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出埃及記 14

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1 耶和華曉諭摩西

2 你吩咐以色列人回,安營在比哈希錄前,密奪和的中間,對著巴力洗分,靠近邊安營。

3 法老以色列人中繞迷了,曠野把他們困住了。

4 我要使法老的剛硬,他要追趕他們,我便在法老和他全軍身上得榮耀;埃及人知道我是耶和華。於是以色列人這樣行了。

5 有人告訴埃及:百姓逃跑法老和他的臣僕就向百姓變心,我們以色列人去,不再服事我們,這做的是甚麼事呢?

6 法老就預備他的車輛,帶領軍兵同去,

7 並帶著輛特選的車和埃及所有的車,每輛都有車兵長。

8 耶和華使埃及法老的剛硬,他就追趕以色列人,因為以色列人是昂然無懼地出埃及

9 埃及人追趕他們,法老一切的馬匹、車輛、兵,與軍兵就在邊上,靠近比哈希錄,對著巴洗分,在他們安營的地方追上了。

10 法老臨近的時候,以色列人舉目看見埃及人趕來,就甚懼,向耶和華哀求。

11 他們對摩西:難道在埃及沒有墳地,你把我們帶來在曠野麼?你為甚麼這樣待我們,將我們埃及領出來呢?

12 我們埃及豈沒有對你說過,不要攪擾我們,容我們服事埃及人麼?因為服事埃及人在曠野還

13 摩西對百姓:不要懼,只管站住!耶和華今天向你們所要施行的救恩。因為,你們今天見的埃及人永遠不再見了。

14 耶和華必為你們爭戰;你們只管靜默,不要作聲。

15 耶和華摩西:你為甚麼向我哀求呢?你吩咐以色列人往前走。

16 你舉伸杖,把水分開。以色列人要下中走乾地。

17 我要使埃及人剛硬,他們就跟著下去。我要在法老和他的全軍、車輛、馬兵上得榮耀。

18 我在法老和他的車輛、馬兵上得榮耀的時候,埃及人知道我是耶和華了。

19 以色列前行走的使者,轉到他們邊去;也從他們前邊轉到他們邊立住。

20 埃及以色列中間有柱,一邊黑暗,一邊發光,終夜兩下不得相近。

21 摩西伸杖,耶和華便用大東,使一夜退去,便分開,就成了乾地。

22 以色列人中走乾地,在他們的左右作了垣。

23 埃及人追趕他們,法老一切的馬匹、車輛,和兵都跟著下到中。

24 到了晨更的時候,耶和華中向埃及的軍兵觀看,使埃及的軍兵混亂了;

25 又使他們的車輪脫落難以行走,以致埃及人我們以色列人面前逃跑罷!因耶和華為他們攻擊我們

26 耶和華摩西:你向伸杖,叫仍合在埃及人並他們的車輛、馬兵身上。

27 摩西就向伸杖,到了天一亮,水仍舊復原。埃及人避水逃跑的時候,耶和華把他們推翻在中,

28 就回流,淹沒了車輛和馬兵。那些跟著以色列人下法老的全軍,連個也沒有剩下。

29 以色列人卻在中走乾地;在他們的左右作了垣。

30 當日,耶和華這樣拯以色列人脫離埃及人以色列人埃及人屍都在邊了。

31 以色列人耶和華埃及人所行的事,就敬畏耶和華,又信服他和他的僕人摩西

   

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8209. 'And came after them' means the attempt to flow in. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming after someone', when done by those steeped in falsities arising from evil, as the attempt to do violence by flowing in with falsity arising from evil, dealt with in 8187. The reason why it is an attempt is that genii and spirits belonging to hell cannot inflict ill on the good, yet are nevertheless constantly attempting to do so. There is a sphere emanating from the hells, which may be called a sphere of endeavours; this is a sphere of doing ill. I have also been allowed sometimes to perceive this sphere. That attempt to flow in exists constantly, and is actualized the moment any opportunity presents itself. But that sphere is counteracted by a sphere of endeavours by heaven, which emanates from the Lord; this is a sphere of doing good, which has all power within it since it has a Divine origin.

[2] Nevertheless equilibrium is maintained between those diametrically opposed types of endeavour, to the end that a person may be in freedom and so have freedom to choose, and to the end that he may be able to be reformed; for all reformation takes place in freedom, and no reformation without it. Spiritually, attempting something is the same as willing it. While a person is being reformed he is kept in a state of equilibrium, that is, in freedom between willing good and willing evil. The closer he moves at this time towards willing good, the closer he moves to heaven and the further away from hell. His new will, acquired at this time from the Lord, also comes more and more to prevail over the will properly his own, which he acquired by heredity from his parents and then through his own actions in life. When therefore a person's reformation has progressed so far that he wills good and has an affection for it, good removes evil, since the Lord is present within that good. For good has its origin in the Lord, and so is the Lord's, indeed is the Lord. From all this one may see what the situation is so far as the things attempting to flow into him are concerned.

  
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