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Ezekiel 44

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1 Nang magkagayo'y ibinalik niya ako sa daan ng pintuan sa labas ng santuario, na nakaharap sa dakong silanganan; at ito'y nasara.

2 At sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, Ang pintuang-daang ito ay sasarhan, hindi bubuksan, o papasukan man ng sinoman, sapagka't pinasukan ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel; kaya't ito'y masasara.

3 Tungkol sa prinsipe, siya'y mauupo roon na pinaka prinsipe upang kumain ng tinapay sa harap ng Panginoon; siya'y papasok sa daan ng portiko ng pintuang-daan, at lalabas sa daan ding yaon.

4 Nang magkagayo'y dinala niya ako sa daan ng pintuang-daang hilagaan sa harap ng bahay: at ako'y tumingin, at, narito, napuno ng kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon ang bahay ng Panginoon: at nasubasob ako.

5 At ang Panginoon ay nagsabi sa akin, Anak ng tao, tandaan mong mabuti, at masdan mo ng iyong mga mata, at pakinggan mo ng iyong mga pakinig ang lahat na aking sinasabi sa iyo tungkol sa lahat ng alituntunin hinggil sa bahay ng Panginoon, at tungkol sa lahat ng kautusan doon; at tandaan mong mabuti ang pasukan ng bahay sangpu ng bawa't labasan sa santuario.

6 At iyong sasabihin sa mapanghimagsik, sa makatuwid baga'y sa sangbahayan ni Israel, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Oh kayong sangbahayan ni Israel, mangaglikat na kayo sa lahat ninyong kasuklamsuklam,

7 Sa inyong pagpapasok ng mga taga ibang lupa na hindi tuli sa puso at hindi tuli sa laman, upang malagay sa aking santuario, na lapastanganin yaon, sa makatuwid baga'y ang aking bahay, pagka inyong inihahandog ang aking tinapay, ang taba at ang dugo, at sinira nila ang aking tipan, upang idagdag sa lahat ninyong mga kasuklamsuklam.

8 At hindi ninyo iningatan ang katungkulan sa aking mga banal na bagay; kundi kayo'y nangaglagay ng mga tagapangasiwa sa aking santuario sa ganang inyong sarili.

9 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Walang taga ibang lupa, na hindi tuli sa puso at hindi tuli sa laman na papasok sa aking santuario, kahit sinomang taga ibang lupa na nasa gitna ng mga anak ni Israel.

10 Nguni't ang mga Levita na nagsilayo sa akin nang ang Israel ay maligaw sa akin sa pagsunod sa kanilang mga diosdiosan; mangagdadanas sila ng kanilang kasamaan.

11 Gayon ma'y magiging tagapangasiwa sila sa aking santuario, na sila ang mamamahala sa mga pintuang-daan ng bahay, at magsisipangasiwa sa bahay: kanilang papatayin ang handog na susunugin at ang hain para sa bayan, at sila'y magsisitayo sa harap ng mga yaon upang pangasiwaan nila.

12 Sapagka't kanilang pinangasiwaan sila sa harap ng kanilang mga diosdiosan, at naging ikatitisod sila sa ikasasama ng sangbahayan ni Israel; kaya't itinaas ko ang aking kamay laban sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, at dadanasin nila ang kanilang kasamaan.

13 At hindi sila magsisilapit sa akin upang magsagawa ng katungkulan ng saserdote sa akin, o magsisilapit man sa alin man sa mga banal na bagay ko, sa mga bagay na kabanalbanalan; kundi tataglayin nila ang kanilang kahihiyan, at ang kanilang mga kasuklamsuklam na kanilang ginawa.

14 Gayon ma'y gagawin ko silang tagapangasiwa sa bahay, para sa buong paglilingkod doon, at sa lahat na gagawin doon.

15 Nguni't ang mga saserdoteng Levita na mga anak na lalake ni Sadoc, na nagiingat ng katungkulan sa aking santuario nang ang mga anak ni Israel ay magsihiwalay sa akin, sila'y magsisilapit sa akin upang magsipangasiwa sa akin; at sila'y magsisitayo sa harap ko upang mangaghandog sa akin ng taba at ng dugo, sabi ng Panginoong Dios:

16 Sila'y magsisipasok sa aking santuario, at sila'y magsisilapit sa aking dulang, upang magsipangasiwa sa akin, at iingatan nila ang kanilang katungkulan sa akin.

17 At mangyayari, na pagka sila'y magsisipasok sa mga pintuang-daan ng lalong loob na looban, susuutan sila ng mga kayong linong kasuutan; at walang lanang dadaiti sa kanila, samantalang sila'y nagsisipangasiwa sa mga pintuang-daan ng lalong loob na looban, at sa loob.

18 Sila'y mangagpupugong ng kayong lino sa kanilang mga ulo, at mangagtatapi ng kayong lino sa kanilang mga balakang; hindi sila mangagbibigkis ng anomang nakapagpapapawis.

19 At pagka kanilang lalabasin ang mga tao sa looban sa labas, ng bahay, kanilang huhubarin ang kanilang mga kasuutan na kanilang ipinangangasiwa, at ilalagay nila ang mga ito sa mga banal na silid; at mangagsusuot sila ng ibang mga kasuutan, upang huwag nilang banalin ang mga tao ng kanilang mga kasuutan.

20 Ni aahitan man nila ang kanilang mga ulo, ni titiisin man ang kanilang buhok ay humaba; kanila lamang gugupitan ang kanilang mga ulo.

21 Ni iinom ng alak ang sinomang saserdote pagka sila'y magsisipasok sa lalong loob na looban.

22 Ni mangagaasawa man sa babaing bao, o sa inihiwalay man: kundi sila'y magaasawa ng mga dalaga sa lahi ng sangbahayan ni Israel, o ng babaing bao na nabao sa saserdote.

23 At kanilang ituturo sa aking bayan ang pagkakaiba ng banal at ng karaniwan, at ipakikilala nila sa kanila ang marumi at malinis.

24 At sa pagtatalo ay magsisitayo sila upang magsihatol; ayon sa aking mga kahatulan ay kanilang hahatulan: at kanilang iingatan ang aking mga kautusan at ang aking mga palatuntunan sa lahat kong takdang kapistahan; at kanilang ipangingilin ang aking mga sabbath.

25 At hindi sila magsisilapit sa alin mang patay na tao na mangagpakahawa; nguni't sa ama, o sa ina, o sa anak na lalake, o babae, sa kapatid na lalake, o babae na hindi nagkaasawa, maaaring mangagpakahawa sila.

26 At pagkatapos na siya'y malinis, sila'y bibilang sa kaniya ng pitong araw.

27 At sa kaarawan na siya'y pumasok sa santuario, sa lalong loob na looban upang mangasiwa sa santuario, siya'y maghahandog ng kaniyang handog dahil sa kasalanan, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

28 At sila'y mangagkakaroon ng mana; ako'y kanilang mana; at hindi ninyo bibigyan sila ng pag-aari sa Israel; ako'y kanilang pag-aari.

29 Sila'y magsisikain ng handog na harina, at ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at ng handog dahil sa pagkakasala; at bawa't bagay na itinalaga sa Israel ay magiging kanila.

30 At ang una sa lahat na unang bunga ng bawa't bagay, at lahat na alay na bawa't bagay, sa lahat ninyong mga alay ay magiging sa saserdote: inyo rin namang ibibigay sa mga saserdote ang una sa inyong masa upang pagpalain ang inyong bahay.

31 Ang mga saserdote ay hindi kakain ng anomang bagay na namamatay sa kaniyang sarili, o nalapa, maging ibon o hayop man.

   

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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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3048. 'The servant took ten camels from his master's camels, and went' means [Divine] general facts in the natural man. This is clear from the meaning of 'the servant' here as the natural man, dealt with above in 3019, 3020; from the meaning of 'ten' as remnants, which are the goods and truths stored away in a person by the Lord, see 468, 530, 560, 561, 660, 661, 1050, 1906, 2284 (though when 'ten' or remnants is used in reference to the Lord, the Divine things that the Lord acquired to Himself are meant, 1738, 1906); and from the meaning of 'camels' as general facts which, being Divine or things acquired by the Lord, are said to be 'ten' in number, and also to be 'camels from his master's camels'. The words 'he went' mean the introduction which was effected by means of those facts, which is dealt with in this chapter. The whole subject is the process by which truth was joined to good in the Lord's Divine Rational, the first thing to be described in this line of thought being the nature of the process of introduction, referred to in 3012, 3013. The present verse describes how the Lord separated those things in the natural man that came from Himself, that is, that were Divine, from those that came from the mother. Those that came from Himself, or were Divine, are the things through which the introduction was effected, and they are meant here by 'the ten camels from his master's camels'. This explains why much reference is made in subsequent verses to camels, such as that he made the camels kneel down outside the city, verse 11; that Rebekah also gave the camels a drink, verses 14, 19-20; that they were led into the house, and given straw and fodder, verses 31-32; and further on, that Rebekah and her maids rode on the camels, verse 61; and that Isaac saw the camels coming, and that when Rebekah saw Isaac she dropped down from the camel, verses 63-64. The reason they are mentioned so many times lies in the internal sense in which they mean the general facts that are present in the natural man and from which comes the affection for truth that had to be introduced to the affection for good within the rational, this being effected in the ordinary way, as shown above. For the rational as regards truth cannot possibly be born and perfected without facts and cognitions.

[2] That 'camels' means general facts is clear from other places in the Word where they are mentioned, as in Isaiah,

A prophecy of the beasts of the south. In the land of distress and anguish are the young lion and the old lion from them, the viper and the flying fiery-serpent. They carry their wealth on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the backs of camels, to a people that do not profit them. And Egypt's help will be in vain and to no advantage. Isaiah 30:6-7.

'The beasts of the south' stands for those who possess cognitions or the light of cognitions but lead evil lives. 'Carrying their wealth on the shoulders of young asses' stands for the cognitions which belong to their rational, 'a young ass' being rational truth, see 2781. 'Their treasures on the backs of camels' stands for the cognitions which belong to their natural, 'the backs of camels' being the natural, 'camels' themselves the general facts there, 'treasures' the cognitions which they consider to be precious. The words 'Egypt's help will be in vain and to no advantage' mean that to them knowledge is of no use, 'Egypt' being knowledge, see 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 2588 (end). It is evident that camels are not meant by 'camels' here because it is said that the young lion and the old lion carry their treasures on the backs of camels. Anyone may see that some arcanum of the Church is meant by this description.

[3] In the same prophet,

The prophecy of the wilderness of the sea. Thus said the Lord, Go, set a watchman to point out what he sees. And he saw a chariot, a pair of horsemen, a chariot of asses, a chariot of camels, and he listened diligently. He answered and said, Fallen, fallen has Babel. Isaiah 21:1, 6-7, 9.

'The wilderness of the sea' stands for the hollowness of knowledge that serves no use. 'A chariot of asses' stands for a mass of specific facts, 'a chariot of camels' for a mass of general facts which are present in the natural man. It is the hollow reasonings found with people meant by Babel which are described in this fashion.

[4] In the same prophet,

Your heart will enlarge itself because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you. A multitude of camels will cover you, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, all those from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will spread abroad the praises of Jehovah. Isaiah 60:5-6.

This refers to the Lord, and to the Divine celestial and spiritual things within His natural. 'The abundance of the sea' stands for a vast quantity of natural truth, 'the wealth of the nations' for a vast quantity of natural good. 'A multitude of camels' stands for general facts in abundance, 'gold and frankincense' for goods and truths which are 'the praises of Jehovah'. 'From Sheba' is from the celestial things of love and faith, see 113, 117, 1171. The queen of Sheba's coming to Solomon in Jerusalem with vast amounts of wealth, with camels carrying spices, and very much gold, and precious stones, 1 Kings 10:1-2, represented the wisdom and intelligence which came to the Lord, who in the internal sense of these verses is meant by Solomon. 'Camels carrying spices, gold, and precious stores' means matters of wisdom and intelligence in the natural man.

[5] In Jeremiah,

To Arabia and to the kingdoms of Hazor which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel smote: Arise and go up to Arabia, and lay waste the sons of the east. They will take their tents, their curtains, and all their vessels, and they will bear their camels away from them. Their camels will become booty, and the multitude of their flocks booty, and I will scatter them to every wind. Jeremiah 49:28-29, 32.

Here 'Arabia' and 'the kingdoms of Hazor', used in the contrary sense, stand for people who possess cognitions of celestial and spiritual things but whose only use for them is to be considered wise and intelligent in their own eyes and in those of the world. 'The camels that will be borne away from them to become booty and that will be scattered to every wind' means in general the factual knowledge of those people and their cognitions of good and truth, which will begin to be removed from these people in this life through their belief in things of a contrary nature, and in the next life removed altogether.

[6] In Zechariah,

The plague with which Jehovah will smite all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: It will be a plague of the horse, the mule, the camel, and the ass, and every beast. Zechariah 14:12, 15.

'A plague of the horse, the mule, the camel, the ass' stands for the removal of the powers of the understanding which follow one another in the same consecutive order, from rational concepts to natural images. What a horse is, see 2761, 2762; a mule, 2781; an ass, 2781. 'Camels' stands for general facts in the natural man. The pestilence in Egypt 'on the cattle in the field, on the horses, on the asses, on the camels, on the herd, and on the flock', Exodus 9:2-3, had a similar meaning.

From all these places it becomes clear that 'camels' in the internal sense of the Word means general facts which belong to the natural man. General facts are those which include within themselves many particular ones, while these include within themselves those that are specific. All these constitute in general the understanding part of the natural man.

  
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