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Deuteronômio 16

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1 Guarda o mês de abibe, e celebra a páscoa ao Senhor teu Deus; porque no mes de abibe, de noite, o Senhor teu Deus tirou-te do Egito.

2 Então, das ovelhas e das vacas, sacrificarás a páscoa ao Senhor teu Deus, no lugar que o Senhor escolher para ali fazer habitar o seu nome.

3 Nela não comerás pão levedado; por sete dias comerás pães ázimos, pão de aflição (porquanto apressadamente saíste da terra do Egito), para que te lembres do dia da tua saída da terra do Egito, todos os dias da tua vida.

4 O fermento não aparecerá contigo por sete dias em todos os teus termos; também da carne que sacrificares à tarde, no primeiro dia, nada ficará até pela manhã.

5 Não poderás sacrificar a páscoa em qualquer uma das tuas cidades que o Senhor teu Deus te ,

6 mas no lugar que o Senhor teu Deus escolher para ali fazer habitar o seu nome; ali sacrificarás a páscoa à tarde, ao pôr do sol, ao tempo determinado da tua saída do Egito.

7 Então a cozerás, e comerás no lugar que o Senhor teu Deus escolher; depois, pela manhã, voltarás e irás às tuas tendas.

8 Seis dias comerás pães ázimos, e no sétimo dia haverá assembléia solene ao Senhor teu Deus; nele nenhum trabalho farás.

9 Sete semanas contarás; desde o dia em que começares a meter a foice na seara, começarás a contar as Sete semanas.

10 Depois celebrarás a festa das semanas ao Senhor teu Deus segundo a medida da oferta voluntária da tua mão, que darás conforme o Senhor teu Deus te houver abençoado.

11 E te regozijarás perante o Senhor teu Deus, tu, teu filho e tua filha, teu servo e tua serva, o levita que está dentro das tuas portas, o peregrino, o órfão e a viúva que estão no meio de ti, no lugar que o Senhor teu Deus escolher para ali fazer habitar o seu nome.

12 Também te lembrarás de que foste servo no Egito, e guardarás estes estatutos, e os cumpriras.

13 A festa dos tabernáculos celebrarás por sete dias, quando tiveres colhido da tua eira e do teu lagar.

14 E na tua festa te regozijarás, tu, teu filho e tua filha, teu servo e tua serva, e o levita, o peregrino, o órfão e a viúva que estão dentro das tuas portas.

15 sete dias celebrarás a festa ao Senhor teu Deus, no lugar que o Senhor escolher; porque o Senhor teu Deus te há de abençoar em toda a tua colheita, e em todo trabalho das tuas mãos; pelo que estarás de todo alegre.

16 Três vezes no ano todos os teus homens aparecerão perante o Senhor teu Deus, no lugar que ele escolher: na festa dos pães ázimos, na festa das semanas, e na festa dos tabernáculos. Não aparecerão vazios perante o Senhor;

17 cada qual oferecerá conforme puder, conforme a bênção que o Senhor teu Deus lhe houver dado.

18 Juízes e oficiais porás em todas as tuas cidades que o Senhor teu Deus te , segundo as tuas tribos, para que julguem o povo com justiça.

19 Não torcerás o juízo; não farás acepção de pessoas, nem receberás peitas; porque a peita cega os olhos dos sábios, e perverte a causa dos justos.

20 A justiça, somente a justiça seguirás, para que vivas, e possuas em herança a terra que o Senhor teu Deus te .

21 Não plantarás nenhuma árvore como asera, ao pé do altar do Senhor teu Deus, que fizeres,

22 nem levantarás para ti coluna, coisas que o Senhor teu Deus detesta.

   

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414. 'Dwelling in a tent' means the holiness of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'tents' in the Word, as in David,

O Jehovah, who will sojourn in Your tent? Who will dwell on Your holy mountain! He who walks blameless and performs righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. Psalms 15:1-2.

Here the holy things of love, which are 'walking blameless and performing righteousness' are described by 'dwelling in a tent' or 'on the holy mountain'. In the same author,

Their line has gone out into all the earth, and their speech to the end of the world. In them He has set a tent for the sun. Psalms 19:4.

Here 'sun' stands for love. In the same author,

I will dwell in Your tent for ever, I will put my trust in the shelter of Your wings. Psalms 61:4

Here 'tent' stands for what is celestial, and 'shelter of Your wings' for what is spiritual deriving from it. In Isaiah,

In compassion a throne was established, and on it there sat in truthfulness in the tent of David, one who judges and who seeks judgement, and hastens in righteousness. Isaiah 16:5

Here again 'tent' stands for the holiness of love, which the phrases judging judgement' and 'hastening in righteousness' are used to describe. In the same prophet,

Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feast. May your eyes see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent which is not moved. Isaiah 33:10.

This refers to the heavenly Jerusalem.

[2] In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, Behold, I will bring back the captivity of the tents of Jacob and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be built upon its mound. Jeremiah 30:18.

'The captivity of the tents' stands for the vastation of celestial things, that is, of holy things of love. In Amos,

On that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen down, and I will close up their breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old. Amos 9:11.

Here similarly 'a tabernacle' stands for celestial things and the holy things that go with them. In Jeremiah,

The whole land has been laid waste. Swiftly My tents have been laid waste, suddenly My curtains. Jeremiah 4:20.

And elsewhere in Jeremiah,

My tent has been laid waste, and all My cords torn away. My sons have gone away from Me, and they are not. There is no one stretching out My tent any more, and setting up My curtains. Jeremiah 10:20.

Here 'tent' stands for celestial things, 'curtains' and 'cords' for spiritual things deriving from them. In the same prophet,

They will seize their tents and flocks, their curtains and all their vessels, and take away the camels for themselves. Jeremiah 49:29

This refers to Arabia and the sons of the east, who represent people who are in possession of celestial things, that is, things that are holy. In the same prophet,

The Lord has poured out His fierce anger like fire on the tent of the daughter of Zion. Lamentations 2:4.

This stands for the vastation of the celestial or holy things of faith.

[3] The reason 'a tent' stands in the Word for the celestial or holy things of love is that in ancient times people carried out holy worship, each within his own tent. When however they started to render their tents unholy by profane acts of worship the Tabernacle was built, and later on the Temple. Consequently that which 'the Tabernacle' meant, and later on 'the Temple', was also what 'tents' meant. And someone who was holy was therefore called a tent, also a tabernacle, and the Lord's temple as well. That 'tent', 'tabernacle', and 'temple' all have the same meaning is clear in David,

One thing have I sought from Jehovah, that will I ask for, that I may remain in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold Jehovah in His beauty, and visit Him every morning in His temple. For He will shelter me in His tabernacle on the day of evil. He will hide me in the hiding-place of His tent, He will lift me up upon a rock and now my head will be lifted up against my enemies round about me, and I will sacrifice in His tent the sacrifices of shouts of joy. Psalms 27:4-6.

[4] In the highest sense it is the Lord as regards His Human Essence who is the Tent, the Tabernacle, and the Temple. And every one who is celestial is consequently referred to in the same way, as well as every thing which is celestial and holy. Now because the Most Ancient Church was the Lord's beloved more than the Churches that followed, and because in those times people used to live independently, that is, each within his own family, celebrating holy worship each in his own tent, tents were consequently considered to be more holy than the temple which had been profaned. To remind people of this point the Feast of Tabernacles was therefore instituted when they had to gather in the produce of the earth. During this feast they were required to live in tabernacles as the most ancient people had done, Leviticus 23:39-44; Deuteronomy 16:13; Hosea 12:9.

  
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