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1 Men Arons söner Nadab och Abihu togo var sitt fyrfat och lade eld i dem och strödde rökelse därpå och buro fram inför HERRENS ansikte främmande eld, annan eld än den han hade givit dem befallning om.

2 Då gick eld ut från HERREN och förtärde dem, så att de föllo döda ned inför HERRENS ansikte.

3 Och Mose sade till Aron: »Detta är vad HERREN har talat och sagt: På dem som stå mig nära vill jag bevisa mig helig, och inför allt folket bevisa mig härlig.» Och Aron teg stilla.

4 Och Mose kallade till sig Misael och Elsafan, Arons farbroder Ussiels söner, och sade till dem: »Träden fram och bären edra fränder bort ifrån helgedomen och fören den utanför lägret

5 Då trädde de fram och buro bort dem i deras livklädnader, utanför lägret, såsom Mose hade sagt.

6 Och Mose sade till Aron och till hans söner Eleasar och Itamar: »I skolen icke hava edert hår oordnat, ej heller riva sönder edra kläder, på det att I icke mån och draga förtörnelse över hela menigheten. Men edra bröder, hela Israels hus, må gråta över denna brand som HERREN har upptänt.

7 Och I skolen icke gå bort ifrån uppenbarelsetältets ingång, på det att I icke mån ; ty HERRENS smörjelseolja är på eder.» Och de gjorde såsom Mose hade sagt.

8 Och HERREN talade till Aron och sade:

9 »Varken du själv eller dina söner må dricka vin eller starka drycker, när I skolen gå in i uppenbarelsetältet, på det att I icke mån . Det skall vara en evärdlig stadga för eder från släkte till släkte.

10 I skolen skilja mellan heligt och oheligt, mellan orent och rent;

11 och I skolen lära Israels barn alla de stadgar som HERREN har kungjort för dem genom Mose

12 Och Mose sade till Aron och till Eleasar och Itamar, hans kvarlevande söner: »Tagen det spisoffer som har blivit över av HERRENS eldsoffer, och äten det osyrat vid sidan av altaret, ty det är högheligt.

13 I skolen äta det på en helig plats; ty det är din och dina söners stadgade rätt av HERRENS eldsoffer; så är mig bjudet.

14 Och viftoffersbringan och offergärdslåret skola ätas av dig, och av dina söner och dina döttrar jämte dig, på en ren plats, ty de äro dig givna såsom din och dina söners stadgade rätt av Israels barns tackoffer.

15 Jämte eldsoffren -- fettstyckena -- skola offergärdslåret och viftoffersbringan bäras fram för att viftas såsom ett viftoffer inför HERRENS ansikte; och de skola såsom en evärdlig rätt tillhöra dig och dina söner jämte dig, såsom HERREN har bjudit.»

16 Och Mose frågade efter syndoffersbocken, men den befanns vara uppbränd. Då förtörnades han på Eleasar och Itamar, Arons kvarlevande söner, och sade:

17 »Varför haven I icke ätit syndoffret på den heliga platsen? Det är ju högheligt. Och han har givit eder det, för att I skolen borttaga menighetens missgärning och bringa försoning för dem inför HERRENS ansikte.

18 Se, dess blod har icke blivit inburet i helgedomens inre; därför skullen I på heligt område hava ätit upp köttet, såsom jag hade bjudit.»

19 Men Aron sade till Mose: »Se, de hava i dag offrat sitt syndoffer och sitt brännoffer inför HERRENS ansikte, och mig har vederfarits vad du vet. Om jag nu i dag åte syndofferskött, skulle detta vara HERREN välbehagligt?»

20 När Mose hörde detta, var han till freds.

   

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9378. 'And Moses alone shall come near Jehovah' means the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people achieved through the Word in general. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming near' as the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people, dealt with below; and from the representation of 'Moses' as the Word in general, dealt with above in 9372. The reason why 'Moses shall come near' means the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people achieved through the Word is that 'coming near' in the spiritual sense means being joined together through love; for those who love each other are joined together, love being spiritual togetherness. It is universally so in the next life that all are joined together according to their love of goodness and truth received from the Lord. Consequently the whole of heaven consists in such togetherness. The situation is similar with coming near or being joined to the Lord. Those who love the Lord are joined to Him, so intimately that they are said to be 'in Him' when they are in heaven. And all those people love the Lord, and are consequently joined to Him through their love, who lead a good life based on the truths of faith, since the good based on those truths emanates from the Lord, indeed is the Lord, John 14:20-21.

[2] But it should be recognized that a person is unable of himself to come near the Lord and be joined to Him; rather the Lord has to come near the person and be joined to him. Yet since the Lord draws a person towards Himself, John 6:44; 12:32, the appearance is that the person does of himself come near and join himself. This happens when the person refrains from evils, for refraining from evils is left to a person's own decision or free will. At this time good from the Lord is flowing in; and it is never lacking, for it is present within the very life a person has from the Lord. But the good accompanying that life is received only in the measure that evils have been removed. The reason why the Word is the means by which the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people is achieved is that the Word unites a person to heaven and through heaven to the Lord. For the Word is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, and therefore those who adhere to that truth in doctrine and life, or in faith and love, adhere to what is Divine emanating from the Lord, and in so doing are joined to Him.

[3] From all this it is evident that 'Moses alone shall come near Jehovah' means the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people achieved through the Word. The reason why 'coming near' means togetherness and presence is that in the next life distances between one person and another are determined altogether by the dissimilarity and diversity of the interior things which belong to thought and affection, see 1273-1277, 1376-1381, 9104. Also every moving away from the Lord or coming near Him is determined altogether by the good of love and consequently of faith received from Him and shown towards Him. So it is that every heaven's nearness to the Lord is determined by its good and conversely every hell's remoteness from Him by its evil. From all this it is evident why it is that 'being near' and 'coming near' in the spiritual sense mean being joined together, as also in the following places: In David,

Jehovah is near to all calling on Him, who call on Him in truth. Psalms 145:18.

'Near' stands for present and joined together with. In the same author,

Blessed is [anyone] whom You choose and cause to come near; he will dwell in Your courts. Psalms 65:4.

'Causing to come near' stands for being joined together with.

[4] In the same author,

O Jehovah, come near my soul; deliver me. Psalms 69:18.

In the same author,

Jehovah is near to those broken in heart. Psalms 34:18.

In Jeremiah,

Let them cause My people to hear My words, and let them bring them back from their evil way, from the wickedness of their deeds. Am I a God near at hand, and not a God afar off? Jeremiah 23:22-23.

The words 'a God near at hand' apply, it is evident, to those who refrain from evils, and the words 'a God afar off' to those who are immersed in evils. In Moses,

Moses said to Aaron, This is what Jehovah spoke, In those who are near Me 1 I will be sanctified. Leviticus 10:3.

'Being sanctified in those who are near' means with those who have been joined to the Lord through the good of love and the truth of faith derived from the Word. In Jeremiah,

At that time their Magnificent One will be one of themselves, and their Ruler will come from their midst; and I will cause Him to come near, and He will come near Me. For who is This [who] has pledged His heart to come near Me? Jeremiah 30:21.

This refers to the Lord, who is 'the Magnificent One' and 'the Ruler'. 'Coming near Jehovah' is being united to Him, for the coming near of [Him who is] Divine to Divine [Being Itself] is nothing other than union.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, In My near ones

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.