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Levítico 8

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1 Disse mais o Senhor a Moisés:

2 Toma a Arão e a seus filhos com ele, e os vestidos, e o óleo da unção, e o novilho da oferta pelo pecado, e os dois carneiros, e o cesto de pães ázimos,

3 e reúne a congregação toda à porta da tenda da revelação.

4 Fez, pois, Moisés como o Senhor lhe ordenara; e a congregação se reuniu à porta da tenda da revelação.

5 E disse Moisés à congregação: Isto é o que o Senhor ordenou que se fizesse.

6 Então Moisés fez chegar Arão e seus filhos, e os lavou com água,

7 e vestiu Arão com a túnica, cingiu-o com o cinto, e vestiu-lhe o manto, e pôs sobre ele o éfode, e cingiu-o com o cinto de obra esmerada, e com ele lhe apertou o éfode.

8 Colocou-lhe, então, o peitoral, no qual pôs o Urim e o Tumim;

9 e pôs sobre a sua cabeça a mitra, e sobre esta, na parte dianteira, pôs a lâmina de ouro, a coroa sagrada; como o Senhor lhe ordenara.

10 Então Moisés, tomando o óleo da unção, ungiu o tabernáculo e tudo o que nele havia, e os santificou;

11 e dele espargiu sete vezes sobre o altar, e ungiu o altar e todos os seus utensílios, como também a pia e a sua base, para santificá-los.

12 Em seguida derramou do óleo da unção sobre a cabeça de Arão, e ungiu-o, para santificá-lo.

13 Depois Moisés fez chegar aos filhos de Arão, e os vestiu de túnicas, e os cingiu com cintos, e lhes atou tiaras; como o Senhor lhe ordenara.

14 Então fez chegar o novilho da oferta pelo pecado; e Arão e seus filhos puseram as mãos sobre a cabeça do novilho da oferta pelo pecado;

15 e, depois de imolar o novilho, Moisés tomou o sangue, e pôs dele com o dedo sobre as pontas do altar em redor, e purificou o altar; depois derramou o resto do sangue à base do altar, e o santificou, para fazer expiação por ele.

16 Então tomou toda a gordura que estava na fressura, e o redenho do fígado, e os dois rins com a sua gordura, e os queimou sobre o altar.

17 Mas o novilho com o seu couro, com a sua carne e com o seu excremento, queimou-o com fogo fora do arraial; como o Senhor lhe ordenara.

18 Depois fez chegar o carneiro do holocausto; e Arão e seus filhos puseram as mãos sobre a cabeça do carneiro.

19 Havendo imolado o carneiro, Moisés espargiu o sangue sobre o altar em redor.

20 Partiu também o carneiro nos seus pedaços, e queimou dele a cabeça, os pedaços e a gordura.

21 Mas a fressura e as pernas lavou com água; então Moisés queimou o carneiro todo sobre o altar; era holocausto de cheiro suave, uma oferta queimada ao Senhor; como o Senhor lhe ordenara.

22 Depois fez chegar o outro carneiro, o carneiro da consagração; e Arão e seus filhos puseram as mãos sobre a cabeça do carneiro;

23 e tendo Moisés imolado o carneiro, tomou do sangue deste e o pôs sobre a ponta da orelha direita de Arão, sobre o polegar da sua mão direita, e sobre o polegar do seu direito.

24 Moisés fez chegar também os filhos de Arão, e pôs daquele sangue sobre a ponta da orelha direita deles, e sobre o polegar da sua mão direita, e sobre o polegar do seu direito; e espargiu o sangue sobre o altar em redor.

25 E tomou a gordura, e a cauda gorda, e toda a gordura que estava na fressura, e o redenho do fígado, e os dois rins com a sua gordura, e a coxa direita;

26 também do cesto dos pães ázimos, que estava diante do Senhor, tomou um bolo ázimo, e um bolo de pão azeitado, e um coscorão, e os pôs sobre a gordura e sobre a coxa direita;

27 e pôs tudo nas mãos de Arão e de seus filhos, e o ofereceu por oferta movida perante o Senhor.

28 Então Moisés os tomou das mãos deles, e os queimou sobre o altar em cima do holocausto; os quais eram uma consagração, por cheiro suave, oferta queimada ao Senhor.

29 Em seguida tomou Moisés o peito, e o ofereceu por oferta movida perante o Senhor; era a parte do carneiro da consagração que tocava a Moisés, como o Senhor lhe ordenara.

30 Tomou Moisés também do óleo da unção, e do sangue que estava sobre o altar, e o espargiu sobre Arão e suas vestes, e sobre seus filhos e as vestes de seus filhos com ele; e assim santificou tanto a Arão e suas vestes, como a seus filhos e as vestes de seus filhos com ele.

31 E disse Moisés a Arão e seus filhos: Cozei a carne à porta da tenda da revelação; e ali a comereis com o pão que está no cesto da consagração, como ordenei, dizendo: Arão e seus filhos a comerão.

32 Mas o que restar da carne e do pão, queimá-lo-eis ao fogo.

33 Durante sete dias não saireis da porta da tenda da revelação, até que se cumpram os dias da vossa consagração; porquanto por sete dias ele vos consagrará.

34 Como se fez neste dia, assim o senhor ordenou que se proceda, para fazer expiação por vós.

35 Permanecereis, pois, à porta da tenda da revelação dia e noite por sete dias, e guardareis as ordenanças do Senhor, para que não morrais; porque assim me foi ordenado.

36 E Arão e seus filhos fizeram todas as coisas que o Senhor ordenara por intermédio de Moisés.

   

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716. 'Sevens of each' means that they are holy. This is clear from what has been stated already in 84-87 about the seventh day or sabbath. That is to say, the Lord is the Seventh Day and from Him derives every celestial Church or man, and indeed, the celestial itself which, because it is the Lord's alone, is most holy. Consequently seven in the Word means holy; indeed in the internal sense, as here, absolutely nothing is obtained from the number itself. For people who possess the internal sense, as angels and angelic spirits do, have no concept at all of what a number is, and so do not know what seven is. Therefore the idea that they were to take seven pairs of all the clean beasts, or that the ratio of the good to the evil was to be seven to two, is not at all the meaning here. Rather it is this: Things of the will with which this member of the Church was supplied were the goods which are holy, through which, as stated already, he was capable of being regenerated.

[2] That 'seven' means that which is holy, or things that are holy, becomes clear from the rituals in the representative Church, where the number seven occurs time and again, for example, being sprinkled seven times with blood and oil, as in Leviticus,

Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything that was in it and made them holy. And he sprinkled some of it over the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels to make them holy. Leviticus 8:10-11.

Here 'seven times' would be utterly devoid of meaning if that which is holy was not being represented in this way. 'Oil' there means the holiness of love. And elsewhere in Leviticus, when Aaron entered the Holy Place,

He shall take some of the blood of the young bull, and shall sprinkle it with his finger over the face 1 of the mercy-seat towards the east, and he shall sprinkle the face 1 of the mercy-seat seven times with some of the blood with his finger.

Similarly with the altar,

He shall sprinkle over it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and shall cleanse it, and make it holy. Leviticus 16:14, 19.

Here every single detail means the Lord Himself, and therefore the holiness of love - that is to say, 'the blood' and also 'the mercy-seat', 'the altar' too, 'the east in which direction the blood was to be sprinkled', and so 'seven' as well, all mean the Lord.

[3] In sacrifices it is similar, about which the following is said in Leviticus,

If a soul has sinned inadvertently, and if the anointed priest has sinned, thus making the people guilty, he shall slaughter the young bull in Jehovah's presence. And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times in Jehovah's presence towards the veil of the Holy Place. Leviticus 4:2-4, 6.

Here similarly 'seven' means that which is holy, for the subject is atonement, and therefore the Lord, since atonement is the Lord's alone. Similar instructions were also given concerning the cleansing of leprosy, about which the following is said in Leviticus,

[Taking some] of the bird's blood, the cedar-wood, the double-dyed scarlet, and the hyssop, the priest shall sprinkle over the one who is to be cleansed from leprosy seven times, and shall cleanse him. In a similar way some of the oil which is in his left palm, seven times in Jehovah's presence. In a similar way in a house where there is leprosy, [he shall take some] of the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the double-dyed scarlet, and shall sprinkle some of the bird's blood seven times. Leviticus 14:6-7, 27, 51.

Anyone may see that here cedar-wood, double-dyed scarlet, hyssop, oil, and blood of a bird, and so the number seven, would be utterly meaningless if things that are holy were not being represented by them. If you take away from them holy things, what is left is something dead, or something unholy and idolatrous. When however they do mean holy things the worship they contain in that case is a Divine worship which is internal and simply represented by things that are external. The Jews however were incapable of knowing what these meant; and neither does anyone today know what cedar-wood, hyssop, double-dyed scarlet, and the bird all mean. Yet if only they had been willing to think that these did embody holy things which they did not actually know, and so had worshipped the Lord - who was the Messiah to come who would heal them from their leprosy, that is, from profaning what is holy - they could have been saved. For people who do think and believe in this manner straightaway receive instruction in the next life, if they desire it, as to what every single detail represented.

[4] Similarly where 'the red heifer' is the subject it is said that the priest was to take some of its blood on his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood towards the face 1 of the tent of meeting seven times, Numbers 19:4. Because 'the seventh day' or sabbath meant the Lord, and from Him meant the celestial man and the celestial itself, the seventh day in the Jewish Church was the holiest of all its religious observances. For this reason there was a sabbath year 2 every seventh year, Leviticus 25:4. Also a jubilee was to be proclaimed after seven sabbaths of years, that is, after seven times seven years, Leviticus 25:8-9. In the highest sense the number seven means the Lord, and from this the holiness of love. This becomes clear also from the golden lampstand with its seven lamps, mentioned in Exodus 25:31-33, 37; 37:17-19, 23; Numbers 8:2-3; Zechariah 4:2. And in John it is spoken of as follows,

Seven golden lampstands; in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. Revelation 1:12-13.

Here it is absolutely clear that 'a lampstand with seven lamps' means the Lord, and that 'the lamps' are the holy things of love, which comprise celestial things, which also is why there were seven of them.

[5] In the same author,

From the throne there were coming forth seven fiery torches burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. Revelation 4:5.

Here 'the seven torches which came forth from the Lord's throne' are seven lamps. The same applies to the number seven when it occurs in the Prophets, as in Isaiah,

The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, on the day when Jehovah will bind up the hurt of His people. Isaiah 30:26.

Here 'sevenfold light as the light of seven days' does not at all mean sevenfold but the holiness of love meant by the sun. See also what has been stated and shown already at Genesis 4:15 concerning the number seven. From these quotations it is also quite clear that all numbers used in the Word never have a numerical value [in the internal sense], as has also been shown already at Genesis 6:3.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, the faces

2. literally, sabbath of a sabbath

  
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