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Exodus 13

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1 I mluvil Hospodin k Mojžíšovi, řka:

2 Posvěť mi všeho prvorozeného, cožkoli otvírá každý život mezi syny Izraelskými, tak z lidí jako z hovad, nebo mé jest.

3 Protož řekl Mojžíš lidu: Pamatujte na den tento, v kterémž jste vyšli z Egypta, z domu služby; nebo v silné ruce vyvedl vás odsud Hospodin, aniž kdo jez co kvašeného.

4 Dnes vycházíte vy, měsíce Abib.

5 Když tedy uvede tě Hospodin do země Kananejských, Hetejských, Amorejských, Hevejských a Jebuzejských, tak jakž přisáhl otcům tvým, a dá tobě zemi oplývající mlékem a strdí: tedy vykonávati budeš službu tuto v tento měsíc.

6 Za sedm dní jísti budeš chleby přesné, dne pak sedmého slavnost bude Hospodinova.

7 Přesní chlebové jedeni budou za dnů sedm, aniž spatříno bude u tebe co kvašeného, aniž se uhlédá u tebe kvas ve všech končinách tvých.

8 A vypravovati budeš synu svému v ten den, řka: Proto, což mi učinil Hospodin, když jsem vycházel z Egypta.

9 A budeť tobě to jako nějaké znamení na ruce tvé, a jako památka před očima tvýma, aby zákon Hospodinův byl v ústech tvých; nebo v ruce silné vyvedl tě Hospodin z Egypta.

10 Protož zachovávati budeš ustanovení toto v čas jistý, rok po roce.

11 A když by tě uvedl Hospodin do země Kananejských, tak jakž přisáhl tobě a otcům tvým, a dal by ji tobě:

12 Tedy všecko, což otvírá život, oddělíš Hospodinu, i každý plod hovada tvého otvírající život, což by koli bylo samců, Hospodinovo jest.

13 Každé pak prvorozené osle vyplatíš hovádkem; pakli bys nevyplatil, zlom jemu šíji; každého také prvorozeného člověka mezi syny svými vyplatíš.

14 A když by se tebe vzeptal syn tvůj potom, a řekl: Co jest to? tedy povíš jemu: V ruce silné vyvedl nás Hospodin z Egypta, z domu služebnosti.

15 Nebo když se byl zatvrdil Farao, a nechtěl nás propustiti, pobil Hospodin všecko prvorozené v zemi Egyptské, od prvorozeného z lidí, až do prvorozeného z hovad; i tou příčinou já obětuji Hospodinu všecky samce otvírající život, ale všecko prvorozené z synů svých vyplacuji.

16 Mějž to tedy jako znamení na ruce své, a jako náčelník mezi očima svýma, že v ruce silné vyvedl nás Hospodin z Egypta.

17 Stalo se pak, když pustil Farao lid, že nevedl jich Bůh cestou země Filistinské, ačkoli bližší byla; nebo řekl Bůh: Aby nepykal lid, když by uzřel, an válka nastává, a nevrátili se do Egypta.

18 Ale obvedl Bůh lid cestou přes poušť, kteráž jest při moři Rudém. A vojensky zpořádaní vyšli synové Izraelští z země Egyptské.

19 Vzal také Mojžíš kosti Jozefovy s sebou; nebo byl přísahou zavázal syny Izraelské, řka: Jistotně navštíví vás Bůh, protož vyneste odsud kosti mé s sebou.

20 Vytáhše tedy z Sochot, položili se v Etam při kraji pouště.

21 Hospodin pak předcházel je ve dne v sloupu oblakovém, aby je vedl cestou, v noci pak v sloupu ohnivém, aby svítil jim, aby ve dne i v noci jíti mohli.

22 Neodjal sloupu oblakového ve dne, ani ohnivého sloupu v noci od tváři toho lidu.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8106

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8106. 'During the daytime in a pillar of cloud' means that when there was a state of enlightenment, this was moderated by a dimming of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'during the daytime' or 'in the day' as in a state of enlightenment, for the times of day - morning, midday, evening, and night - correspond to degrees of enlightenment in the next life, that is, of intelligence and wisdom, 5672, 5962, 6110, so that 'the day' is a state of enlightenment or clear perception, and 'the night' a state of unenlightenment or dimmed perception, 7680; and from the meaning of 'cloud' as a dimming of truth, since a cloud takes away the brilliance of the light from the sun and also moderates it.

[2] Various places in the Word say that Jehovah appeared in a cloud, that He was clothed with a cloud, or that 'clouds were under His feet'. In those places 'cloud' is used to mean a dimming of truth; in particular the literal sense of the Word is meant, for in comparison with the internal sense the literal sense is a dimmed presentation of truth, see the Preface to Genesis 18, and also 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752. This was meant by 'the cloud' when the Lord appeared in glory to Peter, James, and John, Luke 9:34; when He appeared to the people from Mount Sinai, and to Moses when he went in to Him there, Exodus 19:9; 20:21; 24:15-18; 34:5. The same was also meant by what the Lord declared so many times, that He would come in the clouds of heaven, Matthew 24:30; 26:63-64; Mark 13:26; 14:61-62; Luke 21:27.

[3] The literal sense of the Word is called 'a cloud' because the internal sense, which is called 'the glory', cannot be understood by anyone unless he has been regenerated and therefore enlightened. If the internal sense of the Word, or God's truth in its glory, were to appear in front of someone who has not been regenerated it would be like thick darkness in which he would see absolutely nothing, and also would leave him blind, that is, with no belief at all.

From all this one may see what the description 'a cloud during the daytime' means, namely a dimming of truth and, when it has reference to the Word, the literal sense.

[4] The expressions 'in a pillar of cloud' and 'in a pillar of fire' are used because 'a pillar' means a load-bearing support, as in Jeremiah 1:18; Psalms 75:3; Revelation 3:12; Job 9:6; and it is used to refer to the natural level, since the natural level is a kind of support or pedestal for the spiritual level. For the spiritual level terminates at the natural level and rests on it. This explains why the feet of an angel coming down from heaven looked like pillars of fire, Revelation 10:1; for the natural level is meant by 'feet', 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952, 5327, 5328.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 5962

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5962. 'And he sent his brothers away, and they went' means a concealment from view. This is clear from the meaning of 'sending away as removing them from himself, consequently his ceasing for that reason to be present with them any longer; and from the meaning of 'going' or going away as living, also living further away from, and abandoning too, dealt with in 3335, 3416, 3690, 4882, 5493, 5696, thus becoming concealed from view. The fact that a removal from the internal celestial and so a concealment of it is referred to now is clear from what follows in the internal sense.

[2] Anyone who does not know the nature of the state of life experienced by spirits and angels in heaven cannot know why a concealment of truth and good is referred to now, when immediately before this they had had the light of truth and good shining on them. The heavenly state is such that spirits and angels pass through morning, midday, and evening, also twilight and morning again, and so on. For them it is morning when the Lord is present, blessing them with evident happiness; and at this time they enjoy a perception of good. Midday has come when they dwell in the light of truths; and it is evening when they are removed from them, in which case the Lord seems to them to be more remote and to be concealed from them. All in heaven undergo and pass through these alternating states; without them they cannot be led to ever greater perfection. For those alternating states establish contrasts for them, and from those contrasts they gain more perfect perception, for from those contrasts they know what does not constitute happiness since they know from them what is not good and what is not true.

[3] It is astonishing, and rightly so, that one state never is or ever will be exactly like another, also that one spirit or angel does not pass through changes of state that are the same as those of another, for the reason that with respect to good and truth one spirit or angel is not exactly like another, even as no one person's face is identical to another's. Even so the Lord makes a unified whole out of those varying individuals. It is a general rule that every whole which has any specific character is made up of varying parts which are brought, as if through agreement and harmony with one another, into such a state of unanimity that they all present themselves as a unified whole. In heaven the unified whole which results or rather the process of being unified is effected by means of love and charity; see also 3241, 3267, 3744, 3745, 3986, 4005, 4149, 5598. In the Word the concealment meant by 'Joseph sent away his brothers, and they went' is called evening, which among the angels has come when they do not perceive that the Lord is present. For heaven possesses a constant perception of the Lord's presence; but when angels pass through a state in which they lack that perception they do not, as before, feel an affection for good or see truth. This causes them distress, but shortly after that, twilight comes, and so morning.

  
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