if they do not arise out of innocence. This is why the Lord first asks whether he loves Him, that is, whether love is present within faith, and after that says, 'Feed My lambs', that is, feed those who are innocent. Then after putting the same question again, He says, 'Feed My sheep', that is, feed those who have charity.

[6] Because the Lord is the Innocence itself which exists in His kingdom, for He is the source of all innocence, the Lord is therefore called the Lamb, as in John,

The next day John Baptist saw Jesus coming towards him, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God who bears away the sin of the world. John 1:29, 36.

And in Revelation,

They will fight with the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those with Him have been called and chosen. Revelation 17:14.

There are other places in Revelation besides this - 5:6; 6:1, 16; 7:9, 14, 17; 12:11; 13:8; 14:1, 4; 19:7, 9; 21:22-23, 27; 22:1, 3. It is well known that in the highest sense the paschal lamb means the Lord - for the Passover meant the Lord's glorification, that is, His enduing the Human with the Divine - and in the representative sense means the regeneration of man. Indeed the paschal lamb means that which is the essential feature of regeneration, namely innocence; for nobody can be regenerated except by means of charity that has innocence within it.

[7] Because innocence is the first essential in the Lord's kingdom and is the celestial itself there, and because sacrifices and burnt offerings used to represent the spiritual and celestial things of the Lord's kingdom, the essential itself of the Lord's kingdom, which is innocence, was therefore represented by 'lambs'. This was why the continual or daily burnt offering was made from lambs, the first in the morning and the second 'between the evenings', Exodus 29:37-39; Numbers 28:3-4; and a double offering on the sabbath, Numbers 28:9-10; and many more lambs still at the appointed festivals, Leviticus 23:12; Numbers 28:11, 14, 19, 27; 28:1-end. After the days of her cleansing had been completed a woman who had given birth was required to offer a lamb as a burnt offering, also a young pigeon or else a turtledove, Leviticus 12:6. This was required in order that the sign of the fruit of conjugial love - a love which is innocence itself, see 2736 - might be represented, and because innocence is meant by 'babes'.

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The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine # 129

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129. FROM THE ARCANA COELESTIA.

A life of piety without a life of charity, is of no avail, but when united therewith aids (n. 8252, seq.). External sanctity without internal sanctity is not holy (n. 2190, 10177). Of the quality of those in another life, who have lived in external sanctity, and not from internal (n. 951-952).

There is an internal and external of the church (n. 1098). There is internal worship and external worship, and the quality of each (n. 1083, 1098, 1100, 1151, 1153). Internals are what make worship (n. 1175). External worship without internal is no worship (n. 1094, 7724). There is an internal in worship, if man's life is a life of charity (n. 1100, 1151, 1153). Man is in true worship when he is in love and charity, that is, when he is in good as to life (n. 1618, 7724, 10242). The quality of worship is according to good (n. 2190). Worship itself consists in a life according to the precepts of the church from the Word (n. 7884, 9921, 10143, 10153, 10196, 10645).

True worship is from the Lord with man, not from man himself (n. 10203, 10299). The Lord desires worship from man for the sake of man's salvation, and not for the sake of his own glory (n. 4593, 8263, 10646). Man believes that the Lord desires worship for the sake of glory; but they who thus believe know not what Divine glory is, nor that it consists in the salvation of the human race, which man has when he attributes nothing to himself, and when he removes his proprium by humiliation; because the Divine is then first able to flow in (n. 4347, 4593, 5957, 7550, 8263, 10646). Humiliation of heart with man exists from an acknowledgment of himself, which is, that he is nothing but evil, and that he can do nothing from himself; and from a consequent acknowledgment of the Lord, which is, that nothing but good is from the Lord, and that the Lord can do all things (n. 2327, 3994, 7478). The Divine cannot flow in except into a humble heart, since so far as man is in humiliation, so far he is absent from his proprium, and thus from the love of self (n. 3994, 4347, 5957). Hence the Lord does not desire humiliation for His own sake, but for man's sake, that man may be in a state for receiving the Divine (n. 4347, 5957). Worship is not worship without humiliation (n. 2327, 2423, 8873). The quality of external humiliation without internal (n. 5420, 9377). The quality of humiliation of heart, which is internal (n. 7478). There is no humiliation of heart with the evil (n. 7640).

They who have not charity and faith are in external worship without internal worship (n. 1200). If the love of self and of the world reigns interiorly with man, his worship is external without internal, however it may appear in the external form (n. 1182, 10307-10309). External worship in which the love of self reigns inwardly, as is the case with those who are of Babylon, is profane (n. 1304, 1306-1308, 1321-1322, 1326). To imitate heavenly affections in worship, when man is in evils from the love of self, is infernal (n. 10309).

What the quality of external worship is when it proceeds from internal, and when it does not, may be seen and concluded from what has been said and adduced above concerning the INTERNAL and the EXTERNAL MAN.

Concerning those who renounce the world and those who do not renounce it, their quality, and their lot in the other life, may be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell, under the following heads: Of the Rich and Poor in Heaven (n. 357-365); and of the Life that leads to Heaven (n. 528-535).

  
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