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Ezekijel 45

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1 Kad budete zemlju ždrijebom dijelili u baštinu, prinesite kao prinos pridržan Jahvi jedan sveti dio zemlje, dugačak dvadeset i pet tisuća lakata, širok deset tisuća; to neka bude sveto područje uzduž i poprijeko.

2 Od toga neka bude za Svetište četvorina od pet stotina lakata i čistina od deset lakata uokolo.

3 Od toga područja izmjeri u dužinu dvadeset i pet tisuća lakata, a u širinu deset tisuća: tu neka bude Svetište - Svetinja nad svetinjama.

4 Taj sveti dio zemlje pripada svećenicima koji služe u Svetištu i koji pristupaju k Jahvi da mu služe: tu neka im bude mjesto za kuće; i to neka je sveto mjesto koje pripada Svetištu.

5 Dvadeset i pet tisuća u dužinu i deset tisuća u širinu neka bude levitima koji služe Domu: neka ondje sagrade gradove u kojima će stanovati.

6 Za posjed gradu dodijelite pet tisuća lakata u širinu i dvadeset i pet tisuća lakata u dužinu usporedo sa svetim područjem: to će pripadati svemu domu Izraelovu.

7 Knezu pripada dio s obje strane svetoga područja i gradskoga posjeda - duž svetoga područja i duž gradskoga posjeda - od zapadne strane prema zapadu i od istočne strane prema istoku, a dužina neka bude jednaka svakom tom dijelu, od zapadne do istočne granice.

8 To neka bude njegova zemlja, posjed u Izraelu, da knezovi više ne tlače narod moj i da zemlju dadu domu Izraelovu po plemenima.'

9 Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Dosta je, knezovi Izraelovi! Okanite se nasilja i pljačke i vršite zakon i pravdu; izbavite narod moj od svojih tražbina - riječ je Jahve Gospoda.

10 Mjerite pravom mjerom: pravom efom i pravim batom.

11 Efa i bat neka jednako hvataju: bat neka iznosi desetinu homera i efa desetinu homera - neka im mjera bude prema homeru.

12 Šekel neka bude dvadeset gera; mina neka vam bude dvadeset šekela, dvadeset i pet šekela i petnaest šekela.

13 Ovo je prinos koji ćete prinositi: šestinu efe od svakoga homera pšenice i šestinu efe od svakoga homera ječma.

14 A za ulje ova je uredba: desetina bata od svakoga kora - deset bata jedan je kor.

15 Od svakoga stada od dvije stotine ovaca sa sočnih izraelskih pašnjaka po jednu ovcu za žrtvu prinosnicu, paljenicu i pričesnicu - vama za pomirenje - riječ je Jahve Gospoda.

16 Sav narod zemlje duguje ovaj prinos knezu Izraelovu.

17 A knez je dužan davati žrtve paljenice, prinosnice i ljevanice za svetkovine i za mlađake, za subote i blagdane doma Izraelova: on neka se postara za okajnicu, za pomirnicu, prinosnicu, paljenicu i pričesnicu za pomirenje doma Izraelova.'

18 Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Prvoga mjeseca, prvoga dana u mjesecu, uzmi june bez mane i okaj njime Svetište.

19 Svećenik neka uzme krvi te žrtve okajnice i neka njome pomaže dovratnike Doma i sva četiri ugla pojasa žrtveničkoga i dovratnike vrata unutrašnjega predvorja.

20 Tako neka učini i sedmoga dana istoga mjeseca za svakoga koji je sagriješio iz slabosti i neznanja. Tako ćete dovršiti pomirenje Doma.

21 Prvoga mjeseca, četrnaestoga dana u mjesecu, svetkujte Pashu, sedmodnevni blagdan, kad se blaguju beskvasni hljebovi.

22 Toga dana neka knez za se i za sav puk zemlje prinese june za okajnicu.

23 Sedam dana blagdana neka prinosi za paljenicu Jahvi Sedam junčića i Sedam ovnova bez mane - svaki dan tih Sedam dana - i svaki dan jarca kao okajnicu.

24 A kao prinosnicu neka prinese efu po svakom juncu i efu po ovnu i hin ulja na svaku efu.

25 Sedmoga mjeseca, petnaestoga dana u mjesecu, neka o blagdanu isto toliko prinosi sedam dana: isto toliko okajnica, paljenica, prinosnica i ulja.'

   

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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.

Footnotes:

1. i.e. destroy

  
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