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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 # 9231

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9231. 'You shall throw it to the dogs' means that these things are unclean. This is clear from the meaning of 'dogs' as those who render the good of faith unclean by means of falsifications. For all beasts in the Word mean the affections and inclinations such as exist with a human being; gentle and useful beasts mean good affections and inclinations, but fierce and useless ones mean bad affections and inclinations. The reason why such things are meant by beasts is that the external or natural man is endowed with affections and inclinations similar to those that beasts possess, and also with similar appetites and similar senses. But the difference is that the human being has within himself what is called the internal man. And the internal man is so distinct and separate from the external that it can see things that arise in the external, rule them, and control them. The internal man can also be raised to heaven, even up to the Lord, and so be joined to Him in thought and affection, consequently in faith and love. Furthermore the internal man is so distinct and separate that it is parted from the external after death and lives on for evermore. These characteristics mark the human being off from beasts. But they are not seen by people who look at things on merely the natural level and the level of the senses; for their internal man is closed towards heaven. They draw no distinction therefore between the human being and a beast other than this, that the human being has the ability to speak; and even this is considered to be of little importance by those seeing things on merely the level of the senses.

[2] The reason why 'dogs' means those who render the good of faith unclean by means of falsifications is that dogs eat unclean things, and also yap and bite people. This also explains why nations outside the Church who were steeped in falsities arising from evil were called dogs by the Jews and considered to be utterly worthless. The fact that they were called 'dogs' is evident from the Lord's words addressed to the woman who was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician, whose daughter was troubled grievously by a demon,

It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs. But she said, To be sure, Lord, but even the dogs eat from the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Matthew 15:26-27; Mark 7:26-28.

Here it is self-evident that those outside the Church are meant by 'the dogs', and those within the Church by 'the children'.

[3] Similarly in Luke,

There was a certain rich man (homo) who was clothed in purple and fine linen and indulged himself splendidly every day. But there was a poor one whose name was Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be filled with the crumbs falling from the rich one's table. Furthermore the dogs came and licked his sores. Luke 16:19-21.

'The rich one clothed in purple and fine linen' means those within the Church, 'the purple and fine linen' with which he was clothed being cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth that come from the Word. 'A poor one' means those within the Church with whom there is little good because they have no knowledge of truth, but who nevertheless have had a desire to receive instruction, 9209. He was referred to as Lazarus after the Lazarus whom the Lord raised from the dead, about whom it says that the Lord loved him, John 11:1-3, 36; that he was His friend, John 11:11; and that he sat at the table with the Lord, John 12:2. 'His wish to be filled with the crumbs falling from the rich one's table' meant his desire to learn a few truths from those within the Church possessing them in abundance. 'The dogs that licked his sores' are those outside the Church who are governed by good, though not the authentic good of faith; 'licking the sores' is curing them as best they can.

[4] In John,

Outside are dogs, sorcerers, and fornicators. Revelation 22:15.

'Dogs, sorcerers, and fornicators' stands for those who falsify the good and truth of faith. They are said 'to be outside' when they are outside heaven or the Church. The fact that good which has been falsified, and so made unclean, is meant by 'the dogs' is also evident in Matthew,

Do not give what is holy to the dogs; do not cast your pearls before swine. Matthew 7:6.

In Moses,

You shall not bring a harlot's reward, or the price of a dog, into Jehovah's house for any vowed offering, because both are an abomination to your God. Deuteronomy 23:18.

'A harlot's reward' stands for falsified truths of faith, 'the price of a dog' for falsified forms of the good of faith. For the meaning of 'whoredom' as falsification of the truth of faith, see 2466, 2729, 4865, 8904.

[5] In David,

Dogs have surrounded me, the assembly of the wicked has encompassed me, piercing my hands and my feet. Deliver my soul from the sword, my only one from the power 1 of the dog. Psalms 22:16, 20.

'Dogs' here stands for those who destroy forms of the good of faith, who are therefore called 'the assembly of the wicked'. 'Delivering one's soul from the sword' means rescuing it from falsity that lays waste the truth of faith, 'the sword' being the falsity that lays waste the truth of faith, see 2799, 4499, 6353, 7102, 8294, and 'soul' the life of faith, 9050. From this it is also evident that 'delivering my only soul from the power of the dog' means rescuing it from falsity that lays waste the good of faith. When it was said that people were to be dragged and eaten by dogs, 1 Kings 14:11; 16:4; 21:23-24; 2 Kings 9:10, 36; Jeremiah 15:3, the meaning was that they would be destroyed by unclean things. When people compared themselves to dead dogs, 1 Samuel 24:14; 2 Samuel 3:8; 9:8; 16:9, the meaning was that they would be considered utterly worthless ones who were to be cast out. What more is meant by 'dogs', see 7784.

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