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2 Mózes 21

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1 Ezek pedig azok a rendeletek, a melyeket eleikbe kell terjesztened:

2 Ha héber szolgát vásárolsz, hat esztendeig szolgáljon, a hetedikben pedig szabaduljon fel ingyen.

3 Ha egyedûl jött, egyedûl menjen el; ha feleséges ember, menjen el vele a felesége is.

4 Ha az õ ura adott néki feleséget, és [ez] fiakat vagy leányokat szûlt néki: az asszony, gyermekeivel együtt legyen az õ uráé; õ pedig egyedûl menjen el.

5 De ha a szolga azt mondaná: Szeretem az én uramat, az én feleségemet és fiaimat, nem akarok felszabadulni:

6 Akkor vigye õt az õ ura a bírák elé, és állítsa az ajtóhoz vagy az ajtófélhez, és az õ ura fúrja által az õ fülét árral; és szolgálja õt mindörökké.

7 És ha valaki az õ leányát szolgálóul adja el, ne úgy menjen el, mint a szolgák mennek.

8 Ha nem tetszik az õ urának, hogy eljegyezze õt magának, akkor váltassa ki; arra, hogy idegen népnek eladja, nincs hatalma, mivel hûtelen volt hozzá.

9 Ha pedig a fiának jegyzi el õt: a leányok törvénye szerint cselekedjék vele.

10 Ha mást vesz magának: [ennek] ételét, ruházatát és házasságbeli igazát alább ne szállítsa.

11 Ha ezt a hármat nem cselekszi vele: akkor menjen az el ingyen, fizetés nélkûl.

12 A ki úgy megver valakit, hogy meghal, halállal lakoljon.

13 De ha nem leselkedett, hanem Isten ejtette kezébe: úgy helyet rendelek néked, a hova meneküljön.

14 Ha pedig valaki szándékosan tör felebarátja ellen, hogy azt orvúl megölje, oltáromtól is elvidd azt a halálra.

15 A ki megveri az õ atyját vagy anyját, halállal lakoljon.

16 A ki embert lop, és eladja azt, vagy kezében kapják, halállal lakoljon.

17 A ki szidalmazza az õ atyját vagy anyját, halállal lakoljon.

18 És ha férfiak összevesznek, és megüti valaki az õ felebarátját kõvel vagy öklével, és nem hal meg, hanem ágyba esik:

19 Ha felkél, és mankóján kinn jár: ne legyen büntetve az, a ki megütötte; csupán fekvéséért fizessen és gyógyíttassa meg.

20 Ha pedig valaki úgy üti meg szolgáját vagy szolgálóját bottal, hogy az meghal keze alatt, büntettessék meg.

21 De ha egy vagy két nap életben marad, ne büntettessék meg, mert pénze [ára] az.

22 Ha férfiak veszekednek és meglöknek valamely terhes asszonyt, úgy hogy idõ elõtt szûl, de [egyéb] veszedelem nem történik: bírságot fizessen a szerint, a mint az asszony férje azt reá kiveti, de bírák elõtt fizessen.

23 De ha veszedelem történik: akkor életért életet adj.

24 Szemet szemért, fogat fogért, kezet kézért, lábat lábért;

25 Égetést égetésért, sebet sebért, kéket kékért.

26 Ha valaki az õ szolgájának szemét, vagy szolgálójának szemét úgy üti meg, hogy elpusztul, bocsássa azt szabadon az õ szeméért.

27 Ha pedig szolgájának fogát, vagy szolgálójának fogát üti ki, bocsássa azt szabadon az õ fogáért.

28 Ha férfit vagy asszonyt öklel meg egy ökör, úgy hogy meghal: kõvel köveztessék meg az ökör, és húsát meg ne egyék; de az ökörnek ura ártatlan.

29 De ha az ökör azelõtt is öklelõs volt, és annak urát megintették, és még sem õrizte azt, és férfit vagy asszonyt ölt meg: az ökör köveztessék meg, és az ura is halállal lakoljon.

30 Ha pénzváltságot vetnek reá, fizessen lelke váltságáért annyit, a mennyit reá kivetnek.

31 Akár fiút ökleljen meg, akár leányt ökleljen meg: e szerint a rendelet szerint kell cselekedni.

32 Ha szolgát öklel meg az ökör vagy szolgálót: adassék azok urának harmincz ezüst siklus, az ökör pedig köveztessék meg.

33 Ha pedig valaki vermet nyit meg, vagy ha valaki vermet ás, és nem fedi azt be, és ökör vagy szamár esik bele:

34 A verem ura fizessen; pénzül térítse meg azok urának, a hulla pedig legyen az övé.

35 És ha valakinek ökre megdöfi az õ felebarátja ökrét, úgy hogy az elpusztul: adják el az eleven ökröt, és az árát osszák meg, és a hullát is osszák el.

36 Vagy ha tudták, hogy az ökör már azelõtt öklelõs volt, és nem õrizte azt annak ura: fizessen ökröt az ökörért, a hulla pedig az övé legyen.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8988

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8988. '[His] master shall bring him to God' means the state he then enters in keeping with Divine order. This is clear from the meaning of 'bringing to God', when the subject is those who are imbued with truths and cannot be imbued with good, as causing them to enter a state in keeping with Divine order; for 'bringing to' means entering, and 'God' means Divine order, which is dealt with below. The fact that these things are meant is evident from the details contained in the rest of this verse. These describe the state of those imbued with truths and not with complementary good, that is to say, a state of everlasting obedience. For those living in this condition are in servitude compared with those imbued with good complementing truths. For being governed by good the latter's actions spring from affection; and those who act from affection do so from the will, thus from themselves since whatever forms part of a person's will is part of his true self; for indeed the essence (esse) of a person's life is his will. But those whose actions spring from obedience act not from their own will, but from their master's, thus not from themselves, but from another; therefore in comparison they are in servitude. Actions that spring from truths and not from good spring solely from the understanding, for truths have connection with the understanding and forms of good with the will; and actions that spring from the understanding and not from the will spring from that which stands outside and serves. The understanding has been given to a person in order that he may receive truths and introduce them into his will to become forms of good; for when truths become part of the will they are called forms of good.

[2] The condition however of one who serves the Lord by doing according to His commandments, and by being obedient in that kind of way, is not that of a slave; rather, it is that of one who is free. For perfect freedom consists for a person in being led by the Lord, 892, 905, 2870, 2872. The Lord breathes the good into the person's will from which his actions spring; and although that good comes from the Lord, the person nevertheless has the feeling that his actions are from himself, that is, he does them in freedom. This freedom exists with all who abide in the Lord; and coupled with it there is indescribable happiness.

[3] The reason why 'God' here means Divine order is that in the Word the name 'God' is used where truth is referred to, and 'Jehovah' where good is referred to, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921 (end), 4402, 7010, 7268, 8867. Therefore Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good is meant in the highest sense by 'God', and His Divine Good from which Divine Truth emanates is meant by 'Jehovah'. The reason for this is that Divine Good is Essential Being (Esse), and Divine Truth is the Coming-into-Being (Existere) from it, since what emanates from something comes into being from it. The situation with good and truth in heaven or among angels is similar, and that in the Church among men is similar. Good there is the essential being, and truth is the coming-into-being from it. Or what amounts to the same thing love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour is the essential being of heaven and the Church, while faith is the coming-into-being from it. All this makes plain why it is that 'God' can also mean Divine order; for Divine Truth emanating from the Lord is what constitutes order in heaven, so completely that it is order itself. For more about Divine Truth's being order, see 1728, 1919, 7995, 8700.

Therefore when man or angel receives Divine Truth from the Lord within good, there resides with him that order which exists in the heavens. As a consequence he is a heaven or kingdom of the Lord in particular; he is such in the measure that he is imbued with good from truths, and after this in the measure that he is endowed with truths from good. And - what is an arcanum - angels themselves appear in heaven in a human form that accords exactly with the truths present with them within good, together with beauty and brilliance which accord with the character of the good from truths. The souls of members of the Church present a similar appearance in heaven. The Divine Truth itself emanating from the Lord brings this about, as may be recognized from what has been shown at the ends of a number of chapters regarding heaven as the Grand Man, and its correspondence with individual aspects of a human being.

[4] This arcanum is what the following words are used to mean in John, in the Book of Revelation,

He measured the wall of the holy Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man (homo), that is, of an angel. Revelation 21:17.

Will anyone ever understand these words if he does not know what the holy Jerusalem, its wall, measure, the number 144, and so 'a man, that is, an angel' all mean? By the new or holy Jerusalem is meant the Lord's New Church, which is going to take the place of the Christian Church existing at the present time, 2117; by 'the wall' is meant the truths of faith which will defend that Church, 6419; by 'measuring' and 'the measure' is meant its state in respect of truth, 3104; by the number 144 is meant much the same as by 12, since 144 is the number that is the product of 12 multiplied by itself, and by these numbers all truths in their entirety are meant, see 7973. These meanings make plain what is meant by 'the measure of a man, that is, of an angel', namely actual truth emanating from the Lord in the form it assumes, which is that of a man-angel in heaven, as stated above. All this reveals the arcanum which the words quoted above embody; it reveals that they describe the truths of that Church which is going to take the place of the Christian Church existing at the present time.

[5] The fact that they are truths from good is described in the very next verse, in these words,

The construction of its wall was jasper, but the city was pure gold, like pure glass. Revelation 21:18.

'Jasper' means truth such as that Church's will be, for truths are meant by 'stones' generally, 1298, 3720, 6426, and truths that come from the Lord by 'precious stones', 643; and 'gold' means the good of love and wisdom, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658. Would anyone ever discern that such meanings are embodied in those words? Yet who can fail to see from them that countless arcana lie concealed in the Word, which are not at all made apparent to anyone except by means of the internal sense, and that this sense, like a key, is the means of opening up God's truths as they exist in heaven, and therefore heaven and the Lord Himself, who is the All in all of the Word in its inmost sense?

  
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Arcana Coelestia #6426

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6426. 'From there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel' means that from this springs all the goodness and truth which the spiritual kingdom possesses. This is clear from the meaning of 'the shepherd' as one who leads to the good of charity by means of the truth of faith, dealt with in 343, 3795, 6044 (here in the highest sense, since it has reference to the Lord, goodness and truth themselves are meant); from the meaning of 'the stone' as truth, dealt with in 1298, 3720, 3769, 3771, 3773, 3789, 3798; and from the representation of 'Israel' as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 3305, 4286, for 'Israel' is spiritual good or the good of truth, 4286, 4598, 5801, 5803, 5806, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833. And since the good of truth is the essential element of the spiritual Church, 'Israel' means the spiritual Church, and in the highest sense the Lord's spiritual kingdom. From all this it is evident that 'from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel' means that from this springs all the goodness and truth which the Lord's spiritual kingdom possesses.

[2] The reason why in the highest sense 'the stone of Israel' means the Lord with respect to the truth that His spiritual kingdom possesses is that in general 'the stone' means the temple, and specifically the foundation on which it stands. 'The temple' in turn means the Lord's Divine Human, as is clear in John 2:19, 21, and so does its 'foundation' in Matthew 21:42, 44, and in Isaiah 28:16. This meaning of 'the stone' in the highest sense - the Lord in respect to Divine Truth which His spiritual kingdom possesses - is evident in David,

The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. This has been done by Jehovah; it is marvellous in our eyes. Psalms 118:22-23.

'The stone' here is the Lord, as is made clear in Luke,

It is written, The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. Whoever falls onto that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder. Luke 20:17-18.

These things are spoken by the Lord regarding Himself. In Isaiah,

He is your fear, and He is your dread; for He will be a sanctuary, though He will be a stone to strike against and a rock to stumble over 1 for both houses of Israel. Many among them will trip, and fall, and be broken to pieces. Isaiah 8:13-15.

Here the Lord is referred to. In the same prophet,

The Lord Jehovih said, Behold I [am He who] will lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tested stone, a precious corner-stone, surely founded. He who believes will not be hasty. Isaiah 28:16.

In Zechariah,

Jehovah Zebaoth will visit His flock, the house of Judah, and will place them as His glorious horse 2 in battle. From Him comes the corner-stone, from Him the tent-peg, from Him the battle-bow. Zechariah 10:3-4.

[3] In Daniel,

You were watching, until a stone was cut out, not by means of hands, and it struck the statue on its feet, which were iron and clay, and smashed them to pieces. The stone that struck the statue became a great rock and filled the whole earth. The God of heaven will cause a kingdom to arise that will never be destroyed, and His kingdom will not be left to other people; it will crush and consume all those kingdoms, but will itself stand for ever. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the rock, not by means of hands, and it smashed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold . . . Daniel 2:34-35, 44-45.

Here 'the stone' is used in the highest sense to mean the Lord, and in the relative sense to mean His spiritual kingdom. When it says that 'the stone was cut out of the rock' the meaning is that it came out of the truth of faith, for the truth of faith is meant in the Word by 'rock'. And because the truth of faith is meant by 'the stone' and 'the rock', the Lord's spiritual kingdom is also what is meant, since the truth of faith and good ensuing from this truth prevail in that kingdom. Something similar is also meant by 'the stone' on which Jacob slept and which he afterwards set up as a pillar, described as follows,

Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place and I did not know it. And he was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is nothing other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And in the morning Jacob rose up early, and took the stone which he had placed as his headrest, and placed it as a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He said, This stone which I have placed as a pillar will be God's house. Genesis 28:16-18, 22.

The fact that by 'the stone' the ancients understood the Lord in the highest sense and His spiritual kingdom in the relative sense is also plain to see in Joshua,

Joshua erected the stone under the oak which was in Jehovah's sanctuary. And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone will be a witness to us, for it has heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He spoke to us. And it shall be a witness against you, lest you deny your God. Joshua 24:26, 17.

അടിക്കുറിപ്പുകൾ:

1. literally, a stone of striking and a rock of stumbling

2. literally, the horse of His glory

  
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