9985. Exodus 29

1. And this is the word ¹ which you shall do to them to sanctify them to serve Me in the priestly office: Take one young bull, a son of the herd, and two rams without defect ² ,

2. And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil; of fine wheat flour you shall make them.

3. And you shall put them in one basket and bring ³ them in the basket, and the young bull and the two rams.

4. And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tent of meeting, and wash them with water.

5. And you shall take the garments, and clothe Aaron with the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate; and you shall gird him with the girdle of the ephod.

6. And you shall put the turban on his head, and put the crown of holiness on the turban.

7. And you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

8. And you shall bring ³ his sons, and clothe them with tunics.

9. And you shall gird them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headdresses on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by the statute of an age ⁴ ; and you shall fill the hand ⁵ of Aaron and the hand of his sons.

10. And you shall bring ³ the young bull, before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the young bull.

11. And you shall slaughter the young bull before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting.

12. And you shall take some of the blood of the young bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

13. And you shall take all the fat covering the intestines, and the omentum over the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them; and you shall burn [them on] the altar.

14. And the flesh of the young bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin [offering].

15. And you shall take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the ram's head.

16. And you shall slaughter the ram, and take its blood and sprinkle it over the altar round about.

17. And you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its intestines and its legs, and put them on top of its pieces and of its head.

18. And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar ⁶ . It is a burnt offering to Jehovah; it is an odour of rest, a fire offering to Jehovah.

19. And you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the ram's head.

20. And you shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot; and you shall sprinkle the blood over the altar round about.

21. And you shall take some of the blood which is on the altar, and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it over Aaron and over his garments, and over his sons and over the garments of his sons with him; and he and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and the garments of his sons with him.

22. And you shall take the fat of the ram, and the tail, and the fat covering the intestines, and the omentum on the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the right flank - for it is the ram of fillings [of the hand] -

23. And one loaf of bread, and one cake of bread with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is before Jehovah.

24. And you shall put all these on Aaron's palms and on the palms of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before Jehovah.

25. And you shall take them from their hands and burn [them on] the altar with ⁷ the burnt offering, for an odour of rest before Jehovah; it is a fire offering to Jehovah.

26. And you shall take the breast of the ram of fillings [of the hand], which is Aaron's, and wave it as a wave offering before Jehovah; and it shall be the portion for you.

27. And you shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the flank of the heave offering - that which has been waved and that which has been heaved up - from the ram of fillings [of the hand], from that which is for Aaron and from that which is for his sons.

28. And it shall be for Aaron and his sons by the statute of an age ⁴ from among the children of Israel; for it is a heave offering, and it shall be a heave offering from among the children of Israel from their peace-offering sacrifices, their heave offering to Jehovah.

29. And the holy garments which are Aaron's shall be for his sons after him, to anoint [them] in them, and to fill their hand in them.

30. For seven days shall the priest coming after him, one of his sons ⁸ , put them on - he who will enter the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.

31. And you shall take the ram of fillings [of the hand] and boil its flesh in a holy place.

32. And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread which is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting.

33. And they shall eat those things containing what has been expiated, to fill their hand, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat them, because they are something holy.

34. And if anything of the flesh of fillings [of the hand], and of the bread, is left until the morning, you shall burn what is left with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35. And thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; seven days you shall fill their hand.

36. And a young bull of sin [offering] you shall offer daily at ⁹ propitiations. And you shall cleanse from sin on the altar when you make propitiation on it; and you shall anoint it to sanctify it.

37. Seven days you shall make propitiation on the altar, and sanctify it. And the altar shall be the holy of holies ¹⁰ ; everyone touching the altar will be sanctified.

38. And this is what you shall offer on the altar: Two lambs, the sons of a year, ¹¹ each day - a continual [offering].

39. You shall offer one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb between the evenings,

40. And a tenth [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with beaten oil, a quarter of a hin, and a drink offering of a quarter of a hin of wine, for the first lamb.

41. And you shall offer the second lamb between the evenings; according to the morning minchah and according to its drink offering you shall do for it, for an odour of rest, a fire offering to Jehovah,

42. A continual burnt offering throughout ¹² your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you to speak to you there.

43. And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and it will be sanctified in My glory.

44. And I will sanctify the tent of meeting and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I will sanctify, to serve Me in the priestly office.

45. And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and I will be their God.

46. And they will recognize that I am Jehovah their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell in their midst; I am Jehovah their God.

CONTENTS

The subject in the internal sense of this chapter is the glorification of the Lord's Human, which is meant by the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priestly office.

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9199. 'Or orphan' means those who possess truth but not as yet good, and still have a desire for good. This is clear from the meaning of 'orphan' as those who possess truth and have a desire for good. Such people are meant by 'orphans' because sons bereft of father and mother, that is, those deprived of interior goodness and truth, are orphans. For 'father' in the Word means interior good, and 'mother' truth joined to that good, 5581; but 'sons' means truths derived from them. For the meaning of 'sons' as truths, see 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2813, 3373, 6583. The fact that sons and not daughters are meant here by 'orphans' is evident from verse 24 below, where it says, And your sons will be orphans. The reason why sons who are orphans are those who desire good is that the Lord then stands in place of their father, according to the following words in David,

A father of the orphans, and a judge of the widows, is God in the habitation of His holiness. Psalms 68:5.

[2] 'Orphans' are those who have received instruction in the Church's truths of faith which come from the Word, and who are then led by means of those truths to good. This is also evident from the Lord's words in John,

I will ask the Father to give you another Paraclete, to remain with you forever, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him, because He remains with you and is among you. I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you. These things I have spoken to you, while I remain with you; but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, He will teach you all things. John 14:16-18, 24-26.

[3] Every detail of these verses makes it clear that those are 'orphans' who possess truths and have a desire for good. 'The Paraclete' is used to mean Divine Truth, which the Lord was when He was in the world and which has emanated from Him ever since He glorified His Human and went away from the world. Therefore He says that He will send the Paraclete and that He Himself will come. 'Sending the Paraclete' means enlightening and instructing them in the truths of faith, and 'coming to them' means leading them on to good. This is why He says, I will not leave you orphans. As has been stated, 'the Paraclete' is used to mean Divine Truth, which the Lord was when He was in the world and which has emanated from Him ever since He glorified His Human and went away from the world. This was something the Lord taught plainly several times; yet those who identify persons in the Godhead and not essences united into one do not grasp it. For the explanation of the Word and the understanding of it by a person depend on the ideas he already has. The same applies to places where the Lord says that He is in the Father, and the Father is in Him; that the Father and He are One; also that all that is His is the Father's, and all that is the Father's is His, John 10:30; 14:1-11, 20; 16:15; 17:11.

[4] But let these truths stated above receive further explanation.

The Paraclete is used to mean Divine Truth

This is evident from the Lord's actual words; for the Paraclete is called 'the Spirit of truth' by Him, and also He says, 'the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, will teach you all things'.

The Lord was Divine Truth when He was in the world

This too is evident from the Lord's words there; for He says that He will send 'another Paraclete' (that is, another in place of Himself), who will be the Spirit of truth, and - referring to Himself - that they know Him 'because He remains with you and is among you'. He also says, I tell you the truth. If I do not go away the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go away I will send Him to you, John 16:7. Another place, John 7:39, states, 'This He said concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified'. And other places again state that He is the way and the truth, John 14:6; also that He is the Word, that God is the Word, and that the Word became flesh, John 1:1-3, 14, 'the Word' being Divine Truth. For more about the Lord's being Divine Truth when He was in the world, see 3195, 4687, 4727, 6716, 6864, 7499, 8127, 8724.

[5] Divine Truth has emanated from the Lord ever since He glorified His Human and went away from the world This too is evident from the Lord's words, 'When I go away I will send the Spirit of truth to you' ('sending' means going out and emanating from, 2397, 4710), and also 'When He comes He will guide you into all truth; ¹ for He will not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears He will speak. He will glorify Me, for He will receive from what is Mine and declare it to you', John 16:7, 13-15.

When the Lord went away from the world His Human became Divine Good as well as Divine Truth, see 3704, 3712, 3737, 3969, 4577, 5704, 6864, 7014, 7499, 8241, 8724, 8760, 9167. And since then Divine Truth has emanated from Divine Good, which He Himself is, as the light of all creation emanates from the sun, 3636, 3643, 3969, 5704, 7083, 8127. The references listed above in 9194 may be added to these.

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