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Leviticus 8

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1 I mluvil Hospodin k Mojžíšovi, řka:

2 Vezmi Arona a syny jeho s ním, i roucha jejich a olej pomazání, též volka k oběti za hřích, a dva skopce, a koš s přesnými chleby,

3 A shromažď všecko množství ke dveřím stánku úmluvy.

4 I učinil Mojžíš, jakž přikázal jemu Hospodin, a shromáždilo se všecko množství ke dveřím stánku úmluvy.

5 Tedy řekl Mojžíš tomu množství: Totoť jest to slovo, kteréž přikázal vykonati Hospodin.

6 A rozkázav přistoupiti Mojžíš Aronovi a synům jeho, umyl je vodou.

7 A oblékl jej v sukni a přepásal ho pasem, a oděv ho pláštěm, dal náramenník svrchu na něj, a připásal jej pasem náramenníka a otáhl ho jím.

8 A vložil na něj náprsník, do něhožto dal urim a thumim.

9 Potom vstavil čepici na hlavu jeho; a dal na čepici jeho po předu plech zlatý, korunu svatou, jakož přikázal Hospodin Mojžíšovi.

10 Vzal také Mojžíš olej pomazání a pomazal příbytku i všech věcí, kteréž byly v něm, a posvětil jich.

11 A pokropil jím oltáře sedmkrát, a pomazal oltáře i všeho nádobí jeho, též umyvadla i s podstavkem jeho, aby to všecko posvěceno bylo.

12 Vlil také oleje pomazání na hlavu Aronovu, a pomazal ho ku posvěcení jeho.

13 Rozkázal také Mojžíš přistoupiti synům Aronovým, a zobláčel je v sukně, a opásal je pasem, a vstavil na ně klobouky, jakož byl přikázal Hospodin jemu.

14 A přivedl volka k oběti za hřích, i položil Aron a synové jeho ruce své na hlavu volka oběti za hřích.

15 I zabil jej a vzal krev jeho, a pomazal rohů oltáře vůkol prstem svým, a tak očistil oltář. Ostatek pak krve vylil k spodku oltáře a posvětil ho k očišťování na něm.

16 Vzal také všecken tuk, kterýž byl na střevách, a branici s jater a obě ledvinky i tuk jejich, a pálil to Mojžíš na oltáři.

17 Volka pak toho i kůži jeho, i maso jeho, i lejna jeho spálil ohněm vně za stany, jakož byl přikázal Hospodin Mojžíšovi.

18 Potom přivedl skopce oběti zápalné, a položil Aron i synové jeho ruce své na hlavu toho skopce.

19 I zabil jej, a pokropil Mojžíš krví oltáře po vrchu vůkol.

20 Skopce také rozsekal na kusy jeho, a pálil Mojžíš hlavu, kusy i tuk.

21 Střeva pak a nohy vymyl vodou, a tak spálil Mojžíš všeho skopce na oltáři. I byl zápal u vůni líbeznou, obět ohnivá Hospodinu, jakož přikázal Hospodin Mojžíšovi.

22 Rozkázal také přivésti skopce druhého, skopce posvěcení, a položil Aron i synové jeho ruce své na hlavu skopce.

23 I zabil jej, a vzav Mojžíš krve jeho, pomazal jí konce pravého ucha Aronova a palce ruky jeho pravé, i palce nohy jeho pravé.

24 Tolikéž synům Aronovým rozkázav přistoupiti, pomazal kraje ucha jejich pravého a palce ruky jejich pravé, též palce nohy jejich pravé, a vykropil krev na oltář svrchu vůkol.

25 Potom vzal tuk a ocas i všecken tuk přikrývající droby a branici s jater, též obě dvě ledvinky i tuk jejich i plece pravé.

26 Také z koše přesných chlebů, kteříž byli před Hospodinem, vzal jeden koláč přesný a jeden pecník chleba s olejem a jeden oplatek, a položil to s tukem a s plecem pravým.

27 A dal to všecko v ruce Aronovy a v ruce synů jeho, rozkázav obraceti sem i tam v obět obracení před Hospodinem.

28 Potom vzav z rukou jejich, pálil to na oltáři v zápal. Posvěcení toto jest u vůni rozkošnou, obět ohnivá Hospodinu.

29 Vzal také Mojžíš hrudí a obracel je sem i tam v obět obracení před Hospodinem;a z skopce posvěcení dostal se Mojžíšovi díl, jakož mu byl přikázal Hospodin.

30 Vzal také Mojžíš oleje pomazání a krve, kteráž byla na oltáři, a pokropil Arona i roucha jeho, též synů Aronových a roucha jejich s ním. A tak posvětil Arona i roucha jeho, též synů jeho i roucha jejich s ním.

31 I řekl Mojžíš Aronovi a synům jeho: Vařte to maso u dveří stánku úmluvy, a jezte je tu, i chléb, kterýž jest v koši posvěcení, jakož jsem přikázal, řka: Aron a synové jeho jísti budou je.

32 Což by pak zůstalo masa i chleba toho, ohněm to spálíte.

33 A ze dveří stánku úmluvy za sedm dní nevycházejte až do dne, v kterémž by se vyplnili dnové svěcení vašeho; nebo za sedm dní posvěcovány budou ruce vaše.

34 Jakož se stalo dnešní den, tak přikázal Hospodin činiti k očištění vašemu.

35 Protož u dveří stánku úmluvy zůstanete ve dne i v noci za sedm dní, a ostříhati budete nařízení Hospodinova, abyste nezemřeli; nebo tak mi jest přikázáno.

36 Učinil tedy Aron i synové jeho všecky věci, kteréž přikázal Hospodin skrze Mojžíše.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9228

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9228. The fact that 'seven' means a whole period from start to finish, thus what is complete, is clear from a large number of places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, on the day when Jehovah will bind up the hurt 1 of His people. Isaiah 30:26.

This refers to the salvation of faithful believers and their intelligence and wisdom in the Lord's kingdom. 'The moon' is faith received from the Lord, thus belief in the Lord, and 'the sun' is love derived from the Lord, thus love to the Lord, 30-38, 1521, 1529-1531, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4321 (end), 4696, 5377, 7078, 7083, 7171, 8644. 'The light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days' means a complete state of intelligence and wisdom because of love to and belief in the Lord.

[2] In Ezekiel,

The inhabitants of the cities of Israel will go out, and they will set alight and burn the weapons, both shield and buckler, together with bow and arrows, and hand-staff, and spear; they will set fire to them for seven years, that they may not bring wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests. And they will cleanse the land in seven months. Ezekiel 39:9-10, 12.

This refers to the destruction of falsity. 'The weapons' that are listed here are falsities used by those who are evil to fight against the Church's truths. 'Setting fire to them for seven years' means complete destruction brought about by the desires of self-love and love of the world. 'In order that they may bring no wood from the field or cut down any from the forests' means when no good at all survives, neither in the internal man nor in the external. 'Cleansing the land in seven months' means the complete restoration of goodness and truth within the Church. It has been shown in very many places that 'weapons' are truths fighting against falsities, and in the contrary sense falsities fighting against truths; that 'bow and arrows' means teachings that present truth, and in the contrary sense teachings that present falsity; that 'hand-staff' means the power of truth, and in the contrary sense the power of falsity; that 'setting alight and burning' means laying waste through the desires of self-love and love of the world; that 'wood from the field' means the Church's forms of interior good, and 'wood from the forests' factual knowledge of goodness and truth; and that 'the land' means the Church. Anyone can see that different things are meant here from those which present themselves in the letter, as when it says that they will burn the weapons, and set them alight for seven years, in order that they may bring no wood from the field or cut down any from the forests. People do indeed know that things of a holy and Divine nature are meant, because the Word is holy and comes from God. But they cannot by any means know which things of a holy and Divine nature are contained in these words unless they know what the meaning is of 'weapons', 'seven years' and 'seven months', 'wood from the field' and 'wood from the forests'. From this it is evident that without knowledge gained from the internal sense those prophetic utterances are completely unintelligible.

[3] In David,

Seven times in the day I praise You over the judgements of Your righteousness. Psalms 119:164.

In the same author,

Repay [our] neighbours sevenfold into their bosom. Psalms 79:12.

'Sevenfold' means completely. The meaning is similar in Moses, where it says that they would be punished sevenfold if they went against commandments and statutes, Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28. Anyone who does not know that 'seven' means a whole period from start to finish, and therefore what is complete, will suppose that 'seven weeks' in Daniel means seven lengths of time,

Know and perceive that from the going forth of the Word to restore and to build Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks. Daniel 9:25.

But 'seven weeks until the Messiah, the Prince' means what is said of the Lord, namely that He will come in the fullness of time, so that 'seven weeks' means a whole period. From this it is evident that the seven spirits before God's throne, Revelation 1:4, the book sealed with seven seals, Revelation 5:1, and the seven angels holding 'the seven bowls, which are the seven last plagues, Revelation 15:1, 6-7; 21:9, do not mean seven spirits, seven seals, or seven angels, bowls, and plagues, but all things even to completeness. The statement in 1 Samuel 2:5 that the barren has borne seven in like manner does not mean seven but a great amount, even to a complete amount.

[4] Because 'seven' had this meaning it was stipulated that a priest at his initiation should wear the garments for seven days, Exodus 29:30; that his hands should be filled for seven days, 2 Exodus 29:35; that the altar should be sanctified for seven days, Exodus 29:37; and that those initiated into the priesthood should not depart from the tent [of meeting] for seven days, Leviticus 8:33-34. So too with the reference to the unclean spirit going out of a person and returning with seven others, Matthew 12:43-45; Luke 11:26; also where it says that if a brother sins seven times in a day and is seven times converted he is to be forgiven, Luke 17:4; and that the heart of Nebuchadnezzar was changed from [that of] a human being and the heart of a beast was given to him while seven times passed by, Daniel 4:15, 25, 32. For the same reasons also Job's friends sat down with him on the earth seven days and seven nights and spoke nothing to him, Job 2:13. Seventy in a similar way means that which is complete, see 6508, as also does a week, 2044, 3845. From all this it now becomes clear that 'the eighth day' means the initial phase of the following state.

Imibhalo yaphansi:

1. literally, break

2. i.e. his consecration should continue for seven days

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

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Arcana Coelestia #4293

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4293. In the internal historical sense 'for as a prince you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed' means on account of the stubborn perverseness which was a product of their false delusions and evil desires. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'God' and the meaning of 'men' as truths and goods, dealt with above in 4287, though here the selfsame words have the opposite meaning because in this internal historical sense they are expressions used in reference to the descendants of Jacob, with whom no truths or goods were present interiorly, as shown above, only falsities and evils. Falsities are false delusions because they are the product of such delusions, and evils are evil desires because they are the product of such desires.

[2] As regards that nation's insistence that they should play the representative part, that is, that they themselves should constitute the Church in preference to all nations throughout the whole world, see above in 4290. More than this it is the fact that they were allowed to do so on account of the stubborn perverseness which was a product of their false delusions and of their evil desires that is meant here. No one can know the nature of those delusions and desires unless he has some contact with them in the next life. To enable me to know, such contact has been granted to me, for I have talked on several occasions to those people there. They love themselves and worldly wealth more than anybody else does, and above all they fear loss of position as well as loss of gain more than anybody else does. Consequently today as in former times they despise everyone else in comparison with themselves; they are also utterly intent on the acquisition of wealth, and in addition are full of fear. Because that nation has been like this since ancient times they were better able than others to be kept in external holiness devoid of all internal holiness, and so in outward form to represent things that constituted the Church It was these false delusions and evil desires that produced such stubborn perverseness.

[3] This is also apparent from many things which are mentioned regarding them in the historical narratives of the Word. After being punished they were able to demonstrate an external humility such as no other nation could do, for they were able for whole days to lie prostrate on the ground and to roll themselves in the dust and not get up until the third day. They were also able for many days to beat their breasts, and to go around in sackcloth, in tattered garments, with ashes or dust sprinkled over their head. They were able to fast continuously for many days, and during that time to burst into bitter tears. But these were the expressions solely of bodily and earthly love, and a fear of losing their pre-eminence and worldly wealth. For there was not anything internal which moved them since they did not know at all, and did not even wish to know, what the internal was, such as the matter of a life after death, or that of eternal salvation.

[4] From this it may be seen that because their nature was such they had to be dispossessed of all internal holiness, for this holiness accords in no way at all with the kind of external holiness that has just been described; indeed the two are utterly contrary to each other. It may also be seen that they were better able than others to play the part of a representative of the Church, that is to say, to represent holy things in external form, devoid of all internal holiness; and that thus by means of that nation some kind of communication with the heavens was possible, see 4288.

  
Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

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