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Levítico 6

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1 Y habló el SEÑOR a Moisés, diciendo:

2 Cuando una persona pecare, e hiciere prevaricación contra el SEÑOR, y negare a su prójimo lo encomendado o dejado en su mano, o bien robare, o calumniare a su prójimo;

3 o sea que hallando lo perdido, después lo negare, y jurare en falso, en alguna de todas aquellas cosas en que suele pecar el hombre;

4 entonces será que cuando se expiare y reconciliare, restituirá aquello que robó, o por el daño de la calumnia, o el depósito que se le encomendó, o lo perdido que halló,

5 o todo aquello sobre que hubiere jurado falsamente; lo restituirá, pues, por entero, y añadirá a ello la quinta parte, para aquel a quien pertenece, y pagará el día de su expiación.

6 Y por su expiación traerá al SEÑOR un carnero sin tacha de los rebaños, conforme a tu estimación, al sacerdote para la expiación.

7 Y el sacerdote lo reconciliará delante del SEÑOR, y tendrá perdón de cualquiera de todas las cosas, en que suele ofender.

8 Habló aún el SEÑOR a Moisés, diciendo:

9 Manda a Aarón y a sus hijos diciendo: Esta es la ley del holocausto: (es holocausto, porque se quema sobre el altar toda la noche hasta la mañana, y el fuego del altar ardirá en él:)

10 El sacerdote se pondrá su vestimenta de lino, y se vestirá pañetes de lino sobre su carne; y cuando el fuego hubiere consumido el holocausto, él apartará las cenizas de sobre el altar, y las pondrá junto al altar.

11 Después se desnudará de sus vestimentas, y se pondrá otras vestiduras, y sacará las cenizas fuera del real al lugar limpio.

12 Y el fuego encendido sobre el altar no se apagará, sino que el sacerdote pondrá en él leña cada mañana, y acomodará sobre él el holocausto, y quemará sobre él los sebos de la paz.

13 El fuego ardirá continuamente en el altar; no se apagará.

14 Y ésta es la ley del presente: Lo ofrecerán los hijos de Aarón delante del SEÑOR, delante del altar.

15 Y tomará de él un puñado de la flor de harina del presente, y de su aceite, y todo el incienso que estará sobre el presente, y hará perfume sobre el altar en olor de reposo al SEÑOR por memoria.

16 Y el sobrante de ella lo comerán Aarón y sus hijos; sin levadura se comerá en el lugar santo; en el atrio del tabernáculo del testimonio lo comerán.

17 No se cocerá con levadura; lo he dado a ellos por su porción de mis ofrendas encendidas; es cosa santísima, como la expiación del pecado, y como la expiación de la culpa.

18 Todos los varones de los hijos de Aarón comerán de ella. Estatuto perpetuo será para vuestras generaciones tocante a las ofrendas encendidas del SEÑOR; toda cosa que tocare en ellas será santificada.

19 Y habló el SEÑOR a Moisés, diciendo:

20 Esta será la ofrenda de Aarón y de sus hijos, que ofrecerán al SEÑOR el día que serán ungidos: la décima parte de un efa de flor de harina, presente perpetuo, la mitad a la mañana y la mitad a la tarde.

21 En sartén se aderezará con aceite; frita la traerás, y los pedazos cocidos del presente ofrecerás al SEÑOR en olor muy aceptable.

22 Y el sacerdote ungido en su lugar, de entre sus hijos, hará la ofrenda ; estatuto perpetuo del SEÑOR: toda se quemará en perfume.

23 Y todo presente de sacerdote será enteramente quemado; no se comerá.

24 Y habló el SEÑOR a Moisés, diciendo:

25 Habla a Aarón y a sus hijos, diciendo: Esta será la ley de la expiación del pecado ; en el lugar donde será degollado el holocausto, será degollada la expiación por el pecado delante del SEÑOR; porque es cosa santísima.

26 El sacerdote que la ofreciere por expiación, la comerá; en el lugar santo será comida, en el atrio del tabernáculo del testimonio.

27 Todo lo que en su carne tocare, será santificado; y si cayere de su sangre sobre el vestido, lavarás aquello sobre que cayere, en el lugar santo.

28 Y el vaso de barro en que fuere cocida, será quebrado; y si fuere cocida en vaso de bronce, será fregado y lavado con agua.

29 Todo varón de entre los sacerdotes la comerá: es cosa santísima.

30 Mas no se comerá de expiación alguna, de cuya sangre se metiere en el tabernáculo del testimonio para reconciliar en el santuario: al fuego será quemada.

   

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10105. 'And boil its flesh in a holy place' means employing the truths of doctrine seen in light received from the Lord to make good ready for use in life. This is clear from the meaning of 'boiling' as employing the truths of doctrine to make ready for use in life; from the meaning of 'flesh' as good, dealt with in 7850, 9127; and from the meaning of 'in a holy place' as thanks to Divine enlightenment. For a holy place is one where what is Divine and the Lord's is present, and so, when the expression has specific reference to the truths of doctrine, is one where Divine enlightenment exists; for where what is Divine and the Lord's is present, so is enlightenment. The reason why 'boiling the flesh of the sacrifice' means employing the truths of doctrine to make good ready for use in life is that flesh, by which good is meant, is by that means made ready for the use of the body; consequently being made ready for use in life is meant in the spiritual sense. The fact that the truths of doctrine are what are employed to make good ready is self-evident, for use is what those truths teach. Also 'the water' in which the flesh is boiled means truths, see 2702, 3058, 3424, 5668, 8568, 9323.

[2] The words 'employing the truths of doctrine seen in light received from the Lord' are used because truths drawn from the Word have to be marshalled into doctrine in order that they may be put to use. The marshalling must be done by those who see things in light received from the Lord; and those so enlightened when they read the Word are people who desire truth for its own sake and for the sake of goodness of life, not those who desire it for the sake of self-glorification, reputation, or gain. Doctrine drawn from the Word is wholly essential for understanding the Word, see 9025, 9409, 9410, 9424, 9430; and those who gather doctrine from the Word must see things in light received from the Lord, 9382, 9424.

[3] The meaning of 'boiling in water' as turning truths into doctrine and thereby making them ready for use in life seems at first sight to be implausible and far-fetched. Nevertheless that is indeed the meaning, as becomes clear from places in the Word where the words 'boiling in water' occur, and also where 'a pot' in which the boiling is done is mentioned, as in the second Book of Kings,

Elisha came again to Gilgal, when there was a famine in the land. When the sons of the prophets were sitting before him he said to his servant, Put on a great pot, and boil a soup for the sons of the prophets. One of them went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine, and gathered from it wild gourds, and cut them up into the pot of soup. While they were eating of the soup they cried out, There is death in the pot, O man of God! Therefore he said that they should bring flour, which he threw into the pot, and said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. Then there was not anything bad in the pot. 2 Kings 4:38-41.

This miracle, like all others in the Word, holds holy things of the Church within it, which are made evident by the internal sense. This sense shows that Elisha represented the Lord in respect of the Word, as Elijah had done; that 'the sons of the prophets' are those who teach truths drawn from the Word; that 'the pot' which was put on at Elisha's command is doctrine formed from them; that 'a wild vine' and 'gourds' from it are falsities; and from all this it is evident what 'death in the pot' is. 'The flour which he threw into the pot' is truth springing from good, as a result of which action - because doctrine had been cured - 'there was not anything bad in the pot'. The internal sense also shows that 'boiling in the pot' means combining into doctrine and thereby making ready for use.

All miracles in the Word hold holy things of the Church within them, see 7337, 8364, 9086.

Elisha represented the Lord in respect of the Word, 2762.

'Prophets' are teachers of truths, thus in the abstract sense, without reference to persons, the truths of doctrine, 2534, 7269.

'Vine' is the Church's truth, and 'grapes' its good, 5113, 5117, 9277, so that 'a wild vine' and 'gourds' are falsities and evils.

'Flour' is the authentic truth of faith derived from good, 9995.

'The soup' which they were to boil means matters of doctrine massed together, as those of the Jews were, 3316.

From all this people may deduce what 'boiling' means, and what 'a pot' means.

[4] In Ezekiel,

Tell a parable against the house of rebellion: Put on the pot, put it on, and also pour water into it; gather the pieces into it - every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice of the bones, and let the bones be boiled in the midst of it. Thus said the Lord Jehovih, Woe to the city of blood 1 , to the pot whose scum is in it, and whose scum does not come out of it! Ezekiel 24:3-6.

These verses describe what the Word is like so far as doctrine is concerned, that is to say, it contains Divine Truths emanating from Divine Good. Then they describe doctrine from the Word as it existed among the Jewish nation - full of unclean and false notions. 'The pot' is doctrine; 'the thigh, the shoulder, and the choice of the bones' are Divine Truths emanating from Divine Good in successive order; 'the city of blood' is the Jewish nation in respect of the truth of doctrine among them, and in the abstract sense, without reference to nation or person, doctrine destructive of good; 'the scum in it' is that which is external and favours foul kinds of love, which if not removed defile truth. From this also it is evident that 'the pot' is doctrine, and 'boiling' making ready for use.

[5] In the same prophet,

The Spirit said to me, Son of man, these men think iniquity and give wicked counsel in the city, saying, [The time] is not near to build houses; [the city] itself is the pot and we are the flesh. Ezekiel 11:2-3, 7.

Here also 'the pot' stands for doctrine consisting of falsity arising from evil; for 'the pot' is used to describe the city in which iniquity is thought and wicked counsel is given. 'The city' too means doctrine, see 402, 2712, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493, in this instance doctrine of the same type.

[6] In Jeremiah,

Jehovah said, What do you see? I said, A puffed-out pot do I see, its face towards the north. Jehovah said, From the north evil will be opened over all the inhabitants of the land. Jeremiah 1:13-14.

'A puffed-out pot' likewise means doctrine consisting of falsity arising from evil. 'The north' means an obscure state so far as the truth of faith is concerned, also thick darkness caused by falsities, 3708. From this it is evident what this prophetic vision holds within it.

[7] In Zechariah,

On that day every pot in Jerusalem [and] in Judah will be holiness to Jehovah Zebaoth, and all offering sacrifice will come, and take from them, and boil in them. Zechariah 14:21.

Here 'pot' means doctrine teaching about charity and faith, thus doctrine consisting of truth springing from good; 'Jerusalem' is the Lord's Church; and '[all] offering sacrifice' are those engaging in Divine worship. From this it is evident that 'boiling in the pots' means making ready for use in spiritual life.

[8] In Moses,

Every earthen vessel in which the flesh of the sacrifice of a guilt or a sin offering is boiled shall be broken. But if it has been boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured and rinsed 2 in water. Leviticus 6:28.

'An earthen vessel' in which the boiling was done is falsity that does not go together with good; 'a bronze vessel' is doctrinal teaching that has good in it; 'boiling the flesh of the sacrifice of a guilt or sin offering' in them means making something ready for purification from evils and consequent falsities. From this it is evident what was represented by the decree that an earthen vessel should be broken and that a bronze vessel should be scoured and rinsed in water.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, bloods

2. literally, shall be scraped and immersed

  
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