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3 Mosebok 22

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1 Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:

2 Tal til Aron og hans sønner og si at de skal se sig vel for med de hellige gaver som Israels barn helliger mig, og ikke vanhellige mitt hellige navn; jeg er Herren.

3 Si til dem: Dersom nogen av hele eders ætt, nu eller i kommende tider, kommer nær de hellige gaver som Israels barn helliger Herren, mens han har nogen urenhet på sig, så skal han utryddes fra mitt åsyn; jeg er Herren.

4 Ingen av Arons ætt som er spedalsk eller har flod, skal ete av de hellige gaver før han er blitt ren, ikke heller den som rører ved nogen som er blitt uren ved lik, eller den fra hvem det går sæd,

5 eller den som rører ved noget kryp som en blir uren ved, eller ved et menneske som en blir uren ved, hvad urenhet det enn er.

6 Den som rører ved noget sådant, skal være uren til om aftenen, og han skal ikke ete av de hellige gaver før han har badet sitt legeme i vann.

7 Når solen er gått ned, er han ren, og derefter kan han ete av de hellige gaver; for det er hans mat.

8 Det som er selvdødt eller sønderrevet, skal han ikke ete, for da blir han uren; jeg er Herren.

9 De skal ta vare på det jeg vil ha varetatt, forat de ikke skal bære synd for noget sådant og fordi de vanhelliger det hellige; jeg er Herren, som helliger dem.

10 Ingen fremmed* skal ete det hellige; en som har sitt tilhold hos presten eller er dagarbeider hos ham, må ikke ete det hellige. / {* d.e. som ikke hører til en presteslekt.}

11 Men når en prest kjøper en træl for sine penger, da kan trælen ete av det, likeså den som er født i hans hus; de kan ete av hans mat.

12 Når en prests datter blir en fremmed manns hustru, skal hun ikke ete av de hellige offergaver;

13 men blir hun enke, eller er hun skilt fra sin mann, og hun ingen barn har, og hun vender tilbake til sin fars hus og bor hos ham likesom i sin ungdom, da kan hun ete av sin fars mat; men ingen fremmed skal ete av den.

14 Når nogen eter noget hellig og ikke vet om det, skal han godtgjøre presten det hellige og legge femtedelen til.

15 Prestene skal ikke vanhellige de hellige gaver som Israels barn ofrer til Herren,

16 og således føre over dem misgjerning og skyld, når de eter deres hellige gaver; for jeg er Herren, som helliger dem.

17 Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:

18 Tal til Aron og hans sønner og til alle Israels barn og si til dem: Når nogen av Israels hus eller av de fremmede i Israel vil ofre sitt offer, enten det er et lovet offer eller et frivillig offer de vil ofre til Herren som brennoffer,

19 da skal I gjøre det således at Herren kan ha velbehag i eder: Det skal være en han uten lyte av storfeet, av fårene eller av gjetene.

20 Noget som det er lyte på, må I ikke ofre; for da har Herren ikke velbehag i eder.

21 Og når nogen vil ofre Herren et takkoffer av storfeet eller av småfeet, enten for å opfylle et løfte eller for å gi et frivillig offer, da skal det være uten lyte, forat Herren kan ha velbehag i det; der skal aldeles ikke være noget lyte på det.

22 Dyr som er blinde eller benbrutt eller lemlestet, eller som har verkesår eller skabb eller annet utslett, skal I ikke ofre til Herren, og I skal ikke legge ildoffer av dem på alteret for Herren.

23 Et stykke storfe eller småfe som har et lem som er for stort eller for lite, kan du ofre som frivillig offer, men som lovet offer har Herren ikke velbehag i det.

24 Et dyr som er gildet ved å trykkes eller knuses eller rives eller skjæres, skal I ikke bære frem for Herren; sådant* skal I ikke gjøre i eders land. / {* d.e. gilde noget dyr.}

25 Heller ikke av en utlendings hånd skal I motta og ofre sådanne dyr som matoffer til eders Gud; for de er utskjemt, det er lyte på dem; med dem vinner I ikke Herrens velbehag.

26 Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:

27 Når en kalv eller et lam eller et kje fødes, da skal de bli Syv dager hos moren; men fra den åttende dag av er de velbehagelige for Herren som ildoffer for ham.

28 I skal ikke slakte et stykke storfe eller småfe på samme dag som dets unge.

29 Når I ofrer Herren et lovprisnings-offer, skal I gjøre det således at Herren kan ha velbehag i eder.

30 Det skal etes samme dag, I skal ikke levne noget av det til om morgenen; jeg er Herren.

31 I skal ta vare på mine bud og holde dem; jeg er Herren.

32 I skal ikke vanhellige mitt hellige navn, for jeg vil være helliget blandt Israels barn; jeg er Herren, som helliger eder,

33 som førte eder ut av Egyptens land for å være eders Gud; jeg er Herren.

   

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2383. That 'they struck with blindness' means that they were filled with falsities is clear from the meaning of 'blindness'. In the Word blindness is used in reference to people who are immersed in falsity, and also to people who have no knowledge of the truth. Both kinds of people are called blind, though who are meant in any one place becomes clear from the train of thought, especially that in the internal sense. That those immersed in falsity are called 'blind' is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark. Isaiah 56:10.

'Blind watchmen' stands for those who, because of reasoning, are immersed in falsity. In the same prophet,

We look for light, and, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in thick darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind. Isaiah 59:9-10,

In Jeremiah,

They went astray blind in the streets; they defiled themselves with blood. Things which have no power they touch with their garments. Lamentations 4:14.

This stands for the fact that all truths have been defiled, 'streets' standing for truths in which they have gone astray, 2336.

[2] In Zechariah,

On that day I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. Every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness. Zechariah 12:4.

Here and elsewhere in the Word 'a horse' stands for what has to do with the understanding. This is why it is said that the horse would be struck with panic, and [every] horse of the peoples with blindness, that is, it would be filled with falsities.

[3] In John,

For judgement I came into the world, that those who do not see may see, but that those who see may become blind. Some of the Pharisees heard these words and said, Are we also blind? Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see', therefore your sin remains. John 9:39-41.

Here the blind in both senses are referred to, that is to say, those who are immersed in falsity and those who have no knowledge of truth. With those inside the Church who know what the truth is, 'blindness' is falsity; but with those who do not know what the truth is, as with those outside the Church, 'blindness' is having no knowledge of the truth. The latter are blameless.

[4] In the same gospel,

He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart and I heal them. John 12:40; Isaiah 6:9-11.

The meaning here is that it would be better for falsities to exist with them than truths, for they lead a life of evil and if they received instruction in truths they would not only continue to falsify them but would also pollute them with evils. They would do so for the same reason that the men of Sodom were struck with blindness, that is, matters of doctrine were filled with falsities. Why this is done has been shown in 301-303, 593, 1008, 1010, 1059, 1327, 1328, 2426.

[5] Because 'blind' meant that which was false, therefore people were not allowed in the Jewish representative Church to sacrifice anything blind, Leviticus 22:22; Deuteronomy 15:21; Malachi 1:8. Also any priest who was blind was forbidden to approach and offer on the altar, Leviticus 21:18, 21.

[6] That 'blindness' is used in reference to those, like gentiles, who have no knowledge of the truth, is clear in Isaiah,

On that day the deaf will hear the words of the Book, and out of thick darkness and out of darkness the eyes of the blind will see. Isaiah 29:18.

'The blind' stands for people who have no knowledge of the truth, chiefly those who are outside the Church. In the same prophet,

Bring forth the blind people and they will have eyes; and the deaf, and they will have ears. Isaiah 43:8.

This refers to the Church of the gentiles. In the same prophet,

I will lead the blind in a way they do not know; I will turn the darkness before them into light. Isaiah 42:16.

[7] In the same prophet,

I will give You to be a light of the people, to open the blind eyes, to bring the bound out of the dungeon, from the prison-house those who sit in darkness. Isaiah 42:6-7.

This refers to the Lord's Coming and the fact that at that time people who had no knowledge of truth were to receive instruction. For those immersed in falsity do not allow themselves to receive such instruction, for they know the truth but have set themselves against it and have turned the light of truth into darkness which is not dispelled. In Luke,

The householder said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and the maimed, and the lame, and the blind. Luke 14:21.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom. Not those who are literally poor, maimed, lame, and blind are meant but those who are so in the spiritual sense.

[8] In the same gospel,

Jesus said that they were to report to John: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them. Luke 7:22.

According to the sense of the letter nobody else is meant by the blind, the lame, lepers, the deaf, the dead, and the poor than those who were so physically, for such cures did take place, that is to say, the blind received sight, the deaf hearing, lepers were restored to health, and the dead to life.

[9] But in the internal sense the same people are meant as are referred to in

Isaiah,

Then will be opened the eyes of the blind, and the ears of the deaf will be opened; then will the lame man leap like a hart, and the dumb man sing with his tongue. Isaiah 35:5-6.

This refers to the Lord's Coming and a new Church at that time called the Church of the gentiles who are described as being blind, deaf, lame, and dumb; they were so called as regards their doctrine and life. For it should be recognized that all the miracles which the Lord performed always embodied such matters and therefore meant the things which the blind, the lame, lepers, the deaf, the dead, and the poor are used to mean in the internal sense. Consequently the Lord's miracles were Divine, as also those performed in Egypt, in the wilderness, and all the rest described in the Word, had been. This is an arcanum.

  
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