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出埃及记 13

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1 耶和华晓谕摩西

2 以色列中凡头生的,无论是人是牲畜,都是我的,要分别为归我。

3 摩西对百姓:你们要记念从埃及为奴之家出来的这日,因为耶和华用大能的将你们从这地方领出来。有的饼都不可

4 亚笔间的这日是你们出来的日子。

5 将来耶和华领你进迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、希未人、耶布斯人之,就是他向你的祖宗起誓应许你那流奶与蜜之,那时你要在这间守这礼。

6 你要无酵日,到第七日要向耶和华守节。

7 日之久,要无酵饼;在你四境之内不可见有的饼,也不可见发酵的物。

8 当那日,你要告诉你的儿子:这是因耶和华在我出埃及的时候为我所行的事。

9 这要在你上作记号,在你额上作纪念,使耶和华的律法常在你中,因为耶和华曾用大能的将你从埃及领出来。

10 所以你每年要按着日期守这例。

11 将来,耶和华照他向你和你祖宗所起的誓将你领进迦南人之,把这你,

12 那时你要将一切头生的,并牲畜中头生的,归给耶和华;公的都要属耶和华

13 凡头生的,你要用羊羔代赎;若不代赎,就要打折他的颈项。凡你儿子中头生的都要赎出来。

14 日後,你的儿子问你:这是甚麽意思?你就耶和华用大能的我们埃及为奴之家领出来。

15 那时法老几乎不容我们去,耶和华就把埃及所有头生的,无论是人是牲畜,都杀了。因此,我把一切头生的公牲畜献给耶和华为祭,但将头生的儿子都赎出来。

16 这要在你上作记号,在你额上作经文,因为耶和华用大能的我们埃及领出来。

17 法老容百姓去的时候,非利士道路虽近,却不领他们从那里走;因为:恐怕百姓遇见打仗後悔,就回埃及去。

18 所以领百姓绕道而行,走红旷野以色列人埃及,都带着兵器上去。

19 摩西把约瑟的骸一同带去;因为约瑟曾叫以色列人严严地起誓,对他们说:必眷顾你们,你们要把我的骸从这里一同带上去。

20 他们从疏割起行,在旷野边的以倘安营。

21 日间,耶和华中领他们的;夜间,在中光照他们,使他们日夜都可以行走。

22 日间,夜间,总不离开百姓的面前。

   

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2916. That 'give me possession of a grave among you' means that they were able to be regenerated is clear from the meaning of 'a grave'. In the internal sense of the Word 'a grave' means life, which is heaven, and in the contrary sense death, which is hell. The reason it means life or heaven is that angels, who possess the internal sense of the Word, have no other concept of a grave, because they have no other concept of death. Consequently instead of a grave they perceive nothing else than the continuation of life, and so resurrection. For man rises again as to the spirit and is buried as to the body, see 1854. Now because 'burial' means resurrection, it also means regeneration, since regeneration is the primary resurrection of man, for when regenerated he dies as regards his former self and rises again as regards the new. It is through regeneration that from being a dead man he becomes a living man, and it is from this that the meaning of 'a grave' is derived in the internal sense. When the idea of a grave presents itself the idea of regeneration comes to mind with angels, as is also evident from what has been told about young children in 2299.

[2] The reason 'a grave' in the contrary sense means death or hell is that the evil do not rise again to life but to death. When therefore the evil are referred to and a grave is mentioned, no other idea comes to mind with angels than that of hell; and this also is the reason why hell in the Word is called the grave.

[3] That 'a grave' means resurrection and also regeneration is evident in Ezekiel,

Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovih, Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people, and I will bring you to the land of Israel, and you will know that I am Jehovah when I open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people. And I will put My spirit within you and you will live, and I will place you on your own land. Ezekiel 37:12-14.

Here the prophet refers to bones that have been made to live, and in the internal sense to regeneration. Its being a reference to regeneration is quite evident, for it is said, 'when I will put My spirit within you and you will live, and I will place you on your own land'. Here 'graves' stands for the former self and its evils and falsities, while the opening of them and the coming up from them means being regenerated. Thus the idea of a grave perishes and so to speak is discarded when the idea of regeneration or new life enters instead.

[4] The description in Matthew 27:52-53, about graves being opened and many bodies of the saints who were sleeping being raised, coming out of their graves after the Lord's resurrection, entering the holy city, and appearing to many, embodies the same idea, that is to say, a resurrection taking place as a result of the Lord's resurrection, and in the inner sense every individual resurrection. The Lord's raising of Lazarus from the dead, John 11:1 and following verses, likewise embodies the re-establishment of the Church from among gentiles; for all the miracles that the Lord performed, because they were Divine, embodied the states of His Church. Something similar is also meant by the man who, having been cast into the grave of Elisha, came to life again on touching the prophet's bones, 2 Kings 13:20-21, for Elisha represented the Lord.

[5] As 'burial' meant resurrection in general and every individual resurrection, the ancients were therefore particularly concerned about their burials and about the places where they were to be buried - Abraham, for example, was to be buried in Hebron in the land of Canaan, as were Isaac and Jacob, together with their wives, Genesis 47:29-31; 49:30-32; Joseph's bones were to be carried up out of Egypt into the land of Canaan, Genesis 50:25; Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32; David and subsequent kings were to be buried in Zion, 1 Kings 2:10; 11:43; 14:31; 15:8, 24; 22:50; 2 Kings 8:24; 12:21; 14:20; 15:7, 38; 16:20, the reason being that the land of Canaan and also Zion represented and meant the Lord's kingdom, while burial meant resurrection. But it may become clear to anyone that the place itself does not contribute anything towards resurrection.

[6] The truth that 'burial' means resurrection to life is also evident from other representatives, such as the requirement that the wicked were not to be lamented or buried, but cast aside, Jeremiah 8:2; 14:16; 16:4, 6; 20:6; 22:19; 25:33; 2 Kings 9:10; Revelation 11:9; and that the wicked buried already were to be cast out of their graves, Jeremiah 8:1-2; 2 Kings 23:16-18. But as regards 'a grave' in the contrary sense meaning death or hell, see Isaiah 14:19-21; Ezekiel 32:21-23, 25-26; Psalms 88:4-5, 10-11; Numbers 19:16, 18-19.

  
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