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Leviticus 23:20

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20 And when the priest hath lifted them up with the leaves of the firstfruits before the Lord, they shall fall to his use.

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Atonements

  

In Exodus 28:36, atonements represent the reception of the good of love and faith from the Lord after the removal of evils and falsities.

In Exodus 29:33, this signifies being purified from evils and falsities. (Arcana Coelestia 10109)

In Exodus 30:10, this signifies purification from evils and falsities through truths of faith from the good of love. (Arcana Coelestia 10208)

In Leviticus 17:11, this signifies purification through truths which are from the good of innocence. (Arcana Coelestia 10210)

In Exodus 32:30, this signifies the hearing and reception of all things of worship. (Arcana Coelestia 9506) Atonement here also signifies a possibility from the Lord's divine power of reaching people who have completely turned away from Him. (Arcana Coelestia 10500)

(Riferimenti: Arcana Coelestia 10122)

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Arcana Coelestia #10210

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10210. 'With the blood of the sin [offering] of expiations' means by means of truths which spring from the good of innocence. This is clear from the meaning of 'the blood' as Divine Truth, dealt with in 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326, 7846, 7850, 9127, 9393, 10026, 10033, 10047; and from the meaning of 'the sin [offering] of expiations', or the sin sacrifice by means of which expiation was made, as purification from evils and consequent falsities.

'Sin' is used to mean a sacrifice for sin, see 10039.

'Expiation' means purification from evils and consequent falsities, 9506.

The reason why this purification is accomplished by means of truths which spring from the good of innocence is that the blood with which the expiation was accomplished came from a young bull or from a lamb, and 'a young bull' means the good of innocence in the external man, 9391, 9990, 10132, 'a lamb' the good of innocence in the internal man, 10132; and innocence must be present if truth and good are to be received, 3111, 3994, 4797, 6013, 6765, 7836(end), 7840, 9262, 10134, as well as the places referred to in 10021. The good of innocence consists in acknowledging that all truths and forms of good come from the Lord and none at all from the human self or proprium; thus it consists in wishing to be led by the Lord and not by self. From this it is evident that the more a person trusts and believes in himself, thus the more he is ruled by self-love, the less the good of innocence is present in him. This is why a person cannot be purified from evils unless the good of innocence is present in him. For if this good is not present that person is led not by the Lord but by self; and anyone who is led by self is led by hell, since the human proprium is nothing but evil, and all evil belongs to hell. The fact that every expiation was accomplished with the blood either of a young bull, or of a lamb, or of turtle doves, that is, young pigeons, is clear in Moses, in Exodus 29:36; Leviticus 4:1-7, 13-18, 27-end; 5:1-7; 15:14, 24, 28-31; Numbers 6:9-11. 'Turtle doves' and 'young pigeons' as well mean the good of innocence.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.