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Levitski Zakonik 26

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1 Nemojte graditi sebi idola ni likova rezanih, niti stupova podižite, ni kamena sa slikama mećite u svojoj zemlji da mu se klanjate; jer sam ja Gospod Bog vaš.

2 Držite subote moje, i svetinju moju poštujte; ja sam Gospod.

3 Ako uzživite po mojim uredbama, i zapovesti moje uzdržite i uščinite,

4 Davaću vam dažd na vreme, i zemlja će rađati rod svoj, i drveta će u polju rađati rod svoj;

5 I vršidba će vam stizati berbu vinogradsku, a berba će vinogradska stizati sejanje, i ješćete hleb svoj do sitosti, i živećete bez straha u zemlji svojoj.

6 Jer ću dati mir zemlji, te ćete spavati a neće biti nikoga da vas plaši; učiniću, te će nestati zle zveri iz zemlje, i mač neće prolaziti preko vaše zemlje.

7 Nego ćete terati neprijatelje svoje, i padaće pred vama od mača.

8 Vas će petorica terati stotinu, a vas stotina teraće deset hiljada, i padaće neprijatelji vaši pred vama od mača.

9 I obratiću se k vama, i učiniću vam da rastete, i umnožiću vas, i utvrdiću zavet svoj s vama.

10 I ješćete žito staro, od mnogo godina, i izasipaćete staro kad dođe novo.

11 I namestiću stan svoj među vama, i duša moja neće mrzeti na vas.

12 I hodiću među vama, i biću vam Bog, i vi ćete biti moj narod.

13 Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš, koji vas izvedoh iz zemlje misirske da im ne robujete, i polomih palice jarma vašeg, i ispravih vas da hodite pravo.

14 Ako li me ne uzaslušate, i ne učinite sve ove zapovesti,

15 Ako povrgnete uredbe moje i duši vašoj omrznu zakoni moji da ne tvorite sve zapovesti moje, i raskinete zavet moj,

16 I ja ću vama učiniti ovo: Pustiću na vas strah, suvu bolest i vrućicu, koje će vam oči iskvariti i dušu ucveliti; i zaludu ćete sejati seme svoje, jer će ga jesti neprijatelji vaši.

17 I okrenuću lice svoje nasuprot vama, i seći će vas neprijatelji vaši, i koji mrze na vas biće vam gospodari, i bežaćete kad vas niko ne tera.

18 Ako me ni tada ne stanete slušati, karaću vas još sedam puta više za grehe vaše.

19 Potrću ponos sile vaše, i učiniću da nebo nad vama bude kao gvožđe, a zemlja vaša kao bronza.

20 Snaga će se vaša trošiti uzalud, jer zemlja vaša neće rađati roda svog, i drveta po zemlji neće rađati roda svog.

21 Ako mi uzidete nasuprot i ne budete hteli slušati me, dodaću vam sedam puta više muka prema gresima vašim.

22 Pustiću na vas zveri poljske, koje će vam decu izjesti, i stoku potrti i vas umaliti, i opusteće putevi vaši.

23 Ako se ni od toga ne popravite, nego mi još uzidete nasuprot,

24 I ja ću vama ići nasuprot, i biću vas još sedam puta više za grehe vaše.

25 Pustiću na vas mač, koji će osvetiti moj zavet; a kad se sležete u gradove svoje, tada ću pustiti pomor među vas, i bićete predani u ruke neprijatelju.

26 I kad vam slomim potporu u hlebu, deset će žena peći hleb vaš u jednoj peći, i davaće vam hleb vaš na meru, i ješćete a nećete se nasititi.

27 Ako me ni tako ne stanete slušati, nego mi uzidete nasuprot,

28 I ja ću vama s gnevom ići nasuprot, i sedam puta većma karaću vas za grehe vaše.

29 I ješćete meso od sinova svojih, i meso od kćeri svojih ješćete.

30 Razvaliću visine vaše, i oboriću idole vaše, i metnuću trupove vaše na trupove gadnih bogova vaših, i mrziće duša moja na vas.

31 I obratiću gradove vaše u pustoš, i razoriću svetinje vaše, i neću više mirisati mirisa vašeg.

32 I opusteću zemlju da će joj se čuditi neprijatelji vaši, koji će živeti u njoj.

33 A vas ću rasejati po narodima, i učiniću da vas gone s golim mačem; i zemlja će vaša biti pusta i gradovi vaši raskopani.

34 Tada će zemlji biti mile subote njene za sve vreme dokle bude pusta; i kad budete u zemlji svojih neprijatelja, zemlja će počivati, i biće joj mile subote njene.

35 Za sve vreme dokle bude pusta počivaće, jer nije počivala u vaše subote, kad ste u njoj živeli.

36 A koji vas ostanu, metnuću strah u srca njihova u zemljama neprijatelja njihovih, te će ih goniti list kad šušne zaljuljavši se, i oni će bežati kao ispred mača, i padaće a niko ih neće terati.

37 I padaće jedan preko drugog kao od mača, a niko ih neće terati; i nećete se moći držati pred neprijateljima svojim.

38 Nego ćete izginuti među narodima, i proždreće vas zemlja neprijatelja vaših.

39 A koji vas ostanu, čileće za bezakonje svoje u zemlji neprijatelja svojih, i za bezakonje otaca svojih čileće.

40 Ali ako priznadu bezakonje svoje i bezakonje otaca svojih po gresima, kojima mi grešiše i kojima mi idoše nasuprot,

41 Te i ja njima idoh nasuprot i odvedoh ih u zemlju neprijatelja njihovih; ako se tada ponizi srce njihovo neobrezano, i bude im pravo što su pokarani za bezakonje svoje,

42 Tada ću se opomenuti zaveta svog s Jakovom, i zaveta svog sa Isakom, i zaveta svog sa Avramom opomenuću se, i zemlje ću se opomenuti.

43 Kada se zemlja oprosti njih i budu joj mile subote njene kad opusti s njih, i njima bude pravo što su pokarani za bezakonje svoje, jer sudove moje povrgoše i duši njihovoj omrzoše uredbe moje.

44 A zato ni onda kad budu u zemlji neprijatelja svojih neću ih povrći niti ću tako omrznuti na njih da ih potrem i raskinem zavet svoj sa njima; jer sam ja Gospod Bog njihov.

45 Nego ću se njih radi opomenuti zaveta sa starima njihovim, koje izvedoh iz zemlje misirske narodima na vidiku da im budem Bog, ja Gospod.

46 Ovo su uredbe i sudovi i zakoni, koje postavi Gospod između sebe i sinova Izrailjevih na gori Sinajskoj preko Mojsija.

   

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Explanation of Leviticus 26

Napsal(a) Henry MacLagan

Verses 1-13. Man is commanded not to devote himself to any selfish or to any worldly affection, but above all things to worship the Lord from celestial love, because if he is obedient, he will enjoy every spiritual blessing including states of peace and tranquillity, and protection in all his temptations. For the Lord will dwell with His people, and the active life of uses will prevail, since He has accomplished the work of redemption

Verses 14-39. But, on the contrary, if the man of the Spiritual Church is disobedient and rejects the Lord and His Divine laws, then he will suffer from all kinds of calamities, which are described in order

Verses 40-46. And yet all who, in their degraded state, confess their wickedness, and sincerely repent, will again be received by the Lord, since He has effected the work of redemption, and has, by means of the Word, supplied man with an abundance of truths adapted to every state of his life.

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Arcana Coelestia # 666

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666. 'A covenant' means nothing other than regeneration and the things that constitute regeneration. This becomes clear from many places in the Word where the Lord Himself is called 'the Covenant', for it is He alone who regenerates, to whom a regenerated person looks, and who is the All in all of love and faith. That the Lord is the Covenant itself is clear in Isaiah,

I Jehovah have called You in righteousness, taking You by the hand and keeping You, and I will give You for a Covenant of the people, a light of the nations. Isaiah 42:6.

Here 'a Covenant' stands for the Lord, and 'the light of the nations' is faith. Similarly in Isaiah 49:6, 8. In Malachi,

Behold, I am sending My angel, and suddenly there will come to His temple the Lord whom you are seeking, and the Angel of the Covenant in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming. Who will endure the day of His coming? Malachi 3:1-2.

Here the Lord is called 'the Angel of the Covenant'. In Exodus 31:16 the Sabbath is called an eternal covenant because it means the Lord Himself. It also means the celestial man who has been regenerated by Him.

[2] The Lord being the Covenant itself, it is clear that what constitutes the covenant is everything that joins a person to the Lord, that is to say, love and faith and the things that belong to love and faith. In fact these are the Lord's and the Lord is within them, and so the Covenant itself exists within these, where they are received. These things do not exist except with someone who has been regenerated, with whom anything at all that is the Regenerator's, or the Lord's, constitutes the covenant, or is the covenant. As in Isaiah,

My mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of My peace will not be removed. Isaiah 54:10.

Here 'mercy and covenant of peace' means the Lord and things that are the Lord's. In the same prophet,

Incline your ear and come to Me; hear, that your soul may live, and I will make with you an eternal covenant, even the sure mercies of David. Lo, I have given Him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and lawgiver to the peoples. Isaiah 55:3-4.

Here 'David' stands for the Lord. 'The eternal covenant' exists in and acts through those qualities that are the Lord's, which are meant by 'coming to Him' and 'hearing so that your soul may live'.

[3] In Jeremiah,

I will give them one heart and one way, to fear Me all their days, for their own good and that of their sons after them. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear into their heart. Jeremiah 31:39, 40.

This stands for those who are to be regenerated, and also for those things with someone regenerate which are 'one heart and one way', namely charity and faith, which belong to the Lord and so to the covenant. In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers, for they rendered My covenant invalid. But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days: I will put My law in the midst of them, and will write it on their heart, and I will be their God, and they will be My people. Jeremiah 31:31-33.

This is an explicit statement of what constitutes the covenant - love and faith in the Lord, which will be present with him who is to be regenerated.

[4] In the same prophet love is called the covenant far the day, and faith the covenant for the night, Jeremiah 33:20. In Ezekiel,

I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David will be prince in the midst of them; and I will make with them a covenant of peace, and I will banish the evil wild animal from the land, and they will dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. Ezekiel 34:24-25.

This clearly refers to regeneration. 'David' stands for the Lord. In the same prophet,

David will be their prince for ever. I will make with them a covenant of peace, it will be an eternal covenant with them. I will set My sanctuary in their midst for evermore. Ezekiel 37:25-26.

This similarly refers to regeneration. 'David' and 'the sanctuary' stand for the Lord. In the same prophet,

I entered into a covenant with you, and you were Mine. And I washed you with water and washed away your blood from upon you, and anointed you with oil. Ezekiel 16:8-9, 11.

This clearly stands for regeneration. In Hosea,

I will make for them a covenant on that day, with the wild animals of the field, and with the birds of the air, 1 and with the creeping things of the earth. Hosea 2:18.

This stands for regeneration. 'Wild animals of the field' stands for things of the will, 'birds of the air' 1 for those of the understanding. In David,

He sent redemption to His people, He commanded His covenant for ever. Psalms 111:9.

This stands for regeneration. This is called 'a covenant' because it is something given and received.

[5] People however who have not been regenerated - or what amounts to the same, who focus worship on things that are external and who set up and worship as gods both themselves and everything they desire and think - are referred to, because they separate themselves from the Lord, as 'rendering the covenant invalid', as in Jeremiah,

They forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and bowed down to other gods and served them. Jeremiah 22:9.

In Moses,

He who transgressed the covenant by serving other gods, the sun, the moon, and the host of heaven, was to be stoned. Deuteronomy 17:2 and following verses.

'The sun' stands for self-love, 'the moon' for false assumptions, 'the host of heaven' for falsities themselves. From this it is now clear what 'the Ark of the covenant' is, containing the testimony or covenant, namely the Lord Himself; what 'the Book of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:4-7, 34:27; Deuteronomy 4:13, 23; what 'the Blood of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:6, 8; who alone is the Regenerator. Hence 'a covenant' is regeneration itself.

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1. literally, bird of the heavens (or the skies)

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.