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Levitski Zakonik 13

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1 Još reče Gospod Mojsiju i Aronu govoreći:

2 Čovek u koga bi na koži tela njegovog bio otok ili krasta ili bubuljica, i bilo bi na koži tela njegovog nalik na gubu, neka se dovede k Aronu svešteniku ili ka kome sinu njegovom svešteniku.

3 I neka sveštenik vidi boljeticu na koži tela njegovog; ako dlaka na boljetici bude pobelela i boljetica bude na oči niža od ostale kože tela njegovog, onda je guba; pa kad ga vidi sveštenik proglasiće ga da je nečist.

4 Ako li bude bela bubuljica na koži tela njegovog i ne bude na oči niža od ostale kože niti dlaka na njoj pobelela, onda neka zatvori sveštenik za sedam dana čoveka sa takvom boljeticom.

5 A sedmog dana neka vidi sveštenik; ako opazi da je boljetica ostala kako je bila i nije se dalje razišla po koži, neka ga zatvori sveštenik opet za sedam dana.

6 I neka ga sveštenik opet vidi sedmog dana, pa ako opazi da se boljetica smanjila i nije se dalje razišla po koži; krasta je; i on neka opere haljine svoje i biće čist.

7 Ako li se dalje raširi krasta po koži njegovoj, pošto ga sveštenik vidi i proglasi da je čist, nanovo neka se pokaže svešteniku;

8 Ako vidi sveštenik da se krasta raširila po koži njegovoj, proglasiće sveštenik da je nečist; guba je.

9 Kad je guba na čoveku, neka ga dovedu k svešteniku.

10 I sveštenik neka ga vidi; ako bude beo otok na koži i dlaka bude pobelela, ako bi i zdravo meso bilo na otoku,

11 Guba je zastarela na koži tela njegovog; zato će ga sveštenik proglasiti da je nečist, i neće ga zatvoriti, jer je nečist.

12 Ako li se guba izaspe po koži i pokrije svu kožu čoveku od glave do pete, gde bi god sveštenik očima pogledao,

13 Kad sveštenik vidi da je guba pokrila svu kožu na njemu, proglasiće da je čovek čist, jer je sve pobelelo, pa je čist.

14 Ali ako se pokaže na njemu divlje meso, biće nečist.

15 Pa kad sveštenik vidi divlje meso, proglasiće ga da je nečist; ono je divlje meso nečisto, guba je.

16 A kad bi se divlje meso promenilo i pobelelo, neka dođe k svešteniku.

17 I kad vidi sveštenik da je boljetica pobelela, sveštenik će proglasiti da je čist, čist je.

18 Kad u koga na koži bude čir, pa prođe,

19 A posle na mestu gde je bio čir izađe otok beo ili bubuljica bela i crvenkasta, neka se pokaže svešteniku.

20 Ako sveštenik vidi da je na oči niža od ostale kože i dlaka na njoj pobelela, proglasiće ga sveštenik da je nečist, guba je, izašla je iz čira.

21 Ako li sveštenik gledajući vidi da nije dlaka na njoj pobelela niti je niža od kože, nego se smanjila, onda će ga zatvoriti sveštenik za sedam dana.

22 Ako se raširi po koži, onda će ga sveštenik proglasiti da je nečist; bolest je.

23 Ako li ostane na svom mestu bubuljica i ne raširi se, ožiljak je od čira; zato će ga sveštenik proglasiti da je čist.

24 Ako se ko po koži ožeže ognjem, pa pošto se zaleči ostane bubuljica bela i crvenkasta ili samo bela,

25 Neka ga vidi sveštenik; ako dlaka na bubuljici bude pobelela i ako na oči bude niža nego koža, guba je, izašla je iz ožegline; zato će ga sveštenik proglasiti da je nečist; guba je.

26 Ako li sveštenik vidi da na bubuljici nema bele dlake niti je niža od kože, nego se smanjila, zatvoriće ga za sedam dana.

27 Pa će je sedmog dana pogledati sveštenik; ako se bude raširila po koži, tada će ga sveštenik proglasiti da je nečist; guba je.

28 Ako li bubuljica bude ostala na svom mestu, i ne bude se raširila po koži, nego se smanjila, onda je rana od toga što se ožegao; zato će ga sveštenik proglasiti da je čist, jer je ožiljak od ožegline.

29 Ako u čoveka ili u žene bude boljetica na glavi ili na bradi,

30 Sveštenik neka vidi boljeticu; ako na oči bude niža od ostale kože i na njoj dlaka žućkasta i tanka, sveštenik će proglasiti da je nečist; ospa je, guba na glavi ili na bradi;

31 A kad sveštenik vidi boljeticu, i opazi da na oči nije niža od ostale kože i da nema na njoj crne dlake, tada će zatvoriti sveštenik za sedam dana onog na kome je ospa.

32 Pa kad sveštenik sedmi dan vidi, a ospa se nije dalje razišla niti dlaka na njoj požutela, niti je na oči ospa niža od kože,

33 Tada neka se obrije, ali ospu da ne obrije, i sveštenik neka zatvori još za sedam dana onog na kome je ospa.

34 I sedmog dana neka sveštenik opet vidi ospu; ako opazi da se ospa nije dalje razišla po koži niti je na oči niža od ostale kože, tada će ga proglasiti sveštenik da je čist, pa neka opere haljine svoje, i biće čist.

35 Ako li se raširi ospa po koži, pošto bude proglašen da je čist,

36 Tada neka ga vidi sveštenik; ako se bude raširila ospa po koži, neka više ne gleda sveštenik ima li žutih dlaka; nečist je.

37 Ako li opazi da je ospa ostala gde je bila i da je crna dlaka izrasla po njoj, zalečila se ospa, čist je, i sveštenik će proglasiti da je čist.

38 Kad u čoveka ili u žene budu bubuljice po koži tela njihovog, bubuljice bele,

39 Sveštenik neka vidi; ako na koži tela njegovog budu bele bubuljice male, bela je ospa, izašla po koži, čist je.

40 Kome opadne kosa s glave, ćelav je, čist je.

41 Ako mu spreda opadne kosa s glave, pola je ćelav, i čist je.

42 Kad na glavi sasvim ćelavoj ili pola ćelavoj bude bela i crvenkasta boljetica, guba je, izašla na glavi svoj ćelavoj ili pola ćelavoj.

43 I neka ga vidi sveštenik; ako opazi da je beo i crvenkast otok na glavi svoj ćelavoj ili pola ćelavoj nalik na gubu po koži ostalog tela,

44 Čovek je gubav, nečist je, i sveštenik će ga proglasiti da je nečist; guba mu je na glavi.

45 A gubavac na kome je ta bolest, neka ide u haljinama razdrtim i gologlav, i usta neka zastre, i neka viče: Nečist, Nečist.

46 Dokle je god bolest na njemu, neka bude nečist; nečist je, neka živi sam, iza logora neka mu bude stan.

47 I ako na haljini bude guba, na haljini vunenoj ili lanenoj,

48 Ili na osnovi ili na poučici od lana ili od vune, ili na koži, ili na čem god od kože,

49 I ako boljetica bude zelenkasta ili crvenkasta na haljini ili na koži ili na osnovi ili na poučici ili na čem god od kože, guba je, i neka se pokaže svešteniku.

50 I kad vidi sveštenik bolest, neka zatvori za sedam dana stvar na kojoj je guba.

51 I sedmog dana ako vidi da se dalje razišla bolest po haljini ili po osnovi ili po poučici ili po koži ili po čemu god od kože, ljuta je guba bolest, ona stvar je nečista.

52 Zato neka spali onu haljinu ili osnovu ili poučicu od vune ili od lana, ili šta god bude od kože, na čem bude bolest; jer je ljuta guba, ognjem neka se spali.

53 Ako li opazi sveštenik da se bolest nije razišla po haljini ili po osnovi ili po poučici, ili po čemu god od kože,

54 Tada neka zapovedi sveštenik da se opere ono na čem je bolest, pa onda neka zatvori opet za sedam dana.

55 Pa neka vidi sveštenik pošto se opere stvar na kojoj je bolest, i ako opazi da bolest nije promenila boje svoje, ako se i ne bude dalje razišla, stvar je nečista, spali je ognjem; jer je ljuta guba na gornjoj ili na donjoj strani.

56 Ako li vidi sveštenik da se mesto smanjilo pošto je oprano, onda neka otkine od haljine ili od kože ili od osnove ili od poučice.

57 Ako li se opet pokaže na haljini ili na osnovi ili na poučici ili na čem god od kože, guba je koja se širi, ognjem spali ono na čem bude.

58 A haljinu ili osnovu ili poučicu ili šta mu drago od kože, kad opereš pa otide s njega ta bolest, operi još jednom, i biće čisto.

59 Ovo je zakon za gubu na haljini vunenoj ili lanenoj, ili na osnovi ili na poučici, ili na čem god od kože, kako se može znati je li šta čisto ili nečisto.

   

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962. And there came a great and noxious sore. That this signifies evil works there, and consequent falsifications of truth, is evident from the signification of a sore, as denoting works that are done from man, thus from his proprium, and are evil; of these we shall treat presently. And that great is said of good, and, in the opposite sense, of evil, and noxious of what is falsified; therefore, by a great and noxious sore are signified evil works, and consequent falsifications of truth.

The reason why by sores are signified works from the proprium, and thence evils is, that from man's proprium nothing but evil can be produced. For a man's proprium is that into which he is born, and which he afterwards acquires by his own life. And because his proprium is thus, from its very birth, formed of mere evils, therefore a man must be, as it were, created anew, or regenerated, in order that he may be in good, and thus be received into heaven. When he is regenerated, then the evils from the proprium are removed, and in their place goods are implanted, and this is effected by truths. That evil works, and the falsifications of truths are with those who acknowledge faith alone in doctrine, and confirm it in life, is meant by what follows - that a great and noxious sore is upon the men who have the mark of the beast, and who worship his image.

That sores signify works from the proprium, is evident from the Word, where sores and wounds and various diseases are mentioned; as leprosies, fevers, hemorrhoids, and others; all of which correspond to lusts arising from evil loves, and thence signify them.

[2] What ulcers or wounds signify is further evident from the following passages.

In Isaiah:

"From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; the wound, and scar, and fresh bruise have not been pressed out, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil. Your whole land is a desert, your cities burned with fire" (1:6, 7).

By these words it is declared that there is no good and, consequently, no truth in the church, but evil and the falsity therefrom. From the sole of the foot even to the head no soundness, signifies that both natural things and spiritual, these being the interiors of man and of his will, are destroyed. Wound and scar, and fresh bruise, signify evils of the will, and the falsities of the thought therefrom, continually abounding. Evils of the will are also evil works. Not bound up, nor mollified with oil, signifies not amended by repentance, nor tempered by good. Your land is a desert, your cities burned with fire, signifies the church devastated as to all truth, and the doctrinals thereof destroyed by a life according to lusts arising from an evil love.

[3] In Hosea:

"Ephraim saw his disease, and Judah his wound; and Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb, and he could not heal you; and he shall not cure you of your wound" (5:13).

By Ephraim is signified the church as to the understanding of truth; in this case, as to the understanding of falsity. And by Judah is signified the will of good, here, the will of evil. By Assyria and king Jareb is signified the Rational perverted, as to good and as to truth. The signification of those words in a series is evident, that is, that a man from his own intelligence cannot amend the falsities arising from evils of the will; evil of the will, which also is evil of the life, being meant by wound.

[4] In David:

"Mine iniquities have passed over my head, my wounds stink and are corrupt, by reason of my foolishness" (Psalms 38:4, 5).

Here also wounds signify evils of the will, which are evil works; these are said to stink and to be corrupt by reason of foolishness, when the delight of the will and of thought therefrom is to do them.

[5] In Isaiah:

"In the day that Jehovah bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the wound of their plague" (30:26).

By the breach of the people is signified falsity of doctrine; and by the wound of their plague, evil of life. The reformation of doctrine by means of truths is signified by Jehovah binding up the breach of His people; and reformation of the life by truths, is signified by healing the wound of their plague.

[6] "The Samaritan bound up the wounds of him who was wounded by robbers, and poured therein oil and wine" (Luke 10:33, 34).

This signified that those who are in the good of charity are desirous to amend the evils arising from falsities by means of truths from good. Thieves are those who infuse falsities, whence evils come; the Jews in particular. Wounds are those evils; oil is the good of love, and wine is the truth of the Word and of doctrine.

[7] But these things may be seen explained above (n. 376, 444). By

Lazarus who lay at the threshold of the rich man, full of sores (Luke 16:21),

are meant the nations, who were in falsities from ignorance of truth, and thence were not in goods. These are those who are thence called full of sores. By the rich man, at whose threshold he lay, is meant the Jewish nation, which might have been in truths from the Word which they possessed.

[8] That a sore breaking forth was one of the plagues in Egypt, is evident in Moses:

"Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you your hands full of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh, and it shall become dust upon all the land of Egypt. And they took the ashes of the furnace, and Moses sprinkled it towards heaven, and it became a sore breaking forth with boils in man and in beast. And the magicians could not stand before Moses on account of the sore, because the sore was upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians" (Exodus 9:8-11).

By Pharaoh and the Egyptians is signified the natural man obsessed by evils and falsities of every kind; and the love of dominion of the natural man over the spiritual, the spiritual man being there signified by the sons of Israel. By the miracles performed there, which were so many plagues, and also are called diseases, are signified so many evils and falsities infesting, devastating, and destroying the church with spiritual men. By the ashes of the furnace which Moses sprinkled toward heaven, are signified the falsities of lusts that are excited. By the dust in the land of Egypt, is signified damnation. By the sore breaking forth in boils, are signified the filthy things of the will together with blasphemies. But these things may be seen explained in detail in Arcana Coelestia 7516-7532).

[9] Similar things are also signified by these words in Moses:

"Jehovah will smite thee with the sore of Egypt, and with hemorrhoids, and with the scab and the itch, that thou canst not be healed, with which thou shalt become insane from the beholding of the eyes. Jehovah shall smite thee with an evil sore upon the knees and upon the thighs, of which thou canst not be healed" (Deuteronomy 28:27, 34-36).

By the plagues named there are signified evils and falsities of various kinds arising from the filthy loves of the natural man, for they correspond thereto. For sores and wounds exist from injury to the flesh and blood, and evils and falsities from the injury to Divine Good and Divine truth; and flesh corresponds to good, and therefore in the Word signifies it; and blood, to truth, and hence signifies it.

[10] Because leprosy signifies the profanation of truth; and the profanation of truth is various, and is, consequently, light and grievous, exterior and interior, and according to the quality of the truth profaned, therefore also its effects are various, these being signified by the appearances in leprosy; which were tumours, sores of tumours, white pustules, reddenings, abscesses, burnings, cutaneous eruption, scurf, etc. (Leviticus 13:1 to the end). Such things happened to the Jewish nation from correspondence, not only in their flesh, but also in their garments, houses, and vessels, on account of their profanations of the Word.

Continuation concerning the Second Precept:-

[11] Because by the name of God is meant the Divine truth, or the Word; and by its profanation denial of its sanctity, and thence contempt, rejection, and blasphemy, it follows that the name of God is interiorly profaned by a life contrary to the precepts of the Decalogue. For there is profanation interior and not exterior; and there is a profanation interior, and at the same time exterior. And there may be also somewhat of profanation which is exterior and not at the same time interior. Interior profanation is effected by the life, exterior by the speech. The interior profanation, by the life, becomes also exterior or by speech, after death. For then every one thinks and wills, and, as far as it is permitted, speaks and acts, according to his life; thus, not as he used in the world. In the world a man is accustomed to speak and act differently from his own life; he thinks and wills for the sake of the world, and to get fame. This is why, as was said, there is a profanation which is interior, and not at the same time exterior.

That there may be also somewhat of profanation which is exterior, and not at the same time interior, may result from the style of the Word, which is not at all the style of the world; and may consequently be to some extent despised from ignorance of its interior sanctity.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Leviticus 13

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1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

2 "When a man shall have a rising in his body's skin, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his body the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons, the priests:

3 and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the body's skin, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean.

4 If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and its hair hasn't turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.

5 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and, behold, if in his eyes the plague is arrested, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.

6 The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day; and behold, if the plague has faded, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

7 But if the scab spreads on the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again.

8 The priest shall examine him; and behold, if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.

9 "When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest;

10 and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the rising,

11 it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not isolate him, for he is unclean.

12 "If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;

13 then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean of the plague. It has all turned white: he is clean.

14 But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.

15 The priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.

16 Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest;

17 and the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the plague has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague. He is clean.

18 "When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,

19 and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest;

20 and the priest shall examine it; and behold, if its appearance is lower than the skin, and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. It has broken out in the boil.

21 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there are no white hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.

22 If it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague.

23 But if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread, it is the scar from the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

24 "Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,

25 then the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin; it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.

26 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn't lower than the skin, but is faded; then the priest shall isolate him seven days.

27 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.

28 If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar from the burn.

29 "When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,

30 then the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.

31 If the priest examines the plague of itching, and behold, its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate him the person infected with itching seven days.

32 On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,

33 then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch; and the priest shall shut him up who has the itch seven more days.

34 On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and behold, if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

35 But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,

36 then the priest shall examine him; and behold, if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he is unclean.

37 But if in his eyes the itch is arrested, and black hair has grown in it; the itch is healed, he is clean. The priest shall pronounce him clean.

38 "When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body, even white bright spots;

39 then the priest shall examine them; and behold, if the bright spots on the skin of their body are a dull white, it is a harmless rash, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean.

40 "If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald. He is clean.

41 If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald. He is clean.

42 But if there is in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.

43 Then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,

44 he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean. His plague is on his head.

45 "The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!'

46 All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. Outside of the camp shall be his dwelling.

47 "The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is a woolen garment, or a linen garment;

48 whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin;

49 if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.

50 The priest shall examine the plague, and isolate the plague seven days.

51 He shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew. It is unclean.

52 He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is: for it is a destructive mildew. It shall be burned in the fire.

53 "If the priest examines it, and behold, the plague hasn't spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin;

54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which the plague is, and he shall isolate it seven more days.

55 Then the priest shall examine it, after the plague is washed; and behold, if the plague hasn't changed its color, and the plague hasn't spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire. It is a mildewed spot, whether the bareness is inside or outside.

56 If the priest looks, and behold, the plague has faded after it is washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:

57 and if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn with fire that in which the plague is.

58 The garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague has departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and it will be clean."

59 This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.