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Exodus第32章

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1 και-C οραω-VB--AAPNSM ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM οτι-C χρονιζω-VX--XAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM καταβαινω-VZ--AAN εκ-P ο- A--GSN ορος-N3E-GSN συνιστημι-VHI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM επι-P *ααρων-N---DSM και-C λεγω-V1--PAI3P αυτος- D--DSM αναιστημι-VH--AAD2S και-C ποιεω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--DP θεος-N2--APM ος- --NPM προπορευομαι-VF--FMI3P εγω- P--GP ο- A--NSM γαρ-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ουτος- D--NSM ο- A--NSM ανθρωπος-N2--NSM ος- --NSM εκαγω-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--AP εκ-P *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF ου-D οιδα-VX--XAI1P τις- I--NSN γιγνομαι-VX--XAI3S αυτος- D--DSM

2 και-C λεγω-V1--PAI3S αυτος- D--DPM *ααρων-N---NSM περιαιρεω-VB--AMD2P ο- A--APN ενωτιον-N2N-APN ο- A--APN χρυσους-A1C-APN ο- A--APN εν-P ο- A--DPN ους-N3T-DPN ο- A--GPF γυνη-N3K-GPF συ- P--GP και-C θυγατηρ-N3--GPF και-C φερω-VA--AAD2P προς-P εγω- P--AS

3 και-C περιαιρεω-VAI-AMI3P πας-A3--NSM ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM ο- A--APN ενωτιον-N2N-APN ο- A--APN χρυσους-A1C-APN ο- A--APN εν-P ο- A--DPN ους-N3T-DPN αυτος- D--GPM και-C φερω-VAI-AAI3P προς-P *ααρων-N---ASM

4 και-C δεχομαι-VAI-AMI3S εκ-P ο- A--GPF χειρ-N3--GPF αυτος- D--GPM και-C πλασσω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APN εν-P ο- A--DSF γραφις-N3D-DSF και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APN μοσχος-N2--ASM χωνευτος-A1--ASM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ουτος- D--NPM ο- A--NPM θεος-N2--NPM συ- P--GS *ισραηλ-N---VSM οστις- X--NPM αναβιβαζω-VAI-AAI3P συ- P--AS εκ-P γη-N1--GSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

5 και-C οραω-VB--AAPNSM *ααρων-N---NSM οικοδομεω-VAI-AAI3S θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN κατεναντι-P αυτος- D--GSM και-C κηρυσσω-VAI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM εορτη-N1--NSF ο- A--GSM κυριος-N2--GSM αυριον-D

6 και-C ορθριζω-VA--AAPNSM ο- A--DSF επαυριον-D αναβιβαζω-VAI-AAI3S ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN και-C προςφερω-VAI-AAI3S θυσια-N1A-ASF σωτηριον-N2N-GSN και-C καταιζω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM εσθιω-VB--AAN και-C πινω-VB--AAN και-C αναιστημι-VHI-AAI3P παιζω-V1--PAN

7 και-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM βαδιζω-V1--PAD2S ο- A--ASN ταχος-N3E-ASN εντευθεν-D καταβαινω-VZ--AAD2S ανομεω-VAI-AAI3S γαρ-X ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS ος- --APM εκαγω-VBI-AAI2S εκ-P γη-N1--GSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

8 παραβαινω-VZI-AAI3P ταχυς-A3U-ASN εκ-P ο- A--GSF οδος-N2--GSF ος- --GSF εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI2S αυτος- D--DPM ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P εαυτου- D--DPM μοσχος-N2--ASM και-C προςκυνεω-VX--XAI3P αυτος- D--DSM και-C θυω-VX--XAI3P αυτος- D--DSM και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI3P ουτος- D--NPM ο- A--NPM θεος-N2--NPM συ- P--GS *ισραηλ-N---VSM οστις- X--NPM αναβιβαζω-VAI-AAI3P συ- P--AS εκ-P γη-N1--GSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

10 και-C νυν-D εαω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--AS και-C θυμοω-VC--APPNSM οργη-N1--DSF εις-P αυτος- D--APM εκτριβω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--APM και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AS εις-P εθνος-N3E-ASN μεγας-A1P-ASN

11 και-C δεω-VCI-API3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ινα-C τις- I--NSN κυριος-N2--VSM θυμοω-V4--PMI2S οργη-N1--DSF εις-P ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS ος- --APM εκαγω-VBI-AAI2S εκ-P γη-N1--GSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF εν-P ισχυς-N3U-DSF μεγας-A1--DSF και-C εν-P ο- A--DSM βραχιων-N3N-DSM συ- P--GS ο- A--DSM υψηλος-A1--DSM

12 μηποτε-D ειπον-VB--AAS3P ο- A--NPM *αιγυπτιος-N2--NPM λεγω-V1--PAPNPM μετα-P πονηρια-N1A-GSF εκαγω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM αποκτεινω-VA--AAN εν-P ο- A--DPN ορος-N3E-DPN και-C εκ ανααλισκω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--APM απο-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF παυω-VA--AMD2S ο- A--GSF οργη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSM θυμος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS και-C ιλεως-A1B-NSM γιγνομαι-VB--AMD2S επι-P ο- A--DSF κακια-N1A-DSF ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS

13 μιμνησκω-VS--APPNSM *αβρααμ-N---GSM και-C *ισαακ-N---GSM και-C *ιακωβ-N---GSM ο- A--GPM σος-A1--GPM οικετης-N1M-GPM ος- --DPM ομνυμι-VAI-AAI2S κατα-P σεαυτου- D--GSM και-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI2S προς-P αυτος- D--APM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM πολυπληθυνω-VF2-FAI1S ο- A--ASN σπερμα-N3M-ASN συ- P--GP ωσει-D ο- A--APN αστρον-N2N-APN ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM ο- A--DSN πληθος-N3E-DSN και-C πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ουτος- D--ASF ος- --ASF ειπον-VAI-AAI2S διδωμι-VO--AAN ο- A--DSN σπερμα-N3M-DSN αυτος- D--GPM και-C καταεχω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--ASF εις-P ο- A--ASM αιων-N3W-ASM

14 και-C ιλασκομαι-VCI-API3S κυριος-N2--NSM περι-P ο- A--GSF κακια-N1A-GSF ος- --GSF ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ποιεω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM

15 και-C αποστρεφω-VA--AAPNSM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM καταβαινω-VZI-AAI3S απο-P ο- A--GSN ορος-N3E-GSN και-C ο- A--NPF δυο-M πλαξ-N3K-NPF ο- A--GSN μαρτυριον-N2N-GSN εν-P ο- A--DPF χειρ-N3--DPF αυτος- D--GSM πλαξ-N3K-NPF λιθινος-A1--NPF καταγραφω-VP--XPPNPF εκ-P αμφοτεροι-A1A-GPN ο- A--GPN μερος-N3E-GPN αυτος- D--GPF ενθεν-D και-C ενθεν-D ειμι-V9--IAI3P γραφω-VP--XPPNPF

16 και-C ο- A--NPF πλαξ-N3K-NPF εργον-N2N-NSN θεος-N2--GSM ειμι-V9--IAI3P και-C ο- A--NSF γραφη-N1--NSF γραφη-N1--NSF θεος-N2--GSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S κολαπτω-VP--XPPNSF εν-P ο- A--DPF πλαξ-N3K-DPF

17 και-C ακουω-VA--AAPNSM *ιησους-N---NSM ο- A--ASF φωνη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM κραζω-V1--PAPGPM λεγω-V1--PAI3S προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM φωνη-N1--NSF πολεμος-N2--GSM εν-P ο- A--DSF παρεμβολη-N1--DSF

18 και-C λεγω-V1--PAI3S ου-D ειμι-V9--PAI3S φωνη-N1--NSF εκαρχω-V1--PAPGPM κατα-P ισχυς-N3U-ASF ουδε-C φωνη-N1--NSF εκαρχω-V1--PAPGPM τροπη-N1--GSF αλλα-C φωνη-N1--ASF εκαρχω-V1--PAPGPM οινος-N2--GSM εγω- P--NS ακουω-V1--PAI1S

19 και-C ηνικα-D εγγιζω-V1I-IAI3S ο- A--DSF παρεμβολη-N1--DSF οραω-V3--PAI3S ο- A--ASM μοσχος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--APM χορος-N2--APM και-C οργιζω-VS--APPNSM θυμος-N2--DSM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ριπτω-VAI-AAI3S απο-P ο- A--GPF χειρ-N3--GPF αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--APF δυο-M πλαξ-N3K-APF και-C συντριβω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APF υπο-P ο- A--ASN ορος-N3E-ASN

20 και-C λαμβανω-VB--AAPNSM ο- A--ASM μοσχος-N2--ASM ος- --ASM ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P κατακαιω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM εν-P πυρ-N3--DSN και-C κατααλεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM λεπτος-A1--ASM και-C σπειρω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM επι-P ο- A--ASN υδωρ-N3--ASN και-C ποτιζω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASN ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

21 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--DSM *ααρων-N---DSM τις- I--ASN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S συ- P--DS ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM ουτος- D--NSM οτι-C επιαγω-VBI-AAI2S επι-P αυτος- D--APM αμαρτια-N1A-ASF μεγας-A1--ASF

22 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM μη-D οργιζω-V1--PMD2S κυριος-N2--VSM συ- P--NS γαρ-X οιδα-VX--XAI2S ο- A--ASN ορμημα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM ουτος- D--GSM

23 λεγω-V1--PAI3P γαρ-X εγω- P--DS ποιεω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--DP θεος-N2--APM ος- --NPM προπορευομαι-VF--FMI3P εγω- P--GP ο- A--NSM γαρ-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ουτος- D--NSM ο- A--NSM ανθρωπος-N2--NSM ος- --NSM εκαγω-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--AP εκ-P *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF ου-D οιδα-VX--XAI1P τις- I--NSN γιγνομαι-VX--XAI3S αυτος- D--DSM

24 και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--DPM ει-C τις- I--DSM υποαρχω-V1--PAI3S χρυσιον-N2N-NPN περιαιρεω-VB--AMD2P και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3P εγω- P--DS και-C ριπτω-VAI-AAI1S εις-P ο- A--ASN πυρ-N3--ASN και-C εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM μοσχος-N2--NSM ουτος- D--NSM

25 και-C οραω-VB--AAPNSM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM οτι-C διασκεδαζω-VT--XPI3S διασκεδαζω-VAI-AAI3S γαρ-X αυτος- D--APM *ααρων-N---NSM επιχαρμα-N3M-ASN ο- A--DPM υπεναντιος-A1A-DPM αυτος- D--GPM

26 ιστημι-VHI-AAI3S δε-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM επι-P ο- A--GSF πυλη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSF παρεμβολη-N1--GSF και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S τις- I--NSM προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM ειμι-V9--PAD3S προς-P εγω- P--AS συνερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ουν-X προς-P αυτος- D--ASM πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *λευι-N---GSM

27 και-C λεγω-V1--PAI3S αυτος- D--DPM οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM τιθημι-VE--AMD2P εκαστος-A1--NSM ο- A--ASF εαυτου- D--GSM ρομφαια-N1A-ASF επι-P ο- A--ASM μηρος-N2--ASM και-C διαερχομαι-VA--AAD2P και-C ανακαμπτω-VA--AAD2P απο-P πυλη-N1--GSF επι-P πυλη-N1--ASF δια-P ο- A--GSF παρεμβολη-N1--GSF και-C αποκτεινω-VA--AAD2P εκαστος-A1--NSM ο- A--ASM αδελφος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM και-C εκαστος-A1--NSM ο- A--ASM πλησιον-D αυτος- D--GSM και-C εκαστος-A1--NSM ο- A--ASM εγγυς-D αυτος- D--GSM

28 και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *λευι-N---GSM καθα-D λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM και-C πιπτω-VAI-AAI3P εκ-P ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM εν-P εκεινος- D--DSF ο- A--DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF εις-P τρισχιλιοι-A1A-APM ανηρ-N3--APM

29 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM πληροω-VAI-AAI2P ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF συ- P--GP σημερον-D κυριος-N2--DSM εκαστος-A1--NSM εν-P ο- A--DSM υιος-N2--DSM η-C ο- A--DSM αδελφος-N2--DSM διδωμι-VC--APN επι-P συ- P--AP ευλογια-N1A-ASF

30 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S μετα-P ο- A--ASF αυριον-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM προς-P ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM συ- P--NP αμαρτανω-VX--XAI2P αμαρτια-N1A-ASF μεγας-A1--ASF και-C νυν-D αναβαινω-VF--FMI1S προς-P ο- A--ASM θεος-N2--ASM ινα-C εκιλασκομαι-VA--AMS1S περι-P ο- A--GSF αμαρτια-N1A-GSF συ- P--GP

31 υποστρεφω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δεομαι-V1--PMI1S κυριος-N2--VSM αμαρτανω-VX--XAI3S ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM ουτος- D--NSM αμαρτια-N1A-ASF μεγας-A1--ASF και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P εαυτου- D--DPM θεος-N2--APM χρυσους-A1C-APM

32 και-C νυν-D ει-C μεν-X αποιημι-V1--PAI2S αυτος- D--DPM ο- A--ASF αμαρτια-N1A-ASF αποιημι-VB--AAD2S ει-C δε-X μη-D εκαλειφω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--AS εκ-P ο- A--GSF βιβλος-N2--GSF συ- P--GS ος- --GSF γραφω-VAI-AAI2S

33 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM ει-C τις- I--NSM αμαρτανω-VX--XAI3S ενωπιον-P εγω- P--GS εκαλειφω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--ASM εκ-P ο- A--GSF βιβλος-N2--GSF εγω- P--GS

34 νυνι-D δε-X βαδιζω-V1--PAD2S καταβαινω-VZ--AAD2S και-C οδηγεω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM ουτος- D--ASM εις-P ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM ος- --ASM ειπον-VAI-AAI1S συ- P--DS ιδου-I ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS προπορευομαι-V1--PMI3S προ-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN συ- P--GS ος- --DSF δε-X αν-X ημερα-N1A-DSF επισκεπτω-V1--PMS1S επιαγω-VF--FAI1S επι-P αυτος- D--APM ο- A--ASF αμαρτια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GPM

35 και-C πατασσω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM περι-P ο- A--GSF ποιησις-N3I-GSF ο- A--GSM μοσχος-N2--GSM ος- --GSM ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia#10485

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10485. 'And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves to him' means those in possession of truths springing from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sons of Levi' as those who have spiritual love or charity towards the neighbour within them, dealt with in 3875, 4497, 4502, 4503. Whether you say charity towards the neighbour or truth springing from good, it amounts to the same thing; for those who have charity lead a life of truth, and a life of truth - that is, a life in keeping with God's truths - is charity.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#4503

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4503. 'The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city' means that all his descendants destroyed that doctrine. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sons of Jacob' as descendants from Jacob, dealt with above; from the meaning of 'plundering' as destroying; and from the meaning of 'the city' as the doctrine of the Church, dealt with above in 4500. Simeon and Levi's going away after they had killed every male in the city as well as Hamor and Shechem, and then Jacob's sons' coming upon the slain and plundering the city, involves an arcanum, the meaning of which is not evident except from the internal sense.

[2] That arcanum is this: After the truth and good of the Church which are represented by 'Simeon and Levi' were wiped out and falsity and evil took their place, further falsities and evils were added, which are meant in the contrary sense by the rest of Jacob's sons. Each son of Jacob represented some general aspect of faith and charity, as has been shown in 2129, 3858, 3913, 3926, 3939, 4060.

Which aspect is represented by each, see the following:

Reuben, 3861, 3866, 3870;

Judah, 3881;

Dan, 3921-3923;

Naphtali, 3927, 3928;

Gad, 3934, 3935;

Asher, 3938, 3939;

Issachar, 3956, 3957;

Zebulun, 3960, 3961.

These general aspects of faith and charity which those sons represented become falsities and evils of that kind once the truth and good of the Church have been wiped out and those further falsities and evils have been added to them; for falsities and evils are constantly on the increase within the Church once it has been perverted and wiped out. It is these added falsities and evils that are meant by the reference to Jacob's sons coming upon the slain and plundering the city after Simeon and Levi had killed every male in the city as well as Hamor and Shechem, and had taken Dinah and gone away.

[3] That 'the slain' in the Word means truths and goods which have been wiped out may be seen from the following places: In Isaiah,

You are cast out from your sepulchre like an abominable branch, a garment of the killed - slain with the sword - who go down to the stones of the pit like a dead body trodden underfoot. Isaiah 14:19.

This refers to Babel. 'Those slain with the sword' stands for those who have profaned the truths of the Church. In the same prophet,

So that their slain are cast out and the stench of their dead bodies rises up. Isaiah 34:3.

This refers to the falsities and evils which infest the Church, 'the slain' standing for these.

[4] In Ezekiel,

The violent of the nations will draw the sword against the beauty of your wisdom, and they will profane your loveliness. They will bring you down into the pit and you will die the deaths of those slain in the midst of the seas. Ezekiel 28:7-8.

This refers to the prince of Tyre who means the leading cognitions of truth and good. 'Dying the deaths of those slain in the midst of the seas' stands for those who use facts to hatch falsities and in consequence defile the truths of the Church.

[5] In the same prophet,

They also will go down with them into hell, to those slain with the sword. You will be made to go down with the trees of Eden into the nether world, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will lie with those slain with the sword. Ezekiel 31:17-18.

In the same prophet,

Go down and lie with the uncircumcised; they will fall in the midst of those slain with the sword; the chief of the powerful ones will speak to him in the midst of hell. Ezekiel 32:19-21.

This refers to Pharaoh and Egypt. 'Those slain with the sword' stands for those who by their use of knowledge become insane; by their use of it they destroy all belief in the truth known to the Church.

[6] In David,

I have been reckoned with them going down to the pit; I have become as a man with no strength, neglected among the dead, like the slain lying in the sepulchre whom you remember no more and who have been cut off by your hand.

'The slain' in hell - those in the pit and 'in the sepulchre' - stands for those who have destroyed the truths and goods residing with them by means of falsities and evils. Anyone can recognize that these are not in hell merely because they have been slain with the sword.

[7] In Isaiah,

A city of tumults, an exultant city, [your slain] have not been slain with the sword, and they have not been killed in war. All who have been found in you have been bound together in chains. They have fled from far away. Isaiah 22:2-3.

This refers to the illusions resulting from the evidence of the senses which do not enable the truths of the Church to be seen. It refers therefore to people subject to negative doubt, and these are called 'slain but not with the sword'.

[8] In Ezekiel,

I am bringing a sword upon you and destroying your high places; and your altars will be destroyed, and your statues will be broken; and I will cause your slain to lie before your idols. When the slain have fallen in the midst of you, you will know that I am Jehovah. Then you will acknowledge, when the slain are in the midst of their idols, around their altar. Ezekiel 6:3-4, 7, 13.

'The slain' stands for those who are governed by falsities of doctrine.

[9] In the same prophet,

Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. They went forth and smote in the city. Ezekiel 9:7.

This is a prophetic vision. 'Defiling the house and filling the courts with the slain' stands for profaning goods and truths. In the same prophet,

You have multiplied your slain in this city, and have filled its streets with the slain. Therefore said the Lord Jehovih, Your slain whom you have placed in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and that is the pot; and he will lead you out from the midst of it. Ezekiel 11:6-7.

[10] Because 'the slain' meant those who have annihilated the truths of the Church by means of falsities and evils, therefore also in the representative Church those who touched one who had been slain were unclean. Such persons are referred to in Moses as follows,

Everyone who has touched on the surface of the field one slain with the sword, or one dead, or a human bone, or a sepulchre will be unclean for seven days. Numbers 19:16, 18.

Inquiry was therefore made and atonement effected by means of a heifer. In the same author,

If one is found slain, lying in the field, and it is not known who smote him, then the elders of the city and the judges shall come out and they shall measure [the distance] to the cities which are around the one slain. It shall be, that in the city nearest to the one slain the elders of that city shall take a heifer by means of which no work has been done, which has not pulled in the yoke, and they shall bring it down to the river or valley, and there they shall break the heifer's neck. And they shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck has been broken and shall say, Our hands have not shed blood, and our eyes have not seen it. Expiate Your people Israel, O Jehovah, and do not set innocent blood in the midst of Your people; and the blood shall be expiated for them. Deuteronomy 21:1-8.

[11] These laws were laid down because one who has been slain means the perversion, destruction, and profanation of the truth of the Church by means of falsity and evil, as is evident from each detail in the internal sense. The expression 'one slain, lying in the field' is used because 'the field' means the Church, see 2971, 3310, 3766. 'A heifer by means of which no work has been done' means the innocence of the external man which is present within ignorance. Without a clear knowledge of these things meant in the internal sense everyone will be surprised that a procedure such as this for making expiation should ever have been ordained.

  
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