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2 Mosebok 33

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1 Og Herren talte til Moses: Dra nu bort herfra, både du og det folk som du har ført op fra Egyptens land, til det land jeg tilsvor Abraham, Isak og Jakob, da jeg sa: Din ætt vil jeg gi det;

2 og jeg vil sende en engel foran dig og drive ut kana'anittene, amorittene og hetittene og ferisittene og hevittene og jebusittene.

3 Dra op til et land som flyter med melk og honning; jeg vil ikke selv dra op med dig, fordi du er et hårdnakket folk; jeg vilde ellers komme til å ødelegge dig på veien.

4 Da folket hørte denne hårde tale, sørget de, og ingen tok sine smykker på sig.

5 For Herren sa til Moses: Si til Israels barn: I er et hårdnakket folk; drog jeg endog bare et øieblikk op med dig, så måtte jeg ødelegge dig; men legg nu dine smykker av dig, så jeg kan vite hvad jeg skal gjøre med dig.

6 Da tok Israels barn sine smykker av og bar dem ikke mere, efterat de hadde draget fra fjellet Horeb.

7 Men Moses tok et telt og slo det op utenfor leiren et godt stykke fra; han kalte det sammenkomstens telt, og enhver som søkte Herren, gikk ut til sammenkomstens telt utenfor leiren.

8 Og hver gang Moses gikk ut til teltet, reiste hele folket sig, og de stod hver i døren til sitt telt og så efter Moses, til han var kommet inn i teltet.

9 Og når Moses var kommet inn i teltet, da senket skystøtten sig og stod i døren til teltet, og han* talte med Moses. / {* Herren.}

10 Og alt folket så skystøtten stå i døren til teltet, og alt folket reiste sig og bøide sig hver i døren til sitt telt.

11 Og Herren talte til Moses åsyn til åsyn, likesom en mann taler med sin næste. Så vendte han tilbake til leiren, men hans tjener Josva, Nuns sønn, en ung mann, vek ikke fra teltet.

12 Og Moses sa til Herren: Se, du sier til mig: Før dette folk op! Men du har ikke latt mig vite hvem du vil sende med mig, enda du selv har sagt: Jeg kjenner dig ved navn, og du har funnet nåde for mine øine.

13 Dersom jeg nu har funnet nåde for dine øine, så la mig se din vei, så jeg kan kjenne dig og finne nåde for dine øine, og kom i hu at dette folk er ditt folk!

14 Da sa han: Mitt åsyn* skal gå med, og jeg vil føre dig til hvile. / {* d.e. jeg selv.}

15 Men han sa til ham: Dersom ditt åsyn ikke går med, da la oss ikke dra op herfra!

16 Hvorav kan jeg da vite at jeg har funnet nåde for dine øine, jeg og ditt folk, medmindre du går med oss, så jeg og ditt folk blir æret fremfor alle folkeslag på jorden?

17 Da sa Herren til Moses: Også det du nu ber om, vil jeg gjøre; for du har funnet nåde for mine øine, og jeg kjenner dig ved navn.

18 Men han sa: La mig da få se din herlighet!

19 Og han sa: Jeg vil la all min godhet gå forbi ditt åsyn, og jeg vil rope ut Herrens navn for ditt åsyn; for jeg vil være nådig mot den som jeg er nådig imot, og miskunne mig over den som jeg miskunner mig over.

20 Og han sa: Du kan ikke se mitt åsyn; for intet menneske kan se mig og leve.

21 Derefter sa Herren: Se, her tett ved mig er et sted; still dig der på berget,

22 og når min herlighet går forbi, da vil jeg la dig stå i fjellkløften, og jeg vil dekke med min hånd over dig til jeg er gått forbi;

23 så vil jeg ta min hånd bort; da kan du se mig bakfra, men mitt åsyn kan ingen se.

   

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10545. 'And Moses took a tent' means the holiness of worship, the Church, and the Word. This is clear from the meaning of 'a tent' in the highest sense as the Lord, also heaven and the Church, and in the relative sense as everything holy belonging to heaven and the Church, consequently also the holiness of worship and the holiness of the Word; for worship and the Word belong to the Church, and they are the Lord's since they are derived from Him. The reason why 'a tent' means these things is that the most ancient people used to live in tents and also to hold their holy worship in them. Among these people the celestial Church existed, and this was holier than all the Churches that came after it. For the one they worshipped was the Lord; for them Jehovah was none other than Him. And since it was He who led them, they were in direct contact with the angels of heaven, as a consequence of which they possessed heavenly wisdom that comes from the Lord. The establishment of that Church is what the creation of heaven and earth in the first chapter of Genesis describes, and their wisdom is what paradise describes; for 'heaven and earth' in the Word means the Church, 'paradise' means intelligence and wisdom, and 'man' (homo) means the Church itself, as does 'the ground', from which the name Adam derives.

'Heaven and earth' in the Word means the Church, 'heaven' the internal Church and 'earth' the external Church, see 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118, 3355(end), 4535, 10373.

Intelligence and wisdom is described by paradise-like and other gardens, 100, 108, 2702, 3220.

'Man' means the Church, 478, 768, 4287, 9276, and so does 'the ground', 566, 1068.

'Creating man' means establishing the Church, 16, 88, 10373.

See in addition 8891, 9942.

[2] Because this Church was the Lord's beloved more than all the rest and the Lord had His home with them in their tents (for the Lord is said to have His home with the person who loves Him, John 14:23), therefore to commemorate these things the tabernacle or tent of meeting was erected among the Israelite nation, to house their holy worship. And this was why the feast of tabernacles or tents was instituted.

[3] The fact that 'tent' means those holy things, and in particular the holiness of worship, is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Sing, O barren one that did not bear. Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwelling-places. Isaiah 54:1-2.

'Enlarging the place of the tent' means doing so to the things which belong to the Church and consequently to those which belong to worship. 'Stretching out the curtains of the dwelling-places' means multiplying truths, 'curtains' meaning the Church's truths, see 9595, 9596, 9606, 9756. 'Barren one' means the person with whom the Church's truths and forms of good have not existed hitherto, 3908, 9325.

[4] In Jeremiah,

The whole land has been laid waste. Suddenly My tents have been laid waste, My curtains in a moment. Jeremiah 4:20.

'The land' means the Church, see in the places referred to in 9325; and since the Church is the Church by virtue of forms of the good of love and by virtue of the truths of faith it says that tents and curtains have been laid waste, 'tents' being the Church's forms of good and 'curtains' its truths.

[5] In the same prophet,

My tent has been laid waste, and all My ropes torn away. My sons have gone away from Me, and they are not. There is no one stretching out My tent any more, or setting up My curtains. For the shepherds have become stupid. Jeremiah 10:20-21.

Similar things are meant here by 'tent' and 'curtains'. 'Ropes torn away' means that goodness and truth are no longer joined together, nor truths to one another. Therefore also it says 'My sons have gone away', for truths are meant by 'sons'.

'Ropes' means a joining together, see 9777, 9854, 9880.

'Sons' means truths, 489, 491, 533, 2623, 2803, 2813, 3373, 3704, 4257, 9807.

[6] In David,

O Jehovah, who will sojourn in Your tent? Who will dwell on Your holy mountain? He who walks blameless and who does righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. Psalms 15:1-2.

'Sojourning in Jehovah's tent' means abiding in heaven, and in the good of love there. In the same author,

I will remain in Your tent forever. Psalms 61:4.

Here the meaning is similar.

[7] In Amos,

On that day I will raise up the tent of David that is fallen down, and I will close up its breaches and restore its destroyed places. Amos 9:11.

'The tent of David' means the Lord's Church and the holiness that goes with worship of Him. 'Closing up breaches and restoring destroyed places' means renewing those things by moving falsities away from them. 'David' in the Word means the Lord, see 1888, 9954, so that 'the tent of David' means the Lord's Church and the holiness that goes with worship. In Jeremiah,

Behold, I will bring back the captivity 1 of the tents of Jacob, and will have compassion on his dwellings. Jeremiah 30:18.

'The tents of Jacob' and 'his dwellings' stand for the Church's forms of good and its truths.

[8] Since forms of good present in the Church and in worship are meant by 'tents', forms of evil present in worship and in the Church are meant in the contrary sense by 'tents', as may be recognized from the following places: In Jeremiah,

I will liken the daughter of Zion to one who is comely. Shepherds and their flocks will come to her and pitch their tents against her round about. Jeremiah 6:2-3.

In the same prophet,

Go up against Arabia, and lay waste the sons of the east. They will take their tents and their flocks, their curtains and all their vessels. Jeremiah 49:28-29.

In Hosea,

What will you do on the solemn day, and on the day of the feast of Jehovah? For behold, they have gone away on account of the devastation; the thorn will possess their precious things of silver, the nettle will be in their tents. Hosea 9:5-6.

In David,

He smote all the firstborn of Egypt, the beginning of strength in the tents of Ham. Psalms 78:51.

Бележки под линия:

1. i.e. restore the fortunes

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