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1 Também falou o Senhor a Moisés no deserto de Sinai, no primeiro mês do segundo ano depois que saíram da terra do Egito, dizendo:

2 Celebrem os filhos de Israel a páscoa a seu tempo determinado.

3 No dia catorze deste mês, à tardinha, a seu tempo determinado, a celebrareis; segundo todos os seus estatutos, e segundo todas as suas ordenanças a celebrareis.

4 Disse, pois, Moisés aos filhos de Israel que celebrassem a páscoa.

5 Então celebraram a páscoa no dia catorze do primeiro mês, à tardinha, no deserto de Sinai; conforme tudo o que o Senhor ordenara a Moisés, assim fizeram os filhos de Israel.

6 Ora, havia alguns que se achavam imundos por terem tocado o cadáver de um homem, de modo que não podiam celebrar a páscoa naquele dia; pelo que no mesmo dia se chegaram perante Moisés e Arão;

7 e aqueles homens disseram-lhes: Estamos imundos por havermos tocado o cadáver de um homem; por que seríamos privados de oferecer a oferta do Senhor a seu tempo determinado no meio dos filhos de Israel?

8 Respondeu-lhes Moisés: Esperai, para que eu ouça o que o Senhor há de ordenar acerca de vós.

9 Então disse o Senhor a Moisés:

10 Fala aos filhos de Israel, dizendo: Se alguém dentre vós, ou dentre os vossos descendentes estiver imundo por ter tocado um cadáver, ou achar-se longe, em viagem, contudo ainda celebrará a páscoa ao Senhor.

11 No segundo mês, no dia: catorze, à tardinha, a celebrarão; comê-la-ão com pães ázimos e ervas amargas.

12 Dela não deixarão nada até pela manhã, nem quebrarão dela osso algum; segundo todo o estatuto da páscoa a celebrarão.

13 Mas o homem que, estando limpo e não se achando em viagem, deixar de celebrar a páscoa, essa alma será extirpada do seu povo; porquanto não ofereceu a oferta do Senhor a seu tempo determinado, tal homem levará o seu pecado.

14 Também se um estrangeiro peregrinar entre vós e celebrar a páscoa ao Senhor, segundo o estatuto da páscoa e segundo a sua ordenança a celebrará; haverá um só estatuto, quer para o estrangeiro, quer para o natural da terra.

15 No dia em que foi levantado o tabernáculo, a nuvem cobriu o tabernáculo, isto é, a própria tenda do testemunho; e desde a tarde até pela manhã havia sobre o tabernáculo uma aparência de fogo.

16 Assim acontecia de contínuo: a nuvem o cobria, e de noite havia aparência de fogo.

17 Mas sempre que a nuvem se alçava de sobre a tenda, os filhos de Israel partiam; e no lugar em que a nuvem parava, ali os filhos de Israel se acampavam.

18 ë ordem do Senhor os filhos de Israel partiam, e à ordem do Senhor se acampavam; por todos os dias em que a nuvem parava sobre o tabernáculo eles ficavam acampados.

19 E, quando a nuvem se detinha sobre o tabernáculo muitos dias, os filhos de Israel cumpriam o mandado do Senhor, e não partiam.

20 ës vezes a nuvem ficava poucos dias sobre o tabernáculo; então à ordem do Senhor permaneciam acampados, e à ordem do Senhor partiam.

21 Outras vezes ficava a nuvem desde a tarde até pela manhã; e quando pela manhã a nuvem se alçava, eles partiam; ou de dia ou de noite, alçando-se a nuvem, partiam.

22 Quer fosse por dois dias, quer por um mês, quer por mais tempo, que a nuvem se detinha sobre o tabernáculo, enquanto ficava sobre ele os filhos de Israel permaneciam acampados, e não partiam; mas, alçando-se ela, eles partiam.

23 Â ordem do Senhor se acampavam, e à ordem do Senhor partiam; cumpriam o mandado do Senhor, que ele lhes dera por intermédio de Moisés.

   

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8013. 'There shall be one law for the native and for the sojourner sojourning in the midst of you' means that someone who has received instruction in and accepted the Church's truth and good, and leads a life in keeping with them, will be as someone within the Church who has already been instructed and leads a life conforming to the commandments of faith and charity. This is clear from the meaning of 'there shall be one law' as a similar right, thus that it shall be as it is with another; from the meaning of 'the native' as one born within the Church who is in possession of its truth and good in respect of doctrine and in respect of life, dealt with just above in Sell; and from the meaning of 'the sojourner sojourning in the midst of you' as one who receives instruction in the Church's truth and good and accepts them, and leads a life in keeping with them, also dealt with above, in 8007.

[2] The expression 'in keeping with the commandments of faith and charity' is used because of the difference, which is that before regeneration one leads a life in keeping with the commandments of faith, but after regeneration in keeping with the commandments of charity. Before regeneration no one knows from affection what charity is, only from doctrine, whose commandments, which are called the commandments of faith, at that time direct a person's life. But after regeneration he does know from affection what charity is. This is because he now loves his neighbour and has a heartfelt desire for his welfare; his life is now directed by a law written on his heart, for an affection that belongs to charity governs his actions. This state is entirely different from the previous one. People in the first state are in dim light so far as the truths and the forms of the good of faith are concerned, but those in the latter state are in comparison in bright light. They see truths and corroborate them in a state of enlightenment, whereas the former see truths and corroborate them not in a state of enlightenment but because they have been convinced that the teachings of the Church are true. And since they do not see them in a state of enlightenment they are equally capable of corroborating falsities as truths, and having corroborated them they see them altogether as truths. From this one may recognize what is meant by leading a life in keeping with the commandments of faith, and what by leading a life in keeping with the commandments of charity.

[3] With regard to sojourners, the people were commanded several times in the Word not to make any distinction between 'the native of the land' and 'the sojourner sojourning with them'. The reason why was that gentile nations from whom sojourners came are just as much received into heaven as those within the Church are, after they have received instruction in and accepted the truths of faith. Regarding gentiles in the next life, see 932, 1032, 1059, 2049, 2284, 2589-2604, 2861, 1863, 3263, 4190, 4197. This was why it was commanded that as it was with the native, so it should be with the sojourner, as in Moses,

If a sojourner should sojourn with you who would make a fire-offering of an odour of rest to Jehovah, he shall do as you do. As for the assembly, one statute shall there be for you and for the sojourner who sojourns, an eternal statute throughout your generations. As you are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah. There shall be one law and one judgement for you and for the sojourner sojourning with you. Numbers 15:14-16.

In the same author,

As the native among you shall the sojourner sojourning with you be to you. Leviticus 19:34.

In the same author,

One judgement shall there be for you; it shall be for the sojourner as for the native. Leviticus 14:22.

In the same author,

When the sojourner has sojourned with you, he shall keep the Passover to Jehovah, according to the statute for the Passover, and according to the regulations 1 for it. There shall be one statute for you, both for the sojourner and for the native of the land. Numbers 9:14.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, statutes

  
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