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2 Mosebok 22

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1 Om någon stjäl en oxe eller ett får och slaktar eller säljer djuret, så skall han giva fem oxar i ersättning för oxen, och fyra får för fåret.

2 Ertappas tjuven vid inbrottet och bliver slagen till döds, så vilar ingen blodskuld på dråparen.

3 Men hade solen gått upp, när de skedde, då är det blodskuld. Tjuven skall giva full ersättning; äger han intet, så skall han säljas, till gäldande av vad han har stulit.

4 Om det stulna djuret, det må vara oxe eller åsna eller får, påträffas levande i hans våld, skall han giva dubbel ersättning.

5 Om någon låter avbeta en åker eller vingård, eller släpper sin boskap lös, så att denna betar på en annans åker, då skall han ersätta skadan med det bästa från sin åker och med det bästa från sin vingård.

6 Om eld kommer lös och fattar i törnhäckar, och därvid sädesskylar bliva uppbrända eller oskuren säd eller annat på åkern, så skall den som har vållat branden giva full ersättning.

7 Om någon giver åt en annan penningar eller gods att förvara, och detta bliver stulet ur hans hus, så skall tjuven, om han ertappas, giva dubbel ersättning.

8 Ertappas icke tjuven, då skall man föra husets ägare fram för Gud, på det att det må utrönas om han icke har förgripit sig på sin nästas tillhörighet.

9 Om fråga uppstår angående orättrådigt tillgrepp -- det må gälla oxe eller åsna eller får eller kläder eller något annat som har förlorats -- och någon påstår att en orättrådighet verkligen har ägt rum, så skall båda parternas sak komma inför Gud. Den som Gud dömer skyldig, han skall ersätta den andre dubbelt.

10 Om någon giver åt en annan i förvar en åsna eller en oxe eller ett får, eller vilket annat husdjur det vara må, och detta dör eller bliver skadat eller bortrövat, utan att någon ser det,

11 Så skall det dem emellan komma till en ed vid HERREN, för att det må utrönas om den ene icke har förgripit sig på den andres tillhörighet; denna ed skall ägaren antaga och den andre behöver icke giva någon ersättning.

12 Men om det har blivit bortstulet från honom, då skall han ersätta ägaren därför.

13 Har det blivit ihjälrivet, skall han föra fram det ihjälrivna djuret såsom bevis; han behöver då icke giva ersättning därför.

14 Om någon lånar ett djur av en annan, och detta bliver skadat eller dör, och dess ägare därvid icke är tillstädes, så skall han giva full ersättning.

15 Är dess ägare tillstädes, då behöver han icke giva ersättning. Var djuret lejt, då är legan ersättning.

16 Om någon förför en jungfru som icke är trolovad och lägrar henne, så skall han giva brudgåva för henne och taga henne till hustru.

17 Vägrar hennes fader att giva henne åt honom, då skall han gälda en så stor penningsumma som man plägar giva i brudgåva för en jungfru.

18 En trollkvinna skall du icke låta leva.

19 Var och en som beblandar sig med något djur skall straffas med döden.

20 Den som offrar åt andra gudar än åt HERREN allena, han skall givas till spillo.

21 En främling skall du icke förorätta eller förtrycka; I haven ju själva varit främlingar i Egyptens land.

22 Änkor och faderlösa skolen I icke behandla illa.

23 Behandlar du dem illa, så skall jag förvisso höra deras rop, när de ropa till mig;

24 och min vrede skall upptändas, och jag skall dräpa eder med svärd; så att edra egna hustrur bliva änkor och edra barn faderlösa.

25 Lånar du penningar åt någon fattig hos dig bland mitt folk, så skall du icke handla mot honom såsom en ockrare; I skolen icke pålägga honom någon ränta.

26 Har du av din nästa tagit hans mantel i pant, så skall du giva den tillbaka åt honom, innan solen går ned;

27 den är ju det enda täcke han har, och med den skyler han sin kropp. Vad skall han eljest hava på sig, när han ligger och sover? Om han måste ropa till mig, så skall jag höra, ty jag är barmhärtig.

28 Gud skall du icke häda, och över en hövding i ditt folk skall du icke uttala förbannelser.

29 Av det som fyller din lada och av det som flyter ifrån din press skall du utan dröjsmål frambära din gåva. Den förstfödde bland dina söner skall du giva åt mig.

30 På samma sätt skall du göra med dina fäkreatur och din småboskap. I sju dagar skola de stanna hos sina mödrar; på åttonde dagen skall du giva dem åt mig.

31 Och I skolen vara mig ett heligt: folk; kött av ett djur som har blivit ihjälrivet på marken skolen I icke äta, åt hundarna skolen I kasta det.

   

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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.