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Deuteronomium 15

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1 Každého léta sedmého odpouštěti budeš.

2 Tento pak bude způsob odpuštění, aby odpustil každý věřitel, kterýž rukou svou půjčil to, čehož půjčil bližnímu svému; nebude upomínati bližního svého aneb bratra svého, nebo vyhlášeno jest odpuštění Hospodinovo.

3 Cizozemce upomínati budeš, ale to, což bys měl u bratra svého, propustí ruka tvá.

4 Toliko aby nuzným někdo nebyl příčinou tvou, poněvadž hojně požehná tobě Hospodin v zemi, kterouž Hospodin Bůh tvůj dá tobě v dědictví, abys jí dědičně vládl:

5 Jestliže však pilně poslouchati budeš hlasu Hospodina Boha svého, tak abys hleděl činiti každé přikázaní toto, kteréž já tobě dnes přikazuji.

6 Hospodin zajisté Bůh tvůj požehná tobě, jakož mluvil tobě, tak že budeš moci půjčovati národům mnohým, tobě pak nebude potřeba vypůjčovati; i budeš panovati nad národy mnohými, ale oni nad tebou nebudou panovati.

7 Byl-li by u tebe nuzný někdo z bratří tvých, v některém městě tvém, v zemi tvé, kterouž Hospodin Bůh tvůj dá tobě, nezatvrdíš srdce svého, a nezavřeš ruky své před nuzným bratrem svým:

8 Ale štědře otevřeš jemu ruku svou, a ochotně půjčíš jemu, jakž by mnoho potřeboval toho, v čemž by nouzi měl.

9 Vystříhej se, aby nebylo něco nepravého v srdci tvém, a řekl bys: Blíží se rok sedmý, jenž jest rok odpuštění, a bylo by nešlechetné oko tvé k bratru tvému nuznému, tak že bys neudělil jemu, pročež by volal proti tobě k Hospodinu, a byl by na tobě hřích:

10 Ale ochotně dáš jemu, a nebude srdce tvé neupřímé, když bys dával jemu; nebo tou příčinou požehná tobě Hospodin Bůh tvůj ve všech skutcích tvých a ve všem díle, k kterémuž bys vztáhl ruku svou.

11 Nebo nebudete bez chudých v zemi vaší; protož přikazuji tobě, řka: Abys ochotně otvíral ruku svou bratru svému, chudému svému a nuznému svému v zemi své.

12 Jestliže by prodán byl tobě bratr tvůj Žid aneb Židovka, a sloužil by tobě za šest let, sedmého léta propustíš jej od sebe svobodného.

13 A když jej propustíš svobodného od sebe, nepustíš ho prázdného.

14 Štědře darovati jej budeš dary z dobytka svého, z stodoly a z vinice své; v čemž požehnal tobě Hospodin Bůh tvůj, z toho dáš jemu.

15 A pamatuj, že jsi služebníkem byl v zemi Egyptské, a že tě vykoupil Hospodin Bůh tvůj, protož já to dnes tobě přikazuji.

16 Pakliť by řekl: Nepůjdu od tebe, proto že by tě miloval i dům tvůj, a že mu dobře u tebe,

17 Tedy vezma špici, probodneš ucho jeho na dveřích, a bude u tebe služebníkem na věky. Takž podobně i děvce své učiníš.

18 Nechť není za těžké před očima tvýma, když bys ho svobodného propustil od sebe, nebo dvojnásob více, než ze mzdy nájemník, sloužil tobě šest let; i požehná tobě Hospodin ve všech věcech, kteréž činiti budeš.

19 Všeho prvorozeného, což se narodí z skotů tvých neb z bravů tvých, samce posvětíš Hospodinu Bohu svému. Nebudeš dělati prvorozeným volkem svým, a nebudeš holiti prvorozených ovec svých.

20 Před Hospodinem Bohem svým budeš je jísti na každý rok na místě, kteréž by vyvolil Hospodin, ty i čeled tvá.

21 Pakliť by na něm byla vada, že by kulhavé aneb slepé bylo, aneb mělo by jakoukoli škodlivou vadu, nebudeš ho obětovati Hospodinu Bohu svému.

22 V branách svých budeš je jísti, buďto čistý neb nečistý, rovně jako srnu aneb jelena;

23 Toliko krve jeho nebudeš jísti, ale na zem vycedíš ji jako vodu.

   

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2383. That 'they struck with blindness' means that they were filled with falsities is clear from the meaning of 'blindness'. In the Word blindness is used in reference to people who are immersed in falsity, and also to people who have no knowledge of the truth. Both kinds of people are called blind, though who are meant in any one place becomes clear from the train of thought, especially that in the internal sense. That those immersed in falsity are called 'blind' is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark. Isaiah 56:10.

'Blind watchmen' stands for those who, because of reasoning, are immersed in falsity. In the same prophet,

We look for light, and, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in thick darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind. Isaiah 59:9-10,

In Jeremiah,

They went astray blind in the streets; they defiled themselves with blood. Things which have no power they touch with their garments. Lamentations 4:14.

This stands for the fact that all truths have been defiled, 'streets' standing for truths in which they have gone astray, 2336.

[2] In Zechariah,

On that day I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. Every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness. Zechariah 12:4.

Here and elsewhere in the Word 'a horse' stands for what has to do with the understanding. This is why it is said that the horse would be struck with panic, and [every] horse of the peoples with blindness, that is, it would be filled with falsities.

[3] In John,

For judgement I came into the world, that those who do not see may see, but that those who see may become blind. Some of the Pharisees heard these words and said, Are we also blind? Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see', therefore your sin remains. John 9:39-41.

Here the blind in both senses are referred to, that is to say, those who are immersed in falsity and those who have no knowledge of truth. With those inside the Church who know what the truth is, 'blindness' is falsity; but with those who do not know what the truth is, as with those outside the Church, 'blindness' is having no knowledge of the truth. The latter are blameless.

[4] In the same gospel,

He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart and I heal them. John 12:40; Isaiah 6:9-11.

The meaning here is that it would be better for falsities to exist with them than truths, for they lead a life of evil and if they received instruction in truths they would not only continue to falsify them but would also pollute them with evils. They would do so for the same reason that the men of Sodom were struck with blindness, that is, matters of doctrine were filled with falsities. Why this is done has been shown in 301-303, 593, 1008, 1010, 1059, 1327, 1328, 2426.

[5] Because 'blind' meant that which was false, therefore people were not allowed in the Jewish representative Church to sacrifice anything blind, Leviticus 22:22; Deuteronomy 15:21; Malachi 1:8. Also any priest who was blind was forbidden to approach and offer on the altar, Leviticus 21:18, 21.

[6] That 'blindness' is used in reference to those, like gentiles, who have no knowledge of the truth, is clear in Isaiah,

On that day the deaf will hear the words of the Book, and out of thick darkness and out of darkness the eyes of the blind will see. Isaiah 29:18.

'The blind' stands for people who have no knowledge of the truth, chiefly those who are outside the Church. In the same prophet,

Bring forth the blind people and they will have eyes; and the deaf, and they will have ears. Isaiah 43:8.

This refers to the Church of the gentiles. In the same prophet,

I will lead the blind in a way they do not know; I will turn the darkness before them into light. Isaiah 42:16.

[7] In the same prophet,

I will give You to be a light of the people, to open the blind eyes, to bring the bound out of the dungeon, from the prison-house those who sit in darkness. Isaiah 42:6-7.

This refers to the Lord's Coming and the fact that at that time people who had no knowledge of truth were to receive instruction. For those immersed in falsity do not allow themselves to receive such instruction, for they know the truth but have set themselves against it and have turned the light of truth into darkness which is not dispelled. In Luke,

The householder said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and the maimed, and the lame, and the blind. Luke 14:21.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom. Not those who are literally poor, maimed, lame, and blind are meant but those who are so in the spiritual sense.

[8] In the same gospel,

Jesus said that they were to report to John: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them. Luke 7:22.

According to the sense of the letter nobody else is meant by the blind, the lame, lepers, the deaf, the dead, and the poor than those who were so physically, for such cures did take place, that is to say, the blind received sight, the deaf hearing, lepers were restored to health, and the dead to life.

[9] But in the internal sense the same people are meant as are referred to in

Isaiah,

Then will be opened the eyes of the blind, and the ears of the deaf will be opened; then will the lame man leap like a hart, and the dumb man sing with his tongue. Isaiah 35:5-6.

This refers to the Lord's Coming and a new Church at that time called the Church of the gentiles who are described as being blind, deaf, lame, and dumb; they were so called as regards their doctrine and life. For it should be recognized that all the miracles which the Lord performed always embodied such matters and therefore meant the things which the blind, the lame, lepers, the deaf, the dead, and the poor are used to mean in the internal sense. Consequently the Lord's miracles were Divine, as also those performed in Egypt, in the wilderness, and all the rest described in the Word, had been. This is an arcanum.

  
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