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Exodus 24

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1 Mojžíšovi pak řekl: Vstup k Hospodinu ty a Aron, Nádab a Abiu, a sedmdesáte z starších Izraelských, a klaněti se budete zdaleka.

2 Sám pak toliko Mojžíš vstoupí k Hospodinu, ale oni se nepřiblíží; aniž lid vstoupí s ním.

3 Tedy přišel Mojžíš, a vypravoval lidu všecka slova Hospodinova a všecky soudy. I odpověděl všecken lid jedním hlasem, a řekli: Všecka slova, kteráž mluvil Hospodin, učiníme.

4 Napsal pak Mojžíš všecka slova Hospodinova, a vstav ráno, vzdělal oltář pod horou, a dvanácte sloupů podlé počtu dvanáctera pokolení Izraelského.

5 A poslal mládence z synů Izraelských, kteříž obětovali zápaly; a obětovali oběti pokojné Hospodinu, totiž voly.

6 I vzav Mojžíš polovici krve, vlil do medenic, a polovici druhou vylil na oltář.

7 Vzav také knihu smlouvy, četl v uších lidu. Kteříž řekli: Cožkoli mluvil Hospodin, činiti a poslouchati budeme.

8 Vzal také Mojžíš krev a pokropil lidu a řekl: Aj, krev smlouvy, kterouž učinil s vámi Hospodin při všech těchto věcech.

9 Potom vstoupili Mojžíš a Aron, Nádab a Abiu a sedmdesáte z starších Izraelských,

10 A viděli Boha Izraelského. A pod nohami jeho bylo jako dílo z kamene zafirového, a jako nebe, když jest jasné.

11 Na knížata pak synů Izraelských nevztáhl ruky své, ačkoli viděli Boha, a potom jedli i pili.

12 I řekl Hospodin Mojžíšovi: Vstup ke mně na horu a buď tam; a dám tobě tabule kamenné, zákon i přikázaní, kteráž jsem napsal, abys je učil.

13 Tedy vstal Mojžíš a Jozue služebník jeho; i vstoupil Mojžíš na horu Boží.

14 Starším pak řekl: Zůstaňte tuto, dokudž se nenavrátíme k vám. A teď Aron a Hur jsou s vámi, kdož by měl rozepři, k nim ať jde.

15 Tedy vstoupil Mojžíš na horu, a přikryl oblak horu.

16 I přebývala sláva Hospodinova na hoře Sinai, a přikryl ji oblak za šest dní; a dne sedmého zavolal na Mojžíše z prostřed oblaku.

17 A tvárnost slávy Hospodinovy byla jako spalující oheň na vrchu hory, před očima synů Izraelských.

18 I všel Mojžíš do prostřed oblaku a vstoupil na horu. A byl Mojžíš na hoře čtyřidceti dní a čtyřidceti nocí.

   

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9404. 'And seventy of the elders of Israel' means all who are governed by good which results from truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'seventy' as that which is complete, thus all things or all people, dealt with in 6508; and from the meaning of 'the elders of Israel' as those who are governed by good which results from truths and guided by truths which flow from good. For 'elders' in the Word means those with wisdom, 6524, thus those who lead a good life as a result of teachings declaring what is true; and 'Israel' means those who belong to the spiritual Church, 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198, 7201, 7215, 7223, 8805, 9340, thus those who are guided by truths that lead to good and governed by good from which truths flow, 7957, 8234. From all this it is evident that 'seventy elders of Israel' means those who are governed by good which results from truths, and that in the sense detached from persons that good itself is meant. The same is meant in the internal sense by 'the Lord's seventy disciples', Luke 10:1, 17. The children of Israel were divided into twelve tribes, which had twelve princes or governors set in authority over them, and also seventy elders. 'The twelve tribes' meant all the truths and forms of good the Church possesses in their entirety, 3858, 3926, 3939, 4060, 6335, 6337, 6397, 6640, 7836, 7891, 7996, 7997; but 'the twelve princes' meant all the primary truths, 5044, and 'the seventy elders' all the forms of good resulting from truths.

[2] When the expression 'good which results from truths' is used the spiritual Church is meant; for this Church is governed by good resulting from truths. Anyone unacquainted with the arcana of the Church and of heaven may think that, since good cannot be implanted except through truths, all the good in the Church exists as a result of truths, indeed that a person cannot know what good is except through truths. However, the good which arises through truths is the spiritual Church's good, which regarded in itself is truth but is called good when it becomes part of will and action, and consequently of life. But good that does not arise through truths but through forms of the good of mutual love is the celestial Church's good, which regarded in itself is not truth but good since it is the good of love to the Lord. The Jewish Church represented this second kind of good, whereas the Israelite Church represented the first; and this accounts for their division into two kingdoms. For what the essential difference is between those two Churches and consequently the two kinds of good, see what has been shown already in 2048, 2227, 2669, 2708 (end), 2715, 2718, 2935, 2937, 2954, 3166, 3235, 3236, 3240, 3246, 3374, 3833, 3887, 3969, 4138, 4286, 4493, 4585, 4938, 5113, 5150, 5922, 6289, 6296, 6366, 6427, 6435, 6500, 6647, 6648, 7091, 7233, 7877, 7977, 7992, 8042, 8152, 8234, 8521. From what has been introduced in these paragraphs it becomes clear that the Lord's heaven is divided into a spiritual heaven and a celestial heaven, and that the celestial heaven is the inmost or third heaven, while the spiritual heaven is the middle or second.

  
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