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出埃及記 7

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1 耶和華摩西:我使你在法老面前代替,你的哥哥亞倫是替你話的。

2 凡我所吩咐你的,你都要。你的哥哥亞倫要對法老,容以色列人出他的

3 我要使法老的剛硬,也要在埃及多行神蹟奇事。

4 法老必不你們;我要伸重重的刑罰埃及,將我的軍隊以色列民從埃及領出來。

5 我伸攻擊埃及,將以色列人從他們中間領出來的時候,埃及人就要知道我是耶和華

6 摩西亞倫這樣行;耶和華怎樣吩咐他們,他們就照樣行了。

7 摩西亞倫法老說話的時候,摩西八十歲,亞倫八十三歲。

8 耶和華曉諭摩西亞倫

9 法老若對你們:你們行件奇事罷!你就吩咐亞倫:把杖丟在法老面前,使杖變作蛇。

10 摩西亞倫進去見法老,就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫把杖丟在法老和臣僕面前,杖就變作蛇。

11 於是法老召了博士和術士來;他們是埃及行法術的,也用邪術照樣而行。

12 他們各丟下自己的杖,杖就變作蛇;但亞倫的了他們的杖。

13 法老裡剛硬,不肯從摩西、亞倫,正如耶和華的。

14 耶和華摩西法老裡固執,不肯容百姓去。

15 明日早晨,他出來往邊去,你要往河邊迎接他,裡要拿著那變過蛇的杖,

16 對他耶和華希伯來人打發我來見你,:容我的百姓去,好在曠野事奉我。到如今你還是不

17 耶和華這樣:我要用我裡的杖擊打河中的就變作血;因此,你必知道我是耶和華

18 河裡的魚必,河也要腥埃及人就要厭惡吃這河裡的

19 耶和華曉諭摩西:你對亞倫:把你的杖伸在埃及所有的以上,就是在他們的江、、池、塘以上,叫都變作血。在埃及,無論在器中,器中,都必有血。

20 摩西亞倫就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫法老和臣僕眼前舉杖擊打河裡的,河裡的都變作血了。

21 河裡的魚死了,河也腥了,埃及人就不能吃這河裡的埃及都有了血。

22 埃及行法術的,也用邪術照樣而行。法老裡剛硬,不肯摩西、亞倫,正如耶和華的。

23 法老轉身進宮,也不把這事放在上。

24 埃及人都在河的兩邊地,要得,因為他們不能這河裡的

25 耶和華擊打河以滿了

   

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Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in life. This is why the people of Israel built altars of stone, and is also why stoning was a principal form of capital punishment (using truth to destroy falsity, or in the negative sense using falsity to destroy truth). It is also why precious stones are described in such detail on Aaron's breastplate and ephod, and also in the New Jerusalem in Revelation; precious stones represent true ideas directly from the Lord with the various colors showing various forms of love. Stones are not alone in representing truth, of course -- it sometimes seems that almost everything in the Bible represents either true ideas or desires for good. But that makes sense, since our thoughts and our desires together are everything we are in life, and the interplay between them is what life is all about. The many ways they are represented in the Bible reflect the incredible variety in our feelings and thoughts, though we can only distantly understand how those representations work. In the case of stones, in their weight, strength and permanence they tend to represent true ideas that come from a desire for good, the understanding we can have if we are truly good and loving -- and in the highest sense the exalted ideas that come from the Lord's love. Those ideas are ones that are not easily moved or changed, and make wonderful foundations for the things we want to build in our spiritual lives.