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出埃及記 23

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1 不可隨夥佈散謠言;不可與惡人連妄作見證。

2 不可隨眾行惡;不可在爭訟的事上隨眾偏行,作見證屈枉正直;

3 也不可在爭訟的事上偏護窮人。

4 遇見你仇敵的牛或失迷了,總要牽回來交給他。

5 見恨你人的壓臥在重馱之,不可走開,務要和主一同抬開重馱。

6 不可在窮人爭訟的事上屈枉正直。

7 當遠離虛假的事。不可殺無辜和有的人,因我必不以惡人為

8 不可受賄賂;因為賄賂能叫明眼人變瞎了,又能顛倒人的

9 不可欺壓寄居的;因為你們在埃及作過寄居的,知道寄居的心。

10 年你要耕種田,收藏土產,

11 只是第七年要叫地歇息,不耕不種,使你民中的窮人有的;他們所剩下的,野獸可以。你的葡萄園橄欖園也要照樣辦理。

12 日你要做工,第七日要安息,使牛、可以歇息,並使你婢女的兒子和寄居的都可以舒暢。

13 凡我對你們的話,你們要謹守。別的名,你不可題,也不可從你中傳

14 一年三次,你要向我守節。

15 你要守除酵節,照我所吩咐你的,在亞筆內所定的日期,無酵。誰也不可空手朝見我,因為你是這出了埃及

16 又要守收割節,所收的是你田間所種、勞碌得來初熟之物。並在年底收藏,要守收藏節。

17 一切的男丁要一年三次朝見耶和華

18 不可將我祭牲的血和有的餅一同獻上;也不可將我節上祭牲的脂油留到早晨

19 地裡首先初熟之物要送到耶和華─你的殿。不可用山羊羔母的奶山羊羔。

20 看哪,我差遣使者在你前面,在上保護你,領你到我所預備的地方去。

21 他是奉我名來的;你們要在他面前謹慎,從他的話,不可惹(惹或作:違背)他,因為他必不赦免你們的過犯。

22 你若實在從他的話,照著我一切所的去行,我就向你的仇敵作仇敵,向你的敵人敵人

23 我的使者要在你前面行,領你到亞摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、迦南人、希未人、耶布斯人那裡去,我必將他們剪除。

24 你不可跪拜他們的,不可事奉他,也不可效法他們的行為,卻要把像盡行拆毀,打碎他們的柱像。

25 你們要事奉耶和華─你們的,他必賜福與你的糧與你的,也必從你們中間除去疾病

26 你境內必沒有墜胎的,不生產的。我要使你滿了你年日的數目。

27 凡你所到的地方,我要使那裡的眾民在你面前驚駭,擾亂,又要使你一切仇敵背逃跑。

28 我要打發黃蜂飛在你前面,把希未人、迦南人、赫人攆出去。

29 我不在年之內將他們從你面前攆出去,恐怕成為荒涼,野的獸多起來害你。

30 我要漸漸將他們從你面前攆出去,等到你的人數加多,承受那為業。

31 我要定你的境界,從紅直到非利士,又從曠野直到大。我要將那居民交在你中,你要將他們從你面前攆出去。

32 不可和他們並他們的立約。

33 他們不可在你的上,恐怕他們使你得罪我。你若事奉他們的,這必成為你的網羅

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 1736

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1736. That the Lord is Jehovah, who is here called “God Most High,” is plainly evident from the Word.

In Isaiah:

Jehovah Zebaoth is His name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth is He called (Isaiah 54:5); where it is plain that the Redeemer and the Holy One of Israel, who is the Lord alone, is “Jehovah Zebaoth” and “the God of the whole earth.” Again:

Thus said Jehovah thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am Jehovah thy God (Isaiah 48:17).

Again:

I do help thee, saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 41:14).

The expressions “the Holy One of Israel,” and “the God of Israel” occur many times. That the Lord is the Holy One of Israel and the God of Israel is clearly evident in that:

They saw the God of Israel, and there was under His feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as it were the substance of heaven for clearness (Exodus 24:10).

[2] No other was acknowledged and called Jehovah by the Jewish Church, for it worshiped the one God Jehovah, and this was the more fully the case for the reason-which was unknown to most of them-that all the rites of that church represented the Lord, and all the things of the Word in the internal sense were significative of Him.

In Isaiah:

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord Jehovih will wipe away the tear from off all faces. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us; this is Jehovah, we have waited for Him; let us exult and be glad in his salvation (Isaiah 25:8-9);

treating of the coming of the Lord.

[3] In the same:

Behold the Lord Jehovih will come in strength, and His arm shall rule for Him. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, He shall gather the little lambs in His arm, He shall carry them in His bosom, He shall lead the sucklings (Isaiah 40:10-11).

Here the Lord is plainly spoken of, who is “the Lord Jehovih.” That He “shall come in strength,” and “His arm rule for Him,” signifies that He would conquer the hells by His own power; to “feed His flock, gather the little lambs in His arm, carry them in His bosom, and lead the sucklings,” are predicated of His love or mercy.

[4] Again:

Thus said Jehovah that created the heavens, God Himself that formed the earth and made it, He established it, He created it not an emptiness, He formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah, and there is none else. Am not I Jehovah, and there is no God else besides Me? a just God, and a Saviour, there is none besides Me. Look unto Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else (Isaiah 45:18, 21-22).

Here the Lord is manifestly spoken of as being alone Jehovah and God. That to “create the heavens and form the earth” is to regenerate, thus that the Creator of heaven and earth is the Regenerator, may be seen above at n. 16, 88, 472, and elsewhere; and therefore the Lord is often called the Creator, Former, and Maker.

[5] Again:

Thou art our Father, for Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us. Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father, our Redeemer, Thy name is from everlasting (Isaiah 63:16).

Here the Lord is plainly meant, who alone is the “Redeemer.”

In Moses:

Take heed of His face, and hear His voice, provoke Him not, for He will not bear your transgression, for My name is in the midst of Him (Exodus 23:21). That “name” means essence, see above (n. 144, 145); and “in the midst” means the inmost (n. 1074).

[6] In Isaiah:

Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6),

plainly said of the Lord.

In Jeremiah:

Behold the days come that I will raise unto David a righteous offshoot, and He shall reign a King, and shall act intelligently, and shall do judgment and justice in the earth; in His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in confidence; and this is His name whereby they shall call Him, Jehovah our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:5-6),

plainly meaning the Lord.

In Zechariah:

Jehovah shall be King over all the earth; in that day there shall be one Jehovah, and His name one (Zech. 14:9),

plainly speaking of the Lord. The “name” denotes the essence.

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