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1 Och om någon syndar, i det att han, när han hör edsförpliktelsen och kan vittna om något, vare sig han har sett det eller eljest förnummit det, likväl icke yppar detta och han sålunda bär på missgärning;

2 eller om någon, utan att märka det, kommer vid något orent -- vare sig den döda kroppen av ett orent vilddjur, eller den döda kroppen av ett orent boskapsdjur, eller den döda kroppen av något slags orent smådjur -- och han så bliver oren och ådrager sig skuld;

3 eller om han, utan att märka det, kommer vid en människas orenhet, det må nu vara vad som helst varigenom hon kan vara oren, och han sedan får veta det och han så ådrager sig skuld;

4 eller om någon, utan att märka det, svär i obetänksamhet med sina läppar något, vare sig ont eller gott -- det må nu vara vad som helst som man kan svärja i obetänksamhet -- och sedan kommer till insikt därom och han så ådrager sig skuld i något av dessa stycken:

5 så skall han, när han har ådragit sig skuld i något av dessa stycken, bekänna det vari han har syndat

6 och såsom bot för den synd han har begått föra fram åt HERREN ett hondjur av småboskapen, antingen en tacka eller en get, till syndoffer. Och prästen skall bringa försoning för honom, till rening från hans synd.

7 Men om han icke förmår bekosta ett sådant djur, så skall han såsom bot för vad han har syndat bära fram åt Herren två turturduvor eller två unga duvor, en till syndoffer och en till brännoffer.

8 Dem skall han bära fram till prästen, och denne skall först offra den som är avsedd till syndoffer. Han skall vrida huvudet av den invid halsen, dock utan att frånskilja det.

9 Och han skall stänka något av syndoffrets blod på altarets vägg; men det övriga blodet skall utkramas vid foten av altaret. Det är ett syndoffer.

10 Och den andra skall han offra till ett brännoffer, på föreskrivet sätt. När så prästen bringar försoning för honom, till rening från den synd han har begått, då bliver honom förlåtet.

11 Men om han icke kan anskaffa två turturduvor eller två unga duvor, så skall han såsom offer för vad han har syndat bära fram en tiondedels efa fint mjöl till syndoffer, men ingen olja skall han gjuta därpå och ingen rökelse lägga därpå, ty det är ett syndoffer.

12 Och han skall bära det fram till prästen, och prästen skall taga en handfull därav, det som utgör själva altaroffret, och förbränna det på altaret, ovanpå HERRENS eldsoffer. Det är ett syndoffer.

13 När så prästen för honom bringar försoning för den synd han har begått i något av dessa stycken, då bliver honom förlåtet. Och det övriga skall tillhöra prästen, likasom vid spisoffret.

14 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:

15 Om någon begår en orättrådighet, i det att han ouppsåtligen försyndar sig genom att undanhålla något som är helgat åt Herren, så skall han såsom bot föra fram åt Herren till skuldoffer av småboskapen en felfri vädur, efter det värde du bestämmer i silver, till ett visst belopp siklar efter helgedomssikelns vikt.

16 Och han skall giva ersättning för det som han har undanhållit av det helgade och skall lägga femtedelen av värdet därtill; och detta skall han giva åt prästen. När så prästen bringar försoning för honom genom skuldoffersväduren, då bliver honom förlåtet.

17 Och om någon, utan att veta det, syndar, i det att han bryter mot något HERRENS bud genom vilket något förbjudes, och han så ådrager sig skuld och bär på missgärning,

18 så skall han såsom skuldoffer föra fram till prästen av småboskapen en felfri vädur, efter det värde du bestämmer. När så prästen för honom bringar försoning för den synd han har begått ouppsåtligen och utan att veta det, då bliver honom förlåtet.

19 Det är ett skuldoffer, ty han har ådragit sig skuld inför HERREN.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4545

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4545. 'And be purified, and change your garments' means the holiness that was to be put on. This is clear from the meaning of 'being purified' or being cleansed as being made holy, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'changing one's garments' as putting on, in this case putting on holy truths, for in the internal sense of the Word truths are meant by 'garments'. It is quite evident that 'changing one's garments' was an accepted representative within the Church, but what that custom represented no one can know unless he knows what 'garments' means in the internal sense - namely truths, see 2576. Because in the internal sense the casting aside of falsities and the arrangement by good of truths within the natural is the subject here, it is therefore recorded that Jacob commanded them to change their garments.

[2] 'Changing their garments' was representative of the need to put on holy truths, as may also be seen from other places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion, put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, for there will no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. Isaiah 52:1.

Since 'Zion' means the celestial Church and 'Jerusalem' the spiritual Church, and the celestial Church is that which dwells in good by virtue of its love to the Lord, and the spiritual Church in truth by virtue of its faith and charity, 'strength' is therefore used in reference to Zion, and 'garments' in reference to Jerusalem. And when clothed with these the two are 'clean'.

[3] In Zechariah,

Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and so stood before the angel. And [the angel] answered and said to those standing before him - he said - Remove the filthy garments from upon him. And he said to him, See, I have caused your iniquity to pass away from upon you, by putting on you a change of garments Zechariah 3:3-4.

From this place too it is evident that 'removing garments' and 'putting on a change of garments' represented purification from falsities, for the words 'I have caused your iniquity to pass away from upon you' are used. This also explains why people had changes of garments - which they called simply 'changes', an expression occurring in various places in the Word - because different representations were set forth by means of those changes.

[4] Because the kinds of things mentioned here were represented by changes of garments it is therefore said in Ezekiel, in the description of the new Temple, which in the internal sense means a new Church,

When the priests enter they shall not go out of the holy place to the outer court, but there shall lay aside their garments in which they have ministered, for these are holy, 1 and they shall put on other garments and go near the things which are for the people. Ezekiel 42:14.

And in the same prophet,

When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments, and they shall not sanctify the people in their own garments. 2 Ezekiel 44:19.

[5] Anyone may see that a new temple and the holy city and land which are referred to by the prophet in this chapter, and in the chapters before and after it, are not used to mean any new temple, new city, or new land. For reference is made to sacrifices and religious ceremonies being introduced anew, when in fact these had to be brought to an end; and mention is also made of how the tribes of Israel, referred to by name, were to divide the land among themselves into inheritances, when in fact they were dispersed and never returned to the land. From this it is evident that the religious ceremonies referred to in those chapters mean the spiritual and celestial things constituting the Church. Much the same is meant by Aaron's change of garments when he was going to minister, to offer a burnt offering; in Moses,

He shall put on his linen robe, and linen breeches. He shall place the ashes at the side of the altar. After he takes off his own garments and puts on other garments he shall carry away the ashes to a clean place outside the camp. Leviticus 6:9-12.

This was what he had to do when offering the burnt offering.

[6] As regards 'being cleansed' meaning being made holy, this may be seen from the cleansings that were commanded, such as the command to wash their flesh and their garments, and the command to be sprinkled with the waters of separation. Everyone who knows anything about the spiritual man may also recognize that nobody is made holy by carrying out commands such as these. For what does iniquity or sin have to do with the garments a person is wearing? Yet it is stated several times that after people had cleansed themselves they would be holy. From this it is also evident that such rituals which the Israelites were commanded to carry out were in no way holy except by virtue of their representation of holy things, and that as a consequence people who served as representers did not on that account become holy persons. It was the holiness they represented, quite apart from them as actual persons, that stirred the affections of the spirits present with them, and through these the affections of the angels in heaven, 4307.

[7] For in order that the human race may be kept in being, human beings must of necessity live in communication with heaven; and that communication is effected through the Church. Otherwise human beings would become like animals, lacking any restraints internally or externally, so that all would plunge unchecked into the destruction of others and would annihilate one another. And because in the time of the Israelites no communication through any Church was possible, the Lord therefore provided in an amazing way for a communication to be effected by means of representatives. It is evident from many places in the Word that being made holy was represented by the ritual observance of washing and cleansing, as when Jehovah came down on Mount Sinai and then said to Moses,

Make them holy today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments and be ready on the third day. Exodus 19:10-11.

In Ezekiel,

I will sprinkle clean water over you, and you will be cleansed from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit will I give in the midst of you. Ezekiel 36:25-26.

Here it is plain that 'sprinkling clean water' represented purification of the heart, so that 'being cleansed' means being made holy.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, holiness

2. The Latin means they shall sanctify the people in other garments, but the Hebrew means they shall not sanctify the people in their own garments, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

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