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Ezekiel第44章

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1 καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GPM ἅγιος-A1A-GPM ὁ- A--GSF ἐξώτερος-A1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF βλέπω-V1--PAPGSF κατά-P ἀνατολή-N1--APF καί-C οὗτος- D--NSF εἰμί-V9--IAI3S κλείω-VT--XPPNSF

2 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSF πύλη-N1--NSF οὗτος- D--NSF κλείω-VT--XPPNSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S οὐ-D ἀναοἴγω-VQ--FPI3S καί-C οὐδείς-A3--NSM μή-D διαἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S διά-P αὐτός- D--GSF ὅτι-C κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S διά-P αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S κλείω-VT--XPPNSF

3 διότι-C ὁ- A--NSM ἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM οὗτος- D--NSM καταἵημι-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF ὁ- A--GSN ἐσθίω-VB--AAN ἄρτος-N2--ASM ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF αιλαμ-N---GSN ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S καί-C κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S

4 καί-C εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM κατέναντι-D ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C ἰδού-I πλήρης-A3H-NSM δόξα-N1S-GSF ὁ- A--NSM οἶκος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C πίπτω-V1--PAI1S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS

5 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM τάσσω-VA--AAD2S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--DPN οὖς-N3T-DPN σύ- P--GS ἀκούω-V1--PAD2S πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἐγώ- P--NS λαλέω-V2--PAI1S μετά-P σύ- P--GS κατά-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN πρόσταγμα-N3M-APN οἶκος-N2--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C κατά-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN νόμιμος-A1--APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C τάσσω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF εἴσοδος-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM κατά-P πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἔξοδος-N2--APF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM ἅγιος-A1A-DPM

6 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPASM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἱκανόω-V4--PMD3S σύ- P--DP ἀπό-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF ἀνομία-N1A-GPF σύ- P--GP οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

7 ὁ- A--GSN εἰςἄγω-VB--AAN σύ- P--AP υἱός-N2--APM ἀλλογενής-A3H-APM ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-APM καρδία-N1A-DSF καί-C ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-APM σάρξ-N3K-DSF ὁ- A--GSN γίγνομαι-V1--PMN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM ἅγιος-A1A-DPM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C βεβηλόω-V4I-IAI3P αὐτός- D--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN προςφέρω-V1--PAN σύ- P--AP ἄρτος-N2--APM στέαρ-N3--ASN καί-C αἷμα-N3M-ASN καί-C παραβαίνω-V1I-IAI2P ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF ἀνομία-N1A-DPF σύ- P--GP

8 καί-C διατάσσω-VAI-AAD2P ὁ- A--GSN φυλάσσω-V1--PAN φυλακή-N1--APF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἅγιος-A1A-DPN ἐγώ- P--GS

9 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM πᾶς-A3--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM ἀλλογενής-A3H-NSM ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-NSM καρδία-N1A-DSF καί-C ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-NSM σάρξ-N3K-DSF οὐ-D εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM ἀλλογενής-A3H-GPM ὁ- A--GPM εἰμί-V9--PAPGPM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM οἶκος-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

10 ἀλλά-C ἤ-C ὁ- A--NPM *λευίτης-N1M-NPM ὅστις- X--NPM ἀποἅλλομαι-VAI-AMI3P ἀπό-P ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πλανάω-V3--PMN ὁ- A--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM ἀπό-P ἐγώ- P--GS κατόπισθεν-D ὁ- A--GPN ἐνθύμημα-N3M-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P ἀδικία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GPM

11 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἅγιος-A1A-DPN ἐγώ- P--GS λειτουργέω-V2--PAPNPM θυρωρός-N2--NPM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF πύλη-N1--GPF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM καί-C λειτουργέω-V2--PAPNPM ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM οὗτος- D--NPM σφάζω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN καί-C ὁ- A--APF θυσία-N1A-APF ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM καί-C οὗτος- D--NPM ἵστημι-VF--FMI3P ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSN λειτουργέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--DPM

12 ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM λειτουργέω-V2I-IAI3P αὐτός- D--DPM πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GPN εἴδωλον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM εἰς-P κόλασις-N3I-ASF ἀδικία-N1A-GSF ἕνεκα-P οὗτος- D--GSM αἴρω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM

13 καί-C οὐ-D ἐγγίζω-VF2-FAI3P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--GSN ἱερατεύω-V1--PAN ἐγώ- P--DS οὐδέ-C ὁ- A--GSN προςἄγω-V1--PAN πρός-P ὁ- A--APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN υἱός-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οὐδέ-C πρός-P ὁ- A--APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN ὁ- A--GPN ἅγιος-A1A-GPN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P ἀτιμία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πλάνησις-N3I-DSF ὅς- --DSF πλανάω-VCI-API3P

14 καί-C κατατάσσω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM φυλάσσω-V1--PAN φυλακή-N1--APF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM εἰς-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἔργον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἰς-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἄν-X ποιέω-VA--AAS3P

15 ὁ- A--NPM ἱερεύς-N3V-NPM ὁ- A--NPM *λευίτης-N1M-NPM ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GSM *σαδδουκ-N---GSM ὅστις- X--NPM φυλάσσω-VAI-AMI3P ὁ- A--APF φυλακή-N1--APF ὁ- A--GPM ἅγιος-A1A-GPM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πλανάω-V3--PMN οἶκος-N2--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀπό-P ἐγώ- P--GS οὗτος- D--NPM προςἄγω-VF--FAI3P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--GSN λειτουργέω-V2--PAN ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C ἵστημι-VF--FMI3P πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSN προςφέρω-V1--PAN ἐγώ- P--DS θυσία-N1A-ASF στέαρ-N3--ASN καί-C αἷμα-N3M-ASN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM

16 οὗτος- D--NPM εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C οὗτος- D--NPM προςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P πρός-P ὁ- A--ASF τράπεζα-N1S-ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSN λειτουργέω-V2--PAN ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C φυλάσσω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APF φυλακή-N1--APF ἐγώ- P--GS

17 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--APF πύλη-N1--APF ὁ- A--GSF αὐλή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF ἐσώτερος-A1A-GSF στολή-N1--APF λινοῦς-A1C-APF ἐνδύω-VF--FMI3P καί-C οὐ-D ἐνδύω-VF--FMI3P ἐρέα-N3--ASF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN λειτουργέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--APM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF ἐσώτερος-A1A-GSF αὐλή-N1--GSF

18 καί-C κίδαρις-N3I-APF λινοῦς-A1C-APF ἔχω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DPF κεφαλή-N1--DPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C περισκελής-A3H-APN λινοῦς-A1C-APN ἔχω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APF ὀσφύς-N3U-APF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C οὐ-D περιζωννύω-VF--FMI3P βία-N1A-DSF

19 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF αὐλή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐξώτερος-A1A-ASF πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐκδύω-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--APF στολή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὅς- --DPF αὐτός- D--NPM λειτουργέω-V2--PAI3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPF καί-C τίθημι-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἐξέδρα-N1--DPF ὁ- A--GPN ἅγιος-A1A-GPN καί-C ἐνδύω-VF--FMI3P στολή-N1--APF ἕτερος-A1A-APF καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ἁγιάζω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF στολή-N1--DPF αὐτός- D--GPM

20 καί-C ὁ- A--APF κεφαλή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM οὐ-D ξυράω-VF--FMI3P καί-C ὁ- A--APF κόμη-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM οὐ-D ψιλόω-VF--FAI3P καλύπτω-V1--PAPNPM καλύπτω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APF κεφαλή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM

21 καί-C οἶνος-N2--ASM οὐ-D μή-D πίνω-VB--AAS3P πᾶς-A3--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF αὐλή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐσώτερος-A1A-ASF

22 καί-C χήρα-N1A-ASF καί-C ἐκβεβηλόω-VM--XPPASF οὐ-D λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM εἰς-P γυνή-N3K-ASF ἀλλά-C ἤ-C παρθένος-N2--ASF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN σπέρμα-N3M-GSN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C χήρα-N1A-NSF ἐάν-C γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S ἐκ-P ἱερεύς-N3V-GSM λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P

23 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS διδάσκω-VF--FAI3P ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἅγιος-A1A-GSN καί-C βέβηλος-A1B-GSN καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-GSN καί-C καθαρός-A1A-GSN γνωρίζω-VF2-FAI3P αὐτός- D--DPM

24 καί-C ἐπί-P κρίσις-N3I-ASF αἷμα-N3M-GSN οὗτος- D--NPM ἐπιἵστημι-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--GSN διακρίνω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--APN δικαίωμα-N3M-APN ἐγώ- P--GS δικαιόω-VF--FAI3P καί-C ὁ- A--APN κρίμα-N3M-APN ἐγώ- P--GS κρίνω-VF2-FAI3P καί-C ὁ- A--APN νόμιμος-A1--APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρόσταγμα-N3M-APN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF ἑορτή-N1--DPF ἐγώ- P--GS φυλάσσω-VF--FMI3P καί-C ὁ- A--APN σάββατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS ἁγιάζω-VF--FAI3P

25 καί-C ἐπί-P ψυχή-N1--ASF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM οὐ-D εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--GSN μιαίνω-VC--APN ἀλλά-C ἤ-C ἐπί-P πατήρ-N3--DSM καί-C ἐπί-P μήτηρ-N3--DSF καί-C ἐπί-P υἱός-N2--DSM καί-C ἐπί-P θυγάτηρ-N3--DSF καί-C ἐπί-P ἀδελφός-N2--DSM καί-C ἐπί-P ἀδελφή-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --NSF οὐ-D γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S ἀνήρ-N3--DSM μιαίνω-VC--FPI3S

26 καί-C μετά-P ὁ- A--ASN καθαρίζω-VS--APN αὐτός- D--ASM ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ἐκἀριθμέω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM

27 καί-C ὅς- --DSF ἄν-X ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMS3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF αὐλή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐσώτερος-A1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSN λειτουργέω-V2--PAN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἅγιος-A1A-DSN προςφέρω-VF--FAI3P ἱλασμός-N2--ASM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM

28 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--DPM εἰς-P κληρονομία-N1A-ASF ἐγώ- P--NS κληρονομία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C κατάσχεσις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--DPM οὐ-D δίδωμι-VC--FPI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κατάσχεσις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--GPM

29 καί-C ὁ- A--APF θυσία-N1A-APF καί-C ὁ- A--APN ὑπέρ-P ἁμαρτία-N1A-APF καί-C ὁ- A--APN ὑπέρ-P ἄγνοια-N1A-APF οὗτος- D--NPM ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3P καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN ἀφόρισμα-N3M-NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM αὐτός- D--DPM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

30 ἀπαρχή-N1--NPF πᾶς-A3--GPN καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρωτότοκος-A1B-APN πᾶς-A3--GPN καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἀφαίρεμα-N3M-APN πᾶς-A3--APN ἐκ-P πᾶς-A3--GPF ὁ- A--GPF ἀπαρχή-N1--GPF σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--DPM ἱερεύς-N3V-DPM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρωτογένημα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP δίδωμι-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--DSM ἱερεύς-N3V-DSM ὁ- A--GSN τίθημι-VE--AAN εὐλογία-N1A-APF σύ- P--GP ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM οἶκος-N2--APM σύ- P--GP

31 καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN θνησιμαῖος-A1A-NSN καί-C θηριάλωτος-A1B-NSN ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN πετεινόν-N2N-GPN καί-C ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--NPM ἱερεύς-N3V-NPM

   

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Arcana Coelestia#7601

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7601. 'And the flax' means the truth of the exterior natural. This is clear from the meaning of' the flax' as truth, but the truth of the exterior natural, dealt with below. The natural is exterior and interior, see 4570, 5118, 5497, 5649, and therefore the truth and good there are interior and exterior, 3293, 3294. The truth and good of the exterior natural are meant by 'the flax and the barley', and the good and truth of the interior natural by 'the wheat and the spelt'.

[2] This verse and the next deal with the truths and forms of good that were destroyed and laid waste, and the forms of good and truths that were not destroyed or laid waste. Thus they deal with the truths and forms of good that were stored away and placed in safe keeping for [future] use, and those which were not stored away and placed in safe keeping. For when those who are evil undergo vastation, that is, when they are being separated from truths and forms of good and are left with their own evils and falsities, those truths and forms of good that are present in the exterior natural - where they have become linked to falsities and evils - are what are laid waste. These truths and forms of good look downwards and cannot for that reason be safely stored away, as will be seen below in 7604, 7607. But the truths and forms of good of the interior natural are not laid waste but are taken to an even more interior position, where they are held in safe keeping for [future] use. Communication between the interior natural and the exterior is then closed to such an extent that no good or truth at all can pass from there into the exterior natural, apart from just a general kind of communication of them which enables those people to engage in reasoning and put together arguments to lend support to falsities and evils. Those forms of good and truths that are placed in safe keeping are meant in the Word by 'the remnant', dealt with in 468, 530, 560, 561, 576, 661, 798, 1738, 1906, 2284, 5135, 5342, 5344, 5897-5899, 6156, 7556. These then are the things which the two present verses deal with and which are meant by 'the flax and the barley were struck; for the barley was a ripening ear, and the flax a stem', and by 'the wheat and the spelt were not struck because they were hidden'.

[3] The meaning of 'flax' or 'linen' as truth has its origin in representatives in heaven. In heaven those who are guided by the truth of the natural are seen clothed in white, like the whiteness of linen. The actual truth of the natural is also represented there as fabric made from the finer kind of flaxen threads. These threads have the appearance of silken ones, and clothing made from them has a similar appearance - brilliant, wonderfully translucent, and soft - if the truth represented in that way is rooted in good. But on the other hand those threads which look flaxen do not have a translucent, brilliant, or soft appearance, but a hard and brittle appearance, though they are still white, if the truth that is represented in that way is not rooted in good.

[4] From all this one may now recognize what is meant when it says that the angels whom people saw appeared in garments of flax or linen, such as those referred to in John,

Out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in linen, white and splendid, and girded around their breasts with golden girdles. Revelation 15:6.

In Daniel,

I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a man clothed in linen whose loins were girded with gold of Uphaz. Daniel 10:5.

In Ezekiel,

Behold, six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, each with a weapon of dispersion in his hand. But one man in the midst of them was clothed in linen and had a writer's inkhorn at his side. 1 Ezekiel 9:2.

More is said about this angel [clothed in linen] in verses 3 and 4 of the same chapter and in Chapter 10:2-7. The same prophet also says, in reference to the angel who measured the new temple, that he had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, Ezekiel 40:ff. Also, the angels who were seen in the Lord's tomb appeared clothed in white, splendid and flashing like lightning, Matthew 28:3; Mark 16:5; Luke 14:4; John 20:11-12.

[5] Since 'linen' or 'flax' meant the truth of the exterior natural, and the exterior natural is what clothes things more internal, that truth is what was represented by the linen garments with which angels were seen to be clothed. It is also meant by the linen garments worn by Aaron whenever he ministered in the Holy Place, spoken of in Moses as follows, When Aaron comes into the Holy Place, he shall put on the holy linen tunic, and gird himself with a linen sash, and place the linen turban on himself. These are holy garments. Leviticus 16:3-4.

Similarly in Ezekiel,

The priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, 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, the linen under garments shall be over their loins. Ezekiel 44:17-18.

This is referring to the new temple and the New Jerusalem, which mean the Lord's kingdom. For the same reason also the priests wore linen ephods, 1 Samuel 22:18; when the boy Samuel ministered before the Lord he wore a linen ephod, 1 Samuel 1:18; and David too wore a linen ephod when the ark was brought into his city, 2 Samuel 6:14.

[6] From all this one can also see why the Lord girded Himself with a linen towel when He washed the disciples' feet, and wiped their feet with the linen towel with which He was girded, John 13:4-5. Washing of the feet was a sign of purification from sins, which is accomplished by the truths of faith, since these teach a person how he ought to live.

[7] 'Linen' means truth in the following places too: In Jeremiah,

Jehovah said to the prophet, Go, buy yourself a linen girdle, and place it over your loins; but you are not to pass it through water. Take the girdle, and arise, go away to the Euphrates, and hide it in the cleft of a rock. At the end of many days, when he took the girdle from where he had hidden it, behold, the girdle was spoiled; it was profitable for nothing. Jeremiah 13:1-7.

'The linen girdle over the loins' represented truth arising from good, as it is in the beginning when the Church is established by the Lord, and as it becomes subsequently, when around the end it is has become spoiled and profitable for nothing. In Isaiah,

Those that make linen out of silk threads, and the weavers of curtains, will blush. Isaiah 19:9.

This refers to Egypt. 'Making linen out of silk threads' stands for counterfeiting truths.

[8] In Moses,

You shall not plough with an ox and an ass together. You shall not put on a mingled garment made of wool and linen together. Deuteronomy 22:10-11.

'Ox' means the good of the natural, 'ass' its truth; and much the same is meant by 'wool and linen'. Their being forbidden to plough with an ox and ass together or to put on a mingled garment made of wool and linen together meant that they were forbidden to be in two states at the same time, that is to say, in a state of good from which they looked to truth and at the same time in a state of truth from which they looked to good. These prohibitions embody much the same as those declared by the Lord in Matthew,

Let him who is on the roof of the house not go down to take anything out of his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back to get his clothing. Matthew 24:17-18.

Regarding these prohibitions see 3652 (end). For those who look from good to truth are in the inner part of heaven, whereas those who look from truth to good are in the outer part. The latter look from the world towards heaven, the former from heaven towards the world. Consequently they are in a kind of inverse ratio to each other, and therefore if they were put together the one would destroy the other.

脚注:

1. literally, on his loins

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