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Levitski Zakonik 22

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1 I reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

2 Kaži Aronu i sinovima njegovim da se čuvaju od svetih stvari sinova Izrailjevih, da ne bi oskvrnili sveto ime moje u onom što mi oni posvećuju; ja sam Gospod.

3 Reci im: Ko bi god iz semena vašeg od kolena na koleno pristupio k svetim stvarima, koje bi posvetili sinovi Izrailjevi Gospodu, kad je nečistota njegova na njemu, taj neka se istrebi ispred lica mog; ja sam Gospod.

4 Ko bi god iz semena Aronovog bio gubav ili bi išlo seme od njega, neka ne jede svete stvari dokle ne bude čist; tako i koji bi se dotakao koga nečistog od mrtvog tela ili onog od koga je izašlo seme,

5 Ili ko bi se dotakao čega što gamiže po zemlji, od čega bi se oskvrnio, ili čoveka od kog bi se oskvrnio kakve mu drago nečistote njegove,

6 Ko bi se dotakao takvog čega, biće nečist do večera; zato neka ne jede svete stvari ako ne okupa telo svoje u vodi.

7 A kad zađe sunce, biće čist, i onda može jesti od svetih stvari; jer mu je hrana.

8 Mrcino ili šta raskine zverka neka ne jede, da se njim ne skvrni; ja sam Gospod.

9 Tako neka drže šta sam uredio da se drži, da ne navuku na se greha i ne umru od njega oskvrnivši se. Ja sam Gospod koji ih posvećujem.

10 Niko drugi da ne jede svete stvari, ni ukućanin sveštenikov ni nadničar da ne jede svete stvari.

11 A kad sveštenik kupi koga za novce, taj neka ih jede, i koji se rodi u kući njegovoj; oni neka jedu jelo njegovo.

12 Ali kći sveštenička kad se uda za čoveka drugog plemena, ona da ne jede od žrtava podignutih svetih stvari.

13 A kći sveštenička ako obudovi, ili je pusti muž, ako nema poroda, neka se vrati kući oca svog kao što je bila u detinjstvu svom, hleb oca svog neka jede; ali niko drugog plemena da ga ne jede.

14 A ko bi nehotice jeo svetu stvar, neka dometne peti deo i naknadi svešteniku svetu stvar.

15 Da ne bi oskvrnili svete stvari sinova Izrailjevih, koje prinose Gospodu,

16 I da ne bi navlačili na njih kar za prestup jedući svete stvari njihove, jer sam ja Gospod, koji ih posvećujem.

17 Još reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

18 Kaži Aronu i sinovima njegovim i svim sinovima Izrailjevim i reci im: Ko god od doma Izrailjevog ili od stranaca koji su u Izrailju hoće da prinese žrtvu svoju po kakvom god zavetu svom, ili od dobre volje svoje dar, što se prinosi Gospodu na žrtvu paljenicu,

19 Neka prinese drage volje muško zdravo od goveda ili od ovaca ili od koza.

20 Na čem bi bila mana, ono ne prinosite, jer vam se ne bi primilo.

21 I kad ko hoće da prinese žrtvu zahvalnu Gospodu, izvršavajući zavet ili od svoje volje dajući dar, od goveda ili od sitne stoke, neka bude zdravo, da bi bilo primljeno; nikakve mane da nema na njemu.

22 Slepo, ili kome je šta slomljeno ili odbijeno, ni gutavo, ni krastavo ni lišajivo, šta je takvo ne prinosite Gospodu, i ne mećite ih na oltar Gospodnji na žrtvu ognjenu.

23 A vola ili ovcu ili kozu sa udom kojim prevelikim ili premalim možeš prineti za dobrovoljni dar; ali za zavet neće se primiti.

24 Ujalovljeno uvrtanjem, tučenjem, kidanjem ili rezanjem, ne prinosite Gospodu; i ne činite to u zemlji svojoj.

25 I iz ruke tuđinske nemojte uzimati ni jedne stvari da prinesete hleb Bogu svom; jer je kvar njihov u njima; imaju manu, neće vam se primiti.

26 Još reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

27 Tele i jagnje i jare kad se omladi, neka bude sedam dana kod majke svoje, pa od osmog dana i posle biće ugodno za žrtvu ognjenu Gospodu.

28 A kravu ni ovcu ni kozu ne koljite u jedan dan s mladetom njenim.

29 I kad prinosite Gospodu žrtvu radi hvale, prinesite je dragovoljno.

30 Neka se jede istog dana, i ne ostavljajte ništa do jutra; ja sam Gospod.

31 Zato držite zapovesti moje, i vršite ih; ja sam Gospod.

32 I nemojte skvrniti sveto ime moje, i ja ću se svetiti među sinovima Izrailjevim; ja sam Gospod, koji vas posvećujem.

33 Koji sam vas izveo iz zemlje misirske da vam budem Bog; ja sam Gospod.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5828

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5828. 'And I said, He has surely been torn to pieces' means a perception that it was destroyed by evils and falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' as perception, dealt with often; and from the meaning of 'being torn to pieces as being destroyed by evils and internal good represented by 'Joseph' was destroyed, 5805. 'Being torn to pieces' has this meaning because no other kind of tearing to pieces takes place in the spiritual world than that of good by evils and falsities. It is the same with death and anything having to do with death, by which is meant in the spiritual sense not natural death but spiritual death, which is damnation. No other kind of death occurs in the spiritual world. So too with 'a tearing to pieces'. This does not mean in the spiritual sense the kind of tearing to pieces that wild animals engage in, but the tearing to pieces of good by evils and falsities. Also, in the spiritual sense, 'wild animals that tear to pieces' means evil desires and derivative false ideas; and such ideas are also represented in the next life by wild animals.

[2] The good which constantly comes from the Lord to a person is destroyed by nothing other than evils and derivative falsities, and by falsities and consequent evils. For as soon as that constantly inflowing good, coming by way of the internal man, reaches the external or natural man it encounters evil and falsity, which - acting like wild animals - employ various methods to tear apart and annihilate that good. For that reason the inflow of good by way of the internal man is blocked and halted, and the interior mind through which the inflow comes is consequently closed. Only as much of what is spiritual is allowed through as will enable the natural man to reason and speak, though he does so in terms that are solely earthly, bodily, and worldly, either in opposition to what is good and true, or else in keeping with such but in a false or deceitful way.

[3] It is a universal law that an inflow adjusts itself to the outflow, and if the outflow is blocked, so is the inflow. Through the internal man there is an inflow of good and truth from the Lord, and through the external there should be an outflow, an outflow into life, that is, in the exercise of charity. As long as that outflow is taking place the inflow from heaven, that is, from the Lord by way of heaven, is continuous. If however no outflow takes place but something stands in the way in the external or natural man, namely evil and falsity which tear the inflowing good to pieces and annihilate it, it follows from the universal law mentioned above that the inflow adjusts itself to the outflow. All this being so, the inflow of good holds itself back and accordingly closes the internal through which the inflow comes; and that closing of it leads to stupidity in spiritual matters, which is so great that the person who is like this neither knows nor wishes to know anything at all about eternal life. At length he becomes so senseless that he raises falsity as an obstacle to truth, calling falsities truths and truths falsities, and raises evil as an obstacle to good, regarding evils as forms of good and forms of good as evils. In this way he tears good completely to pieces.

[4] The word 'torn' occurs in various places in the Word, the proper meaning of which is falsities that arise from evils, while that which is destroyed by evils is called 'a carcass'. When however the expression 'torn' is used by itself, both ideas are meant since the one includes the meaning carried by the other. It is different when the one is referred to together with the other, because in that case a distinction is being made. Since what had been torn meant in the spiritual sense what had been destroyed by falsities arising from evils, people were forbidden in the representative Church to eat anything torn. They would never have been forbidden to eat it if that spiritual evil had not been meant in heaven. Apart from this, what evil could have lain in eating flesh torn by a wild animal?

[5] Regarding their not eating anything torn the following is stated in Moses,

The fat of a carcass and the fat of that which has been torn may be put to any use, provided that you do not eat it at all. Leviticus 7:24.

In the same author,

He shall not eat a carcass or that which has been torn, to be defiled by it. I am Jehovah. Leviticus 12:8.

In the same author,

You shall be men who are sanctified to Me; therefore you shall not eat flesh torn in the field, you shall throw it to the dogs. Exodus 21:31.

In Ezekiel,

Ah Lord Jehovih! The prophet says, Behold, my soul has not been polluted, and from my youth even till now I have not eaten any carcass or that which has been torn, so that abominable flesh has not come into my mouth. Ezekiel 4:14.

From these quotations it is evident that it was an abomination to eat what had been torn, not because it had been torn but because a tearing to pieces of good by falsities arising from evils was meant, 'a carcass' on the other hand being the death of good caused by evils.

[6] A tearing to pieces of good by falsities and evils is also meant in the internal sense of the following places in David,

The wicked is like a lion, he desires to tear, and like a young lion who sits in hiding-places. Psalms 17:12.

Elsewhere,

They opened their mouth against me - a lion tearing and roaring. Psalms 22:13.

And in yet another place,

Lest like a lion they seize my soul, tearing it to pieces and there is none to deliver. Psalms 7:1.

'A lion' stands for those who lay waste the Church. Above, where Joseph was the subject - at the point where he was sold by his brothers, and his tunic, which had been dipped in blood, was sent to his father - his father too said at that time,

My son's tunic! An evil wild animal has devoured him; Joseph has been torn to pieces. Genesis 37:33.

'His having been torn to pieces' means being scattered by falsities arising from evils, see 4777.

  
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