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1 Reče Jahve Mojsiju: "Okleši dvije kamene ploče kao i prijašnje pa ću ja na ploče napisati riječi koje su bile na prvim pločama što si ih razbio.

2 Budi gotov do jutra. Onda, ujutro, popni se na brdo Sinaj i ondje ćeš, navrh brda, stupiti preda me.

3 Nitko drugi neka se s tobom ne penje; neka se nitko nigdje na brdu ne pokaže. Neka ni ovce ni goveda ne pasu podno brda."

4 Mojsije okleše dvije kamene ploče kao i prijašnje; rano jutrom ustane i popne se na Sinajsko brdo, uzevši u ruke dvije kamene ploče, kako mu je Jahve naredio.

5 Jahve se spusti u liku oblaka, a on stade preda nj i zazva Ime: "Jahve!"

6 Jahve prođe ispred njega te se javi: "Jahve! Jahve! Bog milosrdan i milostiv, spor na srdžbu, bogat ljubavlju i vjernošću,

7 iskazuje milost tisućama, podnosi opačinu, grijeh i prijestup, ali krivca nekažnjena ne ostavlja nego kažnjava opačinu otaca na djeci - čak na unučadi do trećega i četvrtog koljena."

8 Mojsije smjesta pade na zemlju i pokloni se.

9 Onda reče: "Gospodine moj! Ako sam stekao blagonaklonost u tvojim očima, onda, o Gospodine, pođi s nama! Premda je narod tvrde šije, oprosti naše grijehe i naše opačine i primi nas za svoju baštinu!"

10 "Dobro", odgovori, "sklapam Savez. Pred cijelim tvojim pukom činit ću čudesa kakva se nisu događala ni u kojoj zemlji, ni u kojem narodu. Sav narod koji te okružuje vidjet će što može Jahve, jer ono što ću s tobom učiniti bit će strašno.

11 Vrši, dakle, što ti danas nalažem! Gle, protjerat će ispred tebe Amorejce, Kanaance, Hetite, Perižane, Hivijce i Jebusejce.

12 Čuvaj se da ne praviš saveza sa stanovnicima zemlje u koju ideš; da ne budu zamkom u tvojoj sredini.

13 Nego porušite njihove žrtvenike, oborite njihove stupove, počupajte im ašere!

14 Jer ne smiješ se klanjati drugome bogu. TÓa Jahve - ime mu je Ljubomorni - Bog je ljubomoran.

15 Ne pravi saveza sa stanovnicima one zemlje da te oni, kad se odaju bludnosti sa svojim bogovima i žrtve im budu prinosili, ne bi pozivali, a ti pristao da jedeš od prinesene žrtve;

16 da ne bi uzimao njihove djevojke za žene svojim sinovima, da one - odajući se bludništvu sa svojim bogovima - ne bi za sobom povele i tvoje sinove.

17 Ne pravi sebi livenih bogova!

18 Drži Blagdan beskvasnoga kruha - jedući beskvasni kruh sedam dana, kako sam ti naredio - u određeno vrijeme u mjesecu Abibu, jer si u mjesecu Abibu izišao iz Egipta.

19 Svako prvorođenče materinjega krila meni pripada: svako muško, svaki prvenac tvoga i sitnoga i krupnoga blaga.

20 Prvenca od magarice otkupi jednim grlom sitne stoke. Ako ga ne otkupiš, moraš mu šijom zavrnuti. A sve prvorođence od svojih sinova otkupljuj. Neka nitko preda me ne stupa praznih ruku!

21 Šest dana radi, a sedmoga od poslova odustani, sve ako je u doba oranja ili u vrijeme žetve.

22 Svetkuj Blagdan sedmica - prvine pšenične žetve - i Blagdan berbe na prekretu godine.

23 Triput na godinu neka se svi muškarci pojave pred Gospodinom Jahvom, Bogom Izraelovim.

24 Jer ću protjerati narode ispred tebe i proširiti tvoje međe te nitko neće hlepiti za tvojom zemljom kad triput u godini budeš uzlazio da se pokažeš pred Jahvom, Bogom svojim.

25 Od žrtve koju mi namjenjuješ ne prinosi krvi ni s čim ukvasanim; niti ostavljaj žrtve prinesene na blagdan Pashe da prenoći do jutra.

26 U kuću Jahve, Boga svoga, donosi najbolje prvine plodova sa svoje zemlje. Ne kuhaj kozleta u mlijeku njegove majke.

27 Zapiši ove riječi", reče Jahve Mojsiju, "jer su one temelji na kojima sam s tobom i s Izraelom sklopio Savez."

28 Mojsije ostade ondje s Jahvom četrdeset dana i četrdeset noći. Niti je kruha jeo niti je vode pio. Tada je na ploče ispisao riječi Saveza - Deset zapovijedi.

29 Napokon Mojsije siđe sa Sinajskog brda. Silazeći s brda, nosio je u rukama ploče Svjedočanstva. Nije ni znao da iz njegova lica, zbog razgovora s Jahvom, izbija svjetlost.

30 Kad su Aron i svi Izraelci vidjeli kako iz Mojsijeva lica izbija svjetlost, ne usudiše se k njemu pristupiti.

31 Onda ih Mojsije zovnu. Tada k njemu dođoše Aron i sve starješine zajednice. I Mojsije razgovaraše s njima.

32 Poslije k njemu dođoše i svi Izraelci, pa im on priopći sve što mu je naložio Jahve na Sinajskom brdu.

33 Kad je Mojsije završio razgovor s njima, prevuče preko svoga lica koprenu.

34 Kad bi god Mojsije ulazio pred Jahvu da s njim razgovara, koprenu bi skinuo dok opet ne bi izišao. Kad bi izlazio da Izraelcima kaže što mu je naređeno,

35 Izraelci bi vidjeli kako iz Mojsijeva lica izbija svjetlost. Tada bi Mojsije opet prevukao koprenu preko lica dok ne uđe da s Jahvom govori.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10652

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10652. 'And their daughters go whoring after their gods, and they cause your sons to go whoring after their gods' means profanation thereby of goodness and truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'whoring' as being linked together unlawfully, dealt with above in 10648; from the meaning of 'their daughters', or the daughters of the inhabitants of the land, as affections for evil; from the meaning of 'their gods' as the falsities belonging to the affections for evil which have been linked to truths (for by 'their gods' the gods of the daughters of the inhabitants of the land linked in marriage to the sons of the Israelite nation should be understood, dealt with immediately above in 10651), and this linking is the profanation of good; and from the meaning of 'causing your sons to go whoring after their gods' as a linking of truth to falsities, which is the profanation of truth. For the meaning of 'gods' as falsities, see 4402(end), 4544, 7873, 8867; and for that of 'sons' as truths, 489, 491, 533, 1147, 3373, 4257, 9807, 10490.

[2] These matters are stated in this way because the first linking of the affections for evil to truths, meant by 'taking the daughters of the inhabitants of the land for your sons', does not as yet constitute profanation; but the second linking does constitute it, for this is brought about when evil is applied to truth and truth is applied to evil, which is done by misconstruing truth and applying it to evil, thus by incorporating one in the other. As a result truth ceases to be truth any longer; it is ruined and profaned.

[3] Such profanation is also meant by the people's committing whoredom with the daughters of Moab, spoken of in Moses as follows,

Israel settled down in Shittim, where the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods. Therefore Jehovah said to Moses, Take all the chiefs 1 of the people, and hang them up for Jehovah before the sun. And the people were struck down, and twenty-four thousand died from that plague. Numbers 25:1-4, 6, 9.

'Moab' means those who adulterate forms of good, see 2468, 8315, 'the daughters of Moab' affections for that evil, and 'committing whoredom with them' profanation. Consequently the punishment was the hanging up of the people's chiefs before the sun, and the death of twenty-four thousand. For 'the sun' of this world means self-love, 10584, and 'being hung up before it' the total extermination of heavenly good [by self-love]. And 'twenty-four thousand' means all forms of truth and the good of truth in their entirety, the same as 'twelve thousand', 2089, 3913, 7973, and 'the death' of that number of people the extermination of all truths. This is what happens to profaners.

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1. literally, heads

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9410

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9410. 'He did not lay a hand' means that truth in its power is not present there. This is clear from the meaning of 'hand' as the power which comes through truth. For the meaning of 'hand' as power, see 878, 3091, 3387, 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 5544, 6947, 7011, 7188, 7189, 7518, 7673, 8050, 8153, 8281, 9025, 9133; for its coming through truth, 3091, 3503, 6344, 6423, 8304; and for the fact that truth derives all its power from good, that is, from the Lord through good, 6948, 8200, 9327. From all this it is evident that 'He did not lay a hand towards the children of Israel who had been set apart' means that truth in its power is not present with those restricted to the outward sense of the Word, separated from the inward. The reason why truth is not present with them in its power is that they are separated from heaven and so from the Lord; for the Word joins a person to heaven, and through heaven to the Lord, because all the things constituting the sense of the letter of the Word correspond to the spiritual and celestial realities which exist with angels. There is no connection with the angels if the Word is understood according to the letter alone and not at the same time according to some teaching of the Church on the inner level of the Word.

[2] Take for example the Lord's words to Peter,

You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:18-19.

In like manner to the disciples,

Truly I say to you, Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 18:18.

Those who are restricted to the outward sense of the Word, separated from the inward, thus those who are separated from the true teachings of the Church, convince themselves that such power was given to Peter by the Lord, and also to the rest of the Lord's disciples. This conviction leads to the hellish heresy that certain people possess the power to let into or shut out of heaven whomsoever they please, when in fact according to the true teachings of the Church, which lie on the inward level of the Word, the Lord alone has that power. Those therefore who know the outward sense of the Word and at the same time its inward sense understand that these things spoken by the Lord had regard to faith and the truths of faith which are received from the Lord, and that such faith received from the Lord possesses that power, thus the Lord Himself, and not at all any mere human being.

[3] The truth of this may be recognized from the representation of Peter and of the twelve disciples, also from the meaning of 'rock', and from the meaning of 'keys' as well. Peter represented faith, see Prefaces to Genesis 18, 22, also 3750, 4738, 6000, 6073 (end); the Lord's twelve disciples, like the twelve tribes of Israel, represented all aspects of faith and love, 3488, 3858, 6397; 'rock' means the Lord in respect of faith, and so faith which is received from the Lord, 8581; and 'keys' means power, as is clear from places in the Word where keys are mentioned, such as in John,

I am the First and the Last, He who lives; and I was dead, but behold, I am alive for ever and ever, and have the keys of hell and of death. Revelation 1:17-18.

In the same book,

These things says the One who is Holy, the One who is True, He who has the key of David, He who opens in order that no one may close, and closes in order that no one may open ... Revelation 3:7-8.

And in Isaiah,

I will place the key of the house of David on His shoulder, in order that He may open and none shut, and He may shut and none open. Isaiah 22:22.

In these places it is evident that 'key' means power and that the Lord alone possesses it.

[4] From all this one can see what those people are like who are restricted to the outward sense of the Word, separated from the inward, namely people who are not at all joined to heaven, nor thus to the Lord. This is so with those who explain those words addressed by the Lord to Peter and to the disciples according to their literal meaning, in that they arrogate to themselves the power to save the human race and make themselves the gods of heaven and earth, which they do on account of their insane self-love and love of the world. Anyone sound in mind may see and appreciate that a mere human being cannot absolve any sin at all, because no sin is absolved except through the development of a new life, that is, through being regenerated by the Lord. Regeneration continues right on to the end of a person's life in the world, and after that for evermore, see 8548-8553, 8635-8640, 8742-8747, 8853-8858, 8958-8968.

[5] What truth in its power is must also be stated briefly. In the Word angels are called 'powers'; and it is also well known in the Church that they are such. Yet they are not powers by virtue of anything their own, only by virtue of the Lord; for they are recipients of God's truth which emanates from the Lord. The power they have from the Lord is such that one of them can drive away a thousand of the devil's crew, confine them to the hells, and keep them in check. For God's truth emanating from the Lord fills the heavens and forms them; and if you are willing to believe it, all things were made and created through that truth. The Word which was in the beginning with God and which was God, and through which all things were created and the world was made, spoken of in John 1:1-14, is Divine Truth. Divine Truth is the one true substance from which all things come into being; but this is something few are able to understand, because at the present day the idea which people have of Divine Truth is no different from that of words coming from the lips of one who rules over all, whose orders are carried out according to those words. As for the kind of idea people ought in fact to have of Divine Truth, see 9407 (end). The omnipotence of Divine Truth emanating from the Lord is described in many places in the Word, and especially in John, in the Book of Revelation,

War took place in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought, and his angels, but they did not prevail, nor was their place found any longer in heaven. They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. Revelation 12:7-8, 11.

'The blood of the Lamb', it is evident, is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Human, see 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326, 7850, 9127, 9393, 9395; and 'the word of their testimony' is God's truth which has found acceptance.

[6] People who are restricted to the outward sense of the Word, separated from the inward, that is, those who are separated from the true teachings of the Church, understand these words of prophecy in solely a literal way. That is to say, they take 'blood' to mean blood, thus the Lord's passion, when in fact Divine Truth emanating from the Lord is what is meant in those words by 'blood'. People with the true teachings of the Church are able to know that they are saved not by blood but by hearing God's truth and doing it, thus [that all are saved] who allow the Lord to regenerate them by means of Divine Truth. All who receive enlightenment from the Lord are able to know, understand, see, and perceive this, thus all who are governed by the good of charity and faith are able to do so, since it is they who receive enlightenment. I myself can certainly say that when I read the blood of the Lamb and think of the Lord's blood the angels present with me know no other than that Divine Truth emanating from the Lord is what I read and that that Truth is what I think of. But let simple people hold on to the teaching they have that they are saved by the Lord's blood, so long as they are leading a life in keeping with His Divine Truth; for those who lead such a life receive enlightenment in the next life.

  
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