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Λευιτικόν 9

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1 Και την ογδοην ημεραν ο Μωυσης εκαλεσε τον Ααρων και τους υιους αυτου και τους πρεσβυτερους του Ισραηλ·

2 και ειπε προς τον Ααρων, Λαβε εις σεαυτον μοσχον εκ βοων δια προσφοραν περι αμαρτιας και κριον δια ολοκαυτωμα αμωμα και προσφερε αυτα εμπροσθεν του Κυριου.

3 Και εις τους υιους του Ισραηλ θελεις λαλησει, λεγων, Λαβετε τραγον εξ αιγων δια προσφοραν περι αμαρτιας και μοσχον και αρνιον ενιαυσια, αμωμα, δια ολοκαυτωμα,

4 και βουν και κριον δια ειρηνικην προσφοραν, εις θυσιαν εμπροσθεν του Κυριου, και προσφοραν εξ αλφιτων εζυμωμενην μετα ελαιου· διοτι σημερον θελει εμφανισθη ο Κυριος εις εσας.

5 Και εφεραν ο, τι προσεταξεν ο Μωυσης εμπροσθεν της σκηνης του μαρτυριου· και επλησιασε πασα η συναγωγη και εσταθη εμπροσθεν του Κυριου.

6 Και ειπεν ο Μωυσης, Ουτος ειναι ο λογος τον οποιον προσεταξε Κυριος να καμνητε· και θελει εμφανισθη εις εσας η δοξα του Κυριου.

7 Και ειπεν ο Μωυσης προς τον Ααρων, Προσελθε εις το θυσιαστηριον και καμε την περι αμαρτιας προσφοραν σου, και το ολοκαυτωμα σου και καμε εξιλεωσιν υπερ σεαυτου και υπερ του λαου· και προσφερε το δωρον του λαου και καμε εξιλεωσιν υπερ αυτων, καθως προσεταξεν ο Κυριος.

8 Και προσηλθεν ο Ααρων εις το θυσιαστηριον και εσφαξε τον μοσχον της περι αμαρτιας προσφορας, οστις ητο δι' αυτον.

9 Και οι υιοι του Ααρων εφεραν το αιμα προς αυτον· και ενεβαψε τον δακτυλον αυτου εις το αιμα και εβαλεν επι τα κερατα του θυσιαστηριου και εχυσε το αιμα εις την βασιν του θυσιαστηριου.

10 Το στεαρ ομως και τους νεφρους και τον επανω λοβον του ηπατος της περι αμαρτιας προσφορας εκαυσεν επι του θυσιαστηριου, καθως προσεταξεν ο Κυριος εις τον Μωυσην.

11 Το δε κρεας και το δερμα εκαυσεν εν πυρι εξω του στρατοπεδου.

12 Και εσφαξε το ολοκαυτωμα· και οι υιοι του Ααρων παρεστησαν εις αυτον το αιμα, και ερραντισεν αυτο επι του θυσιαστηριου κυκλω.

13 Και εφεραν προς αυτον το ολοκαυτωμα διαμεμελισμενον και την κεφαλην· και εκαυσεν αυτα επι του θυσιαστηριου.

14 Και επλυνε τα εντοσθια και τους ποδας· και εκαυσεν αυτα επι το ολοκαυτωμα επι του θυσιαστηριου.

15 Και προσεφερε το δωρον του λαου· και ελαβε τον τραγον της περι αμαρτιας προσφορας του λαου και εσφαξεν αυτον, και προσεφερεν αυτον περι αμαρτιας, καθως και το πρωτον.

16 Και προσεφερε το ολοκαυτωμα και εκαμεν αυτο κατα το διατεταγμενον.

17 Και προσεφερε την εξ αλφιτων προσφοραν· και ενεπλησε την χειρα αυτου απ' αυτης και εκαυσεν αυτην επι του θυσιαστηριου, εκτος του πρωινου ολοκαυτωματος.

18 Εσφαξεν ετι τον βουν και τον κριον της ειρηνικης θυσιας της υπερ του λαου· και οι υιοι του Ααρων παρεστησαν το αιμα προς αυτον, και ερραντισεν αυτο επι του θυσιαστηριου κυκλω,

19 και το στεαρ του βοος και του κριου, την ουραν και το στεαρ το καλυπτον τα εντοσθια και τους νεφρους και τον λοβον του ηπατος·

20 και εθεσαν τα στεατα επι τα στηθη, και εκαυσε τα στεατα επι του θυσιαστηριου·

21 τα δε στηθη και τον ωμον τον δεξιον εκινησεν ο Ααρων εις προσφοραν κινητην ενωπιον του Κυριου, καθως προσεταξεν ο Μωυσης.

22 Και υψωσας ο Ααρων τας χειρας αυτου προς τον λαον, ευλογησεν αυτους· και κατεβη, αφου προσεφερε την περι αμαρτιας προσφοραν και το ολοκαυτωμα και τας ειρηνικας προσφορας.

23 Και εισηλθεν ο Μωυσης και ο Ααρων εις την σκηνην του μαρτυριου· και εξελθοντες ευλογησαν τον λαον· και εφανη η δοξα του Κυριου εις παντα τον λαον.

24 Και εξηλθε πυρ απ' εμπροσθεν του Κυριου και κατεφαγεν επι του θυσιαστηριου το ολοκαυτωμα, και τα στεατα· ιδων δε πας ο λαος ηλαλαξαν και επεσον κατα προσωπον αυτων.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #48

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48. And His eyes like a flame of fire. This symbolizes the Divine wisdom accompanying Divine love.

Eyes in the Word mean the intellect, and the sight of the eyes, therefore, intelligence. Consequently, when said in reference to the Lord, they mean Divine wisdom. A flame of fire, moreover, symbolizes spiritual love, which is charity, and consequently, when said in reference to the Lord, it means Divine love. So now, the statement that His eyes were like a flame of fire symbolizes the Divine wisdom accompanying Divine love.

That the eye symbolizes the intellect is because they correspond. For as the eye sees as a result of natural light, so the intellect sees as a result of spiritual light. Consequently seeing is predicated of both.

That the eye in the Word symbolizes the intellect is apparent from the following passages:

Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears. (Isaiah 43:8)

In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness... the eyes of the blind shall see. (Isaiah 29:18)

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf... (Isaiah 35:5)

...I will give You... as a light to the Gentiles, to open the eyes of the blind... (Isaiah 42:6-7)

The last is said of the Lord, who, when He comes, will open the intellect in people who are ignorant of the truth.

[2] That this is what is meant by opening the eyes is further apparent from the following passages:

Make the heart of this people fat..., and smear over their eyes, lest they see with their eyes... (Isaiah 6:10, John 12:40)

For Jehovah has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes; the prophets and your leaders, the seers, He has covered. (Isaiah 29:10, cf. 30:10)

...who shuts his eyes so as not to see evil. (Isaiah 33:15)

Hear this..., O foolish people..., who have eyes and see not... (Jeremiah 5:21)

(The punishment of) the shepherd, who deserts the flock: a sword shall be... against his right eye..., and his right eye shall be totally darkened. (Zechariah 11:17)

...the plague with which Jehovah will strike all the peoples who fought against Jerusalem: ...their eyes shall waste away in their sockets... (Zechariah 14:12)

...I will strike every horse with stupor, and... every horse of the peoples with blindness. (Zechariah 12:4)

A horse in the spiritual sense is an understanding of the Word (no. 298).

...hear me, Jehovah my God; enlighten my eyes, lest (perchance) I sleep the sleep of death. (Psalms 13:3)

Everyone sees that eyes in these places symbolize the intellect.

[3] It is apparent from this what the Lord meant by the eye in the following places:

The lamp of the body is the eye. If... your eye is whole, your entire body will be full of light. If... your eye is bad, your entire 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, cf. Luke 11:34)

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is better for you... to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. (Matthew 5:29; 18:9)

The eye in these places does not mean an eye, but an understanding of truth.

Since the eye symbolizes an understanding of truth, it was therefore one of the statutes among the children of Israel that a blind man of the posterity of Aaron or one blurry-eyed not approach to offer a sacrifice, nor enter within the veil (Leviticus 21:18, 20, 23), and that nothing blind be offered as a sacrifice (Leviticus 22:22, Malachi 1:8).

[4] It is apparent from this what an eye means when said in reference to a person. It follows then that when said in reference to the Lord, it means His Divine wisdom, and also His omniscience and providence, as in the following passages:

Open Your eyes, Jehovah, and see. (Isaiah 37:17)

I will set My eye on them for good, and... I will build them... (Jeremiah 24:6)

Behold, the eye of Jehovah is on those who fear Him... (Psalms 33:18)

Jehovah is in His holy temple...; His eyes behold, (and) His eyelids test the children of man. (Psalms 11:4)

Inasmuch as cherubim symbolize the Lord's protection and providence to keep the spiritual meaning of the Word from being harmed, therefore it is said of the four living creatures - which were cherubim - that they were full of eyes in front and in back, and that their wings were likewise full of eyes (Revelation 4:6, 8). And it is also said that the wheels on which the cherubim rode were full of eyes all around (Ezekiel 10:12).

[5] "A flame of fire" means the Lord's Divine love, as will be seen in subsequent expositions where flame and fire are mentioned. And because it is said that His eyes were like a flame of fire, it symbolizes the Divine wisdom accompanying Divine love.

The concept that the Lord has in Him Divine love as a property of Divine wisdom, and Divine wisdom as a property of Divine love, thus a reciprocal union of the two, is an arcanum disclosed in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Love and Wisdom, nos. 34-39 and elsewhere.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 29:18

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18 Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.