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1 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

2 Salitain mo sa mga anak ni Israel, at sabihin mo sa kanila, Pagpasok ninyo sa lupain na inyong mga tahanan, na aking ibibigay sa inyo,

3 At maghahandog kayo sa Panginoon ng pinaraan sa apoy na handog na susunugin, o ng hain upang tumupad ng panata, o ng kusang handog, o sa inyong mga takdang kapistahan, upang gawing masarap na amoy sa Panginoon, na mula sa bakahan, o mula sa kawan:

4 Kung gayon ay maghandog sa Panginoon yaong maghahandog ng alay ng isang handog na harina, na ikasangpung bahagi ng isang efa ng mainam na harina na hinaluan ng ikaapat na bahagi ng isang hin ng langis:

5 At ng alak na inuming handog, na ikaapat na bahagi ng isang hin, ang iyong ihahanda na kalakip ng handog na susunugin, o ng hain, sa bawa't kordero.

6 O kung isang tupang lalake, ay iyong ihahanda na pinakahandog na harina, ang dalawang ikasangpung bahagi ng isang efa ng mainam na harina na hinaluan ng ikatlong bahagi ng isang hin ng langis:

7 At bilang pinakainuming handog ay iyong ihahandog ang ikatlong bahagi ng isang hin ng alak na pinakamasarap na amoy sa Panginoon.

8 At pagka maghahanda ka ng isang toro na handog na susunugin, o upang ihain, sa katuparan ng isang panata, o upang mga handog sa Panginoon tungkol sa kapayapaan;

9 Ay kaniyang ihahandog nga na kalakip ng toro ang isang handog na harina na tatlong ikasangpung bahagi ng isang efa ng mainam na harina na hinaluan ng kalahating hin ng langis.

10 At iyong ihahandog na pinakainuming handog ay kalahating hin ng alak na pinakahandog na pinaraan sa apoy, na pinakamasarap na amoy sa Panginoon.

11 Gayon gagawin sa bawa't toro, o sa bawa't tupang lalake, o sa bawa't korderong lalake, o sa mga anak ng kambing.

12 Ayon sa bilang ng inyong ihahanda, ay gayon ninyong gagawin sa bawa't isa ayon sa kanilang bilang.

13 Lahat ng tubo sa lupain ay gagawa ng mga bagay na ito sa ganitong paraan, sa paghahandog ng handog na pinaraan sa apoy, na pinakamasarap na amoy sa Panginoon.

14 At kung ang isang taga ibang bayan ay makipamayang kasama ninyo, o sinomang nasa gitna ninyo sa buong panahon ng inyong mga lahi, at maghahandog ng handog na pinaraan sa apoy, na pinakamasarap na amoy sa Panginoon; ay kaniyang gagawin ang gaya ng inyong ginagawa.

15 Sa kapisanan ay magkakaroon ng isang palatuntunan sa inyo, at sa taga ibang bayan na nakikipamayan sa inyo, isang palatuntunan magpakailan man sa buong panahon ng inyong mga lahi: kung paano kayo, ay magiging gayon din ang taga ibang bayan sa harap ng Panginoon.

16 Isang kautusan at isang ayos ay magkakaroon sa inyo, at sa taga ibang bayan sa nakikipamayan sa inyo.

17 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

18 Salitain mo sa mga anak ni Israel, at sabihin mo sa kanila, Pagpasok ninyo sa lupaing aking pinagdadalhan sa inyo,

19 Ay mangyayari nga, na pagkain ninyo ng tinapay sa lupain, ay maghahandog kayo ng isang handog na itinaas sa Panginoon.

20 Sa pinaka una sa inyong masang harina ay maghahandog kayo ng isang munting tinapay na pinakahandog na itinaas: kung paano ninyo ginagawa ang handog na itinaas tungkol sa giikan, ay gayon ninyo itataas ito.

21 Sa pinaka una sa inyong masang harina ay magbibigay kayo sa Panginoon ng isang handog na itinaas sa buong panahon ng inyong mga lahi.

22 At pagka kayo'y nagkamali, at hindi ninyo tinupad ang lahat ng utos na ito, na sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises,

23 Sa makatuwid baga'y lahat ng iniutos ng Panginoon sa inyo sa pamamagitan ni Moises, mula sa araw na lagdaan kayo ng utos ng Panginoon, at sa haharapin sa buong panahon ng inyong mga lahi;

24 Ay mangyayari nga na kung magkasala ng walang malay, na hindi nalalaman ng kapisanan, na ang buong kapisanan ay maghahandog ng isang guyang toro na pinakahandog na susunugin, na pinakamasarap na amoy sa Panginoon, na kalakip ng handog na harina niyaon at inuming handog niyaon, ayon sa ayos, at isang lalaking kambing na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan.

25 At itutubos ng saserdote sa buong kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel, at sila'y patatawarin; sapagka't isang kamalian, at kanilang dinala ang kanilang alay, na handog sa Panginoon na pinaraan sa apoy, at ang kanilang handog dahil sa kasalanan sa harap ng Panginoon, dahil sa kanilang kamalian:

26 At ang buong kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel ay patatawarin at ang taga ibang bayan na nakikipamayan sa kanila; sapagka't tungkol sa buong bayang nakagawa ng walang malay.

27 At kung ang isang tao ay nagkasala ng walang malay, ay maghahandog nga siya ng isang kambing na babae ng unang taon na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan.

28 At itutubos ng saserdote sa taong nagkamali, kung tunay na siya'y nagkasala ng walang malay sa harap ng Panginoon, upang itubos sa kaniya; at siya'y patatawarin.

29 Kayo'y magkakaroon ng isang kautusan sa kaniya na nagkasala ng walang malay, sa kaniya na ipinanganak sa gitna ng mga anak ni Israel, at sa taga ibang bayan na nakikipamayan sa kanila.

30 Nguni't ang tao na makagawa ng anoman ng buong kapusukan, maging tubo sa lupain o taga ibang lupa, ay lumapastangan sa Panginoon; at ang taong yaon ay ihihiwalay sa gitna ng kaniyang bayan.

31 Sapagka't kaniyang hinamak ang salita ng Panginoon, at kaniyang sinira ang kaniyang utos; ang taong yaon ay lubos na ihihiwalay, ang kaniyang kasamaan ay tataglayin niya.

32 At samantalang ang mga anak ni Israel ay nangasa ilang, ay nakasumpong sila ng isang lalake na namumulot ng kahoy sa araw ng sabbath.

33 At silang nakasumpong sa kaniya na namumulot ng kahoy, ay dinala siya kay Moises, at kay Aaron, at sa buong kapisanan.

34 At kanilang inilagay siya sa bilangguan, sapagka't hindi pa ipinahahayag kung ano ang gagawin sa kaniya.

35 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Ang lalake ay walang pagsalang papatayin; babatuhin siya ng buong kapisanan sa labas ng kampamento.

36 At inilabas siya ng buong kapisanan sa kampamento at kanilang binato siya hanggang sa mamatay ng mga bato; gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises.

37 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

38 Salitain mo sa mga anak ni Israel, at sabihin mo sa kanila na sila'y gumawa ng mga tirintas sa mga laylayan ng kanilang mga damit sa buong panahon ng kanilang mga lahi, at kanilang patungan ang tirintas ng bawa't laylayan ng isang panaling bughaw:

39 At sa inyo'y magiging isang tirintas, upang inyong mamasdan, at inyong maalaala ang lahat ng mga utos ng Panginoon, at inyong tuparin; at upang huwag kayong sumunod sa inyong sariling puso at sa inyong sariling mga mata, na siya ninyong ipinangaapid:

40 Upang inyong maalaala at gawin ang lahat ng aking mga utos, at maging banal kayo sa inyong Dios.

41 Ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios, na naglabas sa inyo sa lupain ng Egipto, upang maging inyong Dios: ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 865

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865. These were bought from among men, firstfruits to God and the Lamb, signifies those received in the new church by the Lord. This is evident from the signification of "those bought by the Lord," as being those who receive instruction from the Word, especially respecting the Lord, and who live according to it (See above, n.860). The same are meant by those called "redeemed by the Lord;" and "the redeemed" are those who have been regenerated by the Lord and these are those who follow the Lord, that is, are led by Him (of whom just above). Also from the signification of "firstfruits of God and the Lamb," as being those who have given themselves to the Lord and have been adopted by Him. That those who are of the new church are meant is evident from their being called "firstfruits to God and to the Lamb," since those who are received in that church acknowledge the Lord's Divine Human and live according to His commandments. No others are received in the new church which is called "the New Jerusalem," because those who do not believe this and live thus are not in accord with the life of heaven, nor with the light there, nor with the heat there: for the light there is the Divine truth, which is the source of all intelligence and wisdom; and the heat there is the Divine good, which is the source of all love and charity. All man's affection and thought therefrom not only is within him and constitutes his life but is also outside of him and constitutes the sphere of his life. This is why heaven is divided into societies according to the varieties of the affections and their thoughts; consequently unless the affections and the thoughts therefrom are spiritual, which are formed solely by the acknowledgment of the Lord and a life according to His commandments, they cannot be admitted into any society of heaven, for they are repugnant thereto; and this is why those who do not acknowledge the Lord's Divine Human and do not live according to His commandments in the Word cannot be consociated with the angels of heaven. That this is so has been proved to me by much experience. There were some who had the same idea of the Lord as of any other man, and had lived in the faith of the present day, which is cogitation (or thought) without any good of life. As these believed that eternal life is merely being admitted into heaven, so according to their wish they were admitted into a certain society; but as soon as the light of heaven struck their eyes, their sight, and at the same time their understanding, began to be wholly darkened, and they began to fall into a stupor and into foolishness; and when the heat of heaven breathed upon them they began to be tormented in a direful manner, and their head and limbs began to writhe like serpents; consequently they cast themselves downwards, swearing that admission to heaven, unless they were in the light and heat of heaven, was hell to them, and that they had not known that everyone has heaven from love and its faith, or from a life according to the Lord's commandments in the Word, and from faith in the Lord, and not at all from faith without the life of faith, which is charity.

[2] It shall now be told briefly what "firstfruits" signify in the Word. The signification of firstfruits is similar to that of "firstborn;" but "firstborn" is predicated of animals, and "firstfruits" of vegetables; thus "the firstborn" are such as are born first, and "firstfruits" are from the first products; and both of them signify the spiritual good that is first formed, which in itself is truth from good which is from the Lord. This has its origin in the fact that there are two minds in man, a natural mind and a spiritual mind. From the natural mind alone nothing is produced but evil and its falsity; but as soon as the spiritual mind is opened, good and its truth are produced; and that which is first produced is meant by the "firstborn" and the "firstfruits." And as all things that are born and produced from the spiritual mind are from the Lord and not from man, these were sanctified to Jehovah, that is, to the Lord, because they were His, and thus were holy. And as that which is born or produced first signifies all things that follow in their order, as a leader is followed by his people, or a shepherd by his flock, so "the giving of the firstborn and the firstfruits to the Lord" signified that all the rest were also His.

[3] But that this may come yet more clearly into the understanding it is to be known that the merely natural mind is formed to the idea or image of the world, but the spiritual mind to the idea or image of heaven; also that the spiritual mind is not opened to any man, except by the acknowledgment of the Lord's Divine and by a life according to His commandments; and until this mind has been opened no good and no truth therefrom are produced; but as soon as it is opened these are produced, and what is produced is from the Lord. Therefore the first thing that is produced is called holy, and signifies that all things that are afterwards produced are holy. This makes clear that the opening of the womb or matrix signifies the opening of the spiritual mind. This signification of opening the womb or matrix is from correspondence, the womb corresponding to the good of celestial love. (On this correspondence see above, n. 710, and in the Arcana Coelestia 4918, 5050-5062)

[4] Because this is what is signified by "firstfruits," and because the things pertaining to the harvest, as wheat, barley, and the rest, and also wool, signified the goods and truths of heaven and the church, and the clean and useful beasts had a similar signification, so the firstborn of the latter and the firstfruits of the former were given to the Lord; and as the high priest represented the Lord as to His priestly function, which is the good of love, these things were given to that priest, and thus all things that were products of the corn, wine, and oil were made holy. But respecting these firstfruits see the statutes for the sons of Israel in the law of Moses; as respecting the first of the products of all corn, of oil, of wine, of the fruit of the tree, also of the fleece, likewise of the firstborn of the herd and the flock; and that these were given as holy to Jehovah, and by Jehovah to Aaron, and after him to the high priest (Exodus 22:29; Numbers 13:20; 15:17-22; 18:8-20; Deuteronomy 18:4; 26 the end): also concerning the feast of the first fruits of harvest and of the first fruits of bread (Exodus 23:14-16, 19, 26; Leviticus 23:9-15, 20; 23:20-25; Numbers 28:26-31).

[5] From all this it can now be seen that "firstfruits to God and to the Lamb" mean those who will be of the new church which is called "the New Jerusalem," who acknowledge the Lord's Divine Human and live a life of love, that is, a life according to the Lord's commandments in the Word. In such and in no others is the spiritual mind opened; therefore no others are led by the Lord, or "follow Him whithersoever He goeth." That "God and the Lamb" means in Revelation the Lord as to the Divine Itself, and at the same time as to the Divine Human, may be seen above (n.297, 314, 343, 460, 482).

  
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