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Izlazak 20

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1 Onda Bog izgovori sve ove riječi:

2 "Ja sam Jahve, Bog tvoj, koji sam te izveo iz zemlje egipatske, iz kuće ropstva.

3 Nemoj imati drugih bogova uz mene.

4 Ne pravi sebi lika ni obličja bilo čega što je gore na nebu, ili dolje na zemlji, ili u vodama pod zemljom.

5 Ne klanjaj im se niti im služi. Jer ja, Jahve, Bog tvoj, Bog sam ljubomoran. Kažnjavam grijeh otaca - onih koji me mrze - na djeci do trećeg i četvrtog koljena,

6 a iskazujem milosrđe tisućama koji me ljube i vrše moje zapovijedi.

7 Ne uzimaj uzalud imena Jahve, Boga svoga, jer Jahve ne oprašta onome koji uzalud izgovara ime njegovo.

8 Sjeti se da svetkuješ dan subotni.

9 Šest dana radi i obavljaj sav svoj posao.

10 A sedmoga je dana subota, počinak posvećen Jahvi, Bogu tvojemu. Tada nikakva posla nemoj raditi: ni ti, ni sin tvoj, ni kći tvoja, ni sluga tvoj, ni sluškinja tvoja, ni živina tvoja, niti došljak koji se nađe unutar tvojih vrata.

11 Ta i Jahve je šest dana stvarao nebo, zemlju i more i sve što je u njima, a sedmoga je dana počinuo. Stoga je Jahve blagoslovio i posvetio dan subotni.

12 Poštuj oca svoga i majku svoju da imadneš dug život na zemlji koju ti da Jahve, Bog tvoj.

13 Ne ubij!

14 Ne učini preljuba!

15 Ne ukradi!

16 Ne svjedoči lažno na bližnjega svoga!

17 Ne poželi kuće bližnjega svoga! Ne poželi žene bližnjega svoga; ni sluge njegova, ni sluškinje njegove, ni vola njegova, ni magarca njegova, niti išta što je bližnjega tvoga!"

18 Sav je puk bio svjedok grmljavine i sijevanja, svi čuše zvuk trube i vidješe kako se brdo dimi: gledali su i tresli se i stajali podalje.

19 Onda rekoše Mojsiju: "Ti nam govori, a mi ćemo slušati. Neka nam Bog ne govori, da ne pomremo!"

20 "Ne bojte se", reče Mojsije narodu. "Bog je došao da vas samo iskuša; da strah pred njim ostane s vama te da ne griješite."

21 Narod ostane podalje, a Mojsije pristupi gustom oblaku gdje se Bog nalazio.

22 "Ovako reci Izraelcima", progovori Jahve Mojsiju. "Sami ste vidjeli da sam s vama govorio s neba.

23 Ne pravite uza me kumira od srebra niti sebi pravite kumira od zlata.

24 Načini mi žrtvenik od zemlje i na njemu mi prinosi svoje žrtve paljenice i žrtve pričesnice, svoju sitnu i svoju krupnu stoku. Na svakome mjestu koje odredim da se moje ime spominje ja ću doći k tebi da te blagoslovim.

25 Ako mi budeš gradio kameni žrtvenik, nemoj ga graditi od klesanoga kamena, jer čim na nj spustiš svoje dlijeto, oskvrnit ćeš ga.

26 Ne uzlazi na moj žrtvenik po stepenicama, da se ne pokaže na njemu golotinja tvoja."

   

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Coronis (An Appendix to True Christian Religion) # 49

  
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49. It was stated above, that the first state with the sons of Israel, was the appearing of the Lord Jehovih, calling and covenanting; and we are taught from the Word, that these three things took place, first with Abram, secondly with Moses, and thirdly with the entire people. The appearing of the Lord Jehovih before Abraham is thus described in Genesis:

Jehovah appeared unto Abraham in the plains of Mamre; he was sitting at the door of his tent,... and when he lifted up his eyes and saw, behold! three men stood by him, and as soon as he saw them, he ran from the door of the tent to meet them, and bowed himself to the earth, and said, O Lord, if I have found grace in Thine eyes, pass not away, I pray, from Thy servant (Gen. 18:1-3).

It was the Lord our Saviour who appeared in His Divine Trinity, which the three angels represented; for the Lord said,

Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw and was glad... Verily, verily I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am (John 8:56, 58).

There is in the Lord a Divine Trinity; and the Divine Unity was represented in Divine Trinity by the "three men," who were also called "angels" (Gen. 18:2; 19:1). But in His Divine Unity He was called "adonai" (Gen. 18:3; 19:18); and also "Jehovah," very frequently (Gen. 18:13-14, 17, 19-20, 22, 26, 33). The appearing of the Lord Jehovih before Moses is thus described in Exodus:

The Angel of Jehovah appeared to Moses at the mountain of Horeb, in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush;... Moses therefore said, I will turn aside and see this great vision, why the bush is not burnt. And Jehovah saw that he turned aside;... therefore God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses.... And moreover Moses said to God, . . . What is Thy name?... God said,... I AM THAT I AM. Thus shalt thou say unto the sons of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you (Exod. 3[1], 2-4, 14).

The appearing of the Lord Jehovih before the whole people is thus also described in Exodus:

Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto the sons of Israel, that they be ready against the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down in the eyes of all the people upon Mount Sinai.... And it came to pass on the third day,... that there were voices, and lightnings, and thick clouds upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.... Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because He descended upon it in fire; and He promulgated the law before the people (Exod. 19:9-24, and 20:1-18).

The Lord also appeared to Joshua as Prince of the army of Jehovah, before whom Joshua fell on his face upon the earth, and called him his "Lord" (Josh. 5:13-14).

THE CALLING OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL TO THE LAND OF CANAAN, thus to the Church, also took place three times; once to Abram, that he should depart thereto out of his fatherland, and afterwards the promise that his seed should inherit that land (Gen. 12:1-7). A calling also took place through Moses (Exod. 3:16-17); and again through Joshua (Josh. 1:3, etc., and 11).

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.