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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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257. Since in this prophetical book numbers are often mentioned, and no one can know the spiritual sense of the things contained therein unless it is known what the particular numbers signify (for all numbers in the Word, like all names, signify spiritual things), and since the number "seven" is often mentioned among others, I will here show that "seven" signifies all persons and all things, likewise fullness and totality; for that which signifies all persons and all things signifies also fullness and totality, for fullness and totality are predicated of the magnitude of a thing, and all persons and all things are predicated of multitude. That "seven" has such a signification can be seen from the following passages. In Ezekiel:

They that dwell in the cities of Israel shall set fire to and burn the arms, and the shield, and the buckler, with the bow and with the arrows, and the hand-staff, and the spear; and they shall make a fire with them seven years. And they shall bury Gog and all his multitude, and they shall cleanse the earth seven months (Ezekiel 39:9, 11-12).

Here the desolation of all things in the church is treated of: "those that dwell in the cities of Israel" signify all goods of truth; "to set fire" signifies to consume by evils. "The arms, the shield, the buckler, the bow, the arrows, the hand-staff, the spear," are all things pertaining to doctrine; "to make a fire with them seven years" means to consume them all and fully by evils. "Gog" signifies those who are in external worship and in no internal worship; "to bury them and cleanse the earth" means to destroy all such, and completely purge the church of them.

[2] In Jeremiah:

The widows shall be multiplied more than the sand of the seas, and I will bring to them upon the mother of the youths the waster at noonday. She that hath borne seven shall languish, she shall breathe out her soul (Jeremiah 15:8-9).

"The widows," that shall be multiplied, signify those who are in good and who long for truths, and in a contrary sense, as here, those who are in evil and desire falsities; "the mother of the youths" signifies the church; "the waster at noonday" signifies the vastation of that church, however much it may be in truths from the Word; "she that hath borne seven shall languish, she shall breathe out her soul," signifies that the church, to which all truths were given because the Word was given to it, is to perish; for "she that hath borne seven" signifies to whom all truths were given. This was particularly said of the Jews.

[3] Likewise in the first book of Samuel:

They that were hungry have ceased; the barren hath borne seven, and she that hath many children hath failed (1 Samuel 2:5).

"They that were hungry," who have ceased, are those who long for the truths and goods of the church; "the barren bearing seven" signifies those who are outside of the church, and are ignorant of truths, because they have not the Word, thus the Gentiles, to whom all things will be given; "she that hath many children failing" signifies those who have, from whom will be taken away. In David:

Render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom (Psalms 79:12).

And in Moses:

That the Jews should be punished seven times for their sins (Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28);

"seven times" here signifying fully.

[4] In Luke:

If thy brother sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times in the day turn again to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him (Luke 17:4).

"To forgive seven times, if he should turn again seven times," means to forgive as often as he turns, thus every time. But lest it should be understood to mean seven times, the Lord explained his meaning to Peter, who supposed seven times to be meant, in Matthew:

Peter said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Until seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven (Matthew 18:21-22).

"Seventy times seven" means always, without counting.

In David:

Seven times a day do I praise thee for the judgments of righteousness (Psalms 119:164).

"Seven times a day" means always, or at all times.

[5] In the same:

The sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings, as silver refined in a crucible purified seven times (Psalms 12:6).

"Silver" signifies truth from the Divine; "purified seven times" means wholly and fully pure.

[6] in Isaiah:

The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days (Isaiah 30:26).

"The light of the sun" signifies Divine truth from Divine good; that "this light shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days," signifies that Divine truth in heaven shall be without any falsity, thus altogether and fully pure.

[7] In Matthew:

The unclean spirit shall take seven other spirits more evil than himself, and shall dwell there (Matthew 12:45; Luke 11:26).

Here profanation is treated of, and "the seven unclean spirits" with which the unclean spirit would return, signify all the falsities of evil, thus a complete destruction of good and truth.

[8] The "seven times" that were to pass over the king of Babylon have a like meaning, in Daniel:

His heart shall be changed from man, and a beast's heart shall be given unto him, while seven times shall pass over him (Daniel 4:16, 25, 32).

"The king of Babylon" signifies those who profane the goods and truths of the Word; that "his heart should be changed from man, and a beast's heart be given him," means that nothing spiritual, which is the truly human, should remain, but instead there should be the diabolical; "the seven times which were to pass over him" signify profanation, which is the complete destruction of truth and good.

[9] Because "seven" and "seven times" signified all things and fullness, the following commands were given:

Seven days the hands [of Aaron and his sons] should be filled (Exodus 29:35).

Seven days [the altar] should be sanctified (Exodus 29:37).

Seven days Aaron should be clothed with the garments when he was to be initiated (Exodus 29:30).

For seven days Aaron and his sons were not to go out of the tabernacle when they were to initiated into the priesthood (Leviticus 8:33, 34).

Seven times was the altar to be sprinkled for expiation upon its horns (Leviticus 16:18, 19).

Seven times was the altar to be sanctified with oil (Leviticus 8:11).

Seven times was the blood to be sprinkled towards the veil (Leviticus 4:16, 17).

Seven times was the blood to be sprinkled with the fingers eastward, when Aaron went towards the mercy-seat (Leviticus 16:12-15).

Seven times was the water of separation to be sprinkled towards the tent (Numbers 19:4).

Seven times the blood was to be sprinkled in the cleansing of leprosy (Leviticus 14:7, 8, 27, 38, 51).

The lampstand was to have seven lamps (Exodus 25:32, 37; 37:18-25).

For seven days were the feasts to be kept (Exodus 34:18, Leviticus 23:4-9, 39-44; Deuteronomy 16:3, 4, 8).

For the seven days of the feast there was to be a burnt-offering of seven bullocks, and seven rams daily (Ezekiel 45:23).

Balaam built seven altars, and sacrificed seven oxen and seven rams (Numbers 23:1-7, 15-18, 29, 30).

They numbered seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, and then they were to cause the trumpet of the jubilee to be sounded in the seventh month (Leviticus 25:8, 9).

From the signification of the number "seven" it can be seen what is signified:

By the seven days of creation (Genesis 1);

Also by the fact that four thousand men were satisfied by seven loaves and that seven basketful remained (Matthew 15:34-38; Mark 8:5-9).

From this then it is evident what is signified in Revelation:

By the seven churches (Revelation 1:4, 11);

By the seven golden lampstands, in the midst of which was the Son of man (Revelation 1:13);

By the seven stars in His right hand (Revelation 1:16, 20);

By the seven spirits of God (Revelation 3:1);

By the seven lamps of fire before the throne (Revelation 4:5);

By the book sealed with seven seals (Revelation 5:1);

By the seven angels to whom were given seven trumpets (Revelation 8:2);

By the seven thunders which uttered their voices (Revelation 10:3, 4);

By the seven angels having the seven last plagues (Revelation 16:1, 6);

And by the seven vials full of the seven last plagues (Revelation 16:1; 21:9);

and elsewhere in the Word, where "seven" is mentioned.

  
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