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2 Mosebok 19

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1 På den dag då den tredje månaden ingick efter Israels barns uttåg ur Egyptens land kommo de in i Sinais öken.

2 Ty de bröto upp från Refidim och kommo så till Sinais öken och lägrade sig i öknen; Israel lägrade sig där mitt emot berget.

3 Och Mose steg upp till Gud; då ropade HERREN till honom uppifrån berget och sade: »Så skall du säga till Jakobs hus, så skall du förkunna för Israels barn:

4 'I haven själva sett vad jag har gjort med egyptierna, och huru jag har burit eder på örnvingar och fört eder till mig.

5 Om I nu hören min röst och hållen mitt förbund, så skolen I vara min egendom framför alla andra folk, ty hela jorden är min;

6 Och I skolen vara mig ett rike av präster och ett heligt folk.' Detta är vad du skall tala till Israels barn.

7 När Mose kom tillbaka, sammankallade han de äldste i folket och förelade dem allt detta som HERREN hade bjudit honom.

8 svarade allt folket med en mun och sade: »Allt vad HERREN har talat vilja vi göra.» Och Mose gick tillbaka till HERREN med folkets svar.

9 Och HERREN sade till Mose: »Se, jag skall komma till dig i en tjock molnsky, för att folket skall höra, när jag talar med dig, och så tro på dig evärdligen.» Och Mose framförde folkets svar till HERREN.

10 Då sade HERREN till Mose: »Gå till folket, och helga dem i dag och i morgon, och I åt dem två sina kläder.

11 Och må de hålla sig redo till i övermorgon; ty i övermorgon skall HERREN stiga nedSinai berg inför allt folkets ögon.

12 Och du skall märka ut en gräns för folket runt omkring och säga: 'Tagen eder till vara för att stiga upp på berget eller komma vid dess fot. Var och en som kommer vid berget skall straffas med döden;

13 men ingen hand må komma vid honom, utan han skall stenas eller skjutas ihjäl. Evad det är djur eller människa, skall en sådan mista livet.' När jubelhornet ljuder med utdragen ton, då må de stiga upp på berget.»

14 Och Mose steg ned från berget till folket och helgade folket, och de tvådde sina kläder.

15 Och han sade till folket: »Hållen eder redo till i övermorgon; ingen komme vid en kvinna

16 tredje dagen, när det hade blivit morgon, begynte det dundra och blixtra, och en tung molnsky kom över berget, och ett mycket starkt basunljud hördes; och allt folket i lägret bävade.

17 Men Mose förde folket ut ur lägret, Gud till mötes; och de ställde sig nedanför berget.

18 Och hela Sinai berg höljdes i rök, vid det att HERREN kom ned därpå i eld; och en rök steg upp därifrån, lik röken från en smältugn, och hela berget bävade storligen.

19 Och basunljudet blev allt starkare och starkare. Mose talade, och Gud svarade honom med hög röst.

20 Och HERREN steg nedSinai berg, på toppen av berget, och HERREN kallade Mose upp till bergets topp; då steg Mose ditupp.

21 Och HERREN sade till Mose: »Stig ned och varna folket, så att de icke tränga sig fram för att se HERREN, ty då skola många av dem falla.

22 Jämväl prästerna, som få nalkas HERREN, skola helga sig, för att HERREN icke må låta dem drabbas av fördärv.»

23 Men Mose svarade HERREN: »Folket kan icke stiga upp på Sinai berg, ty du har själv varnat oss och sagt att jag skulle märka ut en gräns omkring berget och helga det.»

24 Då sade HERREN till honom: »Gå ditned, och kom sedan åter upp och hav Aron med dig. Men prästerna och folket må icke tränga sig fram för att stiga upp till HERREN på det att han icke må låta dem drabbas av fördärv.»

25 Och Mose steg ned till folket och sade dem detta.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8770

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8770. 'And you will be for Me a kingdom of priests' means that at that time the good of truth will be [with them]. This is clear from the meaning of 'a kingdom of priests' here as spiritual good, which is the good of truth, that is, the good that a member of the spiritual Church is brought to by means of truth. The reason why 'a kingdom of priests' means this good is that these words are addressed to the house of Jacob and the children of Israel, who represent the spiritual Church, external and internal - the house of Jacob representing the external Church, and the children of Israel the internal Church, 8762. Also 'a kingdom' means truth, 1672, 2547, 4691, while 'priests' means good, since the Lord's Priesthood, which was represented by priests, means Divine Good, and the Lord's Kingship, which was represented by kings, means Divine Truth, 1728, 2015 (end), 3670, 6148.

[2] In the representative Church among the descendants of Jacob there was first a kingdom ruled by judges, after that a kingdom ruled by priests, and finally a kingdom ruled by kings. The kingdom ruled by judges represented Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good, whereas the kingdom ruled by priests, who were also judges, represented Divine Good from which Divine Truth emanates, and the kingdom ruled by kings represented Divine Truth without Divine Good. But when the office of king also had some of the priestly functions attached to it, kings then also represented Divine Truth containing good in the measure that priestly functions were linked to the office of king.

[3] All this was brought about in the Jewish Church to the end that the states of heaven might thereby be represented. For in heaven there are two kingdoms, one being called the celestial kingdom, and the other being called the spiritual kingdom. The celestial kingdom is what is called the Lord's Priesthood, and the spiritual kingdom is what is called His Kingship. In the latter Divine Truth reigns, in the former Divine Good. And since the representation of the celestial kingdom began to perish when the people asked for a king, therefore - to ensure that something representing the Lord's kingdom in the heavens might nevertheless continue to exist - the Jews were separated from the Israelites. The Jewish kingdom then represented the Lord's celestial kingdom, and the Israelite kingdom His spiritual kingdom.

[4] If people know these things they are able to know why the changes in forms of government took place one after another among the descendants of Jacob. They are also able to know why, when the people asked for a king, they were told by Jehovah through Samuel that in doing so they rejected Jehovah so that He should not reign over them, 1 Samuel 8:7, and why they were told then about 'the right of the king', 1 Samuel 8:11 and following verses, which describes Divine Truth without Divine Good. If people know the things mentioned above they can also know why some priestly functions were conferred on David, and also why after Solomon's time the kingdom was divided into two, into the Jewish kingdom and the Israelite kingdom. Regarding the two kingdoms in heaven, see 3635, 3883-3896, 4112, 4113, 4138.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Leviticus 16

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1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died;

2 and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.

3 "Herewith shall Aaron come into the sanctuary: with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall be clothed with the linen turban. They are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water, and put them on.

5 He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

6 "Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.

7 He shall take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

8 Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for Yahweh, and the other lot for the scapegoat.

9 Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh, and offer him for a sin offering.

10 But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him, to send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness.

11 "Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.

12 He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:

13 and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the testimony, so that he will not die.

14 He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

15 "Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:

16 and he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, that dwells with them in the midst of their uncleanness.

17 No one shall be in the Tent of Meeting when he enters to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, and has made atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.

18 "He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the bull's blood, and some of the goat's blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar.

19 He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

20 "When he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.

21 Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.

22 The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.

23 "Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting, and shall take off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there.

24 Then he shall bathe himself in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

25 The fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar.

26 "He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

27 The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried forth outside the camp; and they shall burn their skins, their flesh, and their dung with fire.

28 He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

29 "It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no kind of work, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you:

30 for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before Yahweh.

31 It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.

32 The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.

33 Then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.

34 "This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel once in the year because of all their sins." It was done as Yahweh commanded Moses.