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Hesekiel 46

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1 So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Das Tor des inneren Vorhofs, welches gegen Osten sieht, soll die sechs Werktage geschlossen sein; aber am Sabbathtage soll es geöffnet werden, und am Tage des Neumondes soll es geöffnet werden.

2 Und der Fürst soll durch die Torhalle hineingehen von außen her und sich an die Pfosten des Tores stellen; und die Priester sollen sein Brandopfer und seine Friedensopfer opfern, und er soll auf der Schwelle des Tores anbeten und hinausgehen; das Tor soll aber nicht geschlossen werden bis zum Abend.

3 Und das Volk des Landes soll anbeten am Eingang dieses Tores, an den Sabbathen und an den Neumonden, vor Jehova. -

4 Und das Brandopfer, welches der Fürst dem Jehova am Sabbathtage darbringen soll: sechs Lämmer ohne Fehl und ein Widder ohne Fehl.

5 Und als Speisopfer: ein Epha Feinmehl zu jedem Widder; und zu den Lämmern als Speisopfer: eine Gabe seiner Hand (Derselbe Sinn wie v 7; so auch v 11;) und Öl, ein Hin zu jedem Epha.

6 Und am Tage des Neumondes: ein junger Farren ohne Fehl und sechs Lämmer und ein Widder; ohne Fehl sollen sie sein.

7 Und ein Epha zu jedem Farren und ein Epha zu jedem Widder soll er als Speisopfer opfern; und zu den Lämmern, nach dem was seine Hand aufbringen kann; und Öl, ein Hin zu jedem Epha. -

8 Und wenn der Fürst hineingeht, soll er durch die Torhalle (d. i. die Halle des Osttores; wie v 2) hineingehen; und durch sie soll er hinausgehen.

9 Und wenn das Volk des Landes an den Festen (S. die Anm. zu Kap. 36,38) vor Jehova kommt: wer durch das Nordtor hineingeht, um anzubeten, soll durch das Südtor hinausgehen; und wer durch das Südtor hineingeht, soll durch das Nordtor hinausgehen; er soll nicht durch das Tor zurückkehren, durch welches er hineingegangen ist, sondern stracks vor sich hinausgehen.

10 Und der Fürst soll mitten unter ihnen hineingehen, wenn sie hineingehen; und wenn sie hinausgehen, sollen sie zusammen hinausgehen. -

11 Und an den Festen (S. die Anm. zu Kap. 45,17) und zu den Festzeiten soll das Speisopfer sein: ein Epha Feinmehl zu jedem Farren und ein Epha zu jedem Widder; und zu den Lämmern eine Gabe seiner Hand; und Öl, ein Hin zu jedem Epha.

12 Und wenn der Fürst ein freiwilliges Brandopfer oder freiwillige Friedensopfer dem Jehova opfern will, so soll man ihm das Tor öffnen, welches gegen Osten sieht; und er soll sein Brandopfer und seine Friedensopfer opfern, gleichwie er am Sabbathtage tut; und wenn er hinausgeht, so soll man das Tor verschließen, nachdem er hinausgegangen ist. -

13 Und du sollst täglich ein einjähriges Lamm ohne Fehl dem Jehova als Brandopfer opfern, Morgen für Morgen sollst du es opfern.

14 Und ein Speisopfer sollst du dazu opfern, Morgen für Morgen: ein sechstel Epha; und Öl, ein drittel Hin, um das Feinmehl zu befeuchten, als Speisopfer-dem Jehova: ewige Satzungen, die beständig währen sollen.

15 Und opfert (Nach and. Les.: man soll opfern) das Lamm und das Speisopfer und das Öl, Morgen für Morgen, als ein beständiges Brandopfer.

16 So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Wenn der Fürst einem seiner Söhne ein Geschenk gibt, so ist es dessen Erbteil; es soll seinen Söhnen gehören, es ist ihr Erbeigentum.

17 Wenn er aber einem seiner Knechte ein Geschenk von seinem Erbteil gibt, so soll es demselben bis zum Freijahre gehören, und dann wieder an den Fürsten kommen; es ist ja sein Erbteil: seinen Söhnen, ihnen soll es gehören.

18 Und der Fürst soll nichts von dem Erbteil des Volkes nehmen, so daß er sie aus ihrem Eigentum verdrängt; von seinem Eigentum soll er seinen Söhnen vererben, auf daß mein Volk nicht zerstreut werde, ein jeder aus seinem Eigentum.

19 Und er brachte mich durch den Zugang, der an der Seite (W. Schulter, nämlich des nördlichen Binnentores) des Tores war, zu den heiligen Zellen für die Priester, welche gegen Norden sahen; und siehe, daselbst war ein Ort an der äußersten Seite gegen Westen.

20 Und er sprach zu mir: Das ist der Ort, wo die Priester das Schuldopfer und das Sündopfer kochen, wo sie das Speisopfer backen sollen, damit sie es nicht in den äußeren Vorhof hinaustragen, das Volk zu heiligen. -

21 Und er führte mich hinaus in den äußeren Vorhof und ließ mich an den vier Ecken des Vorhofs vorübergehen; und siehe, in jeder Ecke des Vorhofs war ein Hof.

22 In den vier Ecken des Vorhofs waren geschlossene Höfe, vierzig Ellen lang und dreißig breit; alle vier Eckhöfe hatten einerlei Maß.

23 Und in denselben war eine Mauerreihe ringsherum bei allen vieren; und Kochherde waren unter den Mauerreihen angebracht ringsum.

24 Und er sprach zu mir: Dies sind die Kochhäuser, wo die Diener des Hauses das Schlachtopfer des Volkes kochen sollen.

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2928

Studere hoc loco

  
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2928. 'To the people of the land, to the sons of Heth' means by those who belonged to the [new] spiritual Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'the people' as those who are governed by truths, and so those who are spiritual, dealt with in 1259, 1260; from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church dealt with in 662, 1066, 1068, 1262, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end); and from the meaning of 'the sons of Heth' as those who belonged to the new spiritual Church, dealt with above in 2913. The expression 'the people of the land' is used in various places in the Word when the subject is Israel and Jerusalem, and by those people is meant in the internal sense the spiritual Church or those who belong to the spiritual Church, for Israel and Jerusalem are used to mean that Church. When Judah and Zion are the subject however the expression 'the nation' is used. 'The nation' means the celestial Church, for Judah and Zion are used to mean that Church.

[2] That the expression 'the people of the land' is used when Israel and Jerusalem, and so when the spiritual Church are the subject, is clear from many places in the Word, as in Ezekiel,

Say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord Jehovih to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to the land of Israel, They will eat their bread in sorrow, and drink their waters in vastation, that her land may be devastated. The inhabited cities will be vastated and the land made desolate. Ezekiel 12:19-20.

Here in the internal sense 'Jerusalem' and 'the land of Israel' stand for the spiritual Church, 'bread' and 'waters' for charity and faith, or good and truth. 'The land' stands for the Church itself which as regards good is said to be 'vastated' and as regards truth to be 'made desolate'.

[3] In the same prophet,

The house of Israel will bury Gog and his multitude so that they will cleanse the land in seven months, and all the people of the land will bury them. Ezekiel 39:11-13.

'Gog' stands for external worship separated from internal, which is idolatrous, 1151. 'The house of Israel' stands for the spiritual Church as regards good, 'the people of the land' as regards truth, 'the land' for the Church itself. The reason 'the land' is the Church is that 'the land of Canaan' represented the Lord's kingdom and so the Church, since the Lord's kingdom on earth is the Church.

[4] In the same prophet,

All the people of the land will give 1 this thruma (oblation) to the prince of Israel. And the prince will prepare for himself on that day, and for all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering. The people of the land will bow down at the door of the gate on the sabbaths and at new moons. And the people of the land will enter at the appointed feasts. Ezekiel 45:16, 22; 46:3, 9.

This refers to the New Jerusalem, that is, to the Lord's spiritual kingdom, whose subjects are here called 'the people of the land'. 'The prince' is Divine truth coming from the Lord. The expression 'the sons of Heth' is used because 'sons' means truths, see 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623.

[5] The reason why truths are attributable to those who are spiritual is that these people are introduced to good by way of truths, that is, to charity by way of faith. And because the good they do is done from an affection for truth - for they do not know otherwise than that it is good because they have been taught that it is - their conscience too is founded on these truths of faith, see 1155, 1577, 2046, 2088, 2184, 2507, 2715, 2716, 2718.

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from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2184

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2184. That 'butter' is the celestial part of the rational, 'milk' the spiritual deriving from this, and 'the young bull' the corresponding natural part, is clear from the meaning of 'butter', and of 'milk', and also of 'a young bull'. As regards 'butter', this in the Word means that which is celestial, and this because of the fat present in butter; for 'fat' means that which is celestial, as shown in Volume One, in 353, and 'oil', being fat, means the celestial itself, in 886. That 'butter' has the same meaning becomes clear in Isaiah,

Behold, a virgin is bearing a son, and will call His name Immanuel. Butter and honey will he eat that he may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. Isaiah 7:14-15.

This refers to the Lord, who is Immanuel; and anyone may see that butter is not meant by 'butter', nor honey by 'honey'. But by 'butter' is meant His celestial, and by 'honey' that which is derived from that celestial.

[2] In the same chapter,

And it will be, because of the abundance of milk which they give, that he will eat butter, for butter and honey will everyone eat that is left in the midst of the land. Isaiah 7:22.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom, and to those on earth who are members of the Lord's kingdom. 'Milk' here stands for spiritual good, 'butter' for celestial good, and 'honey' for the happiness derived from this.

[3] In Moses,

Jehovah alone leads him, and there is no foreign god with him. He causes him to ride on the heights of the land, and He feeds [him] with the produce of the fields, and He causes him to suck honey out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock - butter from the herd, and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs and of rams, the breed 1 of Bashan, and of goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape you will drink unmixed wine. Deuteronomy 32:12-14.

No one is able to understand what all these things mean unless he knows the internal sense of each one. It seems like a pile of expressions such as belong to the oratory employed by the wise men of the world. But yet each expression means that which is celestial and that which is spiritual going with it, and also the blessing and happiness which flow from these, and all of them in a co-ordinated sequence. 'Butter from the herd' is the celestial-natural, 'milk from the flock' the celestial-spiritual of the rational.

[4] As regards 'milk' however, this means, as has been stated, that which is spiritual derived from that which is celestial, that is, the celestial-spiritual. What the celestial-spiritual is, see Volume One, in 1577, 1824, and in various other places. The reason 'milk' means that which is spiritual derived from that which is celestial is that 'water' means that which is spiritual, 680, 739, while milk, because of the fat in it, means the celestial-spiritual; or (what amounts to the same) truth rooted in good; or (also amounting to the same) faith grounded in love or charity; or (yet the same) the understanding part of the good present in the will; or (likewise amounting to the same) the affection for truth that has the affection for good within it; or (still yet the same) the affection for cognitions and facts that springs from the affection that belongs to charity towards the neighbour, such as exists with those who love the neighbour and confirm themselves in this love from the cognitions of faith and also from factual knowledge, which they love because they love the neighbour. All these are the same as the celestial-spiritual, and may be used in reference to any particular matter under discussion.

[5] That the celestial-spiritual is meant is also evident from the Word, as in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money on that which is not bread? Isaiah 55:1-2.

Here 'wine' stands for the spiritual element of faith, 'milk' for the spiritual element of love. In Moses,

He washes his garment in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes. His eyes are redder than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk. Genesis 49:11-12.

This is the prophecy of Jacob, who by now was Israel, regarding Judah - 'Judah' being used here to describe the Lord. By 'teeth whiter than milk' is meant the celestial-spiritual which belonged to His Natural.

[6] In Joel,

It will be, on that day, that the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will run with milk, and all the streams of Judah will run with water. Joel 3:18.

Here, where the subject is the Lord's kingdom, 'milk' stands for the celestial-spiritual. Also in the Word the land of Canaan, which represents and means the Lord's kingdom, is called 'a land flowing with milk and honey', as in Numbers 13:27; 14:8; Deuteronomy 26:9, 15; 27:3; Jeremiah 11:5; 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6, 15. In these places nothing else is meant by 'milk' than the abundance of celestial-spiritual things, and by 'honey' the abundant happiness derived from these. 'Land' is the celestial part itself of the kingdom from which they come.

[7] As regards 'a young bull' meaning the celestial-natural, this has been shown just above in 2180. The celestial-natural is the same as natural good, that is, good within the natural. Man's natural, like his rational, has its own good and its own truth, for then a marriage of good and truth exists everywhere, as stated above in 2173. The good that belongs to the natural is the delight which is perceived from charity, that is, from the friendship that is the product of charity; and from that delight springs the joy or satisfaction which belongs properly to the body. The truth of the natural consists in that factual knowledge which gives support to that delight. All this shows what the celestial-natural is.

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