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1 И говорилъ Господь Моисею, и сказалъ:

2 прикажи сынамъ Израилевымъ, чтобъ они принесли тебј елея чистаго выбитаго для свјтильника, чтобъ непрестанно стояли лампады,

3 Внј завјсы откровенія, въ скиніи собранія Ааронъ долженъ ставить ихъ предъ Господомъ отъ вечера до утра всегда. Это вјчное постановленіе въ роды ваши.

4 На подсвјчникј изъ чистаго золота долженъ онъ ставить лампады предъ Господомъ всегда.

5 И возьми пшеничной муки, испеки изъ ней двјнадцать хлјбовъ, чтобы въ каждомъ хлјбј были двј десятыхъ части ефы,

6 и иоложи ихъ въ два ряда, по шести въ рядъ, на столъ изъ чистаго золота предъ Господомъ.

7 И положи на рядъ ливана, и будетъ это въ пищу, въ память, въ огнепалимую жертву Господу.

8 Въ каждый день субботы должно класть ихъ предъ Господомъ всегда отъ сыновъ Израилевыхъ: это завјтъ вјчный.

9 Они должны принадлежать Аарону и сынамъ его, которые должны јсть ихъ на святомъ мјстј; ибо это великая святыня для нихъ изъ жертвъ Господнихъ: это вјчное постановленіе.

10 Сынъ Израильтянки, который родился у ней отъ Египтянина, вышелъ къ сынамъ Израилевымъ, и поссорился въ станј сынъ Израильтянки съ Израильтяниномъ;

11 хулилъ сынъ Израильтянки имя Господне, и злословилъ. И привели его къ Моисею, (имя же матери его Саломиѕъ, дочь Дивріева, изъ племени Данова);

12 и посадили его подъ стражу, пока не будетъ имъ объявлено отъ Господа, какъ поступить съ нимъ.

13 И говорилъ Господь Моисею, и сказалъ:

14 выведи злословившаго вонъ изъ стана, и всј слышавшіе пусть положатъ руки свои на голову его, и все общество побьетъ его камнями.

15 И сынамъ Израилевымъ скажи: кто будетъ злословить Бога своего, тотъ понесетъ на себј грјхъ свой.

16 И хулитель имени Господня долженъ умереть, камнями побьетъ его все общество. Пришлецъ ли, природный ли житель станетъ хулить имя Господне, преданъ будетъ смерти.

17 Кто убьетъ какого-либо человјка, тотъ преданъ будетъ смерти.

18 Кто убьетъ скотину, тотъ долженъ заплатить за нее, скотину за скотину.

19 Кто сдјлаетъ поврежденіе на тјлј ближняго своего, тому должно сдјлать тоже, что онъ сдјлалъ.

20 Переломъ за переломъ, око за око, зубъ за зубъ: какъ онъ сдјлалъ поврежденіе на тјлј человјка, такъ и ему должно сдјлать.

21 Кто убьетъ скотину, долженъ заплатить за нее; а кто убьетъ человјка, того должно предать смерти.

22 Одинъ судъ долженъ быть у васъ, тоже должно дјлать съ пришельцемъ, что и съ природнымъ жителемъ; ибо Я Господь, Богъ вашъ.

23 И сказалъ Моисей сынамъ Израилевымъ; и вывели злословившаго вонъ изъ стана и побили его камнями, и сдјлали сыны Израилевы, какъ повелјлъ Господь Моисею.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 348

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348. And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand. (7:4) This symbolizes all people who acknowledge the Lord as God of heaven and earth and are governed by truths of doctrine springing from the goodness of love, received from Him through the Word.

These are symbolized by the number 144,000 from the twelve tribes of Israel because the twelve tribes of Israel symbolize a church that consists of people who possess goodness and truth from the Lord and acknowledge Him as God of heaven and earth. The number 144,000 means all such. For that number has the same symbolism as the number twelve, since it is the product of twelve times twelve, which is then multiplied by 1000; and any number multiplied by itself and then by 10, 100, or 1000, has the same symbolism as the original number. Thus the number 144,000 has the same symbolism as 144, and this the same symbolism as twelve, as 144 is the product of twelve times twelve. Similarly, the product of the 12,000 sealed from each tribe times twelve is 144,000.

The number twelve means, symbolically, all, and is predicated of truths springing from goodness, because twelve is the product of three times four, and the number three symbolizes everything connected with truth, and the number four, everything connected with good. Thus the number twelve here symbolizes everything connected with truth that springs from the goodness of love.

[2] Numbers all symbolize additional properties of things that determine their quality or quantity, and this can be clearly seen from numbers in the book of Revelation, which in many places would not have any meaning unless they were symbolic.

From the foregoing it can now be seen that the 144,000 sealed, and the 12,000 from each tribe, mean not that these many were sealed or chosen from the tribes of Israel, but that all those were who are governed by truths of doctrine springing from the goodness of love received from the Lord.

This is the general symbolism of the twelve tribes of Israel, and also of the Lord's twelve apostles, but each tribe and each apostle individually symbolizes some truth springing from good. What each tribe symbolizes here, however, we will say in the following considerations.

Since the twelve tribes symbolize all doctrinal truths springing from the goodness of love received from the Lord, therefore they also symbolize all constituents of the church. Consequently the church was represented by the twelve tribes of Israel, and likewise by the twelve apostles.

[3] Because the number twelve is predicated of the church's truths and goods, therefore the New Jerusalem, meaning the Lord's New Church, is described in its individual parts by the number twelve. So for instance, the city had a length and breadth of 12,000 stadia. 1 Its wall was 144 cubits 2 (144 being twelve times twelve). It had twelve gates, and the gates consisted of twelve pearls. Over the gates were twelve angels, and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. It had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. These consisted also of twelve precious stones. Moreover, the city had in it the tree of life which bore twelve fruits, in correlation with the twelve months. All of this may be seen in Revelation, chapters 21, 22.

Out of the kind of people described here the Lord formed a new heaven and is in the process of forming a new church. For they are the same people mentioned in chapter fourteen and thereafter, where we read about them the following:

Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand... And they sang... a new song before the throne...; and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth. ...they are virgins..., (and) follow the Lamb wherever He goes. (Revelation 14:1, 3-4)

[4] Since the twelve tribes symbolize the Lord's church in respect to all its truths and goods, therefore the number twelve became an ecclesiastical number, and one customary in its sanctities. So for example, on the breastpiece of judgment, containing the Urim and Thummim, there were twelve precious stones (Exodus 28:21). Twelve cakes of showbread were placed on the table in the Tabernacle (Leviticus 24:5-6). Moses built an altar at the foot of Mournt Sinai and set up twelve pillars. (Exodus 24bb4) Twelve men were sent to explore the land of Canaan (Deuteronomy 1:23). Twelve men carried twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan (Joshua 4:1-9, 20). At the dedication of the altar, twelve leaders brought twelve silver plates, twelve silver bowls, twelve gold censers, twelve young bulls, twelve rams, twelve lambs, and twelve goats (Numbers 7:84, 87). Elijah took twelve stones and built an altar (1 Kings 18:31, 32). Elijah found Elisha when Elisha was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was the twelfth, and Elijah then threw his mantle over him (1 Kings 19:19). Solomon placed under the bronze sea twelve oxen (1 Kings 7:25, 44). He made a throne, and standing on its steps twelve lions (1 Kings 10:19, 20). On the head of the woman clothed with the sun was a crown of twelve stars (Revelation 12:1).

It can now be seen from this that 144,000 sealed, 12,000 from each tribe, means not this number of Jews and Israelites, but all who, as part of the new Christian heaven and of the New Church, will be governed by truths of doctrine springing from the goodness of love, received from the Lord through the Word.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Plural of stadium, an ancient Greek measure of distance equal to about 607 feet or 185 meters.

2. An ancient unit of linear measure based on the length of a man's forearm from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow, equivalent to approximately 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.