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1 E l’Eterno parlò a Mosè dicendo:

2 "Quand’uno peccherà e commetterà una infedeltà verso l’Eterno, negando al suo prossimo un deposito da lui ricevuto, o un pegno messo nelle sue mani, o una cosa che ha rubata o estorta con frode al prossimo,

3 o una cosa perduta che ha trovata, e mentendo a questo proposito e giurando il falso circa una delle cose nelle quali l’uomo può peccare,

4 quando avrà così peccato e si sarà reso colpevole, restituirà la cosa rubata o estorta con frode, o il deposito che gli era stato confidato, o l’oggetto perduto che ha trovato,

5 o qualunque cosa circa la quale abbia giurato il falso. Ne farà la restituzione per intero e v’aggiungerà un quinto in più, consegnandola al proprietario il giorno stesso che offrirà il suo sacrifizio di riparazione.

6 E porterà al sacerdote il suo sacrifizio di riparazione all’Eterno: un montone senza difetto, preso dal gregge, secondo la tua stima, come sacrifizio di riparazione.

7 E il sacerdote farà l’espiazione per lui davanti all’Eterno, e gli sarà perdonato qualunque sia la cosa di cui si è reso colpevole".

8 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

9 "Da’ quest’ordine ad Aaronne e ai suoi figliuoli, e di’ loro: Questa è la legge dell’olocausto. L’olocausto rimarrà sulle legna accese sopra l’altare tutta la notte, fino al mattino; e il fuoco dell’altare sarà tenuto acceso.

10 Il sacerdote si vestirà della sua tunica di lino e si metterà sulla carne le brache; leverà la cenere fatta dal fuoco che avrà consumato l’olocausto sull’altare e la porrà allato all’altare.

11 Poi si spoglierà delle vesti e ne indosserà delle altre, e porterà la cenere fuori del campo, in un luogo puro.

12 Il fuoco sarà mantenuto acceso sull’altare e non si lascerà spegnere; e il sacerdote vi brucerà su delle legna ogni mattina, vi disporrà sopra l’olocausto, e vi farà fumar sopra il grasso dei sacrifizi di azioni di grazie.

13 Il fuoco dev’esser del continuo mantenuto acceso sull’altare, e non si lascerà spengere.

14 Questa è la legge dell’oblazione. I figliuoli d’Aaronne l’offriranno davanti all’Eterno, dinanzi all’altare.

15 Si leverà una manata di fior di farina con il suo olio e tutto l’incenso che è sull’oblazione, e si farà fumare ogni cosa sull’altare in sacrifizio di soave odore, come una ricordanza per l’Eterno.

16 Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli mangeranno quel che rimarrà dell’oblazione; la si mangerà senza lievito, in luogo santo; la mangeranno nel cortile della tenda di convegno.

17 Non la si cocerà con lievito; è la parte che ho data loro de’ miei sacrifizi fatti mediante il fuoco. E’ cosa santissima, come il sacrifizio per il peccato e come il sacrifizio di riparazione.

18 Ogni maschio tra i figliuoli d’Aaronne ne potrà mangiare. E’ una parte perpetua, assegnatavi di generazione in generazione, sui sacrifizi fatti mediante il fuoco all’Eterno. Chiunque toccherà quelle cose dovrà esser santo".

19 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

20 "Questa è l’offerta che Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli faranno all’Eterno il giorno che riceveranno l’unzione: un decimo d’efa di fior di farina, come oblazione perpetua, metà la mattina e metà la sera.

21 Essa sarà preparata con olio, sulla gratella; la porterai quando sarà fritta; l’offrirai in pezzi, come offerta divisa di soave odore all’Eterno;

22 e il sacerdote che, tra i figliuoli d’Aaronne, sarà unto per succedergli, farà anch’egli quest’offerta; è la parte assegnata in perpetuo all’Eterno; sarà fatta fumare per intero.

23 Ogni oblazione del sacerdote sarà fatta fumare per intero; non sarà mangiata".

24 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

25 "Parla ad Aaronne e ai suoi figliuoli, e di’ loro: Questa è la legge del sacrifizio per il peccato. Nel luogo dove si sgozza l’olocausto, sarà sgozzata, davanti all’Eterno, la vittima per il peccato. E’ cosa santissima.

26 Il sacerdote che l’offrirà per il peccato, la mangerà; dovrà esser mangiata in luogo santo, nel cortile della tenda di convegno.

27 Chiunque ne toccherà la carne dovrà esser santo; e se ne schizza del sangue sopra una veste, il posto ove sarà schizzato il sangue lo laverai in luogo santo.

28 Ma il vaso di terra che avrà servito a cuocerla, sarà spezzato; e se è stata cotta in un vaso di rame, questo si strofini bene e si sciacqui con acqua.

29 Ogni maschio, fra i sacerdoti, ne potrà mangiare; è cosa santissima.

30 Ma non si mangerà alcuna vittima per il peccato, quando si deve portare del sangue d’essa nella tenda di convegno per fare l’espiazione nel santuario. Essa sarà bruciata col fuoco.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9714

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9714. 'And you shall make the altar' means that which was representative of the Lord and of the worship of Him. This is clear from the meaning of 'the altar' - the one to be used for burnt offerings and sacrifices - as that which was representative of the Lord; and since the burnt offerings and sacrifices were the signs of all that constituted worship of the Lord, the altar was also representative of the worship of Him. Not that the Lord is worshipped with burnt offerings and sacrifices but with what they represented, namely the celestial things of love and the spiritual things of faith, 922, 923, 1823, 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3519, 6905, 8680, 8936.

[2] There were two objects which served to represent the Lord's Divine Human - the temple and the altar. That the temple did so He Himself teaches in John,

Jesus said, Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again. He was speaking of the temple of His body. John 2:19-21.

That the altar did so is likewise made clear by the Lord's own words, where He speaks in Matthew about the temple and at the same time the altar,

Fools and blind! For you say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is guilty. Which of the two is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold holy? In the same way, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty. Fools and blind! Which of the two is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy? He who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything that is on it. And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by Him who dwells in it. And he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by Him who sits on it. Matthew 23:16-22.

From this it is evident that just as the temple was representative of the Lord's Divine Human, so too was the altar; for something similar is stated regarding the altar as is stated regarding the temple, namely that the altar is what makes the gift on it holy. This shows that the altar was a channel through which other things were rendered holy, and for this reason was also representative of the Lord's Divine Human, the Source of all holiness. But the altar was representative of the Lord in respect of His Divine Good, whereas the temple was representative of Him in respect of His Divine Truth, thus in respect of heaven since Divine Truth emanating from the Lord makes heaven. This explains why the Lord says in regard to the temple that he who swears by the temple swears by it and by Him who dwells in it, and goes on to say that he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by Him who sits on it. 'God's throne' is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, and so is heaven, while 'He who sits on it' is the Lord, 5313. Much the same as was represented by the temple was represented also by the dwelling-place; the Lord in respect of Divine Truth there is the Testimony which was within the ark, 9503.

[3] Since the altar represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good it was the real holy of holies, making everything that touched it holy, as is made clear later on in this Book of Exodus, where it says,

Seven days you shall make expiation on the altar and sanctify it, that the altar may be most holy, 1 and all that touches it may be made holy. Exodus 29:37.

This was the reason why fire burned unceasingly on the altar and was never put out, Leviticus 6:12-13; and from this fire and no other source the incense-fire was taken, Leviticus 10:1-6. For the fire on the altar was a sign of the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Love, 5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849.

[4] As regards the altar and its being representative of the Lord, this is evident from the following words in David,

Let Your light and truth lead me to Your holy mountain and to Your dwellings, that I may go in to the altar of God, to God ... Psalms 43:3-4.

And in the same author,

I wash my hands in innocence, and I go around Your altar, O Jehovah. Psalms 26:6-7.

[5] But as regards the altar and its being representative of worship of the Lord, this may be seen in Isaiah,

All the cattle of Arabia will be gathered to You, the rams of Nebaioth will minister to You; they will come up with acceptance on My altar. Isaiah 60:7.

In Jeremiah,

The Lord has abandoned His altar, He has abominated His sanctuary. Lamentations 2:7.

'Abandoning the altar' stands for doing away with what was representative of worshipping the Lord from the good of love, 'abominating the sanctuary' stands for doing away with what was representative of worshipping the Lord from the truths of faith.

[6] In Ezekiel,

Your altars will be destroyed, I will scatter your bones around your altars. Your altars will be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols will be broken and cease to be. Ezekiel 6:4-6.

'Altars being destroyed, laid waste, and made desolate' stands for the ruination of that which belongs to representative worship. In Isaiah,

The iniquity of Jacob will be expiated, when He makes all the stones of the altar like chalk-stones scattered about. Isaiah 27:9.

'The stones of the altar scattered about' stands for all the truths of worship.

[7] In the same prophet,

On that day a person will regard his Maker, and his eyes [will regard] the Holy One of Israel. But he will not regard the altars, the work of his hands, and what his fingers have made. Isaiah 17:7-8.

'Altars, the work of hands, and what fingers have made' stands for worship that is the product of self-intelligence.

[8] In Hosea,

Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning. Hosea 8:11.

'Multiplying altars for sinning' stands for devising meaningless forms of worship. In the same prophet,

Thistle and thorn will grow up on their altars. Hosea 10:8.

This describes how evils and falsities will come in and compose worship.

[9] In Isaiah,

On that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of Egypt. Isaiah 19:19.

'An altar to Jehovah' stands for worship of the Lord.

[10] Because the altar that is the subject here was portable it was made from shittim wood and overlaid with bronze. But an altar that was to remain permanently in the same place was built either from soil or from unhewn stones. An altar of soil was the chief representative sign of worship of the Lord that springs from the good of love, whereas an altar of unhewn stones was the representative sign of worship springing from forms of the good and of the truth of faith, 8935, 8940. The portable altar however that is the subject here was representative of worship of the Lord that springs from the good of love; and this was why it was made from shittim wood and overlaid with bronze.

脚注:

1. literally, holy of holies

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