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Levitski Zakonik 16

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1 I reče Gospod Mojsiju pošto pogiboše dva sina Aronova, a pogiboše kad pristupiše pred Gospoda,

2 I kaza Gospod Mojsiju: Reci Aronu, bratu svom, da ne ulazi u svako doba u svetinju za zaves pred zaklopac koji je na kovčegu, da ne pogine, jer ću se u oblaku nad zaklopcem javljati.

3 S ovim neka ulazi Aron u svetinju: s juncem za žrtvu radi greha i s ovnom za žrtvu paljenicu.

4 Svetu košulju lanenu neka obuče, i gaće lanene neka su na telu njegovom, i neka se opaše pojasom lanenim i kapu lanenu neka metne na glavu; to su haljine svete, i neka opere telo svoje vodom, pa onda neka ih obuče.

5 A od zbora sinova Izrailjevih neka uzme dva jarca za žrtvu radi greha, i jednog ovna za žrtvu paljenicu.

6 I neka prinese Aron junca svog na žrtvu za greh i očisti sebe i dom svoj.

7 Potom neka uzme dva jarca, i neka ih metne pred Gospoda na vrata šatora od sastanka.

8 I neka Aron baci žreb za ta dva jarca, jedan žreb Gospodu a drugi žreb Azazelu.

9 I neka Aron prinese na žrtvu jarca na kog padne žreb Gospodnji, neka ga prinese na žrtvu za greh.

10 A jarca na kog padne žreb Azazelov neka metne živa pred Gospoda, da učini očišćenje na njemu, pa neka ga pusti u pustinju Azazelu.

11 I neka Aron prinese junca svog na žrtvu za greh i očisti sebe i dom svoj, i neka zakolje junca svog na žrtvu za greh.

12 I neka uzme kadionicu punu žeravice s oltara, koji je pred Gospodom, i pune pregršti kada mirisnog istucanog, i neka unese za zaves.

13 I neka metne kad na oganj pred Gospodom, da dim od kada zakloni zaklopac koji je na svedočanstvu; tako neće poginuti.

14 Posle neka uzme krvi od junca i pokropi s prsta svog po zaklopcu prema istoku, a pred zaklopcem neka sedam puta pokropi tom krvlju s prsta svog.

15 I neka zakolje jarca na žrtvu za greh narodni, i neka učini s krvlju njegovom kao što je učinio s krvlju junčijom, i pokropi njom po zaklopcu i pred zaklopcem.

16 I tako će očistiti svetinju od nečistota sinova Izrailjevih i od prestupa njihovih u svim gresima njihovim; tako će učiniti i u šatoru od sastanka, koji je među njima usred nečistota njihovih.

17 A niko da ne bude u šatoru od sastanka kad on uđe da čini očišćenje u svetinji, dokle ne izađe i svrši očišćenje za se i za dom svoj i za sav zbor izrailjski.

18 A neka izađe k oltaru koji je pred Gospodom, i očisti ga; i uzevši krvi od junca i krvi od jarca neka pomaže rogove oltaru unaokolo;

19 I neka ga pokropi odozgo istom krvlju s prsta svog sedam puta; tako će ga očistiti i posvetiti ga od nečistota sinova Izrailjevih.

20 A kad očisti svetinju i šator od sastanka i oltar, tada neka dovede jarca živog.

21 I metnuvši Aron obe ruke svoje na glavu jarcu živom, neka ispovedi nad njim sva bezakonja sinova Izrailjevih i sve prestupe njihove u svim gresima njihovim, i metnuvši ih na glavu jarcu neka ga da čoveku spremnom da ga istera u pustinju.

22 I jarac će odneti na sebi sva bezakonja njihova u pustinju; i pustiće onog jarca u pustinju.

23 Potom neka opet uđe Aron u šator od sastanka i svuče haljine lanene koje je obukao kada je išao u svetinju, i onde neka ih ostavi.

24 Pa neka opere telo svoje na svetom mestu i obuče svoje haljine; i izašav neka prinese svoju žrtvu paljenicu, i očisti sebe i narod.

25 A salo od žrtve za greh neka zapali na oltaru.

26 A ko odvede jarca za Azazela, neka opere haljine svoje i okupa telo svoje u vodi, pa onda neka uđe u logor.

27 A junca za greh i jarca za greh, od kojih je krv unesena da se učini očišćenje u svetinji, neka iznesu napolje iz logora, i neka spale ognjem kože njihove i meso njihovo i balegu njihovu.

28 A ko ih spali, neka opere haljine svoje i okupa telo svoje u vodi, pa onda neka dođe u logor.

29 I ovo neka vam bude večna uredba: deseti dan sedmog meseca mučite duše svoje, i ne radite nikakav posao, ni domorodac ni došljak koji se bavi među vama.

30 Jer u taj dan biva očišćenje za vas, da se očistite; bićete očišćeni od svih greha svojih pred Gospodom.

31 To neka vam je počivanje subotno, i mučite duše svoje po uredbi večnoj.

32 A sveštenik koji bude pomazan i koji bude osvećen da vrši službu svešteničku na mesto oca svog, on neka očišća obukavši se u haljine lanene, haljine svete.

33 I neka očisti svetinju svetu i šator od sastanka; i oltar neka očisti; i sveštenike i sav narod sabrani neka očisti.

34 I ovo neka vam je večna uredba da očišćate sinove Izrailjeve od svih greha njihovih jedan put u godini. I učini Mojsije kako mu zapovedi Gospod.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9959

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9959. 'And make for them linen undergarments' means an external level of conjugial love. This is clear from the meaning of 'undergarments' as an external level of conjugial love, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'linen' as external truth or natural truth, also dealt with below. The reason why an external level of conjugial love is meant by 'undergarments' is that garments or coverings derive their meaning from the part of the body they cover, 9827, and the loins and genital organs, which the undergarments clothe or cover, mean conjugial love. For 'the loins' and their meaning this love, see 3021, 4280, 4575; and for 'the genital organs' and their meaning it, 4462, 5050-5062. What truly conjugial love is will be stated below in 9960.

[2] The undergarments were made from linen because 'linen' or 'flax' means external truth or natural truth, 7601, and what constitutes the actual external is truth. The reason why truth constitutes the external is that internal things terminate in external ones and rest on them as their underlying supports, and the underlying supports of good are truths. These are like the foundations on which a house is built or on which a house rests, which is why the truths of faith springing from good are meant by the foundations of a house, 9643. Truths furthermore are what protect forms of good from and withstand evils and falsities, all the power that good possesses being exerted by means of truths, 9643. So it is also that the last and lowest part of heaven is inhabited by those who are guided by truths of faith springing from good. So it is also therefore that what is last or most external with a person, namely his external skin, corresponds to those in heaven who are guided by the truths of faith, 5552-5559, 8980, yet not to those who uphold faith separated from good, since they are not in heaven. From all this it may now be recognized why the undergarments were made from linen or flax. Aaron's undergarment however, when he was clothed with the garments which were 'for glorious adornment', and which have been the subject in the present chapter, was made of fine linen together with interwoven fine linen, as is evident from a later chapter where it says,

They made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver, and a turban of fine linen, and attractive headdresses 1 from fine linen, and linen undergarments with fine twined linen. Exodus 39:27-28.

But when he was clothed with the 'holy garments' Aaron's undergarment was made of linen alone, as is clear from the following in Moses,

When Aaron comes into the sanctuary within the veil he shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarment shall be over his flesh, and he shall gird himself with the linen belt, and place the linen turban on himself. These are holy garments. He shall also wash his flesh with water when he puts them on. He shall then first offer burnt offerings and sacrifices, by means of which he will expiate the holy place from uncleannesses. Leviticus 16:1-end.

[3] The reason why Aaron was to go at that time clothed in the linen garments, which were also called 'the holy garments', was that at that time he was performing the duty of expiating the tent, and also the people and himself from uncleannesses. And every expiation, which was accomplished by means of washings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices, represented purification of the heart from evils and falsities, and so represented regeneration; and purification from evils and falsities, or regeneration, is accomplished by means of the truths of faith. This was why Aaron wore the linen garments then, for the truths of faith are meant by 'linen garments', as stated above.

All purification from evils and falsities is accomplished by means of the truths of faith, see 2799, 5954 (end), 7044, 7918, 9089. So therefore is regeneration, 1555, 2046, 2063, 2979, 3332, 3665, 3690, 3786, 3876, 3877, 4096, 4097, 5893, 6247, 8635, 8638-8640, 8772, 9088, 9089, 9103.

[4] It was for the same reason also that the priest was to put on the linen robe and the linen undergarment when he carried the ash away from the altar, Leviticus 6:9-11, and also that 'the priests, the Levites, from the sons of Zadok' were to put it on, when they entered the sanctuary, regarding whom the following is stated in Ezekiel,

The priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall draw near My table to minister to Me. When they enter the gates of the inner court they shall put on the linen garments, and no wool shall come upon them. When they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within, the linen turbans shall be on their heads, and the linen undergarments shall be over their loins. They shall not gird themselves with sweat. 2 Ezekiel 44:15-18.

The subject in this passage is the new temple, by which a new Church is meant. By 'the priests, the Levites' those guided by truths springing from good are meant, and by 'the linen garments' the truths of faith by means of which purification and regeneration are accomplished. 'Not girding themselves with sweat' means that the holy things of worship should not be mingled with the human self; for 'sweat' means the human self or proprium, and the human proprium is nothing but evil and falsity, 210, 215, 694, 874-876, 987, 1047, 3812 (end), 8480, 8941.

[5] The reason why the undergarment Aaron wore when he was clothed with the garments 'for glorious adornment' was made of linen together with fine twined linen, as is evident from Exodus 39:27-28, quoted above, was that Aaron in those garments represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good in the heavens, Aaron himself representing the Lord in respect of the Divine Celestial there, his garments the Lord in respect of the Divine Spiritual there emanating from the Divine Celestial, 9814, and fine linen the Divine Spiritual emanating from the Divine Celestial, 5319, 9469.

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1. literally, adornments of headdresses

2. i.e. They must not wear garments that will make them sweat

  
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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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