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Levitski Zakonik 19

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1 Još reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

2 Kaži svemu zboru sinova Izrailjevih, i reci im: Budite sveti, jer sam ja svet, Gospod Bog vaš.

3 Svaki da se boji matere svoje i oca svog; i držite subote moje; ja sam Gospod Bog vaš.

4 Ne obraćajte se k idolima, i bogove livene ne gradite sebi; ja sam Gospod Bog vaš.

5 A kad prinosite žrtvu zahvalnu Gospodu, prinosite je drage volje.

6 U koji je dan prinesete, neka se jede, i sutradan; a šta ostane do trećeg dana, neka se ognjem sažeže.

7 A ako bi se šta jelo treći dan, gad je, neće biti ugodna.

8 Ko bi god jeo, nosiće svoje bezakonje, jer oskvrni svetinju Gospodnju; zato će se istrebiti ona duša iz naroda svog.

9 A kad žanjete rod zemlje svoje, nemoj požeti sasvim njivu svoju, niti pabirči po žetvi.

10 Ni vinograd svoj nemoj pabirčiti, i nemoj kupiti zrna koja padnu po vinogradu tvom; nego ostavi siromahu i došljaku. Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš.

11 Ne kradite; ne lažite i ne varajte bližnjeg svog.

12 Ne kunite se imenom mojim krivo; jer ćeš oskvrniti ime Boga svog. Ja sam Gospod.

13 Ne zakidaj bližnjeg svog i ne otimaj mu; plata nadničarova da ne prenoći kod tebe do jutra.

14 Nemoj psovati gluvog, ni pred slepca metati šta da se spotakne; nego se boj Boga svog; ja sam Gospod.

15 Ne činite nepravdu na sudu, ne gledajte što je ko siromah, niti se povodi za bogatim; pravo sudi bližnjemu svom.

16 Ne idi kao opadač po narodu svom, i ne ustaj na krv bližnjeg svog; ja sam Gospod.

17 Nemoj mrzeti na brata svog u srcu svom; slobodno iskaraj bližnjeg svog, i nemoj trpeti greha na njemu.

18 Ne budi osvetljiv, i ne nosi srdnju na sinove naroda svog; nego ljubi bližnjeg svog kao sebe samog; ja sam Gospod.

19 Uredbe moje držite; živinčeta svog ne puštaj na živinče druge vrste; ne zasevaj njive svoje dvojakim semenom, i ne oblači na se haljine od dvojakih stvari.

20 Ako bi ko obležao robinju, koja je isprošena ali nije otkupljena ni oslobođena, oboje da se šibaju, ali da se ne pogube; jer nije bila oslobođena.

21 I neka on prinese Gospodu žrtvu za prestup svoj na vrata šatora od sastanka, ovna za prestup.

22 I neka ga očisti pred Gospodom sveštenik ovnom prinesenim za prestup od greha koji je učinio; i oprostiće mu se greh njegov.

23 A kad dođete u zemlju i nasadite svakojakog voća, obrežite mu okrajak, rod njegov; tri godine neka vam je neobrezano, i ne jedite ga.

24 A četvrte godine neka bude sav rod njegov posvećen u hvalu Gospodu.

25 Pa tek pete godine jedite voće s njega, da bi vam se umnožio rod njegov. Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš.

26 Ništa ne jedite s krvlju. Nemojte vračati, ni gatati po vremenu.

27 Ne strižite kosu svoju ukrug, ni grdite bradu svoju.

28 Za mrtvacem ne režite telo svoje, ni udarajte na se kakve belege. Ja sam Gospod.

29 Nemoj skvrniti kćer svoju puštajući je da se kurva, da se ne bi zemlja prokurvala i napunila se bezakonja.

30 Držite subote moje, i svetinju moju poštujte. Ja sam Gospod.

31 Ne obraćajte se k vračarima i gatarima, niti ih pitajte, da se ne skvrnite o njih. Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš.

32 Pred sedom glavom ustani, i poštuj lice starčevo, i boj se Boga svog. Ja sam Gospod.

33 Ako je u tebe došljak u zemlji vašoj, ne čini mu krivo.

34 Ko je došljak među vama, neka vam bude kao onaj koji se rodio među vama, i ljubite ga kao sebe samog; jer ste i vi bili došljaci u zemlji misirskoj. Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš.

35 Ne činite nepravde u sudu, ni merom za dužinu, ni merom za težinu, ni merom za stvari koje se sipaju.

36 Merila neka su vam prava, kamenje pravo, efa prava, in prav. Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš, koji sam vas izveo iz zemlje misirske.

37 Držite, dakle, sve uredbe moje i sve zakone moje, i vršite ih. Ja sam Gospod.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 373

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373. And he that sat thereon had a balance in his hand. That this signifies the estimation of truth from the Word in that state of the church, is clear from the signification of him that sat on the horse, as denoting the Word (see above, n. 355, 356, 365); and from the signification of the balance in his hand, as denoting the estimation of truth thence. For all measures and weights mentioned in the Word, signify the estimation of the thing treated of as to good and as to truth, the numbers adjoined determining the estimation as to the quality and quantity thereof; as in the present case, a measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny, which we shall explain presently. There were several measures in the representative church, as the omer, the homer, the ephah, the bath, the hin (concerning which see the Arcana Coelestia 10262); and besides there were balances and scales, by which weighings and balancings were effected, and by these specifically are signified estimations of anything as to truth. On this account the weights of the scales were stones, or made of stone, for by stones in the Word are signified truths. That the weights were stones, or of stone, appears from Leviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 25:13; 2 Sam. 14:26; Isaiah 34:11; Zech. 4:10. That stones in the Word signify truths, may be seen, n. 643, 3720, 6426, 8609, 10376. Here, therefore, by the balance in the hand of him that sat on the black horse, is signified the estimation of truth from the Word.

[2] That he who sat upon the horses, not only upon the white horse, but upon the red, the black, and the pale horses, signifies, the Word, and by the horses, according to their colours, is signified the understanding thereof - by the red horse the understanding of the Word destroyed as to good, and by the black horse the understanding of the Word destroyed as to truth has been shown above. But because it cannot easily be comprehended that he who sat on the horses signifies the Word, in consequence of the red and the black horses signifying the understanding of the Word destroyed as to good and as to truth, therefore it shall be explained how the case is. The Word in itself is the Divine truth itself, but the understanding thereof is according to the state of the man who reads it; the man who is not in good perceives nothing of the good therein, and the man who is not in truths sees nothing of the truth therein; the reason of this, therefore, is not in the Word, but in him who reads it. Hence it is evident that he who sat on the horses still signifies the Word, although the horses themselves signify the understanding of the Word destroyed as to good and as to truth. That he who sat upon the white horse signifies the Word, plainly appears in the Apocalypse (19:13), where it is said:

"The name of him who sat upon that horse is called the Word of God."

[3] That by a balance or scales is signified estimation, and also just arrangement, which is effected by truths, is clear in Daniel:

The writing appeared upon the wall before Belshazzar the king of Babylon when he was drinking out of the vessels of gold and silver belonging to the temple of Jerusalem, "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin," that is, numbered, numbered, weighed, divided. "This is the interpretation of these words: Mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting. Upharsin; the kingdom is divided, and given to the Mede and Persian" (5:5, 25-28).

By this matter of history, in the internal sense, is described the profanation of good and truth, which is signified by Babylon; for Belshazzar was king in Babylon, and by a king in the Word is signified the same as by the nation or kingdom itself over which he reigns. The profanation of the good and truth of the church is signified by his drinking out of the vessels of gold and silver belonging to the temple of Jerusalem, and at the same time praising the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone (as mentioned in verse 4). By the golden and silver vessels of the temple of Jerusalem the good and truth of heaven and the church are signified; by gold good, and by silver truth; and by praising the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone, is signified idolatrous worship of every kind, thus external worship without any internal, such as exists with those who are understood by Babylon. That there is no church at all with such persons, because there is nothing of the good and nothing of the truth of the church in them, is signified by the writing from heaven; for by, numbered, numbered, is signified exploration as to good and truth; and by being weighed in the balance, is signified, estimation according to their quality, and judgment; and by being divided, is signified dispersion, extermination, and separation from the good and truth of the church; and by kingdom is signified the church; hence it is evident, that by being weighed in the scale or balance, is signified estimation according to quality thereof. (That to divide signifies to disperse, to exterminate, and to separate from good and truth, may be seen, n. 4424, 6360, 6361, 9093.) The reason why a kingdom denotes the church, is because the Lord's kingdom is where the church is, therefore those who belong to the church are called "the sons of the kingdom" (Matthew 8:12; 13:38).

[4] In Isaiah:

"Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured the heavens with a span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a tierce, and weighed the mountains in a scale, and the hills in balances?" (40:12).

By the measures here are described the just arrangement and estimation of all things in heaven and in the church, according to the quality of good and truth. The measures here are, the hollow of the hand, the span, the tierce, the scale, and balances; by waters are signified truths; by the heavens, interior or spiritual truths and goods; by the dust of the earth, exterior or natural truths and goods, both of heaven and the church; by mountains, the goods of love; by hills, the goods of charity; and by weighing them, to estimate and arrange according to their quality. That these things are signified by those words, no one can see except from the knowledge of correspondences.

[5] Because the just estimation and exploration of good and truth are signified in the Word by measures, therefore it was commanded that the measures should be just, and not fraudulent, in Moses:

"Ye shall not deal perversely in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just stones, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have" (Leviticus 19:35, 36);

and therefore also justice, where there is meant thereby the estimation and exploration of men according to the quality of the good and truth with them, is everywhere in the Word expressed by scales, balances, and by ephahs, omers, homers, seas, hins (as in Job 6:2; 31:6); and injustice is expressed by scales and balances of fraud and deceit (as in Hosea 12:7; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:11).

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