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1 När du du kommer in i det land som HERREN, din Gud, vill giva dig till arvedel, och du tager det i besittning och bor där,

2 då skall du taga förstling av all markens frukt, av vad du får i avkastning av landet som HERREN, din Gud, vill giva dig, och lägga detta i en korg och gå därmed till den plats som HERREN, din Gud, utväljer till boning åt sitt namn.

3 Och du skall gå till den som på den tiden är präst och säga till honom: »Jag förklarar i dag för HERREN, din Gud, att jag har kommit in i det land som HERREN med ed har lovat våra fäder att giva oss

4 Och prästen skall taga korgen ur din hand och sätta den ned inför HERRENS, din Guds, altare.

5 Och du skall betyga och säga inför HERRENS, din Guds, ansikte: »Min fader var en hemlös aramé, som drog ned till Egypten och bodde där såsom främling med en ringa hop, och där blev av honom ett stort, mäktigt och talrikt folk.

6 Men sedan behandlade egyptierna oss illa och förtryckte oss och lade hårt arbete på oss.

7 Då ropade vi till HERREN, våra fäders Gud, och HERREN hörde vår röst och såg vårt lidande och vår vedermöda och vårt betryck.

8 Och HERREN förde oss ut ur Egypten med stark hand och uträckt arm, med stora och fruktansvärda gärningar, med tecken och under.

9 Och han lät oss komma hit och gav oss detta land, ett land som flyter av mjölk och honung.

10 Och här bär jag nu fram förstlingen av frukten på den mark som du, HERRE, har givit mig.» Och du skall sätta korgen ned inför HERRENS, din Guds, ansikte och tillbedja inför HERRENS, din Guds, ansikte.

11 Och över allt det goda som HERREN, din Gud har givit åt dig och ditt hus skall du glädja dig, och jämte dig leviten och främlingen som bor hos dig.

12 När du under det tredje året, tiondeåret, har lagt av all tionde av vad du då har fått i avkastning och givit den åt leviten, främlingen, den faderlöse och änkan, och de hava ätit därav inom dina portar och blivit mätta,

13 då skall du så säga inför HERRENS, din Guds, ansikte: »Jag har nu fört bort ur mitt hus det heliga, och jag har givit det åt leviten och främlingen, åt den faderlöse och änkan, alldeles såsom du har bjudit mig; jag har icke överträtt eller förgätit något av dina bud.

14 Jag åt intet därav, när jag hade sorg, och jag förde icke bort något därav, när jag var oren, ej heller använde jag något därav för någon död. Jag har lyssnat till HERRENS, min Guds, röst; jag har i alla stycken gjort såsom du har bjudit mig.

15 Skåda nu ned från din heliga boning, himmelen, och välsigna ditt folk Israel och det land som du har givit oss, såsom du med ed lovade våra fäder, ett land som flyter av mjölk och honung

16 I dag bjuder dig HERREN, din Gud, att göra efter dessa stadgar och rätter; du skall hålla dem och göra efter dem av allt ditt hjärta och av all din själ.

17 Du har i dag hört HERREN förklara att han vill vara din Gud, och att du skall vandra på hans vägar och hålla hans stadgar och bud och rätter och lyssna till hans röst.

18 Och HERREN har i dag hört dig förklara att du vill vara hans egendomsfolk, såsom han har sagt till dig, och att du vill hålla alla hans bud;

19 på det att han över alla folk som han har gjort må upphöja dig till lov, berömmelse och ära, och på det att du må vara ett folk som är helgat åt HERREN, din Gud, såsom han har sagt.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 946

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946. Because thy judgments have been made manifest. That this signifies that Divine truths are revealed to them, is evident from the signification of judgments, as denoting Divine truths, of which we shall speak presently; and from the signification of being manifested, as denoting to be revealed. That Divine truths are revealed at the end of the church, and that they have been revealed, will be shown in what follows in this chapter, because the subject there treated of is concerning them.

The reason why judgments signify Divine truths is, that the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called judgments; but the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are called justice. For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from Divine truth, whereas the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from Divine Good. This is why judgment and justice are mentioned in the following passages in the Word.

In Isaiah:

"There shall be no end to peace upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and justice from now and for ever" (9:7).

This speaks of the Lord and His kingdom. His spiritual kingdom is signified by the throne of David; and because this kingdom is in Divine truths from the Divine Good, it is said, in "judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

"I will raise up to David a just shoot, and he shall reign a king, and he shall act intelligently, and shall execute judgment and justice" (23:5).

These words also are spoken of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And since this kingdom is in Divine truths from the Divine Good, it is said that He shall reign a King, and shall act intelligently, and that He shall execute judgment and justice. The Lord is called King from Divine truth. And whereas Divine truth is also Divine intelligence, it is said that He shall act intelligently. And because Divine truth is from the Divine Good, it is said that He shall execute judgment and justice.

[2] In Isaiah:

"Jehovah shall be exalted; for he dwelleth on high; he hath filled Zion with judgment and justice" (33:5).

By Zion is meant heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by Divine truth. And because all Divine truth is from Divine Good, it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

"I Jehovah, doing justice and judgment in the earth; for in these I am well pleased" (9:24).

Here also by judgment and justice is signified Divine truth from the Divine Good.

In Isaiah:

"They shall ask of me the judgments of justice; they shall desire to draw near unto God" (58:2).

The judgments of justice are Divine truths from the Divine Good. Similarly judgment and justice; for the spiritual sense conjoins those things the sense of the letter separates.

In Hosea:

"I will betroth thee to me for ever; and I will betroth thee to me in justice and judgment, and in mercy and in truth" (2:19, 20).

The subject there treated of is the celestial kingdom of the Lord, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord. And because the Lord's conjunction with them is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife - for the good of love so conjoins - therefore it is said, I will betroth thee to me in justice and judgment. And justice is mentioned in the first place, and judgment in the second, because those who are in the good of love to the Lord are also in truths; for they see them from good. Because justice is said of good, and judgment of truth, therefore it is also said, in mercy and in truth; mercy being also said of good, because it is of love.

[3] In David:

"Jehovah is in the heavens; thy justice as the mountains of God, and thy judgments as a great abyss" (Psalm 36:5, 6).

Justice is said of Divine Good, therefore it is compared to the mountains of God; for by mountains of God are signified the goods of love; see above (n. 405, 510, 850). And judgments are said of Divine truths, therefore they are compared to a great abyss; for by a great abyss is signified Divine truth. From these things it is now evident that by judgments are signified Divine truths.

[4] In many passages in the Word, judgments, precepts, and statutes are mentioned. And by judgments are there signified civil laws; by precepts the laws of spiritual life; and by statutes the laws of worship. That by judgments are signified civil laws, is clear from Exodus (Exodus 21, 22, 23), where the things that are there commanded are called judgments; because from them judgments were given by judges in the gates of the city. But still they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain them in the spiritual sense, as is evident from the explanation in Arcana Coelestia (n. 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348).

That the laws with the sons of Israel were called judgments, precepts, and statutes, is clear from the following passages:-

In Moses:

"I will speak unto thee all the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them" (Deuteronomy 5:31).

In the same:

"These are the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you" (Deuteronomy 6:1).

In the same:

"Therefore, thou shalt keep the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them" (Deuteronomy 7:11).

In David:

"If his sons forsake my law and walk not in my judgments; if they profane my statutes, and keep not my precepts, I will visit their prevarication with a rod" (Psalm 89:30-32),

besides frequently elsewhere:

As Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24.

By precepts in these passages are meant the laws of life, especially those in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Precepts. But by the statutes are meant the laws of worship, which principally related to sacrifices, and the ministry of holy things. And by judgments are meant civil laws, which, because representative of spiritual laws, were therefore significative of Divine truths, such as those in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.

Continuation:-

[5] When, therefore, a man shuns and turns away from evils as sins, and is raised into heaven by the Lord, it follows that he is no longer in his proprium, but in the Lord, and that consequently he thinks and wills goods. Now because a man thinks and wills, so also does he act; for every action of a man proceeds from the thought of his will, therefore again it follows, that when a man shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods, not from himself, but from the Lord. Therefore to shun evils is to do goods. The goods which a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole extent are meant by charity.

Because a man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and acts as of himself, that which he does as of himself is conjoined to him, and remains with him. Because that which a man does as of himself receives no life, but flows through like ether, therefore the Lord wills that a man should not only shun and turn away from evils as of himself, but should also think, will, and act as of himself, yet still acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he will acknowledge because it is the truth.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.