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1 Se iu pekos per tio, ke li auxdos jxuron kaj estos atestanto, aux ke li vidos aux scios, sed ne sciigos kaj portos sur si la pekon;

2 aux se iu ektusxos ion malpuran, aux kadavrajxon de malpura besto, aux kadavrajxon de malpura bruto, aux kadavrajxon de malpura rampajxo, kaj li tion ne scios, kaj li malpurigxos kaj kulpigxos;

3 aux se iu ektusxos malpurajxon de homo, kia ajn estus tiu malpurajxo, per kiu oni malpurigxas, kaj li tion ne scios, kaj poste li sciigxos, kaj li estos kulpa;

4 aux se iu per nesingarda busxo jxuros fari ion malbonan aux bonan, kion ajn homo elesprimas per jxuro, kaj li tion ne rimarkos, kaj poste li sciigxos, kaj li estos kulpa pri io el tiuj aferoj:

5 se iu estos kulpa pri io el tiuj aferoj, li faru konfeson pri tio, kion li pekis;

6 kaj pro sia peko, kiun li pekis, li alportu al la Eternulo kiel propekan oferon inon el la malgrandaj brutoj, sxafinon aux kaprinon; kaj la pastro liberigos lin de lia peko.

7 Kaj se li ne estos suficxe bonstata, por alporti sxafinon, li alportu pro sia peko, kiun li pekis, du turtojn aux du kolombidojn al la Eternulo, unu kiel propekan oferon, la duan kiel bruloferon.

8 Li alportu ilin al la pastro, kaj cxi tiu prezentos antauxe tiun, kiu estos propeka ofero, kaj li tordorompos gxian kapon cxe la nuko, sed ne apartigos gxin;

9 kaj li aspergos per la sango de la propeka ofero la muron de la altaro, kaj la restintan sangon li elpremos cxe la bazo de la altaro; tio estas propeka ofero.

10 Kaj el la dua li faros bruloferon laux la reguloj; kaj la pastro liberigos lin de la peko, kiun li pekis, kaj estos pardonite al li.

11 Se li ne estos suficxe bonstata, por alporti du turtojn aux du kolombidojn, tiam li alportu kiel oferon pro sia peko dekonon de efo da delikata faruno, kiel propekan oferon; li ne versxu sur gxin oleon kaj ne metu sur gxin olibanon, cxar gxi estas propeka ofero.

12 Kaj li alportu gxin al la pastro, kaj la pastro prenos el gxi plenmanon kiel memorparton kaj bruligos sur la altaro kun la fajroferoj al la Eternulo; gxi estas propeka ofero.

13 Kaj la pastro liberigos lin de lia peko, kiun li pekis koncerne iun el tiuj aferoj, kaj estos pardonite al li; la restajxo estu por la pastro, kiel farunofero.

14 Kaj la Eternulo ekparolis al Moseo, dirante:

15 Se iu kulpigxos, pekante per eraro kontraux la sanktajxoj de la Eternulo, tiam li alportu kiel prokulpan oferon al la Eternulo virsxafon sendifektan el la malgrandaj brutoj, havantan laux via taksado la valoron de du sikloj, laux la sankta siklo; gxi estu prokulpa ofero.

16 Kaj pro la sanktajxo, kontraux kiu li pekis, li pagu, kaj li aldonu kvinonon de gxia valoro kaj donu tion al la pastro; kaj la pastro pekliberigos lin per la prokulpa virsxafo, kaj estos pardonite al li.

17 Kaj se iu pekos, farante iun el tiuj aferoj, kiujn la Eternulo malpermesis, sed li ne sciis kaj farigxis kulpa, kaj li portos sur si sian pekon:

18 tiam li alportu virsxafon sendifektan el la malgrandaj brutoj, laux via taksado, kiel kulpoferon al la pastro; kaj la pastro pekliberigos lin koncerne lian eraron, kiun li faris ne sciante, kaj estos pardonite al li.

19 GXi estas prokulpa ofero; li kulpigxis antaux la Eternulo.

   

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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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9990. 'Take one young bull, a son of the herd' means purification of the natural or external man. This is clear from the meaning of 'a young bull' as the good of innocence and charity in the natural or external man, dealt with in 9391. And since the words 'a son of the herd' are used, the truth of that good is also meant, truth being meant by 'a son', and the natural level by 'the herd'. For the meaning of 'a son' as truth, see 489, 491, 533, 2623, 3373, 9807, and for that of 'the herd' as the natural level, 2566, 5913, 8937. The reason why purification of the natural or external man is meant here by 'a young bull, a son of the herd' is that the animal was offered in sacrifice, and sacrifices were signs of purification from evils and falsities, or expiation, in this instance purification from evils and falsities present in the natural or external man. But purification in the spiritual or internal man is meant by the burnt offering of a ram.

[2] To know what each kind of burnt offering or sacrifice represented one must first know that in a human being there is the external and the internal, and that in each there is that which belongs to truth and that which belongs to good. Therefore when a person is to be regenerated he must be regenerated as to the external and as to the internal, and in each as to truth and as to good. But before a person can be regenerated he must be purified from evils and from falsities, for these stand in the way. Purifications of the external man were represented by burnt offerings and sacrifices of oxen, young bulls, and he-goats, but purifications of the internal man by burnt offerings and sacrifices of rams, kids, and she-goats, and purification of the internal itself, or that which is inmost, by those of lambs. Consequently from the actual animals offered in sacrifice one may see what kind of purification or expiation was being represented.

[3] The reason for saying 'was being represented' is that burnt offerings and sacrifices did not purify or expiate a person, but merely served to represent purification or expiation. For is there anyone who fails to recognize that such offerings of animals do not take away any evil or falsity at all that is present with a person? - see the places in the Word quoted in 2180. The reason why those offerings did not take evil or falsity away, but merely represented such a removal of it, was that only a representative of the Church was established among the Israelite and Jewish nation, which served to join them to heaven, and through heaven to the Lord, see what has been shown on this subject in the places referred to in 9320 (end), 9380. But what was represented specifically by burnt offerings and sacrifices of young bulls, rams, and lambs, will be seen in what follows in the present chapter, since they are the subject there.

  
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