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1 Ja Herra puhui Mosekselle ja Aaronille, sanoen:

2 Puhukaat Israelin lapsille, ja sanokaat heille: koska miehellä on lihansa juoksu, on hän saastainen.

3 Ja silloin on hän saastainen siitä juoksusta, koska hänen lihansa juoksee taikka tulee tukituksi siitä vuotamisesta; niin se on saastaisuus.

4 Jokainen vuode, jossa hän lepää, jolla on juoksu, on saastainen, ja kaikki se, jonka päällä hän istuu, saastutetaan.

5 Ja se, joka sattuu hänen vuoteesensa, pitää pesemän vaatteensa, ja viruttaman hänensä vedellä, ja pitää oleman saastaisen ehtoosen asti.

6 Se joka istuu sillä istuimella millä hän on istunut, jolla juoksu on, hänen pitää pesemän vaatteensa, ja viruttaman itsensä vedellä, ja oelman saastaisen ehtoosen asti.

7 Se joka sattuu hänen lihaansa, hän peskään vaatteensa, ja viruttakaan hänensä vedellä, ja olkaan saastainen ehtoosen asti.

8 Jos hän sylkee puhtaan päälle, niin se pitää pesemän vaatteensa, ja viruttaman hänensä vedellä, ja oleman saastainen ehtoosen asti.

9 Ja koko se satula, jolla hän ajaa, pitää oleman saastainen.

10 Ja se joka sattuu johonkuhun siihen, joka hänen allansa on ollut, pitää saastaisen oleman ehtoosen asti, ja joka niitä kantaa, pitää pesemän vaatteensa, ja viruttaman itsensä vedellä, ja oleman saastaisen ehtoosen asti.

11 Ja johonka hän, jolla juoksu on, tarttuu, ennen kuin hän kätensä pesee vedellä, sen pitää vaatteensa pesemän ja viruttaman itsensä vedellä, ja oleman saastaisen ehtoosen asti.

12 Jos hän tarttuu saviseen astiaan, se pitää rikottaman; mutta puu-astia pitää vedellä virutettaman.

13 Ja tultuansa puhtaaksi lihansa juoksusta, pitää hänen lukeman seitsemän päivää puhdistuksestansa, ja pitää pesemän vaatteensa, niin myös viruttaman itsensä juoksevalla vedellä, niin hän on puhdas.

14 Ja kahdeksantena päivänä pitää hänen ottaman parin mettisiä, eli kaksi kyhkyläisen poikaa, ja pitää tuoman Herran eteen seurakunnan majan ovella, ja antaman ne papille.

15 Ja papin pitää ne uhraaman, yhden rikosuhriksi, ja toisen polttouhriksi, ja sovittaman hänen Herran edessä hänen juoksustansa.

16 Koska miehestä siemen vuotaa unessa, hänen pitää pesemän koko ruumiinsa vedellä, ja oleman saastaisen ehtoosen asti.

17 Ja kaikki vaate, ja kaikki nahka, joka senkaltaisella siemenellä tahrattu on, pitää pestämän vedellä, ja oleman saastainen ehtoosen asti.

18 Ja vaimo, jonka tykönä senkaltainen mies makaa, jolla on siemenen juoksu, heidän pitää pesemän itsensä vedellä, ja oleman saastaiset ehtoosen asti.

19 Koska vaimolla on lihansa veren juoksu, pitää hänen erinänsä oleman seitsemän päivää, ja joka häneen sattuu, sen pitää saastaisen oleman ehtoosen asti.

20 Ja kaikki jonka päälllä hän lepää, niinkauvan kuin hän erinänsä on, pitää oleman saastainen, ja kaikki, jonka päällä hän istuu, pitää oleman saastainen.

21 Ja se, joka hänen vuoteesensa sattuu, pitää pesemän vaatteensa, ja viruttaman itsensä vedellä, ja oleman saastaisen ehtoosen asti.

22 Ja joka tarttuu johonkuhun, jonka päällä hän on istunut, hänen pitää pesemän vaatteensa, ja viruttaman itsensä vedellä, ja oleman saastaisen ehtoosen asti.

23 Jos jotakin osaa olla sen vuoteessa, eli istuimella, kussa hän istuu, ja joku siihen tarttuu, hänen pitää oleman saastaisen ehtoosen asti.

24 Ja jos joku mies leväten lepää hänen tykönänsä, siihen aikaa kuin hänen aikansa tulee, hänen pitää oleman saastaisen seitsemän päivää, ja koko hänen vuoteensa, jossa hän levännyt on, pitää oleman saastaisen.

25 Jos jonkun vaimon veren juoksu vuotaa kauvan aikaa, ei vaivoin niinkauvan kuin aika on, mutta myös ylitse sen ajan, hänen pitää oleman saastaisen niinkauvan kuin se vuotaa, niinkuin hänen oikialla vuotonsa ajalla.

26 Kaikki vuode, kussa hän lepää, niinkauvan kuin hän vuotaa, pitää oleman niinkuin oikian vuotonsa ajan vuode. Ja kaikki istuin, jonka päällä hän istuu, pitää oleman saastainen, niinkuin se hänen oikiana vuotamisensa aikana on saastainen.

27 Se joka rupee johonkuhun niihin, hänen pitää oleman saastaisen, ja pitää pesemän vaatteensa, ja viruttaman itsensä vedellä, ja oleman saastaisen ehtoosen asti.

28 Koska hän on puhdas vuotamisesta, niin hänen pitää lukeman seitsemän päivää, ja sitte hänen pitää oleman puhtaan.

29 Mutta kahdeksantena päivänä pitää hänen ottaman parin mettisiä eli kaksi kyhkyläisen poikaa, ja viemän papille, seurakunnan majan oven edessä.

30 Ja papin pitää uhraaman yhden rikosuhriksi, ja toisen polttouhriksi, ja sovittaman hänen Herran edessä saastaisuutensa juoksusta.

31 Niin teidän pitää eroittaman Israelin lapsia heidän saastaisuudestansa, ettei he kuolisi saastaisuudessa, koska he minun majani saastuttavat, joka heidän seassansa on.

32 Tämä on sääty vuotamisesta, ja siitä, jolta (unessa) siemen vuotaa, niin että hän siitä tulee saastaiseksi,

33 Ja siitä, jolla on veren juoksu, ja siitä, jolla joku vuotaminen on, miehestä eli vaimosta: ja koska mies lepää saastaisen tykönä.

   


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Arcana Coelestia #10208

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10208. 'And Aaron shall make expiation on its horns' means purification from evils by means of the truths of faith which spring from the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'making expiation' as purifying from evils, dealt with in 9506; from the representation of 'Aaron' as the Lord in respect of Divine Good, and in respect of the work of salvation, dealt with in 9806, 9946, 10017; and from the meaning of 'horns' as powers, dealt with in 10182, and also outer levels, 10186. The reason why purification by means of the truths of faith which spring from the good of love is meant is that expiation was made by means of blood, and 'blood' means the truth of faith emanating from the good of love, 4735, 7317, 7326, 7846, 7850, 7877, 9127, 9393, 10026, 10033, 10047; and all purification from evils is accomplished by means of the truths of faith that spring from the good of love, 2799, 5954(end), 7044, 7918, 9088. The fact that expiations were made by the blood on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense is clear in Leviticus 4:3, 7, 18, 25, 30, 34; 16:18.

[2] The altars were expiated in this way because holy things were polluted by the sins of the people. The people represented the Church; therefore those places which were the Church's, called its sanctuaries, such as the altar and the tent, together with their contents, were defiled whenever those people were guilty of sin; for those sanctuaries were places belonging to the Church. This is also made clear in Moses,

You shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, in order that they may not die in their uncleanness when they pollute My dwelling-place which is in their midst. Leviticus 15:31.

And in another place,

Aaron shall expiate the holy place from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. Thus shall he expiate the holy sanctuary, and the tent of meeting, and the altar. Leviticus 16:16, 33.

[3] The implications of all this are that those things which are called the holy things of the Church are not holy unless they are received with holy respect; for unless they are received with that respect what is Divine does not flow into them. Anything holy that exists with people is holy only by virtue of what is Divine flowing into it; sacred shrines for example, the altars there, and the bread and wine for the Holy Supper are made holy solely by the presence of the Lord. Therefore if the Lord is unable to be present there on account of the people's sins, those things have no holiness because they lack what is Divine. Furthermore the holy things of the Church are rendered unholy by sins because sins take what is Divine away from them.

[4] This then is the reason why sanctuaries are said to have been polluted by the uncleanness of the people and why those places therefore had to be expiated annually. The reason why the expiations were made with blood on the horns of the altars and not on the altars themselves was that the horns were the extremities of them, and nothing of a person has been purified unless the extremities or what is outermost has been purified. For inner things flow into those that are outermost, but the state of the outermost conditions the inflow. Consequently if what is outermost has been perverted the things within become perverted; for when those inner things flow into outermost ones, the recipient forms into which they descend are conditioned by the state in which the outermost things exist. The situation is like that when the eye is in bad condition; the power of sight which comes from within sees things only as that eye-condition will allow. Or it is like that when the arms are in bad shape; the powers which come from within exert themselves only as that condition will allow. Consequently if the natural man has been perverted the spiritual lacks the opportunity to function properly within the natural man, and this is why the spiritual or internal man is closed.

[5] But see what has been shown already on these matters, namely the following;

If a person is to be purified the natural or external man must be purified, see the places referred to in 9325(end).

This is because the path that all influx takes is from the internal to the external, and not vice versa, 5119, 6322.

For it is on the natural level within a person that influx from the spiritual world reaches its destination, 5651.

The outward aspects of a person have been formed to serve the inward, 5947, 9216, 9828.

Thus the external man must be altogether subject to the internal, 5786, 6275, 6284, 6299.

This is because the internal man is in heaven and the external man is in the world, 3167, 10156.

And the external man by himself or left to himself alone acts contrary to the internal, 3913, 3928.

In addition to all this, see 9701-9709 stating what the internal man is and what the external man is.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #5319

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5319. 'And clothed him in robes of fine linen' means an outward sign denoting the celestial of the spiritual, 'robes of fine linen' being truths going forth from the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'robes' as truths, dealt with in 1073, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5248. The reason 'robes of fine linen' means truths going forth from the Divine is that a robe made of fine linen was absolutely white and at the same time shining, and truth going forth from the Divine is represented by robes which have that kind of brightness and splendour. And the reason for this is that heaven derives its brightness and splendour from the light that flows from the Lord; and the light that flows from the Lord is Divine Truth itself, 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 1776, 3195, 3222, 3339, 3485, 3636, 3643, 3862, 4415, 4419, 4526, 5219. This explains why, when the Lord was transfigured before Peter, James, and John, His clothing appeared as the light, Matthew 17:2; glistening, intensely white like snow, as no fuller on earth could bleach them, Mark 9:3; and dazzling, Luke 9:29. It was Divine Truth itself going forth from the Lord's Divine Human that was represented in this manner. But they are exterior truths that are represented in heaven by the brightness of robes, whereas interior truths are represented by the brightness and splendour of the face. This is why 'being clothed in robes of fine linen' at this point means an outward sign denoting truth going forth from the celestial of the spiritual, for this was what the Lord's Divine consisted in at this time.

[2] There are other places too in the Word where truth going forth from the Divine is meant by 'fine linen' and 'robes of fine linen', as in Ezekiel,

I clothed you with embroidered cloth, and shed you with badger, and swathed you in fine linen, and covered you in silk. Thus were you adorned with gold and silver, and your robes were fine linen, and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:10, 13.

This refers to Jerusalem, which is used in these verses to mean the Ancient Church. The truths of this Church are described by robes made of embroidered cloth, fine linen, and silk, and by being adorned with gold and silver. 'Embroidered cloth' means truths existing as facts, 'fine linen' natural truths, and 'silk' spiritual truths.

[3] In the same prophet,

Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you an ensign; violet and purple from the islands of Elishah was your covering. Ezekiel 27:7.

This refers to Tyre, which too is used to mean the Ancient Church, but so far as cognitions of good and truth are concerned. 'Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, which was its sail' means truth obtained from factual knowledge, which was the outward sign of that Church.

[4] In John,

The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over Babylon, since no one buys their wares any more, wares of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and bronze, and iron, and marble. Revelation 18:11-12.

All the specific commodities mentioned here mean the kinds of things that have to do with the Church and so truth and goodness. Here however they are used in the contrary sense because they are spoken of in reference to Babylon. Anyone may see that such commodities would never have been listed in the Word which has come down from heaven unless each one held something heavenly within it. What other reason can there be for a list of worldly wares when Babylon, meaning an unholy Church, is the subject? Similarly in the same book,

Woe, woe, the great city, you that were clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, covered 1 with gold, and precious stones, and pearls. Revelation 18:16.

[5] The fact that each commodity means something Divine and heavenly is quite evident in the same book where it states what fine linen is, namely the righteous acts of the saints,

The time of the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. At that time she was given fine linen, clean and shining, to wear; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Revelation 19:7-8.

'Fine linen' is 'the righteous acts of the saints' for the reason that all those with whom truth received from the Divine exists are clothed with the Lord's righteousness. For their robes which are bright and shining are products of the light which flows from the Lord. Therefore in heaven truth itself is represented by 'brightness', 3301, 3997, 4007; and people who are being raised to heaven from a state of vastation are seen to be clothed with brightness because they are at this point casting off the robe of their own righteousness and putting on that of the Lord's righteousness.

[6] So that truth from the Divine might be represented in the Jewish Church, they were commanded to use cotton or fine linen in Aaron's vestments, and also in the curtains around the Ark, referred to in Moses as follows,

You shall make in chequered pattern for Aaron a tunic of cotton, and you shall make a turban of cotton. Exodus 28:39.

They made tunics of cotton, the work of a weaver, for Aaron and his sons. Exodus 39:27.

You shall make the Dwelling-place, ten curtains - fine-twined cotton, violet and purple and twice-dyed scarlet. Exodus 26:1; 36:8.

You shall make the court of the Dwelling-place. The hangings for the court shall be of fine-twined cotton. Exodus 27:9, 18; 38:9.

The screen for the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer, violet and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine-twined cotton. Exodus 38:18.

Cotton is fine linen, which they were commanded to use because each object in the Ark and around the Ark, also every detail of Aaron's vestments, were representative of spiritual and celestial realities. From this one may see that a person has only a meagre understanding of the Word if he does not know what such things represent, and scarcely any understanding at all if he thinks that the Word possesses no holiness other than that which presents itself in the letter.

[7] When angels with whom truth from the Divine is present are seen by anyone they are clothed so to speak in fine linen, that is, in shining brightness, as is evident in John where 'a white horse' is referred to,

The One seated on a white horse was clothed in a garment dyed with blood, and His name is called the Word. His armies in heaven were following Him on white horses; they were clothed in fine linen, white and clean. Revelation 19:11, 13-14.

These words show quite plainly that 'fine linen' is an outward sign denoting truth from the Divine, for 'the One seated on a white horse' is the Lord as to the Word; indeed those words state quite explicitly that He is the Word. The Word is truth itself received from the Divine, and 'a white horse' is the internal sense of the Word, see 2760-2762. Consequently truths received from the Divine are meant by 'white horses', for such truths constitute the whole of the internal sense of the Word. This was why His armies were seen 'on white horses' and why 'they were clothed in fine linen, white and clean'.

Fotnoter:

1. literally, gilded

  
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