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Levitski Zakonik 20

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1 I reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

2 Još reci sinovima Izrailjevim: Ko god između sinova Izrailjevih ili između došljaka koji se bave u Izrailju, da od semena svog Molohu, neka se pogubi, narod u zemlji neka ga zaspe kamenjem.

3 I ja ću okrenuti lice svoje nasuprot takvom čoveku, i istrebiću ga iz naroda njegovog, što od semena svog dade Molohu, i zaprzni svetinju moju i oskvrni sveto ime moje.

4 Ako li narod kako god zatvori oči da ne vidi tog čoveka kad da od semena svog Molohu, i ne ubiju ga,

5 Ja ću okrenuti lice svoje nasuprot onom čoveku i nasuprot domu njegovom, i istrebiću ga, i sve koji za njim čine preljubu čineći preljubu za Molohom, iz naroda njihovog.

6 A ko se obrati k vračarima i k gatarima da čini preljubu za njima, okrenuću lice svoje na suprot njemu, i istrebiću ga iz naroda njegovog.

7 Zato posvećujte se, i budite sveti, jer sam ja Gospod Bog vaš.

8 I čuvajte uredbe moje i vršite ih. Ja sam Gospod koji vas posvećujem.

9 Ko opsuje oca svog ili mater svoju, da se pogubi; opsovao je oca svog ili mater svoju; krv njegova na nj.

10 A čovek koji učini preljubu s tuđom ženom, što je učinio preljubu sa ženom bližnjeg svog, da se pogubi i preljubočinac i preljubočinica.

11 Ko bi spavao sa ženom oca svog, otkrio je golotinju oca svog; oboje da se pogube; krv njihova na njih.

12 Ko bi spavao sa ženom sina svog, oboje da se pogube; učiniše sramotu; krv njihova na njih.

13 Ko bi muškarca obležao kao ženu, učiniše gadnu stvar obojica; da se pogube; krv njihova na njih.

14 I ko bi uzeo ženu i mater njenu, zlo je, ognjem da se spali i on i ona, da ne bude zla među vama.

15 Ko bi obležao živinče, da se pogubi; ubijte i živinče.

16 I ako bi žena legla pod živinče, ubij i ženu i živinče, neka poginu, krv njihova na njih.

17 Ko bi uzeo sestru svoju, kćer oca svog ili kćer matere svoje, video bi golotinju njenu i ona bi videla golotinju njegovu, sramota je; zato da se istrebe ispred sinova naroda svog; otkrio je golotinju sestre svoje, neka nosi bezakonje svoje.

18 I ko bi spavao sa ženom kad ima vreme i otkrio golotinju njenu otkrivši tečenje njeno, i ona bi otkrila tečenje krvi svoje, da se istrebe oboje iz naroda svog.

19 Golotinje sestre matere svoje i sestre oca svog ne otkrij, jer bi otkrio svoju krv; neka nose bezakonje svoje.

20 A ko bi spavao sa ženom strica svog, otkrio bi golotinju strica svog, neka nose oboje greh svoj, neka pomru bez dece.

21 Ko bi uzeo ženu brata svog, ružno je, otkrio je golotinju brata svog; bez dece da budu.

22 Čuvajte sve uredbe moje i sve zakone moje, i vršite ih, da vas zemlja ne izmetne, u koju vas vodim da živite u njoj.

23 Nemojte živeti po uredbama naroda koje ću oterati ispred vas, jer su činili sve to, zato mi omrzoše.

24 I rekoh vam: Vi ćete naslediti zemlju njihovu i ja ću vam je dati u državu, zemlju u kojoj teče mleko i med. Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš koji vas odvojih od drugih naroda.

25 Zato razlikujte stoku čistu od nečiste, i pticu čistu od nečiste, i nemojte skvrniti duša svojih stokom ili pticom ili čim god što puže po zemlji, što sam vam odvojio da je nečisto.

26 I bićete mi sveti, jer sam svet ja, Gospod, i odvojih vas od drugih naroda da budete moji.

27 A čovek ili žena, u kojima bi bio duh vračarski ili gatarski, da se pogube, kamenjem da se zaspu, krv njihova na njih.

   

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79. The following passages show that spiritually understood, "adultery" means polluting what is good in the Word and distorting what is true in it:

Babylon has made all nations drink of the wine of her fornication. (Revelation 14:8)

An angel said, "I will show you the judgment of the great whore who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication." (Revelation 17:1-2)

Babylon has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her. (Revelation 18:3)

God has judged the great whore who corrupted the earth with her fornication. (Revelation 19:2)

Fornication is associated with Babylon because Babylon means people who claim the Lord's divine power for themselves and profane the Word by polluting and distorting it. That is why Babylon is called "the Mother of Fornications and of the Abominations of the Earth" in Revelation 17:5.

[2] Fornication means much the same in the prophets - in Jeremiah, for example:

In the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen appalling obstinacy; they commit adultery and walk in a lie. (Jeremiah 23:14)

In Ezekiel:

Two women, daughters of one mother, played the whore in Egypt; in their youth they behaved wantonly. The first was unfaithful to me and took delight in lovers from neighboring Assyria. Upon them, too, she bestowed her acts of whoredom, but without giving up her wantonness in Egypt. The second became more corrupt in her love than the first, and her acts of whoredom were worse than her sister's. She increased her whoredom and made love to Chaldeans; sons of Babel came to her, into the bed of love, and defiled her with their debauchery. (Ezekiel 23:2-17)

This is about the church of Israel and Judah, who are the "daughters of one mother" in this passage. Their acts of whoredom mean their pollutions and distortions of the Word, and since in the Word Egypt means factual knowledge, Assyria reasoning, Chaldea the profanation of what is true, and Babel the profanation of what is good, it says that they committed acts of whoredom with those countries.

[3] Much the same is said in Ezekiel of Jerusalem, meaning the church in respect to its teachings:

Jerusalem, you trusted in your own beauty, and played the whore because of your fame, even to the point that you poured out your whoredom on everyone who passed by. You played the whore with the Egyptians, your very fleshly neighbors, and increased your acts of whoredom. You played the whore with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the whore with them. You multiplied your acts of whoredom as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea. An adulterous wife takes strangers instead of her husband. All make payment to their whores, but you made payments to all your lovers to come to you from all around for your whoredom. Now then, O whore, hear the Word of Jehovah. (Ezekiel 16:15, 26, 28-29, 32-33, 35, and following)

On Jerusalem meaning the church, see Teachings on the Lord 62-63. Fornication means much the same in Isaiah 23:17-18; 57:3; Jeremiah 3:2, 6, 8-9; 5:7; 13:27; 29:23; Micah 1:7; Nahum 3:4; Hosea 4:7, 10-11; also Leviticus 20:5; Numbers 14:33; 15:39; and elsewhere.

That is why the Lord called the Jewish nation "an adulterous generation" (Matthew 12:39; 16:4; Mark 8:38).

  
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