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Levitico 9

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1 At nangyari sa ikawalong araw, na tinawag ni Moises si Aaron at ang kaniyang mga anak, at ang mga matanda sa Israel;

2 At sinabi niya kay Aaron, Magdala ka ng isang guyang toro, na handog dahil sa kasalanan at isang tupang lalake na handog na susunugin, na kapuwa walang kapintasan, at ihandog mo sa harap ng Panginoon.

3 At sa mga anak ni Israel ay sasalitain mo, na sasabihin, Kumuha kayo ng isang kambing na lalake na handog dahil sa kasalanan; at ng isang guyang baka, at ng isang kordero, na kapuwa na may gulang na isang taon, at walang kapintasan, na handog na susunugin;

4 At ng isang toro at ng isang tupang lalake na mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan, upang ihain sa harap ng Panginoon, at ng isang handog na harina na hinaluan ng langis: sapagka't napakikita sa inyo ngayon ang Panginoon.

5 At kanilang dinala sa harap ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan ang iniutos ni Moises: at lumapit doon ang buong kapisanan, at tumayo sa harap ng Panginoon.

6 At sinabi ni Moises, Ito ang iniutos ng Panginoon na gawin ninyo: at lilitaw sa inyo ang kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon.

7 At sinabi ni Moises kay Aaron, Lumapit ka sa dambana, at ihandog mo ang iyong handog dahil sa kasalanan, at ang iyong handog na susunugin, at itubos mo sa iyong sarili at sa bayan: at ihandog mo ang alay ng bayan, at itubos mo sa kanila; gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon.

8 Lumapit nga si Aaron sa dambana at pinatay ang guyang handog dahil sa kasalanan, na yao'y para sa kaniya.

9 At iniharap ng mga anak ni Aaron sa kaniya ang dugo: at itinubog niya ang kaniyang daliri sa dugo, at ipinahid sa ibabaw ng mga anyong sungay ng dambana at ang dugong labis ay ibinuhos sa tungtungan ng dambana:

10 Datapuwa't ang taba at ang mga bato, at ang lamad na nasa atay ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, ay sinunog niya sa ibabaw ng dambana; gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises.

11 At ang laman at ang balat ay sinunog niya sa apoy sa labas ng kampamento.

12 At pinatay niya ang handog na susunugin; at ibinigay sa kaniya ng mga anak ni Aaron ang dugo, at kaniyang iniwisik sa ibabaw ng palibot ng dambana.

13 At kaniyang ibinigay sa kaniya ang handog na susunugin, na isaisang putol, at ang ulo: at sinunog niya sa ibabaw ng dambana.

14 At kaniyang hinugasan ang lamang loob at ang mga paa at sinunog sa ibabaw ng handog na susunugin sa ibabaw ng dambana.

15 At iniharap niya ang alay ng bayan; at kinuha ang kambing na handog dahil sa kasalanan na para sa bayan, at pinatay at inihandog dahil sa kasalanan, na gaya ng una.

16 At iniharap niya ang handog na susunugin, at inihandog ayon sa palatuntunan.

17 At iniharap niya ang handog na harina, at kumuha ng isang dakot, at sinunog sa ibabaw ng dambana, bukod sa handog na susunugin sa umaga.

18 Kaniyang pinatay rin ang toro at ang tupang lalake na haing mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan, na para sa bayan: at ibinigay ng mga anak ni Aaron sa kaniya ang dugo, at kaniyang iniwisik sa ibabaw ng dambana hanggang sa palibot.

19 At ang taba ng toro at ng tupang lalake, ang matabang buntot at ang tabang nakatakip sa lamang loob, at ang mga bato, at ang lamad ng atay.

20 At kanilang inilagay ang mga taba sa ibabaw ng mga dibdib, at kaniyang sinunog ang taba sa ibabaw ng dambana:

21 At ang mga dibdib at ang kanang hita ay inalog ni Aaron na pinakahandog na inalog sa harap ng Panginoon; gaya ng iniutos ni Moises.

22 At itinaas ni Aaron ang kaniyang mga kamay sa dakong bayan at binasbasan niya; at bumaba siya na mula sa paghahandog ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at ng handog na susunugin, at ng mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan.

23 At pumasok si Moises at si Aaron sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan, at sila'y lumabas, at binasbasan ang bayan: at lumitaw ang kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon sa buong bayan.

24 At may lumabas na apoy sa harap ng Panginoon, at sinunog sa ibabaw ng dambana ang handog na susunugin at ang taba: at nang makita yaon ng buong bayan, ay nagsigawan at nangagpatirapa.

   

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Iniquity, transgression and sin

  

In the Word three terms are used to refer to bad actions: transgression, iniquity, and sin. Transgression is the least bad. It means a violation of what is true in an external context, a violation of what is right and orderly. Iniquity is next and denotes acts that violate more interior truths. Sin is the worst. It is a violation of what is holy and righteous, a violation against the Lord. Sin is the deepest kind of evil. Regarding iniquity -- to be in charity, or live a life of charity is to live a life where the acts and thoughts that have top priority are those that have within them a love for the neighbor. Sometimes our love of self, our inborn desire to put ourselves first, is stronger than our charity and we do something for ourselves at the expense of our neighbor, or even do harm to our neighbor. Such an act, if our motive is selfish, is an iniquity.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 9156, 9965 [2-3])

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9965. 'That they may not bear iniquity and die' means the elimination of the whole of worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'bearing the iniquity', when the subject is the priestly office of Aaron and his sons, as a removal or shifting away of falsities and evils with those who are governed by good derived from the Lord, dealt with above in 9937. But when it speaks of them 'bearing iniquity and dying' the elimination of the whole of worship is meant, see 9928; for the representative worship died because nothing of it appeared any longer in heaven. The situation in all this may become clear from what has been stated and shown above in 9959-9961. They also died when they did not act in accordance with the statutes, 1 as is evident from Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu, who were devoured by fire from heaven when they did not take the fire of the altar to burn incense but foreign 2 fire, Leviticus 10:1-2ff. 'The fire of the altar' represented God's love, thus love from the Lord, whereas 'foreign fire' represented love from hell. The elimination of worship was meant by their burning incense with this fire and their consequent death. For the meaning of 'fire' as love, see 5215, 6832, 7324, 7575, 7852.

[2] Many places in the Word state that they would bear iniquity when they did not do things in accordance with the statutes, and by this was meant damnation because sins had not been removed. Not that they themselves were condemned on account of disobeying the statutes. Rather by doing so they eliminated representative worship and in so doing represented the damnation of those who remain in their sins. For none are condemned because they fail in their performance of outward religious observances, only because of evils in the heart, thus because of failing in such observances as a result of evil in the heart. This is what 'bearing iniquity' means in the following places: In Moses,

If a soul sins and acts against any of Jehovah's commandments regarding what ought not to be done, 3 though he does not know it, yet he will be guilty and will bear his iniquity. Leviticus 5:17-18.

Here the retention of evils and consequent damnation should not be understood literally by 'bearing iniquity', although that is the spiritual meaning; for it says 'though he does not know it', implying that what the person has done does not spring from evil in the heart.

[3] In the same author,

If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten at all on the third day, the one offering it will not be accepted. It is an abomination, and the soul that eats it will bear his iniquity, and will be cut off from his people. Leviticus 7:18; 19:7-8.

Here also 'bearing iniquity' means remaining in his sins and being as a result in a state of damnation. It does so not because the person ate some of his sacrifice on the third day, but because 'eating it on the third day' represented something abominable, namely an action leading to damnation. Thus 'bearing iniquity and being cut off from his people' represented the damnation of those who performed the abomination meant by that deed. Nevertheless there was no condemnation on account of his having eaten it, for interior evils that were represented are what condemn, not exterior actions in which those evils are not present.

[4] In the same author,

Every soul who eats a carcass 4 or that which has been torn, and does not wash his clothes and bathe his flesh shall bear his iniquity. Leviticus 17:15-16.

Since 'eating a carcass or that which has been torn' represented making evil or falsity one's own, the expression 'bearing iniquity' also has a representative meaning. In the same author,

If a man who is clean fails to keep the Passover, this soul shall be cut off from his people, because he did not bring the offering of Jehovah at its appointed time; he shall bear his sin. Numbers 9:13.

'The Passover' represented deliverance by the Lord from damnation, 7093 (end), 7867, 7995, 9286-9292; and 'the Passover supper' represented being joined to the Lord through the good of love, 7836, 7997, 8001. And since these things were represented it was decreed that anyone who did not keep the Passover should be cut off from his people and that he should bear his sin. The failure to keep it was not really so great a crime; rather it represented those who at heart refuse to accept the Lord and consequently deliverance from sins, and so who have no wish to be joined to Him through love. Thus it represented their damnation.

[5] In the same author,

The children of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting, or else they will bear iniquity and die. 5 Levites shall perform the work of the tent of meeting, and these shall bear the iniquity. Numbers 18:22-23.

The reason why the people would bear iniquity and die if they were to go near the tent of meeting to do the work there was that they would thereby eliminate the representative worship assigned to the function of the priests. The function of the priests or the priestly office represented the Lord's entire work of salvation, 9809; and this is why it says that the Levites, who also were priests, should bear the people's iniquity, by which expiation or atonement was meant, that is, removal from evils and falsities with those who are governed by good derived from the Lord alone, 9937. 'Bearing iniquity' means real damnation when this expression is used in reference to those who perform evil deeds because their heart is evil, such as those mentioned in Leviticus 20:17, 19-20; 24:15-16; Ezekiel 18:20; 23:49; and elsewhere.

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1. i.e. the laws of worship; see 8972.

2. i.e. unauthorized or profane

3. literally, and does one of [all] Jehovah's commandments [about] things which ought not to be done

4. i.e. an animal that had not been slaughtered but had died naturally

5. literally, to bear iniquity, dying

  
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