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10,112. "And a stranger, shall not eat "--that hereby is signified no appropriation of good with those who do not aeknowledge the Lord, is manifest from the signification of a stranger, as denoting those who are out of the church, see n. 2049, 2115, 7996; and those are said to be out of the church, who do not acknowledge the Lord. With the Israelitish nation, those were said to be out of the church who did not acknowledge Jehovah for their God, and suffer themselves to be instructed in the rituals of the church; those who acknowledged, and suffered themselves to be instructed, were called sojourners, who had the same privilege with the home-born; as may be seen, n. 8007, 8013, 9196; and from the significa tion of eating, as denoting the appropriation of good, see n. 10,109. The reason why there is no appropriation of good with those who do not acknowledge the Lord is, because for man to acknowledge his God is the first [principle] of religion, and with Christians to acknowledge the Lord is the first [principle] of the church, for without acknowledgment there is no communication given, consequently no faith, thus no love; hence the primary [tenet] of doctrine in the Christian church is, that without the Lord there is no salvation: for whatsoever a man calls true and believes, and whatsoever he calls good and loves, cannot be called true and good, unless it be from the Divine, thus unless it be from the Lord; for that man from himself cannot believe, and do good, but that all truth and all good comes from above, is also well known. Hence it is manifestly evident that those within the church who do not acknowledge the Lord, cannot have faith, thus neither can they have love to God, consequently neither can they be saved. This was represented amongst the Israelitish nation by their acknowledging Jehovah for their God, and by their worship being accepted and called holy, and they were then sanctified, whatsoever was their quality as to the interiors; for representatives were only external, and with that nation it was sufficient to be in externals, as may be seen in what is cited, n. 9320; those therefore of that nation who did not acknowledge Jehovah, but another God, notwithstanding they sacrificed in like manner, and in like manner worshiped, were still rejected from the church, as those who worshiped Baal, and other gods. Hence it may be manifest what is the lot of those in the other life, who have been born within the church, and yet in heart deny the Lord, whatsoever may be their quality as to moral life; by abundant experience also it has been given me to know, that they cannot be saved; which the Lord also teaches openly in John, "He that believeth in the Son, hath eternal life, but he who believeth

not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth in him," iii. 36. But as to what concerns the nations out of the church, those who from their religious principle have lived in any species of charity towards their neighbor, and in any species of love to God the Creator of the universe under a human form, are in the other life accepted by the Lord and saved; for, when instructed by the angels, they acknowledge the Lord, and believe in Him, and love Him, as may be seen n 2589 to 2604.

10,113. "Because they are holy "that hereby is signified because they are Divine, appears from the signification of holy things, as denoting what are from the Lord, see above, n. 10,111, thus what are Divine.

10,114. "And if there should have been [any thing] left of the flesh of fillings and of the bread until the morning"-that hereby are signified the spiritual and celestial goods, which were not conjoined to the new state, appears from the signification of what was left of the flesh and of the bread, as denoting that it was not appropriated, for by eating is signified to appropriate, n. 10,109, thus by what was not eaten, is signified what was not appropriated; and from the signification of flesh, as denoting good, see n. 7850, 9127; and from the signification of fillings, as denoting what is receptive, see n. 10,076, 10,110; hence by the flesh of fillings is signified the reception of truth in good, consequently their conjunction; but in this case non-reception and non-conjunction, because what was left of the flesh is understood; and from the signification of bread, as denoting celestial good, which is inmost good, see n. 10,077; and from the signification of morning, as denoting a new state, see n. 8211, 8427; from which considerations it is evident, that by what was left of the flesh of fillings and of the bread until the morning, are signified the spiritual and celestial goods, which were not conjoined to a new state; for by the flesh of the sacrifice is signified spiritual good, which is the good of charity towards the neighbor, and by the bread of the sacrifice celestial good, which is the good of love to the Lord. What is further meant by non-conjunction to a new state, it may be expedient briefly to relate. A new state is every state of the conjunction of good and truth, which occurs when the man, who is being regenerated, acts from good, thus from the affection of the good which is of love, and not as heretofore from truth, or from obedience only; it is also a new state, when those who are in heaven are in the good of love, which state is there called morning, for the states of love and of faith vary there, as mid-day, evening, twilight, and morning, in the earths, and it is also a new state, when an old church ceases, and a new one com mences; all these new states in the Word are signified by morring; each of them has been treated of in the above explica

tions of Genesis and Exodus throughout. Similar things are signified by the law, that nothing should be left of the flesh of the paschal cattle until the morning, and that the residue of it should be burned with fire, Exod. xii. 10; also by the law, that the fat of the feast should not be kept all night until the morning, Exod. xxiii. 18. Similar things are also signified by the law, that the residue of the flesh of the eucharistic sacrifice should be likewise eaten on the following day, but should be burnt on the third day, Levit. vii. 16, 17, 18; chap. xix. 6, 7; by the third day is also signified a new state, as may be seen, n. 4901, 5123, 5159. The reason why it was so granted was, because the eucharistic sacrifices were votive and voluntary sacrifices, not so much for the sake of purification and sanctification as the rest, but that they might eat together in the holy place, and testify joy of heart from Divine worship; and those meals, which they called holy, excited gladness in them more than all other worship. Similar things are also signified by the law respecting the manna, that they should not leave any thing of it until the morning, on which subject it is thus written in Moses, "Moses said, let not a man [vir] leave of the manna until the morning; but they obeyed not Moses, for they left of it until the morning, and it produced worms and stank," Exod. xvi. 19, 20.

10,115. "Then thou shalt burn what is left with fire"-that hereby is signified their dissipation, appears from the signification of what is left of the flesh and of the bread, as denoting what was not appropriated, as above, n. 10,114; and from the signification of burning with fire, as denoting to dissipate, in this place by the loves which are of man's proprium, thus by the evils which are of those loves. For by fire is signified love in each sense, in this case proper love, which is the love of self. That this love is signified by fire, may be seen n. 1297, 2446, 5071, 5215, 6314, 6832, 7575; and that the proprium of man is nothing but evil, n. 210, 215, 694, 874, 875, 876, 987, 1023, 1044, 3812, 5660; that proper love [or the love peculiar to the proprium] is here signified, is, because by what was left until the morning is signified that which was not conjoined to good, n. 10,114; and what cannot be conjoined, this is not from the Divine but from the proprium. That this was unclean, thus evil, is manifest from Moses, "He who eateth what is left until the morning, shall bear his iniquity, and that soul shall be cut off from his people," Levit. xix. 7, 8. Again, "If in eating there be eaten of the flesh of the eucharistic sacrifice on the third day, he that offereth it shall not be accepted, nor shall it be imputed unto him, it shall be an abomination, and the soul which hath eaten of it shall bear its iniquity," Levit. vii. 16, 17, 18; in like manner it is manifest from this consideration, that what was left of the manna " produced worms and stank," Exod. xvi. 20.

10,116. "It shall not be eaten "-that hereby is signified it shall not be appropriated, is evident from the signification of eating, as denoting to appropriate, see above, n. 10,106.

10,117. "Because it is holy "-that hereby is signified what is Divine, to which it shall not be conjoined, because hence comes what is profane, appears from the signification of what is holy, as denoting what is Divine, see above, n. 10,111. The reason why it is not conjoined to it is, because by what was left of the flesh and of the bread, is signified that it was not conjoined, n. 10,114, thus also that it ought not to be conjoined; that this is the proprium of man, which is nothing but evil, may be seen above, 10,115, and to conjoin what is Divine with the proprium of man, thus with evil, is to profane it, n. 6348, 9298. Hence it is said, that whosoever eateth of what is left until the morning, profanes the holy thing of Jehovah, and that that soul shall be cut off from his people, Levit. xix. 7, 8; and also that the flesh of the sacrifice, which touched any unclean thing, should be burnt with fire, Levit. vii. 19. From these considerations it is now evident, that the profanation of what is holy is signified by eating the flesh and bread of the sacrifice on the day following.

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10,118. "And thus thou shalt do to Aaron and to his sons -that hereby is signified this representative of the glorification of the Lord, and His influx into the heavens and into the church, appears from the representation of Aaron, as denoting the Lord as to Divine Good, see n. 9809; and from the representation of his sons, as denoting the Lord as to Divine Spiritual Good, see n. 10,068; and from the signification of doing thus, that is, anointing them and filling their hands, and thereby inaugurating them into the priesthood, as denoting that they may represent the Lord as to the glorification of His Human,

influx thence into the heavens and into the church; for anointing was a representative of the glorification of His Human, and the filling of the hand was a representative of His influx thence into the heavens and into the church. That anointing represented the Divine Good of the Lord in His Divine Human, see n. 9954, consequently glorification, which is the unition of the Divine Human with the Divine Itself, which is called the Father, n. 10,053; and that the filling of the hand represented the Divine Power of the Lord by Divine Truth in the heavens and in the church, and its communicative and receptive [principle] there, n. 10,019,-thus its influx.

10,119. "According to all which I have commanded thee"that hereby is signified according to the laws of Divine Order, is manifest from the signification of commanding, when concerning Jehovah, that is, the Lord, as denoting according to the laws of Divine Order, for whatsoever the Lord commands is according to Divine Order, thus according to its laws, for the

Divine Truth proceeding from the Divine Good of the Lord in the heavens, thus the Lord there, is order itself; wherefore, every thing which the Lord commands is a law of order; that. the laws of order are the Divine Truths of the Lord, may be seen n. 1728, 2247, 2258, 5703, 7995, 8512, 8700, 8988.

10,120. "Seven days thou shalt fill their hand "—that hereby is signified a representative of the plenary power of the Lord in the heavens by influx from the Divine Good of the Divine Love of His Divine Human, appears from the signification of seven days, as denoting a full state or what is plenary, see n. 6508, 7228; and from the signification of filling the hand, as being a representative of the Divine Power of the Lord in the heavens, and the communicative and receptive principle there, see n. 10,019; and since this is effected by influx from the Divine Good of His Divine Love from His Divine Human, therefore this also is signified.

10,121. Verses 36 to 46. And a bullock of sin thou shalt offer every day on the propitiations, and thou shalt cleanse from sin upon the altar in propitiating thyself upon it, and thou shalt anoint it to sanctify it. Seven days thou shalt propitiate upon the altar, and shalt sanctify it, and the altar shall be the holy of holies; every one touching the altar shall be sanctified. And this is what thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs the sons of a year every day, continually. One lamb thou shalt offer in the morning, and the other lamb thou shalt offer between the evenings, And a tenth of fine flour mixed with bruised oil, the fourth of a hin, and a libation of the fourth of a hin of wine with the first lamb. And the second lamb thou shalt offer between the evenings, according to the morning meat-offering, and according to the libation thereof thou shalt offer it, for an odor of rest, an affering made by fire unto Jehovah; and a burnt-offering continually throughout your generations, at the door of the tent of the congregation before Jehovah, where I will meet you to speak there unto thee. And there I will meet the sons of Israel, and he shall be sanctified with My glory. And I will sanctify the tent of the congregation and the altar, and Aaron and his sons, to perform the office of the priesthood to Me. And I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel, and I will be to them for a God. And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, to dwell Myself in the -midst of them: I am Jehovah their God. And a bullock of sin thou shalt offer every day on the propitiations, signifies the continual removal of evils and thence of falses in the natural man by the good of innocence from the Lord. And thou shalt cleanse from sin upon the altar, signifies purification from evils in heaven and in the church. In propitiating thyself upon it, signifies thereby the faculty of receiving good from the Lord. And thou shalt anoint it, signifies inauguration to represent the

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