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3 Mosebok 19

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1 Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:

2 Tal til hele Israels barns menighet og si til dem: I skal være hellige; for jeg, Herren eders Gud, er hellig.

3 I skal ha ærefrykt enhver for sin mor og sin far, og I skal holde mine sabbater; jeg er Herren eders Gud.

4 I skal ikke vende eder til avgudene og ikke gjøre eder støpte guder; jeg er Herren eders Gud.

5 Når I vil ofre takkoffer til Herren, da skal I ofre det således at han kan ha velbehag i eder.

6 Den dag I ofrer det, skal det etes, eller og dagen efter; men det som blir tilovers til den tredje dag, skal brennes op med ild.

7 Dersom det etes på den tredje dag, da er det en vederstyggelighet; Herren har da ikke velbehag i det.

8 Og den som eter det, kommer til å lide for sin misgjerning, for han har vanhelliget det som var helliget Herren; han skal utryddes av sitt folk.

9 Når I høster grøden i eders land, så skal du ikke skjære kornet helt ut til den ytterste kant av din aker, og de aks som blir liggende efter innhøstingen, skal du ikke sanke op,

10 Og du skal ikke holde efterhøst i din vingård og ikke sanke op de nedfalne bær i din vingård; du skal la dem ligge til den fattige og den fremmede; jeg er Herren eders Gud.

11 I skal ikke stjele, og I skal ikke lyve, og ingen av eder skal gå svikefullt frem mot sin næste.

12 I skal ikke sverge på løgn ved mitt navn, så du vanhelliger din Guds navn; jeg er Herren.

13 Du skal ikke frata din næste noget med urett og ikke rane noget fra ham; du skal ikke la en dagarbeiders lønn bli natten over hos dig til om morgenen.

14 Du skal ikke banne en døv og ikke legge støt for en blind, men du skal frykte din Gud; jeg er Herren.

15 I skal ikke gjøre urett i dommen; du skal ikke holde med nogen fordi han er ringe, og ikke gi nogen rett fordi han er mektig; du skal dømme din næste med rettferdighet.

16 Du skal ikke gå omkring og baktale folk, du skal ikke stå din næste efter livet; jeg er Herren.

17 Du skal ikke hate din bror i ditt hjerte, men du skal irettesette din næste, forat du ikke skal få synd på dig for hans skyld.

18 Du skal ikke hevne dig og ikke gjemme på vrede mot ditt folks barn, men du skal elske din næste som dig selv; jeg er Herren.

19 I skal holde mine lover: Du skal ikke la to slags dyr av ditt fe parre sig med hverandre; du skal ikke så to slags sæd på din mark, og klær som er vevd av to slags garn, skal ikke komme på dig.

20 Når en mann ligger hos en kvinne og har omgang med henne, og hun er trælkvinne og festet til en annen mann, men ikke løskjøpt eller frigitt, da skal de straffes, men de skal ikke bøte med livet, fordi hun ikke var frigitt.

21 Men han skal føre sitt skyldoffer frem for Herren, til inngangen til sammenkomstens telt, en skyldoffer-vær.

22 Og med skyldoffer-væren skal presten gjøre soning for ham for Herrens åsyn, for den synd han har gjort; så får han forlatelse for den synd han har gjort.

23 Når I kommer inn i landet og planter alle slags frukttrær, da skal I holde deres første frukt for uren; i tre år skal de være urene for eder, og I skal ikke ete av dem.

24 I det ferde år skal all deres frukt vies til Herren i en gledesfest,

25 og først i det femte år kan I ete deres frukt - forat de siden kan bære dess mere for eder; jeg er Herren eders Gud.

26 I skal ikke ete noget med blodet i. I skal ikke gi eder av med å tyde varsler eller spå av skyene.

27 I skal ikke rundskjære eders hår; heller ikke skal du klippe ditt skjegg kort.

28 I skal ikke skjære i eders kjøtt av sorg over en avdød, og ikke brenne inn skrifttegn på eder; jeg er Herren.

29 Du skal ikke vanhellige din datter ved å la henne drive hor, forat ikke landet skal drive hor og bli fullt av skjensel.

30 Mine sabbater skal I holde og ha ærefrykt for min helligdom; jeg er Herren.

31 I skal ikke vende eder til dødningemanere og ikke ty til sannsigere, så I gjør eder urene ved dem; jeg er Herren eders Gud.

32 For de grå hår skal du reise dig og ære den gamle, og du skal frykte din Gud; jeg er Herren.

33 Når en fremmed bor hos eder i eders land, da skal I ikke undertrykke ham.

34 Den fremmede som bor hos eder, skal regnes som en innfødt blandt eder, og du skal elske ham som dig selv, for I har selv vært fremmede i Egyptens land; jeg er Herren eders Gud.

35 I skal ikke gjøre urett i dom, i lengdemål, i vekt eller i hulmål.

36 ette vektskåler, rette vektlodder, rett efa og rett hin skal I ha; jeg er Herren eders Gud, som førte eder ut av Egyptens land.

37 I skal ta vare på alle mine lover og alle mine bud og holde dem; jeg er Herren.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 946

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946. Because thy judgments have been made manifest. That this signifies that Divine truths are revealed to them, is evident from the signification of judgments, as denoting Divine truths, of which we shall speak presently; and from the signification of being manifested, as denoting to be revealed. That Divine truths are revealed at the end of the church, and that they have been revealed, will be shown in what follows in this chapter, because the subject there treated of is concerning them.

The reason why judgments signify Divine truths is, that the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called judgments; but the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are called justice. For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from Divine truth, whereas the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from Divine Good. This is why judgment and justice are mentioned in the following passages in the Word.

In Isaiah:

"There shall be no end to peace upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and justice from now and for ever" (9:7).

This speaks of the Lord and His kingdom. His spiritual kingdom is signified by the throne of David; and because this kingdom is in Divine truths from the Divine Good, it is said, in "judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

"I will raise up to David a just shoot, and he shall reign a king, and he shall act intelligently, and shall execute judgment and justice" (23:5).

These words also are spoken of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And since this kingdom is in Divine truths from the Divine Good, it is said that He shall reign a King, and shall act intelligently, and that He shall execute judgment and justice. The Lord is called King from Divine truth. And whereas Divine truth is also Divine intelligence, it is said that He shall act intelligently. And because Divine truth is from the Divine Good, it is said that He shall execute judgment and justice.

[2] In Isaiah:

"Jehovah shall be exalted; for he dwelleth on high; he hath filled Zion with judgment and justice" (33:5).

By Zion is meant heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by Divine truth. And because all Divine truth is from Divine Good, it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

"I Jehovah, doing justice and judgment in the earth; for in these I am well pleased" (9:24).

Here also by judgment and justice is signified Divine truth from the Divine Good.

In Isaiah:

"They shall ask of me the judgments of justice; they shall desire to draw near unto God" (58:2).

The judgments of justice are Divine truths from the Divine Good. Similarly judgment and justice; for the spiritual sense conjoins those things the sense of the letter separates.

In Hosea:

"I will betroth thee to me for ever; and I will betroth thee to me in justice and judgment, and in mercy and in truth" (2:19, 20).

The subject there treated of is the celestial kingdom of the Lord, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord. And because the Lord's conjunction with them is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife - for the good of love so conjoins - therefore it is said, I will betroth thee to me in justice and judgment. And justice is mentioned in the first place, and judgment in the second, because those who are in the good of love to the Lord are also in truths; for they see them from good. Because justice is said of good, and judgment of truth, therefore it is also said, in mercy and in truth; mercy being also said of good, because it is of love.

[3] In David:

"Jehovah is in the heavens; thy justice as the mountains of God, and thy judgments as a great abyss" (Psalm 36:5, 6).

Justice is said of Divine Good, therefore it is compared to the mountains of God; for by mountains of God are signified the goods of love; see above (n. 405, 510, 850). And judgments are said of Divine truths, therefore they are compared to a great abyss; for by a great abyss is signified Divine truth. From these things it is now evident that by judgments are signified Divine truths.

[4] In many passages in the Word, judgments, precepts, and statutes are mentioned. And by judgments are there signified civil laws; by precepts the laws of spiritual life; and by statutes the laws of worship. That by judgments are signified civil laws, is clear from Exodus (Exodus 21, 22, 23), where the things that are there commanded are called judgments; because from them judgments were given by judges in the gates of the city. But still they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain them in the spiritual sense, as is evident from the explanation in Arcana Coelestia (n. 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348).

That the laws with the sons of Israel were called judgments, precepts, and statutes, is clear from the following passages:-

In Moses:

"I will speak unto thee all the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them" (Deuteronomy 5:31).

In the same:

"These are the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you" (Deuteronomy 6:1).

In the same:

"Therefore, thou shalt keep the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them" (Deuteronomy 7:11).

In David:

"If his sons forsake my law and walk not in my judgments; if they profane my statutes, and keep not my precepts, I will visit their prevarication with a rod" (Psalm 89:30-32),

besides frequently elsewhere:

As Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24.

By precepts in these passages are meant the laws of life, especially those in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Precepts. But by the statutes are meant the laws of worship, which principally related to sacrifices, and the ministry of holy things. And by judgments are meant civil laws, which, because representative of spiritual laws, were therefore significative of Divine truths, such as those in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.

Continuation:-

[5] When, therefore, a man shuns and turns away from evils as sins, and is raised into heaven by the Lord, it follows that he is no longer in his proprium, but in the Lord, and that consequently he thinks and wills goods. Now because a man thinks and wills, so also does he act; for every action of a man proceeds from the thought of his will, therefore again it follows, that when a man shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods, not from himself, but from the Lord. Therefore to shun evils is to do goods. The goods which a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole extent are meant by charity.

Because a man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and acts as of himself, that which he does as of himself is conjoined to him, and remains with him. Because that which a man does as of himself receives no life, but flows through like ether, therefore the Lord wills that a man should not only shun and turn away from evils as of himself, but should also think, will, and act as of himself, yet still acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he will acknowledge because it is the truth.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Exodus 21

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1 "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.

2 "If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.

3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.

4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

5 But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;'

6 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

7 "If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.

8 If she doesn't please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

9 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.

10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

11 If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.

12 "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.

14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

15 "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

16 "Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

17 "Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

18 "If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed;

19 if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.

20 "If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

21 Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.

22 "If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.

23 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,

24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

27 If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

28 "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.

29 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.

30 If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.

31 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.

32 If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.

33 "If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,

34 the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.

35 "If one man's bull injures another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.

36 Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.