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1 Y el SEÑOR habló a Moisés, diciendo:

2 Habla a los hijos de Israel, y diles: Cuando hubiereis entrado en la tierra de vuestras habitaciones, que yo os doy,

3 e hiciereis ofrenda encendida al SEÑOR, holocausto, o sacrificio, para ofrecer voto, o de vuestra voluntad, o para hacer en vuestras solemnidades olor grato al SEÑOR, de vacas o de ovejas;

4 entonces el que ofreciere su ofrenda al SEÑOR, traerá por presente una décima de un efa de flor de harina, amasada con la cuarta parte de un hin de aceite;

5 y de vino para la libación ofrecerás la cuarta parte de un hin, además del holocausto o del sacrificio, por cada cordero.

6 Y por cada carnero harás presente de dos décimas de flor de harina, amasada con el tercio de un hin de aceite;

7 y de vino para la libación ofrecerás el tercio de un hin, en olor grato al SEÑOR.

8 Y cuando ofreciereis novillo en holocausto o sacrificio, para ofrecer voto, o sacrificio de paz al SEÑOR,

9 ofrecerás con el novillo un presente de tres décimas de flor de harina, amasada con la mitad de un hin de aceite;

10 y de vino para la libación ofrecerás la mitad de un hin, en ofrenda encendida de olor grato al SEÑOR.

11 Así se hará con cada buey, o carnero, o cordero, lo mismo de ovejas que de cabras.

12 Conforme al número así haréis con cada uno, según el número de ellos.

13 Todo natural hará estas cosas así, para ofrecer ofrenda encendida de olor grato al SEÑOR.

14 Y cuando habitare con vosotros extranjero, o cualquiera que estuviere entre vosotros por vuestras edades, si hiciere ofrenda encendida de olor grato al SEÑOR, como vosotros hiciereis, así hará él.

15 Un mismo estatuto tendréis, vosotros de la congregación y el extranjero que mora con vosotros; estatuto que será perpetuo por vuestras edades; como vosotros, así será el extranjero delante del SEÑOR.

16 Una misma ley y un mismo derecho tendréis, vosotros y el extranjero que mora con vosotros.

17 También habló el SEÑOR a Moisés, diciendo:

18 Habla a los hijos de Israel, y diles: Cuando hubiereis entrado en la tierra a la cual yo os llevo,

19 será que cuando comenzareis a comer del pan de la tierra, ofreceréis ofrenda al SEÑOR.

20 De lo primero que amasareis, ofreceréis una torta en ofrenda; como la ofrenda de la era, así la ofreceréis.

21 De las primicias de vuestras masas daréis al SEÑOR ofrenda por vuestras generaciones.

22 Y cuando errareis, y no hiciereis todos estos mandamientos que el SEÑOR ha dicho a Moisés,

23 todas las cosas que el SEÑOR os ha mandado por la mano de Moisés, desde el día que el SEÑOR mandó a Moisés , y en adelante por vuestras edades,

24 será que, si el pecado fue hecho por yerro con ignorancia de la congregación, toda la congregación ofrecerá un novillo en holocausto, en olor grato al SEÑOR, con su presente y su libación, conforme a la ley; y un macho cabrío en expiación.

25 Y reconciliará el sacerdote a toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel; y les será perdonado, porque yerro es; y ellos traerán sus ofrendas, ofrenda encendida al SEÑOR, y sus expiaciones delante del SEÑOR, por sus yerros.

26 Y será perdonado a toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel, y al extranjero que mora entre ellos, por cuanto es yerro de todo el pueblo.

27 Y si una persona pecare por yerro, ofrecerá una cabra de un año por expiación.

28 Y el sacerdote reconciliará a la persona que habrá pecado por yerro, cuando pecare por yerro delante del SEÑOR, la reconciliará, y le será perdonado.

29 El natural entre los hijos de Israel, y el extranjero que habitare entre ellos, una misma ley tendréis para el que hiciere algo por yerro.

30 Mas la persona que hiciere algo a conciencia, así el natural como el extranjero, al SEÑOR injurió; y la tal persona será cortada de en medio de su pueblo.

31 Por cuanto tuvo en poco la palabra del SEÑOR, y dio por nulo su mandamiento, enteramente será cortada esa persona; su iniquidad será sobre ella.

32 Y estando los hijos de Israel en el desierto, hallaron un hombre que recogía leña en día de sábado.

33 Y los que le hallaron recogiendo leña lo trajeron a Moisés y a Aarón, y a toda la congregación;

34 y lo pusieron en la cárcel, porque no estaba declarado qué se le habían de hacer.

35 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Irremisiblemente muera aquel hombre; apedréelo con piedras toda la congregación fuera del campamento.

36 Entonces la congregación lo sacó fuera del campamento, y lo apedrearon con piedras, y murió; como el SEÑOR mandó a Moisés.

37 Y el SEÑOR habló a Moisés, diciendo:

38 Habla a los hijos de Israel, y diles que se hagan pezuelos (franjas) en los remates de sus vestidos, por sus generaciones; y pongan en cada pezuelo de los remates del vestido un cordón de cárdeno.

39 Y os servirá de pezuelo, para que cuando lo viereis, os acordéis de todos los mandamientos del SEÑOR, para ponerlos por obra; y no miréis en pos de vuestro corazón y de vuestros ojos, en pos de los cuales fornicáis.

40 Para que os acordéis, y hagáis todos mis mandamientos, y seáis santos a vuestro Dios.

41 Yo el SEÑOR vuestro Dios, que os saqué de la tierra de Egipto, para ser vuestro Dios. Yo soy el SEÑOR vuestro Dios.

   

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Korah was a man of the tribe of Levi, who together with Dathan and Abiram, led an insurrection against Moses and Aaron. Apparently their insurrection was prompted by their being out in the wilderness with no place to go. This happened after the Children of Israel had approached the land of Canaan from the south and had sent out spies to scout the land. Ten of the twelve spies said the land was too strong for them, that there were giants there. Moses then told the whole congregation they would all have to spend forty years in the wilderness until all that generation had died. In this story, Moses and Aaron represent the Lord. When Korah and his fellow rebels murmured against them and took fire from the altar and burned incense with it, they represented the profanation of mixing what is good (the fire from the altar) with what is evil (rebelling against Moses). The three rebel leaders and their followers were separated from the congregation and were swallowed up by a pit that opened in the earth. In our lives, evils need to be separated, too, and gotten rid of.

(Odkazy: The Apocalypse Explained 324 [6])

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9548. 'And you shall make a lampstand' means the spiritual heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'a lampstand' as the Divine Spiritual from the Lord in heaven and in the Church. The reason why 'a lampstand' means the Divine Spiritual is that 'the table' on which the loaves of the Presence were laid means the Divine Celestial, as has been shown in what has gone before. The Divine Celestial is the good of love, and the Divine Spiritual the truth of faith derived from that good; and both of these emanate from the Lord, 9227. The lampstand is the Divine Spiritual on account of the light it sheds; for Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord's Divine Good is what shines in heaven. There is no other source from which angels receive light. This is why in the Word the Lord is called the Light, and why 'light' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, see 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3337, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4060, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4414, 4415, 4419, 4527, 4598, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6315, 6608, 6907, 7174, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407.

[2] 'A lampstand' means the spiritual heaven by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord, and therefore also means the Church; and 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone. This is clear from places in the Word where 'lampstand' and 'lamp' are mentioned, as in John,

I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. The seven lampstands are the seven Churches. Revelation 1:12-13, 20.

And in the same book,

I will remove your lampstand from its place if you do not repent. Revelation 2:5.

A Church is called 'a lampstand' in these places by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord. The fact that 'a lampstand' means a Church is self-evident, for it says, 'The seven lampstands are the seven Churches'. The fact that a Church is called such on account of Divine Truth is evident from the statement, 'I will remove your lampstand if you do not repent'. And the fact that this Truth comes from the Lord [is also self-evident], for it says, 'In the midst of the lampstands one like the Son of Man'; and the Lord is called the Son of Man by virtue of His Divine Truth, see 2803, 2813, 3704.

[3] In the same book,

I will grant My two witnesses to prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. Revelation 11:3-10.

'The two witnesses' are the Word in both Testaments, in that they bear witness to the Lord. It is called 'an olive tree' by virtue of the Divine Good and 'a lampstand' by virtue of the Divine Truth which come from the Lord.

[4] In Zechariah, when the angel who was speaking said to the prophet,

What do you see? I said to him, I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold; its bowl is on top of it, 1 and its seven lamps are on it with seven pipes to the lamps. Two olive trees are beside it, one on the right of the bowl and one on the left of it. Zechariah 4:2-3.

This refers to Zerubbabel, who was about to lay a foundation for God's house and bring it to completion. He represents the Lord, in that He was about to come and to re-establish the spiritual heaven and the Church, these being what is meant by 'a lampstand', and the holy truths there what is meant by 'seven lamps'.

[5] The fact that 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, is clear in John,

The holy Jerusalem has no need of the sun or of the moon to shed light in it. The glory of God will give it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations that are saved will walk in His light. Revelation 21:23-24.

And further on,

There will be no night there, nor do they need a lamp or light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. Revelation 22:5.

'Lamp' in the first quotation stands for Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, and 'light' for faith, and so also for intelligence and wisdom. In the same book,

The light of a lamp will not shine in you any more, and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will not be heard in you any more. Revelation 18:23.

[6] And in Jeremiah,

I will take away the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of mills, and the light of the lamp, that the whole land may be a desolation and devastation. Jeremiah 25:10-11.

This refers to the elimination of faith and consequently of intelligence in spiritual matters meant here by the lamp which will no longer be there and by 'the light of the lamp' which will be taken away.

[7] The like occurs in Job,

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out and [how often] does destruction come upon them? Job 21:17.

In David,

You light my lamp; Jehovah my God makes my darkness bright. Psalms 18:28; 2 Samuel 22:29.

In the same author,

By Your commands I have been made intelligent. Your Word is a lamp to my foot, and a light to my path. Psalms 119:104-105.

In Job,

When God causes a lamp to shine over my head I would walk in darkness towards His light. Job 29:3.

In Matthew,

The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Matthew 6:22-23; Luke 8:16; 11:33-36.

'The eye' is used here to mean faith and consequent intelligence - the fact that these are meant in the internal sense by 'the eye', see 4403-4421, 4523-4534, 9051. And from this the meaning of the words, 'If your eye is good your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness' is self-evident. Since faith and consequent intelligence and wisdom is meant by 'a lamp' the kings of Judah are called lamps to David, 1 Kings 11:36; 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; and David himself is called the lamp of Israel, 2 Samuel 21:16-17. Not that the kings of Judah were lamps; nor was David. Rather they were called such because 'a king' means Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, 6148, and 'David' the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, the source of faith, intelligence, and wisdom, 1888.

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