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1 Isto é o que lhes farás para os santificar, para que me administrem o sacerdócio: Toma um novilho e dois carneiros sem defeito,

2 e pão ázimo, e bolos ázimos, amassados com azeite, e coscorões ázimos, untados com azeite; de flor de farinha de trigo os farás;

3 e os porás num cesto, e os trarás no cesto, com o novilho e os dois carneiros.

4 Então farás chegar Arão e seus filhos à porta da tenda da revelação e os lavarás, com água.

5 Depois tomarás as vestes, e vestirás a Arão da túnica e do manto do éfode, e do éfode mesmo, e do peitoral, e lhe cingirás o éfode com o seu cinto de obra esmerada;

6 e pôr-lhe-ás a mitra na cabeça; e sobre a mitra porás a coroa de santidade;

7 então tomarás o óleo da unção e, derramando-lho sobre a cabeça, o ungirás.

8 Depois farás chegar seus filhos, e lhes farás vestir túnicas,

9 e os cingirás com cintos, a Arão e a seus filhos, e lhes atarás as tiaras. Por estatuto perpétuo eles terão o sacerdócio; consagrarás, pois, a Arão e a seus filhos.

10 Farás chegar o novilho diante da tenda da revelação, e Arão e seus filhos porão as mãos sobre a cabeça do novilho;

11 e imolarás o novilho perante o Senhor, à porta da tenda da revelação.

12 Depois tomarás do sangue do novilho, e com o dedo o porás sobre as pontas do altar, e todo o sangue restante derramarás à base do altar.

13 Também tomarás toda a gordura que cobre as entranhas, o redenho do fígado, os dois rins e a gordura que houver neles, e queimá-los-ás sobre o altar;

14 mas a carne do novilho, o seu couro e o seu excremento queimarás fora do arraial; é sacrifício pelo pecado.

15 Depois tomarás um carneiro, e Arão e seus filhos porão as mãos sobre a cabeça dele,

16 e imolarás o carneiro e, tomando o seu sangue, o espargirás sobre o altar ao redor;

17 e partirás o carneiro em suas partes, e lavarás as suas entranhas e as suas pernas, e as porás sobre as suas partes e sobre a sua cabeça.

18 Assim queimarás todo o carneiro sobre o altar; é um holocausto para o Senhor; é cheiro suave, oferta queimada ao Senhor.

19 Depois tomarás o outro carneiro, e Arão e seus filhos porão as mãos sobre a cabeça dele;

20 e imolarás o carneiro, e tomarás do seu sangue, e o porás sobre a ponta da orelha direita de Arão e sobre a ponta da orelha direita de seus filhos, como também sobre o dedo polegar da sua mão direita e sobre o dedo polegar do seu direito; e espargirás o sangue sobre o altar ao redor.

21 Então tomarás do sangue que estará sobre o altar, e do óleo da unção, e os espargirás sobre Arão e sobre as suas vestes, e sobre seus filhos, e sobre as vestes de seus filhos com ele; assim ele será santificado e as suas vestes, também seus filhos e as vestes de seus filhos com ele.

22 Depois tomarás do carneiro a gordura e a cauda gorda, a gordura que cobre as entranhas e o redenho do fígado, os dois rins com a gordura que houver neles e a coxa direita (porque é carneiro de consagração),

23 e uma fogaça de pão, um bolo de pão azeitado e um coscorão do cesto dos pães ázimos que estará diante do Senhor,

24 e tudo porás nas mãos de Arão, e nas mãos de seus filhos; e por oferta de movimento o moverás perante o Senhor.

25 Depois o tomarás das suas mãos e o queimarás no altar sobre o holocausto, por cheiro suave perante o Senhor; é oferta queimada ao Senhor.

26 Também tomarás o peito do carneiro de consagração, que é de Arão, e por oferta de movimento o moverás perante o Senhor; e isto será a tua porção.

27 E santificarás o peito da oferta de movimento e a coxa da oferta alçada, depois de movida e alçada, isto é, aquilo do carneiro de consagração que for de Arão e de seus filhos;

28 e isto será para Arão e para seus fihos a porção de direito, para sempre, da parte dos filhos de Israel, porque é oferta alçada; e oferta alçada será dos filhos de Israel, dos sacrifícios das suas ofertas pacíficas, oferta alçada ao Senhor.

29 As vestes sagradas de Arão ficarão para seus filhos depois dele, para nelas serem ungidos e sagrados.

30 Sete dias os vestirá aquele que de seus filhos for sacerdote em seu lugar, quando entrar na tenda da revelação para ministrar no lugar santo.

31 Também tomarás o carneiro de consagração e cozerás a sua carne em lugar santo.

32 E Arão e seus filhos comerão a carne do carneiro, e o pão que está no cesto, à porta da tenda da revelação;

33 e comerão as coisas com que for feita expiação, para consagrá-los, e para santificá-los; mas delas o estranho nào comerá, porque são santas.

34 E se sobejar alguma coisa da carne da consagração, ou do pão, até pela manhã, o que sobejar queimarás no fogo; não se comerá, porque é santo.

35 Assim, pois, farás a Arão e a seus filhos conforme tudo o que te hei ordenado; por sete dias os sagrarás.

36 Também cada dia oferecerás para expiação o novilho de sacrifício pelo pecado; e purificarás o altar, fazendo expiação por ele; e o ungirás para santificá-lo.

37 Sete dias farás expiação pelo altar, e o santificarás; e o altar será santíssimo; tudo o que tocar o altar será santo.

38 Isto, pois, é o que oferecerás sobre o altar: dois cordeiros de um ano cada dia continuamente.

39 Um cordeiro oferecerás pela manhã, e o outro cordeiro oferecerás à tardinha;

40 com um cordeiro a décima parte de uma efa de flor de farinha, misturada com a quarta parte de um him de azeite batido, e para libação a quarta parte de um him de vinho.

41 E o outro cordeiro oferecerás à tardinha, e com ele farás oferta de cereais como com a oferta da manhã, e conforme a sua oferta de libação, por cheiro suave; oferta queimada é ao Senhor.

42 Este será o holocausto contínuo por vossas gerações, à porta da tenda da revelação, perante o Senhor, onde vos encontrarei, para falar contigo ali.

43 E ali virei aos filhos de Israel; e a tenda será santificada pela minha glória;

44 santificarei a tenda da revelação e o altar; também santificarei a Arão e seus filhos, para que me administrem o sacerdócio.

45 Habitarei no meio dos filhos de Israel, e serei o seu Deus;

46 e eles saberão que eu sou o Senhor seu Deus, que os tirei da terra do Egito, para habitar no meio deles; eu sou o Senhor seu Deus.

   

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10019. 'And you shall fill the hand of Aaron and the hand of his sons' means consecration to represent the Lord's Divine Power exercised through Divine Truth springing from Divine Good 1 . This is clear from the meaning of 'filling the hand' as being consecrated to represent the Lord in respect of Divine Truth springing from Divine Good, consequently to represent His power. Two practices existed through which consecration to the priesthood was effected, anointing and filling the hand. Through anointing consecration to represent the Lord in respect of His Divine Good was effected, for the oil used in anointing was a sign of the good of love, 10011; and through filling the hand consecration to represent the Lord in respect of Divine Truth springing from Divine Good, and so to represent His power, was effected, since 'the hand' means power, 878, 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 6947, 7011, 7188, 7189, 7518, 7673, 8050, 8069, 8153, and 'hand' is used in reference to truth that springs from good, 3091, 3563, 4931, 8281, 9025. Because all power belongs to truth springing from good, 5623, 6344, 6423, 6948, 8200, 8304, 9327, 9410, 9639, 9643, and since the head and whole body exercise their power through the hands, and this power is the capacity to act that a human life possesses, 'the hand' also means whatever resides with a person, thus the entire person's capacity to act, 9133. From all this it may be seen what 'filling the hand' means. All power belongs to the Lord alone, and none whatever exists with any angel, spirit, or man other than that derived from Him, see 8200, 8281, 9327, 9410, 9639. The reason why consecration to the priesthood was effected through the two practices of anointing and filling the hand was that all things without exception that exist or come into existence in heaven and on earth have connection with good and with truth.

[2] But in what way filling the hand was carried out is described in verses 9-36 2 of the present chapter and in Leviticus 8:22-end. It was carried out by the use of the second ram, which for that reason is also called 'the ram of fillings [of the hand]'. The procedure was that after this ram had been slaughtered some of its blood was put on the tip of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of Aaron and his sons. Some blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil was then sprinkled over Aaron and his sons, and over their garments. The fat, the tail, the fat covering the intestines, the omentum on the liver, the kidneys with their fat, and the right flank of that ram, also unleavened bread, cakes, and wafers from the basket were placed on the palms of Aaron and his sons, and waved, after which they were burned on top of the burnt offering made from the first ram. But the breast, after it had been waved, and the left flank were for Aaron and his sons; the flesh from these was boiled in the holy place and, together with the remainder of the bread in the basket, was eaten by them at the door of the tent of meeting. Such was the procedure for 'filling the hand'. What is meant by each detail however will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated further on.

[3] The Lord's Divine Power, which was represented by filling the hand of Aaron and his sons, is the Divine Power of saving the human race; and the power of saving the human race is power over the heavens and over the hells. By that power of the Lord's and by no other is a person saved; for all good that belongs to love and all truth that belongs to faith flow in from the Lord by way of the heavens. But neither can flow in unless the hells are removed, for the hells are the source of all evil and of all falsity arising from it. It is by the removal of the evils and consequent falsities which come from the hells, and at the same time by the inflow of the good of love and the truth of faith from the Lord by way of heaven, that a person is saved. When He was in the world the Lord overcame the hells and restored the heavens to order, and acquired for Himself Divine Power over them, see 9486, 9715, 9809, 9937, and the places referred to in 9528 (end). This power that is the Lord's is what was represented by filling the hand of priests; for the Lord's whole work of salvation was meant by the priestly office, 9809.

[4] The truth that the Lord possesses this power is His own explicit teaching in Matthew,

All power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matthew 28:18.

And in Luke,

Jesus spoke to the seventy who were saying that the demons obeyed them, Behold, I give you the power to trample on serpents and on scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, that nothing whatever may hurt you. All things have been delivered to Me by My Father. Luke 10:19, 22.

These words describe the Lord's power over the hells. 'The demons' are those in the hells, 'serpents and scorpions' are evils and the falsities of evil, 'trampling on them' is destroying them. The hells are also meant by 'the enemy' whom they would have power over.

[5] The truth that the Lord acquired that power for Himself when He was in the world is clear in Isaiah,

Who is This who comes from Edom, marching in the vast numbers of His strength, mighty to save? My own arm brought salvation to Me. Therefore He became their Saviour. Isaiah 63:1-10.

The fact that these words refer to the Lord is well known in the Church, as in like manner do those which occur elsewhere in the same prophet,

His own arm brought salvation to Him, and His righteousness lifted Him up. Consequently He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon His head. And the Redeemer came to Zion. Isaiah 59:16-21.

And in David,

Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, till I make your enemies as your footstool. Jehovah will send the rod of your strength from Zion; have dominion in the midst of [your] enemies. The Lord is at your right hand. Psalms 110:1ff.

The fact that these statements refer to the Lord is His own teaching in Matthew 22:44. His dominion over the hells is described there by 'sitting at the right hand', for 'the right hand' means the power that Divine Truth springing from Divine Good possesses. The hells and the evils and falsities coming from them are the enemies that were to be made as His footstool; they are also the enemies in whose midst He was to have dominion.

[6] The truth that 'Jehovah's right hand' means Divine Power is evident from a large number of places in the Word, as in Moses,

Your right hand, O Jehovah, is magnificent in strength; Your right hand, O Jehovah, breaks the enemy in pieces. Exodus 15:6.

In David,

O God, You give me the shield of salvation, and Your right hand supports me. Psalms 18:35.

In the same author,

Their arm did not save them, but Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your face. Psalms 44:3.

The words 'Your right hand, and Your right arm, and the light of [Your] face' are used because 'right hand' means power, 'arm' strength, and 'light of the face' Divine Truth springing from Divine Good. For the meaning of 'arm' as strength, see 4932, 4934, 4935, 7205; 'light' as Divine Truth, 9548, 9684; and 'Jehovah's face' as Divine Good, 222, 5585, 9306. In the same author,

O God, Your right hand supports me. Psalms 63:8.

In the same author,

O Jehovah, You have an arm with power; strong is Your hand. Your right hand will be lifted up. Psalms 89:13.

In Isaiah,

Jehovah has sworn by His right hand, by His mighty arm 3 . Isaiah 62:8.

And in David,

O Jehovah, let Your hand be for the man of Your right hand, for the son of man [whom] You have made strong for Yourself. Then we will not turn back from You. Psalms 80:17-18.

[7] From these things it may now be seen what the meaning of the Lord's words in Matthew is,

Jesus said, Hereafter you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of power. Matthew 26:64.

And in Luke,

Hereafter the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

'The Son of Man' means the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, see 9807, while 'right hand', as is clear from what has been shown immediately above, means Divine Power; and this also accounts for the expression 'the right hand of power'.

From all this it is now evident what the anointing of Aaron and his sons represented, and what filling their hand represented, namely that anointing them represented the Divine Good of Divine Love within the Lord, 9954 (end), and filling their hand Divine Truth and therefore Divine Power. For all power resides with Divine Good exercised through Divine Truth, and that power belongs to the Lord alone, see the texts quoted above. Here also is the reason why in the Old Testament Word the Lord is called Hero, Man of War, and also Jehovah Zebaoth, that is, Jehovah of Armies.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. See 10010.

2. Possibly 19-35 is intended.

3. literally, the arm of His strength

  
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