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Deuteronomio 13

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1 Kung may bumangon sa gitna mo na isang manghuhula, o isang mapanaginipin ng mga panaginip, at kaniyang bigyan ka ng isang tanda o kababalaghan,

2 At ang tanda o ang kababalaghan ay mangyari, na kaniyang pagsalitaan ka, na sabihin, Sumunod tayo sa ibang mga dios, na hindi mo nakikilala, at ating paglingkuran sila;

3 Ay huwag mong didinggin ang mga salita ng manghuhulang yaon, o ng mapanaginiping yaon ng mga panaginip: sapagka't sinusubok kayo ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, upang maalaman kung iniibig ninyo ang Panginoon ninyong Dios ng inyong buong puso at ng inyong buong kaluluwa.

4 Kayo'y lalakad ayon sa Panginoon ninyong Dios, at matatakot sa kaniya, at gaganap ng kaniyang mga utos, at susunod sa kaniyang tinig at maglilingkod sa kaniya at lalakip sa kaniya.

5 At ang manghuhulang yaon o ang mapanaginiping yaon ng mga panaginip, ay papatayin, sapagka't siya'y nagsalita ng panghihimagsik laban sa Panginoon ninyong Dios na naglabas sa inyo sa lupain ng Egipto, at tumubos sa iyo sa bahay ng pagkaalipin, upang iligaw ka sa daan na iniutos sa iyong lakaran mo ng Panginoon mong Dios. Ganito mo aalisin ang kasamaan sa gitna mo.

6 Kung ang inyong kapatid na lalake, na anak ng iyong ina, o ang iyong anak na lalake o babae, o ang asawa ng iyong sinapupunan, o ang iyong kaibigan, na parang iyong sariling kaluluwa, ay humimok sa iyo ng lihim, na magsabi, Tayo'y yumaon at maglingkod sa ibang mga dios, na hindi mo nakilala, ninyo o ng iyong mga magulang;

7 Sa mga dios ng mga bayan na nasa palibot ninyo na malapit sa iyo, o malayo sa iyo, mula sa isang dulo ng lupa hanggang sa kabilang dulo ng lupa;

8 Ay huwag mong papayagan siya ni didinggin siya; ni huwag mong kahahabagan siya ng iyong mata, ni patatawarin, ni ikukubli:

9 Kundi papatayin mo nga; ang iyong kamay ang mangunguna sa kaniya upang patayin siya, at pagkatapos ay ang kamay ng buong bayan.

10 At iyong babatuhin siya ng mga bato upang siya'y mamatay, sapagka't kaniyang pinagsikapang ihiwalay ka sa Panginoon mong Dios, na naglabas sa iyo sa lupain ng Egipto, sa bahay ng pagkaalipin.

11 At maririnig ng buong Israel, at matatakot, at hindi na gagawa ng anomang kasamaan pa na gaya nito sa gitna mo.

12 Kung iyong maririnig saysayin ang tungkol sa isa sa iyong mga bayan, na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios upang tumahan ka roon, na sasabihin.

13 Ilang hamak na tao ay nagsialis sa gitna mo, at iniligaw ang mga nananahan sa kanilang bayan, na sinasabi, Tayo'y yumaon at maglingkod sa ibang mga dios, na hindi ninyo nangakilala;

14 Ay iyo ngang sisiyasatin at uusisain, at itatanong na mainam; at, narito, kung magkatotoo at ang bagay ay tunay, na nagawa sa gitna mo ang gayong karumaldumal;

15 Iyo ngang susugatan ng talim ng tabak, ang mga nananahan sa bayang yaon, na iyong lubos na lilipulin, at ang lahat na nandoon at ang mga hayop doon ay iyong lilipulin ng talim ng tabak.

16 At iyong titipunin ang buong nasamsam doon, sa gitna ng lansangan niyaon, at iyong susunugin sa apoy ang bayan, at ang buong nasamsam doon, na bawa't putol, ay sa Panginoon mong Dios; at magiging isang bunton ng dumi magpakailan man; hindi na muling matatayo.

17 At huwag kang magsasagi ng bagay na itinalaga sa iyong kamay: upang talikdan ng Panginoon ang kabagsikan ng kaniyang galit, at pagpakitaan ka niya ng kaawaan, at mahabag sa iyo at paramihin ka, na gaya ng isinumpa niya sa iyong mga magulang;

18 Pagka iyong didinggin ang tinig ng Panginoon mong Dios, na iyong gaganapin ang lahat ng kaniyang mga utos na aking iniuutos sa iyo sa araw na ito, na iyong gagawin ang matuwid sa paningin ng Panginoon mong Dios.

   

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7456. 'Will they not stone us?' means that they would thereby demolish the truths of faith that related to worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'stoning' as demolishing and wiping out falsities, but in the contrary sense, when done by the evil, as demolishing and wiping out the truths of faith. If the vile, foul, and hellish things referred to above in 7454 were to enter in among people whose worship is holy its holiness would be destroyed. The reason for this is that when a person's worship is holy he is withheld from such things, and people who are governed by good in faith and life are raised above the level of the senses on which such things reside. But when such objects do enter in the foul things present on the sensory level are stirred up - that is, the things which a person is withheld from when his worship is holy, as has been stated, and which people governed by good are raised above - and the holiness of the worship is destroyed. Experience too demonstrates this plainly, for if, when a person offers worship to God, some foul object appears and is not removed, worship ceases and is destroyed. This is what is meant when it is said that if those steeped in falsities arising from evils were nearby they would demolish the truths of faith that relate to worship.

[2] As for the meaning of 'stoning', it should be recognized that the Jews and Israelites, among whom a representative of the Church had been established, had two kinds of capital punishment, one being stoning, the other hanging on wood. Stoning was used if anyone sought to destroy the truths relating to worship which were commanded, while hanging was used if anyone sought to destroy goodness of life. The reason why those who sought to destroy truths relating to worship were stoned was that a stone was a sign of truth and in the contrary sense of falsity, 643, 1298, 3720, 6426. And the reason why those who sought to destroy goodness of life were hanged on wood was that wood was a sign of good and in the contrary sense of the evil belonging to evil desires, 643, 2784, 2812, 3720.

[3] The fact that punishment by stoning would be used if anyone should destroy truths relating to worship is evident from the following places: In Ezekiel,

Finally they will cause an assembly to come up upon you, and they will stone you with stones and cut you up with their swords. Ezekiel 16:40.

This refers to the perverse Jerusalem and the destruction of the truth of faith by means of falsities. This is why it says that 'they will stone with stones' and also 'cut up with swords', for 'a sword' means truth engaged in conflict with falsity and destroying it, and in the contrary sense falsity engaged in conflict with truth and destroying it, 2799, 4499, 6353, 7102.

[4] A similar statement occurs elsewhere in the same prophet,

Cause an assembly to come up against them, in order that the assembly may stone them with stones and tear them apart with their swords. Ezekiel 23:46-47.

This refers to Jerusalem and Samaria, by which the Church is meant. Jerusalem means the celestial-spiritual Church, Samaria the spiritual Church, and this chapter describes how forms of the good and truth of faith were destroyed in them.

[5] In Moses,

If an ox strikes a man or woman with its horn so that the person dies, the ox shall surely be stoned. Exodus 21:28.

'Striking a man or woman with the horn' means falsity engaged in conflict with truth and goodness and destroying them. For 'the horn' is falsity engaged in conflict, and also the power of falsity, 2832, while 'man and woman' in the Word means truth and goodness; and this makes plain what the internal sense of that command is and why it was that the ox had to be stoned.

[6] In the same author,

Anyone blaspheming the name of Jehovah shall surely be killed; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. Leviticus 24:16.

'Blaspheming the name of Jehovah' means using malevolent falsities to do violence to truths and forms of good that relate to worship. 'The name of Jehovah' means everything in one embrace that is used to worship Jehovah, see 2724, 3006, thus every aspect of faith and charity, 6674. This also explains why the Israelite woman s son who blasphemed the name of Jehovah was led outside the camp and stoned, Leviticus 24:11, 14, 23. Furthermore it had been commanded that those who served other gods should be stoned, Deuteronomy 17:3, 5, and also those who enticed anyone to serve other gods, Deuteronomy 13:6-10. 'Serving other gods' means profane worship by means of which true worship is destroyed.

[7] If no evidence of virginity were found with a young woman when she married she was to be stoned because she had played the fool in Israel by committing whoredom in her father's house, Deuteronomy 22:20-21. The reason for this was that 'whoredom' meant the falsification of truth, thus the destruction of it, 2466, 4865. If a man lay in the city with a young woman, a virgin, who was betrothed to a man, both were to be stoned, Deuteronomy 22:23-24, and for the same reason, namely whoredom; for spiritual whoredom is the falsification of truth. In Luke 20:5-6, [one reads about the chief priests, scribes, and elders] coming to the conclusion among themselves that if they said John's baptism was from heaven [the Lord] would say, 'Why did you not believe him?' But if they said 'From men', all the people would stone them. Here also 'stoning' is spoken of because of opposition to the truth.

The reason why the Jews sought to stone Jesus because He said, Before Abraham was, I am, John 8:58-59, was that that nation believed this to be false. In a similar way they sought to stone Jesus because He said He and His Father were one, John 10:30-33; for they thought, as these verses also state, that this was blasphemy.

From all this one may now see what stoning was and why it was commanded, and also that punishment by stoning, administered since ancient times as its use in Egypt proves, was derived from the representatives of the Ancient Church.

  
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