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1 Dersom du ser din brors okse eller lam fare vill, skal du ikke dra dig unda; du skal føre dem tilbake til din bror.

2 Men dersom din bror ikke bor i nærheten av dig, eller du ikke vet hvem det er, da skal du ta dem hjem til dig, og de skal være hos dig, til din bror spør efter dem; da skal du gi ham dem tilbake.

3 Det samme skal du gjøre med hans asen og med hans klær og med alt hvad din bror har tapt - det som er kommet bort for ham, og som du finner; du har ikke lov til å dra dig unda.

4 Dersom du ser din brors asen eller okse ligge over ende på veien, skal du ikke dra dig unda; du skal hjelpe ham med å reise dem op.

5 En kvinne skal ikke ha mannsklær på sig, og en mann skal ikke klæ sig i kvinneklær; hver den som gjør så, er en vederstyggelighet for Herren din Gud.

6 Når du på veien treffer på et fuglerede i et tre eller på jorden, med unger eller egg i, og moren ligger på ungene eller på eggene, da skal du ikke ta både moren og ungene;

7 du skal la moren flyve, men ungene kan du ta; da skal det gå dig vel, og du skal leve lenge.

8 Når du bygger et nytt hus, så skal du gjøre et rekkverk om taket, forat du ikke skal føre blodskyld over ditt hus om nogen faller ned derfra.

9 Du skal ikke så noget i din vingård, forat ikke hele avlingen, både det du har sådd, og frukten av vingården, skal hjemfalle til helligdommen.

10 Du skal ikke pløie med en okse og et asen for samme plog.

11 Du skal ikke gå med klær av ulikt tøi, ull og lin sammen.

12 Du skal gjøre dig dusker på de fire kanter av din kappe, som du dekker dig med.

13 Når en mann tar sig en hustru og går inn til henne, men siden får uvilje mot henne

14 og skylder henne for skammelige ting og fører ondt rykte ut om henne og sier: Denne kvinne tok jeg til ekte og holdt mig nær til henne, men fant at hun ikke var jomfru,

15 da skal pikens far og mor ta tegnet på hennes jomfrudom og ha med sig ut til porten, til byens eldste.

16 Og pikens far skal si til de eldste: Jeg gav denne mann min datter til hustru, men nu har han fått uvilje mot henne,

17 og så skylder han henne for skammelige ting og sier: Jeg fant at din datter ikke var jomfru; men her er tegnet på min datters jomfrudom. Så skal de bre ut klædet for de eldste i byen.

18 Og de eldste i byen skal ta mannen og gi ham hugg

19 og ilegge ham en bot på hundre sekel sølv og gi dem til pikens far, fordi han førte ondt rykte ut om en jomfru i Israel, og hun skal være hans hustru; han må ikke skille sig fra henne så lenge han lever.

20 Men var det sant, var piken ikke jomfru,

21 da skal de føre henne ut foran døren til hennes fars hus, og mennene i hennes by skal stene henne til døde, fordi hun har gjort en skammelig gjerning i Israel og drevet hor i sin fars hus; således skal du rydde det onde bort av din midte.

22 Når en mann gripes i å ligge hos en gift kvinne, så skal de begge , både mannen som lå hos kvinnen, og kvinnen selv; således skal du rydde det onde bort av Israel.

23 Når en pike som er jomfru, er trolovet med en mann, og en annen mann treffer henne i byen og ligger hos henne,

24 så skal I føre dem begge ut til byens port og stene dem til døde, piken fordi hun ikke skrek om hjelp i byen, og mannen fordi han krenket sin næstes hustru; således skal du rydde det onde bort av din midte.

25 Men dersom en mann treffer en trolovet pike ute på marken, og han holder fast på henne og ligger hos henne, da skal bare mannen som lå hos henne, .

26 Men piken skal du ikke gjøre noget, hun har ingen dødsskyld; for med denne sak har det sig på samme måte som når en overfaller sin næste og slår ham ihjel;

27 han traff den trolovede pike ute på marken, hun skrek, men der var ingen til å hjelpe henne.

28 Når en mann treffer en pike som er jomfru og ikke trolovet, og tar fatt på henne og ligger hos henne, og nogen kommer over dem,

29 da skal den mann som lå hos henne, gi pikens far femti sekel sølv, og hun skal være hans hustru, fordi han krenket henne; han må ikke skille sig fra henne sa lenge han lever.

30 Ingen må ekte sin stedmor eller søke seng med henne.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #194

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194. And thou shalt not know in what hour I will come upon thee, signifies ignorance of that time and of the state then. This is evident from the signification of "hour," as being the time when man is to die, and also his state then; and from the signification of "not knowing" it, as being ignorance. It is said "In what hour I will come upon thee," namely, "as a thief," and this means, in the sense of the letter, that the Lord will so come; but in the spiritual sense, it means that evils and falsities will steal away the knowledges that they have from the Word. For in the sense of the letter of the Word doing evil is attributed to Jehovah, or to the Lord, but in the spiritual sense the meaning is that He does evil to no one, but that man does evil to himself (See Arcana Coelestia 2447, 5798, 6071, 6991, 6997, 7533, 7632, 7643, 7679, 7710, 7877, 7926, 8227, 8228, 8284, 8483, 8632, 9010, 9128, 9306, 10431).

[2] "Hour," moreover signifies state, because all times in the Word, as a day, a week, a month, a year, an age, signify states of life, so likewise "an hour" (the reason of this may be seen in the work onHeaven and Hell 162-169, where Time in Heaven is treated of). But as "hour" means both time and state, where "hour" occurs in the Word it can scarcely be known that it signifies anything except time. As in Matthew:

A householder hired laborers into his vineyard, who labored from the third hour, the sixth, the ninth, and the eleventh, and received equal reward (Matthew 20:1-16).

These "hours" mean, in the world, times, but in heaven, states of life, since in heaven there are no hours, because times there are not measurable and divided into days and these into hours, as in the world; consequently instead of these times the angels perceive the states of life of those who die, as old men, men, youths, or children, and who have equally acquired for themselves spiritual life; "laboring in the vineyard" is acquiring for oneself spiritual life by the knowledges of truth and good from the Word applied to the uses of life; the "third," the "sixth," and the "ninth hours" signify a like state of life, for all numbers in the Word are significative, and these numbers have a similar signification. (That "vineyard" in the Word signifies the spiritual church, and with man spiritual life, see Arcana Coelestia 9139, 3220. That "three" signifies a full state, or what is complete even to the end, n. 2788, 4495, 7715, 8347, 9825; likewise "six" and "nine." But "eleven" signifies a state not yet full, and yet a receptive state such as there is with well-disposed children and infants. The "twelfth hour," to which all labored, signifies truths and goods in their fullness, n. 577, 2089, 2129, 2130, 3272, 3858, 3913. That all numbers in the Word are significative, n. 4495, 4670, 5265, 6175, 9488, 9659, 10217, 10253; and that composite numbers have a signification like that of the simple numbers from which they arise by multiplication, thus "three," "six," and "nine," have a similar signification, n. 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973.)

[3] Since "twelve" signifies truths and goods in their fullness, thus man's state of light or intelligence from these, the Lord says:

Are there not twelve hours of the day? If a man walk in the day he stumbleth not (John 11:9).

Elsewhere, also, "hours" signify states of life, as in Revelation:

Those four angels were loosed, which were prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men (Revelation 9:15).

The times here mentioned mean the states of evil with man, as will be seen in the explanation of these words hereafter. From this it is now evident that "Thou shalt not know in what hour I will come upon thee," means not only that one is ignorant of the time of death but also of the state of life at that time which will continue to eternity; for such as the state of man's past life is, even to the end, such he remains to eternity.

[4] Like things are said by the Lord here and there in the Evangelists. In Matthew:

Ye know not in what hour your Lord will come; be ye ready; for in an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh (Matthew 24:42, 44).

The lord of the servant shall come in the day when he expecteth not, and in an hour that he knoweth not (Matthew 24:50).

Be wakeful, therefore, for ye know not the day, neither the hour, wherein the Son of man shall come (Matthew 25:13).

It should be known that man remains to eternity such as his whole life is, even to the end, and by no means such as he is at the hour of death: repentance at that time with the evil is of no avail, but with the good it strengthens.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #9128

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9128. 'If the sun has risen on him' means if he sees it clearly - the theft that is being committed - from a more internal level. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sun rising' as its being seen in light, thus its being seen clearly, at this point that good or truth is being taken away, meant by 'the theft', 9125. The reason why 'if the sun has risen' has this meaning is that 'the thief caught digging through', spoken of in the previous verse, means good or truth being taken away secretly, thus without its being seen, 9125. The reason for saying seen from a more internal level is that such an action is seen by the internal man.

[2] Since it is an important matter, something must be stated about what seeing from a more internal level implies. A person sees within himself whether what he thinks and intends, and consequently what he speaks and does, is good or bad, and therefore whether it is true or false. This is not at all possible unless the person sees from a more internal level. Seeing from a more internal level takes place when things are seen by the internal man within the external. This is like the sight of the eye; the eye cannot see things within itself, only those outside it. This then is how a person sees the good and the bad he has within himself. Nevertheless one person's sight of this is better than another's, and some have no sight of it whatever. The ones with sight of it are those who have received from the Lord the life of faith and charity; for this life is internal life or the life of the internal man. Because truth resides with these people by virtue of their faith, and good by virtue of their charity, they can see the evils and falsities present in themselves; for evil can be seen from good, and falsity can be seen from truth, but not the other way round. The reason for this is that good and truth are in heaven and the light of heaven, whereas evil and falsity are in hell and the darkness of hell. From this it is evident that those immersed in evil and as a result in falsity cannot see good or truth; they cannot even see the evil and falsity present within themselves. Nor consequently can they see from a more internal level.

[3] But it should be recognized that seeing from a more internal level is seeing from the Lord; for the situation with sight is the same as it is with everything that comes into being. Nothing brings itself into being; rather it springs from what is prior to or higher than itself, and so finally from the First and Highest. The First and Highest is the Lord. Anyone who understands this can also understand that all of the life present in a person comes from the Lord; and, since charity and faith constitute that most real life a person can have, that all of the charity and all of the faith come from the Lord. A person endowed with greater power of thought and perception than others can also understand from all this that the Lord sees every single thing, even the smallest things present in a person. Evil and falsity however do not spring into being from what is higher than themselves but from what is lower; consequently they do not spring from the Lord but from the world, since the Lord is above whereas the world is below. Therefore the internal man with those immersed in evil and as a result in falsity is closed above and open below. This is why they see all things in an upside down manner - the world as everything and heaven as nothing. They are also for this reason seen by angels to be upside down, feet upwards and head downwards. This is what all in hell look like.

  
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