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Levitico 6

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1 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

2 Kung ang sinoman ay magkasala, at sumuway sa Panginoon, na magbulaan sa kaniyang kapuwa tungkol sa isang habilin, o sa isang sanla, o sa nakaw, o pumighati sa kaniyang kapuwa,

3 O nakasumpong ng nawala, at ipagkaila at sumumpa ng kasinungalingan; sa alin man sa lahat ng ito na ginawa ng tao ng pinagkakasalahan:

4 Ay mangyayari nga, na kung siya'y nagkasala at naging salarin, na isasauli niya ang ninakaw, o ang nakuha sa pagpighati, o ang habiling inihabilin sa kaniya, o ang bagay na nawala sa kaniyang nasumpungan,

5 O anomang bagay na kaniyang sinumpaan ng kabulaanan; na isasauli niyang buo, at daragdagan pa niya ng ikalimang bahagi niyaon: sa may-ari ibibigay niya sa araw na pagkasumpong sa kaniya na siya'y may kasalanan.

6 At dadalhin niya sa Panginoon ang kaniyang handog dahil sa pagkakasala, isang tupang lalake na walang kapintasan na kinuha sa kawan, ayon sa iyong pagkahalaga, at ibibigay sa saserdote na pinakahandog dahil sa pagkakasala:

7 At itutubos sa kaniya ng saserdote sa harap ng Panginoon; at siya'y patatawarin tungkol sa alin mang kaniyang nagawa, na kaniyang pinagkasalahan.

8 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

9 Iutos mo kay Aaron at sa kaniyang mga anak, na iyong sabihin, Ito ang kautusan tungkol sa handog na susunugin: ang handog na susunugin ay malalagay sa ibabaw ng pinagsusunugan sa ibabaw ng dambana, buong gabi hanggang umaga; at ang apoy sa dambana ay papananatilihing nagniningas doon.

10 At isusuot ng saserdote ang kaniyang kasuutang lino, at ang kaniyang mga salawal na kayong lino at itatakip niya sa kaniyang katawan; at dadamputin niya ang mga abo ng handog na susunugin na sinunog sa apoy sa ibabaw ng dambana, at ilalagay niya sa tabi ng dambana.

11 At maghuhubad siya ng kaniyang mga suot, at magbibihis ng ibang mga kasuutan, at ilalabas ang mga abo sa labas ng kampamento sa isang dakong malinis.

12 At ang apoy sa ibabaw ng dambana ay papananatilihing nagniningas doon, hindi papatayin; at ang saserdote ay magsusunog ng kahoy sa ibabaw niyaon tuwing umaga: at aayusin niya sa ibabaw niyaon ang handog na susunugin, at susunugin sa ibabaw niyaon ang taba ng mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan.

13 Ang apoy ay papananatilihing nagniningas sa ibabaw ng dambana; hindi papatayin.

14 At ito ang kautusan tungkol sa handog na harina: ihahandog ng mga anak ni Aaron sa harap ng Panginoon, sa harap ng dambana.

15 At kukuha siya niyaon ng kaniyang dakot, ng mainam na harina sa handog na harina, at ng langis niyaon, at ng lahat na kamangyan, na nasa ibabaw ng handog na harina, at kaniyang susunugin sa ibabaw ng dambana, na pinakamasarap na amoy, na alaala niyaon sa Panginoon.

16 At ang labis sa handog ay kakanin ni Aaron at ng kaniyang mga anak: walang lebadurang kakanin sa dakong banal; sa looban ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan kakanin nila.

17 Hindi lulutuing may lebadura. Aking ibinigay sa kanilang pinakabahagi nila, sa mga handog sa akin na pinaraan sa apoy; kabanalbanalang bagay nga, na gaya ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at gaya ng handog dahil sa pagkakasala.

18 Bawa't lalake sa mga anak ni Aaron ay kakain niyaon na pinakabahagi nila magpakailan man, sa buong panahon ng inyong lahi, sa mga handog sa Panginoon na pinaraan sa apoy; sinomang humipo ng mga iyan ay magiging banal.

19 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

20 Ito ang alay ni Aaron at ng kaniyang mga anak na kanilang ihahandog sa Panginoon sa araw na siya'y pahiran ng langis; ang ikasangpung bahagi ng isang epa ng mainam na harina, na pinakahandog na harina magpakailan man, ang kalahati ay sa umaga at ang kalahati ay sa hapon.

21 Sa kawali ihahandang may langis; pagkatigmak niyaon dadalhin mo: lutong putolputol na ihaharap mo ang handog na harina na pinaka masarap na amoy sa Panginoon.

22 At ang saserdoteng pinahiran ng langis na mahahalili sa kaniya, na mula sa gitna ng kaniyang mga anak ay maghahandog niyaon: ayon sa palatuntunang walang hanggan ay susunuging lahat sa Panginoon.

23 At bawa't handog na harina ng saserdote ay susunuging lahat: hindi kakanin.

24 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

25 Salitain mo kay Aaron at sa kaniyang mga anak, na sabihin, Ito ang kautusan tungkol sa handog dahil sa kasalanan: sa dakong pinagpapatayan ng handog na susunugin ay doon papatayin ang handog dahil sa kasalanan, sa harap ng Panginoon; kabanalbanalang bagay nga.

26 Ang saserdoteng maghandog niyaon dahil sa kasalanan ay kakain niyaon: sa dakong banal kakanin, sa looban ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan.

27 Anomang humipo ng laman niyaon ay magiging banal: at pagka pumilansik ang dugo sa alin mang damit, ay lalabhan mo yaong napilansikan sa dakong banal.

28 Datapuwa't ang sisidlang lupa na pinaglutuan ay babasagin: at kung niluto sa sisidlang tanso ay lilinisin at babanlawan ng tubig.

29 Bawa't lalake sa mga saserdote ay kakain niyaon: bagay ngang kabanalbanalan.

30 At hindi kakanin ang anomang handog dahil sa kasalanan, kung may dugo niyao'y ipinasok sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan upang ipangtubos sa dakong banal: sa apoy nga susunugin.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4545

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4545. 'And be purified, and change your garments' means the holiness that was to be put on. This is clear from the meaning of 'being purified' or being cleansed as being made holy, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'changing one's garments' as putting on, in this case putting on holy truths, for in the internal sense of the Word truths are meant by 'garments'. It is quite evident that 'changing one's garments' was an accepted representative within the Church, but what that custom represented no one can know unless he knows what 'garments' means in the internal sense - namely truths, see 2576. Because in the internal sense the casting aside of falsities and the arrangement by good of truths within the natural is the subject here, it is therefore recorded that Jacob commanded them to change their garments.

[2] 'Changing their garments' was representative of the need to put on holy truths, as may also be seen from other places in the Word, as 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.

Since 'Zion' means the celestial Church and 'Jerusalem' the spiritual Church, and the celestial Church is that which dwells in good by virtue of its love to the Lord, and the spiritual Church in truth by virtue of its faith and charity, 'strength' is therefore used in reference to Zion, and 'garments' in reference to Jerusalem. And when clothed with these the two are 'clean'.

[3] In Zechariah,

Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and so stood before the angel. And [the angel] answered and said to those standing before him - he said - Remove the filthy garments from upon him. And he said to him, See, I have caused your iniquity to pass away from upon you, by putting on you a change of garments Zechariah 3:3-4.

From this place too it is evident that 'removing garments' and 'putting on a change of garments' represented purification from falsities, for the words 'I have caused your iniquity to pass away from upon you' are used. This also explains why people had changes of garments - which they called simply 'changes', an expression occurring in various places in the Word - because different representations were set forth by means of those changes.

[4] Because the kinds of things mentioned here were represented by changes of garments it is therefore said in Ezekiel, in the description of the new Temple, which in the internal sense means a new Church,

When the priests enter they shall not go out of the holy place to the outer court, but there shall lay aside their garments in which they have ministered, for these are holy, 1 and they shall put on other garments and go near the things which are for the people. Ezekiel 42:14.

And in the same prophet,

When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments, and they shall not sanctify the people in their own garments. 2 Ezekiel 44:19.

[5] Anyone may see that a new temple and the holy city and land which are referred to by the prophet in this chapter, and in the chapters before and after it, are not used to mean any new temple, new city, or new land. For reference is made to sacrifices and religious ceremonies being introduced anew, when in fact these had to be brought to an end; and mention is also made of how the tribes of Israel, referred to by name, were to divide the land among themselves into inheritances, when in fact they were dispersed and never returned to the land. From this it is evident that the religious ceremonies referred to in those chapters mean the spiritual and celestial things constituting the Church. Much the same is meant by Aaron's change of garments when he was going to minister, to offer a burnt offering; in Moses,

He shall put on his linen robe, and linen breeches. He shall place the ashes at the side of the altar. After he takes off his own garments and puts on other garments he shall carry away the ashes to a clean place outside the camp. Leviticus 6:9-12.

This was what he had to do when offering the burnt offering.

[6] As regards 'being cleansed' meaning being made holy, this may be seen from the cleansings that were commanded, such as the command to wash their flesh and their garments, and the command to be sprinkled with the waters of separation. Everyone who knows anything about the spiritual man may also recognize that nobody is made holy by carrying out commands such as these. For what does iniquity or sin have to do with the garments a person is wearing? Yet it is stated several times that after people had cleansed themselves they would be holy. From this it is also evident that such rituals which the Israelites were commanded to carry out were in no way holy except by virtue of their representation of holy things, and that as a consequence people who served as representers did not on that account become holy persons. It was the holiness they represented, quite apart from them as actual persons, that stirred the affections of the spirits present with them, and through these the affections of the angels in heaven, 4307.

[7] For in order that the human race may be kept in being, human beings must of necessity live in communication with heaven; and that communication is effected through the Church. Otherwise human beings would become like animals, lacking any restraints internally or externally, so that all would plunge unchecked into the destruction of others and would annihilate one another. And because in the time of the Israelites no communication through any Church was possible, the Lord therefore provided in an amazing way for a communication to be effected by means of representatives. It is evident from many places in the Word that being made holy was represented by the ritual observance of washing and cleansing, as when Jehovah came down on Mount Sinai and then said to Moses,

Make them holy today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments and be ready on the third day. Exodus 19:10-11.

In Ezekiel,

I will sprinkle clean water over you, and you will be cleansed from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit will I give in the midst of you. Ezekiel 36:25-26.

Here it is plain that 'sprinkling clean water' represented purification of the heart, so that 'being cleansed' means being made holy.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, holiness

2. The Latin means they shall sanctify the people in other garments, but the Hebrew means they shall not sanctify the people in their own garments, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

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