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Leviticus 25

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1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in Mount Sinai, saying,

2 Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When you come to the land which I give to you, then shall the land rest, it is a Sabbath to Jehovah.

3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and Six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather its increase;

4 but in the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath for Jehovah; thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

5 That which grows of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not harvest, and thou shalt not gather·​·the·​·vintage of the grapes of thine undressed·​·vine, it is a sabbath year for the land.

6 And the Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maidservant, and for thy hireling, and for thy lodger who sojourns with thee,

7 and for thy beast, and for the animal that is in thy land, shall all her increase be for eating.

8 And thou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years to thee, seven times seven years; and the days of the seven Sabbaths of years shall be to thee forty and nine years.

9 And thou shalt cause the shophar* of the jubilee to pass·​·through in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, in the day of atonements you shall cause the shophar to pass·​·through in all your land.

10 And you shall sanctify the year of the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land to all those who dwell in her; it shall be a jubilee for you; and you shall return, each·​·man to his possession, and you shall return, each·​·man to his family.

11 A jubilee, that year shall be the fiftieth year for you; you shall not sow, neither harvest that which grows of itself in her, nor gather·​·the·​·vintage of her undressed·​·vines.

12 For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat its increase from the field.

13 In the year of this jubilee you shall return each·​·man to his possession.

14 And if thou sell a selling to thy fellow·​·man, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow·​·man, you shall not exploit a man his brother;

15 within the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy from thy fellow, and within the number of years of the increase he shall sell to thee;

16 according to the multitude of the years thou shalt multiply the buying of it, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt make·​·less the buying of it; for from the number of the increase he sells to thee.

17 And you shall not exploit a man his fellow; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am Jehovah thy God.

18 And you shall do My statutes, and keep My judgments, and do them; and you shall dwell on the land securely.

19 And the land shall give her fruit, and you shall eat to satisfaction, and dwell upon it securely.

20 And if you shall say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather·​·in our increase;

21 and I will command My blessing unto you in the sixth year, and it shall make increase for three years.

22 And you shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of the old increase until the ninth year; until her increase come·​·in you shall eat of the old.

23 And the land shall not be sold, cutting· it ·away, for the land is Mine; for you are sojourners and lodgers with·​·Me.

24 And in all the land of your possession you shall give a redemption for the land.

25 If thy brother be·​·poor, and has sold some of his possession, and a neighbor come to him to redeem it, then he shall redeem what his brother sold.

26 And if a man have not to redeem, and his hand can attain and find enough for its redemption,

27 then let him reckon the years from its sale, and return what is left·​·over to the man to whom he sold it, and he will return it to his possession.

28 But if his hand does· not ·find enough to return to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that has bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go·​·out, and he shall return to his possession.

29 And if a man sell a house, a dwelling, in a walled city, then its redemption will be until an entire year from its sale; these are the days of its redemption.

30 And if it be not redeemed to the fulfilling of an entire year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be·​·secure, cutting· it ·away to him who bought it for his generations; it shall not go·​·out in the jubilee.

31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be reckoned as the fields of the land; they may be redeemed, and they shall go·​·out in the jubilee.

32 But the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their property, are for the Levites to be redeemed to eternity.

33 And if one from the Levites redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go·​·out in the year of jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession in the midst of the sons of Israel.

34 But the field of the suburbs* of their cities may not be sold; for it is their eternal possession.

35 And if thy brother be·​·poor, and his hand move with thee, then thou shalt strengthen him, though he be a sojourner or a lodger; and he shall live with thee.

36 Take thou no usury from him, or interest; but fear thy God; and thy brother may live with thee.

37 Thy silver thou shalt not give to him in usury, and for increase thou shalt not give thy food.

38 I am Jehovah your God, who brought· you ·out from the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

39 And if thy brother that dwells with thee be·​·poor, and be sold to thee; thou shalt not serve on him the service of a servant;

40 but as a hireling, and as a lodger, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee to the year of jubilee;

41 and then he shall go·​·out from being with thee, both he and his sons with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers he shall return.

42 For they are My servants, whom I brought·​·out from the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold with the selling of a servant.

43 Thou shalt not have·​·dominion over him with severity; but shalt fear thy God.

44 Both thy manservant, and thy maidservant that thou shalt have from the nations that are all around you; from them you shall buy a manservant and a maidservant.

45 And also from the sons of the lodgers who sojourn with you, from them you shall buy, and from their families who are with you, whom they begot in your land; and they shall be for you for a possession.

46 And you shall take· them ·for·​·an·​·inheritance for your sons after you, to possess as a possession for an age; among them you shall serve*; but among your brothers the sons of Israel, a man among his brother, you shall not have·​·dominion over him with severity.

47 And if the hand of a sojourner or a lodger obtains from thee, and thy brother from him becomes·​·poor, and be sold to the sojourner or lodger with thee, or to the stock of the family of the sojourner;

48 after he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brothers may redeem him;

49 either his uncle, or the son of his uncle, may redeem him, or he that is from the kin of his flesh from his family may redeem him; or his hand can attain it, and he may redeem himself.

50 And he shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he was sold to him until the year of jubilee; and the silver of his sale shall be set on the number of years, according·​·to the day of a hireling shall it be with him.

51 If there be still many years, by their mouth he shall return the price of his redemption from the silver for which he was bought.

52 And if there is·​·left but few years until the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him, and according to his years shall he return the price of his redemption.

53 And as a hireling of a year in a year shall he be with him; and the other shall not have·​·dominion with severity over him in thine eyes.

54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go·​·out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his sons with him.

55 For to Me the sons of Israel are servants; they are My servants whom I brought·​·out from the land of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.

   


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

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Families

  

In Genesis 8:19, families signify goodnesses and truths arranged in man by the Lord, according to order. See Secrets of Heaven 917.

In Genesis 10:5, families signify uprightness; also charity and love. (Arcana Coelestia 1159[2]).

In Nahum 3:4, families have respect to truths. See Apocalypse Explained 355:23.

(Referencat: Arcana Coelestia 0917)


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Arcana Coelestia #795

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795. 'All the high mountains beneath the whole sky were covered' means that all goods stemming from charity were done away with. This is clear from the meaning of 'mountains' among the most ancient people. Among them 'mountains' meant the Lord, for they conducted their worship of Him on mountains because these were the loftiest parts of the earth. Consequently 'mountains' meant heavenly things which they also called 'the most high', and accordingly love and charity, and so the goods that stem from love and charity, which are heavenly things. In the contrary sense also, the people who are haughty are called 'mountains' in the Word, and so mountains also mean self-love. The Most Ancient Church also is meant in the Word by 'mountains' from the fact that mountains rose up above the earth and were nearer so to speak to heaven, where things have their origins.

[2] That 'mountains' means the Lord, and all heavenly things deriving from Him, that is, goods that stem from love and charity, is clear from the following places in the Word. These show what 'mountains' means in particular, for every single detail takes its meaning from the matter to which it applies. In David,

The mountains will bring peace, and the hills, in righteousness. Psalms 72:3.

'Mountains' stands for love to the Lord, 'hills' for love towards the neighbour, such as existed with the Most Ancient Church, which, since it was of such a nature, is also meant in the Word by 'mountains' and therefore 'hills'. In Ezekiel,

On My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel, said the Lord Jehovih, there all the house of Israel, all of them that are in the land, will serve Me. Ezekiel 20:40.

Here 'holy mountain' stands for love to the Lord, 'mountain height of Israel' for charity towards the neighbour. In Isaiah,

It will be in the latter days that the mountain of the house Jehovah will be established on the top of the mountains, and raised above the hills. Isaiah 2:2.

This stands for the Lord and consequently for everything heavenly.

[3] In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth will make for all peoples on this mountain a feast of fat things, and He will swallow up on this mountain the face 1 of the covering. Isaiah 25:6-7.

'Mountain' stands for the Lord and consequently for everything heavenly. In the same prophet,

It will be that on every high mountain, and on every lofty hill, there will be brooks, streams of water. Isaiah 30:25.

'Mountains' stands for goods that stem from love, 'hills' for goods that stem from charity, such goods being the source of truths of faith, which are 'brooks and streams of water'. In the same prophet,

You will have a song as in the night when a feast is hallowed, and joy of heart as when one goes with a flute to come to the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel. Isaiah 30:29.

'Mountain of Jehovah' stands for the Lord with reference to goods that stem from love, 'Rock of Israel' for the Lord with reference to goods that stem from charity.

[4] In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill. Isaiah 31:4.

Here and in many other places 'Mount Zion' stands for the Lord and consequently for everything celestial, which is love, and 'hill' for what is celestial but lower, which is charity.

In the same prophet,

Get you up on to the high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings. Isaiah 40:9.

'Getting up on to the high mountain and declaring good tidings' is worshipping the Lord from love and charity, which are inmost things, and are therefore also called most high. That which is inmost is referred to as the most high. In the same prophet,

Let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Isaiah 42:11.

'Inhabitants of the rock' stands for those who abide in charity, 'shouting from the top of the mountains' for worshipping the Lord from love. In the same prophet,

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of Him who is bringing good tidings, causing peace to be heard, bringing good tidings of good, causing salvation to be heard. Isaiah 52:7

'Bringing good tidings on the mountains' in like manner stands for preaching about the Lord from doctrine concerning love and charity, and for worshipping from these. In the same prophet,

The mountains and the hills will resound before you with song, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12.

This stands for worshipping the Lord from love and charity, which are 'the mountains and the hills', and from faith deriving from these, which is 'the trees of the field'.

[5] In the same prophet,

I will set all My mountains as a way, and My pathways will be raised up. Isaiah 49:11.

'Mountains' stands for love and charity, 'way' and 'pathway' for the truths of faith deriving from these, which are said to be 'raised up' when they stem from love and charity, which are inmost. In the same prophet,

He who trusts in Me will take possession in the land, and will inherit My holy mountain. Isaiah 57:13.

This stands for the Lord's kingdom where there is nothing other than love and charity. In the same prophet,

I will bring forth seed from Jacob, and from Judah the heir of My mountains, and My chosen ones will possess it. Isaiah 65:9.

'Mountains' stands for the Lord's kingdom and for celestial goods, and 'Judah' for the celestial Church. In the same prophet,

Thus said the High and Lofty One inhabiting eternity, whose name is the Holy One. I dwell as the High and Holy One Isaiah 57:15.

Here 'high' stands for holy. Consequently 'mountains', on account of their height above the earth, meant the Lord, and holy heavenly things that are His. This also is why it was from Mount Sinai that the Lord proclaimed the Law. Love and charity are also what the Lord means by 'mountains' when, in reference to the close of the age, He says that those who were then in Judaea were to flee to the mountains, Matthew 24:16; Luke 21:21; Mark 13:14. Here 'Judaea' stands for the vastated Church.

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