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1 A Gospod reče Aronu: Ti i sinovi tvoji i dom oca tvog s tobom nosite grehe u svetinju; ti i sinovi tvoji s tobom nosite grehe sveštenstva svog.

2 I braću svoju, pleme Levijevo, pleme oca svog uzmi k sebi da budu uza te i služe ti; a ti ćeš i sinovi tvoji s tobom služiti pred šatorom od sastanka.

3 Neka dobro slušaju zapovesti tvoje i rade šta treba u svem šatoru; ali k sudovima od svetinje k oltaru neka ne pristupaju, da ne izginu i oni i vi.

4 Neka budu, dakle, uza te i neka rade sve što treba u šatoru od sastanka u svakoj službi u njemu; ali niko drugi da ne pristupi s vama.

5 A vi radite šta treba u svetinji i šta treba na oltaru, da više ne dođe gnev na sinove Izrailjeve.

6 Jer evo, ja uzeh braću vašu Levite između sinova Izrailjevih, i vama su dani na dar za Gospoda, da vrše službu u šatoru od sastanka.

7 A ti i sinovi tvoji s tobom vršite svešteničku službu svoju u svemu što pripada k oltaru i šta biva iza zavesa, i služite; sveštenstvo darovah vam, zato ko bi drugi pristupio, da se pogubi.

8 Još reče Gospod Aronu: Evo, dajem ti i prinose svoje što se uvis podižu, između svih stvari koje posvećuju sinovi Izrailjevi dajem ih tebi radi pomazanja i sinovima tvojim zakonom večnim.

9 To neka je tvoje od stvari posvećenih, koje se ne sažižu; svaki prinos njihov između svih darova njihovih i između svih prinosa za greh i svih prinosa za krivicu, koje mi donesu, svetinja nad svetinjama da je tvoja i sinova tvojih.

10 U svetinji ga jedi, sve muškinje neka ga jede, sveta stvar da ti je.

11 Tvoje su, dakle, žrtve darova njihovih koje se u vis podižu; i svaku žrtvu sinova Izrailjevih koja se obrće tebi dajem i sinovima tvojim i kćerima tvojim s tobom zakonom večnim; ko je god čist u domu tvom, neka jede.

12 Najbolje od ulja i najbolje od vina i žita, prvine koje daju Gospodu, tebi dajem.

13 Prvine od svega što rodi u zemlji njihovoj, koje donesu Gospodu, tvoje neka budu; ko je god čist u domu tvom neka jede.

14 Sve zavetovano Bogu i Izrailju, tvoje neka je.

15 Šta god otvara matericu između svakog tela koje prinose Gospodu, i između ljudi i između stoke, tvoje da bude; ali prvenac čovečji neka se otkupljuje; i prvenac nečiste stoke neka se otkupljuje.

16 A otkup neka mu bude kad bude od meseca dana po tvojoj ceni pet sikala srebra, po siklu svetom; u njemu je dvadeset gera.

17 A prvenca od krave ili prvenca od ovce ili prvenca od koze ne daj da se otkupi; svete su stvari; krvlju njihovom pokropi oltar, i salo njihovo zapali, da bude žrtva ognjena za miris ugodni Gospodu.

18 A meso od njih da je tvoje, kao grudi što se obrću i kao pleće desno, da je tvoje.

19 Sve prinose što se podižu od posvećenih stvari, što prinose sinovi Izrailjevi Gospodu, dajem tebi i sinovima tvojim i kćerima tvojim s tobom zakonom večnim; to će biti zavet osoljen, večan pred Gospodom tebi i semenu tvom s tobom.

20 Još reče Gospod Aronu: U zemlji njihovoj da nemaš nasledstvo, ni dela među njima da nemaš; ja sam deo tvoj i tvoje nasledstvo među sinovima Izrailjevim.

21 A sinovima Levijevim evo dajem u nasledstvo sve desetke od Izrailja za službu njihovu što služe u šatoru od sastanka.

22 A sinovi Izrailjevi neka više ne pristupaju k šatoru od sastanka, da se ne ogreše i ne izginu.

23 Nego sami Leviti neka služe službu u šatoru od sastanka, i oni neka nose greh svoj zakonom večnim od kolena do kolena, pa da nemaju nasledstvo među sinovima Izrailjevim.

24 Jer desetke sinova Izrailjevih, što će donositi Gospodu na žrtvu što se podiže, dajem Levitima u nasledstvo; toga radi rekoh za njih; među sinovima Izrailjevim da nemaju nasledstvo.

25 Još reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

26 Reci Levitima i kaži im: Kad uzmete od sinova Izrailjevih desetak koji vam dadoh od njih za nasledstvo vaše, onda prinesite od njega prinos što se podiže Gospodu, deseto od desetog.

27 I primiće vam se prinos vaš kao žito s gumna i kao vino iz kace.

28 Tako i vi prinosite prinos što se podiže Gospodu od svih desetaka svojih, koje ćete uzimati od sinova Izrailjevih, i dajite od njih prinos Gospodnji Aronu svešteniku.

29 Od svega što vam se da prinosite svaki prinos što se podiže Gospodu, od svega što bude najbolje sveti deo.

30 I reci im: Kad prinesete najbolje od toga, tada će se primiti Levitima kao dohodak od gumna i kao dohodak od kace.

31 A jesti možete to na svakom mestu i vi i porodice vaše, jer vam je plata za službu vašu u šatoru od sastanka.

32 I nećete zato navući na se greha, kad stanete prinositi šta je najbolje, i nećete oskvrniti svete stvari sinova Izrailjevih, i nećete izginuti.

   

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9965. 'That they may not bear iniquity and die' means the elimination of the whole of worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'bearing the iniquity', when the subject is the priestly office of Aaron and his sons, as a removal or shifting away of falsities and evils with those who are governed by good derived from the Lord, dealt with above in 9937. But when it speaks of them 'bearing iniquity and dying' the elimination of the whole of worship is meant, see 9928; for the representative worship died because nothing of it appeared any longer in heaven. The situation in all this may become clear from what has been stated and shown above in 9959-9961. They also died when they did not act in accordance with the statutes, 1 as is evident from Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu, who were devoured by fire from heaven when they did not take the fire of the altar to burn incense but foreign 2 fire, Leviticus 10:1-2ff. 'The fire of the altar' represented God's love, thus love from the Lord, whereas 'foreign fire' represented love from hell. The elimination of worship was meant by their burning incense with this fire and their consequent death. For the meaning of 'fire' as love, see 5215, 6832, 7324, 7575, 7852.

[2] Many places in the Word state that they would bear iniquity when they did not do things in accordance with the statutes, and by this was meant damnation because sins had not been removed. Not that they themselves were condemned on account of disobeying the statutes. Rather by doing so they eliminated representative worship and in so doing represented the damnation of those who remain in their sins. For none are condemned because they fail in their performance of outward religious observances, only because of evils in the heart, thus because of failing in such observances as a result of evil in the heart. This is what 'bearing iniquity' means in the following places: In Moses,

If a soul sins and acts against any of Jehovah's commandments regarding what ought not to be done, 3 though he does not know it, yet he will be guilty and will bear his iniquity. Leviticus 5:17-18.

Here the retention of evils and consequent damnation should not be understood literally by 'bearing iniquity', although that is the spiritual meaning; for it says 'though he does not know it', implying that what the person has done does not spring from evil in the heart.

[3] In the same author,

If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten at all on the third day, the one offering it will not be accepted. It is an abomination, and the soul that eats it will bear his iniquity, and will be cut off from his people. Leviticus 7:18; 19:7-8.

Here also 'bearing iniquity' means remaining in his sins and being as a result in a state of damnation. It does so not because the person ate some of his sacrifice on the third day, but because 'eating it on the third day' represented something abominable, namely an action leading to damnation. Thus 'bearing iniquity and being cut off from his people' represented the damnation of those who performed the abomination meant by that deed. Nevertheless there was no condemnation on account of his having eaten it, for interior evils that were represented are what condemn, not exterior actions in which those evils are not present.

[4] In the same author,

Every soul who eats a carcass 4 or that which has been torn, and does not wash his clothes and bathe his flesh shall bear his iniquity. Leviticus 17:15-16.

Since 'eating a carcass or that which has been torn' represented making evil or falsity one's own, the expression 'bearing iniquity' also has a representative meaning. In the same author,

If a man who is clean fails to keep the Passover, this soul shall be cut off from his people, because he did not bring the offering of Jehovah at its appointed time; he shall bear his sin. Numbers 9:13.

'The Passover' represented deliverance by the Lord from damnation, 7093 (end), 7867, 7995, 9286-9292; and 'the Passover supper' represented being joined to the Lord through the good of love, 7836, 7997, 8001. And since these things were represented it was decreed that anyone who did not keep the Passover should be cut off from his people and that he should bear his sin. The failure to keep it was not really so great a crime; rather it represented those who at heart refuse to accept the Lord and consequently deliverance from sins, and so who have no wish to be joined to Him through love. Thus it represented their damnation.

[5] In the same author,

The children of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting, or else they will bear iniquity and die. 5 Levites shall perform the work of the tent of meeting, and these shall bear the iniquity. Numbers 18:22-23.

The reason why the people would bear iniquity and die if they were to go near the tent of meeting to do the work there was that they would thereby eliminate the representative worship assigned to the function of the priests. The function of the priests or the priestly office represented the Lord's entire work of salvation, 9809; and this is why it says that the Levites, who also were priests, should bear the people's iniquity, by which expiation or atonement was meant, that is, removal from evils and falsities with those who are governed by good derived from the Lord alone, 9937. 'Bearing iniquity' means real damnation when this expression is used in reference to those who perform evil deeds because their heart is evil, such as those mentioned in Leviticus 20:17, 19-20; 24:15-16; Ezekiel 18:20; 23:49; and elsewhere.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. i.e. the laws of worship; see 8972.

2. i.e. unauthorized or profane

3. literally, and does one of [all] Jehovah's commandments [about] things which ought not to be done

4. i.e. an animal that had not been slaughtered but had died naturally

5. literally, to bear iniquity, dying

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