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Ezekiel 44

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1 Nang magkagayo'y ibinalik niya ako sa daan ng pintuan sa labas ng santuario, na nakaharap sa dakong silanganan; at ito'y nasara.

2 At sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, Ang pintuang-daang ito ay sasarhan, hindi bubuksan, o papasukan man ng sinoman, sapagka't pinasukan ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel; kaya't ito'y masasara.

3 Tungkol sa prinsipe, siya'y mauupo roon na pinaka prinsipe upang kumain ng tinapay sa harap ng Panginoon; siya'y papasok sa daan ng portiko ng pintuang-daan, at lalabas sa daan ding yaon.

4 Nang magkagayo'y dinala niya ako sa daan ng pintuang-daang hilagaan sa harap ng bahay: at ako'y tumingin, at, narito, napuno ng kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon ang bahay ng Panginoon: at nasubasob ako.

5 At ang Panginoon ay nagsabi sa akin, Anak ng tao, tandaan mong mabuti, at masdan mo ng iyong mga mata, at pakinggan mo ng iyong mga pakinig ang lahat na aking sinasabi sa iyo tungkol sa lahat ng alituntunin hinggil sa bahay ng Panginoon, at tungkol sa lahat ng kautusan doon; at tandaan mong mabuti ang pasukan ng bahay sangpu ng bawa't labasan sa santuario.

6 At iyong sasabihin sa mapanghimagsik, sa makatuwid baga'y sa sangbahayan ni Israel, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Oh kayong sangbahayan ni Israel, mangaglikat na kayo sa lahat ninyong kasuklamsuklam,

7 Sa inyong pagpapasok ng mga taga ibang lupa na hindi tuli sa puso at hindi tuli sa laman, upang malagay sa aking santuario, na lapastanganin yaon, sa makatuwid baga'y ang aking bahay, pagka inyong inihahandog ang aking tinapay, ang taba at ang dugo, at sinira nila ang aking tipan, upang idagdag sa lahat ninyong mga kasuklamsuklam.

8 At hindi ninyo iningatan ang katungkulan sa aking mga banal na bagay; kundi kayo'y nangaglagay ng mga tagapangasiwa sa aking santuario sa ganang inyong sarili.

9 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Walang taga ibang lupa, na hindi tuli sa puso at hindi tuli sa laman na papasok sa aking santuario, kahit sinomang taga ibang lupa na nasa gitna ng mga anak ni Israel.

10 Nguni't ang mga Levita na nagsilayo sa akin nang ang Israel ay maligaw sa akin sa pagsunod sa kanilang mga diosdiosan; mangagdadanas sila ng kanilang kasamaan.

11 Gayon ma'y magiging tagapangasiwa sila sa aking santuario, na sila ang mamamahala sa mga pintuang-daan ng bahay, at magsisipangasiwa sa bahay: kanilang papatayin ang handog na susunugin at ang hain para sa bayan, at sila'y magsisitayo sa harap ng mga yaon upang pangasiwaan nila.

12 Sapagka't kanilang pinangasiwaan sila sa harap ng kanilang mga diosdiosan, at naging ikatitisod sila sa ikasasama ng sangbahayan ni Israel; kaya't itinaas ko ang aking kamay laban sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, at dadanasin nila ang kanilang kasamaan.

13 At hindi sila magsisilapit sa akin upang magsagawa ng katungkulan ng saserdote sa akin, o magsisilapit man sa alin man sa mga banal na bagay ko, sa mga bagay na kabanalbanalan; kundi tataglayin nila ang kanilang kahihiyan, at ang kanilang mga kasuklamsuklam na kanilang ginawa.

14 Gayon ma'y gagawin ko silang tagapangasiwa sa bahay, para sa buong paglilingkod doon, at sa lahat na gagawin doon.

15 Nguni't ang mga saserdoteng Levita na mga anak na lalake ni Sadoc, na nagiingat ng katungkulan sa aking santuario nang ang mga anak ni Israel ay magsihiwalay sa akin, sila'y magsisilapit sa akin upang magsipangasiwa sa akin; at sila'y magsisitayo sa harap ko upang mangaghandog sa akin ng taba at ng dugo, sabi ng Panginoong Dios:

16 Sila'y magsisipasok sa aking santuario, at sila'y magsisilapit sa aking dulang, upang magsipangasiwa sa akin, at iingatan nila ang kanilang katungkulan sa akin.

17 At mangyayari, na pagka sila'y magsisipasok sa mga pintuang-daan ng lalong loob na looban, susuutan sila ng mga kayong linong kasuutan; at walang lanang dadaiti sa kanila, samantalang sila'y nagsisipangasiwa sa mga pintuang-daan ng lalong loob na looban, at sa loob.

18 Sila'y mangagpupugong ng kayong lino sa kanilang mga ulo, at mangagtatapi ng kayong lino sa kanilang mga balakang; hindi sila mangagbibigkis ng anomang nakapagpapapawis.

19 At pagka kanilang lalabasin ang mga tao sa looban sa labas, ng bahay, kanilang huhubarin ang kanilang mga kasuutan na kanilang ipinangangasiwa, at ilalagay nila ang mga ito sa mga banal na silid; at mangagsusuot sila ng ibang mga kasuutan, upang huwag nilang banalin ang mga tao ng kanilang mga kasuutan.

20 Ni aahitan man nila ang kanilang mga ulo, ni titiisin man ang kanilang buhok ay humaba; kanila lamang gugupitan ang kanilang mga ulo.

21 Ni iinom ng alak ang sinomang saserdote pagka sila'y magsisipasok sa lalong loob na looban.

22 Ni mangagaasawa man sa babaing bao, o sa inihiwalay man: kundi sila'y magaasawa ng mga dalaga sa lahi ng sangbahayan ni Israel, o ng babaing bao na nabao sa saserdote.

23 At kanilang ituturo sa aking bayan ang pagkakaiba ng banal at ng karaniwan, at ipakikilala nila sa kanila ang marumi at malinis.

24 At sa pagtatalo ay magsisitayo sila upang magsihatol; ayon sa aking mga kahatulan ay kanilang hahatulan: at kanilang iingatan ang aking mga kautusan at ang aking mga palatuntunan sa lahat kong takdang kapistahan; at kanilang ipangingilin ang aking mga sabbath.

25 At hindi sila magsisilapit sa alin mang patay na tao na mangagpakahawa; nguni't sa ama, o sa ina, o sa anak na lalake, o babae, sa kapatid na lalake, o babae na hindi nagkaasawa, maaaring mangagpakahawa sila.

26 At pagkatapos na siya'y malinis, sila'y bibilang sa kaniya ng pitong araw.

27 At sa kaarawan na siya'y pumasok sa santuario, sa lalong loob na looban upang mangasiwa sa santuario, siya'y maghahandog ng kaniyang handog dahil sa kasalanan, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

28 At sila'y mangagkakaroon ng mana; ako'y kanilang mana; at hindi ninyo bibigyan sila ng pag-aari sa Israel; ako'y kanilang pag-aari.

29 Sila'y magsisikain ng handog na harina, at ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at ng handog dahil sa pagkakasala; at bawa't bagay na itinalaga sa Israel ay magiging kanila.

30 At ang una sa lahat na unang bunga ng bawa't bagay, at lahat na alay na bawa't bagay, sa lahat ninyong mga alay ay magiging sa saserdote: inyo rin namang ibibigay sa mga saserdote ang una sa inyong masa upang pagpalain ang inyong bahay.

31 Ang mga saserdote ay hindi kakain ng anomang bagay na namamatay sa kaniyang sarili, o nalapa, maging ibon o hayop man.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9659

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9659. 'And there shall be eight boards and their bases [made] from silver' means support in every respect from good and through truth that springs from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'eight' as what is so in every respect, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'boards' as good that lends support, dealt with in 9634; and from the meaning of 'bases [made] from silver' as support provided through truth from good, dealt with in 9643.

[2] 'Eight' means in every respect because this number has the same meaning as two and four, being the product of these when multiplied together. 'Two' and 'four' mean being joined together, completely so, 5194, 8423, 8877, and consequently also mean what is complete, 9103, and therefore what is so in every respect; for what exists in completeness does so in every respect. Another reason why 'eight' means what exists in completeness and in every respect is that since 'a week' means a whole period from beginning to end, 2044, 3845, 'the eighth day' means a complete state, from which a new beginning then commences. This explains why males had to be circumcised on the eighth day, Genesis 17:12; 21:4, for circumcision was a sign of purification from foul kinds of love by means of the truth of faith, 2039, 2046 (end), 2799, 3412, 3413, 4462. The foreskin corresponded to the defilement of good by those kinds of love, 4462, 7045, 7225, and the knife of flint with which circumcision was carried out was a sign of the truth of faith by means of which purification was accomplished, 2039 (end), 2046 (end), 2799, 7044.

[3] What exists in completeness and in every respect is also meant by 'eight' following 'seven' in Micah,

When Asshur comes into our land and treads our palaces we will set up over him seven shepherds and eight princes of men (homo), and they will feed 1 the land of Asshur with the sword; and he will deliver [us] from Asshur. Micah 5:5-6.

'Asshur' stands for reasoning on the basis of one's own intelligence about the Church's forms of good and its truths. Deliverance totally or in every respect from consequent falsity is meant by 'eight princes of men' who will bring destruction, 'princes of men' being the leading truths that rise out of good.

[4] The fact that 'eight' means completeness and in every respect is also clear from an experience I had involving the admission and reception of some communities into heaven, about which see 2130. I saw as many as twelve communities received first, and after them as many as eight more; for people admitted and received into heaven are those who have been purified from earthly things, that is, from all love of them, and have gone on to receive instruction. The number eight on that occasion was a sign of that which was complete.

[5] 'Eight' has a similar meaning elsewhere in the Word, for example where it says that the portico of the gateway was 'eight cubits' long from the house, and that there were 'eight steps' up to the house, in Ezekiel 40:9, 31, 41. The description there is of the new house, by which the Lord's New Church is meant, truths leading to good and from good back to truths being meant by 'the portico' and 'the steps'.

[6] Anyone who does not know that spiritual realities or real things are implied by the numbers used in the Word cannot possibly see any such reality nor thus anything holy in the measures and numbers where the tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and after these the new house, new temple, and new land in Ezekiel, are described, when yet not a syllable in the Word is devoid of spiritual meaning. Let all who have intelligence weigh up in their mind what the measures and numbers in Chapters 40-48 of Ezekiel really mean, also the measures and numbers in John, at Revelation 21:17, where it says that the angel measured the wall of the new Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, and that this measure was that of a man (homo), that is, of an angel, and also in the following, besides many other places,

Let him who has intelligence reckon the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man (homo), that is, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18.

For more about all numbers in the Word, that they mean spiritual realities or real things, see 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 5291, 5335, 5708, 6175, 7973, and places where the specific meaning of certain numbers has been shown.

Bilješke:

1. i.e. destroy

  
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5265. 'The seven good cows are seven years' means a state when truth within the interior natural is multiplied. This is clear from the meaning of 'the cows' in the good sense as the truths belonging to the interior natural, dealt with in 5198; and from the meaning of 'years' as states, dealt with in 482, 487, 488, 493, 893. There were seven because 'seven' means that which is holy and therefore adds the idea of holiness to the matter under discussion, dealt with in 395, 433, 716, 881, as well as implying a whole period from start to finish, 728. This explains why in the dream seven cows and seven heads of grain were seen, and after that why there were seven years of abundance of corn and seven years of famine. It also explains why the seventh day was made holy, why in the representative Church the seventh year was a sabbatical year, and why after seven times seven years there was a Jubilee.

[2] 'Seven' means things that are holy because of the meanings that numbers have in the world of spirits. Each number there holds some spiritual reality within it. Visual indications of numbers have appeared to me frequently, simple and compound ones, and also on one occasion a long sequence of them, when I have wondered what meanings they possessed. I have been told that they have their origin in conversations held by angels, and that it is customary from time to time to use numbers to express spiritual realities too. These numbers are not seen in heaven but in the world of spirits, where the visual presentation of such things takes place. The most ancients, who were celestial people and who talked to angels, knew all about this, which was why they used numbers to express an evaluation of the Church. The numbers used by them conveyed a general overall idea of matters for which words served to provide a detailed description. The meaning contained within every number did not however continue to be known among the descendants of these people; only the meanings of the simple numbers survived, that is to say, the meanings of two, three, six, seven, eight, twelve, and from these the meanings of twenty-four, seventy-two, and seventy-seven. In particular their descendants knew that 'seven' meant that which was most holy - that is to say, that in the highest sense 'seven' meant the Divine Himself, and in the representative sense the celestial element of love - and that the state of the celestial man was therefore meant by 'the seventh day', 84-87.

[3] It is quite evident from the numbers used plentifully in the Word that numbers mean spiritual realities, such as the following ones in John,

Let him who has intelligence reckon the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, that is, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18.

And elsewhere in the same book,

The angel measured the wall of the holy Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. Revelation 11:17.

The number one hundred and forty-four is twelve squared and twice seventy-two.

  
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