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3 Mosebok 14

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1 Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:

2 Dette er loven om den spedalske, når han skal renses: Han skal føres til presten;

3 og presten skal gå utenfor leiren, og når da presten ser på ham og finner at han er helbredet for sin spedalskhet,

4 da skal presten befale at det for den som lar sig rense, skal tas to levende rene fugler og sedertre og karmosinrød ull og isop,

5 og la dem slakte den ene fugl over et lerkar som er fylt med rinnende vann.

6 Så skal han ta den levende fugl og sedertreet og den karmosinrøde ull og isopen og dyppe dem sammen med den levende fugl i blodet av den fugl som er slaktet over det rinnende vann,

7 og sprenge syv ganger på den som lar sig rense for spedalskhet, og således rense ham, og den levende fugl skal han la flyve sin vei bortover marken.

8 Og den som lar sig rense, skal tvette sine klær og rake av alt sitt hår og bade sig i vann, så er han ren, og derefter kan han gå inn i leiren; men han skal holde sig utenfor sitt telt i syv dager.

9 Den syvende dag skal han rake av alt sitt hår, både sitt hodehår og sitt skjegg og sine øienbryn - alt sitt hår skal han rake av, og han skal tvette sine klær og bade sitt legeme i vann, så er han ren.

10 Den åttende dag skal han ta to værlam uten lyte og et årsgammelt hunlam uten lyte og til matoffer tre tiendedeler av en efa fint mel, blandet med olje, og så en log* olje. / {* et mål for flytende varer.}

11 Og presten som forestår renselsen, skal stille den mann som lar sig rense, og de ting han skal ofre, frem for Herrens åsyn, ved inngangen til sammenkomstens telt.

12 Så skal presten ta det ene værlam og bære det frem til skyldoffer sammen med den tilhørende log olje, og han skal svinge dem for Herrens åsyn.

13 Værlammet skal slaktes på det sted hvor syndofferet og brennofferet blir slaktet, på det hellige sted; for likesom syndofferet, således hører også skyldofferet presten til, det er høihellig.

14 Så skal presten ta av skyldofferets blod og stryke på den høire ørelapp på den som lar sig rense, og på hans høire tommelfinger og på hans høire stortå.

15 Og presten skal ta av den tilhørende log olje og helle i sin venstre hånd

16 og så dyppe sin høire pekefinger i oljen som han har i sin venstre hånd, og sprenge av oljen med sin finger syv ganger for Herrens åsyn.

17 Og av resten av oljen som er i hans hånd, skal presten stryke noget på den høire ørelapp på den som lar sig rense, og på hans høire tommelfinger og på hans høire stortå, ovenpå blodet av skyldofferet.

18 Og det som enda er tilovers av oljen som presten har i sin hånd, skal han helle på hodet på den som lar sig rense. Og således skal presten gjøre soning for ham for Herrens åsyn.

19 Så skal presten ofre syndofferet og gjøre soning for den som lar sig rense for sin urenhet; og derefter skal han slakte brennofferet.

20 Og presten skal ofre brennofferet og matofferet på alteret og således gjøre soning for ham, så er han ren.

21 Men er det en fattig mann, som ikke har råd til så meget, da skal han ta et værlam til skyldoffer - det skal svinges til soning for ham - og en tiendedel av en efa fint mel, blandet med olje, til matoffer, og en log olje

22 og to turtelduer eller to dueunger, efter som han har råd til; den ene skal være til syndoffer, og den andre til brennoffer.

23 På den åttende dag av sin renselse skal han bære dette frem til presten, til inngangen til sammenkomstens telt, for Herrens åsyn.

24 Og presten skal ta skyldofferlammet og den tilhørende log olje og svinge dem for Herrens åsyn.

25 Og de skal slakte skyldofferlammet, og presten skal ta av skyldofferets blod og stryke på den høire ørelapp på den som lar sig rense, og på hans høire tommelfinger og på hans høire stortå.

26 Så skal presten helle av oljen i sin venstre hånd,

27 og med sin høire pekefinger skal han sprenge syv ganger for Herrens åsyn av oljen som han har i sin venstre hånd.

28 Så skal presten stryke noget av oljen som han har i sin hånd, på den høire ørelapp på den som lar sig rense, og på hans høire tommelfinger og på hans høire stortå, ovenpå det sted hvor blodet av skyldofferet er.

29 Og det som enda er tilovers av oljen som presten har i sin hånd, skal han helle på hodet på den som lar sig rense, for å gjøre soning for ham for Herrens åsyn.

30 Så skal han ofre den ene av turtelduene eller av dueungene - det som han har råd til -

31 som syndoffer og den andre som brennoffer sammen med matofferet; og presten skal gjøre soning for den som lar sig rense, for Herrens åsyn.

32 Dette er loven om den som lider av spedalskhet, men ikke har råd til å ofre meget når han skal renses.

33 Og Herren talte til Moses og Aron og sa:

34 Når I kommer inn i Kana'ans land, som jeg gir eder til eiendom, og jeg lar spedalskhet komme på noget hus i det land I får i eie,

35 da skal den som eier huset, gå og melde det til presten og si: Det ser ut for mig som det er kommet spedalskhet på huset.

36 Så skal presten la huset rydde, før han selv kommer for å se på flekkene, så ikke alt det som er i huset, skal bli urent; og derefter skal han komme og se på huset.

37 Dersom han da, når han ser på flekkene, finner at flekkene på husets vegger viser sig som grønnlige eller rødlige fordypninger som synes å ligge dypere enn veggen,

38 da skal han gå ut av huset til husets dør, og han skal stenge huset og holde det tillåst i syv dager.

39 Den syvende dag skal presten komme igjen, og når han da ser på det og finner at flekkene har bredt sig ut på husets vegger,

40 da skal han la de stener som flekkene er på, brytes ut og kastes utenfor byen, på et urent sted.

41 Derefter skal huset skrapes innvendig rundt omkring, og det støv som er skrapet av, skal kastes utenfor byen, på et urent sted.

42 Så skal de ta andre stener og sette dem inn istedenfor de gamle stener, og de skal ta nytt ler og overstryke huset med.

43 Bryter flekkene ut igjen på huset efterat stenene er tatt ut og huset skrapet og overstrøket,

44 da skal presten komme og se på det, og dersom han da finner at flekkene har bredt sig ut på huset, da er det ondartet spedalskhet på huset; det er urent.

45 Og da skal de rive huset ned, både stener og treverket og alt leret, og føre det utenfor byen, til et urent sted.

46 Den som går inn i huset i hele den tid det holdes tillåst, skal være uren til om aftenen,

47 og den som ligger i huset, skal tvette sine klær, og den som eter i huset, skal tvette sine klær.

48 Men dersom presten, når han kommer og ser på det, finner at flekkene ikke har bredt sig ut på huset efterat det er blitt overstrøket, da skal han si huset rent; for da er ondet borte.

49 Så skal han, forat huset kan bli renset, ta to fugler og sedertre og karmosinrød ull og isop.

50 Den ene fugl skal han slakte over et lerkar som er fylt med rinnende vann,

51 og så skal han ta sedertreet og isopen og den karmosinrøde ull og den levende fugl og dyppe dem i blodet av den fugl som er slaktet, og i det rinnende vann og sprenge på huset syv ganger.

52 Og han skal rense huset med fuglens blod og med det rinnende vann og med den levende fugl og med sedertreet og med isopen og med den karmosinrøde ull

53 og så la den levende fugl flyve utenfor byen, bortover marken; således skal han gjøre soning for huset, så det blir rent.

54 Dette er loven om alle slags spedalskhet og om skurv

55 og om spedalskhetklær og på hus

56 og om knuter i huden og om utslett og om lyse flekker på huden -

57 til oplysning om når noget er urent, og når det er rent. Dette er loven om spedalskhet.

   

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In 1 Samuel 1:9, the tabernacle signifies the truth of faith with man. (Arcana Coelestia 2048)

A temple signifies the Lord's spiritual church; in a universal sense, the spiritual kingdom; in the highest sense, the Lord as to His Divine Truth. (Arcana Coelestia 3720)

In 1 Samuel 3:3, when the lamp had not been put out, and Samuel was sleeping in the tabernacle, this signifies that the extinction of truth in worship had not yet been fully accomplished. (Apocalypse Explained 403[18])

In Psalm 65:4, being satisfied with the goodness of the holy place of the temple signifies to be intelligent from divine truth, and to realize heavenly joy therefrom. (Apocalypse Explained 630[11])

In Revelation 21:22, that there is no temple in the New Jerusalem signifies that in that new church, the external worship will not be separate from internal. (Apocalypse Explained 918)

'The Tabernacle,' as in Revelation 13, signifies the church regarding doctrine and worship. 'The tabernacle' has almost the same meaning as 'temple,' that is, in the highest sense, the Lord's divine humanity, and in a relative sense, heaven and the church. But 'tabernacle' as heaven and the church signifies the celestial church, which is in the good of love from the Lord to the Lord, and 'temple,' the spiritual church, which is in the truths of wisdom from the Lord. 'The tabernacle' signifies the celestial kingdom, because the most ancient church, which was celestial, in a state of love to the Lord, performed divine worship in tabernacles. The ancient church, which was a spiritual church, performed divine worship in temples. Tabernacles were made of wood, and temples, stone. 'Wood' signifies good, and 'stone,' truth. Since the most ancient church, a celestial church, because of their love to the Lord, and resulting conjunction with Him, celebrated divine worship in tabernacles, so the Lord commanded Moses to build a tabernacle, which represented everything of heaven and the church. It was so holy, that it was not lawful for anyone to go into it, except Moses, Aaron, and his sons. If any of the people entered, they would die, as in Numbers 17:12-13, 18:1, 22, 23, and 19:14-19. The ark was in its center, which contained the two tables of the Decalogue, and was topped with the mercy seat and the cherubim. Outside of the veil, there were the table for the shew-bread, the altar of incense, and the candlestick with seven lamps. All of these things represented heaven and the church. The Tabernacle is described Exodus 26:7-16 and 36:8-37, and its design was shown to Moses on Mount Sinai, as in Exodus 25:9 and 26:30. Anything seen from heaven is representative of heaven, and so of the church. The feast of tabernacles was instituted in memory of the most holy worship of the Lord in tabernacles by the most ancient people, and of their conjunction with Him by love, as mentioned in Leviticus 23:39-44, Deuteronomy 16:13-14 and Zechariah 14:16-19.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Revealed 585; Numbers 18:22-23, 19:14-19; Zechariah 14)


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918. Saying, Send thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripened, signifies that the collection and the separation of the good from the evil must take place, since there are no longer any truths of faith because there is no spiritual good, which is charity. This is evident from the signification of "sending the sharp sickle and gathering," as being to collect the good and to separate them from the evil (See above, n. 911). "To gather" has here the same signification as "to reap" above, but "to gather" has reference to clusters and grapes, and "to reap" has reference to the harvest; and both signify to devastate and make an end of the church, which is signified both by "harvest" and "vineyard;" and when the church is devastated, and thus brought to an end, the good are collected and separated from the evil. What is further signified by "gathering" will be seen in what follows. The above is evident also from the signification of "clusters," as being the goods of faith and their truths (of which presently). Also from the signification of "for her grapes are fully ripened," as being, because there are no longer any goods of charity, thus because the church is at its end. From all this it can be seen that "send thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripened," signifies that the collection and the separation of the good from the evil must take place, since there are no longer any goods or truths of faith because there is no spiritual good, which is charity. There are no truths of faith when there is no good of charity, because truth is not given without good, since truth derives its essence or its life from good; from which it follows that there are no truths and no faith in truths when there is no good or charity.

[2] What charity is, which is the same as spiritual good, shall be told briefly. Charity or spiritual good is to do good because it is true; thus it is to do truth, and to do truth is to do what the Lord has commanded in His Word. This shows that charity is spiritual good. And when a man does what is good because it is true, that is, does what is true, charity becomes moral good; and this is similar in external form to the good that every man who is a moral and civil man does at the present day, but with this difference, that genuine moral good is good from the spiritual good from which it proceeds. For spiritual good is from the Lord, but moral good is from man, consequently unless the good that man does is from the Lord, that is, through man from the Lord, it is not good, the end for the sake of which it is done determines its quality. Moral good separated from spiritual good has regard to man, his honor, gain, and pleasure, as the end for which it is done; while moral good from spiritual good has regard to the Lord, heaven, and eternal life, as its end. This has been said to make known why there is no truth of faith where there is no good of charity; consequently where these two are not, the church is laid waste, which is the subject treated of here and in what now follows in Revelation. (That there is no faith where there is no charity can be seen in the small work on The Last Judgment 33-39.)

[3] That "clusters" and "grapes" signify the good of charity can be seen from the passages in the Word where they are mentioned, as in the following. In Jeremiah:

In consuming I will consume them; there shall be no grapes on the vine, neither figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and I will give them to those who pass over them (Jeremiah 8:13).

"No grapes on the vine" signifies that there is no spiritual good with man; "no figs on the fig-tree" signifies that there is no natural good with him, "vine" and "fig-tree" signifying man as to the church, thus the church with him. But this can be seen explained above n. 403.

[4] In Isaiah:

My beloved had a vineyard in the horn of a son of oil, which he fenced, and gathered out the stones, and planted it with a noble vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a wine-press in it; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes (Isaiah 5:1, 2, 4).

The "vineyard" that the beloved had signifies the spiritual church which was instituted with the sons of Israel; "in the horn of a son of oil" signifies that it had truths from the good of charity; "which he fenced, and gathered out the stones," signifies that it was protected from falsities and evils; "he planted it with a noble vine" signifies that it had genuine truths; "he built a tower in the midst of it" signifies the interior things that receive influx, and through which there is communication with heaven; "he also hewed out a wine-press in it" signifies bringing forth truth from good; "and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes," signifies a hope of the fructification of truths from the good of charity, but in vain, because there was iniquity in the place of good.

[5] In Micah:

Woe is me, I am become as the gatherings of the summer, as the gleanings of the vintage; there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first ripe fruit. The holy one has perished from the earth, and the upright one among men; all lie in wait for bloods (Micah 7:1, 2).

Grief because of the vastation of good and of truth therefrom in the church is meant and described by "Woe is me, I am become as the gatherings of the summer, as the gleanings of the vintage." That there is no longer any spiritual good or natural good from which the Lord is worshiped is signified by "there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first ripe fruit;" that there is no longer any spiritual or natural truth is signified by "the holy one has perished, and the upright one among men;" that the truths and goods of the Word and thus of the church are destroyed by falsities and evils is signified by "all lie in wait for bloods."

[6] In Hosea:

I found Israel like grapes in the desert; I saw your fathers like the first ripe fruit on a fig-tree in its beginning (Hosea 9:10).

This is said of the Ancient Church, and its establishment. That church is here meant by "Israel;" its first state by "in the desert," and "in the beginning;" and the spiritual good with them by "grapes;" and the good springing from it in the natural man by "the first ripe fruit on the fig-tree."

[7] That the men of the Ancient Church, and not the sons of Jacob, are here meant by "Israel in the desert," and by "their fathers in the beginning," is evident in Moses:

Their vine was of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes were grapes of gall, their clusters were of bitternesses (Deuteronomy 32:32).

Here the sons of Jacob, such as they were in the desert, are described. That their religion was infernal, because they worshiped the gods and idols of the nations, is signified by "their vine was of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah." That instead of the goods of charity they had hatred, and falsities breaking forth therefrom instead of truths, is signified by "their grapes were grapes of gall, their clusters were of bitternesses."

[8] In Moses:

He bindeth his foal to the vine, and the son of his she-ass unto the choice vine; he washeth his garment in wine, and his covering in the blood of grapes (Genesis 49:11).

This is in the last address of the father Israel to his sons; this was said to Judah, by whom is meant in the highest sense the Lord as to the celestial church and as to the Word; and the "blood of grapes" signifies the Divine truth from His Divine good, and in the relative sense the good of charity. (But this and the other things here said may be seen explained in Arcana Coelestia 6375-6379.) "The blood of grapes," like "wine," signifies also truth from spiritual good (Deuteronomy 32:14).

[9] The "grapes" signify the good of charity because a "vineyard" signifies the spiritual church, and "vine" the man of that church; and therefore "clusters" or "bunches," and "grapes," which are its fruits, signify the goods which make that church, which are called spiritual goods and also goods of charity. And as all truth is from good, as all wine is from grapes, so "wine" signifies in the Word truth from good. (On this signification of "wine" see above, n. 220, 376) But "clusters" or "bunches" signify strictly the variations of the state of spiritual good, or of the good of charity, because in them many grapes are connected together in order. What is meant by variations of the state of good will be told elsewhere.

[10] As "the land of Canaan" represented and thus signified the church, and the church is a church from spiritual good, for this is the mark of the church, therefore:

The explorers of that land brought back a cluster of grapes of a remarkable size, carried on a pole by two (Numbers 13:23, 24).

This was a representative sign of the church that was signified by "the land of Canaan." The church is a church from the good of charity because that good regarded in itself is the good of life arising from love to the Lord; consequently it is an effect of that love. The good of charity means justice, sincerity, and uprightness in every work and in every function from a love of justice, sincerity, and uprightness, which love is solely from the Lord.

[11] As it has not heretofore been known what was represented by the "Nazirite," and what was signified by his abstaining from grapes and from wine, and making the hair of his head to grow, it may be disclosed here. Of his abstinence from grapes and from wine it is said:

He shall abstain from wine and strong drink, he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink, yea, he shall not drink any maceration of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried; all the days of his Naziriteship he shall eat nothing that is made of the grape of the vine, from the kernels even to the skin (Numbers 6:3, 4).

This was the law for the Nazirite before he had fulfilled the days of his Naziriteship, because he then represented the Lord as to His first state. The Lord's first state, like that of every man, was a sensual state. For every man is first sensual, afterwards he becomes natural and rational, then spiritual, and finally, if the third degree is opened with him, he becomes celestial, like an angel of the third heaven. The sensual of man is signified by "the hair of the head" (See above, n. 66, 555). And as the sensual is the most external part of man's life, and in that all power resides, therefore the Nazirites had so great strength. That all power resides in the most external or ultimate things, consequently in the ultimate sense of the Word, which is the sense of the letter, and that this is what "hair" corresponds to and signifies, may be seen above (n. 346, 417, 567, 666, 726). Such power the Lord had when He was a boy, and by it He conquered and subjugated the most direful hells, where all are sensual. This state of the Lord was represented by "the days of fulfillment" with the Nazirites, and when these were fulfilled the Lord entered from the sensual and natural into the spiritual and celestial Divine. Now as that state, with its good and truth, is signified by "grapes" and "wine," it was not lawful for the Nazirite to eat grapes or to drink wine until he had fulfilled those days. That it was lawful for him afterwards is evident from the twentieth verse of that chapter, where it is said, "And after that the Nazirite may drink wine."

[12] At the end of the days of fulfillment:

He should shave his head, and put the hair of his head on the fire that was under the sacrifice of peace-offerings (Numbers 6:18).

This represented the sensual that was then new from the celestial Divine, for new hair grew afterwards upon the Nazirite. This also represented that the Lord from ultimate Divine truth, which is the sense of the letter, entered into interior Divine truth, which is the Word in the internal sense, even to its highest. For when the Lord was in the world He was the Word, because He was the Divine truth, and that more interiorly by degrees as He grew up, even to its highest, which is purely Divine and wholly above the perceptions of the angels. It is to be known that while the Lord was in the world, from infancy even to the last day there, He progressed successively to union with the Divine Itself that was in Him from conception. (On this successive progression see the Arcana Coelestia 1864, 2033, 2632, 3141, 4585, 7014, 10076.) This makes clear what was represented by the Nazirite not being allowed to eat anything from the grape, or to drink any kind of wine, until the days of his Naziriteship were fulfilled.

  
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