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5 Mosebog 17

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1 Du må ikke ofre HE EN din Gud en Okse eller et Stykke Småkvæg, som har nogen Lyde, nogen som helst Fejl; thi det er HE EN din Gud en Vederstyggelighed.

2 Når der et steds i din Midte inden dine Porte, som HE EN din Gud vil give dig, findes nogen, Mand eller Kvinde, der gør, hvad der er ondt i HE EN din Guds Øjne, og overtræder hans Pagt,

3 idet han går hen og dyrker andre Guder og tilbeder dem, Solen, Månen eller Himmelens hele Hær, hvad jeg ikke har pålagt eder,

4 og det bliver dig meldt, så du får det af høre, da skal du omhyggeligt undersøge Sagen, og hvis det viser sig, at det virkelig forholder sig således, at der er øvet en sådan Vederstyggelighed i Israel,

5 da skal du føre Manden eller Kvinden, som har øvet denne Udåd, ud til Byporten, hvad enten det nu er en Mand eller en Kvinde, og stene dem til Døde.

6 to eller tre Vidners Udsagn skal Dødsdommen udføres; den må ikke udføres på et enkelt Vidnes Udsagn.

7 Vidnernes Hånd skal først løfte sig imod ham for at slå ham ihjel, siden alle de andres Hånd. Således skal du udrydde det onde af din Midte.

8 Når en etssag angående Blodsudgydelse eller et Ejendomsspørgsmål eller Legemsskade, når i det hele en eller anden etstrætte inden dine Porte er dig for vanskelig, skal du stå op og drage til det Sted, HE EN din Gud udvælger,

9 og henvende dig til Levitpræsterne og den Dommer, som er der til den Tid, og spørge dem til åds, så skal de give dig til Hen, hvorledes der skal dømmes i Sagen.

10 Og du skal rette dig efter den Afgørelse, de giver dig til kende fra det Sted, HE EN udvælger, og omhyggeligt handle efter alt det, som de lærer dig.

11 Efter den Vejledning, de giver dig, og efter den Kendelse, de kundgør dig, skal du handle uden at vige til højre eller venstre fra, hvad de giver dig til Kende.

12 Og den Mand, der formaster sig til ikke at lyde Præsten, som gør Tjeneste der for HE EN din Gud, eller Dommeren, den Mand skal , og du skal udrydde det onde af Israel.

13 Og det skal høres i hele Folket, så de gribes af Frygt og ikke mere handler formasteligt.

14 Når du kommer ind i det Land, HE EN din Gud vil give dig, og får taget det i Besiddelse og fæstet Bo der, og du så får den Tanke, at du vil have en Konge over dig ligesom alle de andre Folk rundt om dig,

15 så må du kun sætte den Mand til Konge over dig, som HE EN din Gud udvælger. Af dine Brødres Midte skal du tage dig en konge. En fremmed, der ikke hører til dine Brødre, må du ikke tage til konge over dig.

16 Kun må han ikke holde mange Heste og sende Folket tilbage til Ægypten for at skaffe sig mange Heste; thi HE EN har jo sagt til eder: "I må ikke mere vende tilbage ad den Vej!"

17 Heller ikke må han have mange Hustruer, for at hans Hjerte ikke skal forledes til Frafald, og han må ikke samle sig Sølv og Guld i Overflod.

18 Når han så har sat sig på Tronen, skal han skaffe sig en Afskrift af denne Lov hos Levitpræsterne;

19 og han skal have den hos sig og læse i den alle sine Levedage, at han kan lære at frygte HE EN sin Gud, så han tager Vare på alle denne Lovs Ord og på disse Anordninger og holder dem,

20 for at hans Hjerte ikke skal hovmode sig over hans Brødre eller vige til højre eller venstre fra Budet, at han og hans Sønner i lange Tider må have Kongemagten i Israel.

   


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Apocalypse Explained # 688

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688. Fell upon their faces and worshipped God, signifies the adoration of the Lord with them from a most humble heart. This is evident from the signification of "to fall upon the face," as being the deepest humiliation of heart, for it is a gesture of the body corresponding to humiliation of heart, thus a gesture that is representative of the humiliation of the whole man. Worship of God at such a time is what flows forth from such a heart, which varies according to the matter that engages the mind.

[2] To fall upon the face before God is a gesture representative of deepest humiliation, because the face is the form of man's affections and thus of the interiors that pertain to his mind and disposition, for the affections shine forth in the face as in their type, and this is why the face is called an index and image of the mind. When, therefore, a man acknowledges that all things in him are turned away from God, and are consequently damned, and that thus he is neither able nor dares to look to God, who is essential Holiness, and if he should look to Him from such a self he would spiritually die, then from such thought and acknowledgment man falls upon the face to the earth; and because what is man's own [proprium] is thus removed, he is then filled by the Lord and so raised up as to be able to look to Him.

[3] They are said to have "worshipped God," for the reason that "God" means in the Word the Divine proceeding which is called the Divine truth. And as this Divine is truth with the angels, for they are the recipients of it and it constitutes their wisdom, so in the Word angels are called "gods," and signify Divine truths. Moreover, in the Hebrew, God is called "Elohim," in the plural, therefore "God" means in the Word the Divine that is with the angels of heaven and the men of the church, which is the Divine proceeding. And as the higher heavens were now in enlightenment and power, because of the separation of the evil from the good in the lower parts, and because of the Last Judgment which was to come shortly, therefore they are said "to worship God," from which it is evident that the Lord was then with them; for from a more intense and powerful influx of the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord they had enlightenment and power.

  
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Apocalypse Explained # 414

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414. And who is able to stand? signifies, who shall sustain and live? This is evident from the signification of standing, when it is before the Lord, as meaning to sustain and live, here, not able to sustain it and live; for, as was said above, the evil, from the influx and consequent presence of the Lord, that is, of Divine good and Divine truth going out and proceeding from Him with power and might, come not only into the tremors from fear, but also into torments from interior conflict, consequently unless they flee away and cast themselves down they cannot live, for from fear and torment death as it were befalls them, for the presence of the Divine brings death to the evil as it brings life to the good. From this their state it is then said, "Who is able to stand?" As also in Malachi:

Who sustaineth the day of His coming, and who shall stand when He shall appear (Malachi 3:2)?

In Nahum:

Who shall stand before His indignation; and who shall stand up in the glow of His anger (Nahum 1:6)?

And in Joel:

The day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who shall sustain it? (Joel 2:11).

Moreover, "to stand," like walking and sitting, in the Word signifies to be and to live; and "to stand," has a similar meaning with to stand firm and stand still. As in Luke:

The angel answered Zachariah, I am Gabriel, that standeth before God (Luke 1:19).

And in the same:

Be wakeful at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to stand before the Son of man (Luke 21:36).

And elsewhere. And as "to stand" also signifies to be, it is said of Jehovah, in Isaiah:

Jehovah hath stood up to plead, and standeth to judge (Isaiah 3:13).

And in David:

God stood in the congregation of God; He shall judge in the midst of the gods (Psalms 82:1).

But why "to stand" signifies to be shall be told elsewhere.

  
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