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Exodus 12

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1 Derpå talede HE EN til Moses og Aron i Ægypten og sagde:

2 "Denne Måned skal hos eder være Begyndelsesmåneden, den skal hos eder være den første af Årets Måneder.

3 Tal til hele Israels Menighed og sig: På den tiende Dag i denne Måned skal hver Familiefader tage et Lam, et Lam for hver Familie.

4 Og dersom en Familie er for lille til et Lam, skal han sammen med sin nærmeste Nabo tage et Lam, svarende til Personernes Antal; hvor mange der skal være om et Lam, skal I beregne efter. hvad hver enkelt kan spise.

5 Det skal være et lydefrit, årgammelt Handyr, og I kan tage det enten blandt Fårene eller Gederne.

6 I skal have det gående til den fjortende Dag i denne Måned, og hele Israels Menigheds Forsamling skal slagte det ved Aftenstid.

7 Og de skal tage noget af Blodet og stryge det på de to Dørstolper og Overliggeren i de Huse, hvor I spiser det.

8 I skal spise Kødet samme Nat, stegt over Ilden, og I skal spise usyret Brød og bitre Urter dertil.

9 I må ikke spise noget deraf råt eller kogt i Vand, men kun stegt over Ilden, og Hoved, Ben og Indmad må ikke være skilt fra.

10 I må intet levne deraf til næste Morgen, men hvad der bliver tilovers deraf til næste Morgen, skal I brænde.

11 Og når I spiser det, skal I have Bælte om Lænden ,Sko på Fødderne og Stav i Hånden, og I skal spise det i største Hast. Det er Påske for HE EN.

12 I denne Nat vil jeg drage igennem Ægypten og ihjelslå alt det førstefødte i Ægypten både blandt Folk og Fæ; og over alle Ægyptens Guder vil jeg holde Dom. Jeg er HE EN!

13 Men for eder skal Blodet på Husene, hvor I er, tjene som Tegn, og jeg vil se Blodet og gå eder forbi; intet ødelæggende Slag skal ramme eder, når jeg slår Ægypten.

14 Denne Dag skal være eder en Mindedag, og I skal fejre den som en Højtid for HE EN, Slægt efter Slægt; som en evig gyldig Ordning skal I fejre den.

15 I syv Dage skal I spise usyret Brød. Straks den første Dag skal I skaffe al Surdejg bort af eders Huse; thi hver den, som spiser noget syret fra den første til den syvende Dag, det Menneske skal udryddes af Israel.

16 På den første dag skal I holde Højtidsstævne og ligeledes på den syvende dag. Intet Arbejde må udføres på dem; kun det, enhver behøver til Føde, det og intet andet må I tilberede.

17 I skal holde det usyrede Brøds Højtid, thi på denne selv samme Dag førte jeg eders Hærskarer ud af Ægypten, derfor skal I højtideligholde denne Dag i alle kommende Slægtled som en evig gyldig Ordning.

18 På den fjortende Dag i den første Måned om Aftenen skal I spise usyret Brød og vedblive dermed indtil Månedens en og tyvende Dag om Aftenen.

19 I syv Dage må der ikke findes Surdejg i eders Huse, thi hver den, som spiser noget syret, det Menneske skal udryddes af Israels Menighed, de fremmede så vel som de indfødte i Landet.

20 I må ikke nyde noget som helst syret; hvor I end bor, skal I spise usyret Brød."

21 Da kaldte Moses alle Israels Ældste sammen og sagde til dem: "Gå ud og hent eder Småkvæg til eders Familier og slagt Påskeofferet;

22 og tag eder Ysopkoste, dyp dem i Blodet i Fadet og stryg noget deraf på Overliggeren og de to Dørstolper; og ingen af eder må gå ud af sin Husdør før i Morgen.

23 Thi HE EN vil gå omkring og slå Ægypterne, og når han da ser Blodet på Overliggeren og de to Dørstolper, vil han gå Døren forbi og ikke give Ødelæggeren Adgang til eders Huse for at slå eder.

24 Dette skal I varetage som en Anordning, der gælder for dig og dine Børn til evig Tid.

25 Og når I kommer til det Land, HE EN vil give eder, således som han har forjættet, så skal I overholde denne Skik.

26 Når da eders Børn spørger eder: Hvad betyder den Skik, I der har?

27 så skal I svare: Det er Påskeoffer for HE EN, fordi han gik Israeliternes Huse forbi i Ægypten, dengang han slog Ægypterne, men lod vore Huse urørte!" Da bøjede Folket sig og tilbad.

28 Og Israeliterne gik hen og gjorde, som HE EN havde pålagt Moses og Aron.

29 Men ved Midnatstid ihjelslog HE EN alle de førstefødte i Ægypten lige fra Faraos førstefødte, der skulde arve hans Trone, til den førstefødte hos Fangen, der sad i Fangehullet, og alt det førstefødte af Kvæget.

30 Da stod Farao op om Natten tillige med alle sine Tjenere og alle Ægypterne, og der lød et højt Klageskrig i Ægypten, thi der var intet Hus, hvor der ikke fandtes en død.

31 Og han lod Moses og Aron kalde om Natten og sagde: "Bryd op og drag bort fra mit Folk, I selv og alle Israeliterne, og drag ud og dyrk HE EN, som I har forlangt.

32 Tag også eders Småkvæg og Hornkvæg med, som I har forlangt, og drag bort; og bed også om Velsignelse for mig!"

33 Og Ægypterne trængte på Folket for at påskynde deres Afrejse fra Landet, thi de sagde: "Vi mister alle Livet!"

34 Og , Folket tog deres Dejg med sig, før den var syret, og de bar Dejtrugene på Skulderen, indsvøbte i deres Kapper.

35 Men Israeliterne havde gjort, som Moses havde sagt, og bedt Ægypterne om Sølv og Guldsmykker og om Klæder;

36 og HE EN havde stemt Ægypterne gunstigt mod Folket, så de havde givet dem, hvad de bad om. Således tog de Bytte fra Ægypterne.

37 Så brød Israeliterne op fra ameses til Sukkot, henved 600.000 Mand til Fods foruden Kvinder og Børn.

38 Desuden fulgte en stor Hob sammenløbet Folk med og dertil Småkvæg og Hornkvæg, en vældig Mængde Kvæg.

39 Og af den Dejg, de havde bragt med fra Ægypten, bagte de usyret Brød; den var nemlig ikke syret, de var jo drevet ud af Ægypten uden at få Tid til noget; de havde ikke engang tilberedt sig Tæring til ejsen.

40 Den Tid, Israeliterne havde boet i Ægypten, udgjorde 430 År.

41 Netop på den Dag da de 430 År var til Ende, drog alle HE ENs Hærskarer ud af Ægypten.

42 En Vågenat var det for HE EN, i hvilken han vilde føre dem ud af Ægypten. Den Nat er viet HE EN, en Vågenat for alle Israeliterne, Slægt efter Slægt.

43 HE EN sagde til Moses og Aron: "Dette er Ordningen angående Påskelammet: Ingen fremmed må spise deraf.

44 Men enhver Træl, der er købt for Penge, må spise deraf, såfremt du har fået ham omskåret.

45 Ingen indvandret eller Daglejer må spise deraf.

46 Det skal spises i et og samme Hus, og intet af Kødet må bringes ud af Huset; I må ikke sønderbryde dets Ben.

47 Hele Israels Menighed skal fejre Påsken.

48 Dersom en fremmed bor som Gæst hos dig og vil fejre Påske for HE EN, da skal alle af Mandkøn hos ham omskæres; så må han være med til at fejre den, og han skal være ligestillet med den indfødte i Landet; men ingen uomskåren må spise deraf.

49 En og samme Lov skal gælde for den indfødte i Landet og for den fremmede, der bor som Gæst hos eder."

50 Og Israeliterne gjorde, som HE EN havde pålagt Moses og Aron.

51 På denne selv samme Dag førte HE EN Israeliterne ud af Ægypten, Hærskare for Hærskare.

   


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1082. And shall eat her flesh. That this signifies rejection of the evils thereof, which are adulterated goods, and then manifestation that they were destitute of all good, is evident from the signification of flesh, as denoting the good of the Word and of the church, and, in the opposite sense, the evil thereof. In the present case flesh denotes evils, which are adulterated goods. And from the signification of eating, as denoting to consume, but, in this case, to reject altogether, because the Reformed are treated of, who have rejected the works or goods of Babylon, which chiefly consist in gifts to the idols of their saints, to their sepulchres, also to monasteries, and to the monks themselves, for various expiations.

[2] That by the same words is also meant manifestation that they were destitute of all good follows; for when spurious and meritorious goods are rejected, signified by the flesh which they should eat, then it is made evident that they are destitute of all good. Flesh, in the Word, signifies various things. It signifies man's proprium, thus, either his good or evil, and thence it signifies the whole man. But in the highest sense, it signifies the Lord's Divine Human, specifically the Divine Good of Divine Love proceeding from Him.

That flesh signifies the Divine Human as to the good of love is evident in John:

"Jesus said, I am the living bread, which came down from heaven; if any one eat of this bread, he shall live for ever. The bread which I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews, therefore, strove amongst themselves, saying, How can this man give his flesh to eat? Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day; for my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed; he that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me and I in him. This is the bread, which came down from heaven" (6:51-58).

That by flesh is here meant the proprium of the Lord's Divine Human, which is the Divine Good of Divine Love, is manifestly evident; and it is that which in the Holy Supper is called His body. That the body there or the flesh is the Divine good, and the blood is Divine truth, may be seen above (n. 329). And because bread and wine signify the same as flesh and blood - bread, Divine Good, and wine, Divine truth - therefore these were commanded in their place.

[3] Divine Good from the Lord was also signified by the flesh of the sacrifices, which Aaron, his sons, and those who sacrificed might eat, and others who were clean.

And that it was holy may be seen in Exodus (12:7, 8, 9; 29:31-34; Leviticus 7:15-21; 8:31; Deuteronomy 12:27; 16:4).

Wherefore if an unclean person ate of that flesh, he was to be cut off from his people (Leviticus 7:21).

That these things were called bread (Leviticus 22:6, 7).

That that flesh was called "the flesh of holiness" (Jeremiah 11:15; Hag. 2:12);

And "the flesh of the offering," which was to be upon the table in the Lord's kingdom (Ezekiel 40:43).

[4] The Lord's Divine Human is also called flesh in John:

"The Word was made flesh, and dwelt amongst us; and we saw his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father" (1:14).

That flesh also signified good with man, is evident from the following passages:

In Ezekiel:

"I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit in the midst of you, and I will remove the heart of stone out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh" (11:19; 36:26).

The heart of flesh is the will and love of God. In David:

"O God, Thou art my God, in the morning I seek Thee, my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh desireth thee, in a land of drought, and I am weary without waters" (Psalms 63:1).

Again:

"My soul longeth towards the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh crieth out towards the living God" (Psalms 84:2).

By the flesh which longeth for Jehovah, and which crieth out towards the living God is signified man as to the good of the will. For the flesh of man corresponds to the good or evil of his will, and the blood to the truth or the falsity of his understanding; in the present case flesh denotes the good of the will, because it longeth for Jehovah, and crieth out unto God.

[5] In Job:

"I have known my Redeemer, he liveth, and at the last shall rise upon the dust, and afterwards these things shall be encompassed with my skin, and from my flesh I shall see God" (19:25-27).

To see God from his flesh signifies from his voluntary proprium made new by the Lord, thus from good.

In Ezekiel:

"I will put upon the bones, which were seen in the midst of the valley, nerves, and I will cause flesh to come up, upon them, and I will cover them with skin, and I will put spirit into them, that they may live" (37:6, 8).

Where also by flesh is signified the proprium of the will made new from the Lord, consequently good. What is there signified by bones and the rest may be seen above (n. 418, 419, 665).

In the Apocalypse:

"Come, and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God, that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of the mighty, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit upon them, and the flesh of all, free and bond, small and great" (Apoc. 19:17, 18; Ezekiel 39:17, 18, 19).

That flesh here does not mean flesh, but goods of every kind is quite clear.

[6] But, on the other hand, that by flesh is signified man's voluntary proprium, which, strictly considered, is evil, is evident from the following passages. Thus in Isaiah:

"A man shall eat the flesh of his own arm" (Isaiah 9:20).

In the same:

"I will feed thine oppressors with their own flesh" (49:26).

In Jeremiah:

"I will feed you with the flesh of their sons, and with the flesh of their daughters; and they shall devour every man the flesh of his companion" (19:9).

In Zechariah:

"The rest shall eat every one the flesh of another" (11:9).

In Moses:

"I will chastise you seven times for your sins, and ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters" (Leviticus 26:28, 29).

[7] In Jeremiah:

"Cursed is the man who trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm" (17:5).

Here by flesh is signified a man's proprium, which in itself is evil, the appropriation of which is signified by eating and feeding upon it.

Similarly man's proprium is signified by flesh in Matthew:

"Jesus said, Blessed art thou, Simon, because flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee" (16:17).

In John:

"As many as received, to them gave he power to be the sons of God, who were born not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, but of God" (1:12, 13).

In Ezekiel:

"Jerusalem hath committed whoredom with the sons of Egypt her neighbours, great in flesh" (16:26).

In Isaiah:

"Egypt is man and not God, and his horses are flesh and not Spirit" (31:3).

In John:

"It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing" (6:63).

"That which is born of the flesh is flesh, that which is born of the spirit is spirit" (3:6).

In David:

"God remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and returneth not again" (Psalms 78:39).

The evil of man's will, which is his proprium from birth is signified in these passages by flesh; also by:

"The flesh, which the sons of Israel lusted after in the wilderness, and on account of which they were smitten with a great plague, and from which the place was called the grave of lust" (Numbers 11:4-33).

Moreover, in the Word throughout, mention is made of "all flesh," by which is meant every man.

As in Genesis (6:12, 13, 17, 19 Isaiah 40:5, 6; 49:26; 66:16, 23, 24; Jeremiah 25:31; 32:27; 45:5; Ezekiel 20:48; 21:4, 5), and elsewhere.

Continuation concerning the Word:-

[8] The reason why the Spiritual by influx presents what is correspondent to itself in the natural is, in order that the end may become the cause, and the cause become the effect; and thus that the end, by means of the cause, in the effect, may make itself visibly and sensibly evident. This trine, namely, end, cause, and effect, exists from creation in every heaven. The end is the good of love, the cause is truth from that good, and the effect is use. Thus love is that which produces, whence the product is of love from good by means of truth. The ultimate products in our world are various; as many as the subjects in its three kingdoms of nature, the animal, the vegetable, and the mineral.

[9] All products are correspondences. Since a trine - end, cause, and effect - exists in every heaven, therefore also in every heaven there are products; and there are correspondences, which, as to form and appearance, are like the subjects in the three kingdoms of our earth. From this it is evident that each heaven, as to outward appearance, is similar to our earth, but differing in excellence and beauty, according to degrees.

Now because the Word cannot be in its fulness, that is to say, consist of effects, in which are the cause and the end, or of uses, in which truth is the cause, and good is the end, except from correspondences - and love is that which produces - it follows that the Word in each heaven is like the Word in our world, but differing in excellence and beauty according to degrees. The nature of this difference shall be explained elsewhere.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.