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Numbers 29

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1 `And in the seventh month, in the first of the month, a holy convocation ye have, ye do no servile work; a day of shouting it is to you;

2 and ye have prepared a burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance to Jehovah: one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;

3 and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals for the bullock, two-tenth deals for the ram,

4 and one-tenth deal for the one lamb, for the seven lambs;

5 and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering, to make atonement for you;

6 apart from the burnt-offering of the month, and its present, and the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and their libations, according to their ordinance, for sweet fragrance, a fire-offering to Jehovah.

7 `And on the tenth of this seventh month a holy convocation ye have, and ye have humbled your souls; ye do no work;

8 and ye have brought near a burnt-offering to Jehovah, a sweet fragrance, one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones they are for you,

9 and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals for the bullock, two-tenth deals for the one ram,

10 a several tenth deal for the one lamb, for the seven lambs,

11 one kid of the goats, a sin-offering; apart from the sin-offering of the atonements, and the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and their libations.

12 `And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month a holy convocation ye have; ye do no servile work; and ye have celebrated a festival to Jehovah seven days,

13 and have brought near a burnt-offering, a fire-offering, a sweet fragrance, to Jehovah; thirteen bullocks, sons of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year; perfect ones they are;

14 and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals to the one bullock, for the thirteen bullocks, two-tenth deals to the one ram, for the two rams,

15 and a several tenth deal to the one lamb, for the fourteen lambs,

16 and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation.

17 `And on the second day twelve bullocks, sons of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;

18 and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the sheep, in their number, according to the ordinance;

19 and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and their libations.

20 `And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;

21 and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance;

22 and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and its libation.

23 `And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;

24 their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance;

25 and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering, apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation.

26 `And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;

27 and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance;

28 and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and its libation.

29 `And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;

30 and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance;

31 and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation.

32 `And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;

33 and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance;

34 and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation.

35 `On the eighth day a restraint ye have, ye do no servile work;

36 and ye have brought near a burnt-offering, a fire-offering, a sweet fragrance, to Jehovah; one bullock, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;

37 their present, and their libations, for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance;

38 and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and its libation.

39 `These ye prepare to Jehovah in your appointed seasons, apart from your vows, and your free-will offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your presents, and for your libations, and for your peace-offerings.'

40 And Moses saith unto the sons of Israel according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 935

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935. Yielding its fruit according to the month. This symbolically means that the Lord produces the goods in a person in accordance with every state of truth in him.

A month symbolizes a person's state of life in respect to truth, as will be seen below. To yield fruit means, symbolically, to produce goods. That fruits are goods of love and charity is something we just showed in no. 934 above. Moreover, because it is the Lord who essentially produces these in a person - even though the person does them as though of himself, thus apparently, as we said in no. 934 above - it follows that the symbolic meaning here is that the Lord produces them inmostly when He is present there.

But we must say how one is to understand the Lord's producing goods of charity in a person in accordance with every state of truth in him.

Someone who believes that a person does good acceptable to the Lord, good that is called spiritual good, without possessing in him truths from the Word, is much mistaken. Goods without truths are not good, and truths without goods are not true in the person, even though they are true in themselves. For good without truth is like something a person wills without understanding, a volition that is not human, but one like that of an animal, or like that of a robot that an operator causes to function.

On the other hand, volition together with comprehension becomes human in accordance with the state of the intellect by which it finds expression. For the condition of everyone's life is such that a person's will can do nothing without the instrumentality of the intellect, nor can the intellect entertain any thought without doing so from the will. The case is the same with goodness and truth, since goodness has to do with the will, and truth with the intellect.

[2] It is apparent from this that the good that the Lord produces in a person accords with the state of truth in him that forms his understanding.

This is what the tree of life yielding its fruit every month symbolizes, because a month symbolizes the state of truth in a person.

All periods of time, such as hours, days, weeks, months, years, and centuries, symbolize states of life, as may be seen in nos. 476, 562. Months symbolize states of life in respect to truths, because months mean times determined by the moon, and the moon symbolizes the truth of the intellect and of faith (nos. 332, 413, 414, 919).

Months have the same meaning in the following:

Blessed of Jehovah is (Joseph's) land..., with the precious fruits of the sun, and with the precious produce of the months... (Deuteronomy 33:13-14)

It shall come to pass that from month to month, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to bow down before (Jehovah).... (Isaiah 66:23)

Because of the symbolic meaning of a month, which is the same as that of the moon, sacrifices were made at the beginnings of each month or new moon (Numbers 29:1-6, Isaiah 1:14). The Israelites also sounded the trumpets then (Numbers 10:10, Psalms 81:3). And they were commanded to observe the month of Abib, in which they celebrated Passover (Exodus 12:2, Deuteronomy 16:1).

Months symbolize states of truth in a person, and in an opposite sense states of falsity in him, as may also be seen above in Revelation 9:5, 10, 15; 11:2, and 13:5.

A month has the same symbolic meaning here as in Ezekiel 47:12.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.