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Leviticus 27

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1 Viešpats kalbėjo Mozei:

2 “Sakyk izraelitams: ‘Jei kas padarytų įžadą ir pasižadėtų tarnauti Dievui, mokės nustatytą kainą.

3 Vyras nuo dvidešimties ligi šešiasdešimties metų mokės penkiasdešimt šekelių sidabro pagal šventyklos šekelį;

4 moteris­trisdešimt.

5 Vyras nuo penkerių ligi dvidešimties metų­dvidešimt šekelių sidabro, o moteris­dešimt.

6 Už berniuką nuo vieno mėnesio ligi penkerių metų­penkis šekelius sidabro, už mergaitę­tris.

7 Vyras šešiasdešimties metų ir vyresnis mokės penkiolika šekelių sidabro, moteris­dešimt.

8 Jei bus beturtis ir paskirtos sumos negalės sumokėti, kreipsis į kunigą, kuris nustatys, kiek tas asmuo gali duoti.

9 Jei kas pažadėtų duoti gyvulį, tinkamą aukoti Viešpačiui, tai tas pažadėtasis gyvulys

10 negalės būti pakeistas nei geresniu, nei blogesniu. O jei pakeistų, ir pakeistasis, ir pirmykštis priklausys Viešpačiui.

11 Jei kas pažadėtų duoti nešvarų gyvulį, kuris netinka aukai Viešpačiui, jis bus atvestas pas kunigą,

12 kuris nuspręs, ar jis tinka, ir nustatys jo kainą.

13 Jei aukojantis norės jį išpirkti, pridės prie įkainojimo sumos dar penktą dalį.

14 Jei kas pažadėtų aukoti namus, pašvęsdamas juos Viešpačiui, kunigas apžiūrės, ar jie tinkami, ir nustatys jų vertę.

15 O jei aukotojas norėtų juos išpirkti, pridės prie nustatytos sumos dar penktą dalį ir namai bus jo.

16 Jei kas pažadėtų aukoti savo paveldėtą žemę, pašvęsdamas ją Viešpačiui, jos vertė bus nustatyta pagal sėją. Jei žemė apsėjama vienu homeru miežių, ji bus įkainota penkiasdešimt šekelių sidabro.

17 Jei jis pašvenčia dirvą tuojau po jubiliejaus metų, jos vertė bus visa.

18 O jei ji pašvenčiama kuriam laikui praėjus po jubiliejaus metų, kunigas apskaičiuos jos vertę pagal metų skaičių, likusį ligi jubiliejaus metų.

19 Jei aukotojas panorės išpirkti ją, pridės penktą dalį prie paskirtos kainos ir ją atsiims.

20 Jei nenorėtų išpirkti ir ji bus parduota kitam, aukotojas nebegalės vėliau jos išpirkti,

21 nes, atėjus jubiliejaus metams, ji bus pašvęsta Viešpačiui, o pašvęsti dalykai priklauso kunigams.

22 Jei pirktinė, o ne paveldėta dirva būtų pažadėta Viešpačiui,

23 kunigas apskaičiuos jos vertę pagal skaičių metų ligi jubiliejaus, ir aukotojas tą sumą paaukos Viešpačiui.

24 Jubiliejaus metais ji grįš pirmajam savininkui, kuris ją valdė kaip savo paveldo dalį.

25 Kiekvienas įkainojimas bus daromas pagal šventyklos šekelį. Šekelį sudaro dvidešimt gerų.

26 Pirmagimių gyvulių, kurie priklauso Viešpačiui, niekas negalės pašvęsti: ar tai bus jautis, ar avis,­jie yra Viešpaties.

27 Jei gyvulys yra nešvarus, aukotojas išpirks jį pagal įkainojimą ir pridės penktą kainos dalį; jei išpirkti nenorėtų, bus parduotas už tiek, kiek buvo įkainotas.

28 Visa, kas Viešpačiui pašvęsta,­ar tai žmogus, ar gyvulys, ar dirva­nebus parduodama ir negali būti išpirkta. Visi Viešpačiui pašvęsti dalykai yra Jo.

29 Nieko iš žmonių, kurie yra pašvęsti, negalima išpirkti, bet jie turi mirti.

30 Visos javų ir vaisių derliaus dešimtinės yra Viešpaties ir Jam priklauso.

31 Jei kas norėtų išpirkti savo dešimtines, pridės penktą jų vertės dalį.

32 Galvijų, avių, ožkų ir viso, kas piemenų ganoma, kiekviena dešimta galva bus pašvęsta Viešpačiui.

33 Gyvuliai nebus atrenkami ir nebus vienas kitu pakeičiami. Jei kas pakeistų, tai abu gyvuliai bus pašvęsti Viešpačiui ir nebus išperkami’ ”.

34 Šituos įsakymus Viešpats davė Mozei dėl Izraelio vaikų Sinajaus kalne.

   

Commentary

 

Ten

  

In most places in the Word, "ten" represents "all," or in some cases "many" or "much." The Ten Commandments represent all the guidance we get from the Lord in life; the ten horns on the beast of Revelation represent all power of falsity; the ten virgins with lamps in Matthew 25 represent all people of the church.

Yet in other places, ten, or especially a "tenth," signifies representing remnants, or tiny scraps of goodness preserved for the future. These can be the remnants of a church -- a few good people that can be built up into a new church. Or they can be tiny subconscious memories of love and joy which the Lord stores in each of us in early childhood, feelings He can use later to draw us toward a life of goodness and affection.

These two meanings seem nearly opposite, but they're actually not. Love is whole and indivisible, so that the tiniest feeling buried inside someone contains all the elements of the love it can become. In a similar way, a remnant of a church that has preserved that church's knowledge has everything it needs to grow into a new church. In a sense, then, those remnants are indeed "all," they're just a version of "all" that is still in a state of potential.

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Matthew 25

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1 "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

3 Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,

4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8 The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

9 But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'

10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'

12 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'

13 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

14 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

16 Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

17 In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.

18 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

19 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

20 He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'

21 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

22 "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.'

23 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

24 "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

25 I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'

26 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.

27 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

28 Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away.

30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

31 "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

32 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

33 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

35 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.

36 I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.'

37 "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?

38 When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?

39 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'

40 "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

42 for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

43 I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'

44 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'

45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'

46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."