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Deuteronomio 21

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1 Kung may masumpungang pinatay sa lupain na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios upang ariin, na nabubulagta sa parang, at hindi maalaman kung sinong sumugat sa kaniya:

2 Ay lalabas nga ang iyong mga matanda at ang iyong mga hukom, at kanilang susukatin ang layo ng mga bayang nasa palibot ng pinatay:

3 At mangyayari, na ang mga matanda sa bayang yaon, na bayang malapit sa pinatay, ay kukuha ng isang dumalagang baka sa bakahan, na hindi pa nagagamit at hindi pa nakakapagpasan ng pamatok;

4 At ibababa ng mga matanda ang dumalagang baka sa isang libis na may agos ng tubig, na di pa nabubukid, ni nahahasikan, at babaliin ang leeg ng dumalagang baka doon sa libis:

5 At ang mga saserdote na mga anak ni Levi ay lalapit, sapagka't sila ang pinili ng Panginoon mong Dios na mangasiwa sa kaniya, at bumasbas sa pangalan ng Panginoon; at ayon sa kanilang salita ay pasisiyahan ang bawa't pagkakaalit at bawa't awayan:

6 At lahat ng mga matanda sa bayang yaon, na malapit sa pinatay, ay maghuhugas ng kanilang kamay sa ibabaw ng dumalagang baka na binali ang leeg sa libis:

7 At sila'y sasagot at sasabihin, Ang aming kamay ay hindi nagbubo ng dugong ito, ni nakita ng aming mga mata.

8 Patawarin mo, Oh Panginoon, ang iyong bayang Israel, na iyong tinubos, at huwag mong tikising matira sa gitna ng iyong bayang Israel, ang dugong walang sala. At ang dugo'y ipatatawad sa kanila.

9 Gayon mo aalisin ang dugong walang sala sa gitna mo, pagka iyong gagawin ang matuwid sa paningin ng Panginoon.

10 Pagka ikaw ay lalabas upang makipagbaka laban sa iyong mga kaaway, at ibibigay sila ng Panginoon mong Dios sa iyong mga kamay, at dadalhin mo silang bihag,

11 At makakakita ka sa mga bihag ng isang magandang babae, at magkaroon ka ng nasa sa kaniya, at iibigin mo siyang kuning asawa,

12 Ay iyo nga siyang dadalhin sa iyong bahay; at kaniyang aahitan ang kaniyang ulo, at gugupitin ang kaniyang mga kuko;

13 At kaniyang huhubarin ang suot na pagkabihag sa kaniya, at matitira sa iyong bahay, at iiyakan ang kaniyang ama at ang kaniyang ina na isang buong buwan: at pagkatapos noo'y sisiping ka sa kaniya, at ikaw ay magiging asawa niya, at siya'y magiging iyong asawa.

14 At mangyayari, na kung di mo kalugdan siya, ay iyo ngang pababayaan siyang yumaon kung saan niya ibig; nguni't huwag mo siyang ipagbibili ng salapi, huwag mo siyang aalipinin, sapagka't iyong pinangayupapa siya.

15 Kung ang isang lalake ay may dalawang asawa, na ang isa'y sinisinta, at ang isa'y kinapopootan, at kapuwa magkaanak sa kaniya, ang sinisinta at ang kinapopootan; at kung ang maging panganay ay sa kinapopootan:

16 Ay mangyayari nga sa araw na kaniyang pagmanahin ang kaniyang mga anak ng kaniyang tinatangkilik, ay hindi niya magagawang panganay ang anak ng sinisinta na higit kay sa anak ng kinapopootan, na siyang panganay;

17 Kundi kaniyang kikilalaning panganay, ang anak ng kinapopootan sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay sa kaniya ng dalawang bahagi sa buong kaniyang tinatangkilik; sapagka't siya ang pasimula ng kaniyang lakas; ang karapatan nga ng pagkapanganay ay kaniya.

18 Kung ang isang lalake ay may matigas na loob at mapanghimagsik na anak, na ayaw makinig ng tinig ng kaniyang ama, o ng tinig ng kaniyang ina, at bagaman kanilang parusahan siya ay ayaw makinig sa kanila:

19 Ay hahawakan nga ng kaniyang ama at ng kaniyang ina at dadalhin sa mga matanda sa kaniyang bayan, at sa pintuang-bayan ng kaniyang pook;

20 At kanilang sasabihin sa mga matanda sa kaniyang bayan. Itong aming anak ay matigas na loob at mapanghimagsik, na ayaw niyang dinggin ang aming tinig; siya'y may masamang pamumuhay, at manglalasing.

21 At babatuhin siya ng mga bato, ng lahat ng mga lalake sa kaniyang bayan upang siya'y mamatay: gayon mo aalisin ang kasamaan sa gitna mo; at maririnig ng buong Israel, at matatakot.

22 Kung ang isang lalake ay magkasala ng kasalanang marapat sa kamatayan, at siya'y patayin, at iyong ibitin siya sa isang punong kahoy;

23 Ay huwag maiiwan buong gabi ang kaniyang bangkay sa punong kahoy, kundi walang pagsalang siya'y iyong ililibing sa araw ding yaon; sapagka't ang bitin ay sinumpa ng Dios; upang huwag mong ihawa ang iyong lupa na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios, na ipinamana.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6767

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6767. 'Do you intend to kill me . . .' means, Do you wish to destroy my faith ... This is clear from the meaning of 'killing' as destroying, dealt with below; and from the meaning of a Hebrew man, to whom 'me' refers here, as one who belongs to the Church. Faith too is accordingly meant, for faith goes together with the Church, and the two are so bound up with each other that a person who destroys the faith present with someone destroys the Church with him. This is also 'to kill him', for by taking faith away he takes spiritual life away, the life that remains being a life that is called death. From this it is evident that 'Do you intend to kill me?' means, Do you wish to destroy my faith?

[2] The fact that 'killing' is taking away spiritual life is evident from many places in the Word, as in Jeremiah,

Drag them away like sheep for the slaughter, and destine them to the day of killing. How long will the land mourn and the plant of every field wither, on account of the wickedness of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds will be devoured. Jeremiah 12:3-4.

'The day of killing' stands for the time that the Church is laid waste, when there is no longer any faith because there is no charity. 'The land which will mourn' stands for the Church; 'the plant of every field' stands for all the facts known to the Church that hold truth within them; 'the beasts and the birds will be devoured' stands for the fact that forms of good and truths will be destroyed. For the meaning of 'the land' as the Church, see 566, 662, 1067, 1262, 1413, 1607, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 2928, 3755, 4447, 4535, 5577. The meaning of 'the plant' as factual knowledge holding truth within it is clear from places in the Word where plant is mentioned. And for the meaning of 'the field' as that which is of the Church, see 2971, 3710, 3766, of 'the beasts' as affections for good, thus forms of good, 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 1823, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198, and of 'the birds' as affections for truth, 5149. From all this one may recognize what the meaning of these words is, and also that the spiritual sense is present in every detail there. Anyone can see that without the inner meaning there could be no understanding of what 'the day of killing' is, or of what is described by the details 'will the land mourn', 'the plant of every field wither, on account of the wickedness of those who dwell in it', and 'the beasts and the birds will be devoured'.

[3] In Zechariah,

Thus said Jehovah my God, Feed the sheep for killing, whose owners kill them. Zechariah 11:4-5.

'The sheep for killing' plainly stands for people whose faith is destroyed by those who are their owners. In Ezekiel,

You have desecrated Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for crusts of bread, to kill souls that ought not to die, and to keep alive souls that ought not to live. Ezekiel 13:19.

Here also 'killing' plainly stands for destroying spiritual life, that is, charity and faith. In Isaiah,

What will you do on the day of visitation and vastation? They will fall beneath the bound and beneath the killed. Isaiah 10:3-4.

Here 'the killed' stands for those who are in hell, thus for those immersed in evils and falsities.

[4] In the same prophet,

You are cast out from your sepulchre like an abominable branch, [like] a garment of the killed, [like] those pierced with the sword. You will not be united with them in the sepulchre, for you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people. Isaiah 14:19-20.

'The killed' stands for those who have been deprived of spiritual life; 'you have killed your people' stands for his destruction of forms of the truth and good of faith. In John,

The thief does not come except in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that they may have life. John 10:10.

'Killing' stands for destroying the life of faith, and therefore it says, 'I have come in order that they may have life'. In Mark,

Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his children, and the children will rise up against parents and kill them. Mark 13:12.

This refers to the last days of the Church when there is no longer any charity and therefore no faith either. 'Brother', 'children', and 'parents' in the internal sense are the Church's forms of good and its truths; and 'killing' is destroying them.

[5] Because one who had been 'killed' meant a person who had been deprived of spiritual life, and 'the field' meant the Church, it had therefore been decreed in the representative church that if anyone on the surface of the field touched somebody who had been pierced with the sword, or who had been killed, he would be unclean for seven days, Numbers 19:16. 'Slain with the sword' means truth wiped out by falsity, see 4507; for 'the sword' is falsity that wipes out truth, 2799, 4499, 653. It was likewise decreed that if anyone was found killed in the land which was their inheritance, lying on the field, and it was not known who had killed him, the elders and judges were to measure the distances to the cities which were round about. Having found out by doing this which was the nearest city, they were to take a heifer and break its neck at a fast-flowing river, and to do many other things, Deuteronomy 21:1-10.

  
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