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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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Arcana Coelestia # 2180

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2180. 'And took a young bull, tender and good' means a celestial-natural which the rational took to itself in order that it might join itself to perception from the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'a young bull' or 'a son of an ox' in the Word as natural good. And because the subject is the Lord's Rational, it is called 'tender' from the celestial-spiritual, which is truth grounded in good, and 'good' from the celestial itself, which is good itself. Within the genuine rational there is both the affection for truth and the affection for good, but that which is first and foremost there is the affection for truth, as shown already in 2072. This explains why 'tender' is mentioned before 'good'; but even so, as is quite usual in the Word, both are mentioned on account of the marriage of truth and good which is referred to above in 2173.

[2] That 'a young bull' or 'a son of an ox' means the celestial-natural, or what amounts to the same, natural good, becomes especially clear from the sacrifices, which were the principal representatives in the worship of the Hebrew Church and after this of the Jewish Church. Their sacrifices were made either from the herd or from the flock, thus from animals of various kinds that were clean, such as oxen, young bulls, he-goats, sheep, rams, she-goats, kids, and lambs, besides doves and fledgling pigeons. All of these creatures meant the internal features of worship, that is, celestial and spiritual things, 2165, 2177, those from the herd meaning celestial-natural, those from the flock celestial-rational. Because both of these - natural things and rational things - are more and more interior and are various, so many genera and so many species of these creatures were therefore employed in sacrifices. This fact becomes clear also from its being laid down as to which creatures were to be offered in burnt offerings and also which in every kind of sacrifice - the daily sacrifices; those offered on sabbaths and at festivals; those made as free-will, eucharistic, or votive offerings; and those offered in purifications, cleansings, and also in inaugurations. Which creatures were to be used, and how many, in each kind of sacrifice is mentioned explicitly. This would never have been done unless each one had had some specific meaning, as is quite evident from those places where the sacrifices are the subject, as in Chapter 29 of Exodus; Chapters 1, 3, 4, 9, 16, and 23 of Leviticus; and Chapters 7, 8, 15, and 29 of Numbers. But this is not the place to explain what each one meant. The situation is similar in the Prophets where those animals are mentioned, from which it may become clear that young bulls meant celestial-natural things.

[3] That none but heavenly things were meant becomes clear also from the cherubim seen by Ezekiel and from the living creatures before the throne which were seen by John. Regarding the cherubim the prophet says,

The likeness of their faces was the face of a man (homo); and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; and they four had the face of an eagle. Ezekiel 1:10.

Regarding the four living creatures before the throne John says,

Around the throne were four living creatures - the first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a young bull, the third living creature had a face like a man (homo), the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle - saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come. Revelation 4:7-8.

Anyone may see that holy things were represented by the cherubim and these living creatures, thus also by the oxen and young bulls in the sacrifices. The same applies in the prophecy of Moses concerning Joseph,

Let it come upon the head of Joseph and upon the crown of the head of the Nazirite among his brothers. The firstborn of his ox has honour, and his horns are the horns of a unicorn; with these he will thrust the peoples together, to the ends of the earth. Deuteronomy 33:16-17.

These words are not intelligible to anyone unless he knows what ox, unicorn, horns, and many other things mean in the internal sense.

[4] As for sacrifices in general they were indeed commanded to the Israelites through Moses. But the Most Ancient Church which existed before the Flood never knew anything at all about sacrifices, nor did it ever enter their minds to worship the Lord by the slaughtering of animals. The Ancient Church which existed after the Flood knew nothing about it either. Representatives did indeed exist there, but not sacrifices. These were first introduced in the subsequent Church called the Hebrew Church, and from there they spread to the gentile nations, and even to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and so to Jacob's descendants. The fact that the gentile nations had sacrificial worship has been shown in 1343, and the fact that Jacob's descendants also had such worship before they left Egypt, thus before sacrifices were commanded through Moses on Mount Sinai, becomes clear from Exodus 5:3; 10:25, 27; 18:12; 24:4-5.

[5] This is especially clear from their idolatrous worship in front of the golden calf, regarding which the following is said in Moses,

Aaron built an altar in front of the calf, and Aaron made a proclamation and said, Tomorrow there will be a feast to Jehovah. And they rose up early the next morning and presented burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Exodus 32:5-6.

This happened while Moses was on Mount Sinai, and so before the command came to them regarding the altar and the sacrifices. That command came to them for the reason that sacrificial worship among them had been turned, as it had among the gentiles, into idolatrous worship, from which they could not be drawn away because they looked upon it as-the chief holy thing. Once something has been implanted in people from their earliest years as being holy, the more so if received from their fathers, and thus is inrooted, the Lord in no way breaks it - provided it is not contrary to order itself - but bends it. This was the reason for its being laid down that the sacrificial system should be established, such as one reads in the books of Moses.

[6] The fact that sacrifices were by no means acceptable to Jehovah, and so were merely permitted and tolerated for the reason just stated, is quite evident in the Prophets. Concerning them the following is said in Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah Zebaoth, the God of Israel, Add your burnt offerings on to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh. I did not speak with your fathers and I did not command them on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt on the matters of burnt offering and sacrifice. But this matter I commanded them, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your God. Jeremiah 7:21-23.

In David,

O Jehovah, sacrifice and offering You have not desired; burnt offering and sin-sacrifices You have not sought. I have delighted to do Your will, O my God. Psalms 40:6, 8.

In the same author,

You do not delight in sacrifice that I should give it; burnt offering You do not accept. The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirit. Psalms 51:16-17.

In the same author,

I will not take any young bull from your house, nor he-goats from your folds. Sacrifice to God confession. Psalms 50:9, 14; 107:21-22; 116:17; Deuteronomy 23:18.

In Hosea,

I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Hosea 6:6.

Samuel said to Saul,

Has Jehovah great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices? Behold, to be submissive is better than sacrifice, to be obedient than the fat of rams. - 1 Samuel 15:22.

In Micah,

With what shall I come before Jehovah and bow myself to God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, with tens of thousands of rivers of oil? He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does Jehovah require of you but to carry out judgement, and to love mercy, and to humble yourself by walking with your God? Micah 6:6-8.

[7] From these quotations it is now evident that sacrifices were not commanded but permitted, and also that in sacrifices nothing else was regarded except that which was internal, and that it was that which was internal that was pleasing, not that which was external. For this reason also the Lord abolished them, as was also foretold through Daniel in the following words when he was speaking about the Lord's Coming,

In the middle of the week He will cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease. Daniel 9:27.

See what has been stated about sacrifices in Volume One, in 922, 923, 1128, 1823. As for 'the young bull' which Abraham made ready or prepared for the three men, the meaning is similar to that of the same animals when used in sacrifices. That it had a similar meaning becomes clear also from the fact that he told Sarah to take three measures of fine flour. Regarding the fine flour that went with the offering of a young bull the following is said in Moses - referring to when they were to come into the land,

When you make ready a young bull for a burnt offering or a sacrifice in the declaring of a vow, or for peace offerings to Jehovah, you shall bring with the young bull a minchah of three tenths of fine flour mixed with oil. Numbers 15:8-9.

Here similarly the number 'three' appears, though three 'tenths' here but three 'measures' in Abraham's instruction to Sarah. But only two tenths went with the offering of a ram, one tenth with that of a lamb, Numbers 15:4-6.

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