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Deuteronômio 26

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1 Também, quando tiveres entrado na terra que o Senhor teu Deus te por herança, e a possuíres, e nela habitares,

2 tomarás das primícias de todos os frutos do solo que trouxeres da terra que o senhor teu Deus te , e as porás num cesto, e irás ao lugar que o senhor teu Deus escolher para ali fazer habitar o seu nome.

3 E irás ao sacerdote que naqueles dias estiver de serviço, e lhe dirás: Hoje declaro ao Senhor teu Deus que entrei na terra que o Senhor com juramento prometeu a nossos pais que nos daria.

4 O sacerdote, pois, tomará o cesto da tua mão, e o porá diante do altar do Senhor teu Deus.

5 E perante o Senhor teu Deus dirás: Arameu prestes a perecer era meu pai; e desceu ao Egito com pouca gente, para ali morar; e veio a ser ali uma nação grande, forte e numerosa.

6 Mas os egípcios nos maltrataram e nos afligiram, e nos impuseram uma dura servidão.

7 Então clamamos ao Senhor Deus de nossos pais, e o Senhor ouviu a nossa voz, e atentou para a nossa aflição, o nosso trabalho, e a nossa opressão;

8 e o Senhor nos tirou do Egito com mão forte e braço estendido, com grande espanto, e com sinais e maravilhas;

9 e nos trouxe a este lugar, e nos deu esta terra, terra que mana leite e mel.

10 E eis que agora te trago as primícias dos frutos da terra que tu, ó Senhor, me deste. Então as porás perante o Senhor teu Deus, e o adorarás;

11 e te alegrarás por todo o bem que o Senhor teu Deus te tem dado a ti e à tua casa, tu e o levita, e o estrangeiro que está no meio de ti.

12 Quando acabares de separar todos os dízimos da tua colheita do terceiro ano, que é o ano dos dízimos, -los-ás ao levita, ao estrangeiro, ao órfão e à viúva, para que comam dentro das tuas portas, e se fartem.

13 E dirás perante o Senhor teu Deus: Tirei da minha casa as coisas consagradas, e as dei ao levita, ao estrangeiro, ao órfão e à viúva, conforme todos os teus mandamentos que me tens ordenado; não transgredi nenhum dos teus mandamentos, nem deles me esqueci.

14 Delas não comi no meu luto, nem delas tirei coisa alguma estando eu imundo, nem delas dei para algum morto; ouvi a voz do senhor meu Deus; conforme tudo o que me ordenaste, tenho feito.

15 Olha desde a tua santa habitação, desde o céu, e abençoa o teu povo de Israel, e a terra que nos deste, como juraste a nossos pais, terra que mana leite e mel.

16 Neste dia o Senhor teu Deus te manda observar estes estatutos e preceitos; portanto os guardarás e os observarás com todo o teu coração e com toda a tua alma.

17 Hoje declaraste ao Senhor que ele te será por Deus, e que andarás nos seus caminhos, e guardarás os seus estatutos, os seus mandamentos e os seus preceitos, e darás ouvidos à sua voz.

18 Outrossim, o Senhor hoje te declarou que lhe serás por seu próprio povo, como te tem dito, e que deverás guardar todos os seus mandamentos;

19 para assim te exaltar em honra, em fama e em glória sobre todas as nações que criou; e para que sejas um povo santo ao Senhor teu Deus, como ele disse.

   

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576. That the number ten means remnants, just as tenths do, becomes clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Many houses will be a desolation, large and beautiful ones, without inhabitant, for ten acres of vineyard will yield but one bath, and a homer of seed will yield an ephah. Isaiah 5:9-10.

This refers to the vastation of spiritual and celestial things. 'Ten acres of vineyard will yield but one bath' stands for remnants of spiritual things being so few, while 'a homer of seed will yield an ephah' stands for remnants of celestial things being so few. In the same prophet,

And there will be many forsaken places in the midst of the land; and yet there will be a tenth part in it, and this will return; it will be however an uprooting. Isaiah 6:12-13.

'The midst of the land' stands for the internal man, 'a tenth part' for such a small quantity of remnants. In Ezekiel,

You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, the bath containing a tenth of a homer; and the ephah a tenth of a homer, the measure for it shall be after the homer. And the fixed portion of oil, of the bath of oil, shall be a tenth of a bath from a cor, which is ten baths to the homer; for ten baths are a homer. Ezekiel 45:10-11, 14.

The quantities mentioned here relate to holy things, which are Jehovah's. They mean different kinds of holy things. 'Ten' here means remnants of celestial things and so of spiritual things. For what are the specific numerical quantities mentioned in this and in previous chapters of this prophet where the heavenly Jerusalem and the new Temple are the subject, and in other prophets, and also in the various rites of the Jewish Church, if they do not contain sacred arcana?

[2] In Amos,

She has fallen, no more to rise, the virgin of Israel. Thus said the Lord Jehovah, The city that goes forth a thousand will have remnants of a hundred, and that which goes forth a hundred will have remnants of ten to the house of Israel. Amos 5:2-3.

The word 'remnants' is used here, of which only a fraction will remain, for this is only a tenth part, or the remnants of remnants. In the same prophet,

I hate the pride of Jacob and his palaces, and I will shut up the city and all that is in it. And it will be that if ten men will have remained in one house, they will die. Amos 6:8-9.

'Ten' stands for remnants that are not likely to remain. In Moses,

The Ammonite and the Moabite shall not come into the assembly of Jehovah; even the tenth generation belonging to them shall not come into the assembly of Jehovah forever. Deuteronomy 23:3.

'The Ammonite and the Moabite' stands for the profanation of the celestial and the spiritual things of faith, the remnants of which have been dealt with already.

[3] From this it is clear that 'tenths' represents remnants, of which Malachi speaks as follows,

Bring all the tithes 1 to the treasure-house, that there may be plunder in My house, and let them put Me to the test in this matter whether I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing for you. Malachi 3:10.

'That there may be plunder in My house stands for remnants in the internal man, which are likened to 'plunder' because they are implanted, so to speak, by stealth among so many evils and falsities; and by way of such remnants comes every blessing. The fact that the whole of a person's charity comes to him by way of the remnants that are in the internal man was also represented in the Jewish Church by the requirement that once they had paid their tithes, 1 they were then to give to the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, Deuteronomy 26:12 and following verses.

[4] Since remnants are the Lord' s alone, tenths are therefore called 'Holiness to Jehovah', and are spoken of in Moses as follows,

All the tithes 1 of the land - of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree - are Jehovah's; they are Holiness to Jehovah. All tithes 1 of the herd and of the flock, every tenth one that passes under the (herdsman's) staff shall be Holiness to Jehovah. Leviticus 27:30, 32.

Since the Decalogue consisted of Ten Commandments, or Ten Words, and Jehovah wrote them on tablets, Deuteronomy 10:4, remnants are meant; and the fact that they were written by the hand of Jehovah means that such remnants are the Lord's alone. Their presence in the internal man was represented by the tablets.

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