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5 Mosebog 8

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1 Alle de Bud, jeg i Dag pålægger dig, skal I omhyggeligt handle efter, for at I må blive i Live og blive mangfoldige og komme ind og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som HE EN tilsvor eders Fædre.

2 Og du skal komme i Hu, hvorledes HE EN din Gud i disse fyrretyve År har ført dig i Ørkenen for at ydmyge dig og sætte dig på Prøve og for at se, hvad der boede i dit Hjerte, om du vilde holde hans Bud eller ej.

3 Han ydmygede dig og lod dig sulte og gav dig så Manna at spise, en Føde, som hverken du eller dine Fædre før kendte til, for at lade dig vide, at Mennesket ikke lever af Brød alene; men ved alt, hvad der udgår af HE ENs Mund, lever Mennesket.

4 Dine klæder blev ikke slidt af Kroppen på dig, og dine Fødder hovnede ikke i disse fyrretyve År:

5 Så vid da og tag dig til Hjerte, at HE EN optugter dig, som en Mand optugter sin Søn.

6 Og hold HE EN din Guds Bud, så du vandrer på hans Veje og frygter ham.

7 Thi HE EN din Gud vil føre dig ind i et herligt Land, et Land med Vandbække, Kilder og Strømme, der vælder frem på Bjerg og Dal,

8 et Land med Hvede og Byg, med Vinstokke, Figentræer og Granatæbletræer, et Land med Oliventræer og Honning,

9 et Land, hvor du ikke skal tære Fattigmands Brød, hvor du intet skal mangle, et Land, hvis Sten giver Jern, og i hvis Bjerge du kan hugge Kobber.

10 Men når du så spiser dig mæt, skal du love HE EN din Gud for det herlige Land, han gav dig.

11 Vogt dig for at glemme HE EN din Gud, så du ikke holder hans Bud, Lovbud og Anordninger, som jeg i Dag pålægger dig.

12 Når du da spiser dig mæt og bygger gode Huse og bor i dem,

13 og dit Hornkvæg og Småkvæg øges, og dit Sølv og Guld øges, og alt, hvad du ejer, øges,

14 lad så ikke dit Hjerte blive hovmodigt, så du glemmer HE EN din Gud, som førte dig ud af Ægypten, af Trællehuset,

15 ham, som ledte dig i den store, grufulde Ørken med dens Giftslanger og Skorpioner og vandløse Ødemarker, ham, som lod Vand vælde frem til dig af den flinthårde Klippe,

16 ham, som i Ørkenen gav dig Manna at spise, som dine Fædre ikke kendte til, dig til Ydmygelse og Prøvelse, for i de kommende Dage at kunne gøre vel imod dig!

17 Og sig ikke ved dig selv: "Det er min egen Kraft og min egen Hånds Styrke, der har skaffet mig den igdom."

18 Men kom HE EN din Gud i Hu; thi ham er det, der giver dig Kraft til at vinde dig igdom for at stadfæste den Pagt, han tilsvor dine Fædre, således som det nu er sket.

19 Men hvis du glemmer HE EN din Gud og holder dig til andre Guder og dyrker og tilbeder dem, så vidner jeg for eder i Dag, at I skal til Grunde.

20 Som de Folk, HE EN lader gå til Grunde for eder, skal I gå til Grunde, til Straf for at I ikke vilde adlyde HE EN eders Gud!

   


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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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