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 Truth. The reason why the heavens denote angels is, because angels constitute heaven; and since angels are receptions of Divine Truth, therefore by angels in the abstract sense are signified the Divine Truths which are from the Lord, see n. 8192; and that the host of heaven in the same sense denotes Divine Truths, see n. 3448, 7236, 7988. Hence it may be manifest what is signified by the Word in John, "In the be ginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word. All things were made by Him, and without Him was nothing made, which was made. And the Word was mais flesh, and dwelt in us, and we beheld His glory," i. 1, 3, 14. That the Lord is here meant by the Word, is evident, for it is said that the Word was made flesh. The reason why the Lord is the Word is, because the Lord, when He was in the world, was the Divine Truth itself, and when He departed out of the world the Divine Truth proceeded from Him. See the passages cited, n. 9199, 9315. That the Word in the supreme sense is the Lord as to Divine Truth, or, what is the same thing, that the Word is the Divine Truth proceeding from the Lord, is manifest from numerous passages, as from David, "They cried to Jehovah, and He sent His Word, and healed them," Psalm cvii. 19, 20. And from John, "Ye have not the Word of the Father abiding in you, because whom He hath sent, Him ye do not believe: nor are willing to come to Me, that ye may have life," v. 38, 40. Again, “ I have given to them Thy Word, therefore the world hateth them; sanctify them in Thy Truth, Thy Word is Truth," xvii. 14, 17. And in the Apocalypse, "He that sat on the white horse was clothed with a vesture tinged with blood, and His name is called the Word of God; and He had upon His vesture, and upon His thigh, a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords," xix. 13, 16. From these and from other passages it is manifest, that the Divine Truth proceeding from the Lord is the Word, and in the supreme sense the Lord as to Divine Truth, for it is said that the name of Him who sat on the white horse is the Word of God, and that He is King of kings and Lord of lords; and whereas the Word is Divine Truth, therefore it is said, that He was clothed with a vesture tinged with blood, for by vesture is signified truth, n. 9952, and by blood truth derived from good; see these things more fully explained, n. 2760, 2761, 2762. Hence it is that all truth, which is from the Divine, is called the Word, as in Joel, "Jehovah uttered His voice before His army, His camp is exceedingly great, because [His army] is innumerable which doeth His Word," ii. 11; where the voice which Jehovah utters is truth from the Divine, n. 9926. The camp of Jehovah is heaven, n. 4236, 8193, 8196; hence it is evident that [the army] being innumerable which does His Word, denotes which does Divine Truth; and in Matthew, "If any one heareth the Word of the kingdom, and does not attend, the evil one cometh, and snatcheth away what was sown in his heart: he that received the seed upon stony places, is he who heareth the Word, and immediately with joy receiveth it, but hath not root he that receiveth seed among thorns, is he who heareth the Word, but the care of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choketh the Word: he that receiveth seed into good ground, is he who heareth the Word and attendeth, and thence bringeth forth fruit," xiii. 19 to 23. That the Word in this passage is Divine Truth, is evident without explication; it is called the Word of the kingdom, because it is the truth of heaven and the church, for the kingdom denotes heaven and the church. Hence it may be manifest, that words denote Divine Truths which are from the Lord, as in John, "The words which I speak to you, are spirit and are life," vi. 63; therefore also the precepts of the decalogue are called the "ten words," Exod. xxxiv. 28. The reason why the Word denotes the law of order is, because the Divine Truth proceeding from the Lord makes order in the heavens, insomuch that it is order there, hence the laws of heavenly order are Divine Truths, see n. 1728, 1919, 2247, 2258, 4839, 5703, 7995, 8513, 8700, 8988. The law of order, which is signified by the Word in this chapter, is how the Lord glorified His Human, that is, made it Divine, for this is the subject here treated of in the internal sense; and hence, in the respective sense, the regeneration of man is treated of, for the regeneration of man is an image of the glorification of the Lord, n. 3130, 3212, 3296, 4402, 5688, 9145, 9146. The reason why this principally is the law of order is, because the Lord, as to the Divine Human, is order in the heavens; and because every one who is regenerated is reduced to that order; wherefore those who are in that order, are in the Lord. 99SS. "To sanctify them"-that hereby is signified to represent the Lord as to the Divine Human, appears from the signification of sanctifying, as denoting to represent the Lord as to the Divine Human, see n. 9958. The reason why this is meant by sanctifying is, because the Lord alone is holy [sanctus], and because every thing that is holy proceeds from Him, and all sanctification represents Him, n. 9479, 9680, 9820. 9989. "To perform the office of the priesthood to Me"that hereby is signified all the work of salvation by Him, appears from the siguification of the priesthood, as being representative of the Lord as to the work of salvation, see n. 9809. 9990. "Take one bullock, a son of the herd"-that hereby is signified the purification of the natural or external man, appears from the signification of a bullock, as denoting the good of innocence and of charity in the natural or external man, see 9391, and because it is said a son of the herd, it signifies also the truth of that good, for a son denotes truth, and a herd denotes the natural principle. That a son denotes truth, see n. 489, 491, 533, 2623, 3373, 9807; and that the herd denotes the natural principle, see n. 2566, 5913, 8937. The reason why by a bullock the son of the herd is here signified the purification of the natural or external man is, because he was sacrificed, and by sacrifices were signified purification from evils and falses, or expiation, in this case purification from the evils and falses which are in the natural or external man; but purification in the spiritual or internal man, is signified by the burnt-offering of the ram. That it may be known what the burnt-offerings and sacrifices specially represented, it is to be noted, that in man there is an external and an internal principle, and that in each there is what has relation to truth, and what has relation to good; wherefore when man is to be regenerated, he must be regenerated as to the external principle and as to the internal, and in each as to truth and as to good; but before man can be regenerated, he must be purified from evils and from falses, for these are opposed [to it]. The purifications of the external man were represented by burnt-offerings and sacrifices of oxen, of bullocks, and of he-goats; and the purifications of the internal man by burnt-offerings, and sacrifices of rams, of kids, and of she-goats; but the purification of the internal principle itself, which is inmost, by burnt-offerings and sacrifices of lambs; wherefore from the animals themselves, which were sacrificed, it may be manifest what purification or expiation was represented. It is said what purification or expiation was represented, because burnt-offerings and sacrifices did not purify or expiate man, but only represented purification or expiation; for who cannot know that such things do not take away any thing of evil and of the false appertaining to man, seo passages from the Word, n. 2180. The reason why they did not take away, but only represented, was, because with the Israelitish and Judaic nation was instituted the representative of a church, by which conjunction was effected with the heavens, and by the heavens with the Lord, on which subject see what was shown in the passages cited, n. 9320, 9380, but what was specifically represented by the burnt-offerings and sacrifices of bullocks, and of rams, and of lambs, will be seen in what follows in this chapter, for it there treats concerning them. 9991. "And two rams entire "-that hereby is signified the purification of the spiritual or internal man, appears from the signification of a ram, as denoting the internal principle of man, thus his spiritual principle, see n. 2830; for the internal principle with man is called spiritual, and the external natural, The reason why purification is signified is, because burnt-offerings were made of rams, and by burnt-offerings and sacrifices in general were represented purifications from evils and falses, |