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出埃及记 19

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1 以色列人埃及以後,满了的那一天,就到西乃的旷野

2 他们离了利非订,到西乃的旷野,就在那里的下安营。

3 摩西那里,耶和华呼唤:你要这样告诉雅各家,晓谕以色列人

4 我向埃及人所行的事,你们都见了,且见我如将你们背在翅膀上,带来归我。

5 如今你们若实在从我的话,遵守我的约,就要在万民中作属我的子民,因为全都是我的。

6 你们要归我作祭司的国度,为圣洁的国民。这些你要告诉以色列人

7 摩西去召了民间的长老,将耶和华所吩咐他的都在他们面前陈明。

8 百姓都同声回答:凡耶和华的,我们都要遵行。摩西就将百姓的回覆耶和华

9 耶和华摩西:我要在密中临到你那里,叫百姓在我与你说话的时候可以见,也可以永远信你了。於是,摩西将百姓的奏告耶和华

10 耶和华又对摩西:你往百姓那里去,叫他们今天自洁,又叫他们洗衣服。

11 第三要预备好了,因为第三耶和华要在众百姓眼前降临在西乃上。

12 你要在的四围给百姓定界限,:你们当谨慎,不可上去,也不可摸的边界;凡摸这的,必要治他。

13 不可用摸他,必用石头打死,或用箭射透;无论是牲畜,都不得活。到角声拖长的时候,他们才可到根来。

14 摩西往百姓那里去,叫他们自洁,他们就洗衣服。

15 他对百姓:到第要预备好了。不可亲女人

16 到了第三早晨,在上有轰、闪电,和密,并且角声甚大,中的百姓尽都发颤。

17 摩西率领百姓出迎接,都站在下。

18 西乃全冒烟,因为耶和华中降於上。的烟气上腾,如烧窑一般,遍大大的震动。

19 角声渐渐的高而又高,摩西说话声音答应他。

20 耶和华降临在西乃顶上,耶和华摩西顶,摩西就上去。

21 耶和华摩西:你去嘱咐百姓,不可闯过来到我面前观,恐怕他们有多人死亡;

22 又叫亲我的祭司自洁,恐怕我忽然出来击杀他们。

23 摩西耶和华:百姓不能上西乃,因为你已经嘱咐我们:要在的四围定界限,叫成圣

24 耶和华对他去罢,你要和亚伦一同上来;只是祭司和百姓不可闯过来上到我面前,恐怕我忽然出来击杀他们。

25 於是摩西到百姓那里告诉他们。

   

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Aaron

The Third Plague of Egypt, by William de Brailes, illustrates the flies, or gnats, rising from the dust.

This page from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts a scene from Exodus, in which God rained plagues upon Egypt. After plagues of blood and frogs, Pharaoh hardened his heart again and would not let the Israelites leave Egypt. God told Moses to tell Aaron to stretch forth his rod and strike the dust of the earth that it may become gnats throughout the land of Egypt. Here, Moses, horned (a sign of his encounter with divinity), carries the rod, while Aaron, wearing the miter of a priest, stands behind him. The gnats arise en masse out of the dust from which they were made and attack Pharaoh, seated and crowned, and his retinue.

Aaron was the brother of Moses. He symbolizes two things, at different stages of the story.

During the first part of the exodus, when he was Moses' spokesperson, Moses represents the Word as it truly is, as it is understood in heaven, while Aaron represents the Word in its external sense, as it is understood by people in the world. This is why Aaron talks for Moses, and the Lord says of him "he shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God." (Exodus 4:16)

Later, after the Tabernacle was built and he was inaugurated as high priest (see Leviticus 8,9), Aaron represents the Lord as to the Divine Good, and Moses represents the Lord as to the Divine Truth.

In Exodus 28:1, Aaron signifies the conjunction of Divine Good with Divine Truth in the Divine Human of the Lord. (Arcana Coelestia 9806, 9936)

In Exodus 32:1, Aaron represents the external of the Word, of the church, and of worship, separate from the internal. (Arcana Coelestia 10397)

In Exodus 4:14, before he was initiated into the priesthood, Aaron represents the doctrine of good and truth. (Arcana Coelestia 6998)