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Arany csengettyû, meg gránátalma, Arany csengettyû, meg gránátalma legyen a palást peremén köröskörül.
2 Mózes 28:34
Arcana Coelestia #9849
9849. 'As stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel' means out of mercy, for evermore for the spiritual kingdom. This is clear from the meaning of 'stones of remembrance' on the shoulders of the ephod as the preservation of good and truth out of mercy, for evermore (the fact that the preservation of good and truth is meant by 'stones on the shoulders' is clear from what has been shown in 9836; and the fact that mercy is meant by 'remembrance', when attributed to the Lord, will be clear from what follows below); and from the meaning of 'the sons of Israel' as the Lord's spiritual kingdom, dealt with above in 9842. There are places in the Word which say of Jehovah, that is, the Lord, that He remembers or does not remember. When either is said of Him the meaning is that whatever takes place then, whether preservation or deliverance, is done out of mercy. The same applies to places saying that He sees, hears, or knows, or does not see, hear, or know; His pity or failure to pity are meant there. Such things are said of Him on account of His being likened to a human being and on account of what seems to happen. For when a person turns away from the Lord, as is the case when he does anything bad, it seems to that person, since the Lord is now behind his back, as though the Lord fails to see him, does not hear or know him, indeed fails to remember him, when in fact the failure is in the person. It is because of this appearance therefore that in the Word such things are said of the Lord. The situation is completely different however when a person turns towards the Lord, as is the case when he does what is right, see the places referred to in 9306. Anyone may recognize that the Lord cannot really be said to remember or call to mind, because in Him things that are past and those that are future are eternal, that is, they are ever present from eternity to eternity.
[2] The fact that 'remembering', when attributed to the Lord, means having compassion, and so preserving or delivering out of mercy, is clear from the following places: In David,
Jehovah has made known His salvation, before the eyes of the nations He has revealed His righteousness. He has remembered His mercy and His truth to the house of Israel. Psalms 98:2-3.
In the same author,
Jehovah has remembered us in our lowly state, for His mercy is forever. Psalms 136:23.
In the same author,
Do not remember the sins of my youth, 1 nor my transgressions. According to Your mercy remember me, for Your goodness' sake, O Jehovah. Psalms 25:7.
In the same author,
For their sake He remembered His covenant, and relented because of the multitude of His mercies. Psalms 106:45.
In the same author,
He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; 2 Jehovah is gracious and merciful. He has given food to those fearing Him; forever He remembers 3 His covenant. Psalms 111:4-5.
In the same author,
Do not remember former iniquities. Let Your tender mercies come to meet [us]. Psalms 79:8.
[3] In Luke,
God has accepted His servant Israel, so that He remembered His mercy ... to perform mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant. Luke 1:54, 72.
In David,
What is man that You remember him? Psalms 8:4.
In the same author,
Remember me, O Jehovah, in the good pleasure of Your people. Psalms 106:4.
In the same author,
Jehovah has remembered us, He blesses [us]. Psalms 115:12.
In the first Book of Samuel,
If You will indeed look on the misery of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant ... 1 Samuel 1:11.
These words begin the vow made by Hannah, Samuel's mother; and verse 19 says that when she bore him Jehovah remembered her, that is, He looked on her misery and had mercy on her. 'Remember' has a similar meaning in many other places, such as Leviticus 26:41-42, 45; Numbers 10:9; Isaiah 43:25; 49:1; 64:9; Jeremiah 31:34.
V:
1. literally, childhood
2. literally, He has made a remembrance (or memorial) for His wonders
3. Reading recordatur (remembers) for recordatus (has remembered)
Leviticus 27
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'When a man makes a vow, the persons shall be for Yahweh by your valuation.
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Your valuation shall be of a male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
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If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
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If the person is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
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If the person is from a month old even to five years old, then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.
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If the person is from sixty years old and upward; if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
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But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him.
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"'If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy.
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He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change animal for animal, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
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If it is any unclean animal, of which they do not offer as an offering to Yahweh, then he shall set the animal before the priest;
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and the priest shall value it, whether it is good or bad. As you the priest values it, so shall it be.
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But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it to its valuation.
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"'When a man dedicates his house to be holy to Yahweh, then the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall evaluate it, so shall it stand.
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If he who dedicates it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
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"'If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of the field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
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If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.
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But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from your valuation.
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If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall remain his.
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If he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more;
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but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a field devoted; it shall be owned by the priests.
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"'If he dedicates to Yahweh a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession,
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then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee; and he shall give your valuation on that day, as a holy thing to Yahweh.
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In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs.
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All your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.
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"'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.
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If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according to your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it: or if it isn't redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
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"'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh.
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"'No one devoted, who shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
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"'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.
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If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.
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All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh.
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He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.'"
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These are the commandments which Yahweh commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
