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Ezekiel 45

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1 Bukod dito'y pagka inyong hahatiin sa pamamagitan ng sapalaran ang lupain na pinakamana, mangaghahandog kayo ng alay sa Panginoon, isang banal na bahagi ng lupain; ang haba ay magkakaroon ng habang dalawang pu't limang libong tambo, at ang luwang ay magiging sangpung libo: ito'y magiging banal sa lahat ng hangganan niyaon sa palibot.

2 Dito'y magkakaroon ukol sa dakong banal ng limang daan ang haba at limang daang luwang, parisukat sa palibot; limang pung siko sa pagitan niyaon sa palibot.

3 At sa sukat na ito iyong susukatin, na ang haba ay dalawang pu't limang libo, at ang luwang ay sangpung libo: at doo'y malalagay ang santuario, na pinakabanal.

4 Siyang banal na bahagi ng lupain; ito'y para sa mga saserdote, na mga tagapangasiwa ng santuario, na nagsisilapit upang magsipangasiwa sa Panginoon; at ito'y magiging dakong kalalagyan ng kanilang mga bahay, at banal na dakong kalalagyan ng santuario.

5 At dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba, at sangpung libo ang luwang ay magiging sa mga Levita, na mga tagapangasiwa ng bahay, na pinaka pag-aari sa kanilang sarili, na dalawang pung silid.

6 At inyong itatakda ang pag-aari ng bayan na limang libo ang luwang, at dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba, sa tabi ng alay na banal na bahagi: magiging ukol sa buong sangbahayan ni Israel.

7 Magkakaroon naman para sa prinsipe ng bahagi sa isang dako at sa kabilang dako sa banal na alay at sa pag-aari ng bayan, sa harap ng banal na alay at sa harap ng pag-aari ng bayan, sa dakong kalunuran na gawing kalunuran, at sa dakong silanganan na gawing silanganan; at ang haba ay ayon sa isa sa mga bahagi, mula sa hangganang kalunuran hanggang sa hangganang silanganan.

8 Sa lupaing ito'y magiging kaniya na pinakaari sa Israel: at hindi na pipighatiin pa ng aking mga prinsipe ang aking bayan; kundi ibibigay nila ang lupain sa sangbahayan ni Israel ayon sa kanilang mga lipi.

9 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Magkasiya ito sa inyo, Oh mga prinsipe ng Israel: iwan ninyo ang pangdadahas at pagsamsam, at magsagawa kayo ng kahatulan at ng kaganapan; alisin ninyo ang inyong atang sa aking bayan, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

10 Kayo'y magkakaroon ng mga ganap na timbangan; at ganap na efa, at ganap na bath.

11 Ang efa at ang bath ay magiging iisang takalan, upang ang bath ay maglaman ng ikasangpung bahagi ng isang homer, at ang efa ay ikasangpung bahagi ng isang homer: ang takal niyaon ay magiging ayon sa homer.

12 At ang siklo ay magiging dalawang pung gera: dalawangpung siklo, lima at dalawang pung siklo, labing limang siklo ay siyang magiging maneh ninyo.

13 Ito ang alay na inyong ihahandog: ang ikaanim na bahagi ng isang efa mula sa isang homer ng trigo; at inyong ibibigay ang ikaanim na bahagi ng isang efa mula sa isang homer ng cebada;

14 At ang takdang bahagi ng langis, ng bath ng langis, ang ikasangpung bahagi ng bath mula sa isang kor, na sangpung bath, o isang homer (sapagka't sangpung bath ay isang homer);

15 At isang batang tupa sa kawan, mula sa dalawang daan, na mula sa matabang pastulan ng Israel; na pinakahandog na harina, at pinakahandog na susunugin, at pinakahandog tungkol sa kapayapaan, upang ipangtubos sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

16 Buong bayan ng lupain ay magbibigay ng alay na ito sa prinsipe sa Israel.

17 At magiging tungkulin ng prinsipe na magbigay ng mga handog na susunugin, at ng mga handog na harina, at ng mga inuming handog, sa mga kapistahan, at sa mga bagong buwan, at sa mga sabbath, sa lahat ng takdang kapistahan ng sangbahayan ni Israel: siya'y maghahanda ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at ng handog na harina, at ng handog na susunugin, at ng mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan, upang ipangtubos sa sangbahayan ni Israel.

18 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sa unang buwan, sa unang araw ng buwan, kukuha ka ng guyang toro na walang kapintasan; at iyong lilinisin ang santuario.

19 At ang saserdote ay kukuha ng dugo ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at ilalagay sa mga haligi ng pintuan ng bahay, at sa apat na sulok ng patungang dambana, at sa mga haligi ng pintuang-daan ng lalong loob na looban.

20 At gayon ang iyong gagawin sa ikapitong araw ng buwan para sa bawa't nagkakamali, at sa bawa't walang malay: gayon ninyo lilinisin ang bahay.

21 Sa unang buwan, sa ikalabing apat na araw ng buwan, magdidiwang kayo ng paskua, isang kapistahan na pitong araw; tinapay na walang levadura ang kakanin.

22 At sa araw na yaon ay maghahanda ang prinsipe para sa kaniya at sa buong bayan ng lupain ng isang guyang toro na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan.

23 At sa pitong araw ng kapistahan ay ipaghahanda niya ng handog na susunugin ang Panginoon, pitong toro at pitong tupa na walang kapintasan sa araw-araw na pitong araw; at isang kambing araw-araw na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan.

24 At siya'y maghahanda ng handog na harina, ng isang efa sa isang toro, at ng isang efa sa isang lalaking tupa, at isang hin ng langis sa isang efa.

25 Sa ikapitong buwan, sa ikalabing limang araw ng buwan, sa kapistahan, kaniyang gagawin ang gaya ng pitong araw; ayon sa handog dahil sa kasalanan, ayon sa handog na susunugin, at ayon sa handog na harina, at ayon sa langis.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9659

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9659. 'And there shall be eight boards and their bases [made] from silver' means support in every respect from good and through truth that springs from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'eight' as what is so in every respect, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'boards' as good that lends support, dealt with in 9634; and from the meaning of 'bases [made] from silver' as support provided through truth from good, dealt with in 9643.

[2] 'Eight' means in every respect because this number has the same meaning as two and four, being the product of these when multiplied together. 'Two' and 'four' mean being joined together, completely so, 5194, 8423, 8877, and consequently also mean what is complete, 9103, and therefore what is so in every respect; for what exists in completeness does so in every respect. Another reason why 'eight' means what exists in completeness and in every respect is that since 'a week' means a whole period from beginning to end, 2044, 3845, 'the eighth day' means a complete state, from which a new beginning then commences. This explains why males had to be circumcised on the eighth day, Genesis 17:12; 21:4, for circumcision was a sign of purification from foul kinds of love by means of the truth of faith, 2039, 2046 (end), 2799, 3412, 3413, 4462. The foreskin corresponded to the defilement of good by those kinds of love, 4462, 7045, 7225, and the knife of flint with which circumcision was carried out was a sign of the truth of faith by means of which purification was accomplished, 2039 (end), 2046 (end), 2799, 7044.

[3] What exists in completeness and in every respect is also meant by 'eight' following 'seven' in Micah,

When Asshur comes into our land and treads our palaces we will set up over him seven shepherds and eight princes of men (homo), and they will feed 1 the land of Asshur with the sword; and he will deliver [us] from Asshur. Micah 5:5-6.

'Asshur' stands for reasoning on the basis of one's own intelligence about the Church's forms of good and its truths. Deliverance totally or in every respect from consequent falsity is meant by 'eight princes of men' who will bring destruction, 'princes of men' being the leading truths that rise out of good.

[4] The fact that 'eight' means completeness and in every respect is also clear from an experience I had involving the admission and reception of some communities into heaven, about which see 2130. I saw as many as twelve communities received first, and after them as many as eight more; for people admitted and received into heaven are those who have been purified from earthly things, that is, from all love of them, and have gone on to receive instruction. The number eight on that occasion was a sign of that which was complete.

[5] 'Eight' has a similar meaning elsewhere in the Word, for example where it says that the portico of the gateway was 'eight cubits' long from the house, and that there were 'eight steps' up to the house, in Ezekiel 40:9, 31, 41. The description there is of the new house, by which the Lord's New Church is meant, truths leading to good and from good back to truths being meant by 'the portico' and 'the steps'.

[6] Anyone who does not know that spiritual realities or real things are implied by the numbers used in the Word cannot possibly see any such reality nor thus anything holy in the measures and numbers where the tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and after these the new house, new temple, and new land in Ezekiel, are described, when yet not a syllable in the Word is devoid of spiritual meaning. Let all who have intelligence weigh up in their mind what the measures and numbers in Chapters 40-48 of Ezekiel really mean, also the measures and numbers in John, at Revelation 21:17, where it says that the angel measured the wall of the new Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, and that this measure was that of a man (homo), that is, of an angel, and also in the following, besides many other places,

Let him who has intelligence reckon the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man (homo), that is, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18.

For more about all numbers in the Word, that they mean spiritual realities or real things, see 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 5291, 5335, 5708, 6175, 7973, and places where the specific meaning of certain numbers has been shown.

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1. i.e. destroy

  
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2252. That 'perhaps there may be fifty righteous persons in the midst of the city' means that the truths may be full of goods is clear from the meaning of 'fifty' as full, from the meaning of 'righteous' as good, dealt with in 612, 2235, from [the meaning] of 'midst' as that which is within, 1074, and from [the meaning] of 'the city' as truth, 402. Thus 'fifty righteous persons in the midst of the city' in the internal sense means that the truths may be full of goods. That this meaning exists within these words cannot be seen by anyone from the letter, for the historical details of the literal sense lead the mind in an altogether different direction or to think in a different way; but that these words are nevertheless perceived according to that meaning by those who possess the internal sense, I know for certain. Moreover the actual numbers mentioned, such as fifty here, and forty-five, forty, thirty, twenty, and ten in what follows, are never perceived as numbers by those who possess the internal sense but as real things or as states, as shown in 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075.

[2] Indeed the ancients also used numbers to mark off one from another the states of their Church; and the nature of such numbers worked out by them becomes clear from the meaning of the numbers in the paragraphs that have just been mentioned. The meaning possessed by numbers was received by those people from the representatives which manifest themselves in the world of spirits. There when anything appears as that which is numbered, it does not mean something defined by means of numbers but means some real thing or else a state, as becomes clear from what has been presented in 2129, 2130, and also in 2089, regarding 'twelve' meaning all things of faith. It is similar with the numbers that now follow. This shows what the nature of the Word is in the internal sense.

[3] The reason 'fifty' means that which is full is that it is the number which comes after seven times seven, or forty-nine, and so marks the completion of the latter number. This explains why in the representative Church the feast of the seven sabbaths 1 was held on the fiftieth day, and why a jubilee was held in the fiftieth year. Regarding the feast of the seven sabbaths the following is said in Moses,

You shall count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath; from the day you bring the sheaf of the wave-offering, seven sabbaths shall there be complete. Until the day after the seventh sabbath you shall count fifty days, and offer a new gift to Jehovah. Leviticus 23:15-16.

Regarding the jubilee in the same book,

You shall count for yourself seven sabbaths of years, seven times seven years, and you shall have a time of seven sabbaths of years, forty-nine years. And you shall sanctify the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land to all its inhabitants; it shall be a jubilee for you. Leviticus 25:8, 10.

From this it is evident that 'the fiftieth' means that which marks the full completion of the sabbaths.

[4] What is more, whenever 'fifty' is mentioned in the Word it means that which is full, as in the case of the numbering of the Levites aged thirty years and over up to fifty years of age, Numbers 4:23, 35, 39, 43, 47; 8:25. Here 'fifty' stands for the full or final state of that period of ministerial service. A man found lying with a young woman who was a virgin had to give to the young woman's father fifty pieces of silver, and she had to be his wife; nor could he divorce her, Deuteronomy 22:29. Here 'fifty pieces of silver' stands for a full fine and a full recompense. David's giving to Araunah fifty pieces of silver for the threshing-floor, where he built an altar to Jehovah, 2 Samuel 24:24, stands for a full price and a full payment. Absalom's making ready for himself a chariot and horses, and his having fifty men running before him, 2 Samuel 15:1, and Adonijah's likewise having chariots and horsemen, and fifty men running before him, 1 Kings 1:5, stand for their full dignity and majesty. For these people received from the ancients certain numbers which were representative and carried spiritual meanings and which were observed by them. Those numbers were also commanded in their religious observances, though the majority of the people did not know what was meant by them.

[5] In the same way, because 'fifty' means that which is full and this number was also representative, as has been stated, the same thing is meant in the Lord's parable concerning the steward, who said to the man owing oil,

How much do you owe my master? He said, A hundred baths of oil. Then he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty. Luke 16:5-6.

'Fifty' stands for the full discharge of the debt. Being a number it does indeed seem to imply nothing more than a number, when in fact in the internal sense this number is used in every case to mean that which is full, as also in Haggai,

One came to the winevat to draw fifty measures from the winevat, and there were only twenty. Haggai 2:16.

This means that instead of a full amount there was not much. 'Fifty' would not have been mentioned in the prophet if it had not carried this meaning.

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1. Often referred to as the feast of weeks

  
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