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Leviticus 24

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1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Command the sons of Israel that they take to thee pure olive oil, beaten for the light, to cause the flame of the lamp to go·​·up* continually.

3 Outside the veil of the testimony, in the Tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron arrange it from the evening to the morning before Jehovah continually; it shall be an eternal statute to your generations.

4 He shall arrange the lamps upon the pure* lampstand before Jehovah continually.

5 And thou shalt take flour, and bake it, twelve cakes, two tenths shall be one cake.

6 And thou shalt set them in two arrays, six in an array, upon a clean table before Jehovah.

7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense on each array, and it shall be on the bread for a memorial, even a fire·​·offering to Jehovah.

8 In the day of the Sabbath, in the day of the Sabbath, he shall arrange it before Jehovah continually, being taken from the sons of Israel by an eternal covenant.

9 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place; for it is a holy of holies to him of the fire·​·offerings of Jehovah by an eternal statute.

10 And the son of a woman, an Israelitess, and he was the son of an Egyptian man, went·​·out in the midst of the sons of Israel; and the son of the Israelitess and an Israelite man quarreled in the camp;

11 and the son of the woman, the Israelitess, cursed the name, and reviled it. And they brought him to Moses; and the name of his mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan,

12 and they placed him under guard, that the mouth of Jehovah might be made·​·clear to them.

13 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

14 Bring·​·out the reviling one to outside the camp; and let all that heard lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

15 And to the sons of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, A man, a man that reviles his God shall bear his sin.

16 And he who curses the name of Jehovah, dying he shall be made to die; all the congregation stoning shall stone him; as the sojourner, as the native, when he curses the name, he shall be made to die.

17 And a man when he smites any soul of man, dying he shall be·​·put·​·to·​·death.

18 And he who smites the soul of a beast shall repay it, a soul in·​·return·​·for a soul.

19 And if a man put a blemish on his fellow·​·man; as he has done, so shall it be done to him;

20 breaking in·​·return·​·for breaking, eye in·​·return·​·for eye, tooth in·​·return·​·for tooth; as he has put a blemish on the man, so shall it be put on him.

21 And he who smites a beast, he shall repay it; and he who smites man*, he shall be put·​·to·​·death.

22 You shall have one judgment, for the sojourner, as for the native born; for I am Jehovah your God.

23 And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, that they should bring·​·out the reviling one to outside the camp, and stone him with stones. And the sons of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 8972

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8972. Verse 1 And these are the judgements which you shall set before them means those more external truths such as must exist in a civic state where the Church is representative, which flow from the internal truths belonging to order in heaven. The fact that these things are meant by 'the judgements that were to be set before the children of Israel' is clear from the meaning of 'judgements' as truths, dealt with in 2235, 6397, 7206, 8685, 8695. The reason why 'judgements' are truths is that all judgement is effected by means of truths; therefore 'executing judgement' in the Word means executing truth, that is, judging in accordance with truths. But the plural 'judgements' means civil laws, thus those more external truths such as exist in a civic state. The words 'where the Church is representative' are added because these truths contain and embody within themselves the truths that belong to order in heaven, as may be recognized from the internal sense of them.

[2] The laws which the Lord delivered to the children of Israel and commanded them to keep were divided into commandments, judgements, and statutes. The term 'commandments' was given to those which were laws of life, 'judgements' to those which were laws of the civic state, and 'statutes' to those which were laws of worship. As regards judgements specifically, they are the kinds of laws that are contained in the present chapter and also some that follow. They served as laws in a Church in which inner realities, those of heaven and of the Church, were represented by outward things; but they do not serve as laws in a Church in which inner realities are no longer represented by outward things, as in the Christian Church. The reason for this is that inner realities have been revealed to people of this Church, and therefore inner realities are the channel through which contact is made with heaven, not outward things, as had been the situation before the Christian Church. Here is the reason why members of the Christian Church are not bound to adhere to the outward requirements of the laws called judgements and statutes, only to the inward ones. Holiness still remains within them because they hold holy truths within them, as also does every single command in the Word regarding the sacrifices. Although these are no longer prescriptive laws they remain holy constituents of the Word because of the Divine realities which they hold within themselves and which they represented. For when they are read by a Christian the Divine realities which are held within them and which were represented by them are discerned in heaven. They fill the angels with holiness, and at the same time the reader too through influx from the angels, especially if the reader himself is thinking at the same time about the Divine realities within them. From this it is evident that even the Old Testament Word is extremely holy.

[3] The fact that the laws which the Lord delivered to the children of Israel and commanded them to keep were divided into commandments that were laws of life, judgements that were laws of the civic state, and statutes that were laws of worship, is evident in Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, Go, say to them, Go back into your tents. But you, stand here with Me, that I may tell you all the commandments, and statutes, and judgements which you shall teach them, so that they may do them. Deuteronomy 5:30-31.

In the same author,

Furthermore these are the commandments, statutes, and judgements which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you. Deuteronomy 6:1.

In the same author,

Therefore you shall keep the commandments and the statutes and the judgments which I am commanding you today, to do them. Deuteronomy 7:11.

In David,

If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgements, if they profane My statutes and do not keep My commandments, I will visit their transgression with the rod. Psalms 89:30-32.

[4] Furthermore all the laws, in that they were those of a representative Church, were generally called judgements and statutes, as in Moses,

Now therefore, O Israel, hear the statutes and the judgements which I will teach you, that you may do them. What great nation [is there] that has righteous statutes and judgements, like all this law which I will set before you today? Deuteronomy 4:1, 8; 5:1.

In Ezekiel.

Jerusalem has changed My judgements into wickedness more than the nations, and My statutes more than the lands that are around her; for they have repudiated My judgements, and have not walked in My statutes. Ezekiel 5:6-7.

In the same prophet,

Let him 1 walk in My statutes and keep My judgements - to do the truth. Ezekiel 18:9.

In addition to these there are many other places, such as Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 26:17; Ezekiel 11:12, 20; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24.

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1. The Latin means them but the Hebrew means him

  
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