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Levitico 4

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1 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

2 Salitain mo sa mga anak ni Israel, na iyong sabihin, Kung ang sinoman ay magkakasala ng hindi sinasadya sa alin man sa mga bagay na iniutos ng Panginoon na huwag gawin, at gagawin ng sinoman sa kanila;

3 Kung ang pinahirang saserdote ang magkasala ng gayon na magdala ng sala sa bayan, ay maghahandog nga siya sa Panginoon dahil sa kaniyang kasalanan na ipinagkasala, ng isang guyang toro, na walang kapintasan, na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan.

4 At dadalhin niya ang toro sa pintuan ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan sa harap ng Panginoon: at ipapatong niya ang kaniyang kamay sa ulo ng toro, at papatayin ang toro sa harap ng Panginoon.

5 At ang pinahiran ng langis na saserdote ay kukuha ng dugo ng toro, at dadalhin sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan:

6 At ilulubog ng saserdote ang kaniyang daliri sa dugo, at magwiwisik na makapito ng dugo sa harap ng Panginoon, sa tapat ng tabing ng santuario.

7 At ang saserdote ay maglalagay ng dugong yaon sa ibabaw ng mga anyong sungay ng dambana ng mabangong kamangyan sa harap ng Panginoon, na nasa tabernakulo ng kapisanan: at lahat ng dugo ng toro ay ibubuhos sa paanan ng dambanang pagsusunugan ng handog na nasa pintuan ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan.

8 At aalisin ang lahat ng taba ng toro na handog dahil sa kasalanan; ang tabang nakakatakip sa lamang loob, at ang lahat ng tabang nasa ibabaw ng lamang loob,

9 At ang dalawang bato at ang tabang nasa ibabaw, na malapit sa mga balakang, at ang lamad na nasa ibabaw ng atay, ay aalisin na kalakip ng mga bato,

10 Na gaya ng pagaalis ng sa toro na hain na mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan: at susunugin ng saserdote sa ibabaw ng dambanang pagsusunugan ng handog.

11 At ang balat ng toro at ang buong laman pati ng ulo at ng mga hita, at ng lamang loob, at ng dumi,

12 Sa makatuwid baga'y ang buong toro ay ilalabas niya sa labas ng kampamento sa isang dakong malinis, na pinagtatapunan ng mga abo, at doon susunugin sa apoy sa ibabaw ng kahoy: sa pinagtatapunan ng mga abo susunugin yaon.

13 At kung ang buong kapisanan ng Israel ay magkasala, at ang bagay ay malihim sa mga mata ng kapulungan, at sila'y nakagawa ng anoman sa mga bagay na iniutos ng Panginoon na huwag gawin, at naging salarin;

14 Pagka nakilala ang kasalanan ng kanilang ipinagkasala, ay maghahandog nga ang kapisanan ng isang guyang toro na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan, at dadalhin sa harap ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan.

15 At ipapatong ng mga matanda ng kapulungan, ang kanilang kamay sa ulo ng toro sa harap ng Panginoon: at papatayin ang toro sa harap ng Panginoon.

16 At ang saserdoteng pinahiran ng langis ay magdadala ng dugo ng toro sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan:

17 At ilulubog ng saserdote ang kaniyang daliri sa dugo, at iwiwisik na makapito sa harap ng Panginoon, sa harap ng tabing.

18 At maglalagay siya ng dugo sa ibabaw ng mga anyong sungay ng dambana na nasa harap ng Panginoon, na nasa tabernakulo ng kapisanan, at ang lahat ng dugo ay ibubuhos niya sa paanan ng dambanang pagsusunugan ng handog na nasa pintuan ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan.

19 At aalisin niya ang lahat ng taba niyaon, at susunugin niya sa ibabaw ng dambana.

20 Gayon ang gagawin niya sa toro; kung paano ang ginawa niya sa torong handog dahil sa kasalanan, ay gayon gagawin niya rito: at itutubos sa kanila ng saserdote, at patatawarin sila.

21 At ilalabas niya ang toro sa kampamento, at susunugin niya, na gaya ng pagkasunog sa unang toro: handog nga dahil sa kasalanan ng kapisanan.

22 Pagka ang isang pinuno ay nagkasala, at nakagawa ng hindi sinasadya sa alinman sa lahat ng bagay na iniutos ng Panginoon niyang Dios na huwag gawin, at siya'y naging salarin;

23 Kung maipakilala sa kaniya ang kasalanan niyang ipinagkasala, ay magdadala siya ng pinakaalay niya na isang lalaking kambing na walang kapintasan;

24 At ipapatong niya ang kaniyang kamay sa ulo ng kambing, at papatayin niya sa dakong pinagpapatayan ng handog na susunugin sa harap ng Panginoon: handog nga dahil sa kasalanan.

25 At dadampot ang saserdote sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang daliri, ng dugo ng handog dahil sa kasalanan at ilalagay sa ibabaw ng mga anyong sungay ng dambanang pagsusunugan ng handog, at ang dugo'y ibubuhos sa paanan ng dambanang pagsusunugan ng handog.

26 At ang lahat ng taba niyaon ay susunugin niya sa dambana, na gaya ng taba ng hain na mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan: at itutubos sa kaniya ng saserdote tungkol sa kaniyang kasalanan, at siya'y patatawarin.

27 At kung ang sinomang karaniwang tao sa bayan ay magkasala ng hindi sinasadya, sa paggawa sa alinman sa mga bagay na iniutos ng Panginoon na huwag gawin, at maging makasalanan;

28 Kung maipakilala sa kaniya ang kasalanan niyang pinagkasalahan, ay magdadala siya ng pinakaalay niya na isang babaing kambing na walang kapintasan, na dahil sa kaniyang kasalanang pinagkasalahan niya.

29 At ipapatong niya ang kaniyang kamay sa ulo ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at papatayin ang handog dahil sa kasalanan sa lagayan ng pagsusunugan ng handog.

30 At dadampot ang saserdote sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang daliri ng dugo at ilalagay sa ibabaw ng mga anyong sungay ng dambanang pagsusunugan ng handog, at ang lahat ng dugo niyaon ay ibubuhos niya sa paanan ng dambana.

31 At ang lahat ng taba niyaon ay kaniyang aalisin, na gaya ng pagaalis ng taba sa hain na mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan; at susunugin ng saserdote sa dambana na pinakamasarap na amoy sa Panginoon; at itutubos sa kaniya ng saserdote, at siya'y patatawarin.

32 At kung kordero ang kaniyang dalhing pinakaalay na bilang handog dahil sa kasalanan, ay babaing walang kapintasan ang dadalhin niya.

33 At ipapatong niya ang kaniyang kamay sa ulo ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at papatayin na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan, sa pinagpapatayan ng handog na susunugin.

34 At dadampot ang saserdote sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang daliri ng dugo ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at ilalagay sa ibabaw ng mga anyong sungay ng dambanang pagsusunugan ng handog, at ang lahat ng dugo ay ibubuhos niya sa paanan ng dambana:

35 At ang lahat ng taba ay kaniyang aalisin, gaya ng pagkaalis ng taba sa kordero na hain na mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan; at susunugin ng saserdote sa dambana, sa ibabaw ng mga handog sa Panginoon na pinaraan sa apoy: at itutubos sa kaniya ng saserdote tungkol sa kasalanan na kaniyang pinagkasalahan; at siya'y patatawarin.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 716

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716. 'Sevens of each' means that they are holy. This is clear from what has been stated already in 84-87 about the seventh day or sabbath. That is to say, the Lord is the Seventh Day and from Him derives every celestial Church or man, and indeed, the celestial itself which, because it is the Lord's alone, is most holy. Consequently seven in the Word means holy; indeed in the internal sense, as here, absolutely nothing is obtained from the number itself. For people who possess the internal sense, as angels and angelic spirits do, have no concept at all of what a number is, and so do not know what seven is. Therefore the idea that they were to take seven pairs of all the clean beasts, or that the ratio of the good to the evil was to be seven to two, is not at all the meaning here. Rather it is this: Things of the will with which this member of the Church was supplied were the goods which are holy, through which, as stated already, he was capable of being regenerated.

[2] That 'seven' means that which is holy, or things that are holy, becomes clear from the rituals in the representative Church, where the number seven occurs time and again, for example, being sprinkled seven times with blood and oil, as in Leviticus,

Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything that was in it and made them holy. And he sprinkled some of it over the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels to make them holy. Leviticus 8:10-11.

Here 'seven times' would be utterly devoid of meaning if that which is holy was not being represented in this way. 'Oil' there means the holiness of love. And elsewhere in Leviticus, when Aaron entered the Holy Place,

He shall take some of the blood of the young bull, and shall sprinkle it with his finger over the face 1 of the mercy-seat towards the east, and he shall sprinkle the face 1 of the mercy-seat seven times with some of the blood with his finger.

Similarly with the altar,

He shall sprinkle over it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and shall cleanse it, and make it holy. Leviticus 16:14, 19.

Here every single detail means the Lord Himself, and therefore the holiness of love - that is to say, 'the blood' and also 'the mercy-seat', 'the altar' too, 'the east in which direction the blood was to be sprinkled', and so 'seven' as well, all mean the Lord.

[3] In sacrifices it is similar, about which the following is said in Leviticus,

If a soul has sinned inadvertently, and if the anointed priest has sinned, thus making the people guilty, he shall slaughter the young bull in Jehovah's presence. And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times in Jehovah's presence towards the veil of the Holy Place. Leviticus 4:2-4, 6.

Here similarly 'seven' means that which is holy, for the subject is atonement, and therefore the Lord, since atonement is the Lord's alone. Similar instructions were also given concerning the cleansing of leprosy, about which the following is said in Leviticus,

[Taking some] of the bird's blood, the cedar-wood, the double-dyed scarlet, and the hyssop, the priest shall sprinkle over the one who is to be cleansed from leprosy seven times, and shall cleanse him. In a similar way some of the oil which is in his left palm, seven times in Jehovah's presence. In a similar way in a house where there is leprosy, [he shall take some] of the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the double-dyed scarlet, and shall sprinkle some of the bird's blood seven times. Leviticus 14:6-7, 27, 51.

Anyone may see that here cedar-wood, double-dyed scarlet, hyssop, oil, and blood of a bird, and so the number seven, would be utterly meaningless if things that are holy were not being represented by them. If you take away from them holy things, what is left is something dead, or something unholy and idolatrous. When however they do mean holy things the worship they contain in that case is a Divine worship which is internal and simply represented by things that are external. The Jews however were incapable of knowing what these meant; and neither does anyone today know what cedar-wood, hyssop, double-dyed scarlet, and the bird all mean. Yet if only they had been willing to think that these did embody holy things which they did not actually know, and so had worshipped the Lord - who was the Messiah to come who would heal them from their leprosy, that is, from profaning what is holy - they could have been saved. For people who do think and believe in this manner straightaway receive instruction in the next life, if they desire it, as to what every single detail represented.

[4] Similarly where 'the red heifer' is the subject it is said that the priest was to take some of its blood on his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood towards the face 1 of the tent of meeting seven times, Numbers 19:4. Because 'the seventh day' or sabbath meant the Lord, and from Him meant the celestial man and the celestial itself, the seventh day in the Jewish Church was the holiest of all its religious observances. For this reason there was a sabbath year 2 every seventh year, Leviticus 25:4. Also a jubilee was to be proclaimed after seven sabbaths of years, that is, after seven times seven years, Leviticus 25:8-9. In the highest sense the number seven means the Lord, and from this the holiness of love. This becomes clear also from the golden lampstand with its seven lamps, mentioned in Exodus 25:31-33, 37; 37:17-19, 23; Numbers 8:2-3; Zechariah 4:2. And in John it is spoken of as follows,

Seven golden lampstands; in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. Revelation 1:12-13.

Here it is absolutely clear that 'a lampstand with seven lamps' means the Lord, and that 'the lamps' are the holy things of love, which comprise celestial things, which also is why there were seven of them.

[5] In the same author,

From the throne there were coming forth seven fiery torches burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. Revelation 4:5.

Here 'the seven torches which came forth from the Lord's throne' are seven lamps. The same applies to the number seven when it occurs in the Prophets, as in Isaiah,

The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, on the day when Jehovah will bind up the hurt of His people. Isaiah 30:26.

Here 'sevenfold light as the light of seven days' does not at all mean sevenfold but the holiness of love meant by the sun. See also what has been stated and shown already at Genesis 4:15 concerning the number seven. From these quotations it is also quite clear that all numbers used in the Word never have a numerical value [in the internal sense], as has also been shown already at Genesis 6:3.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, the faces

2. literally, sabbath of a sabbath

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