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Levitski Zakonik 6

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1 Opet reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

2 Kad ko zgreši i učini zlo delo Gospodu udarivši u bah bližnjemu svom za ostavu ili za stvar predanu u ruke ili otevši šta ili zanesavši bližnjeg svog,

3 Ili nađe izgubljeno šta, pa udari u bah, ili se krivo zakune za koju god stvar koju može čovek učiniti i ogrešiti se njom,

4 Kad tako zgreši i skrivi, neka vrati šta je oteo ili prisvojio prevarom ili šta mu je bilo dano na ostavu ili šta je izgubljeno našao,

5 Ili za šta se zakleo krivo, neka plati celo i još dometne peti deo onome čije je; neka mu da onaj dan kad prinese žrtvu za svoj greh.

6 A na žrtvu za greh svoj neka prinese Gospodu ovna zdravog, sa cenom kojom proceniš krivicu neka ga dovede svešteniku.

7 I očistiće ga sveštenik pred Gospodom, i oprostiće mu se svaka stvar koju je učinio, te skrivio.

8 I reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

9 Zapovedi Aronu i sinovima njegovim, i reci im: Ovo je zakon za žrtvu paljenicu: žrtva paljenica neka stoji na ognju na oltaru celu noćdo jutra, i oganj na oltaru neka gori jednako.

10 Sveštenik neka obuče svoju haljinu lanenu, i gaće lanene neka obuče na telo svoje, i neka zgrne pepeo kad oganj spali na oltaru žrtvu paljenicu, i neka ga izruči kod oltara.

11 Potom neka svuče haljine svoje i obuče druge haljine, i neka iznese pepeo napolje iz logora na čisto mesto.

12 A oganj što je na oltaru neka gori na njemu, neka se ne gasi, nego neka sveštenik loži na oganj drva svako jutro, i neka namešta na nj žrtvu paljenicu, i neka pali na njemu salo od žrtava zahvalnih.

13 Oganj neka jednako gori na oltaru, neka se ne gasi.

14 A ovo je zakon za dar: sinovi Aronovi neka ga prinose Gospodu pred oltarom.

15 Uzevši šaku belog brašna i ulja od dara i sav kad koji bude na daru, neka zapali na oltaru spomen njegov na ugodni miris Gospodu.

16 A šta preteče, neka jede Aron i sinovi njegovi; neka se jede bez kvasca na svetom mestu; u tremu šatora od sastanka neka jedu.

17 Neka se ne mesi sa kvascem; to im dadoh da im bude deo od žrtava mojih ognjenih; to je svetinja nad svetinjama kao žrtva za greh i kao žrtva za prestup.

18 Svako muško između sinova Aronovih neka to jede zakonom večnim od kolena do kolena od žrtava koje se pale Gospodu; šta se god dotakne toga, biće sveto.

19 I reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

20 Ovo je žrtva Aronova i sinova njegovih, koju će prinositi Gospodu onaj dan kad se koji pomaže: desetinu efe belog brašna za dar svagdašnji, polovinu ujutru a polovinu uveče.

21 U tavi s uljem neka se gotovi; prženo neka se donese; i pržene komade dara neka prinese na ugodni miris Gospodu.

22 I sveštenik između sinova njegovih, koji bude pomazan nakon njega, neka čini tako isto zakonom večnim; neka se pali Gospodu sve to;

23 I svaki dar sveštenikov neka se sav spali, a neka se ne jede.

24 Još reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

25 Kaži Aronu i sinovima njegovim, i reci: Ovo je zakon za žrtvu radi greha: na mestu gde se kolje žrtva paljenica, neka se kolje i žrtva za greh pred Gospodom; svetinja je nad svetinjama.

26 Sveštenik koji prinese žrtvu za greh neka je jede; na svetom mestu neka se jede, u tremu od šatora od sastanka.

27 Šta se god dotakne mesa njenog, biće sveto; i ako ko pokapa krvlju njenom haljinu, ono što pokapa neka opere na svetom mestu.

28 I sud zemljani u kome bude kuvano neka se razbije; ako li je kuvano u sudu bronzanom, neka se istre i vodom opere.

29 Svako muško između sveštenika neka to jede; svetinja je nad svetinjama.

30 Ali nijedna žrtva za greh, od koje se unese krv u šator od sastanka da se učini očišćenje od greha u svetinji, neka se ne jede, nego neka se ognjem sažeže.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9959

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9959. 'And make for them linen undergarments' means an external level of conjugial love. This is clear from the meaning of 'undergarments' as an external level of conjugial love, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'linen' as external truth or natural truth, also dealt with below. The reason why an external level of conjugial love is meant by 'undergarments' is that garments or coverings derive their meaning from the part of the body they cover, 9827, and the loins and genital organs, which the undergarments clothe or cover, mean conjugial love. For 'the loins' and their meaning this love, see 3021, 4280, 4575; and for 'the genital organs' and their meaning it, 4462, 5050-5062. What truly conjugial love is will be stated below in 9960.

[2] The undergarments were made from linen because 'linen' or 'flax' means external truth or natural truth, 7601, and what constitutes the actual external is truth. The reason why truth constitutes the external is that internal things terminate in external ones and rest on them as their underlying supports, and the underlying supports of good are truths. These are like the foundations on which a house is built or on which a house rests, which is why the truths of faith springing from good are meant by the foundations of a house, 9643. Truths furthermore are what protect forms of good from and withstand evils and falsities, all the power that good possesses being exerted by means of truths, 9643. So it is also that the last and lowest part of heaven is inhabited by those who are guided by truths of faith springing from good. So it is also therefore that what is last or most external with a person, namely his external skin, corresponds to those in heaven who are guided by the truths of faith, 5552-5559, 8980, yet not to those who uphold faith separated from good, since they are not in heaven. From all this it may now be recognized why the undergarments were made from linen or flax. Aaron's undergarment however, when he was clothed with the garments which were 'for glorious adornment', and which have been the subject in the present chapter, was made of fine linen together with interwoven fine linen, as is evident from a later chapter where it says,

They made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver, and a turban of fine linen, and attractive headdresses 1 from fine linen, and linen undergarments with fine twined linen. Exodus 39:27-28.

But when he was clothed with the 'holy garments' Aaron's undergarment was made of linen alone, as is clear from the following in Moses,

When Aaron comes into the sanctuary within the veil he shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarment shall be over his flesh, and he shall gird himself with the linen belt, and place the linen turban on himself. These are holy garments. He shall also wash his flesh with water when he puts them on. He shall then first offer burnt offerings and sacrifices, by means of which he will expiate the holy place from uncleannesses. Leviticus 16:1-end.

[3] The reason why Aaron was to go at that time clothed in the linen garments, which were also called 'the holy garments', was that at that time he was performing the duty of expiating the tent, and also the people and himself from uncleannesses. And every expiation, which was accomplished by means of washings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices, represented purification of the heart from evils and falsities, and so represented regeneration; and purification from evils and falsities, or regeneration, is accomplished by means of the truths of faith. This was why Aaron wore the linen garments then, for the truths of faith are meant by 'linen garments', as stated above.

All purification from evils and falsities is accomplished by means of the truths of faith, see 2799, 5954 (end), 7044, 7918, 9089. So therefore is regeneration, 1555, 2046, 2063, 2979, 3332, 3665, 3690, 3786, 3876, 3877, 4096, 4097, 5893, 6247, 8635, 8638-8640, 8772, 9088, 9089, 9103.

[4] It was for the same reason also that the priest was to put on the linen robe and the linen undergarment when he carried the ash away from the altar, Leviticus 6:9-11, and also that 'the priests, the Levites, from the sons of Zadok' were to put it on, when they entered the sanctuary, regarding whom the following is stated in Ezekiel,

The priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall draw near My table to minister to Me. When they enter the gates of the inner court they shall put on the linen garments, and no wool shall come upon them. When they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within, the linen turbans shall be on their heads, and the linen undergarments shall be over their loins. They shall not gird themselves with sweat. 2 Ezekiel 44:15-18.

The subject in this passage is the new temple, by which a new Church is meant. By 'the priests, the Levites' those guided by truths springing from good are meant, and by 'the linen garments' the truths of faith by means of which purification and regeneration are accomplished. 'Not girding themselves with sweat' means that the holy things of worship should not be mingled with the human self; for 'sweat' means the human self or proprium, and the human proprium is nothing but evil and falsity, 210, 215, 694, 874-876, 987, 1047, 3812 (end), 8480, 8941.

[5] The reason why the undergarment Aaron wore when he was clothed with the garments 'for glorious adornment' was made of linen together with fine twined linen, as is evident from Exodus 39:27-28, quoted above, was that Aaron in those garments represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good in the heavens, Aaron himself representing the Lord in respect of the Divine Celestial there, his garments the Lord in respect of the Divine Spiritual there emanating from the Divine Celestial, 9814, and fine linen the Divine Spiritual emanating from the Divine Celestial, 5319, 9469.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, adornments of headdresses

2. i.e. They must not wear garments that will make them sweat

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 776

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776. '[Every] bird according to its kind' means all spiritual truth, 'flying things' means natural truth, and 'winged thing' sensory truth. This is clear from what has been stated and shown already about birds, as in 40. The most ancient people likened man's thoughts to birds, for in relation to things of the will, thoughts are like birds. Since bird, flying thing, and winged thing are mentioned here, and come consecutively in the way that intellectual concepts, rational concepts, and sensory impressions do in man, and to prevent anyone doubting that this is what they mean, let other places from the Word of a confirmatory nature be quoted, from which as well it will be evident that 'beasts' means such things as have been stated.

[2] In David,

You have given Him dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under His feet, flocks and all cattle, and also the beasts of the fields, the flying things of the air, 1 and the fish of the sea. Psalms 8:6-8.

This refers to the Lord, whose dominion over man and over what belongs to man is described in this fashion. If this were not so, what would 'dominion over beasts and birds' really be? In the same author,

Fruit tree and all cedars, wild animal and every beast, creeping thing and flying thing - they shall glorify the name of Jehovah. Psalms 148:9-10, 13.

'Fruit tree' is the celestial man, 'cedar' the spiritual man, 'wild animal and beast and creeping thing' the goods of these kinds of man, as in the present context. 'Flying thing' is their truths from which they are able to glorify the name of Jehovah. This a wild animal, a beast, a creeping thing, or a flying thing can never do. In secular literature such statements can be used as hyperbole, but in the Word of the Lord they are never just hyperbole but meaningful signs and representatives.

[3] In Ezekiel,

They start to tremble before Me - the fish of the sea, and the birds of the air, 2 and the wild animals of the field, and every creeping thing creeping over the ground, and every man that is on the face 3 of the ground. Ezekiel 38:20.

The fact that 'beasts' and 'birds' here have such meanings is quite clear, for what would Jehovah's glory be if fish, birds, and beasts were to start to tremble? Could anyone think that such utterances are holy if they did not embody holy things within them? In Jeremiah,

I looked, and behold, there was no man; all the birds of the air 2 had fled. Jeremiah 4:15.

This stands for all good and truth. Here 'man' stands as well for good that stems from love. In the same prophet,

They have been laid waste so that no man passes through, neither do men hear the voice of the herd. From the birds of the air 2 down to beasts, they have scattered, they have gone away. Jeremiah 9:10.

This in a similar way stands for the departure of all truth and good.

[4] In the same prophet,

How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds have perished, for men said, He will not see our latter end. Jeremiah 11:4.

Here 'beasts' stands for goods, and 'birds' for truths, which perished. In Zephaniah,

I will consume man and beast, I will consume the birds of the air 2 and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off mankind from the face 4 of the ground. Zephaniah 1:3.

Here 'man and beast' stands for the things which belong to love and good deriving from love, 'the birds of the air 2 and the fish of the sea' for those which belong to the understanding and so to truth. These are called 'stumbling-blocks' because for wicked people it is goods and truths, not beasts and birds, that are stumbling-blocks. These are also plainly referred to as man's. In David,

The trees of Jehovah are watered abundantly, and the cedars of Lebanon which He planted. In them flying things build their nests. Psalms 104:16-17.

'The trees of Jehovah and the cedars of Lebanon' stands for spiritual man, 'flying things' for his rational or natural truths which are like 'nests'. What is more, 'the birds build nests in the branches' was a common saying by which people meant truths, as in Ezekiel,

[5] On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it, and it will bring forth a branch, and bear fruit, and it will become a noble cedar, and under it will dwell every flying thing of every sort, 5 in the shade of its branches they will dwell. Ezekiel 17:23.

This stands for the Church among gentiles which was spiritual and which is 'a noble cedar'. 'Birds of every sort' 5 stands for truths of every kind. In the same prophet,

In its branches all the birds of the air 2 made their nests, and under its branches every wild animal of the field gave birth, and in its shadow dwelt all great nations. Ezekiel 31:6.

This refers to Asshur, which is the spiritual Church and is called 'a cedar'. 'Birds of the air' 2 stands for its truths, 'beasts' for its goods.

[6] In Daniel,

Its branch was fair, and its fruit much, and food for all was on it. The beast of the field had shade under it, and in its branches dwelt the flying things of the air' 1 Daniel 4:12, 11.

Here 'beast' stands for goods, and 'flying thing of the air' 1 for truths. This may become clear to anyone, for what else would bird and beast dwelling there really be? The same applies to what the Lord said, The kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard seed, which someone took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a big tree so that the birds of the air 1 dwelt in its branches. Luke 13:19; Matthew 13:32; Mark 4:32.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, flying thing of the heavens (or the skies)

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

3. literally, over the faces

4. literally, the faces

5. literally, of every wing

  
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