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Leviticus 24

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1 En de HEERE sprak tot Mozes, zeggende:

2 Gebied den kinderen Israels, dat zij tot u brengen zuivere gestoten olijfolie, voor den luchter, om de lampen gedurig aan te steken.

3 Aaron zal die voor het aangezicht des HEEREN gedurig toerichten, van den avond tot den morgen, buiten den voorhang van de getuigenis, in de tent der samenkomst; het is een eeuwige inzetting voor uw geslachten.

4 Hij zal op den louteren kandelaar die lampen voor het aangezicht des HEEREN gedurig toerichten.

5 Gij zult ook meelbloem nemen, en twaalf koeken daarvan bakken; van twee tienden zal een koek zijn.

6 En gij zult ze in twee rijen leggen, zes in een rij, op de reine tafel, voor het aangezicht des HEEREN.

7 En op elke rij zult gij zuiveren wierook leggen, welke het brood ten gedenkoffer zal zijn; het is een vuuroffer den HEERE.

8 Op elken sabbatdag gedurig zal men dat voor het aangezicht des HEEREN toerichten, vanwege de kinderen Israels, tot een eeuwig verbond.

9 En het zal voor Aaron en zijn zonen zijn, die dat in de heilige plaats zullen eten; want het is voor hem een heiligheid der heiligheden uit de vuurofferen des HEEREN, een eeuwige inzetting.

10 En er ging de zoon ener Israelietische vrouw uit, die, in het midden der kinderen Israels, de zoon van een Egyptische man was; en de zoon van deze Israelietische en een Israelietisch man twistten in het leger.

11 Toen lasterde de zoon der Israelietische vrouw uitdrukkelijk den NAAM, en vloekte; daarom brachten zij hem tot Mozes; de NAAM nu zijner moeder was Selomith, de dochter van Dibri, van den stam Dan.

12 En zij leidden hem in de gevangenis, opdat hem, naar den mond des HEEREN, verklaring geschieden zou.

13 En de HEERE sprak tot Mozes, zeggende:

14 Breng den vloeker uit tot buiten het leger, en allen, die het gehoord hebben, zullen hun handen op zijn hoofd leggen; daarna zal hem de gehele vergadering stenigen.

15 En tot de kinderen Israels zult gij spreken, zeggende: Een ieder, als hij zijn God gevloekt zal hebben, zo zal hij zijn zonde dragen.

16 En wie den Naam des HEEREN gelasterd zal hebben, zal zekerlijk gedood worden; de ganse vergadering zal hem zekerlijk stenigen; alzo zal de vreemdeling zijn, gelijk de inboorling, als hij den Naam zal gelasterd hebben, hij zal gedood worden.

17 En als iemand enige ziel des mensen zal verslagen hebben, hij zal zekerlijk gedood worden.

18 Maar wie de ziel van enig vee zal verslagen hebben, hij zal het wedergeven, ziel voor ziel.

19 Als ook iemand aan zijn naaste een gebrek zal aangebracht hebben; gelijk als hij gedaan heeft, zo zal ook aan hem gedaan worden:

20 Breuk voor breuk, oog voor oog, tand voor tand; gelijk als hij een gebrek een mens zal aangebracht hebben, zo zal ook hem aangebracht worden.

21 Wie dan enig vee verslaat, die zal het wedergeven; maar wie een mens verslaat, die zal gedood worden.

22 Enerlei recht zult gij hebben; zo zal de vreemdeling zijn, als de inboorling; want Ik ben de HEERE, uw God!

23 En Mozes zeide tot de kinderen Israels, dat zij den vloeker tot buiten het leger uitbrengen, en hem met stenen stenigen zouden. En de kinderen Israels deden, gelijk als de HEERE Mozes geboden had.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 610

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610. And its number is 666. This symbolically means, their character being this, that by them all the Word's truth has been falsified.

The number of the beast symbolizes the character of the arguments the clergy use from the Word to defend their doctrine and faith (nos. 608, 609). Six hundred and sixty-six symbolizes every truth having to do with goodness, and because the statement is made in application to the Word, it symbolizes every truth in the Word having to do with goodness, in this case that truth falsified, because the number is the number of the beast.

This is the symbolic meaning because six has the same symbolism as three multiplied by two, and three symbolizes completeness and all and is predicated of truths (no. 505), while two symbolizes the marriage of truth and good. So, because six is composed of these two numbers multiplied together, therefore it symbolizes every truth in the Word having to do with goodness, in this case that truth falsified. That it also was falsified by the clergy may be seen in no. 566 above.

The number is said to be 666, because it contains the number six repeated three times, and tripling it makes it complete. Multiplying six by one hundred to make six hundred, and by ten to make sixty, does not change the number's symbolic meaning, as may be seen in no. 348 above.

[2] That the number six symbolizes completeness and all, and is used when the subject is truths having to do with goodness, may be seen from passages in the Word where that number is mentioned. However, the symbolism of the number appears clearly only to people who see the things contained in the spiritual sense. As for instance, the Lord's saying that the seeds that fell on good ground yielded fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred (Mark 4:8, 20, Matthew 13:8, 23); and that a landowner went out and hired laborers for his vineyard at the third hour and at the sixth hour (Matthew 20:3, 5). Also that the table in the Tabernacle had on it cakes of showbread arranged in two rows, each containing six cakes (Leviticus 24:6). That there were set six waterpots for the purification of the Jews (John 2:6). That there were six cities of refuge or of asylum (Numbers 35:6-7, Deuteronomy 19:1-9). That the measuring reed with which the angel measured all parts of the new temple and new city was six cubits long (Ezekiel 40:5). That the prophet drank water by measure, a sixth of a hin (Ezekiel 4:11). That they took as an offering a sixth of an ephah of a homer of wheat (Ezekiel 45:13).

Since the number six symbolizes completeness, therefore words for separating a sixth part came into use, which in the spiritual sense symbolizes something that is complete and entire, as that they gave a sixth part of an ephah of a homer of barley (Ezekiel 45:13). And regarding Gog, "I will turn you around and leave but a sixth part of you" (Ezekiel 39:2). This last symbolically means that in Gog all truth in the Word having to do with goodness is destroyed. Just who are meant by Gog may be seen in no. 859.

  
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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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Apocalypse Revealed # 348

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348. And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand. (7:4) This symbolizes all people who acknowledge the Lord as God of heaven and earth and are governed by truths of doctrine springing from the goodness of love, received from Him through the Word.

These are symbolized by the number 144,000 from the twelve tribes of Israel because the twelve tribes of Israel symbolize a church that consists of people who possess goodness and truth from the Lord and acknowledge Him as God of heaven and earth. The number 144,000 means all such. For that number has the same symbolism as the number twelve, since it is the product of twelve times twelve, which is then multiplied by 1000; and any number multiplied by itself and then by 10, 100, or 1000, has the same symbolism as the original number. Thus the number 144,000 has the same symbolism as 144, and this the same symbolism as twelve, as 144 is the product of twelve times twelve. Similarly, the product of the 12,000 sealed from each tribe times twelve is 144,000.

The number twelve means, symbolically, all, and is predicated of truths springing from goodness, because twelve is the product of three times four, and the number three symbolizes everything connected with truth, and the number four, everything connected with good. Thus the number twelve here symbolizes everything connected with truth that springs from the goodness of love.

[2] Numbers all symbolize additional properties of things that determine their quality or quantity, and this can be clearly seen from numbers in the book of Revelation, which in many places would not have any meaning unless they were symbolic.

From the foregoing it can now be seen that the 144,000 sealed, and the 12,000 from each tribe, mean not that these many were sealed or chosen from the tribes of Israel, but that all those were who are governed by truths of doctrine springing from the goodness of love received from the Lord.

This is the general symbolism of the twelve tribes of Israel, and also of the Lord's twelve apostles, but each tribe and each apostle individually symbolizes some truth springing from good. What each tribe symbolizes here, however, we will say in the following considerations.

Since the twelve tribes symbolize all doctrinal truths springing from the goodness of love received from the Lord, therefore they also symbolize all constituents of the church. Consequently the church was represented by the twelve tribes of Israel, and likewise by the twelve apostles.

[3] Because the number twelve is predicated of the church's truths and goods, therefore the New Jerusalem, meaning the Lord's New Church, is described in its individual parts by the number twelve. So for instance, the city had a length and breadth of 12,000 stadia. 1 Its wall was 144 cubits 2 (144 being twelve times twelve). It had twelve gates, and the gates consisted of twelve pearls. Over the gates were twelve angels, and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. It had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. These consisted also of twelve precious stones. Moreover, the city had in it the tree of life which bore twelve fruits, in correlation with the twelve months. All of this may be seen in Revelation, chapters 21, 22.

Out of the kind of people described here the Lord formed a new heaven and is in the process of forming a new church. For they are the same people mentioned in chapter fourteen and thereafter, where we read about them the following:

Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand... And they sang... a new song before the throne...; and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth. ...they are virgins..., (and) follow the Lamb wherever He goes. (Revelation 14:1, 3-4)

[4] Since the twelve tribes symbolize the Lord's church in respect to all its truths and goods, therefore the number twelve became an ecclesiastical number, and one customary in its sanctities. So for example, on the breastpiece of judgment, containing the Urim and Thummim, there were twelve precious stones (Exodus 28:21). Twelve cakes of showbread were placed on the table in the Tabernacle (Leviticus 24:5-6). Moses built an altar at the foot of Mournt Sinai and set up twelve pillars. (Exodus 24bb4) Twelve men were sent to explore the land of Canaan (Deuteronomy 1:23). Twelve men carried twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan (Joshua 4:1-9, 20). At the dedication of the altar, twelve leaders brought twelve silver plates, twelve silver bowls, twelve gold censers, twelve young bulls, twelve rams, twelve lambs, and twelve goats (Numbers 7:84, 87). Elijah took twelve stones and built an altar (1 Kings 18:31, 32). Elijah found Elisha when Elisha was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was the twelfth, and Elijah then threw his mantle over him (1 Kings 19:19). Solomon placed under the bronze sea twelve oxen (1 Kings 7:25, 44). He made a throne, and standing on its steps twelve lions (1 Kings 10:19, 20). On the head of the woman clothed with the sun was a crown of twelve stars (Revelation 12:1).

It can now be seen from this that 144,000 sealed, 12,000 from each tribe, means not this number of Jews and Israelites, but all who, as part of the new Christian heaven and of the New Church, will be governed by truths of doctrine springing from the goodness of love, received from the Lord through the Word.

Сноски:

1. Plural of stadium, an ancient Greek measure of distance equal to about 607 feet or 185 meters.

2. An ancient unit of linear measure based on the length of a man's forearm from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow, equivalent to approximately 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

  
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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.