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出埃及记 18

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1 摩西的岳父,米甸祭司叶忒罗,摩西的百姓以色列所行的一切事,就是耶和华以色列埃及领出来的事,

2 便带着摩西的妻子西坡拉,就是摩西从前打发回去的,

3 又带着西坡拉的两个儿子个名叫革舜,因为摩西:我在外邦作了寄居的;

4 个名叫以利以谢因为他:我父亲帮助了我,救我脱离法老的刀。

5 摩西的岳父叶忒罗带着摩西的妻子和两个儿子,就是摩西旷野安营的地方。

6 他对摩西:我是你岳父叶忒罗,带着你的妻子和两个儿子到你这里。

7 摩西迎接他的岳父,向他下拜,与他亲嘴,彼此问安,都进了帐棚。

8 摩西耶和华以色列的缘故向法老埃及人所行的一切事,以及上所遭遇的一切艰难,并耶和华怎样搭救他们,都述说与他岳父听。

9 叶忒罗因耶和华以色列的一切处,就是拯救他们脱离埃及人,便甚欢喜。

10 叶忒罗耶和华是应当称颂的;他救了你们脱离埃及人法老的,将这百姓从埃及人救出来。

11 我现今在埃及人向这百姓发狂傲的事上得知,耶和华比万

12 摩西的岳父叶忒罗把燔祭和平安祭献给亚伦以色列的长老来了,与摩西的岳父在面前饭。

13 第二天,摩西坐着审判百姓,百姓从到晚都站在摩西的左右。

14 摩西的岳父见他向百姓所做的一切事,就:你向百姓做的是甚麽事呢?你为甚麽独自坐着,众百姓从到晚都站在你的左右呢?

15 摩西对岳父:这是因百姓到我这里求问

16 他们有事的时候就到我这里,我便在两造之间施行审判;我又叫他们知道的律例和度。

17 摩西的岳父:你这做的不

18 你和这些百姓必都疲惫;因为这事太重,你独自一人办理不了。

19 现在你要我的。我为你出个主意,愿与你同在。你要替百姓到面前,将案件奏告

20 又要将律例和度教训他们,指示他们当行的道,当做的事;

21 并要从姓中拣选有才能的人,就是敬畏、诚实无妄、恨不义之财的人,派他们作夫长、夫长、五十夫长、夫长,管理姓,

22 叫他们随时审判百姓,事都要呈到你这里,小事他们自己可以审判。这样,你就轻省些,他们也可以同当此任。

23 你若这样行,也这样吩咐你,你就能受得住,这百姓也都平平安安归回他们的住处。

24 於是,摩西从他岳父的话,按着他所的去行。

25 摩西以色列人中拣选了有才能的人,立他们为姓的首领,作夫长、夫长、五十夫长、夫长。

26 他们随时审判百姓,有难断的案件就呈到摩西那里,但各样小事他们自己审判。

27 此後,摩西让他的岳父去,他就往本去了。

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8814

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8814. 'And a heavy cloud on the mountain' means the Divine state in relation to those about to receive. This is clear from the meaning of 'a cloud' as truth adjusted for those about to receive, that is, the Word in the letter, dealt with in 8443, 8781, at this point God's truth adjusted for the people descended from Jacob. Because they were in great darkness so far as God's truths were concerned, 'a heavy cloud' is spoken of here, 'in the thickness of a cloud' above in verse 9, and the smoke of the fire 'like the smoke of a furnace' in verse 18 below. How much darkness they were in may be recognized from what has been mentioned above regarding that nation in 8788, and also from the consideration that things involving the internal man were not revealed to them, only those involving the external. For they did not apprehend or have any wish to apprehend internal things, because these were contrary to their kinds of love, which were that they should be highest of all in the world and also richest of all, and that all nations elsewhere should be as nothing in comparison with themselves. Where these kinds of love prevail heavenly kinds cannot be received, for the former snuff out and smother the latter. This is the reason why Jehovah, that is, the Lord, appeared to them in a dense and heavy cloud. A similar situation exists in the next life, where those steeped in falsities arising from evil are surrounded by a dense, black cloud, how dense and black being determined by the nature and amount of the falsities. This sight appears before the eyes of everyone there; even so, the sun there is shining constantly. Regarding these matters, see what has been stated already in 6832, 8137, 8138. Ordinarily the Divine appears in the next life to everyone according to the nature of their faith and love.

  
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Ezekiel 21:28

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28 You, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;