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3 Mose 6

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1 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

2 Gebiete Aaron und seinen Söhnen und sprich: Dies ist das Gesetz des Brandopfers. Dieses, das Brandopfer, soll auf seiner Feuerstelle sein, auf dem Altar, die ganze Nacht bis an den Morgen; und das Feuer des Altars soll auf demselben in Brand erhalten werden.

3 Und der Priester soll sein leinenes Kleid anziehen, und soll seine leinenen Beinkleider anziehen über sein Fleisch; und er soll die Fettasche abheben, wozu das Feuer das Brandopfer auf dem Altar verzehrt hat, und soll sie neben den Altar schütten. (W. setzen)

4 Und er soll seine Kleider ausziehen und andere Kleider anlegen und die Fettasche hinaustragen außerhalb des Lagers an einen reinen Ort.

5 Und das Feuer auf dem Altar soll auf demselben in Brand erhalten werden, es soll nicht erlöschen; und der Priester soll Holz auf ihm (d. h. dem Feuer) anzünden, Morgen für Morgen, und das Brandopfer auf ihm zurichten, und die Fettstücke der Friedensopfer auf ihm räuchern.

6 Ein beständiges Feuer soll auf dem Altar in Brand erhalten werden, es soll nicht erlöschen.

7 Und dies ist das Gesetz des Speisopfers: Einer der Söhne Aarons soll es vor Jehova darbringen vor dem Altar.

8 Und er soll davon seine Hand voll nehmen, (Eig. abheben) vom Feinmehl des Speisopfers und von dessen Öl, und allen Weihrauch, der auf dem Speisopfer ist, und es auf dem Altar räuchern: es ist ein lieblicher Geruch, sein (nämlich des Opfers; vergl. Kap. 2,2) Gedächtnisteil für Jehova.

9 Und das Übrige davon sollen Aaron und seine Söhne essen; ungesäuert soll es gegessen werden an heiligem Orte; im Vorhofe des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft sollen sie es essen.

10 Es soll nicht gesäuert gebacken werden; als ihren Anteil habe ich es ihnen gegeben von meinen Feueropfern: hochheilig ist es, wie das Sündopfer und wie das Schuldopfer.

11 Alles Männliche unter den Kindern Aarons soll es essen: ein für ewig Bestimmtes bei euren Geschlechtern von den Feueropfern Jehovas. Alles, was sie anrührt, wird heilig sein.

12 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

13 Dies ist die Opfergabe Aarons und seiner Söhne, welche sie Jehova darbringen sollen an dem Tage, da er gesalbt wird: Ein zehntel Epha Feinmehl als beständiges Speisopfer, die Hälfte davon am Morgen und die Hälfte davon am Abend.

14 Es soll in der Pfanne mit Öl bereitet werden, eingerührt mit Öl sollst du es bringen; gebackene Speisopferstücke sollst du darbringen als einen lieblichen Geruch dem Jehova.

15 Und der Priester, der unter seinen Söhnen an seiner Statt gesalbt wird, soll es opfern; eine ewige Satzung: es soll dem Jehova ganz geräuchert werden.

16 Und jedes Speisopfer des Priesters soll ein Ganzopfer (ein Opfer, das ganz verbrannt wurde) sein; es soll nicht gegessen werden.

17 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

18 ede zu Aaron und zu seinen Söhnen und sprich: Dies ist das Gesetz des Sündopfers. An dem Orte, wo das Brandopfer geschlachtet wird, soll das Sündopfer geschlachtet werden vor Jehova: hochheilig ist es.

19 Der Priester, der es als Sündopfer opfert, soll es essen; an heiligem Orte soll es gegessen werden, im Vorhofe des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft.

20 Alles, was sein Fleisch anrührt, wird heilig sein; und wenn von seinem Blute auf ein Kleid spritzt-das, worauf es spritzt, sollst du waschen an heiligem Orte.

21 Und das irdene Gefäß, in welchem es gekocht wird, soll zerbrochen werden, und wenn es in einem ehernen Gefäß gekocht wird, so soll dieses gescheuert und mit Wasser gespült werden.

22 Alles Männliche unter den Priestern soll es essen: hochheilig ist es.

23 Aber alles Sündopfer, von dessen Blut in das Zelt der Zusammenkunft gebracht wird, um im Heiligtum Sühnung zu tun, soll nicht gegessen werden; es soll mit Feuer verbrannt werden.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #10133

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10133. 'A continual [offering]' means within all Divine worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'continual', when it refers to such things as belong to Divine worship, as all and within all. For the subject is purification from evils and falsities by means of the good of innocence, this good being meant by 'lambs' and purification from evils and consequent falsities by a burnt offering of them. This is called 'continual' because it must be present in all Divine worship. Therefore also the offering was presented twice each day, in the morning and in the evening; and offerings made morning and evening served in general to represent all worship and what must be present within all worship. The good of innocence must be in all good, and consequently in all truth, if they are to be goodness and truth that have life from the Divine within them, and so it must be within all worship. For all worship, to be worship, must spring from the good of love and from the truths of faith.

All of the Church's and of heaven's good has innocence within it, and without that innocence good is not good, nor therefore is worship worship, see 2736, 2780, 6013, 7840, 7887, 9262.

What innocence is, 3994, 4001, 4797, 5236, 6107, 6765, 7902, 9262, 9936, and the places referred to in 10021 (end).

[2] 'Continual' means all and within all - that is to say, the all of worship, and within all worship - because it is a term that has a temporal connotation and in heaven, where the Word is understood not in the natural but in the spiritual sense, people have no notions of time. Instead of periods of time they perceive the kinds of things that are states. By 'continual' at this point therefore they perceive a perpetual state within worship, thus the all of worship and within all worship. The same applies to all other terms in the Word which have temporal connotations, such as yesterday, today, tomorrow, two days, three days, daily, a week, a month, a year, also times of day and seasons of the year - morning, midday, evening, night, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Therefore if the spiritual sense of the Word is to be understood, any idea of a period of time acquired from its natural sense, any idea of a place as well, indeed any idea of an actual person must be set aside, and states of things must be conceived of instead. From this it may be seen how perfect the Word is in its internal sense, and so how perfect is the perception of it by the angels in heaven, consequently how much more excellent angels' wisdom and understanding are than the understanding and wisdom of people in the world, who think with solely natural vision focused on the completely finite things of this world and planet. Regarding periods of time in heaven, that they are states, see 1274, 1382, 2625, 2788, 2837, 3254, 3356, 3404, 3827, 4814, 4882, 4901, 4916, 6110, 7218, 7381, 8070; and regarding what states are, 4850.

[3] From all this it is evident what the continual burnt offering of lambs means, and so what 'continual' and 'continually' mean elsewhere, as in the commands that 'the fire shall burn continually on the altar', Leviticus 6:13, and that 'the continual bread shall be on the table', Numbers 4:7. 'The fire' there and 'the bread' mean the good of love received from the Lord and offered back to Him. For 'the fire', that it has this meaning, see 4906, 5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849, 7324, 7852, 10055; and also for 'the bread', 2165, 2177, 3478, 3735, 3813, 4211, 4217, 4735, 4976, 9323, 9545. In those places as well 'continual' means in addition that this good must be present in all worship; and the fact that the same good is the source from which the truth of faith must shine, as if from its fire, is meant by the decree that they were to cause a lamp to go up 1 continually, Exodus 27:20, 'a lamp' being the truth and good of faith, see 9548, 9783.

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Arcana Coelestia #9548

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9548. 'And you shall make a lampstand' means the spiritual heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'a lampstand' as the Divine Spiritual from the Lord in heaven and in the Church. The reason why 'a lampstand' means the Divine Spiritual is that 'the table' on which the loaves of the Presence were laid means the Divine Celestial, as has been shown in what has gone before. The Divine Celestial is the good of love, and the Divine Spiritual the truth of faith derived from that good; and both of these emanate from the Lord, 9227. The lampstand is the Divine Spiritual on account of the light it sheds; for Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord's Divine Good is what shines in heaven. There is no other source from which angels receive light. This is why in the Word the Lord is called the Light, and why 'light' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, see 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3337, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4060, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4414, 4415, 4419, 4527, 4598, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6315, 6608, 6907, 7174, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407.

[2] 'A lampstand' means the spiritual heaven by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord, and therefore also means the Church; and 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone. This is clear from places in the Word where 'lampstand' and 'lamp' are mentioned, as in John,

I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. The seven lampstands are the seven Churches. Revelation 1:12-13, 20.

And in the same book,

I will remove your lampstand from its place if you do not repent. Revelation 2:5.

A Church is called 'a lampstand' in these places by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord. The fact that 'a lampstand' means a Church is self-evident, for it says, 'The seven lampstands are the seven Churches'. The fact that a Church is called such on account of Divine Truth is evident from the statement, 'I will remove your lampstand if you do not repent'. And the fact that this Truth comes from the Lord [is also self-evident], for it says, 'In the midst of the lampstands one like the Son of Man'; and the Lord is called the Son of Man by virtue of His Divine Truth, see 2803, 2813, 3704.

[3] In the same book,

I will grant My two witnesses to prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. Revelation 11:3-10.

'The two witnesses' are the Word in both Testaments, in that they bear witness to the Lord. It is called 'an olive tree' by virtue of the Divine Good and 'a lampstand' by virtue of the Divine Truth which come from the Lord.

[4] In Zechariah, when the angel who was speaking said to the prophet,

What do you see? I said to him, I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold; its bowl is on top of it, 1 and its seven lamps are on it with seven pipes to the lamps. Two olive trees are beside it, one on the right of the bowl and one on the left of it. Zechariah 4:2-3.

This refers to Zerubbabel, who was about to lay a foundation for God's house and bring it to completion. He represents the Lord, in that He was about to come and to re-establish the spiritual heaven and the Church, these being what is meant by 'a lampstand', and the holy truths there what is meant by 'seven lamps'.

[5] The fact that 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, is clear in John,

The holy Jerusalem has no need of the sun or of the moon to shed light in it. The glory of God will give it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations that are saved will walk in His light. Revelation 21:23-24.

And further on,

There will be no night there, nor do they need a lamp or light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. Revelation 22:5.

'Lamp' in the first quotation stands for Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, and 'light' for faith, and so also for intelligence and wisdom. In the same book,

The light of a lamp will not shine in you any more, and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will not be heard in you any more. Revelation 18:23.

[6] And in Jeremiah,

I will take away the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of mills, and the light of the lamp, that the whole land may be a desolation and devastation. Jeremiah 25:10-11.

This refers to the elimination of faith and consequently of intelligence in spiritual matters meant here by the lamp which will no longer be there and by 'the light of the lamp' which will be taken away.

[7] The like occurs in Job,

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out and [how often] does destruction come upon them? Job 21:17.

In David,

You light my lamp; Jehovah my God makes my darkness bright. Psalms 18:28; 2 Samuel 22:29.

In the same author,

By Your commands I have been made intelligent. Your Word is a lamp to my foot, and a light to my path. Psalms 119:104-105.

In Job,

When God causes a lamp to shine over my head I would walk in darkness towards His light. Job 29:3.

In Matthew,

The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Matthew 6:22-23; Luke 8:16; 11:33-36.

'The eye' is used here to mean faith and consequent intelligence - the fact that these are meant in the internal sense by 'the eye', see 4403-4421, 4523-4534, 9051. And from this the meaning of the words, 'If your eye is good your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness' is self-evident. Since faith and consequent intelligence and wisdom is meant by 'a lamp' the kings of Judah are called lamps to David, 1 Kings 11:36; 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; and David himself is called the lamp of Israel, 2 Samuel 21:16-17. Not that the kings of Judah were lamps; nor was David. Rather they were called such because 'a king' means Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, 6148, and 'David' the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, the source of faith, intelligence, and wisdom, 1888.

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