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Exodus 32

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1 Vida pak lid, že by prodléval Mojžíš sstoupiti s hůry, sebrali se proti Aronovi a řekli jemu: Vstaň, udělej nám bohy, kteříž by šli před námi; nebo Mojžíšovi, muži tomu, kterýž vyvedl nás z země Egyptské, nevíme, co se přihodilo.

2 I řekl jim Aron: Odejměte náušnice zlaté, kteréž jsou na uších žen vašich, synů vašich i dcer vašich, a přineste ke mně.

3 Tedy strhl všecken lid náušnice zlaté, kteréž byly na uších jejich, a přinesli k Aronovi.

4 Kteréžto vzav z rukou jejich, dal je do formy, a udělal z nich tele slité. I řekli: Tito jsou bohové tvoji, Izraeli, kteříž tě vyvedli z země Egyptské.

5 Což vida Aron, vzdělal oltář před ním. I volal Aron, a řekl: Slavnost Hospodinova zítra bude.

6 A nazejtří vstavše velmi ráno, obětovali zápaly, a přivedli oběti pokojné. I sedl lid, aby jedl a pil, potom vstali, aby hrali.

7 Mluvil pak Hospodin k Mojžíšovi: Jdi, sstup, nebo porušil se lid tvůj, kterýž jsi vyvedl z země Egyptské.

8 Sešli brzo s cesty, kterouž jsem přikázal jim. Udělali sobě tele slité, a klaněli se mu, a obětovali jemu, řkouce: Tito jsou bohové tvoji, Izraeli, kteříž tě vyvedli z země Egyptské.

9 Řekl také Hospodin Mojžíšovi: Viděl jsem lid tento, a aj, lid jest tvrdé šíje.

10 Protož nyní nech mne, abych v hněvě prchlivosti své vyhladil je, tebe pak učiním v národ veliký.

11 I modlil se Mojžíš Hospodinu Bohu svému, a řekl: Pročež, ó Hospodine, rozněcuje se prchlivost tvá na lid tvůj, kterýž jsi vyvedl z země Egyptské v síle veliké a v ruce mocné?

12 A proč mají mluviti Egyptští, řkouce: Lstivě je vyvedl, aby zmordoval je na horách, a aby vyhladil je se svrchku země? Odvrať se od hněvu prchlivosti své, a lituj zlého, kteréžs uložil uvésti na lid svůj.

13 Rozpomeň se na Abrahama, Izáka a Izraele, služebníky své, jimž jsi zapřisáhl skrze sebe samého a mluvil jsi jim: Rozmnožím símě vaše jako hvězdy nebeské, a všecku zemi tuto, o kteréž jsem mluvil, dám semeni vašemu, a dědičně obdržíte ji na věky.

14 I litoval Hospodin zlého, kteréž řekl, že učiní lidu svému.

15 A obrátiv se Mojžíš, sstoupil s hůry, dvě dsky svědectví maje v rukou svých, dsky po obou stranách psané; s jedné i s druhé strany byly popsané.

16 A dsky ty dílo Boží byly; písmo také písmo Boží bylo vyryté na dskách.

17 Uslyšev pak Jozue hlas lidu křičícího, řekl Mojžíšovi: Hřmot boje v táboru jest.

18 Kterýžto odpověděl: Není to křik vítězících, ani křik poražených, hlas zpívajících já slyším.

19 I stalo se, když se přiblížil k stanům, že uzřel tele a tance. A rozhněvav se Mojžíš velmi, povrhl z rukou svých dsky, a rozrazil je pod Horou.

20 Vzal také tele, kteréž byli udělali, a spálil je v ohni, a setřel je až na prach, a vsypav na vodu, dal píti synům Izraelským.

21 A řekl Mojžíš Aronovi: Coť učinil lid tento, že jsi uvedl na něj hřích veliký?

22 Odpověděl Aron: Nehněvej se, pane můj. Ty víš, že lid tento k zlému nakloněn jest.

23 Nebo řekli mi: Udělej nám bohy, kteříž by šli před námi; nebo Mojžíšovi, muži tomu, kterýž vyvedl nás z země Egyptské, nevíme, co se stalo.

24 Jimž jsem odpověděl: Kdo má zlato, strhněte je s sebe. I dali mi, a uvrhl jsem je do ohně, a udělalo se to tele.

25 A vida Mojžíš lid obnažený, že obnažil jej Aron ku potupě před nepřátely, kteříž povstati měli proti nim,

26 Stoje v bráně táboru, řekl: Kdo jest Hospodinův, přistup ke mně. I shromáždili se k němu všickni synové Léví.

27 Jimž řekl: Tak praví Hospodin Bůh Izraelský: Připaš jeden každý meč svůj k boku svému; přejděte sem i tam od brány táboru k bráně, a zabí jeden každý bratra svého, a každý přítele svého i bližního svého.

28 I učinili synové Léví podlé řeči Mojžíšovy, a padlo jich v ten den z lidu na tři tisíce mužů.

29 Nebo řekl byl Mojžíš: Posvěťtež dnes rukou svých Hospodinu, jeden každý na synu svém a na bratru svém, aby vám dal dnes požehnání.

30 A když bylo nazejtří, řekl Mojžíš lidu: Vy jste zhřešili hříchem velikým. Protož nyní vstoupím k Hospodinu, zda bych ho ukrotil pro hřích váš.

31 Tedy navrátiv se Mojžíš k Hospodinu, řekl: Prosím, zhřešilť jest lid ten hříchem velikým; nebo udělali sobě bohy zlaté.

32 Nyní pak neb odpusť hřích jejich, a pakli nic, vymaž mne, prosím, z knihy své, kteroužs psal.

33 I řekl Hospodin Mojžíšovi: Kdo zhřešil proti mně, toho vymaži z knihy své.

34 Protož nyní jdi, veď lid tento, kamž jsem rozkázal tobě. Aj, anděl můj půjde před tebou; v den pak navštívení mého navštívím i na nich hřích jejich.

35 I bil Hospodin lid, proto že učinili tele, kteréž byl udělal Aron.

   

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Exploring the Meaning of Exodus 32

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Arcana Coelestia 10393. In the internal sense in this chapter there is described that a church could not be instituted among the Israelitish people, because they were wholly in externals without any internal; and that to prevent their profaning the holy things of heaven and the church, interior things were completely closed with them. That this people was wholly in externals without any internal, is signified by the "golden calf" which they worshiped instead of Jehovah. And that interior things with them were completely closed, lest they should profane the holy things of heaven and of the church, is signified by the tables of the Law being broken by Moses, and by Moses grinding the golden calf and strewing the dust into the waters and giving them to drink, and also by their being slain in the camp by the sons of Levi to the number of three thousand men.

Arcana Coelestia 10394. It is further described in the internal sense that although a church could not be instituted among them, there were nevertheless among them representatives which are ultimates of the church, to the end that the Word might be written, which should close in these ultimates. These things are signified by Jehovah‘s being entreated by Moses.

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10393. Exodus 32

1. And the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain. And the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, Rise, make us gods to go before us; for this Moses, that man who caused us to come up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.

2. And Aaron said to them, Pull away the ear-jewels of gold which are on the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me.

3. And all the people pulled away the ear-jewels of gold which were on their ears, and brought them to Aaron.

4. And he received [the gold] from their hands, and fashioned it with a chisel, and made out of it a calf of molded [metal]; and they said, These are your gods, O Israel, who caused you to come up out of the land of Egypt.

5. And Aaron saw it and built an altar in front of it, and Aaron made a proclamation and said, Tomorrow there will be a feast to Jehovah 1 .

6. And they rose up in the morning of the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

7. And Jehovah spoke to Moses, Go! go down; for your people have corrupted themselves, whom you caused to come up out of the land of Egypt.

8. They have suddenly departed from the way which I have commanded them; they have made for themselves a calf of molded [metal], and worshipped it, and sacrificed to it, and said, These are your gods, O Israel, who caused you to come up out of the land of Egypt.

9. And Jehovah said to Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

10. And you, let Me alone, and let My anger grow hot against them, and let Me consume them; and let Me make you into a great nation.

11. And Moses entreated the face of 2 Jehovah his God, and said, Why, O Jehovah, does Your anger grow hot against Your people, whom You have led out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

12. Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil He led them out, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from upon the face of the earth? Turn back from the heat of Your anger, and repent 3 of the evil against Your people.

13. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Yourself, and spoke to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens; and all this land which I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they will inherit it into the age 4 .

14. And Jehovah repented 3 of the evil which He said He would do to His people.

15. And Moses looked back and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand; the tablets were written on across them both, from the edge of one and from the edge of the other they were written on 5 .

16. And the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

17. And Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted 6 , and he said to Moses, There is the noise of war in the camp.

18. And he said, It is not the noise of the cry in victory, and it is not the noise of the cry in defeat; the noise of a wretched cry I hear.

19. And it happened, as he came near the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dances; and Moses grew hot with anger, and threw the tablets out of his hand and broke them beneath the mountain.

20. And he took the calf which they had made, and burned it in the fire, and ground it up till it was powder, and sprinkled it on the face of the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.

21. And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?

22. And Aaron said, Do not let your anger grow hot, O my lord; you know the people, that they [are set] on evil.

23. And they said to me, Make us gods to go before us; for this Moses, that man who caused us to come up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.

24. And I said to them, Whoever has gold, pull it away; and they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.

25. And Moses saw that the people had become undisciplined; for Aaron had caused them to become so undisciplined that those rising up against them would annihilate them 7 .

26. And Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoever is for Jehovah, [come] to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves to him.

27. And he said to them, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, Put everyone his sword on his thigh; go to and fro 8 from gate to gate in the camp, and kill [every] man his brother, and [every] man his companion, and [every] man his neighbour.

28. And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people on that day up to three thousand men.

29. And Moses said, Fill your hand 9 today to Jehovah (for [every] man has been against his son and against his brother), so that He may bestow a blessing on you today.

30. And it happened on the next day, that Moses said to the people, You have committed a great sin. And now I shall go up to Jehovah; perhaps I shall make expiation for your sin.

31. And Moses returned to Jehovah and said, I implore You; this people has committed a great sin, and they have made gods of gold for themselves.

32. And now, if You forgive their sin - and if not, blot me out, I beg You, from Your book which You have written.

33. And Jehovah said to Moses, The one who has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.

34. And now, go! lead the people to what I have spoken of to you. Behold, My angel will go before you; and on the day of My visitation I will visit their sin upon them 10 .

35. And Jehovah struck the people because they made the calf which Aaron made.

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The internal sense in this chapter shows that no Church could be established among the Israelite people because their whole interest lay in external things and not in anything internal; and to prevent them from profaning the holy things of heaven and the Church their interiors were completely closed off. The fact that this people's whole interest lay in external things and not in anything internal is meant by the golden calf which they worshipped instead of Jehovah. And the complete closing off of their interiors to prevent them from profaning the holy things of heaven and the Church is meant by Moses' breaking the tablets containing the law, by his grinding up the golden calf, sprinkling the powder on the water, and giving it to them to drink, and also by the killing in the camp by the sons of Levi of up to three thousand men.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. in this chapter Swedenborg does not use a capital letter for the Divine name in this particular expression; i.e. he writes jehovah, not Jehovah.

2. i.e. Moses pleaded with

3. repent is not used here in the sense of being penitent or contrite over personal wrong-doing but in the sense of sorrow or regret over any past decision or course of action.

4. i.e. forever

5. literally, the tablets were written on the two goings across; from here and from here they were written i.e. the writing ran from the edge of one tablet right across, and then continued from the edge of the second tablet right across

6. The word rendered noise (vox) in verses 17-18 means more literally voice; and the word rendered shouting (vociferatio) means more literally raising the voice.

7. literally, And Moses saw the people, that they had been unloosed, because Aaron had made them unloosed, to annihilation by their insurgents

8. literally, go across (or through) and come back

9. i.e. Consecrate yourselves

10. i.e. on the day when I come to punish I will punish them for their sin

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