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1 Derpå sagde HE EN til Moses: "Gå til Farao! Thi jeg har forhærdet hans og hans Tjeneres Hjerte, at jeg kan komme til at gøre disse mine Tegn iblandt dem,

2 for at du må kunne fortælle din Søn og din Sønnesøn, hvorledes jeg handlede med Ægypterne, og om de Tegn, jeg gjorde iblandt dem; så skal I kende, at jeg er HE EN."

3 Da gik Moses og Aron til Farao og sagde til ham: "Så siger HE EN, Hebræernes Gud: Hvor længe vil du vægre dig ved at ydmyge dig for mig? Lad mit Folk rejse, at de kan dyrke mig!

4 Men hvis du vægrer dig ved at lade mit Folk rejse, se, da vil jeg i Morgen sende Græshopper over dine Landemærker,

5 og de skal skjule Landets Overflade, så man ikke kan se Jorden, og opæde esten af det, som er blevet tilovers for eder efter Haglen, og opæde alle eders Træer, som gror på Marken;

6 og de skal fylde dine Huse og alle dine Tjeneres og alle Ægypternes Huse således, at hverken dine Fædre eller dine Fædres Fædre nogen Sinde har oplevet Mage dertil, fra den Dag de kom til Verden og indtil denne Dag!" Dermed vendte han sig bort og forlod Farao.

7 Men Faraos Tjenere sagde til ham: "Hvor længe skal denne Mand styrte os i Ulykke? Lad dog disse Mennesker rejse og lad dem dyrke HE EN deres Gud! Har du endnu ikke indset, at Ægypten går til Grunde?"

8 Moses og Aron blev nu hentet tilbage til Farao, og han sagde til dem: "Drag af Sted og dyrk HE EN eders Gud! Men hvem er det nu, der vil af Sted?"

9 Moses svarede: "Med vore Børn og vore gamle vil vi drage af Sted, med vore Sønner og vore Døtre, vort Småkvæg og vort Hornkvæg vil vi drage af Sted, thi vi skal fejre HE ENs Højtid."

10 Da sagde han til dem: "HE EN være med eder, om jeg lader eder rejse sammen med eders Kvinder og Børn! Der ser man, at I har ondt i Sinde!

11 Nej men I Mænd kan drage bort og dyrke HE EN; det var jo det, I ønskede!" Derpå jog man dem bort fra Farao.

12 Da sagde HE EN til Moses: " æk din Hånd ud over Ægypten og få Græshopperne til at komme; de skal komme over Ægypten og opæde alt, hvad der vokser i Landet, alt, hvad Haglen har levnet!"

13 Moses rakte da sin Stav ud over Ægypten, og HE EN lod en Østenstorm blæse over Landet hele den Dag og den påfølgende Nat; og da det blev Morgen, førte Østenstormen Græshopperne med sig.

14 Da kom Græshopperne over hele Ægypten, og de slog sig ned i hele Ægyptens Område i uhyre Mængder; aldrig før havde der været så mange Græshopper, og ingen Sinde mere skal der komme så mange.

15 Og de skjulte hele Jordens Overflade, så Jorden blev sort af dem, og de opåd alt, hvad der voksede i Landet, og alle Træfrugter, alt, hvad Haglen havde levnet, og der blev intet grønt tilbage på Træerne eller på Markens Urter i hele Ægypten.

16 Da lod Farao skyndsomt Moses og Aron kalde til sig og sagde: "Jeg har syndet mod HE EN eders Gud og mod eder!

17 Men tilgiv mig nu min Synd denne ene Gang og gå i Forbøn hos eders Gud, at han dog blot vil tage denne dødbringende Plage fra mig!"

18 Da gik Moses bort fra Farao og bad til HE EN.

19 Og HE EN lod Vinden slå om til EN voldsom Vestenvind, som tog Græshopperne og drev dem ud i det røde Hav, så der ikke blev EN eneste Græshoppe tilbage i hele Ægyptens Område.

20 Men HE EN forhærdede Faraos Hjerte, så han ikke lod Israeliterne rejse.

21 Derpå sagde HE EN til Moses: " æk din Hånd op mod Himmelen, så skal der komme et Mørke over Ægypten, som man kan tage og føle på!"

22 Da rakte Moses sin Hånd op mod Himmelen, og der kom et tykt Mørke i hele Ægypten i tre Dage;

23 den ene kunde ikke se den anden, og ingen flyttede sig af Stedet i tre Dage; men overalt, hvor Israeliterne boede, var det lyst.

24 Da lod Farao Moses kalde og sagde: "Drag hen og dyrk HE EN. Dog skal eders Småkvæg og Hornkvæg blive tilbage, men eders Kvinder og Børn må I tage med."

25 Men Moses sagde: "Du må også overlade os Slagtofre og Brændofre, som vi kan bringe HE EN vor Gud;

26 også vore Hjorde må vi have med, ikke en Klov må blive tilbage, thi dem har vi Brug for, når vi skal dyrke HE EN vor Gud, og vi ved jo ikke,hvor meget vi behøver dertil, før vi kommer til Stedet."

27 Da forhærdede HE EN Faraos Hjerte, så han nægtede at lade dem rejse.

28 Og Farao sagde til ham: "Gå bort fra mig og vogt dig for at komme mig for Øje mere; thi den Dag du kommer mig for Øje, er du dødsens!"

29 Da sagde Moses: "Du har sagt det, jeg skal ikke mere komme dig for Øje!"

   


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7678. And Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt. That this signifies the rule of the power of truth Divine over the whole natural of the infesters, is evident from the signification of “stretching out the rod,” as being the rule of power (of which above, n. 7673); from the representation of Moses, as being truth Divine (see n. 6752, 7004, 7010, 7382); and from the signification of “the land of Egypt,” as being the natural of the infesters (of which above, n. 7674). The Divine power which is described by “the hand of Moses” is the power of truth Divine (that all power is of truth, see n. 3091, 5623, 6344, 6423, 6948); nay, such power has the Divine truth which proceed from the Divine good, that through it have been created all things in the universe. “The Word” signifies this truth in John:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word, all things were made by Him (John 1:1, 3);

and from this it is that miracles were done by Moses, for Moses represents Divine truth. It is believed by most people that the Word, or Divine truth, is only speech from Jehovah, and a command that it be so done, and nothing further; but it is the very Essential, from which and by which are all things. That being [Esse] which proceeds from Him, and consequently the coming forth [existere] of all things, is what is meant by “Divine truth.” This can be illustrated from the angels; from whom there proceeds a sphere of charity and faith that is sensibly perceived, and that also produces wonderful effects; from which some idea can be formed of the Divine truth that proceeds from the Divine good of the Lord.

  
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6344. And the beginning of my forces. That this signifies that through it is the first power in truth, is evident from the signification of the “beginning of forces,” as being the first power; and as “forces” are predicated of truth, it is the first power in truth that is signified, in like manner as in Isaiah:

Jehovah giveth strength to the wearied one, and to him that hath no forces He multiplieth power (Isaiah 40:29); where “strength” is predicated of good, and “forces” of truth, and “power” of both. How it is to be understood that through faith there is power in good, and the first power in truth, which is signified by “Reuben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my forces,” shall be briefly told. All the power in the spiritual world is from good through truth. Without good, truth has no power whatever, for truth is like a body, and good is like the soul of this body, and in order that the soul may do anything, it must be by means of the body. Hence it is plain that truth without good has no power whatever, just as the body without the soul has no power; for the body is then a carcass, and so also is truth without good.

[2] When the faith of truth through good is first born, the power appears to be in truth. This power is what is called the “first power in truth through faith,” and is signified by the “beginning of forces,” as also elsewhere in the Word where “birthright” is treated of; as in David:

He smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the beginning of forces in the tents of Ham (Psalms 78:51).

And in another place:

He smote all the firstborn in their land, the beginning of all their forces (Psalms 105:36).

Also in Deuteronomy:

He shall acknowledge the firstborn son of the hated one, to give him two parts of all that shall be found for him; in that he is the beginning of his forces, the right of the birthright is his (Deuteronomy 21:17).

[3] As by the “firstborn” is signified in the genuine sense the good that is of charity, but in the sense according to the appearance the truth that is of faith (see n. 3325, 4925, 4926, 4928, 4930), and as these two are the foundations of the church, therefore by the ancients the firstborn was called the “strength of the father, and the beginning of his forces.” That such was the signification is plainly evident from the fact that every firstborn belonged to Jehovah or the Lord, and that in the stead of all the firstborn the tribe of Leviticus was accepted and the priesthood given to it.

[4] Scarcely anyone in this world can know what is the nature of the power that is in truth from good; but it is known to those who are in the other life; thus by revelation thence. They who are in truth from good, that is, in faith from charity, are in power through truth from good. In this power are all the angels, and from this the angels are called in the Word “powers;” for they are in the power of restraining evil spirits, one angel being able to restrain a thousand all at once. They exercise their power chiefly when with man, in defending him at times against many hells, and this in a thousand and a thousand ways.

[5] They have this power by means of the truth that is of faith from the good that is of charity; but as they have their faith from the Lord, it is the Lord alone who is the power in them. This power which is through faith from the Lord is meant by the Lord’s words to Peter:

Upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in the heavens, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in the heavens (Matthew 16:18-19).

This was said to Peter, because by him was represented faith (see preface to Genesis 22, andalso3750, 4738, 6000, 6073); and by “Peter,” wherever in the Word he is called “Peter,” as here, is signified in the internal sense, faith, and in the supreme sense the Lord as to faith.

  
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