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1 Ja Herra puhui Mosekselle, sanoen:

2 Puhu Israelin lapsille, ja sano: jos joku sielu rikkoo tietämätä jotakuta Herran käskyä vastaan, jota ei hänen pitäis tekemän, niin että hän tekis yhtäkin vastaan niistä:

3 Jos pappi, joka voideltu on, rikkoo kansan pahennukseksi, niin hänen pitää rikoksensa edestä, kuin hän tehnyt on, tuoman virheettömän nuoren mullin Herralle rikosuhriksi,

4 Ja pitää tuoman mullin Herran eteen, seurakunnan majan oven tykö, ja laskeman kätensä mullin pään päälle, ja teurastaman mullin Herran edessä.

5 Ja pappi kuin voideltu on, pitää ottaman mullin verestä, ja kantaman seurakunna majaan.

6 Ja papin pitää kastaman sormensa vereen ja priiskottaman sitä verta seitsemän kertaa Herran ja pyhän esiripun edessä.

7 Ja papin pitää siitä verestä paneman suitsutusalttarin sarvein päälle, joka on Herran edessä seurakunnan majassa, ja kaiken muun veren kaataman polttouhrin alttarin pohjalle, joka on seurakunnan majan oven edessä.

8 Ja kaiken rikosuhrin mullin lihavuuden pitää hänen ylentämän: nimittäin sen lihavuuden joka sisällykset peittää, ja kaiken sisällysten lihavuuden,

9 Ja kaksi munaskuuta sen lihavuuden kanssa, joka niiden päällä on lanteissa, ja maksan kalvon munaskuiden kanssa eroittaman,

10 Niinkuin ylennetään kiitosuhri härjästä: ja papin pitää sen polttaman polttouhrialttarilla.

11 Mutta mullin vuodan, kaiken lihan, pään ja jalkain kanssa, ja sisällykset ja ravan,

12 Niin myös koko mullin pitää hänen leiristä viemän ulos puhtaaseen paikkaan, johonka tuhkat heitetään, ja se pitää poltettaman puiden päällä tulessa: juuri siinä paikassa, johon tuhka heitetään, pitää se poltettaman.

13 Jos koko Israelin seurakunta eksyis, ja se olis heidän silmäinsä edessä peitetty, niin että he olisivat tehneet jotakuta Herran käskyä vastaan, jota ei heidän tulisi tehdä, ja niin tulisivat vikapääksi,

14 Ja sitte ymmärtäisivät rikoksensa, jonka he olivat tehneet, niin pitää heidän tuoman nuoren mullin rikosuhriksi, ja asettaman sen seurakunnan majan eteen.

15 Ja seurakunnan vanhimmat pitää laskeman kätensä mullin pään päälle Herran edessä, ja teurastaman mullin Herran edessä.

16 Ja pappi, joka voideltu on, pitää kantaman mullin veren seurakunnan majaan.

17 Ja papin pitää kastaman sormensa vereen ja seitsemän kertaa priiskottaman Herran eteen, esiripun edessä,

18 Ja pitää siitä verestä paneman altarin sarvein päälle, joka on Herran edessä seurakunnan majassa, ja kaiken sen muun veren kaataman polttouhrin alttarin pohjaan, joka on seurakunnan majan edessä.

19 Kaiken hänen lihavuutensa pitää hänen ylentämän ja polttaman alttarilla,

20 Ja pitää tekemän tämän mullin kanssa niinkuin hän teki rikosuhrin mullin kanssa: ja niin pitää papin heidät sovittaman, ja se heille annetaan anteeksi.

21 Ja hänen pitää viemän mullin leiristä ulos, ja polttaman hänen, niinkuin hän poltti sen entisen mullin: sen pitää oleman rikosuhri seurakunnan edestä.

22 Mutta jos päämies rikkoo ja tekee jotakuta Herran Jumalansa käskyä vastaan, jota ei hänen tekemän pitäisi, ja tulee tietämätä vikapääksi,

23 Ja osotetaan hänelle sitte hänen rikoksensa, jolla hän on rikkonut: hänen pitää tuoman uhriksi virheettömän kauriin.

24 Ja laskeman kätensä kauriin pään päälle, ja teurastaman siinä paikassa, kussa Herralle polttouhria teurastetaan: se pitää oleman hänen rikosuhrinsa.

25 Sitte pitää papin ottaman rikosuhrin verta sormellansa, ja paneman sen polttouhrin alttarin sarvein päälle, ja sen muun veren kaataman polttouhrin alttarin pohjalle.

26 Mutta kaiken hänen lihavuutensa pitää hänen polttaman alttarilla, niinkuin sen lihavuuden kiitosuhrista. Ja niin papin pitää sovittaman hänen rikoksensa, ja se hänelle annetaan anteeksi.

27 Jos joku sielu yhteisestä kansasta rikkoo tietämätä, niin että hän tekee jotakuta Herran käskyä vastaan, jota ei hänen tekemän pitäis, ja tulee niin vikapääksi,

28 Ja sitte saatetaan ymmärtämään rikoksensa, jolla hän on rikkonut: hänen pitää tuoman uhriksi virheettömän vuohen, sen rikoksen edestä, jolla hän rikkonut on,

29 Ja pitää laskeman kätensä rikosuhrin pään päälle ja teurastaman sen rikosuhrin polttouhrin paikalla.

30 Ja papin pitää sormellansa ottaman sen verta, ja paneman sen polttouhrin alttarin sarvein päälle, ja kaiken veren kaataman altarin pohjaan.

31 Ja kaiken hänen lihavuutensa pitää hänen eroittaman, niinkuin hän eroitti kiitosuhrin lihavuuden: ja papin pitää sen polttaman alttarilla makiaksi hajuksi Herralle. Ja niin pitää papin häntä sovittaman, ja se annetaan anteeksi hänelle.

32 Mutta jos hän tuo lampaansa rikosuhriksi, niin tuokaan virheettömän uuhen.

33 Ja laskekaan kätensä rikosuhrin pään päälle ja teurastakaan sen rikosuhriksi siinä paikassa, missä polttouhri teurastetaan.

34 Ja papin pitää sormellansa ottaman rikosuhrin verta, ja paneman polttouhrin alttarin sarvein päälle, ja kaataman kaiken muun veren alttarin pohjaan.

35 Mutta kaiken lihavuuden pitää hänen eroittaman niinkuin kiitosuhrin lampaan lihavuus eroitettiin, ja papin pitää polttaman sen alttarilla Herran tuleksi. Ja niin pitää papin hänen rikoksensa sovittaman, jolla hän on rikkonut, ja se hänelle annetaan anteeksi.

   


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Apocalypse Explained # 167

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167. And all [the churches] shall know that I am He that searcheth the reins and hearts, signifies the acknowledgment of all who are of the church, that the Lord alone knows and explores the exteriors and interiors, and the things that are of faith and love. This is evident from the signification of "searching," as being, in reference to the Lord, that He alone knows and explores; also from the signification of "reins" as being the truths of faith and their purification from falsities (of which in what follows); also from the signification of "hearts," as being the goods of love. "Heart" signifies the good of love, because there are two things that rule in man, and from these is the whole life of his body, namely the heart and the lungs. And as all things in man's body correspond to the things that are in his mind, there are two things also that rule there, namely the will and the understanding. These two kingdoms of the mind correspond to the two kingdoms of the body, namely the will to the heart and its pulse, and the understanding to the lungs and their respiration. Without this correspondence the body could not live, not even a particle of it. As the heart corresponds to the will, so it corresponds to the good of love; and as the lungs correspond to the understanding, so they also correspond to the truths of faith. It is from this correspondence that "heart" signifies love, and "soul" signifies faith. It is from this that the expression "from the heart and soul" is so often used in the Word, by which is meant from love and faith. (As this correspondence is much treated of in the Arcana Coelestia, these things may be seen more fully explained there, namely, that "heart" in the Word signifies love; and because it signifies love, it also signifies the will, n.2930, 3313, 7542, 8910, 9050, 9113, 10336. That the heart corresponds to the things that are of love with man, and the lungs to the things that are of faith with him, n. 3883-3896. That in heaven there is a pulse such as that of the heart, and a respiration such as that of the lungs, n. 3884, 3885, 3887. That the pulse of the heart there is in accordance with the state of love, and the respiration of the lungs in accord with the state of faith, n. 3886-3889. That the influx of the heart into the lungs is like the influx of good into truth, and like the influx of the will into the understanding; it is also according to the influx of love into faith, and there are like communications and conjunctions, n. 3884, 3887-3889, 9300, 9495. Of the influx of heaven into the heart and into the lungs, from experience, n. Arcana Coelestia 3884. That from this the correspondence in the Word, "from the heart and soul" signifies from love and faith, n. 2930, 9050. That the conjunction of man's spirit with his body is by means of the respiration of the lungs and the pulse of the heart, and that therefore when these cease man dies as to the body, but lives as to the spirit, see in the work on Heaven and Hell [n. 521]; and that when the pulse of the heart ceases the spirit is separated, because the heart corresponds to love, which is the vital heat, n. 447, in the same work. Many other things respecting this correspondence, see n. 95.) "Reins" signify the truths of faith, and their purification from falsities, because the purification of the blood is performed in the reins and "blood" in the Word signifies truth (as may be seen in Arcana Coelestia 4735[1-15], 9127). The like is signified by the organ that purifies; and all purification from falsities is effected by truths. From this it is clear what is signified in the Word by the expression, that Jehovah, or the Lord, "searcheth the hearts and reins," namely, that He explores the truths of faith and the goods of love, and separates them from evils and falsities.

[2] This is signified by "reins" in the following places. In Jeremiah:

Jehovah Zebaoth, Judge of righteousness, trying the reins and the heart (Jeremiah 11:20).

In the same:

Thou hast proved 1 them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: Thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. But thou, O Jehovah, Thou shalt see me, and shalt prove my heart (Jeremiah 12:2, 3).

"Near in the mouth and far from the reins" is truth in the memory only, and in some thought therefrom when man speaks, but not in the will and from that in act. Truth in the will and from that in the act is what separates and dissipates falsities. Truth in the will and from that in the act is willing and doing what a man knows and thinks to be true; such truth is what is especially meant by "reins."

[3] In the same:

I, Jehovah, search the heart, I prove the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his works (Jeremiah 17:10).

"Searching the heart" is purifying good by separating evil from it; "proving the reins" is purifying truth by separating falsity from it; it is therefore said "to give to every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his works;" "ways" are the truths that are of faith, and "the fruit of works" are the goods that are of love. (That "ways" are truths that are of faith, see above, n. 97[1-2]; and that "the fruit of works" are the goods that are of love, n. 98, 109, 116.)

[4] In the same:

Jehovah Zebaoth, that provest the righteous, that seest the reins, and the heart (Jeremiah 20:12).

And in David:

Establish Thou the righteous; for Thou that provest the hearts and the reins art a righteous God (Psalms 7:9);

"the righteous" are those who love to do what is true and good, their goods and truths are purified by the Lord, which is meant by "seeing" and by "proving the reins and the hearts."

In David:

Prove me, O Jehovah, and try me, explore my reins and my heart (Psalms 26:2).

Because truths are separated from falsities and goods from evils by means of temptations, it is said, "Try me." In the same:

My heart is in a ferment, and I am pricked in my reins, but I am foolish and know not (Psalms 73:21, 22).

The infestation of good by evil and of truth by falsity is described by these words. In the same:

Behold, thou desirest truth in the reins and in the hidden part thou makest wisdom known to me (Psalms 51:6).

Here there is another word in the original for "reins," that includes the separation both of falsities from truths and of evils from goods. This shows that the "reins" signify purification and separation.

[5] In the same:

I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; also my reins chastise me in the night (Psalms 16:7).

"Night" signifies the state of man when falsities rise up; the consequent combat of truths with falsities is signified by "my reins chastise me." In the same:

Even the darkness doth not make darkness before Thee, but the night is lucid as the day; as the darkness so is the light. For thou possessest my reins, my bone was not hidden from Thee when I was made in secret (Psalms 139:12, 13, 15).

"Darkness" means falsities, and "light" truths; to "possess the reins" is to know falsities and truths with man; therefore it is said, "my bone was not hidden from Thee when I was made in secret," which signifies that no falsity that was made was hidden. (That "darkness" means falsity and "light" truth, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 126-140; and that "bone" means truth in the ultimate of order and in the contrary sense, falsity, Arcana Coelestia 3812, 5560, 5565, 6592, 8005.)

[6] As "the reins" signified truths purified from falsities, so:

In the sacrifices, the fats and reins alone were offered up (as may be seen in Exodus 29:13; Leviticus 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9 and elsewhere).

Fats and reins alone were offered upon the altar because "fats" signified the goods of love, and "reins" the truths of faith. (That "fats" or "fatnesses" signify the goods of love, see Arcana Coelestia 353, 5943, 6409, 10033. That the "reins" signify the truths of faith, examining, purifying, and rejecting from themselves falsities, is from correspondence; for each and every thing of the body corresponds, as can be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell, where this is shown in its chapter entitled, There is a Correspondence of all things of Heaven with all things of Man, n. 87-102; and on the Reins, n. 96, 97.) Unless it be known that there is such a correspondence, who could ever know why it is so often said of Jehovah or the Lord in the Word, that "He searcheth and proveth the reins and the heart?" (On the correspondence of the reins, of the ureters, and of the bladder, see further in Arcana Coelestia 5380-5386.) To "search the reins and the heart" signifies also to explore the exteriors and the interiors of man, because truth is without and good is within; and spiritual good, which in its essence is truth, and in particular is signified by the "reins," is exterior good; while celestial good which in particular is signified by the "heart," is interior good. (This can be seen more fully from what is shown respecting The Spiritual Kingdom and the Celestial Kingdom, in the work on Heaven and Hell 20-26.)

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1. The Hebrew instead of "proved" has "planted," as also found in Arcana Coelestia 348, 8918.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9715

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9715. 'From shittim wood' means righteousness. This is clear from the meaning of 'shittim wood' as the good of merit, and righteousness, which are the Lord's alone, dealt with in 9472, 9486. What righteousness and merit are, which are the Lord's alone, must be stated here and now. People think that the Lord earned merit and righteousness because He fulfilled all the requirements of the law and by His passion on the Cross saved the human race. But this is not what anyone should understand in the Word by the Lord's merit and righteousness. Rather they should understand by His merit and righteousness that He fought alone against all the hells and overcame them, and in so doing He restored to order everything in the hells and at the same time everything in the heavens. For each person has spirits from hell present with him, and angels from heaven; without them a person cannot lead any life at all. Unless the hells had been overcome by the Lord and the heavens restored to order no one could ever have been saved.

[2] Salvation could not have been won except through His Human, that is to say, except through conflicts with the hells, fought from His Human. And since the Lord did this by His own power, thus did it alone, to the Lord alone belong merit and righteousness. And for the same reason it is He alone who still conquers the hells with a person; for He who conquers them once conquers them for evermore. No one therefore has any merit or righteousness whatever; yet the Lord's merit and righteousness are his when he acknowledges that none is attributable to himself but all to the Lord. So it is that the Lord alone regenerates a person; for regenerating a person involves driving the hells away from him, consequently the evils and falsities which come from the hells, and implanting heaven in place of them, that is, forms of the good of love and the truths of faith since these constitute heaven. Through the conflicts engaged in repeatedly with the hells the Lord also glorified His Human, that is, made it Divine; for even as a person is regenerated by means of conflicts, which are temptations, so the Lord was glorified by means of conflicts, which were temptations. The glorification of the Lord's Human by His own power therefore is also merit and righteousness; for through this the person is saved because through it the Lord holds all the hells in subjection for evermore.

[3] The truth of all this is clear from places in the Word where the Lord's merit and righteousness are referred to, as in Isaiah,

Who is this who comes from Edom, with spattered clothes from Bozrah, marching in the vast numbers of His strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Why are You red as to Your clothes, and Your clothes like his that treads in the winepress? I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples not a man (vir) was with Me. Therefore I have trodden them in My anger, and trodden them down in My fury. Consequently their blood 1 has been sprinkled on My clothes, and I have stained all My clothing. For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redeemed had come. I looked around, but there was no helper, and I wondered, but there was no one to uphold; therefore My own arm brought salvation to Me, and My own fury sustained Me. And I trod down the peoples in My anger, and shed their blood onto the ground. 2 Therefore He became the Saviour. Isaiah 63:1-8.

These words, it is well known, have regard to the Lord. His conflicts with the hells are described by the references to spattered clothes, redness as to His clothes, clothes like his that treads in the winepress, and to the day of vengeance. His victories over the hells and His placing them in subjection are described by the statements that He trod them in His anger, as a consequence of which their blood was sprinkled on His clothes, and that He trod down the peoples in fury 3 and shed their blood onto the ground. The Lord's doing these things by His own power is described by the statements that He trod the winepress alone and from the peoples not a man was with Him; that He looked around but there was no helper, He wondered but there was no one to uphold; and that His own arm brought salvation to Him. Salvation coming as a result of all this is described by the statements that He was marching in the vast numbers of His strength, mighty to save; that the year of His redeemed had come; and that therefore He became their Saviour.

[4] The fact that all these things are aspects of righteousness is even more plainly evident elsewhere in the same prophet,

He saw that there was no man (vir), and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore His own arm brought salvation to Him, and His righteousness lifted Him up. Consequently He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon His head. He put on clothes of vengeance, and covered Himself with zeal as if with a cloak. Isaiah 59:16-17.

And in the same prophet,

My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, and My arms will judge the peoples. In Me the islands will hope, and on My arm they will trust. Isaiah 51:5.

'The arm' which brought salvation to Him and on which they will trust is His own power by which He placed the hells in subjection, 'arm' being power, see 4932, 7205. From this it is evident what righteousness is and what merit is, which are the Lord's alone.

[5] Something similar occurs elsewhere in the same prophet,

Who stirred up [One] from the East, [One] whom in righteousness He called to be His follower, gave the nations before Him, and caused Him to have dominion over kings? Isaiah 41:2.

In the same prophet,

I have caused My righteousness to draw near, it is not far off; My salvation will not delay. Isaiah 46:13.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah will clothe Me with the garments of salvation; with the robe of righteousness He has covered Me. Isaiah 61:10.

In David,

My mouth will tell of 4 Your righteousness, of Your salvation all the day; I cannot measure them. 5 I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone. Do not forsake me, until I have declared Your arm, Your power; for Your righteousness [reaches] all the way to the highest, O You who have done great things. Psalms 71:15-16, 18-19, 24.

In Jeremiah,

Behold, the days are coming when I will raise up for David a righteous branch, who will reign as King, and will prosper, and execute judgement and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name which they will call Him, Jehovah our Righteousness. Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16.

And in Daniel,

Seventy weeks have been decreed to atone for iniquity, and to bring everlasting righteousness. 6 Daniel 9:24.

[6] The truth that righteousness and merit, which are the Lord's alone, consist in the Lord's subjection of the hells, His restoration of the heavens to order, and the glorification of His Human, and in the salvation that results from all this for the person who receives the Lord in love and faith, becomes clear from the places which have just been quoted. Yet people can have no understanding of this if they do not know that spirits from hell are present with a person and that from them evils and falsities come to him, and also that angels from heaven are present and that from them forms of good and truths come to him; if they do not know that a person's life is for this reason linked on one side to the hells and on the other to the heavens, that is, through the heavens to the Lord; and if they do not know that therefore no one could ever be saved unless the hells had been subdued and the heavens restored to order, and all things had accordingly been made subject to the Lord.

[7] From all this it may be seen why it should be that the good of merit that is the Lord's is the one and only good that reigns in the heavens, as stated above in 9486. For the good of merit now consists also in the everlasting subjection of the hells and the protection of true believers. This good is the good of the Lord's love; for it was from Divine Love that He engaged in conflict while in the world and was victorious. And it is from Divine Power in the Human acquired through that victory that, then and for evermore, on behalf of heaven and the Church and thus the entire human race, He fights alone, conquers, and so brings salvation. This then is the good of merit, which is called righteousness; for the work of righteousness consists in keeping the hells in check as they try to destroy the human race, and in protecting and saving those who are good and are true believers.

Regarding the Lord's conflicts or temptations when He was in the world, see 1663, 1668, 1690, 1691 (end), 1692, 1737, 1787, 1812, 1813, 1820, 2776, 2786, 2795, 2803, 2814, 2816, 4287, 7193, 8273.

The Lord fights alone for the human race against the hells, 1692 (end), 6574, 8159, 8172, 8175, 8176, 8273, 8969.

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1. literally, victory

2. literally, caused their victory to go down into the earth

3. The Latin means anger.

4. literally, will enumerate

5. literally, do not know the numberings

6. The Latin word rendered righteousness is sometimes translated justice, as it is in at least one previous quotation of this verse.

  
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