the Highest," vi. 32-35. That neither can man do good from himself which is real good, but from the Lord, the Lord also teaches in John, "A man cannot take any thing unless it be given him from heaven," iii. 27: and in another place, "Jesus said, I am the vine, ye are the branches; he who abideth in Me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit; for without Me ye can do nothing," xv. 5. 9982. To believe that they are rewarded if they do good, is not hurtful with those who are in innocence-as with infants and with the simple; but to confirm themselves therein when they become adults, is hurtful; for man is initiated into good by respecting reward, and he is deterred from evil by respecting punishment; but so far as he comes into the good of love and of faith, so far he is removed from respecting merit in the goods which he does. 9983. To do good, which is good, must be from the love of good, thus for the sake of good; those who are in that love abhor merit, for they love to do, and hence they perceive satisfaction; and vice versa, they are sorrowful, if it be believed that what they do is for the sake of any thing of themselves. The case herein is nearly as with those who do good to friends for the sake of friendship, to a brother for the sake of brotherhood, to a wife and children for the sake of the wife and children, to their country for the sake of their country,-thus from friendship and from love; those who think well, also say and insist, that they do no good for the sake of themselves, but for the sake of others. 9984. The delight itself, which is in the love of doing good without reward as an end, is the recompense which remains to eternity, for every affection of love is permanent, being inscribed on the life;-into that love is insinuated heaven and eternal happiness from the Lord. CHAPTER XXIX. 1. AND this is the word which thou shalt do to them, to sanctify them, to perform the office of the priesthood to Me; take one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams entire. 2. And bread of what is unleavened, and cakes of what is unleavened, mixed with oil, and wafers of what is unleavened anointed with oil; with fine flour of wheat thou shalt make them. 3. And thou shalt give them upon one basket, and thou shalt cause them to approach in the basket; and the bullock and the two rams. 4. And Aaron and his sons thou shalt cause to approach to the door of the tent of the congregation, and thou shalt wash them with waters. 5. And thou shalt take garments, and shalt clothe Aaron with the tunic, and with the robe of the ephod, and with the ephod, and with the breast-plate, and thou shalt gird him with the girdle of the ephod. 6. And thou shalt set the mitre on his head, and thou shalt give the coronet of holiness upon the mitre. 7. And thou shalt take the oil of anointing, and shalt pour it upon his head, and shalt anoint him. 8. And thou shalt cause his sons to approach, and shalt clothe them with tunics. 9. And thou shalt gird them with a belt, Aaron and his sons, and shalt tie turbans to them, and the priesthood shall be to them for the statute of an age; and thou shalt fill the hand of Aaron, and the hand of his sons. 10. And thou shalt cause the bullock to approach before the tent of the congregation, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 11. And thou shalt slay the bullock before JEHOVAH at the door of the tent of the congregation. 12. And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and shalt give it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; and all the blood thou shalt pour forth at the foundation of the altar. 13. And thou shalt take all the fat covering the intestines, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, and thou shalt make the altar to burn. 14. And the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, thou shalt burn with fire out of the camp; this is sin. 15. And thou shalt take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 16. And thou shalt slay the ram, and shalt take his blood, and shalt sprinkle [it] upon the altar round about. 17. And thou shalt cut the ram into his segments, and shalt wash his intestines, and his legs, and shalt give [them] upon his segments, and upon his head. 18. And thou shalt make the altar to burn with the whole ram, this is a burnt-offering to JEHOVAH, an odor of rest, this is an offering made by fire to JEHOVAH. 19. And thou shalt take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20. And thou shalt slay the ram, and shalt take of his blood, and shalt give [it] upon the auricle* of the ear of Aaron, and The auricle of the ear is that part of the external ear which is on the outside of the head, thus all that is commonly understood by the term ear. Anatomists use the word err to denote the whole of the organ of hearing, and divide the whole into the external ear, the middle ear, and the internal ear. The external upon the auricle of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot; and thou shalt sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 21. And thou shalt take of the blood which is upon the altar, and of the oil of anointing, and shalt sprinkle [it] upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him, and he [shall be] holy, and his garments, and his sons, aud the garments of his sons with him. 22. And thou shalt take the fat of the ram, and the tail, and the fat covering the intestines, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, and the right flank, because it is the ram of fillings. 23. And one piece of bread, and one cake of bread of oil, and one wafer, out of the basket of the unleavened things which are before JEHOVAH. 24. And thou shalt put all the things upon the palms of the hands of Aaron, and upon the palms of the hands of his sons. and shalt shake them a shaking before JEHOVAH. 25. And thou shalt receive them out of their hand, and shalt cause the altar to burn on the burnt-offering, for an odor of rest before JEHOVAH, this is an offering made by fire to JEHOVAH. 26. And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of fillings, which is for Aaron, and thou shalt shake it a shaking before JEHOVAH, and it shall be to thee for a portion. 27. And thou shalt sanctify the breast of shaking, and the flank of up-lifting, which is shaken, and which is up-lifted of the ram of fillings, of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons. 28. And it shall be for Aaron and for his sons for the statute of an age from with the sons of Israel, because this is the uplifting, and the uplifting shall be from with the sons of Israel of their peace-making sacrifices, their up-lifting to JEHOVAH. 29. And the garments of holiness which are for Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to anointing in them, and to filling in them their hand. 30. Seven days shall the priest after him of his sons put them on, who shall enter into the tent of the congregation, to minister in the holy [place]. 31. And thou shalt take the ram of fillings, and shalt boil his flesh in the holy place. 32. And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread which is in the basket, at the door of the tent of the congregation. par consists of the auricle and the meatus auditorius, or the passage which leads from the auricle to the membrane of the tympanum or drum of the ear. 33. And they shall eat those things wherein is what is ex- piated, to fill their hand, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat, because they are holy. 34. And if there should have been left of the flesh of fillings, and of the bread until the morning, then thou shalt burn what is left with fire, it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35. And thus thou shalt do to Aaron and to his sons, ac- cording to all which I have commanded thee: seven days thou 36. 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 to sanctify it. 37. 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. 38. And this is what thou shalt do: offer upon the altar two lambs the sons of a year every day, continually. 39. One lamb thou shalt offer in the morning, and the other lamb thou shalt offer between the evenings. 40. 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 41. And the second lamb thou shalt offer between the ever- ings, according to the morning meat-offering, and according to the libation thereof, thou shalt offer it, for an odor of rest, an offering made by fire unto JEHOVAH. 42. And a burnt-offering continually throughout your gene- rations at the door of the tent of the congregation before JE HOVAH, where I will meet you to speak there unto thee. 43. And there I will meet the sons of Israel, and he shall be 44. And I will sanctify the tent of the congregation, and the altar, and Aaron, and his sons I will sanctify to perform the office 45. And I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel, and 46. And they shall know that I am JEHOVAH their GOD, 9985. THE subject treated of, in the internal sense, in this THE INTERNAL SENSE. 9986. VERSES 1, 2, 3. And this is the word which thou shalt do to them, to sanctify them, to perform the office of the priesthood to Me: take one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams entire. And bread of what is unleavened, and cakes of what is unleavened mixed with oil, and wafers of what is unleavened anointed with oil, with fine flour of wheat thou shalt make them. And thou shalt give them upon one basket, and thou shalt cause them to approach in the basket; and the bullock and the two rams. And this is the word which thou shalt do to them, signifies the law of order. To sanctify them, signifies a representation of the Lord as to the Divine Human [principle]. To perform the office of the priesthood to Me, signifies to represent all the work of salvation by Him. Take one bullock, a son of the herd, signifies the purification of the natural or external man. And two rams entire, signifies the purification of the spiritual or internal man. And bread of what is unleavened, signifies the purification of the celestial principle in the inmost of man; and cakes of what is unleavened mixed with oil, signifies the purification of the middle celestial principle. And wafers of what is unleavened anointed with oil, signifies the celestial principle in the external man. With fine flour of wheat thou shalt make them, signifies truth which is from Divine Good; and thou shalt give them upon one basket, signifies the sensual principle in which they are. And thou shalt cause them to approach in the basket, signifies thereby the presence of all things. And the bullock and the two rams, signifies the natural or external principle of man, and his spiritual or internal principle, which were to be purified. 9987. "And this is the word which thou shalt do to them" -that hereby is signified the law of order, appears from the signification of the Word, as denoting the Divine Truth, and hence the law of order, of which we shall speak presently. Word in the general sense signifies what is uttered by the mouth or discourse; and since discourse is the thought of the mind uttered by expressions, therefore word signifies the thing thought of, hence every thing which really exists, and is any thing, in the original tongue is called the word. But in an eminent sense the Word is the Divine Truth, by reason that every thing which really exists, and which is any thing, is from the Divine Truth, therefore it is said in David," By the Word of Jehovah the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all the host of them," Psalm xxxiii. 6; where the Word of Jehovah is the Divine Truth proceeding from the Lord; the breath of the mouth of Jehovah is life thence derived; the heavens thence made, and all the host of them, are the angels so far as they are receptions of the Divine |