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1 Ja Herra puhui Mosekselle, sanoen:

2 Käske Israelin lapset ajaa kaikki spitaliset leiristä ulos, ja kaikki, joiden siemen vuotaa, ja kaikki ne, jotka ovat johonkuhun kuolleesen itsensä saastuttaneet.

3 Sekä miehet että vaimot pitää teidän ajaman ulos: leiristä ne pitää teidän ajaman ulos, ettei he leiriänsä saastuttaisi, kussa minä heidän keskellänsä asun.

4 Ja Israelin lapset tekivät niin, ja ajoivat ne leiristä ulos: niinkuin Herra oli Mosekselle sanonut, niin he tekivät.

5 Ja Herra puhui Mosekselle, sanoen:

6 Puhu Israelin lapsille: jos joku mies eli vaimo tekee jotakin syntiä ihmistä vastaan, niin että hän raskaasti rikkoo Herraa vastaan, se sielu on vianalaiseksi itsensä saattanut.

7 Heidän pitää tunnustaman rikoksensa, jonka he tehneet ovat, ja pitää päänänsä sovittaman vikansa, ja vielä lisäämän viidennen osan, ja antaman sille, jota vastaan he rikkoneet ovat.

8 Jos ei sillä ihmisellä ole sitä, jolla omaisen oikeus on, jolle se rikos maksettaa taittaisiin, niin pitää se Herralle annettaman, ja oleman papin oman, paitsi sovinto-oinasta, jolla hän sovitetaan.

9 Niin pitää myös kaikki ylennys kaikista, minkä Israelin lapset pyhittävät ja uhraavat papille, oleman hänen omansa.

10 Jos joku jotain pyhittää, sen pitää oleman papin omana, ja mitä joku antaa papille, sen pitää oleman myös hänen omansa.

11 Ja Herra puhui Mosekselle, sanoen:

12 Puhu Israelin lapsille ja sano heille: jos jonkun miehen vaimo tulee ynsiäksi ja rikkoo kovasti häntä vastaan;

13 Ja jos joku makaa hänen, ja se on hänen miehensä silmäin edestä salattu ja peitetty, että hän on itsensä saastuttanut, ja ei ole todistusta häntä vastaan, eikä hän ole siinä löydetty,

14 Ja kiivaushenki kehoittaa hänen, että hän kiivoittelee vaimostansa, että hän on saastuttanut itsensä, eli epäluulon henki on tullut hänen päällensä, että hän on epäluulossa vaimostansa, vaikka ei hän ole saastuttanut itsiänsä,

15 Niin pitää miehen viemän vaimonsa papin eteen, ja viemän uhrin hänen edestänsä, kymmenennen osan ephaa ohraisia jauhoja, ja ei sen päälle öljyä vuodattaman, eikä myös pyhää savua sen päälle paneman; sillä se on kiivausuhri ja muistouhri, joka pahan teon muistuttaa.

16 Niin pitää papin tuoman hänen edes, ja asettaman Herran eteen.

17 Ja papin pitää ottaman pyhää vettä saviastiaan, ja tomua Tabernaklin permannosta pitää papin myös ottaman ja paneman veteen.

18 Ja papin pitää asettaman vaimon Herran eteen, ja paljastaman vaimon pään, ja paneman sen kätten päälle muistouhrin, joka on kiivausuhri, ja papin kädessä pitää oleman ne katkerat kirousvedet.

19 Ja papin pitää vannottaman vaimoa, ja sanoman hänelle: jos ei yksikään mies ole maannut sinun kanssas, ja jos et sinä ole poikennut sinun miehes tyköä, niin ettet sinä ole itsiäs saastuttanut, niin sinun pitää vapaa oleman tästä karvaasta vedestä.

20 Mutta jos sinä olet poikennut miehes tyköä, niin että sinä olet saastuttanut itses, ja joku on sinun maannut, paitsi sinun omaa miestäs,

21 Niin pitää papin vannottaman vaimoa kirouksen valalla, ja sanoman hänelle: Herra antakoon sinun kiroukseksi ja sadatukseksi kansas keskelle, niin että Herra sallii lakastua lantees ja vatsas ajettua.

22 Niin menkään nyt tämä kirousvesi sinun sisällyksiis, niin että sinun vatsas ajettuu, ja sinun lantees lakastuvat. Ja vaimon pitää sanoman: amen, amen!

23 Ja niin pitää papin kirjoittaman nämä kiroukset kirjaan, ja pitää taas pyyhkimän ne ulos siihen katkeraan veteen,

24 Ja pitää antaman vaimon juoda siitä katkerasta kirousvedestä, ja se kirousvesi pitää menemän hänen sisällensä katkeruudeksi.

25 Ja papin pitää ottaman kiivausuhrin vaimon kädestä, ja ylentämän sen Herran eteen ruokauhriksi, ja uhraaman sen alttarilla.

26 Ja papin pitää ottaman pivon täyden ruokauhrista hänen muistouhriksensa, ja polttaman sen alttarilla, ja sitte antaman sitä vettä vaimon juoda.

27 Ja koska hän on juottanut hänen sillä vedellä, niin tapahtuu, jos hän on itsensä saastuttanut ja kaiketikin rikkonut miestänsä vastaan, että kirousvesi tulee hänen sisällänsä katkeraksi, ja hänen vatsansa ajettuu ja hänen lanteensa lakastuvat: ja sen vaimon pitää oleman kirotun kansansa seassa.

28 Vaan jos se vaimo ei ole saastuttanut itsiänsä, vaan on puhdas, niin ei pidä sen mitään hänelle vahinkoa tekemän, vaan hänen pitää hedelmälliseksi tuleman.

29 Tämä on kiivauslaki: koska joku vaimo poikkee pois miehensä tyköä ja saastuttaa itsensä,

30 Eli koska epäluulon henki kehoittaa miehen kiivoittelemaan vaimostansa, että hän asettaa hänen Herran eteen, niin papin pitää tekemän hänelle kaiken tämän lain jälkeen.

31 Ja miehen pitää oleman viattoman siitä pahasta teosta, vaan vaimon pitää kantaman pahuutensa.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 10210

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10210. 'With the blood of the sin [offering] of expiations' means by means of truths which spring from the good of innocence. This is clear from the meaning of 'the blood' as Divine Truth, dealt with in 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326, 7846, 7850, 9127, 9393, 10026, 10033, 10047; and from the meaning of 'the sin [offering] of expiations', or the sin sacrifice by means of which expiation was made, as purification from evils and consequent falsities.

'Sin' is used to mean a sacrifice for sin, see 10039.

'Expiation' means purification from evils and consequent falsities, 9506.

The reason why this purification is accomplished by means of truths which spring from the good of innocence is that the blood with which the expiation was accomplished came from a young bull or from a lamb, and 'a young bull' means the good of innocence in the external man, 9391, 9990, 10132, 'a lamb' the good of innocence in the internal man, 10132; and innocence must be present if truth and good are to be received, 3111, 3994, 4797, 6013, 6765, 7836(end), 7840, 9262, 10134, as well as the places referred to in 10021. The good of innocence consists in acknowledging that all truths and forms of good come from the Lord and none at all from the human self or proprium; thus it consists in wishing to be led by the Lord and not by self. From this it is evident that the more a person trusts and believes in himself, thus the more he is ruled by self-love, the less the good of innocence is present in him. This is why a person cannot be purified from evils unless the good of innocence is present in him. For if this good is not present that person is led not by the Lord but by self; and anyone who is led by self is led by hell, since the human proprium is nothing but evil, and all evil belongs to hell. The fact that every expiation was accomplished with the blood either of a young bull, or of a lamb, or of turtle doves, that is, young pigeons, is clear in Moses, in Exodus 29:36; Leviticus 4:1-7, 13-18, 27-end; 5:1-7; 15:14, 24, 28-31; Numbers 6:9-11. 'Turtle doves' and 'young pigeons' as well mean the good of innocence.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9506

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9506. 'And you shall make a mercy-seat from pure gold' means the hearing and reception of all things that belong to worship arising from the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the mercy-seat' as the cleansing from evils or forgiveness of sins, consequently the hearing and reception of all things that belong to worship, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'gold' as the good of love, dealt with in 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914. The truth that 'the mercy-seat' means the cleansing from evils and forgiveness of sins is clear from those places in the Word where propitiation or expiation is referred to. 1 The reason why the hearing and reception of all things belonging to worship is also meant is that only those who have made propitiation or expiation, that is, been cleansed from evils, are heard by the Lord and have their worship accepted by Him; it does not happen with those who are steeped in evils, that is, have not made expiation or propitiation. Therefore also Aaron was not allowed to approach the mercy-seat until he had been cleansed and had made propitiation for himself and the people.

[2] The truth that 'the mercy-seat' consequently means the hearing and reception of all things that belong to worship is also clear from the consideration that Jehovah spoke to Moses over the mercy-seat between the cherubs. The reason why worship arising from the good of love is that which is received is that no one is allowed to enter heaven and so approach the Lord other than a person who is governed by good, that is to say, by the good of love to the Lord and the good of charity towards the neighbour, see 8516, 8539, 8722, 8772, 9139, 9227, 9230, 9274; no one else is heard nor can anyone else's worship be received. This also explains why there were cherubs over the mercy-seat; for watchfulness and providence are meant by 'the cherubs', guarding against access to the Lord except through the good of love, that is, guarding against entrance into heaven by any apart from those who are governed by good, and also guarding against those in hell gaining access to the inhabitants of heaven and doing them harm. All this shows what was meant by the presence of the mercy-seat over the ark and by that of the cherubs over the mercy-seat, and by the fact that the mercy-seat and the cherubs too were made from pure gold; for 'gold' means the good of love, and 'the ark' heaven where the Lord is.

[3] The truth that 'the mercy-seat' means the cleansing from evils, and so the forgiveness of sins, is clear from places in the Word where 'propitiation' or 'expiation' 2 is referred to, as in David,

O Jehovah, expiate our sins for Your name's sake. Psalms 79:9.

In the same author,

He, being merciful, has expiated iniquity. Psalms 78:38.

In the same author,

You will expiate me with hyssop and I shall become clean; You will wash me and I shall be made whiter than snow. Psalms 51:7.

In Isaiah,

Evil will come upon you, which you will not know how to ward off; calamity will befall you, which you will not be able to expiate. Isaiah 47:11.

And in Moses,

Sing, O nations, the people of Him who will avenge the blood of His servants, and will expiate His land, His people. Deuteronomy 32:43.

[4] Expiations were effected by means of sacrifices; and it says that when they were offered the priest would expiate him from sin, and he would be pardoned, 3 Leviticus 4:26, 31, 35; 5:6, 10, 13, 16, 18; 6:7; 9:7; 15:15, 30. Expiation was also effected by 'silver', Exodus 30:16; Psalms 49:7. Hence also the day of expiations 4 before the feast of tabernacles, Leviticus 23:27-32. But it should be recognized that none of those expiations constituted a real cleansing from evils or forgiveness of sins; it only represented it. For every religious observance among the Israelite and Jewish nation was merely representative of the Lord, His kingdom and Church, and such realities as belong to heaven and the Church. How representations brought such realities to angels' awareness in heaven, see 9229.

[5] Since the cleansing from evils and forgiveness of sins was meant by 'the mercy-seat', the hearing and reception of all things that belonged to worship was also meant; for one who has been cleansed from evils is heard and his worship is received. This was represented by Jehovah's speaking above the mercy-seat to Moses and His commanding what the children of Israel should do, as is clear from verse 22 of the present chapter, where it says,

And I will meet with you there, and I will speak to you from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubs which are over the ark of the Testimony, [declaring] everything that I shall command you for the children of Israel.

The like occurs elsewhere,

Whenever Moses spoke to Jehovah he heard the voice speaking from above the mercy-seat that was over the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubs. Numbers 7:89.

The fact that a person was heard and his worship was received when he had been cleansed from evils was represented by Aaron's not going into the holy place within the veil before the mercy-seat unless he had first made expiation for himself and the people, by ceremonial washing, sacrifices, incense, and blood, as stated in Leviticus 16:2-16, which concludes,

In this way he shall expiate the holy place from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and from their transgressions in regard of all their sins.

It also says in verse 2 that Jehovah would appear at the mercy-seat 'in the cloud', meaning in Divine Truth adjusted to people's ability to receive and understand it, such as the Word is in the sense of the letter, 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343 (end), 6752, 8106, 8443, 8781.

Фусноте:

1. The Latin word propitiatorium rendered the mercy-seat may be translated more literally as the place of propitiation.

2. The Hebrew verb behind expiate, used in an uncommon way in the following quotations, means cover over. The Latin verb generally means atone for or purify what is defiled.

3. i.e. the priest shall make atonement for the person's sin, and the person will stand forgiven

4. Generally known as the day of atonement

  
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