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Leviticus第7章

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1 καί-C οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM νόμος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM κριός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM περί-P ὁ- A--GSF πλημμέλεια-N1A-GSF ἅγιος-A1A-NPN ἅγιος-A1A-GPN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

2 ἐν-P τόπος-N2--DSM οὗ-D σφάζω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--ASN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-ASN σφάζω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF πλημμέλεια-N1A-GSF ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN προςχέω-VF2-FAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF βάσις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSN θυσιαστήριον-N2N-GSN κύκλος-N2--DSM

3 καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM προςφέρω-VF--FAI3S ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ὀσφύς-N3U-ASF καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ὁ- A--ASN κατακαλύπτω-V1--PAPASN ὁ- A--APN ἐνδόσθια-N2N-APN καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN ἐνδόσθια-N2N-GPN

4 καί-C ὁ- A--APM δύο-M νεφρός-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN μηρίον-N2N-GPN καί-C ὁ- A--ASM λοβός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN ἧπαρ-N3T-GSN σύν-P ὁ- A--DPM νεφρός-N2--DPM περιαἱρέω-VF2-FAI3S αὐτός- D--APN

5 καί-C ἀναφέρω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--APN ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN θυσιαστήριον-N2N-ASN κάρπωμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM περί-P πλημμέλεια-N1A-GSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

6 πᾶς-A3--NSM ἄρσην-A3--NSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPM ἱερεύς-N3V-GPM ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--APN ἐν-P τόπος-N2--DSM ἅγιος-A1A-DSM ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3P αὐτός- D--APN ἅγιος-A1A-NPN ἅγιος-A1A-GPN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

7 ὥσπερ-D ὁ- A--NSN περί-P ὁ- A--GSF ἁμαρτία-N1A-GSF οὕτως-D καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ὁ- A--GSF πλημμέλεια-N1A-GSF νόμος-N2--NSM εἷς-A3--NSM αὐτός- D--GPN ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ὅστις- X--NSM ἐκἱλάσκομαι-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSN αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

8 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--NSM προςἄγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-ASN ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--NSN δέρμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--GSF ὁλοκαύτωσις-N3I-GSF ὅς- --GSF αὐτός- D--NSM προςφέρω-V1--PAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

9 καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF θυσία-N1A-NSF ὅστις- X--NSF ποιέω-VC--FPI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM κλίβανος-N2--DSM καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF ὅστις- X--NSF ποιέω-VC--FPI3S ἐπί-P ἐσχάρα-N1--GSF ἤ-C ἐπί-P τήγανον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSM ἱερεύς-N3V-GSM ὁ- A--GSM προςφέρω-V1--PAPGSM αὐτός- D--ASF αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

10 καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF θυσία-N1A-NSF ἀναποιέω-VM--XPPNSF ἐν-P ἔλαιον-N2N-DSN καί-C μή-D ἀναποιέω-VM--XPPNSF πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἀαρών-N---GSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἕκαστος-A1--DSM ὁ- A--NSN ἴσος-A1--NSN

11 οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM νόμος-N2--NSM θυσία-N1A-GSF σωτήριον-N2N-GSN ὅς- --ASF προςφέρω-VF--FAI3P κύριος-N2--DSM

12 ἐάν-C μέν-X περί-P αἴνεσις-N3I-GSF προςφέρω-V1--PAS3S αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C προςφέρω-VF--FAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF αἴνεσις-N3I-GSF ἄρτος-N2--APM ἐκ-P σεμίδαλις-N3I-GSF ἀναποιέω-VM--XPPAPM ἐν-P ἔλαιον-N2N-DSN λάγανον-N2N-APN ἄζυμος-A1B-APN διαχρίω-VM--XPPAPN ἐν-P ἔλαιον-N2N-DSN καί-C σεμίδαλις-N3I-ASF φυράω-VM--XPPASF ἐν-P ἔλαιον-N2N-DSN

13 ἐπί-P ἄρτος-N2--DPM ζυμίτης-N1M-DPM προςφέρω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--APN δῶρον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P θυσία-N1A-DSF αἴνεσις-N3I-GSF σωτήριον-N2N-GSN

14 καί-C προςἄγω-VF--FAI3S εἷς-A3--ASN ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN δῶρον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GSM ἀφαίρεμα-N3M-ASN κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM ἱερεύς-N3V-DSM ὁ- A--DSM προςχέω-V2--PAPDSM ὁ- A--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

15 καί-C ὁ- A--NPN κρέας-N3--NPN θυσία-N1A-GSF αἴνεσις-N3I-GSF σωτήριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S καί-C ἐν-P ὅς- --DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF δωρέομαι-V2--PMI3S βιβρώσκω-VC--FPI3S οὐ-D καταλείπω-VF--FAI3P ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D

16 καΐἄν-C+X εὐχή-N1--NSF ἤ-C ἑκούσιος-A1A-ASM θυσιάζω-V1--PAS3S ὁ- A--ASN δῶρον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --DSF ἄν-X ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF προςἄγω-VB--AAS3S ὁ- A--ASF θυσία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM βιβρώσκω-VC--FPI3S καί-C ὁ- A--DSF αὔριον-D

17 καί-C ὁ- A--NSN καταλείπω-VV--APPNSN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κρέας-N3--GPN ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ἕως-P ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF τρίτος-A1--GSF ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN κατακαίω-VC--FPI3S

18 ἐάν-C δέ-X ἐσθίω-VB--AAPNSM ἐσθίω-VB--AMS3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κρέας-N3--GPN ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF τρίτος-A1--DSF οὐ-D δέχομαι-VQ--FPI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--DSM προςφέρω-V1--PAPDSM αὐτός- D--ASN οὐ-D λογίζομαι-VS--FPI3S αὐτός- D--DSM μίασμα-N3M-NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSF δέ-X ψυχή-N1--NSF ὅστις- X--NSF ἐάν-C ἐσθίω-VB--AMS3S ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSN ὁ- A--ASF ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3S

19 καί-C κρέας-N3--NPN ὅσος-A1--NPN ἄν-X ἅπτομαι-VA--AMS3S πᾶς-A3--GSN ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-GSN οὐ-D βιβρώσκω-VC--FPI3S ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN κατακαίω-VC--FPI3S πᾶς-A3--NSM καθαρός-A1A-NSM ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S κρέας-N3--APN

20 ὁ- A--NSF δέ-X ψυχή-N1--NSF ὅστις- X--NSF ἐάν-C ἐσθίω-VB--AMS3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κρέας-N3--GPN ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἀκαθαρσία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSM ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐκεῖνος- D--NSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

21 καί-C ψυχή-N1--NSF ὅς- --NSF ἄν-X ἅπτομαι-VA--AMS3S πᾶς-A3--GSN πρᾶγμα-N3M-GSN ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-GSN ἤ-C ἀπό-P ἀκαθαρσία-N1A-GSF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἤ-C ὁ- A--GPM τετράποδος-A1B-GPM ὁ- A--GPN ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-GPN ἤ-C πᾶς-A3--GSN βδέλυγμα-N3M-GSN ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-GSN καί-C ἐσθίω-VB--AMS3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κρέας-N3--GPN ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S κύριος-N2--GSM ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐκεῖνος- D--NSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

22 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

23 λαλέω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM πᾶς-N3--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN βοῦς-N3--GPM καί-C πρόβατον-N2N-GPN καί-C αἴξ-N3G-GPM οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P

24 καί-C στέαρ-N3T-NSN θνησιμαῖος-A1A-GPN καί-C θηριάλωτος-A1B-NSN ποιέω-VC--FPI3S εἰς-P πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN καί-C εἰς-P βρῶσις-N3I-ASF οὐ-D βιβρώσκω-VC--FPI3S

25 πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἐσθίω-V1--PAPNSM στέαρ-N3T-ASN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN ὅς- --GPN προςἄγω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--GPN κάρπωμα-N3M-ASN κύριος-N2--DSM ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐκεῖνος- D--NSF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

26 πᾶς-A3--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF κατοικία-N1A-DSF σύ- P--GP ἀπό-P τε-X ὁ- A--GPN πετεινόν-N2N-GPN καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN

27 πᾶς-A1S-NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ὅς- --NSF ἄν-X ἐσθίω-VB--AMS3S αἷμα-N3M-ASN ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐκεῖνος- D--NSF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

28 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

29 καί-C ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λαλέω-VF--FAI2S λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--NSM προςφέρω-V1--PAPNSM θυσία-N1A-ASF σωτήριον-N2N-GSN κύριος-N2--DSM φέρω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--ASN δῶρον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN

30 ὁ- A--NPF χείρ-N3--NPF αὐτός- D--GSM προςφέρω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APN κάρπωμα-N3M-APN κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN στηθύνιον-N2N-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--ASM λοβός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSN ἧπαρ-N3T-GSN προςφέρω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--APN ὥστε-C ἐπιτίθημι-VE--AAN δόμα-N3M-ASN ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM

31 καί-C ἀναφέρω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN θυσιαστήριον-N2N-GSN καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN στηθύνιον-N2N-NSN *ἀαρών-N---DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM

32 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM βραχίων-N3N-ASM ὁ- A--ASM δεξιός-A1A-ASM δίδωμι-VF--FAI2P ἀφαίρεμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSM ἱερεύς-N3V-DSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPF θυσία-N1A-GPF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GP

33 ὁ- A--NSM προςφέρω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἀαρών-N---GSM αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM βραχίων-N3N-NSM ὁ- A--NSM δεξιός-A1A-NSM ἐν-P μερίς-N3D-DSF

34 ὁ- A--ASN γάρ-X στηθύνιον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSN ἐπίθεμα-N3M-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--ASM βραχίων-N3N-ASM ὁ- A--GSN ἀφαίρεμα-N3M-GSN λαμβάνω-VX--XAI1S παρά-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPF θυσία-N1A-GPF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GP καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--APN *ἀαρών-N---DSM ὁ- A--DSM ἱερεύς-N3V-DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM νόμιμος-A1--NSN αἰώνιος-A1B-NSN παρά-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

35 οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF χρῖσις-N3I-NSF *ἀαρών-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF χρῖσις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κάρπωμα-N3M-GPN κύριος-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὅς- --DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF προςἄγω-VBI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--GSN ἱερατεύω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM

36 καθά-D ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S κύριος-N2--NSM δίδωμι-VO--AAN αὐτός- D--DPM ὅς- --DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF χρίω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM παρά-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM νόμιμος-A1--NSN αἰώνιος-A1B-NSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF γενεά-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM

37 οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM νόμος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-GPN καί-C θυσία-N1A-GSF καί-C περί-P ἁμαρτία-N1A-GSF καί-C ὁ- A--GSF πλημμέλεια-N1A-GSF καί-C ὁ- A--GSF τελείωσις-N3I-GSF καί-C ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN

38 ὅς- --ASM τρόπος-N2--ASM ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-DSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὄρος-N3E-DSN *σινα-N----S ὅς- --DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM προςφέρω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--APN δῶρον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GPM ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἔρημος-N2--DSF *σινα-N----S

   

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Arcana Coelestia#5828

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5828. 'And I said, He has surely been torn to pieces' means a perception that it was destroyed by evils and falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' as perception, dealt with often; and from the meaning of 'being torn to pieces as being destroyed by evils and internal good represented by 'Joseph' was destroyed, 5805. 'Being torn to pieces' has this meaning because no other kind of tearing to pieces takes place in the spiritual world than that of good by evils and falsities. It is the same with death and anything having to do with death, by which is meant in the spiritual sense not natural death but spiritual death, which is damnation. No other kind of death occurs in the spiritual world. So too with 'a tearing to pieces'. This does not mean in the spiritual sense the kind of tearing to pieces that wild animals engage in, but the tearing to pieces of good by evils and falsities. Also, in the spiritual sense, 'wild animals that tear to pieces' means evil desires and derivative false ideas; and such ideas are also represented in the next life by wild animals.

[2] The good which constantly comes from the Lord to a person is destroyed by nothing other than evils and derivative falsities, and by falsities and consequent evils. For as soon as that constantly inflowing good, coming by way of the internal man, reaches the external or natural man it encounters evil and falsity, which - acting like wild animals - employ various methods to tear apart and annihilate that good. For that reason the inflow of good by way of the internal man is blocked and halted, and the interior mind through which the inflow comes is consequently closed. Only as much of what is spiritual is allowed through as will enable the natural man to reason and speak, though he does so in terms that are solely earthly, bodily, and worldly, either in opposition to what is good and true, or else in keeping with such but in a false or deceitful way.

[3] It is a universal law that an inflow adjusts itself to the outflow, and if the outflow is blocked, so is the inflow. Through the internal man there is an inflow of good and truth from the Lord, and through the external there should be an outflow, an outflow into life, that is, in the exercise of charity. As long as that outflow is taking place the inflow from heaven, that is, from the Lord by way of heaven, is continuous. If however no outflow takes place but something stands in the way in the external or natural man, namely evil and falsity which tear the inflowing good to pieces and annihilate it, it follows from the universal law mentioned above that the inflow adjusts itself to the outflow. All this being so, the inflow of good holds itself back and accordingly closes the internal through which the inflow comes; and that closing of it leads to stupidity in spiritual matters, which is so great that the person who is like this neither knows nor wishes to know anything at all about eternal life. At length he becomes so senseless that he raises falsity as an obstacle to truth, calling falsities truths and truths falsities, and raises evil as an obstacle to good, regarding evils as forms of good and forms of good as evils. In this way he tears good completely to pieces.

[4] The word 'torn' occurs in various places in the Word, the proper meaning of which is falsities that arise from evils, while that which is destroyed by evils is called 'a carcass'. When however the expression 'torn' is used by itself, both ideas are meant since the one includes the meaning carried by the other. It is different when the one is referred to together with the other, because in that case a distinction is being made. Since what had been torn meant in the spiritual sense what had been destroyed by falsities arising from evils, people were forbidden in the representative Church to eat anything torn. They would never have been forbidden to eat it if that spiritual evil had not been meant in heaven. Apart from this, what evil could have lain in eating flesh torn by a wild animal?

[5] Regarding their not eating anything torn the following is stated in Moses,

The fat of a carcass and the fat of that which has been torn may be put to any use, provided that you do not eat it at all. Leviticus 7:24.

In the same author,

He shall not eat a carcass or that which has been torn, to be defiled by it. I am Jehovah. Leviticus 12:8.

In the same author,

You shall be men who are sanctified to Me; therefore you shall not eat flesh torn in the field, you shall throw it to the dogs. Exodus 21:31.

In Ezekiel,

Ah Lord Jehovih! The prophet says, Behold, my soul has not been polluted, and from my youth even till now I have not eaten any carcass or that which has been torn, so that abominable flesh has not come into my mouth. Ezekiel 4:14.

From these quotations it is evident that it was an abomination to eat what had been torn, not because it had been torn but because a tearing to pieces of good by falsities arising from evils was meant, 'a carcass' on the other hand being the death of good caused by evils.

[6] A tearing to pieces of good by falsities and evils is also meant in the internal sense of the following places in David,

The wicked is like a lion, he desires to tear, and like a young lion who sits in hiding-places. Psalms 17:12.

Elsewhere,

They opened their mouth against me - a lion tearing and roaring. Psalms 22:13.

And in yet another place,

Lest like a lion they seize my soul, tearing it to pieces and there is none to deliver. Psalms 7:1.

'A lion' stands for those who lay waste the Church. Above, where Joseph was the subject - at the point where he was sold by his brothers, and his tunic, which had been dipped in blood, was sent to his father - his father too said at that time,

My son's tunic! An evil wild animal has devoured him; Joseph has been torn to pieces. Genesis 37:33.

'His having been torn to pieces' means being scattered by falsities arising from evils, see 4777.

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