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1 És visszavitt engem a szenthely külsõ kapujának útjára, mely keletre néz vala; és az zárva volt.

2 És monda nékem az Úr: Ez a kapu be lesz zárva, meg nem nyílik és senki rajta be nem megy, mert az Úr, az Izráel Istene ment be rajta, azért be lesz zárva.

3 A fejedelem pedig, õ a fejedelem benne üljön, hogy kenyeret egyék az Úr elõtt; e kapu tornáczának útján menjen be és ennek útján menjen ki.

4 És bevitt engem az északi kapu útján a ház eleibe, és látám, és ímé, az Úr háza betelék az Úr dicsõségével, és orczámra esém.

5 És monda nékem az Úr: Embernek fia, figyelmetes légy, és lásd szemeiddel, és füleiddel halld meg, valamiket én szólok te veled az Úr házának minden rendtartásairól és minden törvényérõl, és légy figyelmetes a háznak bejáratára a szenthelynek minden kijáratánál.

6 És mondjad a pártosnak, Izráel házának: Így szól az Úr Isten: Elég legyen immár néktek minden útálatosságtok, Izráel háza!

7 Mikor idegeneket, körülmetéletlen szívûeket és körülmetéletlen testûeket engedtetek bemenni, hogy szenthelyemen legyenek, hogy megfertéztessék azt, az én házamat; mikor áldozatra fölvittétek kenyeremet, a kövérséget és vért: ekkor megtörtétek az én frigyemet minden útálatosságtokon felül;

8 És nem voltatok foglalatosak a szentségeimhez való szolgálatban, hanem [azokat] tettétek foglalatosakká szolgálatomban az én szenthelyemen, magatok helyett.

9 Így szól az Úr Isten: Senki idegen körülmetéletlen szívû és körülmetéletlen testû be ne menjen az én szenthelyemre, mindazon idegenek közül, a kik Izráel fiai között vannak.

10 Sõt még a Léviták is, kik eltávoztak én tõlem, mikor Izráel eltévelyedék (a kik eltévelyedtek én tõlem bálványaik után), viseljék vétköket;

11 És legyenek szenthelyemben szolgák a ház kapuinak õrizetére, és legyenek szolgák a házban: õk öljék le az égõáldozatot és egyéb áldozatot a népnek, és õk álljanak elõttök, hogy szolgáljanak nékik;

12 Mivelhogy szolgáltak nékik bálványaik elõtt, és lõnek Izráel házának vétekre csábítói: ezért emeltem föl kezemet ellenök, ezt mondja az Úr Isten, hogy viseljék vétköket.

13 Ne közeledjenek hozzám, hogy nékem, mint papok szolgáljanak, és hogy minden szentségemhez járuljanak, a szentségek szentségeihez; hanem viseljék gyalázatukat és útálatosságaikat, melyeket cselekedtek.

14 És teszem õket foglalatosakká a házhoz való szolgálatban, annak minden szolgálatánál, és mindannál, a mit abban cselekedni kell.

15 De azok a lévita-papok, a Sádók fiai, a kik a szenthelyemhez való szolgálatomban foglalatosak voltak, mikor Izráel fiai eltévelyedtek tõlem, õk járuljanak én hozzám, hogy szolgáljanak nékem és álljanak én elõttem, hogy áldozzanak nékem kövérséggel és vérrel, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.

16 Õk járjanak be az én szenthelyembe, és járuljanak az én asztalomhoz, hogy szolgáljanak nékem, és legyenek foglalatosak az én szolgálatomban.

17 És mikor a belsõ pitvar kapuihoz be akarnak menni, len-ruhába öltözzenek, és gyapjú ne legyen rajtok, ha a belsõ pitvar kapuiban és a házban szolgálnak.

18 Len-süveg legyen fejökön, és Len alsó-nadrág derekukon; ne övezkedjenek izzadásig.

19 Mikor pedig kimennek a külsõ pitvarba, a külsõ udvarba a néphez, vessék le ruháikat, a melyekben szolgáltak, és tegyék le azokat a szent kamarákban, és öltözzenek más ruhákba, hogy meg ne szenteljék a népet ruháikkal.

20 És fejöket kopaszra ne nyírják, de nagy hajat se neveljenek, hanem hajokat megegyengessék.

21 És senki a papok közül bort ne igyék, mikor a belsõ udvarba bemennek.

22 És özvegyet vagy eltaszítottat feleségül magoknak ne vegyenek, hanem szûzeket Izráel házának magvából; de olyan özvegyet, ki papnak özvegye, elvehetnek.

23 És az én népemet tanítsák, hogy mi a különbség szent és köz között, és a tisztátalan és tiszta között való különbséget ismertessék meg velök.

24 És peres ügyben õk álljanak elõ ítélni, az én törvényeim szerint ítéljék meg azt; és tanításaimat s rendeléseimet megtartsák minden ünnepemen, és az én szombataimat megszenteljék.

25 És holt emberhez be ne menjen, hogy magát megfertéztesse, csak atyjáért és anyjáért és fiáért és leányáért és fiútestvéréért és leánytestvéréért, kinek még férje nem volt, fertéztetheti meg magát.

26 És megtisztulása után számláljanak néki hét napot.

27 És a mely napon bemegy a szenthelyre, a belsõ pitvarba, hogy szolgáljon a szenthelyen, mutassa be bûnért való áldozatát, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.

28 És lészen nékik örökségök: én vagyok az õ örökségök, és birtokot ne adjatok nékik Izráelben: én vagyok az õ birtokuk.

29 Az ételáldozat és a bûnért és vétekért való áldozat, ez legyen élésök, és valami Izráelben Istennek szenteltetik, minden az övék legyen.

30 És minden elsõ termés zsengéje mindenbõl, és minden, mit áldozatra visztek mindenbõl, [tudniillik ]minden áldozatotokból, legyen a papoké, és lisztjeitek zsengéjét adjátok a papnak, hogy áldás nyugodjék házadon.

31 Semmi döglöttet és vadtól szaggatottat, akár madár, akár egyéb állat legyen, ne egyenek a papok.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9959

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9959. 'And make for them linen undergarments' means an external level of conjugial love. This is clear from the meaning of 'undergarments' as an external level of conjugial love, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'linen' as external truth or natural truth, also dealt with below. The reason why an external level of conjugial love is meant by 'undergarments' is that garments or coverings derive their meaning from the part of the body they cover, 9827, and the loins and genital organs, which the undergarments clothe or cover, mean conjugial love. For 'the loins' and their meaning this love, see 3021, 4280, 4575; and for 'the genital organs' and their meaning it, 4462, 5050-5062. What truly conjugial love is will be stated below in 9960.

[2] The undergarments were made from linen because 'linen' or 'flax' means external truth or natural truth, 7601, and what constitutes the actual external is truth. The reason why truth constitutes the external is that internal things terminate in external ones and rest on them as their underlying supports, and the underlying supports of good are truths. These are like the foundations on which a house is built or on which a house rests, which is why the truths of faith springing from good are meant by the foundations of a house, 9643. Truths furthermore are what protect forms of good from and withstand evils and falsities, all the power that good possesses being exerted by means of truths, 9643. So it is also that the last and lowest part of heaven is inhabited by those who are guided by truths of faith springing from good. So it is also therefore that what is last or most external with a person, namely his external skin, corresponds to those in heaven who are guided by the truths of faith, 5552-5559, 8980, yet not to those who uphold faith separated from good, since they are not in heaven. From all this it may now be recognized why the undergarments were made from linen or flax. Aaron's undergarment however, when he was clothed with the garments which were 'for glorious adornment', and which have been the subject in the present chapter, was made of fine linen together with interwoven fine linen, as is evident from a later chapter where it says,

They made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver, and a turban of fine linen, and attractive headdresses 1 from fine linen, and linen undergarments with fine twined linen. Exodus 39:27-28.

But when he was clothed with the 'holy garments' Aaron's undergarment was made of linen alone, as is clear from the following in Moses,

When Aaron comes into the sanctuary within the veil he shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarment shall be over his flesh, and he shall gird himself with the linen belt, and place the linen turban on himself. These are holy garments. He shall also wash his flesh with water when he puts them on. He shall then first offer burnt offerings and sacrifices, by means of which he will expiate the holy place from uncleannesses. Leviticus 16:1-end.

[3] The reason why Aaron was to go at that time clothed in the linen garments, which were also called 'the holy garments', was that at that time he was performing the duty of expiating the tent, and also the people and himself from uncleannesses. And every expiation, which was accomplished by means of washings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices, represented purification of the heart from evils and falsities, and so represented regeneration; and purification from evils and falsities, or regeneration, is accomplished by means of the truths of faith. This was why Aaron wore the linen garments then, for the truths of faith are meant by 'linen garments', as stated above.

All purification from evils and falsities is accomplished by means of the truths of faith, see 2799, 5954 (end), 7044, 7918, 9089. So therefore is regeneration, 1555, 2046, 2063, 2979, 3332, 3665, 3690, 3786, 3876, 3877, 4096, 4097, 5893, 6247, 8635, 8638-8640, 8772, 9088, 9089, 9103.

[4] It was for the same reason also that the priest was to put on the linen robe and the linen undergarment when he carried the ash away from the altar, Leviticus 6:9-11, and also that 'the priests, the Levites, from the sons of Zadok' were to put it on, when they entered the sanctuary, regarding whom the following is stated in Ezekiel,

The priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall draw near My table to minister to Me. When they enter the gates of the inner court they shall put on the linen garments, and no wool shall come upon them. When they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within, the linen turbans shall be on their heads, and the linen undergarments shall be over their loins. They shall not gird themselves with sweat. 2 Ezekiel 44:15-18.

The subject in this passage is the new temple, by which a new Church is meant. By 'the priests, the Levites' those guided by truths springing from good are meant, and by 'the linen garments' the truths of faith by means of which purification and regeneration are accomplished. 'Not girding themselves with sweat' means that the holy things of worship should not be mingled with the human self; for 'sweat' means the human self or proprium, and the human proprium is nothing but evil and falsity, 210, 215, 694, 874-876, 987, 1047, 3812 (end), 8480, 8941.

[5] The reason why the undergarment Aaron wore when he was clothed with the garments 'for glorious adornment' was made of linen together with fine twined linen, as is evident from Exodus 39:27-28, quoted above, was that Aaron in those garments represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good in the heavens, Aaron himself representing the Lord in respect of the Divine Celestial there, his garments the Lord in respect of the Divine Spiritual there emanating from the Divine Celestial, 9814, and fine linen the Divine Spiritual emanating from the Divine Celestial, 5319, 9469.

脚注:

1. literally, adornments of headdresses

2. i.e. They must not wear garments that will make them sweat

  
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Arcana Coelestia#8772

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8772. 'These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel' means influx in order that truths may be received within good. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking', when done by the Divine, as influx, as in 2951, 5481, 5743, 5797, 6152, 6291, 8128, 8660. The reason why in order that truths may be received within good is meant is that what is said has regard to the children of Israel, by whom the spiritual Church is meant, and the spiritual Church exists among those governed by good that has truths within it. What is implied by good that has truths within it must be stated briefly. Anyone who knows the way in which good is formed from truths is acquainted with the greatest arcana of heaven; for he knows the arcana concerning the way in which a person is formed anew, that is, the way in which heaven or the Lord's kingdom is formed with him. All Christian good or spiritual good holds the truths of faith within it; for that good is given specific quality by the truths of faith. Good that does not receive its specific quality from the truths of faith is not Christian good; instead it is natural good which does not impart eternal life. The reason for this is that in itself natural good holds merely natural life, life that is not unlike that of animals, who are also governed by good when they are harmless ones. But animals cannot receive spiritual life.

[2] From this it is evident that spiritual life is acquired only through the truths of faith. This life - spiritual life - is acquired first by knowing the truths of faith, after that by acknowledging them, and at length by believing them. When they are merely known they are so to speak at the front door; when they are acknowledged they are in the hall; but when they are believed they are in the room. Thus they pass in stages from the outer to the inner parts of the mind. In a person interiorly there exists good which flows in constantly from the Lord; and there it joins itself to truths, turning them into faith, and then into charity. That good draws truths to itself; for it desires them so that through them it may obtain for itself a specific quality, and in this condition manifest itself.

[3] When therefore those truths have been joined to the good, the person has been regenerated; for the standpoint from which he sees what he ought to believe and what he ought to do is no longer truths but good. This is because he has absorbed truths, and these now reside within him; and he has no interest in truths from any source except those which he can see from his good. He is all the time seeing more truths, which are produced from that good like offspring from their parents. These offspring arise from such a marriage of goodness and truth, which is called the heavenly marriage. Truths which are products of the marriage hold good within themselves, because good gives birth to them. They enter into good in a continuous series, enlarging it and perfecting it; and they go on doing so for evermore. All this too goes to show the nature of the two states that a person who is being regenerated passes through, the states spoken of previously in 7992, 8643, 8648, 8658, 8685, 8690, 8701, and also in 8516, 8539, 8722.

  
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