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Levitski Zakonik 24

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1 Još reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

2 Zapovedi sinovima Izrailjevim neka ti donesu ulje maslinovo čisto, ceđeno, za videlo, da žišci gore vazda.

3 Pred zavesom svedočanstva u šatoru od sastanka Aron će ih nameštati da gore od večera do jutra Pred Gospodom vazda zakonom večnim od kolena do kolena.

4 Na svećnjak čisti nameštaće žiške pred Gospodom vazda.

5 I uzmi belog brašna, i ispeci dvanaest kolača, svaki kolač da bude od dve desetine efe.

6 I postavi ih u dva reda, po šest u jedan red, na čistom stolu pred Gospodom.

7 I na svaki red metni kada čistog, da bude za svaki hleb spomen, žrtva ognjena Gospodu.

8 Svake subote neka ih postavlja sveštenik pred Gospodom vazda uzimajući od sinova Izrailjevih zakonom večnim.

9 I biće Aronovi i sinova njegovih, koji će jesti na mestu svetom, jer im je svetinja nad svetinjama od ognjenih žrtava Gospodnjih zakonom večnim.

10 A izađe sin jedne Izrailjke, kome je otac bio Misirac, među sinove Izrailjeve, i svadi se u logoru sin žene Izrailjke s nekim Izrailjcem.

11 I psujući sin žene Izrailjke pohuli na ime Božije, te ga dovedoše k Mojsiju; a mati mu beše po imenu Salomita, kći Davrijina, od plemena Danovog.

12 I metnuše ga u zatvor dokle im se kaže šta će činiti s njim po reči Gospodnjoj.

13 A Gospod reče Mojsiju govoreći:

14 Izvedi tog psovača napolje iz logora, i neka svi koji su čuli metnu ruke svoje na glavu njegovu, i neka ga sav narod zaspe kamenjem.

15 A sinovima Izrailjevim kaži i reci: Ko bi god pohulio Boga svog, nosiće greh svoj.

16 Ko bi ružio ime Gospodnje, da se pogubi, sav narod da ga zaspe kamenjem; i došljak i domorodac koji bi ružio ime Gospodnje, da se pogubi.

17 I ko ubije čoveka, da se pogubi.

18 A ko ubije živinče, neka vrati drugo, živinče za živinče.

19 I ko rani bližnjeg svog, kako učini tako da mu bude:

20 Ulom za ulom, oko za oko, zub za zub; kako ošteti telo čoveku, onako da mu se učini.

21 Ko ubije živinče, da vrati drugo; ali ko ubije čoveka, da se pogubi.

22 Zakon da vam je jedan, došljaku da bude kao i rođenom u zemlji. Jer sam ja Gospod Bog vaš.

23 I Mojsije kaza sinovima Izrailjevim, a oni izvedoše psovača napolje iz logora, i zasuše ga kamenjem; i učiniše sinovi Izrailjevi kako Gospod zapovedi Mojsiju.

   

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3272. 'Twelve princes of their peoples' means all the first and foremost features of that spiritual Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'twelve' as all things of faith and so of the Church, dealt with in 577, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end); from the meaning of 'princes' as first and foremost features, dealt with in 1482, 2089; and from the meaning of 'peoples' as those who are governed by truths, dealt with in 1259, 1260, and so those who belong to the spiritual Church, for they are said to be those with whom truths predominate. The fact that all numbers in the Word mean real things becomes quite clear from the number twelve which occurs so many times. Whenever that number is used in the Word it means all things. For example, the twelve tribes in the Old Testament and the twelve apostles in the New mean all things of faith, and so all things of the Church. Here 'twelve princes' accordingly means all the first and foremost features of that Church which are represented by just so many sons of Ishmael.

[2] That the number twelve means those things becomes clear from what has been introduced in the places mentioned above, as well as from the following in the Word: In John,

I heard the number of the sealed out of every tribe of Israel - twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Gad, and so on. Revelation 7:4-6, and following verses.

Here 'twelve thousand sealed out of every tribe' means nothing else than that everyone who receives faith, that is, who receives the good that accompanies it, is saved. In the same book,

A woman encircled with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. Revelation 12:1.

'A woman' stands for the Church, 252, 253, 'the sun' for celestial love, 'the moon' for spiritual love, 30-38, 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495. 'Twelve stars' stands for all things of faith - 'stars' being cognitions of good and truth, which are matters of faith, 2495, 2849.

[3] In the same book,

The holy city New Jerusalem, having twelve gates, and above the gates twelve angels, and names written which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. He measured the city with the measuring rod, twelve thousand stadia. And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits (twelve twelves), which is the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Revelation 21:12, 14, 16-17, 21.

Here nothing else is meant by the holy city than the Lord's spiritual kingdom, and by the gates, wall, and foundations the things that constitute charity and faith, all of which things are meant by the frequently mentioned number twelve. The fact that neither the twelve tribes nor the twelve apostles are meant literally may be recognized by anyone. In the same book,

In the middle of its street, and of the river, on this side and on that, was the tree of life bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit each month. Revelation 22:2.

'Twelve fruits' means all things of charity.

[4] In Matthew,

Jesus said, Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on His throne of glory, will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Matthew 19:28.

Here 'the apostles' is not used to mean the apostles, nor 'thrones' to mean thrones, nor 'tribes' tribes, but matters of faith in their entirety, see 2129. Furthermore when the twelve tribes are referred to in the Old Testament Word they mean all things of the Church. The same applies to the twelve stones set according to the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, in the Urim and Thummim, Exodus 28:21; to the twelve loaves of the presence that were laid out on the table, Leviticus 24:5-6; and so on with every other reference to twelve. Also the names themselves of the twelve sons of Jacob or Israel contain all things of faith, as will be seen in the Lord's Divine mercy in Chapters 29, 30 below.

  
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