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1 Og HE EN talede til Moses og Aron og sagde:

2 Når der på et Menneskes Hud viser sig en Hævelse eller Udslæt eller en lys Plet, som kan blive til Spedalskhed på hans Hud, skal han føres hen til Præsten Aron eller en af hans Sønner, Præsterne.

3 Præsten skal da syne det syge Sted på Huden, og når Hårene på det syge Sted er blevet hvide og Stedet ser ud til at ligge dybere end Huden udenom, så er det Spedalskhed, og så skal Præsten efter at have synet ham erklære ham for uren.

4 Men hvis det er en hvid Plet på Huden og den ikke ser ud til at ligge dybere end Huden udenom og Hårene ikke er blevet hvide. så skal Præsten lukke den angrebne inde i syv Dage;

5 og på den syvende Dag skal Præsten syne ham. Viser det sig da, at Ondet ikke har skiftet Udseende eller bredt sig på Huden, skal Præsten igen lukke ham inde i syv Dage;

6 og på den syvende Dag skal Præsten atter syne ham. Hvis det da viser sig, at Ondet er ved at svinde, og at det ikke har bredt sig på Huden, skal Præsten erklære ham for ren; da er det almindeligt Udslæt på Huden; han skal da tvætte sine Klæder og være ren.

7 Men hvis Udslættet breder sig på Huden, efter at han har ladet Præsten syne sig for at blive erklæret for ren, og hvis Præsten, når han anden Gang lader sig syne af ham,

8 ser, at Udslættet har bredt sig på Huden, så skal Præsten erklære ham for uren; det er Spedalskhed.

9 Når et Menneske angribes af Spedalskhed, skal han føres hen til Præsten,

10 og Præsten skal syne ham; og når der da viser sig at være en hvid Hævelse på Huden og Hårene derpå er blevet hvide og der vokser vildt Kød i Hævelsen,

11 så er det gammel Spedalskhed på hans Hud, og da skal Præsten erklære ham for uren; han behøver ikke at lukke ham inde, thi han er uren.

12 Men hvis Spedalskheden bryder ud på Huden og Spedalskheden bedækker hele den angrebnes Hud fra Top til Tå, så vidt Præsten kan se,

13 og Præsten ser, at Spedalskheden bedækker hele hans Legeme, så skal han erklære den angrebne for ren; han er blevet helt hvid, han er ren.

14 Men så snart der viser sig vildt Kød på ham, er han uren;

15 og når Præsten ser det vilde Kød, skal han erklære ham for uren; det vilde Kød er urent, det er Spedalskhed.

16 Hvis derimod det vilde Kød forsvinder og han bliver hvid, skal han gå til Præsten;

17 og hvis det, når Præsten syner ham, viser sig, at den angrebne er blevet hvid, skal Præsten erklære den angrebne for ren; han er ren.

18 Når nogen på sin Hud har haft en Betændelse, som er lægt,

19 og der så på det Sted, som var betændt, kommer en hvid Hævelse eller en rødlighvid Plet, skal han lad sig syne af Præsten;

20 og hvis Præsten finder, at Stedet ser ud til at ligge dybere end Huden udenom og Hårene derpå er blevet hvide, skal Præsten erklære ham for uren; det er Spedalskhed, der er brudt frem efter Betændelsen.

21 Men hvis der, når Præsten syner det, ikke viser sig at være hvide Hår derpå og det ikke ligger dybere end Huden udenom, men er ved at svinde, da skal Præsten lukke ham inde i syv Dage;

22 og når det da breder sig på Huden, skal Præsten erklære ham for uren; det er Spedalskhed.

23 Men hvis den hvide Plet bliver, som den er, uden at brede sig, da er det et Ar efter Betændelsen, og Præsten skal erklære ham for ren.

24 Eller når nogen får et Brandsår på Huden, og det Kød, der vokser i Brandsåret, frembyder en rødlighvid eller hvid Plet,

25 så skal Præsten syne ham, og hvis det da viser sig, at Hårene på Pletten er blevet hvide og den ser ud til at ligge dybere end Huden udenom, så er det Spedalskhed, der er brudt frem i Brandsåret; og da skal Præsten erklære ham for uren; det er Spedalskhed.

26 Men hvis det, når Præsten synet ham, viser sig, at der ingen hvide Hår er på den lyse Plet, og at en ikke ligger dybere end Huden udenom, men at den er ved at svinde, så skal Præsten lukke ham inde i syv Dage;

27 og på den syvende Dag skal Præsten syne ham, og når den da har bredt sig på Huden, skal Præsten erklære ham for uren; det er Spedalskhed.

28 Men hvis den lyse Plet bliver, som den er, uden at brede sig på Huden, og er ved at svinde, så er det en Hævelse efter Brandsåret, og da skal Præsten erklære ham for ren; thi det er et Ar efter Brandsåret.

29 Når en Mand eller Kvinde angribes i Hoved eller Skæg,

30 skal Præsten syne det syge Sted, og hvis det da ser ud til at ligge dybere end Huden udenom og der er guldgule, tynde Hår derpå, så skal Præsten erklære ham for uren; det er Skurv, Spedalskhed i Hoved eller Skæg.

31 Men hvis det skurvede Sted, når Præsten syner det, ikke ser ud til at ligge dybere end Huden udenom, uden at dog Hårene derpå er sorte, da skal Præsten lukke den skurvede inde i syv dage;

32 og på den syvende Dag skal Præsten syne ham, og hvis da Skurven ikke har bredt sig og der ikke er kommet guldgule Hår derpå og Skurven ikke ser ud til at ligge dybere end Huden udenom,

33 da skal den angrebne lade sig rage uden dog at lade det skurvede Sted rage; så skal Præsten igen lukke den skurvede inde i syv Dage.

34 På den syvende Dag skal Præsten syne Skurven, og hvis det da viser sig, at Skurven ikke har bredt sig på Huden, og at den ikke ser ud til at ligge dybere end Huden udenom, så skal Præsten erklære ham for ren; da skal han tvætte sine Klæder og være ren.

35 Men hvis Skurven breder sig på Huden, efter at han er erklæret for ren,

36 da skal Præsten syne ham; og hvis det så viser sig, at Skurven har bredt sig, behøver Præsten ikke at undersøge, om der er guldgule Hår; han er uren.

37 Men hvis Skurven ikke har skiftet Udseende og der er vokset sorte Hår frem derpå, da er Skurven lægt; han er ren, og Præsten skal erklære ham for ren.

38 Når en Mand eller Kvinde får lyse Pletter, hvide Pletter på Huden,

39 skal Præsten syne dem; og hvis der da på deres Hud viser sig hvide Pletter, det er ved at svinde, er det Blegner, der er brudt ud på Huden; han er ren.

40 Når nogen bliver skaldet på Baghovedet, så er han kun isseskaldet; han er ren.

41 Og hvis han bliver skaldet ved Panden og Tindingerne, så er han kun pandeskaldet; han er ren.

42 Men kommer der på hans skaldede isse eller Pande et rødlighvidt Sted, er det Spedalskhed. der bryder frem på hans skaldede Isse eller Pande.

43 Så skal Præsten syne ham, og viser det sig da, at Hævelsen på det syge Sted på hans skaldede Isse eller Pande er rødlighvid, af samme Udseende som Spedalskhed på Huden,

44 så er han spedalsk; han er uren, og Præsten skal erklære ham for uren; på sit Hoved er han angrebet.

45 Den, der er spedalsk, den, som lider af Sygdommen, skal gå med sønder1evne Klæder, hans Hår skal vokse frit, han skal tilhylle sit Skæg, og: "uren, uren!" skal han råbe.

46 Så længe han er angrebet, skal han være uren; uren er han, for sig selv skal han bo, uden for Lejren skal hans Opholdsted være.

47 Når der kommer Spedalskhed på en Klædning enten af Uld eller Lærred

48 eller på vævet eller knyttet Stof af Lærred eller Uld eller på Læder eller Læderting af enhver Art

49 og det angrebne Sted på Klædningen, Læderet, det vævede eller knyttede Stof eller Lædertingene viser sig at være grønligt eller rødligt, så er det Spedalskhed og skal synes af Præsten.

50 Og når Præsten har synet Skaden, skal han lukke den angrebne Ting inde i syv Dage.

51 På den syvende Dag skal han syne den angrebne Ting, og dersom Skaden har bredt sig på Klædningen, det vævede eller knyttede Stof eller Læderet, de forskellige Læderting, så er Skaden ondartet Spedalskhed, det er urent.

52 Da skal han brænde Klædningen eller det af Uld eller Lærred vævede eller knyttede Stof eller alle de Læderting, som er angrebet; thi det er ondartet Spedalskhed, det skal opbrændes.

53 Men hvis Præsten finder, at Skaden ikke har bredt sig på Klædningen eller det vævede eller knyttede Stof eller på de forskellige Slags Læderting,

54 så skal Præsten påbyde, at den angrebne Ting skal tvættes, og derpå igen lukke den inde i syv Dage.

55 Præsten skal da syne den angrebne Ting, efter at den er tvættet, og viser det sig da, at Skaden ikke har skiftet Udseende, så er den uren, selv om Skaden ikke har bredt sig; du skal opbrænde den; det er ædende Udslæt på etten eller Vrangen.

56 Men hvis det, når Præsten syner det, viser sig, at Skaden er ved at svinde efter Tvætningen, så skal han rive det angrebne Sted af Klædningen eller Læderet eller det vævede eller knyttede Stof.

57 Viser det sig da igen på Klædningen eller det vævede eller knyttede Stof eller de forskellige Læderling, da er det Spedalskhed, der er ved at bryde ud; du skal opbrænde de angrebne Ting.

58 Men den Klædning eller det vævede eller knyttede Stof eller de forskellige Læderting, hvis Skade svinder efter Tvætningen, skal tvættes på ny; så er det rent.

59 Det er Loven om SpedalskhedKlæder af Uld eller Lærred eller på vævet eller knyttet Stof eller på alskens Læderting; efter den skal de erklæres for rene eller urene.

   


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Arcana Coelestia #7524

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7524. 'Sores breaking out into pustules' means resulting filthiness together with blasphemy. This is clear from the meaning of 'sore places' as filthiness resulting from evils; and from the meaning of 'pustules' as blasphemy resulting from evils. Sores on a person's body correspond to filthiness resulting from evils, and pustules to blasphemy. What is more, they would be present on every evil person if he were not being kept, all the time he is in the world, in the kind of state that allows him to receive the goodness and truth of faith. For the sake of that state the Lord prevents his evils from erupting into such ailments.

[2] The meaning of 'sores' as filthiness together with blasphemy is also evident in John,

The first angel poured out his bowl onto the earth, and evil and hurtful sores were produced on the people who had the mark of the beast. The fifth angel poured out his bowl onto the throne of the beast, and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their distress and because of their sores. Revelation 16:2, 10-11.

And in Moses,

Jehovah will strike you with the sores of Egypt, and with haemorrhoids, and the scab, and the itch, so that you cannot be healed; for you will be made mad by what your eyes will see. 1 Jehovah will strike you with evil sores on the knees and on the thighs, from which you cannot be healed. Jehovah will lead you away, and your king whom you set over you, to a nation which you have not known. Deuteronomy 28:17, 34-36.

'The sores of Egypt' stands for filthiness together with blasphemy. And since blasphemy too is meant it says that they will be made mad by what their eyes see; for one who blasphemes God is unhealthy or insane.

[3] Different kinds of sores are called haemorrhoids, the scab, and the itch; and these mean just so many different kinds of falsities arising from evils. Sores on the knees and thighs have almost the same meaning. And since falsities are meant by them there follows immediately the statement that the king whom they set over themselves would be led away; for 'king' means truth and in the contrary sense falsity, 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 4581, 4966, 5044, 6148. Leprous sores, such as swellings, abscesses, pimples, inflammations, scurfy patches (porrigo), reddish-white sores (vitiligo), that are referred to in Leviticus 13:1-end, are also of the same kind, for 'leprosy' in the spiritual sense is the profanation of truth, 6963.

[4] 'Wounds' too have the same kind of meaning, as is evident in Isaiah,

From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it, [but] wounds, bruises, and recent blows. They are not pressed out, nor bound up, nor softened with oil. Isaiah 1:6.

And in David,

My iniquities have gone over my head. My wounds have become putrid, they have rotted away because of my foolishness. Psalms 38:4-5.

फुटनोट:

1. literally, by the sight of the eyes with which you will look at [it]

  
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2015. That 'kings will come out of you' means that all truth comes from Him is clear from the meaning of 'a king' as truth in both the historical and the prophetical sections of the Word, as stated in 1672 but not yet shown to be so. From the meaning of 'nations' as goods, and from the meaning of 'kings' as truths, the nature of the internal sense of the Word becomes clear, and also how remote it is from the sense of the letter. No one reading the Word, especially the historical section, believes anything other than that 'nations' referred to there means nations, or that 'kings' there means kings, and therefore that the nations mentioned there, or the kings, are the real subject of the very Word itself. But when the idea of nations and also of kings reaches angels it perishes altogether, and good and truth take their place instead. This is bound to seem strange and indeed a paradox, but it is nevertheless the truth. The matter may also become clear to anyone from the fact that if nations were meant in the Word by 'nations' and kings by 'kings', the Word of the Lord would hardly embody anything more than some historical or other piece of writing and so would be something of a worldly nature, when in fact everything in the Word is Divine and so is celestial and spiritual.

[2] Take merely the statement in the present verse about Abraham's being made fruitful, nations being made of him, and kings coming out of him. What else is this but something purely worldly and nothing at all heavenly? Indeed these assertions entail no more than the glory of this world, a glory which is absolutely nothing in heaven. But if this is the Word of the Lord then its glory must be that of heaven, not that of the world. This also is why the sense of the letter is completely erased and disappears when it passes into heaven, and is purified in such a way that nothing worldly at all is intermingled. For 'Abraham' is not used to mean Abraham but the Lord; nor is 'being fruitful' used to mean his descendants who would increase more and more but the endless growth of good belonging to the Lord's Human Essence. 'Nations' do not mean nations but goods, and 'kings' do not mean kings but truths. Nevertheless the narrative in the sense of the letter remains historically true, for Abraham was indeed spoken to in this way; and he was indeed made fruitful in this way, with nations as well as kings descending from him.

[3] That 'kings' means truths becomes clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

The sons of the foreigner will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. You will suck the milk of nations, and the breast of kings will you suck. Isaiah 60:10, 16.

What 'sucking the milk of nations and the breast of kings' means is not at all evident from the letter but from the internal sense, in which being endowed with goods and instructed in truths is meant. In Jeremiah,

There will enter through the gates of this city kings and princes seated on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses. Jeremiah 17:25; 22:4.

'Riding in chariots and on horses' is a prophecy meaning the abundance of things of the understanding, as becomes clear from very many places in the Prophets. Thus the prophecy that 'kings will enter through the gates of the city' means in the internal sense that they were to be endowed with truths of faith. This sense of the Word is the heavenly sense into which the worldly sense of the letter passes.

[4] In the same prophet,

Jehovah has spurned in His fierce indignation king and priest. The gates of Zion have sunk into the ground, He has destroyed and broken in pieces her bars. King and princes are among the nations; the law is no more. Lamentations 2:6, 9.

Here 'king' stands for the truth of faith, 'priest' for the good of charity, 'Zion' for the Church, which is destroyed and its bars broken in pieces. Consequently 'king and princes among the nations', that is, truth and what belongs to truth, will be so completely banished that 'the law is no more', that is, nothing of the doctrine of faith will exist any more. In Isaiah,

Before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the ground will be abandoned which you loathe in the presence of its two kings. Isaiah 7:16.

This refers to the Lord's Coming. 'The land that will be abandoned' stands for faith which at that time would not exist. 'The kings' are the truths of faith which would be loathed.

[5] In the same prophet,

I will lift up My hand to the nations and raise My ensign to the peoples; and they will bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters will be carried on their shoulder. Kings will be your foster fathers and their queens your wet-nurses. Isaiah 49:22-23.

'Nations' and 'daughters' stand for goods, 'peoples' and 'sons' for truths, as shown in Volume One. That 'nations' stands for goods, 1259, 1260, 1416, 1849, as does 'daughters', 489-491, while 'peoples' stands for truths, 1259, 1260, as does 'sons', 489, 491, 533, 1147. 'Kings' therefore stands for truths, in general by which they will be nourished, and 'queens' for goods by which they will be suckled. Whether you speak of goods and truths or of those who are governed by goods and truths it amounts to the same.

[6] In the same prophet,

He will spatter many nations, kings will shut their mouths because of him, 1 for that which has [not] been told them they have seen, and that which they have not heard they have understood. Isaiah 52:15.

This refers to the Lord's Coming. 'Nations' stands for those who are stirred by an affection for goods, 'kings' those who are stirred by an affection for truths. In David,

Now, O kings, be intelligent; be instructed, O judges of the earth. Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son lest He perhaps be angry and you perish in the way. Psalms 2:10-12.

'Kings' stands for people who are governed by truths, and who by virtue of truths are also in many places called 'king's sons'. 'The Son' here stands for the Lord, and he is called the Son here because he is Truth itself, and the source of all truth.

[7] In John,

They will sing a new song, You are worthy to take the Book and to open its seals. You have made us kings and priests to our God so that we shall reign on the earth. Revelation 5:9-10.

Here people who are governed by truths are called 'kings'. The Lord also calls them 'the sons of the kingdom' in Matthew,

He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the seed are the sons of the kingdom, and the tares are the sons of the evil one. Matthew 13:37-38.

In John,

The sixth angel poured out his bowl over the great river Euphrates and its water was dried up to prepare the way of the kings who were from the east. Revelation 16:12.

'Euphrates' clearly does not mean the Euphrates, nor does 'kings from the east' mean kings from that quarter. What 'Euphrates' does mean may be seen in 120, 1585, 1866, from which it is evident that 'the way of the kings who were from the cast' means truths of faith that derive from goods of love.

[8] In the same book,

The nations that are saved will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory and honour into it. Revelation 21:24.

Here 'nations' stands for people who are governed by goods, 'kings of the earth' for those who are governed by truths, which is also evident from the fact that the details here are prophetical, not historical. In the same book,

With the great harlot seated on many waters the kings of the earth have committed whoredom and have become drunk with the wine of her whoredom. Revelation 17:2.

And elsewhere in the same book,

Babylon has given all nations drink from the wine of the fury of her whoredom; and the kings of the earth have committed whoredom with her. Revelation 18:1, 3, 9.

Here similarly it is clear that 'the kings of the earth' does not mean kings, for the subject is the falsification and adulteration of the doctrine of faith, that is, of truth, which are 'whoredom'. 'Kings of the earth' stands for truths that have been falsified and adulterated.

[9] In the same book,

The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom but are receiving authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. These will be of one mind, and they will hand over power and authority to the beast. Revelation 17:12-13.

That 'kings' here does not mean kings may also be evident to anyone. If kings were meant, then 'ten kings receiving authority as kings for one hour' would be quite unintelligible, as similarly with the following words in the same book,

I saw the beast and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered to make war with Him who was sitting on the horse, and with His army. Revelation 19:19

In verse 13 of the same chapter it is stated explicitly that the One who was sitting on the horse was The Word of God, against which the kings of the earth are said to have been gathered. 'The beast' stands for goods of love that have been profaned, 'kings' for truths of faith that have been adulterated; these are called 'kings of the earth' because they exist within the Church - 'earth' meaning the Church, see 662, 1066, 1067, 1262. 'The white horse' stands for the understanding of truth, 'He who was sitting on the horse' for the Word. This matter is plainer still in Daniel 11, describing the war between the king of the south and the king of the north, by which is meant the conflict of truths with falsities. Here such conflicts are described as a war that took place in history.

[10] Since 'a king' means truth, what is meant in the internal sense when the Lord is called King, and also a Priest, is made clear; and what essential quality of the Lord was represented by kings, and what by priests, is also made clear. 'Kings' represented His Divine Truth, and 'priests' His Divine Good. All the laws of order by which the Lord governs the universe as King are truths, while all the laws by which He governs the universe as Priest and by which He rules even over truths themselves are goods. For government from truths alone condemns everyone to hell, but government from goods lifts them out of that place and raises them up into heaven; see 1728. Because, in the Lord's case, these two - truths and goods - are joined together, they were also represented in ancient times by kingship and priesthood combined, as with Melchizedek who was at one and the same time king of Salem and priest to God Most High, Genesis 14:18. And at a later time among the Jews where the representative Church was established in a form of its own He was represented by judges and priests, and after that by kings.

[11] But because 'kings' represented truths which ought not to be paramount for the reason, already stated, that they condemn, the very idea was so objectionable that the Jews were reproached for it. The nature of truth regarded in itself has been described in 1 Samuel 8:11-18, as the rights of a king; and previous to that, in Moses, in Deuteronomy 17:14-18, they had been commanded through Moses to choose genuine truth deriving from good, not spurious truth, and not to pollute it with reasonings and factual knowledge. These are the considerations which the directive concerning a king given in the place in Moses referred to above embodies within itself. No one can possibly see this from the sense of the letter, but it is nevertheless evident from the details within the internal sense. This shows why 'a king' and 'kingship' represented and meant nothing other than truth.

फुटनोट:

1. literally, over him

  
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