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Exodus 20

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1 Gud talede alle disse Ord og sagde:

2 Jeg er HE EN din Gud, som førte dig ud af Ægypten, af Trællehuset.

3 Du må ikke have andre Guder end mig.

4 Du må ikke gøre dig noget udskåret Billede eller noget Afbillede af det, som er oppe i Himmelen eller nede på Jorden eller i Vandet under Jorden;

5 du må ikke tilbede eller dyrke det, thi jeg HE EN din Gud er en nidkær Gud, der indtil tredje og fjerde Led straffer Fædres Brøde på Børn af dem, som hader mig,

6 men i tusind Led viser Miskundhed mod dem, der elsker mig og holder mine Bud!

7 Du må ikke misbruge HE EN din Guds Navn, thi HE EN lader ikke den ustraffet, der misbruger hans Navn!

8 Kom Hviledagen i Hu, så du holder den hellig!

9 I seks Dage skal du arbejde og gøre al din Gerning,

10 men den syvende Dag skal være Hviledag for HE EN din Gud; da må du intet Arbejde udføre, hverken du selv, din Søn eller Datter, din Træl eller Trælkvinde, dit Kvæg eller den fremmede inden dine Porte.

11 Thi i seks Dage gjorde HE EN Himmelen, Jorden og Havet med alt, hvad der er i dem, og på den syvende Dag hvilede han; derfor har HE EN velsignet Hviledagen og helliget den.

12 Ær din Fader og din Moder, for at du kan få et langt Liv i det Land, HE EN din Gud vil give dig!

13 Du må ikke slå ihjel!

14 Du må ikke bedrive Hor!

15 Du må ikke stjæle!

16 Du må ikke sige falsk Vidnesbyrd imod din Næste!

17 Du må ikke begære din Næstes Hus! Du må ikke begære din Næstes Hustru, hans Træl eller Trælkvinde, hans Okse eller Æsel eller noget, der hører din Næste til!

18 Men da hele Folket fornam Tordenen, Lynene og Stødene i Hornene og så det rygende Bjerg forfærdedes Folket og holdt sig skælvende i Frastand;

19 og de sagde til Moses: "Tal du med os, så vil vi lytte til; men lad ikke Gud tale med os, at vi ikke skal !"

20 Men Moses svarede Folket: "Frygt ikke, thi Gud er kommet for at prøve eder, og for at I kan lære at frygte for ham, så I ikke synder."

21 Da holdt Folket sig i Frastand medens Moses nærmede sig Mulmet, hvori Gud var.

22 HE EN sagde da til Moses: Således skal du sige til Israeliterne: I har selv set, at jeg har talet med eder fra Himmelen!

23 I må ikke gøre eder Guder ved Siden af mig; Guder af Sølv eller Guld må I ikke gøre eder!

24 Du skal bygge mig et Alter af Jord, og på det skal du ofre dine Brændofre og Takofre, dit Småkvæg og dit Hornkvæg; på ethvert Sted, hvor jeg lader mit Navn ihukomme, vil jeg komme til dig og velsigne dig.

25 Men hvis du opfører mig Altre af Sten, må du ikke bygge dem af tilhugne Sten, thi når du svinger dit Værktøj derover, vanhelliger du dem.

26 Du må ikke stige op til mit, Alter ad Trin, for at ikke din Blusel skal blottes over det.

   


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8899. 'Which Jehovah your God gives you' means where the Divine is, and influx from Him. This is clear from the consideration that these words are spoken in regard to heaven, meant here by 'the land', 8898, so that 'Jehovah God' is the Divine there, and 'giving' is influx; for heaven with all people in general and with each person in particular consists in the reception of influx from the Divine. It may seem strange that such things are meant by the commandment about honouring parents, for they are remote from the literal meaning. But it should be recognized that the Ten Commandments are rules both for those in the world and for those in heaven. The literal or external sense is for those in the world, the spiritual or internal sense for those in heaven; and this being so, both senses - the external and the internal - are for those who while in the world are also in heaven, that is, those leading a good life in conformity with the truths of religious teachings. The fact that the Ten Commandments are also for those in heaven is evident from the internal sense of all that is in the Word, and especially from the consideration that things spoken by Jehovah God, that is, the Lord Himself, are not only for men or the world but also for angels, indeed for the whole of heaven. For Divine Truth which goes forth from the Lord flows through heaven; it passes right through to man. This is so with these Ten Commandments which the Lord Himself spoke from Mount Sinai.

[2] Since these commandments were declared not only for those in the world but also for those in heaven they could not be understood in the same way in both places. That was so with this commandment that they should honour father and mother, in order that their days might be prolonged on the land that Jehovah God would give them. For in heaven parents and children do not come together as on earth; therefore the Lord is in place of 'father' there, and His kingdom in place of 'mother'. Nor can it be said of those in heaven that their days would be prolonged, since they live there forever. Neither can 'land' there be taken to mean the land of Canaan, as it is in this commandment, but the heavenly Canaan instead which is heaven. Since 'father and mother' means the Lord and His kingdom this commandment is fourth in order, surpassing in holiness those that come after it. The commandment regarding the worship of Jehovah, that is, the Lord, is the first and second, because it is the holiest. After it comes the commandment regarding the sabbath, because in the highest sense the union within the Lord of the Divine Itself and the Divine Human is meant by it. Then follows the commandment about honouring parents, because love of the Lord is meant by it, and consequently the love of goodness and truth that come from the Lord. Since these things are meant by this commandment, treating parents with contempt is listed among the crimes meant by 'shedding blood', Ezekiel 22:6-7; and disobedient and stubborn sons were to be stoned, Deuteronomy 21:18-21.

  
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