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1 Ko ukrade vola ili ovcu ili kozu, i zakolje ili proda, da vrati pet volova za jednog vola, a četiri ovce ili koze za jednu ovcu ili kozu.

2 Ako se lupež uhvati gde potkopava, te bude ranjen tako da umre, da ne bude kriv za krv onaj koji ga bude ubio;

3 Ali ako se bude sunce rodilo, da je kriv za krv. A lupež sve da naknadi; ako li ne bi imao, onda da se on proda za svoju krađu.

4 Ako se nađe šta je pokrao u njegovoj ruci živo, bio vo ili magarac ili ovca ili koza, da vrati dvostruko.

5 Ko potre njivu ili vinograd pustivši stoku svoju da pase po tuđoj njivi, da naknadi najboljim sa svoje njive i najboljim iz svog vinograda.

6 Ako izađe vatra i naiđe na trnje, pa izgori stog ili žito koje još stoji ili njiva, da naknadi onaj koji je zapalio.

7 Ako ko da bližnjemu svom novce ili posuđe na ostavu, pa se ukrade iz kuće njegove, ako se nađe lupež, da plati dvojinom;

8 Ako li se ne nađe lupež, onda gospodar od one kuće da stane pred sudije da se zakune da nije posegao rukom svojom na stvar bližnjeg svog.

9 Za svaku stvar za koju bi bila raspra, ili za vola ili za magarca ili za ovcu ili za kozu, ili za haljinu, za svaku stvar izgubljenu, kad ko kaže da je njegova, pred sudije da dođe raspra obojice, pa koga osude sudije, onaj da vrati bližnjemu svom dvojinom.

10 Ako ko da bližnjemu svom da čuva magarca ili vola ili ovcu ili kozu ili kako god živinče, pa ugine ili ohrone, ili ga ko otera a da niko ne vidi,

11 Zakletva Gospodnja neka bude između njih, da nije posegao rukom svojom na stvar bližnjeg svog, i gospodar od stvari neka pristane, a onaj da ne plati.

12 Ako li mu bude ukradeno, neka plati gospodaru njegovom.

13 Ako li ga bude rastrgla zverka da donese od njega svedodžbu, i da ne plati šta je rastrgnuto.

14 Ako ko uzme od bližnjeg svog živinče na poslugu, pa ohrone ili ugine, a gospodar mu ne bude kod njega, da plati.

15 Ako li gospodar bude kod njega, da ne plati. Ako li bude najmljeno, da plati samo najam.

16 Ko bi prevario devojku, koja nije zaručena, te bi spavao s njom, da joj da miraz i uzme je za ženu.

17 A ako mu je otac njen ne bi hteo dati, da da novaca koliko ide u miraz devojci.

18 Veštici ne daj da živi.

19 Ko bi obležao živinče, da se pogubi.

20 Ko žrtvu prinosi bogovima drugim osim jedinog Gospoda, da se istrebi kao prokletnik.

21 Došljaku nemoj činiti krivo niti ga ucveliti, jer ste bili došljaci u zemlji misirskoj.

22 Nemojte ucveliti udovice i sirote.

23 Ako li koju ucveliš u čem god, i poviče k meni, čuću viku njenu,

24 I zapaliće se gnev moj, i pobiću vas mačem, pa će vaše žene biti udovice i vaša deca sirote.

25 Kad daš u zajam novaca narodu mom, siromahu koji je kod tebe, nemoj mu biti kao kamatnik, ne udarajte na nj kamate.

26 Ako uzmeš u zalogu haljinu bližnjemu svom, vrati mu je pre nego sunce zađe;

27 Jer mu je to sve odelo čim zaklanja telo svoje; u čem će spavati? Pa kad poviče k meni, ja ću ga čuti, jer sam milostiv.

28 Nemoj psovati sudije, i starešini naroda svog ne govori ružno.

29 Od letine svoje i od žitkih stvari svojih nemoj se zatezati da prineseš prvine; prvenca između sinova svojih meni da daš.

30 Tako čini s volom svojim i s ovcom i s kozom; sedam dana neka bude s majkom svojom, a osmog dana da ga daš meni.

31 Bićete mi sveti ljudi; mesa u polju rastrgnuta ne jedite, bacite ga psima.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9103

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9103. 'And four of the flock for the member of the flock' also means the corresponding punishment carried out in full. This is clear from the meaning of 'four' as joined together, for 'four' is similar in meaning to 'two' because four is the product of two times two (for the meaning of 'two' as joined together, see 5194, 8423, and therefore also 'four', 1686, 8877), from which it follows that those numbers also mean to the complete amount, since what has been joined together is complete; and from the meaning of 'a member of the flock' as interior good, dealt with just above in 9099. The corresponding punishment is meant by 'repaying', at this point 'four of the flock for one member of the flock', 9102. Interior good is what charity in the interior man is called, exterior good being charity in the exterior man. The latter good must receive life from the former, for the good of charity in the interior man is the good of spiritual life, and the good of charity in the exterior man is the good of natural life from the spiritual. This exterior good enters a person's feelings as delight, but not so interior good. Instead this enters his awareness that it ought to be so, and enables his mind to feel contented. In the next life however interior good too enters into a person's feelings.

[2] No one can know the reason why five oxen were to be used in repayment for an ox, and four of the flock for the member of the flock, unless he knows what 'theft' is in the spiritual sense, and also what 'an ox' and 'a member of the flock' are. What these things mean has been explained, namely taking away and alienating exterior and interior good, the taking away being done by evil and the alienation by falsity. Consequently punishment and the restoration of them are meant by 'five' end 'four'; for all numbers in the Word serve to mean spiritual things, see 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 6175, at this point things having to do with restoration. That is to say, the number 'five' refers to restoration of exterior good to a great degree, and the number 'four' to restoration of interior good in full. The reason why interior good must be restored completely is that this good constitutes a person's spiritual life; and unless his spiritual life is restored completely the exterior good constituting his natural life cannot be restored; for the latter life is restored by means of the former, as may be recognized from a person's regeneration. The external man is regenerated by means of the internal, see 9043, 9046, 9061; but good in the external or natural man cannot be restored completely because the blow it has been struck remains there as a scar that becomes hardened. These are the things implied by those numbers.

[3] Something further must be said briefly about the restoration of the exterior good constituting a person's natural life by means of the interior good constituting his spiritual life. The natural level of a person's mind sees things in the light of the world, the light that is called natural illumination. A person acquires this illumination through objects entering his awareness by means of sight and hearing, that is, by impressions of objects received from the world. Thus the person sees those objects with his mind's eye almost exactly as his physical eye sees them. Initially the objects that he is made aware of through those senses are all a pleasure and delight to him. Later on, when still a young child, he makes distinctions among the objects that are a delight to him, and thereby learns to discriminate, gradually doing so more and more accurately. When the light from heaven flows into these things the person begins to see them spiritually, discriminating initially between the ones that are useful and those that are not useful. As a consequence he starts to see the truth clearly; for that which he sees to be useful he sees to be true, and that which he does not see to be useful he sees to be not true. This ability to see truth increases as the inflowing light from heaven grows brighter, until eventually he discriminates not only between truths, but even between truths within these truths. And this he does ever more clearly, as the communication between the internal man and the external man is improved and opened up; for the light of heaven flows in from the Lord through the internal man into the external. From this the person now has perception; nevertheless this is still not spiritual perception.

[4] Spiritual perception does not grow out of natural truths but out of spiritual truths, spiritual truths being what are called the truths of faith. The reason why spiritual perception grows out of these truths is that the light of heaven is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. It is the light that shines for the angels' eyes; it also shines in their understanding and imparts intelligence and wisdom to them, in varying amounts, depending on its reception within good. Therefore, if spiritual perception is to grow a person must have cognitions or knowledge of spiritual things in his natural, and such knowledge of spiritual things must come from revelation. When the light of heaven flows into them it flows into what are its own; for as has been stated, that light is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, see 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3138, 3167, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3341, 3636, 3643, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4415, 4527, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6608. This is how a person acquires intelligence and wisdom in such matters as belong to eternal life; and they increase in the measure that such light - that is, in the measure that the truths of faith - are received within good, the good being charity.

[5] The fact that the natural or external man is regenerated, and also undergoes amendment and is restored by means of the internal, may be recognized from what has now been stated. Things in the external or natural man receive life from the light of heaven; for this light is living, because it emanates from the Lord, who is Life itself. They do not receive their life from natural light, since this light is in itself dead. If therefore things in natural light are to have life there must be an inflow of the living light, coming from the Lord through the internal man. This inflow adjusts itself to cognitions of truth present in the natural that are analogous and correspond, and to other things there that can serve. From this it is evident that a person's external or natural must be regenerated by means of his internal; and the good in the natural that has been taken away or alienated has to be amended and restored by the same means.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.