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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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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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