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1 Još reče Gospod Mojsiju i Aronu govoreći:

2 Ovo je uredba i zakon što zapovedi Gospod govoreći: Reci sinovima Izrailjevim neka ti dovedu junicu crvenu zdravu, na kojoj nema mane, i koja još nije bila u jarmu;

3 I podajte je Eleazaru svešteniku, a on neka je izvede napolje iz logora da je zakolju pred njim.

4 I uzevši Eleazar krvi njene na prst svoj neka pokropi krvlju prema šatoru od sastanka sedam puta.

5 Potom neka zapovedi da se spali junica pred njegovim očima; kožu njenu i meso njeno i krv njenu s balegom neka spale.

6 I sveštenik uzevši drveta kedrovog, isopa i crvca, neka baci u oganj gde gori junica.

7 Potom neka opere haljine svoje i opere telo svoje vodom, pa onda neka uđe u logor, i neka bude sveštenik nečist do večera.

8 Tako i ko je spali, neka opere haljine svoje vodom, i telo svoje neka opere vodom, i neka bude nečist do večera.

9 A čist čovek neka pokupi pepeo od junice i izruči ga iza logora na čisto mesto, da se čuva zboru sinova Izrailjevih za vodu očišćenja; to je žrtva za greh.

10 I onaj koji pokupi pepeo od junice neka opere haljine svoje, i neka bude nečist do večera. To neka je sinovima Izrailjevim i došljaku koji se bavi među njima večan zakon.

11 Ko se dotakne mrtvog tela čovečijeg, da je nečist sedam dana.

12 On neka se očisti onom vodom treći dan i sedmi dan, i biće čist; ako li se ne očisti treći dan i sedmi, neće biti čist.

13 Ko se dotakne mrtvog tela čovečijeg pa se ne očisti, onaj je oskrvnio šator Gospodnji; zato da se istrebi ona duša iz Izrailja; jer nije pokropljen vodom očišćenja, zato je nečist, i nečistota je njegova na njemu.

14 Ovo je zakon kad čovek umre u šatoru: Ko god uđe u onaj šator i ko god bude u šatoru, nečist da je sedam dana;

15 I svaki sud otkriven, koji ne bude dobro zaklopljen, nečist je.

16 I ko se god dotakne u polju posečenog mačem ili umrlog ili kosti čovečije ili groba, nečist da je sedam dana.

17 I neka za nečistog uzmu pepela od junice spaljene za greh, i neka naliju na nj vode žive u sud.

18 Potom neka uzme čist čovek isopa i zamoči u onu vodu, i pokropi njom šator i sve sude i ljude koji su u njemu bili; tako i onog koji bi se dotakao kosti ili čoveka posečenog ili umrla ili groba.

19 Čisti nečistog neka pokropi treći i sedmi dan; i kad ga očisti sedmi dan, neka opere haljine svoje i sebe neka opere vodom, i biće čist uveče.

20 A ko bude nečist pa se ne očisti, da se istrebi ona duša iz zbora; jer je svetinju Gospodnju oskvrnio, a nije pokropljen vodom očišćenja; nečist je.

21 I ovo neka im je zakon večan: i koji pokropi vodom očišćenja, neka opere haljine svoje; i ko se god dotakne vode očišćenja, da je nečist do večera.

22 I čega se god dotakne ko je nečist, da je nečisto; i ko se njega dotakne, da je nečist do večera.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 505

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505. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their bodies for three and a half days. (11:9) This symbolizes all those who were or who would be caught up in doctrinal falsities and the resulting evil practices at the end of the church still existing, when they have heard and later hear about these two essential elements at the beginning of the New Church, namely, an acknowledgment of the Lord and of works in accordance with the Ten Commandments.

Peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations mean all those of the Protestant Reformed who were or who would be caught up in doctrinal falsities and the resulting evil practices owing to their faith alone. Peoples symbolize people caught up in doctrinal falsities (no. 483), tribes the falsities and evils in the church (no. 349), tongues a confession and acceptance of these (no. 483), and nations people caught up in evil practices (no. 483). Therefore the four together symbolize all those individually and collectively who were or who would be of such a character, thus all those who were in that great city and all those like them who would later come from the world.

The bodies that they would see, those of the two witnesses, symbolize the two essential elements of the New Church, as said in no. 501 above. That they would see them means, symbolically, when they have heard and later hear about them, since it is bodies that are said to be seen, and the two essential elements that are heard.

Three and a half days mean, symbolically, at the end and then the beginning, namely, at the end of the church still existing and the beginning of a new one.

Putting all these things together now into a single meaning, it is apparent that "those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their bodies for three and a half days" has, in the spiritual sense, the symbolic meaning stated above.

Three and a half days mean, symbolically, at the end and then the beginning because a day symbolizes a state, the number three symbolizes something completed to the end, and a half symbolizes a new beginning. For three and half days have the same symbolic meaning as a week, six days of which symbolize something completed to the end, and the seventh day something holy. That is because the number three and a half is one half of seven, and seven days constitute a week; and a number doubled or divided has the same symbolic meaning.

[2] That the number three symbolizes something completed, thus something completed to the end, can be seen from the following accounts in the Word:

That Isaiah was to go naked and barefoot for three years (Isaiah 20:3).

That Jehovah called three times to Samuel, and Samuel ran three times to Eli, and that the third time Eli understood (1 Samuel 3:1-8).

That Elijah stretched himself out three times on the widow's son (1 Kings 17:21).

That Elijah ordered that water be poured on the burnt sacrifice three times (1 Kings 18:34).

That Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal (Matthew 13:33).

That Jesus told Peter he would deny Him three times (Matthew 26:34).

That the Lord asked Peter three times, "Do you love Me?" (John 21:15-17).

That Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17).

That Jesus said He would destroy the Temple and in three days build it (Matthew 26:61, John 2:19)

That Jesus prayed three times in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:39-44).

That Jesus rose on the third day (Matthew 28:1ff.).

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 16:14; Hosea 6:2; Exodus 3:18; 10:22-23; 19:1, 11, 15-16, 18; Leviticus 19:23-25; Numbers 19:11-22; 31:19-24; Deuteronomy 19:2-4; 26:12; Joshua 1:11; 3:2; 1 Samuel 20:5, 12, 19-20, 35-36, 41; 2 Samuel 24:11-13; Daniel 10:1-3; Mark 12:2, 4-6; Luke 20:12; 13:32-33.

Seven, like three, symbolizes something full and complete, but seven is predicated of holy things, while three is predicated of things not holy.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.