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Leviticus 26

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1 ου-D ποιεω-VF--FAI2P συ- P--DP αυτος- D--DPM χειροποιητος-A1B-APN ουδε-C γλυπτος-A1--APN ουδε-C στηλη-N1--ASF αναιστημι-VF--FAI2P συ- P--DP ουδε-C λιθος-N2--ASM σκοπος-N2--ASM τιθημι-VF--FAI2P εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF συ- P--GP προςκυνεω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--DSM εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GP

2 ο- A--APN σαββατον-N2N-APN εγω- P--GS φυλασσω-VF--FMI2P και-C απο-P ο- A--GPN αγιος-A1A-GPN εγω- P--GS φοβεω-VC--FPI2P εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM

3 εαν-C ο- A--DPN προσταγμα-N3M-DPN εγω- P--GS πορευομαι-V1--PMS2P και-C ο- A--APF εντολη-N1A-APF εγω- P--GS φυλασσω-V1--PMS2P και-C ποιεω-VA--AAS2P αυτος- D--APF

4 και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASM υετος-N2--ASM συ- P--DP εν-P καιρος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF διδωμι-VF--FAI3S ο- A--APN γενημα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--NPN ξυλον-N2N-NPN ο- A--GPN πεδιον-N2N-GPN αποδιδωμι-VF--FAI3S ο- A--ASM καρπος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GPN

5 και-C καταλαμβανω-VF--FMI3S συ- P--DP ο- A--NSM αλοητος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASM τρυγητος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--NSM τρυγητος-N2--NSM καταλαμβανω-VF--FMI3S ο- A--ASM σπορος-N2--ASM και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI2P ο- A--ASM αρτος-N2--ASM συ- P--GP εις-P πλησμονη-N1--ASF και-C καταοικεω-VF--FAI2P μετα-P ασφαλεια-N1A-GSF επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF συ- P--GP

6 και-C πολεμος-N2--NSM ου-D διαερχομαι-VF--FMI3S δια-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF συ- P--GP και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S ειρηνη-N1--ASF εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF συ- P--GP και-C κοιμαω-VC--FPI2P και-C ου-D ειμι-VF--FMI3S συ- P--AP ο- A--NSM εκφοβεω-V2--PAPNSM και-C αποολλυω-VF2-FAI1S θηριον-N2N-APN πονηρος-A1A-APN εκ-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF συ- P--GP

7 και-C διωκω-VF--FMI2P ο- A--APM εχθρος-N2--APM συ- P--GP και-C πιπτω-VF2-FMI3P εναντιον-P συ- P--GP φονος-N2--DSM

8 και-C διωκω-VF--FMI3P εκ-P συ- P--GP πεντε-M εκατον-M και-C εκατον-M συ- P--GP διωκω-VF--FMI3P μυριας-N3D-APF και-C πιπτω-VF2-FMI3P ο- A--NPM εχθρος-N2--NPM συ- P--GP εναντιον-P συ- P--GP μαχαιρα-N1A-DSF

9 και-C επιβλεπω-VF--FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AP και-C αυξανω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AP και-C πληθυνω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AP και-C ιστημι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASF διαθηκη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS μετα-P συ- P--GP

10 και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI2P παλαιος-A1A-APN και-C παλαιος-A1A-APN παλαιος-A1A-GPN και-C παλαιος-A1A-APN εκ-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN νεος-A1A-GPN εκφερω-VF--FAI2P

11 και-C τιθημι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASF διαθηκη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS εν-P συ- P--DP και-C ου-D βδελυσσω-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF εγω- P--GS συ- P--AP

12 και-C εν περιπατεω-VF--FAI1S εν-P συ- P--DP και-C ειμι-VF--FMI1S συ- P--GP θεος-N2--NSM και-C συ- P--NP ειμι-VF--FMI2P εγω- P--GS λαος-N2--NSM

13 εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GP ο- A--NSM εκαγω-VB--AAPNSM συ- P--AP εκ-P γη-N1--GSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF ειμι-V9--PAPGPM συ- P--GP δουλος-N2--GPM και-C συντριβω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--ASM δεσμος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSN ζυγον-N2N-GSN συ- P--GP και-C αγω-VBI-AAI1S συ- P--AP μετα-P παρρησια-N1A-GSF

14 εαν-C δε-X μη-D υποακουω-VA--AAS2P εγω- P--GS μηδε-C ποιεω-VA--AAS2P ο- A--APN προσταγμα-N3M-APN εγω- P--GS ουτος- D--APN

15 αλλα-C απειθεω-VA--AAS2P αυτος- D--DPN και-C ο- A--DPN κριμα-N3M-DPN εγω- P--GS προςοχθιζω-VA--AAS3S ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF συ- P--GP ωστε-C συ- P--AP μη-D ποιεω-V2--PAN πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF εντολη-N1A-APF εγω- P--GS ωστε-C διασκεδαζω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASF διαθηκη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS

16 και-C εγω- P--NS ποιεω-VF--FAI1S ουτως-D συ- P--DP και-C επι συνιστημι-VF--FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AP ο- A--ASF απορια-N1A-ASF ο- A--ASF τε-X ψωρα-N1A-ASF και-C ο- A--ASM ικτερος-N2--ASM και-C σφακελιζω-V1--PAPAPM ο- A--APM οφθαλμος-N2--APM συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--ASF ψυχη-N1--ASF συ- P--GP εκτηκω-V1--PAPASF και-C σπειρω-VF2-FAI2P δια-P κενος-A1--GSF ο- A--APN σπερμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GP και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--NPM υπεναντιος-A1A-NPM συ- P--GP

17 και-C επιιστημι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS επι-P συ- P--AP και-C πιπτω-VF2-FMI2P εναντιον-P ο- A--GPM εχθρος-N2--GPM συ- P--GP και-C διωκω-VF--FMI3P συ- P--AP ο- A--NPM μισεω-V2--PAPNPM συ- P--AP και-C φευγω-VF--FMI2P ουδεις-A3--GSM διωκω-V1--PAPGSM συ- P--AP

18 και-C εαν-C εως-P ουτος- D--GSN μη-D υποακουω-VA--AAS2P εγω- P--GS και-C προςτιθημι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--GSN παιδευω-VA--AAN συ- P--AP επτακις-D επι-P ο- A--DPF αμαρτια-N1A-DPF συ- P--GP

19 και-C συντριβω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASF υβρις-N3I-ASF ο- A--GSF υπερηφανια-N1A-GSF συ- P--GP και-C τιθημι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM συ- P--DP σιδηρους-A1C-ASM και-C ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF συ- P--GP ωσει-D χαλκους-A1C-ASF

20 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S εις-P κενος-A1--ASN ο- A--NSF ισχυς-N3--NSF συ- P--GP και-C ου-D διδωμι-VF--FAI3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF συ- P--GP ο- A--ASM σπορος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--NSN ξυλον-N2N-NSN ο- A--GSM αγρος-N2--GSM συ- P--GP ου-D διδωμι-VF--FAI3S ο- A--ASM καρπος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSN

21 και-C εαν-C μετα-P ουτος- D--APN πορευομαι-V1--PMS2P πλαγιος-A1A-NPM και-C μη-D βουλομαι-V1--PMS2P υποακουω-V1--PAN εγω- P--GS προςτιθημι-VF--FAI1S συ- P--DP πληγη-N1--APF επτα-M κατα-P ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF συ- P--GP

22 και-C αποστελλω-VF2-FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AP ο- A--APN θηριον-N2N-APN ο- A--APN αγριος-A1A-APN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C καταεσθιω-VF--FMI3S συ- P--AP και-C εκ ανααλισκω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN συ- P--GP και-C ολιγοστος-A1--APM ποιεω-VF--FAI3S συ- P--AP και-C ερημοω-VC--FPI3P ο- A--NPF οδος-N2--NPF συ- P--GP

23 και-C επι-P ουτος- D--DPN εαν-C μη-D παιδευω-VC--APS2P αλλα-C πορευομαι-V1--PMS2P προς-P εγω- P--AS πλαγιος-A1A-NPM

24 πορευομαι-VF--FMI1S καιεγω-C+ PNS μετα-P συ- P--GP θυμος-N2--DSM πλαγιος-A1A-DSM και-C πατασσω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AP καιεγω-C+ PNS επτακις-D αντι-P ο- A--GPF αμαρτια-N1A-GPF συ- P--GP

25 και-C επιαγω-VF--FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AP μαχαιρα-N1A-ASF εκδικεω-V2--PAPASF δικη-N1--ASF διαθηκη-N1--GSF και-C καταφευγω-VF--FMI2P εις-P ο- A--APF πολις-N3I-APF συ- P--GP και-C εκ αποστελλω-VF2-FAI1S θανατος-N2--ASM εις-P συ- P--AP και-C παραδιδωμι-VC--FPI2P εις-P χειρ-N3--APF εχθρος-N2--GPM

26 εν-P ο- A--DSN θλιβω-VA--AAN συ- P--AP σιτοδεια-N1A-DSF αρτος-N2--GPM και-C πεσσω-VF--FAI3P δεκα-M γυνη-N3K-NPF ο- A--APM αρτος-N2--APM συ- P--GP εν-P κλιβανος-N2--DSM εις-A3--DSM και-C αποδιδωμι-VF--FAI3P ο- A--APM αρτος-N2--APM συ- P--GP εν-P σταθμος-N2--DSM και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI2P και-C ου-D μη-D ενπιμπλημι-VS--APS2P

27 εαν-C δε-X επι-P ουτος- D--DPN μη-D υποακουω-VA--AAS2P εγω- P--GS και-C πορευομαι-V1--PMS2P προς-P εγω- P--AS πλαγιος-A1A-NPM

28 και-C αυτος- D--NSM πορευομαι-VF--FMI1S μετα-P συ- P--GP εν-P θυμος-N2--DSM πλαγιος-A1A-DSM και-C παιδευω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AP εγω- P--NS επτακις-D κατα-P ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF συ- P--GP

29 και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI2P ο- A--APF σαρξ-N3K-APF ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APF σαρξ-N3K-APF ο- A--GPF θυγατηρ-N3--GPF συ- P--GP εσθιω-VF--FMI2P

30 και-C ερημοω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--APF στηλη-N1--APF συ- P--GP και-C εκολεθρευω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--APN ξυλινος-A1--APN χειροποιητος-A1B-APN συ- P--GP και-C τιθημι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--APN κωλον-N2N-APN συ- P--GP επι-P ο- A--APN κωλον-N2N-APN ο- A--GPN ειδωλον-N2N-GPN συ- P--GP και-C προςοχθιζω-VF2-FAI3S ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF εγω- P--GS συ- P--DP

31 και-C τιθημι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--APF πολις-N3I-APF συ- P--GP ερημος-N2--APF και-C εκερημοω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--APN αγιος-A1A-APN συ- P--GP και-C ου-D μη-D οσφραινομαι-VC--APS1S ο- A--GSF οσμη-N1--GSF ο- A--GPF θυσια-N1A-GPF συ- P--GP

32 και-C εκερημοω-VF--FAI1S εγω- P--NS ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF συ- P--GP και-C θαυμαζω-VF--FMI3P επι-P αυτος- D--DSF ο- A--NPM εχθρος-N2--NPM συ- P--GP ο- A--NPM ενοικεω-V2--PAPNPM εν-P αυτος- D--DSF

33 και-C διασπειρω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AP εις-P ο- A--APN εθνος-N3E-APN και-C εκ ανααλισκω-VF--FAI3S συ- P--AP επιπορευομαι-V1--PMPNSF ο- A--NSF μαχαιρα-N1A-NSF και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF συ- P--GP ερημος-N2--NSF και-C ο- A--NPF πολις-N3I-NPF συ- P--GP ειμι-VF--FMI3P ερημος-N2--NPF

34 τοτε-D ευδοκεω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF ο- A--APN σαββατον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GSF και-C πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF ημερα-N1A-APF ο- A--GSF ερημωσις-N3--GSF αυτος- D--GSF και-C συ- P--NP ειμι-VF--FMI2P εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF ο- A--GPM εχθρος-N2--GPM συ- P--GP τοτε-D σαββατιζω-VF2-FAI3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF και-C ευδοκεω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--APN σαββατον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GSF

35 πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF ημερα-N1A-APF ο- A--GSF ερημωσις-N3--GSF αυτος- D--GSF σαββατιζω-VF2-FAI3S ος- --APN ου-D σαββατιζω-VAI-AAI3S εν-P ο- A--DPN σαββατον-N2N-DPN συ- P--GP ηνικα-D καταοικεω-V2I-IAI2P αυτος- D--ASF

36 και-C ο- A--DPM καταλειπω-VV--APPDPM εκ-P συ- P--GP επιαγω-VF--FAI1S δειλια-N1A-ASF εις-P ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GPM εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF ο- A--GPM εχθρος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GPM και-C διωκω-VF--FMI3S αυτος- D--APM φωνη-N1--NSF φυλλον-N2N-GSN φερω-V1--PMPGSN και-C φευγω-VF--FMI3P ως-C φευγω-V1--PAPNPM απο-P πολεμος-N2--GSM και-C πιπτω-VF2-FMI3P ουδεις-A3--GSM διωκω-V1--PAPGSM

37 και-C υπεροραω-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSM αδελφος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASM αδελφος-N2--ASM ωσει-D εν-P πολεμος-N2--DSM ουδεις-A3--GSM κατατρεχω-V1--PAPGSM και-C ου-D δυναμαι-VF--FMI2P αντιιστημι-VH--AAN ο- A--DPM εχθρος-N2--DPM συ- P--GP

38 και-C αποολλυω-VF2-FMI2P εν-P ο- A--DPN εθνος-N3E-DPN και-C καταεσθιω-VF--FMI3S συ- P--AP ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF ο- A--GPM εχθρος-N2--GPM συ- P--GP

39 και-C ο- A--NPM καταλειπω-VV--APPNPM απο-P συ- P--GP καταφθειρω-VD--FPI3P δια-P ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF συ- P--GP εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF ο- A--GPM εχθρος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GPM τηκω-VD--FPI3P

40 και-C εκαγορευω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF ο- A--GPM πατηρ-N3--GPM αυτος- D--GPM οτι-C παραβαινω-VZI-AAI3P και-C υπεροραω-VBI-AAI3P εγω- P--AS και-C οτι-C πορευομαι-VCI-API3P εναντιον-P εγω- P--GS πλαγιος-A1A-NPM

41 και-C εγω- P--NS πορευομαι-VCI-API1S μετα-P αυτος- D--GPM εν-P θυμος-N2--DSM πλαγιος-A1A-DSM και-C αποολλυω-VF2-FAI1S αυτος- D--APM εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF ο- A--GPM εχθρος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GPM τοτε-D εντρεπω-VD--FPI3S ο- A--NSF καρδια-N1A-NSF αυτος- D--GPM ο- A--NSF απεριτμητος-A1B-NSF και-C τοτε-D ευδοκεω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF αυτος- D--GPM

42 και-C μιμνησκω-VS--FPI1S ο- A--GSF διαθηκη-N1--GSF *ιακωβ-N---GS και-C ο- A--GSF διαθηκη-N1--GSF *ισαακ-N---GS και-C ο- A--GSF διαθηκη-N1--GSF *αβρααμ-N---GS μιμνησκω-VS--FPI1S και-C ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF μιμνησκω-VS--FPI1S

43 και-C ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF εν καταλειπω-VV--FPI3S υπο-P αυτος- D--GPM τοτε-D προςδεχομαι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF ο- A--APN σαββατον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GSF εν-P ο- A--DSN ερημοω-VC--APN αυτος- D--ASF δια-P αυτος- D--APM και-C αυτος- D--NPM προςδεχομαι-VF--FMI3P ο- A--APF αυτος- D--GPM ανομια-N1A-APF αντι-P ος- --GPF ο- A--APN κριμα-N3M-APN εγω- P--GS υπεροραω-VBI-AAI3P και-C ο- A--DPN προσταγμα-N3M-DPN εγω- P--GS προςοχθιζω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--DSF ψυχη-N1--DSF αυτος- D--GPM

44 και-C ουδε-C ως-C ειμι-V9--PAPGPM αυτος- D--GPM εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF ο- A--GPM εχθρος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GPM ου-D υπεροραω-VBI-AAI1S αυτος- D--APM ουδε-C προςοχθιζω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--DPM ωστε-C εκ ανααλισκω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--APM ο- A--GSN διασκεδαζω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASF διαθηκη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASF προς-P αυτος- D--APM οτι-C εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GPM

45 και-C μιμνησκω-VS--FPI1S αυτος- D--GPM ο- A--GSF διαθηκη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSF προτερος-A1A-GSFC οτε-D εκαγω-VBI-AAI1S αυτος- D--APM εκ-P γη-N1--GSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF εκ-P οικος-N2--GSM δουλεια-N1A-GSF εναντι-P ο- A--GPN εθνος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GSN ειμι-V9--PAN αυτος- D--GPM θεος-N2--NSM εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM

46 ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN κριμα-N3M-NPN και-C ο- A--NPN προσταγμα-N3M-NPN και-C ο- A--NSM νομος-N2--NSM ος- --ASM διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN αυτος- D--GSM και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM εν-P ο- A--DSN ορος-N3E-DSN *σινα-N----S εν-P χειρ-N3--DSF *μωυσης-N1M-GSM

   

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Apocalypse Explained #366

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366. That they should slay one another, signifies the falsification or extinction of truths. This is evident from the signification of "slaying," as meaning the extinction of truths; for "to slay" in the Word signifies to slay spiritually, that is, to slay the spiritual part of a man or his soul, which is to extinguish truths. It also means to falsify, because when truths are falsified they are also extinguished; for falsification produces a different understanding of truths, and truth is true to everyone according to his understanding of it; for the love and principle that rule in man draw and apply all things to themselves, even truths themselves; consequently when the love is evil, or the principle is false, then truths are infected with the evil of the love or the falsity of the principle, and thus are extinguished. This, therefore, is what is here signified by "they should slay one another." That this takes place when there is no good with man, and especially when there is no good in the doctrine of his church, is evident from the preceding words, where it is said, "When he had opened the second seal there went forth a red horse; and to him that sat upon him it was given to take peace from the earth;" which signifies a second state of the church when the understanding of the Word is destroyed in respect to good, which is the source of dissensions in the church (of which see above, n. 361, 364, 365).

[2] That the understanding of the Word, or what is the same, the understanding of the truth, is destroyed when there is no good with man, that is, when there is no love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbor, may be seen above n. 365; for good with man, or what is the same, love with him, is the fire of his life, and truth with him, or the faith of truth, is the light therefrom; consequently such as the good is, or such as the love is in man, such is truth, or such the faith of truth in him. From this it can be seen that when evil or an evil love is with man there can be no truth or faith of truth with him; for the light that goes forth from such fire is the light that those have who are in hell, which is a fatuous light like the light from burning coals, which light, when light from heaven flows in, is turned into mere thick darkness. Such also is the light that with the evil, when they reason against the things of the church, is called natural light [lumen].

[3] That they would falsify and thereby extinguish truths is meant also by the Lord's words in Matthew:

Jesus said to the disciples, The brother shall deliver up the brother, the father the son; children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death (Matthew 10:21).

And in Luke:

Ye shall be delivered up by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death (Luke 21:16).

"Parents," "brethren," "children," ["kinsfolk, "] and "friends," do not mean here parents, brethren, children, kinsfolk, friends, nor do "disciples" mean disciples, but the goods and truths of the church, also evils and falsities; it is also meant that evils would extinguish goods and falsities truths. (That such is the signification of these words, see Arcana Coelestia 10490.)

  
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3147. 'And water to wash his feet' means purification there. This is clear from the meaning of 'water to wash' or 'washing with water' as purifying, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'feet' as natural things, or what amounts to the same, those things that are in the natural man, dealt with in 2162. In the representative Church washing feet with water was a ceremonial act which meant washing away the filth of the natural man. The filth of the natural man is composed of all the things that belong to self-love and love of the world, and when such filth has been washed away goods and truths flow in, for that filth alone is what hinders the influx of good and truth from the Lord.

[2] For good is flowing in constantly from the Lord, but when by way of the internal or spiritual man it reaches the external or natural man it is either perverted there, or turned away, or stifled. But when indeed the things that belong to self-love and love of the world are removed, good is received there, and bears fruit there, since the person now performs the works of charity. This may become clear from many considerations, such as this: When the things that belong to the external or natural man are quiescent - as they are in times of ill-fortune, wretchedness, and sickness - a person instantly starts to become spiritually-minded and to will what is good, and also to perform acts of devotion insofar as he is able. But when that state alters, these things are altered too.

[3] In the Ancient Church 'washings' were signs meaning these things, and in the Jewish Church the same were representations. The reason why in the Ancient Church they were meaningful signs but in the Jewish Church representations was that members of the Ancient Church regarded that custom as some external act of worship. Nor did they believe that they were purified by that kind of washing but by a washing away of the filth of the natural man, which, as has been stated, is composed of the things that belong to self-love and love of the world. But the member of the Jewish Church did believe that he was purified by such washing, for he did not know, and did not wish to know, that the purifying of a person's interior self was meant.

[4] That 'washing' means the washing away of that filth is clear in Isaiah,

Wash yourselves; purify yourselves; remove the evil of your doings from before My eyes; cease to do evil. Isaiah 1:16.

Here it is evident that 'washing themselves' means purifying themselves and removing evils. In the same prophet,

When the Lord will have washed the excrement of the daughters of Zion and washed away the blood of Jerusalem from its midst in a spirit of judgement and in a spirit of purging. Isaiah 4:4.

Here 'washing the excrement of the daughters of Zion and washing away the blood of Jerusalem' stands for purifying from evils and falsities. In Jeremiah,

Wash your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved. How long will your iniquitous thoughts lodge within you? Jeremiah 4:14.

[5] In Ezekiel,

I washed you with water, and washed away the blood from upon you, and anointed you with oil. Ezekiel 16:9.

This refers to Jerusalem, which is used here to mean the Ancient Church. 'Washing with water' stands for purifying from falsities, 'washing away the blood' for purging from evils, 'anointing with oil' for filling with good at that time. In David,

Wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. You will purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean; You will wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalms 51:2, 7.

'Being washed' plainly stands for being purified from evils and derivative falsities.

[6] These were the things that were meant by 'washing' in the Representative Church. For the sake of the representation, when they had been made unclean and needed to be cleansed, people were commanded in that Church to wash the skin, hands, feet, and also their garments. All these meant things that belong to the natural man. Also for the sake of the representation, lavers made of bronze were placed outside the Temple - that is to say, 'the bronze sea and the ten bronze lavers' mentioned in 1 Kings 7:23-29; there was also the bronze laver from which Aaron and his sons were to wash themselves, placed between the Tent of Meeting and the Altar, and so outside the Tent of Meeting, Exodus 30:18-19, 21 - the meaning of which was that only external or natural things needed to be purified. And unless they have been purified, that is, unless things belonging to self-love and love of the world have been removed from them, internal things which belong to love to the Lord and towards the neighbour cannot possibly flow in, as stated above.

[7] To enable these matters to be understood more easily, that is to say, regarding the need for external things to be purified, let good works - or what amounts to the same, the goods of charity, which are at the present day called the fruits of faith, and which, since they are actions, are external - serve to exemplify and illustrate the point: Good works are bad works unless the things belonging to self-love and love of the world are removed. For until these have been removed works, when performed, are good to outward appearance but are inwardly bad. They are inwardly bad because they are done either for the sake of reputation, or for financial gain, or for improvement of one's position, or for reward. They are accordingly either merit-seeking or hypocritical, for the things that belong to self-love and love of the world cause those works to be such. But when indeed these evils are removed, works become good, and are the goods of charity. That is to say, they are done regardless of self, the world, reputation, or reward, and so are not merit-seeking or hypocritical, because in that case celestial love and spiritual love flow from the Lord into those works and cause them to be love and charity in action. And at the same time the Lord also purifies the natural or external man by means of those things and orders it so that that man receives correspondingly the celestial and spiritual things that flow in.

[8] This becomes quite clear from what the Lord taught when He washed the disciples' feet: In John,

He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, Lord, do You wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing you do not know now, but you will know afterwards. Peter said to Him, You will never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me. Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and head! Jesus said to him, He who is washed has no need except that his feet be washed, but is clean all over. Now you are clean, but not all of you. John 13:4-17.

'He who is washed has no need except that his feet be washed' means that anyone who has been reformed needs to be cleansed only in regard to natural things, that is, to have evils and falsities removed from them. For when that happens all is ordered by the influx of spiritual things from the Lord. Furthermore 'feet-washing' was an act of charity, meaning that one ought not to dwell on the evils of another person. It was also an act of humility, meaning the cleansing of another from evils, like filth from the body, as also becomes clear from the Lord's words in verses 12-17 of that chapter in John, and also in Luke 7:37-38, 44, 46; John 11:2; 1 Samuel 25:41.

[9] Anyone may see that washing himself does not purify a person from evils and falsities, only from the filth that clings to him. Yet because it belonged among the religious observances commanded in the Church it follows that it embodies some special idea, namely spiritual washing, which is purification from the filth that clings to man inwardly. Members of that Church therefore who knew these things and thought of purification of the heart, that is, the removal of the evils of self-love and love of the world from the natural man, and tried to achieve it with utmost zeal, practiced ritual washing as an external act of worship, as commanded. But among those who did not know and did not wish to know those things but who supposed that the mere ritual act of washing garments, skin, hands, and feet would purify them, and who supposed that provided they performed such rituals they would be allowed to continue leading lives of avarice, hatred, revenge, mercilessness, and cruelty - all of which constitute spiritual filth - the performance of the ritual was idolatrous. Nevertheless by means of that ritual they were still able to represent, and by means of the representation to display, some vestige of a Church, by means of which heaven was in a way joined to mankind prior to the Lord's Coming. But that conjunction was such that heaven had little or no influence at all on the member of that Church.

[10] The Jews and Israelites were such that they did not think at all of the internal man, nor did they wish to know anything about the same. Thus they knew absolutely nothing about the celestial and spiritual things which belong to the life after death. Nevertheless to prevent the end of all communication with heaven and so with the Lord, they were bound to the performance of external observances by which internal things were meant. All their captivities and plagues were in general to the end that external observances might be duly carried out for the sake of the representation. It was for this reason that the following laws were given:

Moses was to wash Aaron and his sons with water at the tent door, to sanctify them. Exodus 29:4; 40:12; Leviticus 8:6.

Aaron and his sons were to wash their hands and feet before entering the Tent of Meeting and approaching the Altar to minister, lest they died. This was to them a statute for ever. Exodus 30:18-21; 40:30-31.

Before putting on his vestments Aaron was to wash his flesh. Leviticus 16:4, 24.

Levites were to be purified by sprinkling the water of expiation over them, passing a razor over their flesh, and washing their clothes - then they were pure. Numbers 8:6-7.

Anyone who ate the carcass of a clean animal, 1 or that which had been torn to pieces, was to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and if he did not wash himself and bathe his flesh he would bear his iniquity. Leviticus 17:15-16.

Anyone who touched the bed of a person who had a discharge, or sat on a vessel on which that person had sat, and anyone who touched that person's flesh was to wash his clothes and to bathe himself with water, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 15:5-7, 10-12 and following verses.

The person who sent the goat away to Azazel was to wash his flesh. Leviticus 16:26.

When a leper was to be cleansed he was to wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, wash himself in water, and then he would be clean. Leviticus 14:8-9.

Even vessels themselves which had become unclean through contact with unclean persons were made to go through water and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 11:32.

From all these laws it may be seen that nobody was made clean or pure internally through ritual washing, but that such a person merely represented him who was pure or spiritually clean, for the reason stated above. The Lord teaches the same quite explicitly in Matthew 15:1-20; Mark 7:1-23.

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1. i.e. an animal that had not been slaughtered but had died naturally

  
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