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1 ὁράω-VVI-API3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF δρῦς-N3U-DSF ὁ- A--DSF *μαμβρη-N---DSF καταἧμαι-V5--PMPGSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF θύρα-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM μεσημβρία-N1A-GSF

2 ἀναβλέπω-VA--AAPNSM δέ-X ὁ- A--DPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ἰδού-I τρεῖς-A3--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ἵστημι-VXI-YAI3P ἐπάνω-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM προςτρέχω-VBI-AAI3S εἰς-P συνάντησις-N3I-ASF αὐτός- D--DPM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF θύρα-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

3 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--VSM εἰ-C ἄρα-X εὑρίσκω-VB--AAI1S χάρις-N3--ASF ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS μή-D παραἔρχομαι-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASM παῖς-N3D-ASM σύ- P--GS

4 λαμβάνω-VV--APD3S δή-X ὕδωρ-N3--NSN καί-C νίπτω-VA--AAD3P ὁ- A--APM πούς-N3D-APM σύ- P--GP καί-C καταψύχω-VA--AAD2P ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASN δένδρον-N2N-ASN

5 καί-C λαμβάνω-VF--FMI1S ἄρτος-N2--ASM καί-C ἐσθίω-VA--AMD2P καί-C μετά-P οὗτος- D--ASN παραἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF σύ- P--GP ὅς- --GSM εἵνεκεν-P ἐκκλίνω-VAI-AAI2P πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM παῖς-N3D-ASM σύ- P--GP καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὕτως-D ποιέω-VA--AAD2S καθώς-D εἶπον-VX--XAI2S

6 καί-C σπεύδω-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF σκηνή-N1--ASF πρός-P *σαρρα-N---ASF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSF σπεύδω-VA--AAD2S καί-C φυράω-VA--AAD2S τρεῖς-A3--APN μέτρον-N2N-APN σεμίδαλις-N3I-GSF καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAD2S ἐγκρυφίας-N1T-APM

7 καί-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF βοῦς-N3--APF τρέχω-VBI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S μοσχάριον-N2N-ASN ἁπαλός-A1--ASN καί-C καλός-A1--ASN καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM παῖς-N3D-DSM καί-C ταχύνω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--GSN ποιέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASN

8 λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X βούτυρον-N2N-ASN καί-C γάλα-N3--ASN καί-C ὁ- A--ASN μοσχάριον-N2N-ASN ὅς- --ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C παρατίθημι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--NSM δέ-X παραἵστημι-VXI-YAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASN δένδρον-N2N-ASN

9 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ποῦ-D *σαρρα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἰδού-I ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF σκηνή-N1--DSF

10 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ἐπι ἀναστρέφω-V1--PAPNSM ἥκω-VF--FAI1S πρός-P σύ- P--AS κατά-P ὁ- A--ASM καιρός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-APF καί-C ἔχω-VF--FAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM *σαρρα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF σύ- P--GS *σαρρα-N---NSF δέ-X ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF θύρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF εἰμί-V9--PAPNSF ὄπισθε-D αὐτός- D--GSM

11 *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X καί-C *σαρρα-N---NSF πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NPMC προβαίνω-VX--XAPNPM ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF ἐκλείπω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *σαρρα-N---NSF γίγνομαι-V1--PMN ὁ- A--APN γυναικεῖος-A1A-APN

12 γελάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *σαρρα-N---NSF ἐν-P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSF λέγω-V1--PAPNSF οὔπω-D μέν-X ἐγώ- P--DS γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN νῦν-D ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NSMC

13 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM τίς- I--ASN ὅτι-C γελάω-VAI-AAI3S *σαρρα-N---NSF ἐν-P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSF λέγω-V1--PAPNSF ἆρα-X γέ-X ἀληθῶς-D τίκτω-VF--FMI1S ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X γηράσκω-VX--XAI1S

14 μή-D ἀδυνατέω-V2--PAI3S παρά-P ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM ῥῆμα-N3M-NSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM καιρός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM ἀναστρέφω-VF--FAI1S πρός-P σύ- P--AS εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-APF καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--DSF *σαρρα-N---DSF υἱός-N2--NSM

15 ἀρνέομαι-VAI-AMI3S δέ-X *σαρρα-N---NSF λέγω-V1--PAPNSF οὐ-D γελάω-VAI-AAI1S φοβέω-VCI-API3S γάρ-X καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D ἀλλά-C γελάω-VAI-AAI2S

16 ἐκ ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNPM δέ-X ἐκεῖθεν-D ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM καταβλέπω-VAI-AAI3P ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN *σοδομα-N1--GS καί-C *γομορρα-N---GS *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X συνπορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3S μετά-P αὐτός- D--GPM συν προπέμπω-V1--PAPNSM αὐτός- D--APM

17 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D κρύπτω-VF--FAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS ἀπό-P *αβρααμ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM παῖς-N3D-GSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --APN ἐγώ- P--NS ποιέω-V2--PAI1S

18 *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X γίγνομαι-V1--PMPNSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S εἰς-P ἔθνος-N3E-ASN μέγας-A1P-ASN καί-C πολύς-A1P-ASN καί-C ἐνεὐλογέω-VC--FPI3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSM πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

19 οἶδα-VXI-YAI3S γάρ-X ὅτι-C συντάσσω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C φυλάσσω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APF ὁδός-N2--APF κύριος-N2--GSM ποιέω-V2--PAN δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF καί-C κρίσις-N3I-ASF ὅπως-C ἄν-X ἐπιἄγω-VB--AAS3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM

20 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM κραυγή-N1--NSF *σοδομα-N1--GS καί-C *γομορρα-N---GS πληθύνω-VM--XMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM μέγας-A1--NPF σφόδρα-D

21 καταβαίνω-VZ--AAPNSM οὖν-X ὁράω-VF--FMI1S εἰ-C κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF κραυγή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--ASF ἔρχομαι-V1--PMPASF πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS συντελέω-V2--PMI3P εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D ἵνα-C γιγνώσκω-VZ--AAS1S

22 καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAPNPM ἐκεῖθεν-D ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P εἰς-P *σοδομα-N1--AS *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἵστημι-VXI-XAPNSM ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM

23 καί-C ἐγγίζω-VA--AAPNSM *αβρααμ-N---NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D συν ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS2S δίκαιος-A1A-ASM μετά-P ἀσεβής-A3H-GSM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM δίκαιος-A1A-NSM ὡς-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀσεβής-A3H-NSM

24 ἐάν-C εἰμί-V9--PAS3P πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-NPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--APM οὐ-D ἀναἵημι-VF--FAI2S πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-GPM ἐάν-C εἰμί-V9--PAS3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF

25 μηδαμῶς-D σύ- P--NS ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ὡς-C ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ὁ- A--GSN ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAN δίκαιος-A1A-ASM μετά-P ἀσεβής-A3H-GSM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM δίκαιος-A1A-NSM ὡς-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀσεβής-A3H-NSM μηδαμῶς-D ὁ- A--NSM κρίνω-V1--PAPNSM πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S κρίσις-N3I-ASF

26 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ἐάν-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS1S ἐν-P *σοδομα-N1--DS πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-APM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF ἀποἵημι-VF--FAI1S πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM διά-P αὐτός- D--APM

27 καί-C ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM *αβρααμ-N---NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S νῦν-D ἄρχω-VAI-AMI1S λαλέω-VA--AAN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM κύριος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X εἰμί-V9--PAI1S γῆ-N1--NSF καί-C σποδός-N2--NSM

28 ἐάν-C δέ-X ἐλαττονόω-VC--APS3P ὁ- A--NPM πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-NPM πέντε-M ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI2S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM πέντε-M πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἐάν-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS1S ἐκεῖ-D τεσσαράκοντα-M πέντε-M

29 καί-C προςτίθημι-VAI-AAI3S ἔτι-D λαλέω-VA--AAN πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D τεσσαράκοντα-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM τεσσαράκοντα-M

30 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D τις- I--NSN κύριος-N2--VSM ἐάν-C λαλέω-VA--AAS1S ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D τριάκοντα-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἐάν-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS1S ἐκεῖ-D τριάκοντα-M

31 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐπειδή-C ἔχω-V1--PAI1S λαλέω-VA--AAN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM κύριος-N2--ASM ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D εἴκοσι-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM εἴκοσι-M

32 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D τις- I--ASN κύριος-N2--VSM ἐάν-C λαλέω-VA--AAS1S ἔτι-D ἅπαξ-D ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D δέκα-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM δέκα-M

33 ἀποἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ὡς-C παύω-VAI-AMI3S λαλέω-V2--PAPNSM ὁ- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM καί-C *αβρααμ-N---NSM ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2187

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2187. 'And they ate' means communication in this manner. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'eating' as being communicated, and also being joined together, as is also evident from the Word. The injunction that Aaron, and his sons the Levites, and also the people were to eat the consecrated elements of the sacrifices in a holy place meant nothing other than the communication, conjunction, and making one's own, as stated above in 2177, at the point where Leviticus 6:16-17, is referred to. For it was celestial and spiritual food that was meant by the consecrated elements, and thus making that food their own by eating those elements. These consecrated elements were those parts of the sacrifices which were not burned on the altar but were eaten either by the priests or by the people who brought the offering, as becomes clear from very many places where the sacrifices are the subject. The consecrated elements that were to be eaten by the priests are referred to in Exodus 29:32-33; Leviticus 6:16, 26; 7:6, 15-16, 18; 8:31; 10:12-13; Numbers 18:9-11; and those to be eaten by the people, in Leviticus 19:5-6; Deuteronomy 12:27; 27:7; and elsewhere. And that those who were unclean were not to eat of them is referred to in Leviticus 7:19-21; 22:4-7. These ritual feasts took place in a holy place near the altar, either at the gate or in the court outside the tent. And they meant nothing else than the communication, conjunction, and making of celestial goods one's own, for those feasts represented celestial food. For what celestial food is, see 56-58, 680, 681, 1480, 1695. And all those consecrated elements were called 'bread', for the meaning of which see above in 2165. Something similar was represented by Aaron and his sons eating the loaves of the presence, or the shewbread, in a holy place, Leviticus 24:9.

[2] The reason for the law given to the Nazirite that during the days of his Naziriteship he was forbidden to eat anything that is produced from the grape - from which wine is made - from pips even to skin, Numbers 6:4, is that the Nazirite represented the celestial man, and the celestial man is such as is not willing even to mention spiritual things, see Volume One, in 202, 337, 880 (end), 1647. And because 'wine' and 'the grape', and also whatever came from the grape, meant that which is spiritual, the Nazirite was therefore forbidden to eat of them, that is, to have any communication with spiritual things, to join himself to them, or to make them his own.

[3] Something similar is meant by 'eating' in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money on that which is not bread, and your labour on that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to Me and eat what is good, and your soul will delight itself in fatness. Isaiah 55:1-2.

And also what is said in John,

To him who conquers I will grant to eat from the tree of life which is in the middle of the Paradise of God. Revelation 2:7.

'The tree of life' is the celestial itself, and in the highest sense it is the Lord Himself since He is the source of everything celestial, that is, of all love and charity. Thus 'eating from the tree of life' is the same as feeding on the Lord; and 'feeding on the Lord' is being endowed with love and charity, thus with those things that belong to heavenly life, as the Lord Himself declares in John,

I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread he will live for ever. He who feeds on Me will live through Me. John 6:51, 57. But they said, This is a hard saying. Jesus said however, The words that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life. John 6:60, 63.

From this it is evident what is meant by 'eating' in the Holy Supper, Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-23; Luke 22:19-20 - having communication, being joined together, and making one's own.

[4] From this it is also plain what is meant by the Lord's statement that

Many will come from the east and from the west and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Matthew 8:11.

The Lord did not mean that they were going to feast with these three in the kingdom of God but that they were to enjoy the celestial goods meant by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That is to say, they were to enjoy the inmost celestial goods of love, meant by -Abraham'; also a lower type of goods, which are intermediate, as those are which belong to the rational, meant by 'Isaac'; and a still lower type of goods which are celestial-natural, such as occur in the first heaven, meant by 'Jacob'. These are the things which constitute the internal sense of these words. That such things are meant by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, see 1893, and wherever else they are the subject. For whether one speaks of enjoying those celestial things, or whether one speaks of enjoying the Lord, whom they represent, it amounts to the same since the Lord is the source of all those things, and the Lord is their All in all.

  
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