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1 Und dies ist das Gesetz des Schuldopfers; es ist hochheilig.

2 An dem Orte, wo man das Brandopfer schlachtet, soll man das Schuldopfer schlachten; und sein Blut soll er (d. h. der Priester) an den Altar sprengen ringsum.

3 Und alles Fett soll er davon darbringen, den Fettschwanz und das Fett, welches das Eingeweide bedeckt,

4 und die beiden Nieren und das Fett, das an ihnen, das an den Lenden ist, und das Netz über der Leber: samt den Nieren soll er es abtrennen.

5 Und der Priester soll es auf dem Altar räuchern als ein Feueropfer dem Jehova: es ist ein Schuldopfer.

6 Alles Männliche unter den Priestern soll es essen; an heiligem Orte soll es gegessen werden: hochheilig ist es.

7 Wie das Sündopfer, so das Schuldopfer: ein Gesetz soll für sie sein. Der Priester, der damit Sühnung tut, ihm soll es gehören. -

8 Und der Priester, der jemandes Brandopfer darbringt: ihm, dem Priester, soll die Haut des Brandopfers gehören, das er dargebracht hat.

9 Und alles Speisopfer, das im Ofen gebacken, und alles, was im Napfe oder in der Pfanne bereitet wird: dem Priester, der es darbringt, ihm soll es gehören.

10 Und alles Speisopfer, das mit Öl gemengt oder trocken ist, soll allen Söhnen Aarons gehören, dem einen wie dem anderen.

11 Und dies ist das Gesetz des Friedensopfers, das man Jehova darbringt:

12 Wenn man es zum Danke (Anderswo: Lob; eig. Anerkennung) darbringt, so bringe man nebst dem Dankopfer ungesäuerte Kuchen dar, gemengt mit Öl, und ungesäuerte Fladen, gesalbt mit Öl, und Feinmehl, eingerührt mit Öl: Kuchen, gemengt mit Öl.

13 Nebst den Kuchen soll man gesäuertes Brot als Opfergabe darbringen, nebst seinem Dank-Friedensopfer. (O. Lob-Dankopfer)

14 Und man soll je eines davon, von der ganzen Opfergabe, dem Jehova als Hebopfer darbringen; dem Priester, der das Blut des Friedensopfers sprengt, ihm soll es gehören.

15 Und das Fleisch seines (des Opfernden) Dank-Friedensopfers soll am Tage seiner Darbringung gegessen werden; er soll nichts davon liegen lassen bis an den Morgen.

16 Und wenn das Schlachtopfer seiner Opfergabe ein Gelübde oder eine freiwillige Gabe ist, so soll es an dem Tage, da er sein Schlachtopfer darbringt, gegessen werden; und am anderen Tage soll dann, was davon übrigbleibt, gegessen werden;

17 und was vom Fleische des Schlachtopfers am dritten Tage übrigbleibt, soll mit Feuer verbrannt werden.

18 Und wenn irgendwie vom Fleische seines Friedensopfers am dritten Tage gegessen wird, so wird es nicht wohlgefällig sein; wer es dargebracht hat, dem wird es nicht zugerechnet werden: ein Greuel wird es sein; und die Seele, die davon isset, wird ihre Ungerechtigkeit tragen.

19 Und das Fleisch, das irgend etwas Unreines berührt, soll nicht gegessen werden, mit Feuer soll es verbrannt werden. Und was das Fleisch betrifft, jeder eine darf das Fleisch essen;

20 aber die Seele, welche Fleisch von dem Friedensopfer isset, das Jehova gehört, und ihre Unreinigkeit ist an ihr, selbige Seele soll ausgerottet werden aus ihren Völkern.

21 Und wenn eine Seele irgend etwas Unreines anrührt, die Unreinigkeit eines Menschen oder ein unreines Vieh oder irgend ein unreines Scheusal, und sie isset von dem Fleische des Friedensopfers, das Jehova gehört: selbige Seele soll ausgerottet werden aus ihren Völkern.

22 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

23 ede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich: Kein Fett vom indvieh und von Schaf und Ziege sollt ihr essen.

24 Und das Fett vom Aas und das Fett vom Zerrissenen kann verwendet werden zu allerlei Werk; aber ihr sollt es durchaus nicht essen.

25 Denn jeder, der Fett isset vom Vieh, wovon man ein Feueropfer dem Jehova darbringt-die Seele, die es isset, soll ausgerottet werden aus ihren Völkern.

26 Und kein Blut sollt ihr essen in allen euren Wohnsitzen, es sei vom Gevögel oder vom Vieh.

27 Jede Seele, die irgend Blut isset, selbige Seele soll ausgerottet werden aus ihren Völkern.

28 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

29 ede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich: Wer sein Friedensopfer dem Jehova darbringt, soll von seinem Friedensopfer seine Opfergabe dem Jehova bringen.

30 Seine Hände sollen die Feueropfer Jehovas bringen; das Fett, samt der Brust soll er es bringen: die Brust, um sie als Webopfer vor Jehova zu weben.

31 Und der Priester soll das Fett auf dem Altar räuchern, und die Brust soll Aaron und seinen Söhnen gehören.

32 Und den rechten Schenkel sollt ihr als Hebopfer von euren Friedensopfern dem Priester geben.

33 Wer von den Söhnen Aarons das Blut des Friedensopfers und das Fett darbringt, dem soll der rechte Schenkel zuteil werden.

34 Denn die Brust des Webopfers und den Schenkel des Hebopfers habe ich von den Kindern Israel genommen, von ihren Friedensopfern, und habe sie Aaron, dem Priester, und seinen Söhnen gegeben als eine ewige Gebühr (Eig. ein für ewig Bestimmtes) von seiten der Kinder Israel. -

35 Das ist das Salbungsteil (W. die Salbung) Aarons und das Salbungsteil seiner Söhne von den Feueropfern Jehovas, an dem Tage, (d. h. von dem Tage an) da man (O. er) sie herzunahen ließ, um Jehova den Priesterdienst auszuüben,

36 das Jehova geboten hat, ihnen zu geben von seiten der Kinder Israel, an dem Tage, da man sie salbte: eine ewige Satzung bei ihren Geschlechtern.

37 Das ist das Gesetz des Brandopfers, des Speisopfers und des Sündopfers und des Schuldopfers und des Einweihungsopfers und des Friedensopfers,

38 welches Jehova dem Mose geboten hat auf dem Berge Sinai, an dem Tage, da er den Kindern Israel gebot, ihre Opfergaben dem Jehova darzubringen, in der Wüste Sinai.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #10129

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10129. 'And the altar shall be the holy of holies' means the celestial kingdom, where the Lord is present in the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the altar' as that which is representative of the Lord in respect of Divine Good, dealt with in 9388, 9389, 9714, 9964, at this point in respect of Divine Good in heaven and in the Church, 10123; and from the meaning of 'the holy of holies' as celestial good or the good of love from the Lord. The reason why it is the celestial kingdom that is meant here by 'the altar' and the good there that is meant by 'the holy of holies' is that the good received in that kingdom is the good of love which comes from and is offered back to the Lord, which is celestial good. For there are two kingdoms into which the heavens are divided, the celestial kingdom and the spiritual kingdom. The celestial kingdom receives the good of love coming from and offered back to the Lord, whereas the spiritual kingdom receives from the Lord the good of charity towards the neighbour, see the places referred to in 9277, and what is stated in 9680, 10068.

[2] 'The altar' represents the celestial kingdom, or what amounts to the same thing, it represents the Lord where He is present in the good of love; and 'the tent of meeting outside the veil' represents the spiritual kingdom, or what amounts to the same thing, it represents the Lord where He is present in the good of charity towards the neighbour. The spiritual kingdom's good, or spiritual good, is called the holy place, but the celestial kingdom's good, or celestial good, is called the holy of holies. The reason why celestial good, which is the good of love received from and offered back to the Lord, is referred to as the holy of holies is that this good is a channel through which the Lord flows directly into the heavens; but spiritual good - the good of charity towards the neighbour - is a channel through which He does so indirectly, by way of celestial good, see 9473, 9683, 9873, 9992, 10005. The term 'flow in' is used because the Lord, being the Sun of heaven, is above the heavens and flows in from there, 10106; yet He is still as one present within the heavens.

[3] The fact that celestial good, which is the good of love received from and offered back to the Lord, is meant by 'the holy of holies' is clear from places in the Word where the expression 'the holy of holies' occurs, as in Moses,

The veil shall be for you a divider between the holy place and the holy of holies. And you shall put the mercy-seat onto the ark of the Testimony in the holy of holies. Exodus 26:33-34.

From this it is evident that 'the holy place' refers to that part of the tent which was outside the veil, and 'the holy of holies' to the part within the veil. Regarding the tent or the dwelling-place outside the veil, that it represented the Lord's spiritual kingdom, or the middle heaven, and regarding the tent or dwelling-place within the veil, that it represented the Lord's celestial kingdom, or the inmost heaven, see 9457, 9481, 9485, 10001, 10025. The part of the tent within the veil is also called the holy sanctuary 1 , Leviticus 16:33. Since the ark, which had the Testimony within it and the mercy-seat above it, represented the inmost heaven, where celestial good reigns, the innermost part of the temple, where the ark of the covenant was, is also called the holy of holies, 1 Kings 6:16; 8:6.

[4] Since the bread and the minchah were signs of the good of love received from and offered back to the Lord, which is celestial good, they too are called 'the holy of holies' in Moses,

The bread of faces (or of the presence) shall be eaten by Aaron and his sons in a holy place; for it is the holy of holies of the fire offerings to Jehovah. Leviticus 24:9.

'The bread of faces (or of the presence)' means celestial good, see 9545. In the same book,

That which remains of the minchah shall be for Aaron and his sons, the holy of holies of the fire offerings to Jehovah. Leviticus 2:3, 10.

'The minchah', which consisted of unleavened bread, unleavened cakes, and unleavened wafers mixed with oil, means celestial good or the good of love, see 4581, 9992, 10079; and 'a fire offering to Jehovah' means Divine Love, 10055.

[5] In the same author,

Every minchah - a sacrifice of sin offering and a sacrifice of guilt offering - which is for Aaron and his sons, is the holy of holies to Jehovah. Numbers 18:9-10.

Such minchahs too were called 'the holy of holies' because those sacrifices were signs of purification from evils, and all purification from evils is accomplished in a state of the good of innocence; and this good as well is celestial good. This explains why in sacrifices of sin offering or guilt offering female or male lambs, or rams, or young bulls, or turtle doves were offered, as is clear from Chapters 4, 5 of Leviticus, that good being meant by these creatures. For its being meant by 'lambs', see 3994, 3519, 7840, by 'rams', 10042, by 'young bulls', 9391; and its being meant by 'turtle doves' is evident from the places in the Word where such birds are mentioned. As regards purification from evils and regeneration, that they are accomplished in a state of innocence, see 10021. Therefore those sacrifices are called 'the holy of holies' also in Leviticus 6:25; 7:6; 10:17; 14:13.

[6] In the same author,

The minchah shall be eaten beside the altar; for it is the holy of holies. Leviticus 10:12.

It has been shown above that the altar of burnt offering represented the Lord in respect of the good of love, and reception by angels and men. This accounts for the use of the following words concerning it in Moses,

You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its vessels, its laver, and its pedestal. And you shall sanctify them, that they may be the holy of holies; everyone who touches them will make himself holy. Exodus 30:28-29.

[7] The incense too, some of which was placed before the Testimony in the tent of meeting, is called the holy of holies, Exodus 30:36, because it meant celestial good in last and lowest things, and also meant the things that emanate from that good, 9475. In Ezekiel,

This is the law of the house 2 : On the top of the mountain shall its whole border round about be, the holy of holies. Ezekiel 43:12.

The reason why 'the house' together with the border around it is called 'the holy of holies' is that 'God's house' means the celestial kingdom, and in the highest sense the Lord in respect of the good of love, 3720. This is why the words 'on the top of the mountain' are also used, for 'the top of the mountain' has the same meaning, 6435, 9422, 9434.

[8] In Daniel,

Seventy weeks have been decreed concerning the people and concerning the holy city to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies. Daniel 9:24.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord, who alone is Jehovah's Anointed and who alone is the Holy One, and who also as to His Human is the Divine Good of Divine Love, and so is the holy of holies.

The Lord alone as to His Divine Human is Jehovah's Anointed, see 9954.

He alone is the Holy One, 9229.

He is the Divine Good of Divine Love, see the places referred to in 9199(end).

[9] The reason why celestial good is meant by 'the holy of holies' but spiritual good by 'the holy place' is that celestial good is inmost good, and therefore also is the inmost heaven's good, whereas spiritual good is good emanating from that celestial good and is therefore the middle heaven's good. And this good is good and consequently holy to the extent that it has celestial good within it; for celestial good flows into spiritual, conceives it, and begets it as a father does his child. The words 'celestial good' are used to mean the good of love received from and offered back to the Lord, and 'spiritual good' to mean the good of charity towards the neighbour received from the Lord.

[10] The good of love to the Lord received from the Lord is 'the holy of holies' because the Lord joins Himself directly to others through it. But the good of charity towards the neighbour is 'the holy place' because He joins Himself through it indirectly; and He joins Himself to the extent that it has the good of love from the Lord within it. The good of love to the Lord received from the Lord is present within all genuine good of charity, and also within all genuine good of faith; for such good flows in from the Lord. No one by his own strength, only by the Lord's, can love the neighbour and in love do good to him; and no one by his own strength, only by the Lord's, can believe in God. When therefore the Lord is acknowledged and the neighbour is loved, the Lord is present within the love towards the neighbour, however unaware the person may be of it. This also is what the Lord's words in Matthew serve to mean,

The righteous will answer, Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You? But the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, Insofar as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers you did it to Me. Matthew 25:37-40.

From these words it is evident that the Lord is within the good of charity, indeed is that good, even though those governed by this good are unaware of it. 'Brothers' is used in the proximate sense 3 to mean those governed by the good of charity; and in the abstract sense, without reference to persons, 'the Lord's brothers' are the good of charity itself, in all its forms, see 5063-5071.

Fotnoter:

1. i.e. the internal historical sense. See the final words of 4690.

2. i.e. the new temple

3. literally, the sanctuary of holiness

  
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Arcana Coelestia #6367

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6367. 'A lion's cub is Judah' means innocence with innate strength. This is clear from the meaning of 'a lion' as the good of love and the truth from that good in their power, dealt with below, so that 'a lion's cub' is innocence with strength. The reason why with innate strength is meant is that here 'Judah' represents the celestial element of love, and the celestial element of love resides in the will part of the mind, 895, 917, 4493, 5117, and thus possesses innate strength. For a person is born into things that belong to the will part. That being so, members of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial, were born into the good of love, in the measure that good was present in their will. This then is why the strength is said to be innate. The reason 'a lion's cub' means innocence is that 'a lion' is the good of celestial love, and 'a cub', being so to speak its young child, accordingly means innocence.

[2] 'A lion' means the good of celestial love and the truth from that love in their power, and also in the contrary sense the evil of self-love in its power, as is clear from places in the Word where 'a lion' is mentioned. The good of celestial love is meant in John,

Behold, the Lion which is from the Tribe of Judah, the root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose its seven seals. Revelation 5:5.

Here the Lord is called 'the Lion' by virtue of the almighty power which His Divine Love and Divine Truth from that Love possess. There are also other places in the Word where Jehovah or the Lord is compared to a lion, as in Hosea,

They will go after Jehovah; He will roar like a lion, for He will roar, and respectfully [His] sons from the west 1 will draw near. Hosea 11:10.

[3] Also in Isaiah,

Thus said Jehovah to me, As a lion roars, and a young lion over its prey, when there come up against him a full number of shepherds, by whose voice he is not dismayed, and by whose tumult he is not distressed, so Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill. Isaiah 31:4.

Here the almighty power of Divine Good is compared to 'a lion', and the almighty power of Divine Truth from that Good is compared to 'a young lion'. For it says that 'Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill', and 'Mount Zion' means the Good of Divine Love and 'its hill' the Divine Truth from that Good, 795, 796, 1430, 4210.

[4] For the same reason the four living creatures in Ezekiel and in John, meaning cherubs, had the faces of a human being, lion, ox, and eagle: In Ezekiel,

The likeness of the faces of the four living creatures - [each of] the four had the face of a human being, and the face of a lion on the right side, and [each of] the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and [each of] the four had the face of an eagle. Ezekiel 1:10; 10:14.

And in John,

Around 2 the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. And the first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like a calf; the third living creature had a face like a human being; the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. Revelation 4:6-7.

The fact that the living creatures were cherubs is stated in Ezekiel to, which fact is also evident from the description of them in John, in which he says that they had 'eyes in front and behind'. The Lord's foresight and providence are meant by 'the cherubs', 308; and they had the face of a lion by virtue of the almighty power belonging to providence that Divine Truth from Divine Good possesses. So also with the cherubs around the new temple in Ezekiel 41:19.

[5] Celestial people in possession of the power supplied by the good and the truth from good which come from the Lord are meant by 'lions', as is evident in David,

There is no want to those fearing Jehovah. The young lions will lack and suffer hunger, but those seeking Jehovah will not lack any good thing. Psalms 34:9-10.

In the same author,

The [young] lions are roaring for plunder, and to seek from God their food. The sun rises, they are gathered together, and lie down in their dwelling-places. Psalms 104:21-22.

In Balaam's prophetic utterance,

At that time it will be said to Jacob and to Israel, What has God been doing? See, a people will rise up like an old lion, and like a young lion will lift itself up. He will not rest until he has devoured the prey. Numbers 23:23-24.

[6] And further on,

When Balaam saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, he said, He crouches, he lies down like a lion, and like an old lion; who will rouse him? Numbers 24:2, 9.

The celestial is what is described here because celestial order is what the tribes represented by their encampments and was what Balaam saw in the spirit when he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, 6335. That order originates in Divine Good coming through Divine Truth from the Lord; and within that order resides all power, meant here by a crouching and recumbent lion.

[7] In Micah,

The remnant of Jacob will be with the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will tread down and tear in pieces, 3 and there is no deliverer. Your hand will be lifted up over your enemies, and all your adversaries will be cut off. Micah 5:8-9.

Here 'a lion' and a young lion stand for celestial good and celestial truth, which are 'the remnant of Jacob'. They also stand for that good and truth in Isaiah 21:8; Jeremiah 25:38; Ezekiel 38:13; Zechariah 11:3. And that same good and truth were also represented by the lions at Solomon's ivory throne, two next to the armrests 4 and twelve on the six steps, 1 Kings 10:18-20, and by the lions on the panels of the ten pedestals made of bronze, 1 Kings 7:29, 36.

[8] In the contrary sense 'a lion' means the evil of self-love in its power, as is evident from the following places: In Isaiah,

There will not be any lion there, and the savage of the wild animals will not go up on it; it will not be found there. But they will go free; thus the redeemed of Jehovah will return, and will come to Zion with song. Isaiah 35:9-10.

In Jeremiah,

Why has Israel become plunder? The young lions roar at him, they sound their voice; they turn his land into a waste. Jeremiah 2:14-15.

In the same prophet,

A lion has risen up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out; he has come from his place to turn the land into a waste. Jeremiah 4:7.

In the same prophet,

They did not know the way of Jehovah, the judgement of their God, therefore a lion from the forest has struck them down, and a wolf of the plains will devastate them. Jeremiah 5:4, 6.

In Nahum,

Where is the dwelling-place of lions, and the feeding-place 5 of the young lions, where the lion walked, the old lion, the lion's cub, and there is no one making them afraid? The lion tears in pieces enough for the cubs, and strangles for his old lionesses, and fills his caves with plunder, and his dwelling places with what he has pounced on. Behold, I am against you, said Jehovah Zebaoth, and I will burn her chariot in the smoke; but the sword will devour your young lions, and I will cut off your plunder from the earth. Nahum 2:11-13.

This refers to Nineveh.

In all these places 'a lion' stands for the power that the evil of self-love possesses, when it destroys and lays waste. 'A lion' has a like meaning in Jeremiah 12:8; 49:19; 50:17, 44; 51:38; Ezekiel 19:2-9; 32:2; Joel 1:6; Zephaniah 3:3; Psalms 57:4; 58:6; 91:13; Revelation 13:2.

Fotnoter:

1. literally, sons from the sea

2. The Latin means Before but the Greek means Around, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

3. Reading discerpet (will tear to pieces), which Swedenborg has in his rough draft, for disperget (will scatter)

4. literally, the hands of the throne

5. literally, pasture or grazing ground

  
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