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Levitico 19

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1 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

2 Salitain mo sa buong kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel, at sabihin mo sa kanila, Kayo'y magpakabanal; sapagka't akong Panginoon ninyong Dios ay banal.

3 Matatakot ang bawa't isa sa inyo, sa kaniyang ina at sa kaniyang ama, at ipangingilin ninyo ang aking mga sabbath: ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios.

4 Huwag ninyong babalikan ang mga diosdiosan, ni huwag kayong gagawa para sa inyo ng mga dios na binubo: ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios.

5 At pagka kayo'y maghahandog sa Panginoon ng hain na mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan, ay inyong ihahandog upang kayo'y tanggapin.

6 Sa araw ding ihandog ay kakanin, at sa kinabukasan: at kung may labis hanggang sa ikatlong araw ay susunugin sa apoy.

7 At kung kanin sa anomang paraan sa ikatlong araw, ay karumaldumal nga; ito'y hindi tatanggapin:

8 Kundi yaong kumain ay siyang magtataglay ng kaniyang kasamaan; sapagka't nilapastangan niya ang banal na bagay ng Panginoon: at ihihiwalay ang gayong tao sa kaniyang bayan.

9 At pagka gagapas kayo ng mga uhay sa inyong lupain, ay huwag ninyong pakakagapasin ang mga sulok ng inyong bukid, ni huwag ninyong pamulutan ang inyong lupang ginapasan.

10 At huwag ninyong sisimutin ang inyong ubasan, ni huwag ninyong pupulutin ang bungang nahulog sa inyong ubasan; sa dukha at sa taga ibang bayan, pababayaan ninyo: ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios.

11 Huwag kayong magnanakaw; ni magdadaya, ni magsisinungaling ang sinoman sa iba.

12 At huwag kayong susumpa ng di totoo sa aking pangalan, na anopa't lapastanganin ninyo ang pangalan ng inyong Dios; ako ang Panginoon.

13 Huwag kayong pipighati sa inyong kapuwa, o magnanakaw man sa kaniya: ang bayad ng isang mag-aaraw ay huwag matitira sa inyo ng buong gabi hanggang sa umaga.

14 Huwag ninyong lalaitin ang bingi, ni maglalagay ng katitisuran sa harap ng bulag, kundi katatakutan ninyo ang inyong Dios: ako ang Panginoon.

15 Huwag kayong gagawa ng kalikuan sa paghatol: huwag kayong magtatangi ng pagkatao ng dukha, ni huwag ninyong pararangalan ang pagkatao ng makapangyarihan: kundi hahatulan ninyo ng katuwiran ang inyong kapuwa.

16 Huwag kayong maghahatid dumapit sa inyong bayan, ni titindig laban sa dugo ng inyong kapuwa: ako ang Panginoon.

17 Huwag ninyong kapopootan ang inyong kapatid sa inyong puso; tunay na inyong sasawayin ang inyong kapuwa, at huwag kayong magtaglay ng kasalanan dahil sa kaniya.

18 Huwag kayong manghihiganti o magtatanim laban sa mga anak ng inyong bayan, kungdi iibigin ninyo ang inyong kapuwa na gaya ng sa inyong sarili: ako ang Panginoon.

19 Iingatan ninyo ang aking mga palatuntunan. Huwag ninyong pagaasawahin ang dalawang hayop ninyong magkaiba; huwag kayong maghahasik sa inyong bukid ng dalawang magkaibang binhi; ni damit na hinabi na may magkahalong dalawang magkaibang kayo ay huwag kayong magsusuot.

20 At kung ang sinomang lalake ay sumiping sa isang babaing aliping may asawa, na hindi pa natutubos, o hindi pa man nabibigyan ng kalayaan; ay kapuwa parurusahan; hindi sila papatayin, sapagka't siya'y hindi laya.

21 At kaniyang dadalhin sa Panginoon ang kaniyang handog dahil sa pagkakasala, sa pintuan ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan, sa makatuwid baga'y isang tupang lalake na pinakahandog dahil sa pagkakasala:

22 At itutubos sa kaniya ng saserdote sa pamamagitan ng tupang handog dahil sa pagkakasala sa harap ng Panginoon, dahil sa kaniyang kasalanan niyang pinagkasalahan: at ipatatawad sa kaniya ang kasalanan niyang kaniyang pinagkasalahan.

23 At pagka kayo'y papasok sa lupain, at nakapagtanim na kayo ng sarisaring punong kahoy na pagkain, ay aariin ninyo ang bunga niyaon na parang hindi sa tuli: tatlong taong aariin ninyong parang hindi sa tuli; hindi kakanin.

24 Datapuwa't sa ikaapat na taon, ang lahat ng bunga niyaon ay magiging banal na pinaka papuri sa Panginoon.

25 At sa ikalimang taon ay kakain kayo ng bunga niyaon upang papagbungahin sa inyo: ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios.

26 Huwag kayong kakain ng anomang may dugo: ni huwag kayong mag-eenkanto ni magpapamahiin.

27 Huwag ninyong gugupitin ng pabilog ang mga buhok sa palibot ng inyong ulo, ni huwag mong sisirain ang mga dulo ng iyong balbas.

28 Huwag ninyong kukudlitan ang inyong laman dahil sa namatay: ni huwag ninyong lilimbagan ang inyong laman ng anomang tanda; ako ang Panginoon.

29 Huwag mong hahamakin ang iyong anak na babae, na siya'y iyong pagmamasamaing babae: baka ang lupain ay malugmok sa pakikiapid, at mapuno ang lupain ng kasamaan.

30 Ipangingilin ninyo ang aking mga sabbath, at igagalang ninyo ang aking santuario: ako ang Panginoon.

31 Huwag ninyong babalikan ang mga inaalihan ng masasamang espiritu ni ang mga mangkukulam: huwag ninyong hanapin na magpakahawa sa kanila: ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios.

32 Titindig kayo sa harap ng may uban at igagalang ninyo ang mukha ng matanda, at katatakutan ninyo ang inyong Dios: ako ang Panginoon.

33 At kung ang isang taga ibang bayan ay nakikipamayan na kasama ninyo sa inyong lupain, ay huwag ninyong gagawan ng masama.

34 Ang taga ibang bayan na nakikipamayan na kasama ninyo, ay inyong aariing tubo sa lupain, at iibigin ninyo na gaya ng sa inyong sarili; sapagka't naging taga ibang bayan kayo sa lupain ng Egipto: ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios.

35 Huwag kayong gagawa ng kalikuan sa paghatol, sa pagsukat, sa pagtimbang, o sa pagtakal.

36 Timbangang matuwid, panimbang na matuwid, epa na matuwid at hin na matuwid ang aariin ninyo: ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios na naglabas sa inyo sa lupain ng Egipto.

37 At inyong iingatan ang lahat ng aking palatuntunan, at ang lahat ng aking kahatulan, at inyong isasagawa: ako ang Panginoon.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2039

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2039. 'Every male [among you] is to be circumcised' means purity. This is clear from the representation and consequently the meaning of 'circumcising' in the internal sense. Circumcision or cutting off the foreskin meant nothing else than the removal and rejection of those elements which stand in the way of and defile heavenly love, namely evil desires, especially those of self-love, and falsities resulting from those desires. The reason why this is the meaning is that the genital organs of both sexes represent heavenly love. There are three kinds of love which constitute the heavenly things of the Lord's kingdom - conjugial love, the love of infants, and social or mutual love. Conjugial love is the chief love of all because it has within it the end of serving the greatest use, namely the propagating of the human race, and therefore of the Lord's kingdom for which it is the seminary. Next to conjugial love, and deriving from it, comes the love of infants, and after that social or mutual love. Whatever covers over, obstructs, and defiles those loves is meant by the foreskin, the cutting away of which, or circumcision, therefore became representative. Indeed to the extent evil desires and resulting falsities are removed, a person is purified and heavenly love can show itself. How contrary self-love is to heavenly love, and how filthy, has been stated and shown in 760, 1307, 1308, 1321, 1594, 2045, 2057. From these considerations it is plain that circumcision in the internal sense means purity.

[2] That circumcision is no more than the sign of a covenant or of conjunction becomes quite clear from the fact that circumcising the foreskin counts for absolutely nothing if unaccompanied by circumcision of the heart; and that purification from those filthy loves is what circumcision of the heart means is quite evident from the following places in the Word: In Moses,

Jehovah God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, so that you will love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. Deuteronomy 30:6.

From these words it is clear that 'circumcising the heart' means being purified from filthy loves in order that Jehovah God or the Lord may be loved with all the heart and all the soul.

[3] In Jeremiah,

Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and remove the foreskin of your heart, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Jeremiah 4:3-4.

'Circumcising oneself to Jehovah and removing the foreskin of the heart' is nothing other than removing such things as stand in the way of heavenly love. From this it is also clear that circumcision of the heart is something more interior that is meant by circumcision of the foreskin. In Moses,

You shall circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and you shall be stiff-necked no longer. [Jehovah] executes judgement for the orphan and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him bread and clothing. Deuteronomy 10:16, 18.

Here also it is plain that 'circumcising the foreskin of the heart' means being purified from the evils that accompany filthy loves and from resulting falsities. The heavenly things of love are described as charitable works, namely 'executing judgement for the orphan and widow', and 'loving the sojourner to give him bread and clothing'.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Behold, the days are coming in which I will visit every one circumcised in the foreskin - Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners [of their hair] cut and who dwell in the wilderness, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart. Jeremiah 9:25-26.

This too shows that circumcision was a sign meaning purification. Although they are called 'circumcised in the foreskin', these nations - the Jews included along with the rest - are considered to be 'uncircumcised nations', and Israel to be 'uncircumcised in heart'. In Moses,

If at that time their uncircumcised heart is humbled. Leviticus 26:41.

Here the meaning is similar.

[5] That the foreskin and being uncircumcised means that which is unclean is clear 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.

'Zion' is used to mean the celestial Church and 'Jerusalem' the spiritual Church into which the uncircumcised, which means the unclean, will not enter.

[6] That circumcision is 'a sign of the covenant' or token of conjunction is quite clear from the fact that the same was represented by the requirement to circumcise the fruits of trees also, spoken of in Moses as follows,

When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food you shall circumcise its foreskin, its fruit. For three years it shall be to you uncircumcised; it shall not be eaten. And in the fourth all its fruit shall be holy. to the praises of Jehovah. Leviticus 19:23-24.

'Fruit' similarly represents and means charity, as becomes clear from many places in the Word. Their 'foreskin' accordingly means the uncleanness that obstructs and pollutes charity.

[7] Here is a marvel: When angels in heaven conceive the idea of purification from natural things that are filthy, something akin to circumcision is represented very speedily in the world of spirits, for in the world of spirits angelic ideas come over as representatives. In the Jewish Church there were some representative religious ceremonies which had those same origins and there were others which did not. The spirits with whom that swift circumcision was represented in the world of spirits were people who wished to be allowed into heaven, but before they were allowed in this representation took place. This explains why Joshua was commanded to circumcise the people after they had crossed the Jordan and were about to enter the land of Canaan. The people's entry into the land of Canaan represented nothing else than the admission into heaven of those who have had faith.

[8] This is why circumcision was commanded a second time, described in Joshua as follows,

Jehovah said to Joshua, Make swords of flint for yourself; circumcise the children of Israel a second time. And Joshua made swords of flint for himself, and circumcised the children of Israel on the hill of foreskins. And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you. And he called the name of that place Gilgal (rolling away). Joshua 5:2-3, 9.

'Swords of flint' means the truths which they were to be provided with to enable them to correct and cut back filthy loves, for without cognitions of truth no purification is possible. That 'stone' or 'flirt' means truths has been shown already, in 643, 1298, and that 'a sword' has reference to truths by which evils may be corrected is clear from the Word.

  
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