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5 Mosebog 11

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1 Så elsk da HE EN din Gud og hold hans Forskrifter, hans Anordninger, Lovbud og Bud alle Dage:

2 jeg taler ikke til eders Børn, der ikke har oplevet det og set det; betænk derfor i Dag HE EN eders Guds Optugtelse, hans Storhed, hans stærke Hånd og udstrakte Arm,

3 hans Tegn og Gerninger, som han gjorde midt i Ægypten mod Farao, Ægypterkongen, og hele hans Land,

4 og hvad han gjorde ved Ægypternes Hærmagt, deres Heste og Vogne, som han, da de forfulgte eder, lod det røde Havs Vande skylle hen over og tilintetgjorde for stedse,

5 og hvad han gjorde for eder i Ørkenen, lige til I kom til Stedet her,

6 og hvad han gjorde ved Datan og Abiram, ubens Søn Eliabs Sønner, hvorledes Jorden åbnede sin Mund og slugte dem tillige med deres Huse og Telte og alt, hvad der var i ledtog med dem, midt iblandt hele Israel!

7 Thi med egne Øjne har I set al den Stordåd, HE EN har øvet!

8 Så hold da alle de Bud, jeg i Dag pålægger dig, for at I kan vinde Styrke og komme og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som I skal over og tage i Besiddelse,

9 og for at I kan få et langt Liv på den Jord, HE EN tilsvor eders Fædre at ville give dem og deres Afkom, et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning.

10 Thi det Land, du skal ind og tage i Besiddelse, er ikke som Ægypten, hvorfra I drog ud! Når du der havde sået din Sæd, måtte du vande Landet med din Fod, som en Urtehave;

11 nej, det Land, I skal over og tage i Besiddelse, er et Land med Bjerge og Dale, der drikker Vand, når egnen falder fra Himmelen,

12 et Land, som HE EN din Gud har Omhu for, og som HE EN din Guds Øjne stadig hviler på, fra Årets Begyndelse og til dets Slutning.

13 Og hvis I nu lyder mine Bud, som jeg i Dag pålægger eder, så I elsker HE EN eders Gud og tjener ham af hele eders Hjerte og hele eders Sjæl,

14 så vil jeg give eders Land dets egn i rette Tid, både Tidligregn og Sildigregn, så du kan høste dit Korn, din Most og din Olie;

15 og jeg vil give Græs på din Mark til dit Kvæg; og du skal spise dig mæt.

16 Men vogt eder, at ikke eders Hjerte dåres, så I falder fra og dyrker andre Guder og tilbeder dem;

17 thi da vil HE ENs Vredeblusse op imod eder, og han vil lukke Himmelen, så der ikke falder egn, og Jorden ikke giver Grøde, og I skal hurtigt udryddes af det herlige Land, HE EN vil give eder.

18 I skal lægge eder disse mine Ord på Hjerte og Sinde, binde dem som et Tegn om eders Hånd og lade dem være et Erindringsmærke på eders Pande,

19 og I skal lære eders Børn dem, idet I taler om dem, både når du sidder i dit Hus, og når du vandrer på Vejen, både når du lægger dig, og når du står op.

20 Og du skal skrive dem på Dørstolperne af dit Hus og på dine Porte,

21 for at I og eders Børn må leve i det Land, HE EN tilsvor eders Fædre at ville give dem, så længe Himmelen er over Jorden.

22 Thi hvis I vogter vel på alle disse Bud, som jeg i Dag pålægger eder at holde, så I elsker HE EN eders Gud og vandrer på alle hans Veje og hænger fast ved ham,

23 så skal HE EN drive alle disse Folk bort foran eder, og I skal underlægge eder Folk, der er større og mægtigere end I.

24 Hver Plet, eders Fodsål betræder, skal tilhøre eder; fra Ørkenen til Libanon og fra den store Flod, Eufratfloden, til Havet i Vest skal eders Landemærker strække sig.

25 Ingen skal kunne holde Stand for eder; Skræk og ædsel for eder skal HE EN eders Gud lade komme over hele det Land, I betræder, således som han lovede eder.

26 Se, jeg forelægger eder i Dag Velsignelse og Forbandelse,

27 Velsignelsen, hvis I lyder HE EN eders Guds Bud, som jeg i Dag pålægger eder,

28 og Forbandelsen, hvis ikke lyder HE EN eders Guds Bud, men viger bort fra den Vej, jeg i Dag foreskriver eder, for at holde eder til andre Guder, I ikke før kendte til.

29 Og når HE EN din Gud fører dig ind i det Land, du skal ind og tage i Besiddelse, så skal du lægge Velsignelsen på Garizims Bjerg og Forbandelsen på Ebals Bjerg.

30 De ligger jo hinsides Jordan, bag ved den, mod Vest, i de Kanånæeres Land, der bor i Arabalavningen, lige over for Gilgal ved Sandsigerens Træ.

31 Thi I står jo nu i Begreb med at overskride Jordan for at gå ind og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som HE EN eders Gud vil give eder. Når I da har taget det i Besiddelse og bosat eder der,

32 skal I omhyggeligt handle efter alle de Anordninger og Lovbud, jeg i Dag forelægger eder!

   


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2838. 'As it is said today' means that which is perpetual. This is clear from the meaning of 'today' in the Word, dealt with below. One frequently reads in the Word the phrase 'even to this day (or today)', as in what has gone before,

He is the father of Moab even to this day, and the father of Ammon even to this day. Genesis 19:37-38; and in what appears later on,

The name of the city is Beersheba even to this day. Genesis 26:33; also,

The children of Israel do not eat the sinew of that which was displaced, which is on the hollow of the thigh, even to this day. Genesis 32:32; as well as,

This is the pillar of Rachel's grave even to [this] day. Genesis 35:20.

Joseph made it a statute even to this day. Genesis 47:26.

In the historical sense 'to this day' and 'today' refer to the time when Moses was alive, but in the internal sense these expressions mean perpetuity and eternity of state. 'Day' means state, see 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, and so therefore does 'today', which is the present time. That which in the world is temporal is in heaven eternal. To give the meaning of that which is eternal, the expression today or else to this day has been added, though to those who are aware only of the historical sense it does not appear to embody anything further. Similar usages of these expressions occur elsewhere in the Word, such as Joshua 4:9; 6:25; 7:26; Judges 1:21, 26; and in other places.

[2] That 'today' means that which is perpetual and eternal may be seen in David,

I will tell of the statute: Jehovah has said to me, You are My Son; today I have begotten You. Psalms 2:7.

Here 'today' plainly stands for that which is eternal. In the same author,

For ever, O Jehovah, Your Word is fixed in the heavens, Your truth to generation after generation. You have established the earth and it stands. As for Your judgements they stand [even] today. Psalms 119:89-91.

Here also 'today' plainly stands for that which is eternal. In Jeremiah,

Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you, and before you came out of the womb I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations. I have set you this day (today) over nations and over kingdoms; and I have made you today into a fortified city, and into a pillar of iron, and into walls of bronze. Jeremiah 1:5, 10, 18.

This refers in the sense of the letter to Jeremiah, but in the internal sense the Lord is meant. 'I have set you this day (or today) over nations and over kingdoms, and I have made you today into a fortified city' means from eternity. In regard to the Lord one can only speak of that which is eternal.

[3] In Moses,

You are standing today, all of you, before Jehovah your God, so that you may enter into the covenant of Jehovah your God, and into His oath, which Jehovah your God is making with you today, that He may establish you today as a people for Himself, and that He will be God to you. Not indeed with you alone [do I make it], but with those who stand with us here today before Jehovah our God, and with those who are not with us today. Deuteronomy 29:10, 12-15.

Here in the sense of the letter 'today' means that present time when

Moses addressed the people. Yet it is clear that it nevertheless implies subsequent times and what is perpetual; for making a covenant with anyone, and with those who were there and with those who were not, implies that which is perpetual. Perpetuity itself is what is meant in the internal sense.

[4] That 'daily' and 'today' mean that which is perpetual is clear also from the sacrifice that was offered each day. This sacrifice, because of what is meant by day, daily, and today, was called the continual, or perpetual, sacrifice, Numbers 28:3, 23; Daniel 8:13; 11:31; 12:11. This may be even more plainly evident from the manna which rained from heaven, spoken of in Moses as follows,

Behold, I am causing bread to rain from heaven, and the people shall go out and gather a portion day by day. And they shall not leave any of it until the morning. That which they did leave until the morning bred worms and went rotten, except that gathered on the day before the Sabbath. Exodus 16:4, 19-20, 23.

This happened because 'the manna' meant the Lord's Divine Human, John 6:31-32, 49-50, 58, and because the Lord's Divine Human meant heavenly food, which is nothing other than love and charity, together with the goods and truths of faith. In heaven the Lord imparts this food to angels moment by moment, thus perpetually and eternally, see 2193. This is also what is meant in the Lord's Prayer by the petition, Give us today our daily bread, Matthew 6:11; Luke 11:3, that is, in every moment for evermore.

  
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