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Levitico 22

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1 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

2 Salitain mo kay Aaron at sa kaniyang mga anak na sila'y magsihiwalay sa mga banal na bagay ng mga anak ni Israel, na ikinagiging banal nila sa akin, at huwag nilang lapastanganin ang aking banal na pangalan: ako ang Panginoon.

3 Sabihin mo sa kanila, Sinomang lalake sa lahat ng inyong binhi sa buong panahon ng inyong lahi, na lumapit sa mga banal na bagay na ikinagiging banal ng mga anak ni Israel sa Panginoon, na taglay ang kaniyang karumihan, ay ihihiwalay ang taong iyon sa harap ko: ako ang Panginoon.

4 Sinomang lalake sa binhi ni Aaron na may ketong o may agas; ay hindi kakain ng mga banal na bagay hanggang siya'y malinis. At ang humipo ng alin mang bagay na karumaldumal dahil sa patay, o lalaking nilabasan ng binhi nito;

5 O sinomang humipo ng anomang umuusad na makapagpaparumi, o lalaking makakahawa dahil sa alin mang karumihan niya;

6 Ang lalaking humipo ng gayon ay magiging karumaldumal hanggang sa hapon, at hindi kakain ng mga banal na bagay maliban na maligo siya sa tubig.

7 At pagkalubog ng araw, ay magiging malinis siya; at pagkatapos ay makakakain ng mga banal na bagay, sapagka't siya niyang tinapay.

8 Yaong bagay na namatay sa sarili, o nilapa ng mga ganid, ay huwag niyang kakanin, na makapagpapahawa sa kaniya: ako ang Panginoon.

9 Iingatan nga nila ang aking bilin, baka sila'y magkasala sa paraang iyan, at kanilang ikamatay, kung kanilang lapastanganin: ako ang Panginoon na nagpapaging banal sa kanila.

10 Hindi makakakain ang sinomang taga ibang bayan ng banal na bagay: sinomang nakikipanuluyan sa saserdote, o aliping upahan niya ay hindi makakakain ng banal na bagay.

11 Nguni't kung ang saserdote ay bumili ng sinomang tao sa kaniyang salapi, ay makakakain ito; at gayon din ang aliping inianak sa kaniyang bahay ay makakakain ng kaniyang tinapay.

12 At kung ang isang anak na babae ng saserdote ay magasawa sa isang taga ibang bayan, ay hindi makakakain sa handog na itinaas sa mga banal na bagay.

13 Datapuwa't kung ang anak na babae ng saserdote ay bao o inihiwalay, na walang anak at bumalik sa bahay ng kaniyang ama na gaya rin ng kaniyang pagkadalaga, ay makakakain ng tinapay ng kaniyang ama, nguni't ang sinomang taga ibang bayan ay hindi makakakain niyaon.

14 At kung ang sinomang lalake ay magkamaling kumain ng banal na bagay, ay kaniyang daragdagan pa nga ng ikalimang bahagi yaon, at ibibigay niya sa saserdote ang banal na bagay.

15 At huwag nilang dudumhan ang mga banal na bagay ng mga anak ni Israel, na inihahandog sa Panginoon;

16 At gayon papasanin ang kasamaan ng nagtataglay ng sala, pagka kanilang kinakain ang kanilang mga banal na bagay: sapagka't ako ang Panginoon na nagpapaging banal sa kanila.

17 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

18 Salitain mo kay Aaron at sa kaniyang mga anak, at sa lahat ng mga anak ni Israel, at sabihin mo sa kanila, Sinoman sa sangbahayan ni Israel, o sa mga taga ibang bayan sa Israel, na maghahandog ng kaniyang alay, maging anomang panata nila, o maging anomang kusang handog nila, na kanilang inihahandog sa Panginoon na pinakahandog na susunugin;

19 Upang kayo'y tanggapin, ang inyong ihahandog ay lalaking hayop na walang kapintasan, sa mga baka, sa mga tupa, o sa mga kambing.

20 Datapuwa't alin mang may kapintasan, ay huwag ninyong ihahandog; sapagka't hindi tatanggapin sa inyo.

21 At sinomang maghandog sa Panginoon ng haing handog tungkol sa kapayapaan, sa pagtupad ng isang panata o kaya'y kusang handog, na mula sa bakahan o sa kawan ay kinakailangang sakdal, upang tanggapin; anomang kapintasan ay huwag magkakaroon.

22 Bulag, o may bali, o may hiwa, o may sugat, o galisin, o malangib, ay huwag ninyong ihahandog ang mga ito sa Panginoon, ni huwag kayong maghahandog sa Panginoon ng mga iyan na pinaraan sa apoy sa ibabaw ng dambana.

23 Maging toro o tupa na may anomang kuntil o kulang sa kaniyang sangkap ng katawan, ay maihahandog mo na handog mo na kusa, datapuwa't sa panata ay hindi tatanggapin.

24 Yaong niluluslusan, o napisa, o nabasag, o naputol ay huwag ninyong ihahandog sa Panginoon; ni huwag kayong gagawa ng ganyan sa inyong lupain.

25 Ni mula sa kamay ng taga ibang lupa ay huwag ninyong ihahandog na pinakatinapay ng inyong Dios ang alin mang mga hayop na ito: sapagka't taglay nila ang kanilang karumhan, may kapintasan sa mga iyan: hindi tatanggapin sa inyo.

26 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

27 Pagka may ipinanganak, na baka, o tupa, o kambing ay mapapasa kaniyang ina ngang pitong araw; at mula sa ikawalong araw hanggang sa haharapin ay tatanggaping alay sa Panginoon na handog na pinaraan sa apoy.

28 At maging baka o tupa ay huwag ninyong papatayin sa isang araw siya at ang kaniyang anak.

29 At pagka kayo'y maghahandog ng haing pasalamat sa Panginoon, ay inyong ihahain upang kayo'y tanggapin.

30 Sa araw ding iyan kakanin; huwag kayong magtitira ng anoman niyan hanggang sa umaga: ako ang Panginoon.

31 Kaya't inyong iingatan ang aking mga utos, at inyong tutuparin: ako ang Panginoon.

32 At huwag ninyong lalapastanganin ang aking banal na pangalan; kundi ako'y sasambahin sa gitna ng mga anak ni Israel: ako ang Panginoon na nagpapaging banal sa inyo,

33 Na naglabas sa inyo sa lupain ng Egipto, upang ako'y maging inyong Dios: ako ang Panginoon.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2187

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2187. 'And they ate' means communication in this manner. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'eating' as being communicated, and also being joined together, as is also evident from the Word. The injunction that Aaron, and his sons the Levites, and also the people were to eat the consecrated elements of the sacrifices in a holy place meant nothing other than the communication, conjunction, and making one's own, as stated above in 2177, at the point where Leviticus 6:16-17, is referred to. For it was celestial and spiritual food that was meant by the consecrated elements, and thus making that food their own by eating those elements. These consecrated elements were those parts of the sacrifices which were not burned on the altar but were eaten either by the priests or by the people who brought the offering, as becomes clear from very many places where the sacrifices are the subject. The consecrated elements that were to be eaten by the priests are referred to in Exodus 29:32-33; Leviticus 6:16, 26; 7:6, 15-16, 18; 8:31; 10:12-13; Numbers 18:9-11; and those to be eaten by the people, in Leviticus 19:5-6; Deuteronomy 12:27; 27:7; and elsewhere. And that those who were unclean were not to eat of them is referred to in Leviticus 7:19-21; 22:4-7. These ritual feasts took place in a holy place near the altar, either at the gate or in the court outside the tent. And they meant nothing else than the communication, conjunction, and making of celestial goods one's own, for those feasts represented celestial food. For what celestial food is, see 56-58, 680, 681, 1480, 1695. And all those consecrated elements were called 'bread', for the meaning of which see above in 2165. Something similar was represented by Aaron and his sons eating the loaves of the presence, or the shewbread, in a holy place, Leviticus 24:9.

[2] The reason for the law given to the Nazirite that during the days of his Naziriteship he was forbidden to eat anything that is produced from the grape - from which wine is made - from pips even to skin, Numbers 6:4, is that the Nazirite represented the celestial man, and the celestial man is such as is not willing even to mention spiritual things, see Volume One, in 202, 337, 880 (end), 1647. And because 'wine' and 'the grape', and also whatever came from the grape, meant that which is spiritual, the Nazirite was therefore forbidden to eat of them, that is, to have any communication with spiritual things, to join himself to them, or to make them his own.

[3] Something similar is meant by 'eating' in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money on that which is not bread, and your labour on that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to Me and eat what is good, and your soul will delight itself in fatness. Isaiah 55:1-2.

And also what is said in John,

To him who conquers I will grant to eat from the tree of life which is in the middle of the Paradise of God. Revelation 2:7.

'The tree of life' is the celestial itself, and in the highest sense it is the Lord Himself since He is the source of everything celestial, that is, of all love and charity. Thus 'eating from the tree of life' is the same as feeding on the Lord; and 'feeding on the Lord' is being endowed with love and charity, thus with those things that belong to heavenly life, as the Lord Himself declares in John,

I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread he will live for ever. He who feeds on Me will live through Me. John 6:51, 57. But they said, This is a hard saying. Jesus said however, The words that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life. John 6:60, 63.

From this it is evident what is meant by 'eating' in the Holy Supper, Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-23; Luke 22:19-20 - having communication, being joined together, and making one's own.

[4] From this it is also plain what is meant by the Lord's statement that

Many will come from the east and from the west and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Matthew 8:11.

The Lord did not mean that they were going to feast with these three in the kingdom of God but that they were to enjoy the celestial goods meant by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That is to say, they were to enjoy the inmost celestial goods of love, meant by -Abraham'; also a lower type of goods, which are intermediate, as those are which belong to the rational, meant by 'Isaac'; and a still lower type of goods which are celestial-natural, such as occur in the first heaven, meant by 'Jacob'. These are the things which constitute the internal sense of these words. That such things are meant by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, see 1893, and wherever else they are the subject. For whether one speaks of enjoying those celestial things, or whether one speaks of enjoying the Lord, whom they represent, it amounts to the same since the Lord is the source of all those things, and the Lord is their All in all.

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