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Levítico 23

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1 Depois disse o Senhor a Moisés:

2 Fala aos filhos de Israel, e dize-lhes: As festas fixas do Senhor, que proclamareis como santas convocações, são estas:

3 Seis dias se fará trabalho, mas o sétimo dia é o sábado do descanso solene, uma santa convocação; nenhum trabalho fareis; é sábado do Senhor em todas as vossas habitações.

4 São estas as festas fixas do Senhor, santas convocações, que proclamareis no seu tempo determinado:

5 No mês primeiro, aos catorze do mês, à tardinha, é a páscoa do Senhor.

6 E aos quinze dias desse mês é a festa dos pães ázimos do Senhor; sete dias comereis pães ázimos.

7 No primeiro dia tereis santa convocação; nenhum trabalho servil fareis.

8 Mas por sete dias oferecereis oferta queimada ao Senhor; ao sétimo dia haverá santa convocação; nenhum trabalho servil fareis.

9 Disse mais o Senhor a Moisés:

10 Fala aos filhos de Israel, e dize-lhes: Quando houverdes entrado na terra que eu vos dou, e segardes a sua sega, então trareis ao sacerdote um molho das primícias da vossa sega;

11 e ele moverá o molho perante o Senhor, para que sejais aceitos. No dia seguinte ao sábado o sacerdote o moverá.

12 E no dia em que moverdes o molho, oferecereis um cordeiro sem defeito, de um ano, em holocausto ao Senhor.

13 Sua oferta de cereais será dois décimos de efa de flor de farinha, amassada com azeite, para oferta queimada em cheiro suave ao Senhor; e a sua oferta de libação será de vinho, um quarto de him.

14 E não comereis pão, nem trigo torrado, nem espigas verdes, até aquele mesmo dia, em que trouxerdes a oferta do vosso Deus; é estatuto perpétuo pelas vossas gerações, em todas as vossas habitações.

15 Contareis para vós, desde o dia depois do sábado, isto é, desde o dia em que houverdes trazido o molho da oferta de movimento, sete semanas inteiras;

16 até o dia seguinte ao sétimo sábado, contareis cinqüenta dias; então oferecereis nova oferta de cereais ao Senhor.

17 Das vossas habitações trareis, para oferta de movimento, dois pães de dois décimos de efa; serão de flor de farinha, e levedados se cozerão; são primícias ao Senhor.

18 Com os pães oferecereis sete cordeiros sem defeito, de um ano, um novilho e dois carneiros; serão holocausto ao Senhor, com as respectivas ofertas de cereais e de libação, por oferta queimada de cheiro suave ao Senhor.

19 Também oferecereis um bode para oferta pelo pecado, e dois cordeiros de um ano para sacrifício de ofertas pacíficas.

20 Então o sacerdote os moverá, juntamente com os pães das primícias, por oferta de movimento perante o Senhor, com os dois cordeiros; santos serão ao Senhor para uso do sacerdote.

21 E fareis proclamação nesse mesmo dia, pois tereis santa convocação; nenhum trabalho servil fareis; é estatuto perpétuo em todas as vossas habitações pelas vossas gerações.

22 Quando fizeres a sega da tua terra, não segarás totalmente os cantos do teu campo, nem colherás as espigas caídas da tua sega; para o pobre e para o estrangeiro as deixarás. Eu sou o Senhor vosso Deus.

23 Disse mais o Senhor a Moisés:

24 Fala aos filhos de Israel: No sétimo mês, no primeiro dia do mês, haverá para vós descanso solene, em memorial, com sonido de trombetas, uma santa convocação.

25 Nenhum trabalho servil fareis, e oferecereis oferta queimada ao Senhor.

26 Disse mais o Senhor a Moisés:

27 Ora, o décimo dia desse sétimo mês será o dia da expiação; tereis santa convocação, e afligireis as vossas almas; e oferecereis oferta queimada ao Senhor.

28 Nesse dia não fareis trabalho algum; porque é o dia da expiação, para nele fazer-se expiação por vós perante o Senhor vosso Deus.

29 Pois toda alma que não se afligir nesse dia, será extirpada do seu povo.

30 Também toda alma que nesse dia fizer algum trabalho, eu a destruirei do meio do seu povo.

31 Não fareis nele trabalho algum; isso será estatuto perpétuo pelas vossas gerações em todas as vossas habitações.

32 Sábado de descanso vos será, e afligireis as vossas almas; desde a tardinha do dia nono do mês até a outra tarde, guardareis o vosso sábado.

33 Disse mais o Senhor a Moisés:

34 Fala aos filhos de Israel, dizendo: Desde o dia quinze desse sétimo mês haverá a festa dos tabernáculos ao Senhor por sete dias.

35 No primeiro dia haverá santa convocação; nenhum trabalho servil fareis.

36 Por sete dias oferecereis ofertas queimadas ao Senhor; ao oitavo dia tereis santa convocação, e oferecereis oferta queimada ao Senhor; será uma assembléia solene; nenhum trabalho servil fareis.

37 Estas são as festas fixas do Senhor, que proclamareis como santas convocações, para oferecer-se ao Senhor oferta queimada, holocausto e oferta de cereais, sacrifícios e ofertas de libação, cada qual em seu dia próprio;

38 além dos sábados do Senhor, e além dos vossos dons, e além de todos os vossos votos, e além de todas as vossas ofertas voluntárias que derdes ao Senhor.

39 Desde o dia quinze do sétimo mês, quando tiverdes colhido os frutos da terra, celebrareis a festa do Senhor por sete dias; no primeiro dia haverá descanso solene, e no oitavo dia haverá descanso solene.

40 No primeiro dia tomareis para vós o fruto de árvores formosas, folhas de palmeiras, ramos de árvores frondosas e salgueiros de ribeiras; e vos alegrareis perante o Senhor vosso Deus por sete dias.

41 E celebrá-la-eis como festa ao Senhor por sete dias cada ano; estatuto perpétuo será pelas vossas gerações; no mês sétimo a celebrareis.

42 Por sete dias habitareis em tendas de ramos; todos os naturais em Israel habitarão em tendas de ramos,

43 para que as vossas gerações saibam que eu fiz habitar em tendas de ramos os filhos de Israel, quando os tirei da terra do Egito. Eu sou o Senhor vosso Deus.

44 Assim declarou Moisés aos filhos de Israel as festas fixas do Senhor.

   

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6377. 'He washes his clothing in wine' means that His Natural consists in Divine Truth from His Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'washing' as purifying, dealt with in 3147; from the meaning of 'wine' as the good of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith, and in the highest sense as Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'clothing' as the exterior which covers the interior, dealt with in 5248, thus the natural since this is exterior and covers the rational, which is interior. Therefore 'clothing' also means truth since this is exterior and covers good, which is interior, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5319, 5954.

[2] The fact that 'wine' means love towards the neighbour and the good of faith may be recognized from what has been shown regarding the bread and wine in the Holy Supper, in 2165, 2177, 3464, 4581, 5915. These paragraphs show that 'bread' is the good of celestial love, and that 'wine' is the good of spiritual love. The same may also be recognized from the minchah and the drink-offering in sacrifices. The minchah in them meant the good of love, and the drink-offering the good of faith. The minchah consisted of the kinds of things that meant the good of love, while the drink-offering consisted of wine that meant the good of faith. The sacrifices themselves were also called 'bread', 2165. For the use in sacrifices of a drink-offering consisting of wine, see Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19; Numbers 15:2-15; 28:6-7, 18-end; 29:1-7 and following verses.

[3] The meaning that 'wine' has of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith is also evident in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! And come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1.

No one can fail to see that they did not have to buy wine and milk, but that they were to acquire what is meant by 'wine and milk', which is love towards the neighbour and faith. These gifts come from the Lord 'without money and without price'.

[4] In Hosea,

Threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her. 1 Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean. They will not pour libations of wine to Jehovah, their sacrifices will not be pleasing to Him. Hosea 9:1-4.

Here also in the internal sense reference is made to the good of love and the good of faith, to the demise of them. The good of love is meant by 'threshing-floor' by virtue of the grain there and the bread made from it, while the good of faith is meant by 'winepress', 'new wine', and 'libation of wine'. 'Ephraim will return to Egypt' stands for the fact that the understanding would resort to factual knowledge for advice concerning the arcana of faith; 'in Assyria they will eat what is unclean' stands for that which is the outcome of consequent false reasoning - 'Ephraim' being the area of understanding in the Church, see 5754, 6112, 6238, 6267; 'Egypt' the area of factual knowledge, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 5702; and 'Assyria' that of reasoning, 1186. The line of thought in this passage also shows that the words used here contain something more than what one sees in the letter. For everything hangs together in the internal sense, but not so in the external sense, for example when it says that 'threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her', immediately followed by 'Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean'. Moreover, without the internal sense what meaning would Ephraim's return to Egypt and their eating in Assyria what is unclean have?

[5] 'Winepress' and 'wine' are also used in Jeremiah to describe the demise of mutual love and the good of faith,

He who lays waste has fallen on your vintage, therefore joy and gladness have been plucked from Carmel, and from the land of Moab, for I have made the wine cease from the winepresses; none will tread the headed. 2 Jeremiah 48:32-33.

[6] The fact that 'wine' means the good of mutual love and of faith is also evident in John,

I heard a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, Do no harm to oil and wine. Revelation 6:6.

[7] 'Oil' stands for the good of celestial love, and 'wine' for the good of spiritual love.

'Oil' and 'wine' have a similar meaning in the Lord's parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke,

A certain Samaritan was journeying, and seeing him who had been wounded by the robbers was moved with compassion for him; going therefore to him, he bandaged his wounds, and poured on oil and wine. Luke 10:33-34.

'He poured on oil and wine' means that he performed the works of love and charity, 'oil' being the good of love, see 886, 3728. A like meaning was involved in the practice of the ancients, who poured oil and wine onto a pillar when they consecrated it, Genesis 35:14, 4581, 4582.

[8] The fact that 'wine' means the good of love and faith is evident from the words the Lord used when He instituted the Holy Supper. He said then regarding the wine,

I tell you that I shall not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom. Matthew 26:29; Luke 22:17-18.

Anyone can see that He was not about to drink wine in that kingdom, but that the good of love and faith is meant, which He was about to impart to those who belonged to His kingdom. Much the same is meant by 'wine' in Isaiah 24:9, 11; Lamentations 2:11-12; Hosea 14:7; Amos 9:13-14; Zechariah 9:15-16; Luke 5:37-39.

[9] Since 'wine' means the good of love and faith, Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good is therefore meant in the highest sense, for that Truth, when it flows into a person and is accepted by him, brings him the good of love and faith.

[10] Since most things in the Word also have a contrary meaning, so too does 'wine', the contrary meaning of which is falsity from evil, as in Isaiah,

Woe to those who rise in the morning around dawn, and then follow strong drink, who continue into dusk, so that wine may inflame them! Woe to heroes at drinking wine, and to valiant men in mixing strong drink! Isaiah 5:11, 22

In the same prophet,

Also these err through wine, and go astray through strong drink. The priest and the prophet err through strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine, they go astray through strong drink. They err among the seers, they are tottery in judgement. Isaiah 28:7.

In the same prophet,

The shepherds know no understanding, they all look to their own way. Come, I will get wine, and we will be drunken from strong drink; and let there be tomorrow, as there is this day, great abundance. Isaiah 56:11-12.

In addition to these places 'wine' is used with the contrary meaning in Jeremiah 13:12; Hosea 4:11; 7:5; Amos 2:8; Micah 2:11; Psalms 75:8; Deuteronomy 32:33.

Falsity from evil is also meant by the cup of the wine of wrath in Jeremiah 25:15-16; Revelation 14:8, 10; 16:19; the winepress of the wrath of God's anger, Revelation 19:15; and the wine of whoredom, Revelation 17:2; 18:3.

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1. The Latin means them but the Hebrew means her, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse, as well as possibly here in his rough draft.

  
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