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Matthew 7

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1 μη G3361 P T-N κρινετε G2919 G5720 V-PAM-2P ινα G2443 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N κριθητε G2919 G5686 V-APS-2P

2 εν G1722 P EP ω G3739 -DSN γαρ G1063 CONJ κριματι G2917 N-DSN κρινετε G2919 G5719 V-PAI-2P κριθησεσθε G2919 G5701 V-FPI-2P και G2532 CONJ εν G1722 P EP ω G3739 -DSN μετρω G3358 N-DSN μετρειτε G3354 G5719 V-PAI-2P μετρηθησεται G3354 G5701 V-FPI-3S υμιν G5213 P-2DP

3 τι G5101 I-ASN δε G1161 CONJ βλεπεις G991 G5719 V-PAI-2S το G3588 T-ASN καρφος G2595 N-ASN το G3588 T-ASN εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM οφθαλμω G3788 N-DSM του G3588 T-GSM αδελφου G80 N-GSM σου G4675 P-2GS την G3588 T-ASF δε G1161 CONJ εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM σω G4674 S-2DSM οφθαλμω G3788 N-DSM δοκον G1385 N-ASF ου G3756 P T-N κατανοεις G2657 G5719 V-PAI-2S

4 η G2228 P T πως G4459 ADV-I ερεις G2046 G5692 V-FAI-2S τω G3588 T-DSM αδελφω G80 N-DSM σου G4675 P-2GS αφες G863 G5628 V-2AAM-2S εκβαλω G1544 G5632 V-2AAS-1S το G3588 T-ASN καρφος G2595 N-ASN εκ G1537 P EP του G3588 T-GSM οφθαλμου G3788 N-GSM σου G4675 P-2GS και G2532 CONJ ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S η G3588 T-NSF δοκος G1385 N-NSF εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM οφθαλμω G3788 N-DSM σου G4675 P-2GS

5 υποκριτα G5273 N-VSM εκβαλε G1544 G5628 V-2AAM-2S πρωτον G4412 ADV εκ G1537 P EP του G3588 T-GSM οφθαλμου G3788 N-GSM σου G4675 P-2GS την G3588 T-ASF δοκον G1385 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ τοτε G5119 ADV διαβλεψεις G1227 G5692 V-FAI-2S εκβαλειν G1544 G5629 V-2AAN το G3588 T-ASN καρφος G2595 N-ASN εκ G1537 P EP του G3588 T-GSM οφθαλμου G3788 N-GSM του G3588 T-GSM αδελφου G80 N-GSM σου G4675 P-2GS

6 μη G3361 P T-N δωτε G1325 G5632 V-2AAS-2P το G3588 T-ASN αγιον G40 A-ASN τοις G3588 T-DPM κυσιν G2965 N-DPM μηδε G3366 CONJ βαλητε G906 G5632 V-2AAS-2P τους G3588 T-APM μαργαριτας G3135 N-APM υμων G5216 P-2GP εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP των G3588 T-GPM χοιρων G5519 N-GPM μηποτε G3379 ADV καταπατησουσιν G2662 G5692 V-FAI-3P αυτους G846 P-APM εν G1722 P EP τοις G3588 T-DPM ποσιν G4228 N-DPM αυτων G846 P-GPM και G2532 CONJ στραφεντες G4762 G5651 V-2APP-NPM ρηξωσιν G4486 G5661 V-AAS-3P υμας G5209 P-2AP

7 αιτειτε G154 G5720 V-PAM-2P και G2532 CONJ δοθησεται G1325 G5701 V-FPI-3S υμιν G5213 P-2DP ζητειτε G2212 G5720 V-PAM-2P και G2532 CONJ ευρησετε G2147 G5692 V-FAI-2P κρουετε G2925 G5720 V-PAM-2P και G2532 CONJ ανοιγησεται G455 G5691 V-2FPI-3S υμιν G5213 P-2DP

8 πας G3956 A-NSM γαρ G1063 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM αιτων G154 G5723 V-PAP-NSM λαμβανει G2983 G5719 V-PAI-3S και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM ζητων G2212 G5723 V-PAP-NSM ευρισκει G2147 G5719 V-PAI-3S και G2532 CONJ τω G3588 T-DSM κρουοντι G2925 G5723 V-PAP-DSM ανοιγησεται G455 G5691 V-2FPI-3S

9 η G2228 P T τις G5101 I-NSM {VA 2: εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S } εξ G1537 P EP υμων G5216 P-2GP ανθρωπος G444 N-NSM ον G3739 -ASM αιτησει G154 G5692 V-FAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM υιος G5207 N-NSM αυτου G846 P-GSM αρτον G740 N-ASM μη G3361 P T-N λιθον G3037 N-ASM επιδωσει G1929 G5692 V-FAI-3S αυτω G846 P-DSM

10 η G2228 P T και G2532 CONJ ιχθυν G2486 N-ASM αιτησει G154 G5692 V-FAI-3S μη G3361 P T-N οφιν G3789 N-ASM επιδωσει G1929 G5692 V-FAI-3S αυτω G846 P-DSM

11 ει G1487 COND ουν G3767 CONJ υμεις G5210 P-2NP πονηροι G4190 A-NPM οντες G5607 G5752 V-PXP-NPM οιδατε G1492 G5758 V- AI-2P δοματα G1390 N-APN αγαθα G18 A-APN διδοναι G1325 G5721 V-PAN τοις G3588 T-DPN τεκνοις G5043 N-DPN υμων G5216 P-2GP ποσω G4214 Q-DSN μαλλον G3123 ADV ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM υμων G5216 P-2GP ο G3588 T-NSM εν G1722 P EP τοις G3588 T-DPM ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM δωσει G1325 G5692 V-FAI-3S αγαθα G18 A-APN τοις G3588 T-DPM αιτουσιν G154 G5723 V-PAP-DPM αυτον G846 P-ASM

12 παντα G3956 A-APN ουν G3767 CONJ οσα G3745 K-APN εαν G1437 COND θελητε G2309 G5725 V-PAS-2P ινα G2443 CONJ ποιωσιν G4160 G5725 V-PAS-3P υμιν G5213 P-2DP οι G3588 T-NPM ανθρωποι G444 N-NPM ουτως G3779 ADV και G2532 CONJ υμεις G5210 P-2NP ποιειτε G4160 G5720 V-PAM-2P αυτοις G846 P-DPM ουτος G3778 D-NSM γαρ G1063 CONJ εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM νομος G3551 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ οι G3588 T-NPM προφηται G4396 N-NPM

13 εισελθατε G1525 G5657 V-AAM-2P δια G1223 P EP της G3588 T-GSF στενης G4728 A-GSF πυλης G4439 N-GSF οτι G3754 CONJ πλατεια G4116 A-NSF {VA 2: η G3588 T-NSF πυλη G4439 N-NSF } και G2532 CONJ ευρυχωρος G2149 A-NSF η G3588 T-NSF οδος G3598 N-NSF η G3588 T-NSF απαγουσα G520 G5723 V-PAP-NSF εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF απωλειαν G684 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ πολλοι G4183 A-NPM εισιν G1526 G5748 V-PXI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM εισερχομενοι G1525 G5740 V-PNP-NPM δι G1223 P EP αυτης G846 P-GSF

14 {VA 1: οτι G3754 CONJ } {VA 2: τι G5101 I-NSN } στενη G4728 A-NSF η G3588 T-NSF πυλη G4439 N-NSF και G2532 CONJ τεθλιμμενη G2346 G5772 V- PP-NSF η G3588 T-NSF οδος G3598 N-NSF η G3588 T-NSF απαγουσα G520 G5723 V-PAP-NSF εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF ζωην G2222 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ ολιγοι G3641 A-NPM εισιν G1526 G5748 V-PXI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM ευρισκοντες G2147 G5723 V-PAP-NPM αυτην G846 P-ASF

15 προσεχετε G4337 G5720 V-PAM-2P απο G575 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ψευδοπροφητων G5578 N-GPM οιτινες G3748 -NPM ερχονται G2064 G5736 V-PNI-3P προς G4314 P EP υμας G5209 P-2AP εν G1722 P EP ενδυμασιν G1742 N-DPN προβατων G4263 N-GPN εσωθεν G2081 ADV δε G1161 CONJ εισιν G1526 G5748 V-PXI-3P λυκοι G3074 N-NPM αρπαγες G727 A-NPM

16 απο G575 P EP των G3588 T-GPM καρπων G2590 N-GPM αυτων G846 P-GPM επιγνωσεσθε G1921 G5695 V-FDI-2P αυτους G846 P-APM μητι G3385 P T-I συλλεγουσιν G4816 G5719 V-PAI-3P απο G575 P EP ακανθων G173 N-GPF σταφυλας G4718 N-APF η G2228 P T απο G575 P EP τριβολων G5146 N-GPM συκα G4810 N-APN

17 ουτως G3779 ADV παν G3956 A-NSN δενδρον G1186 N-NSN αγαθον G18 A-NSN καρπους G2590 N-APM καλους G2570 A-APM ποιει G4160 G5719 V-PAI-3S το G3588 T-NSN δε G1161 CONJ σαπρον G4550 A-NSN δενδρον G1186 N-NSN καρπους G2590 N-APM πονηρους G4190 A-APM ποιει G4160 G5719 V-PAI-3S

18 ου G3756 P T-N δυναται G1410 G5736 V-PNI-3S δενδρον G1186 N-NSN αγαθον G18 A-NSN καρπους G2590 N-APM πονηρους G4190 A-APM {VA 1: ενεγκειν G5342 G5629 V-2AAN } {VA 2: ποιειν G4160 G5721 V-PAN } ουδε G3761 ADV δενδρον G1186 N-NSN σαπρον G4550 A-NSN καρπους G2590 N-APM καλους G2570 A-APM ποιειν G4160 G5721 V-PAN

19 παν G3956 A-NSN δενδρον G1186 N-NSN μη G3361 P T-N ποιουν G4160 G5723 V-PAP-NSN καρπον G2590 N-ASM καλον G2570 A-ASM εκκοπτεται G1581 G5743 V-PPI-3S και G2532 CONJ εις G1519 P EP πυρ G4442 N-ASN βαλλεται G906 G5743 V-PPI-3S

20 αρα G686 P T γε G1065 P T απο G575 P EP των G3588 T-GPM καρπων G2590 N-GPM αυτων G846 P-GPM επιγνωσεσθε G1921 G5695 V-FDI-2P αυτους G846 P-APM

21 ου G3756 P T-N πας G3956 A-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM μοι G3427 P-1DS κυριε G2962 N-VSM κυριε G2962 N-VSM εισελευσεται G1525 G5695 V-FDI-3S εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF βασιλειαν G932 N-ASF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM αλλ G235 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM ποιων G4160 G5723 V-PAP-NSM το G3588 T-ASN θελημα G2307 N-ASN του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM μου G3450 P-1GS του G3588 T-GSM εν G1722 P EP τοις G3588 T-DPM ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM

22 πολλοι G4183 A-NPM ερουσιν G2046 G5692 V-FAI-3P μοι G3427 P-1DS εν G1722 P EP εκεινη G1565 D-DSF τη G3588 T-DSF ημερα G2250 N-DSF κυριε G2962 N-VSM κυριε G2962 N-VSM ου G3756 P T-N τω G3588 T-DSM σω G4674 S-2DSM ονοματι G3686 N-DSN επροφητευσαμεν G4395 G5656 V-AAI-1P και G2532 CONJ τω G3588 T-DSM σω G4674 S-2DSM ονοματι G3686 N-DSN δαιμονια G1140 N-APN εξεβαλομεν G1544 G5627 V-2AAI-1P και G2532 CONJ τω G3588 T-DSM σω G4674 S-2DSM ονοματι G3686 N-DSN δυναμεις G1411 N-APF πολλας G4183 A-APF εποιησαμεν G4160 G5656 V-AAI-1P

23 και G2532 CONJ τοτε G5119 ADV ομολογησω G3670 G5692 V-FAI-1S αυτοις G846 P-DPM οτι G3754 CONJ ουδεποτε G3763 ADV εγνων G1097 G5627 V-2AAI-1S υμας G5209 P-2AP αποχωρειτε G672 G5720 V-PAM-2P απ G575 P EP εμου G1700 P-1GS οι G3588 T-NPM εργαζομενοι G2038 G5740 V-PNP-NPM την G3588 T-ASF ανομιαν G458 N-ASF

24 πας G3956 A-NSM ουν G3767 CONJ οστις G3748 -NSM ακουει G191 G5719 V-PAI-3S μου G3450 P-1GS τους G3588 T-APM λογους G3056 N-APM {VA 1: [τουτους] G5128 D-APM } {VA 2: τουτους G5128 D-APM } και G2532 CONJ ποιει G4160 G5719 V-PAI-3S αυτους G846 P-APM ομοιωθησεται G3666 G5701 V-FPI-3S ανδρι G435 N-DSM φρονιμω G5429 A-DSM οστις G3748 -NSM ωκοδομησεν G3618 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτου G846 P-GSM την G3588 T-ASF οικιαν G3614 N-ASF επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF πετραν G4073 N-ASF

25 και G2532 CONJ κατεβη G2597 G5627 V-2AAI-3S η G3588 T-NSF βροχη G1028 N-NSF και G2532 CONJ ηλθον G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM ποταμοι G4215 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ επνευσαν G4154 G5656 V-AAI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM ανεμοι G417 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ προσεπεσαν G4363 G5656 V-AAI-3P τη G3588 T-DSF οικια G3614 N-DSF εκεινη G1565 D-DSF και G2532 CONJ ουκ G3756 P T-N επεσεν G4098 G5627 V-2AAI-3S τεθεμελιωτο G2311 G5718 V-LPI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF πετραν G4073 N-ASF

26 και G2532 CONJ πας G3956 A-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM ακουων G191 G5723 V-PAP-NSM μου G3450 P-1GS τους G3588 T-APM λογους G3056 N-APM τουτους G5128 D-APM και G2532 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N ποιων G4160 G5723 V-PAP-NSM αυτους G846 P-APM ομοιωθησεται G3666 G5701 V-FPI-3S ανδρι G435 N-DSM μωρω G3474 A-DSM οστις G3748 -NSM ωκοδομησεν G3618 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτου G846 P-GSM την G3588 T-ASF οικιαν G3614 N-ASF επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF αμμον G285 N-ASF

27 και G2532 CONJ κατεβη G2597 G5627 V-2AAI-3S η G3588 T-NSF βροχη G1028 N-NSF και G2532 CONJ ηλθον G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM ποταμοι G4215 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ επνευσαν G4154 G5656 V-AAI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM ανεμοι G417 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ προσεκοψαν G4350 G5656 V-AAI-3P τη G3588 T-DSF οικια G3614 N-DSF εκεινη G1565 D-DSF και G2532 CONJ επεσεν G4098 G5627 V-2AAI-3S και G2532 CONJ ην G2258 G5713 V-IXI-3S η G3588 T-NSF πτωσις G4431 N-NSF αυτης G846 P-GSF μεγαλη G3173 A-NSF

28 και G2532 CONJ εγενετο G1096 G5633 V-2ADI-3S οτε G3753 ADV ετελεσεν G5048 G5656 V-AAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM τους G3588 T-APM λογους G3056 N-APM τουτους G5128 D-APM εξεπλησσοντο G1605 G5712 V-IPI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM οχλοι G3793 N-NPM επι G1909 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF διδαχη G1322 N-DSF αυτου G846 P-GSM

29 ην G2258 G5713 V-IXI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ διδασκων G1321 G5723 V-PAP-NSM αυτους G846 P-APM ως G5613 ADV εξουσιαν G1849 N-ASF εχων G2192 G5723 V-PAP-NSM και G2532 CONJ ουχ G3756 P T-N ως G5613 ADV οι G3588 T-NPM γραμματεις G1122 N-NPM αυτων G846 P-GPM

   

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Apocalypse Explained #1154

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1154. Beasts of burden and sheep signifies profaned worship from truths and goods that are from a spiritual-natural origin. This is evident from the signification of "beasts of burden," as being the truths that look to charity (of which presently); also from the signification of "sheep," as being the goods of charity, as can be seen from all the passages in the Word where they are mentioned. (As in the following: Matthew 7:15; 9:36; 10:5, 6, 16; 12:10-12; 15:21-29; 18:12, 13; 25:31-41; 26:31; Mark 6:34; 14:27; John 10:1-18, 26-31; 21:15-17 and by passages in the prophets.) In these passages sheep signify those who are in the good of charity, therefore in an abstract sense, "sheep" signify the goods of charity. But "beasts of burden" signify the truths that look to the goods of charity, and as asses are especially meant, and these were used for riding and carrying burdens, things pertaining to use and to instruction were signified.

As in Isaiah:

They carry their wealth upon the shoulder of beasts of burden (Isaiah 30:6).

Wealth here signifies knowledges.

And in Luke:

The Samaritan set the man wounded by the robbers on his own beast of burden (Luke 10:34).

"To set him on his own beast of burden" signifies to instruct him according to his ability (See n. 375, 376, 444), where this is explained. What "beasts of burden" signify when asses are meant may be seen (n. 31, 140). It is said that "beasts of burden and sheep" signify truths and goods from a spiritual-natural origin, because such goods and truths are meant as are in those who are in the Lord's external church, and thus in the first or lowest heaven. These are natural, and yet they receive the spiritual, and are therefore called spiritual-natural. But here, as elsewhere, profaned worship from such truths and goods is meant.

(Continuation respecting the Athanasian Faith)

[2] The operation of the Divine providence, man not knowing it, may be illustrated by two comparisons. It is like a gardener collecting the seeds of shrubs, fruit trees, and flowers of all kinds, and providing himself with spades, rakes, and other tools for working the land, and then fertilizing his garden, digging it, dividing it into beds, putting in the seeds, and smoothing the surface. All these things man must do as if of himself. But it is the Lord who causes the seeds to take root, to spring forth out of the earth, to shoot forth into leaves, and then into blossoms, and finally to yield new seeds for the benefit of the gardener. Again, it is like a man about to build a house, who provides himself with the necessary materials, as timber, rafters, stones, mortar, and other things. But afterwards the Lord builds the house from foundation to roof exactly adapted to the man, though the man does not know it. From this it follows, that unless a man provides the necessary things for a garden or a house, he will have no garden with the benefit of its fruits, and no house and thence no habitation.

[3] So it is with reformation. The things that man must provide himself with are the knowledges of truth and good from the Word, from the doctrine of the church, from the world, and by his own labor. The Lord does everything else while man is ignorant of it. But it is to be known, that all things necessary to planting a garden or building a house, which, as has been said, are the knowledges of truth and good, are nothing but the materials, and have no life in them until man does them or lives according to them as if of himself. When that is done the Lord enters and vivifies and builds, that is, reforms. Such a garden, or such a house is man's understanding, for therein is his wisdom, which derives from love all that it is.

  
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Apocalypse Explained #444

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444. Of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand sealed, signifies good works. This is evident from the representation and consequent signification of "Levi" and his tribe, as being spiritual love, which is called charity towards the neighbor. "The tribe of Levi" here signifies good works because spiritual love or charity consists in doing things that are good, and these are good works. Charity, itself, viewed in itself, is the affection of truth and good, and where that affection is, there is a life according to truths and goods, for there is no affection without a life according to the truths and goods for which there is affection. If such affection is thought to be possible and to be present, it is a natural not a spiritual affection. These two kinds of affection differ in this, that natural affection has self and the world for an end; thus the truths and goods by which it is affected are loved 1 for the sake of reputation, that honors and wealth may be acquired, and then a life according to the doctrinals that have been learned is put on merely from self for the sake of appearance, which is thus a feigned life and inwardly hypocritical; while spiritual affection has the Lord, heaven, and eternal life for an end, and has regard to these in truths and goods; thus it loves truths and goods spiritually. When this affection is with man he loves to think and to will these truths and goods, and consequently to live according to them. To live according to truths and goods is what is meant in the Word by "doing," and the life itself is meant by "deeds" and "works" which are so often mentioned in the Word; these, therefore, are what were represented and signified by "Levi" and his tribe in the church with the Jews.

[2] Because this affection is the very essential of the church, the tribe of Levi was assigned to the priesthood; this, too, is why Levi's staff in the tent of meeting blossomed with almonds; and this is why no inheritance was given to that tribe as to the other tribes, but among them all. It is known that the tribe of Levi was appointed to the priesthood; for not only was Aaron made high priest, but also his sons after him, and all the Levites were made ministers to them. That Moses and Aaron were of the tribe of Levi may be seen in Exodus 6:20; Numbers 18:2; and that the Levites were made ministers to Aaron and his sons, in Moses:

The tribe of Levi was taken for the priesthood, to keep the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to serve the service of the tabernacle. And the Levites were given to Aaron, and accepted in place of all the firstborn; and further respecting their ministries and functions (Numbers 3 end).

[3] The priesthood was given to this tribe because it represented and thence signified love and charity. Love and charity are the spiritual affection of good and truth; since affection is predicated of love in its continuity, for affection is the continuation of love. This, too, is what the priesthood and its ministry signify in the Word, for this affection is the essential of the church, for where it is there the church is, and where it is not there the church is not; for the affection of good and truth is the very spiritual life of man, and when man is affected by good and truth he is in good and truth in respect to his life, and his thought itself is nothing but affection in a different form, for whatever a man thinks he derives from affection; no one can think without affection. This is why the tribe of Levi was appointed to the priesthood. The like is said of the Levites in Ezekiel, where a new land, a new city, and a new temple are treated of (Ezekiel 40:46; 43:19; 44:15; 48:11, 12).

[4] Because the tribe of Levi represented and thence signified charity in act, thus the goods of charity, which are good works, therefore:

The rod of Levi, upon which was written the name of Aaron, when placed in the tent of meeting before the testimony, blossomed with almonds (Numbers 17:2-11);

"almonds" signifying the goods of charity, since by these all things of the church flourish in man, for when the goods of charity are with man there are also intelligence and faith, for man is then in the affection of understanding what he knows from the Word, and in the will to do according to what he knows. Because the good of charity must be in all things of the church that the church may be in them, and because the affection itself of good and truth, which is charity, is what gives understanding and instruction to all, so not only was the tribe of Levi appointed to the priesthood, but there was no lot and inheritance granted to that tribe like that granted to the other tribes, but was among them all (as is evident in Moses, Numbers 35 to the end; and in Joshua 21:1 to the end). So it is said in Moses:

Therefore no part or inheritance with his brethren fell to Levi; Jehovah Himself is his inheritance (Deuteronomy 10:9).

[5] And because (as has been said) every man acquires knowledge (scientia), intelligence, and wisdom, according to the affection of good and truth that is in him, it is said in Moses:

Jehovah God hath chosen the sons of Levi to minister unto Him and to bless in His name, and according to their mouth shall be every controversy and every stroke (Deuteronomy 21:5).

This signifies in the spiritual sense that the affection of good and truth, which is charity, ministers to the Lord, and teaches those things that are of the church and worship, and discerns between falsities and truths, and between evils and goods; for "the sons of Levi" signify in the spiritual sense the affection of good and truth, which is charity. From this it can be seen that the tribe of Levi was chosen for the priesthood, and an inheritance was given to it among all the tribes, not because that tribe was better than the others, but because it represented charity in act, and good works, which are the effects of all good and truth in man.

[6] That "the tribe of Levi" signifies in the Word the goods of charity, which are good works, can be seen also from the following passages. In Jeremiah:

In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous shoot to sprout up unto David; and He shall do judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem 2 shall dwell safely; and this is the name whereby He shall be called, Jehovah our righteousness. There shall not be cut off from David a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, and from the priests the Levites there shall not be cut off a man from before My faces to offer up the burnt-offering and to burn the meal-offering, and to do sacrifice all the days. If ye shall have rendered void My covenant of the day and My covenant of the night, My covenant also with David My servant shall become void that he shall not have a son to reign, and with the Levites, the priests My ministers. As the host of the heavens is not numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, 3 so will I multiply the seed of David My servant and the Levites My ministers (Jeremiah 33:15-18, 20-22).

This treats of the coming of the Lord, who is "the shoot of David," and who shall be called "Jehovah our Righteousness." "Judah shall then be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely," signifies that then those who are in love to the Lord shall be saved; "Israel shall dwell safely" signifying that those who are in charity towards the neighbor shall not be infested by evils and falsities; "there shall not be cut off from David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel" signifies that Divine truth proceeding from the Lord is then to reign perpetually in the church, "the throne of the house of Israel" meaning the church wherein Divine truth reigns; "and from the priests the Levites there shall not be cut off a man from before My faces to offer up the burnt-offering and to burn the meal-offering, and to do sacrifice" signifies that then there shall be worship perpetually from the good of love and charity, and from the truths of faith; "Levites" signifying those who are in such worship; "burnt-offering" the worship from the good of love, "meal-offering" worship from the good of charity towards the neighbor; and "sacrifice" worship from the truths of faith.

[7] "If ye shall have rendered void My covenant of the day and My covenant of the night," signifies if they did not observe the two things, love and faith, that effect conjunction with the Lord; "covenant" meaning conjunction; "covenant of the day" conjunction by love, and "covenant of the night" conjunction by faith; "My covenant also with David My servant shall become void, that he shall not have a son to reign, and with the Levites the priests, My ministers," signifies that they shall then have neither Divine truth nor Divine good; "Levites, priests, ministers," are such as are in the good of love to the Lord and in worship therefrom; "as the host of the heavens is not numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured," signifies the knowledges of truth and good in the spiritual and in the natural man; "host of the heavens" meaning such knowledges in the spiritual man, and "sand of the sea" meaning such knowledges in the natural man; "so will I multiply the seed of David My servant, and the Levites My ministers," signifies the multiplication of Divine truth, and the fructification of Divine good in those who have conjunction with the Lord; here as elsewhere "the Levites, the priests," signify those who are in the good of love and charity, and in an abstract sense, that good itself.

[8] In Malachi:

Behold I send My messenger, and He shall prepare the way before Me; and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to His temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom ye desire. For He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap; and He shall sit refining and purifying silver, and shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall purge them as gold and silver, that they may bring to Jehovah an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be sweet unto Jehovah; according to the days of an age and according to former years (Malachi 3:1-4).

What this signifies in the spiritual sense may be seen explained above (n. 242, and 4 433); and that "the sons of Levi" here mean all who are in the good of charity, and thence in the good of faith. This treats of the Lord who was to come; His Divine Human is what is meant by "His temple" to which Jehovah the Lord was to come; that He will purify those who are in the good of charity, and thence in the good of faith, is meant by "He shall purify and purge the sons of Levi." Evidently the sons of Levi are not meant, for it is said that "He shall then purify and purge them," and that "the offering of Judah and Jerusalem shall then be sweet unto Jehovah," and it is known that the Lord did not purify and purge the Levites, and that the offering of Judah and Jerusalem was not sweet to the Lord, for they were utterly opposed to the Lord, and worship by sacrifices and offerings was then abrogated. For "Judah" here means all who are in the good of love to the Lord, and "Jerusalem" the church that is in the truths of doctrine (See above, n. 433).

[9] In Moses:

Moses said of Levi, Thy Thummim and Thy Urim for Thy holy man, whom thou didst tempt in Massah, with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; 5 and his brethren he did not recognize, and his sons he did not know; they shall keep Thy word and they shall observe Thy covenant. They shall teach Jacob Thy judgments, and Israel Thy law; they shall put incense in Thy nostrils, and whole burnt offering upon Thine altar, and accept the work of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise against him and of them that hate him, that they rise not again (Deuteronomy 33:8-11).

This is in the blessing of the sons of Israel by Moses, which treats of the Word, because this is signified in the representative sense by "Moses;" and "Urim and Thummin" signify the Divine truth shining forth from Divine good, thus the Word; and "Levi" here means the spiritual affection of truth; the "holy man whom they tempted in Massah and at the waters of Meribah" means the Lord in respect to Divine truth, for the "rock" at which that temptation took place signifies the Lord, and the "waters" from it signify Divine truths; "the father and mother to whom he said I have not seen you" signify the Israelitish church, which did not acknowledge the Lord; the church is called "father" from good, and "mother" from truth; "his brethren whom he did not recognize, and his sons whom he did not know," mean the goods and truths of the church, which were not with them, "brethren" meaning goods, and "sons" truths.

[10] But as "the sons of Levi" signify the goods and truths of the church, and in general the spiritual affection of truth and good, it is said of them "they shall keep Thy Word, they shall observe Thy covenant; they shall teach Jacob Thy judgments, and Israel Thy law," which signifies that those who are in the spiritual affection of truth do the Word and teach the goods and truths of the church, for the spiritual affection of truth is what does and teaches, since it is into that affection that the Lord flows, doing the good with man and teaching the truth with him; "the Word" here means Divine truth, and "to keep it" means to do it; "covenant" means conjunction thereby with the Lord; "judgments" mean the truths of doctrine from the Word; the "law" means the good of truth; "Jacob and Israel" mean the church; "to put incense in the nostrils" signifies worship from the truths of doctrine, and "to put whole burnt offering upon the altar" signifies worship from the good of love. The dispersion of falsities by truth is signified by "smiting through the loins of them that rise against him;" and the dispersion of evils by "smiting through the loins of them that hate him, that they rise not again." This is said of Levi, because Divine truth, which is the Word, can only be with those who are in the spiritual affection of truth. The spiritual affection of truth consists in loving the truth itself, and esteeming it above every good of the world, because through it man has eternal life, and the only means by which eternal life is implanted in man are truths, consequently the Word, for through the Word the Lord teaches truths. The spiritual affection of truth, which is to love truths above every good of the world, is thus described by the Lord in Matthew:

The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking beautiful pearls; who, when he had found one pearl of great price, going away, sold all that he had and bought it (Matthew 13:45-46);

"pearl" signifying truth. (That man has eternal life from no other source than through truths from good, which is from the Lord, see in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 24 at the end.)

[11] That "Levi" signifies love and charity is evident from the words of his mother Leah when she bare him, which are these:

Leah conceived again and bare a son, and said, Now this time will my husband (vir) cleave unto me, because I have borne him three sons; therefore she called his name Levi (Gen. 29:34).

"She conceived again and bare a son" signifies spiritual conception and birth; "and said, Now this time will my husband (vir) cleave unto me," signifies spiritual love, that is charity, by which conjunction is effected; "because I have borne him three sons" signifies what is successive; "therefore she called his name Levi" signifies conjunction by love, and its quality. (For a further explanation of this see Arcana Coelestia 3873-3877.) "Levi" means a cleaving, and "to cleave" signifies conjunction by spiritual love. The three sons of Leah born in succession, "Reuben, Simeon, and Levi" signify in series the first and chief essentials of the church, namely, truth in the understanding, truth in the will, and truth in act; the same as the three disciples of the Lord, "Peter, James, and John," "Peter" signifying truth in the understanding, "James" truth in the will, and "John" truth in act, which is the good of life or the good of charity. In the original tongue Levi means a cleaving, which signifies conjunction through love and charity. (That this is the signification of "cleaving," see Arcana Coelestia 3875.)

[12] That "Levi" in the highest sense signifies the Lord in relation to love and mercy, is evident in Malachi:

That ye may know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that My covenant may be with Levi. My covenant with him was of life and peace; which I gave to him in fear, that he might fear Me, therefore because of My name he was dismayed. The law of truth was in his mouth, and perversity was not found in his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and did turn many away from iniquity. The priest's lips, they shall seek the law from his mouth, for he is the messenger of Jehovah of Hosts. But ye have turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi (Malachi 2:4-8).

Here "Levi" in the highest sense means the Lord in respect to His Divine Human, for it is said of Levi, that "the law of truth was in his mouth, and perversity was not found in his lips," and that "the priest's lips they shall seek the law from his mouth, for he is the messenger of Jehovah of Hosts;" therefore "the covenant of Levi" means conjunction with the Lord through love and charity; "the covenant of life and peace" signifies that conjunction; "fear," which is also predicated of Him, signifies love. "The priest's lips they shall seek the law from his mouth" signifies that all truth of doctrine is from the Lord, and is with such as are in love to Him. He is called "the messenger of Jehovah" because of the Divine truth that the Lord teaches in the Word and through the Word; "they turned aside out of the way and caused many to stumble in the law, they corrupted the covenant of Levi," signifies that the church that was among the Israelites perverted the truths of the Word and the goods of life therefrom, and thus destroyed conjunction with the Lord; "way" signifying the truths of doctrine, "law" its goods, and the "covenant of Levi" conjunction with the Lord. From this what is signified in the representative sense by Levi and his tribe can be seen, namely, the good of charity, which is the good of life, also the spiritual affection of good and truth, and in the highest sense, the Lord in relation to spiritual love.

[13] As most things in the Word have also a contrary sense, so has "Levi" and his tribe; and in this sense "Levi" signifies the evil of falsity, which is the opposite of the good of charity; also life apart from charity, consequently no charity towards the neighbor. This is signified by "Levi" in the prophecy of Israel the father respecting his sons:

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of violence are their swords; into their secret let not my soul come; unto their assembly let not my glory be united; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their good pleasure they houghed an ox. Accursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their fury, for it is hard. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel (Genesis 49:5-7).

For the explanation of this see the article above n. 443, where "Simeon" is treated of.

[14] Again, the "Levite" in the Lord's parable of the man wounded by robbers has this contrary signification; and that parable shall here be explained, because it treats of charity towards the neighbor, and because the Lord there spoke from beginning to end by correspondences, which have heretofore been unknown. In Luke:

The lawyer wishing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor? And Jesus continuing said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem into Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and smote him, and departed leaving him half dead. And by chance a certain priest was going down that way; and seeing him he passed by. And in like manner a Levite, when he was at the place, came and saw and passed by. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to him; and when he saw him he was moved with compassion, and coming near he bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and then setting him on his own beast he led him to an inn and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed he took out two denaries and gave them to the host, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come back again I will repay thee. Which now of these three seems to thee to have been a neighbor unto him that fell among the robbers? He said, He that showed mercy unto him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou likewise (Luke 10:29-37).

This treats of charity towards the neighbor, and of good works by which charity is in its effect and in its fullness.

"Jerusalem" here signifies the church where there is true doctrine, and "Jericho" the church where there are knowledges of truth and good; so the "priest" signifies those who have no love to the Lord, and the "Levite" those who have no charity towards the neighbor, such as those were who were in Jerusalem at that time; but the "Samaritan" signifies the nations that were in the good of charity; the "man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho" signifies those who wished to be instructed in the truths and knowledges of the church; the "robbers among whom he fell" signify those in the perverted church, such as the Jewish church was at that time; "they stripped him and smote him, and left him half dead," signifies that they deprived him of truths and imbued him with falsities, and thus doing injury to spiritual life to such a degree that scarcely any spiritual life remains; "to strip" signifying in the Word to deprive of truths, "to smite" signifying to injure the mind and spiritual life by falsities, and "to be half dead" signifying to be almost destitute of that life; "to be moved with compassion" signifies mercy and charity from within, mercy and charity also forming a one; "to bind up the wounds and to pour in oil and wine" signifies providing a remedy against the falsities that have injured his life, by instructing him in the good of love and the truth of faith, "oil" in the Word signifying the good of love, and "wine" the good and truth of faith; "to set him on his own beast" signifies according to his understanding so far as he was able, "horse" (in like manner as beast), signifying the understanding; "to lead him to an inn and to take care of him" signifies to lead him to those who are better instructed in the knowledges of good and truth, an "inn" being a place where foods and drinks are bought, which signify the knowledges of good and truth, thence spiritual nourishment which is communicated by instruction; "he gave to the host two denaries, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come back again I will repay thee," signifies all things of charity in the measure of his ability and capacity. From this it can now be seen what "Levi," "his tribe," and "the Levites" signify in each sense. (More respecting what is represented and thence signified by "Levi," and the tribe named from him, may be seen in Arcana Coelestia 3875-3877, 4497, 4502, 4503, 6352, 10017.)

각주:

1. The photolithograph has "it is."

2. The photolithograph has "Israel," the Hebrew has "Jerusalem."

3. The photolithograph has "numbered."

4. The photolithograph has "to."

5. The photolithograph has "you."

  
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