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Exodus 32

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1 Men da Folket så, at Moses tøvede med at komme ned fra Bjerget, samlede det sig om Aron, og de sagde til ham: "Kom og lav os en Gud, som kan drage foran os, thi vi ved ikke, hvad der er blevet af denne Moses, der førte os ud af Ægypten!"

2 Da sagde Aron til dem: " iv de Guldringe af, som eders Hustruer, Sønner og Døtre har i Ørene, og bring mig dem!"

3 Så rev hele Folket deres Guldørenringe af og bragte dem til Aron.

4 Og han modtog dem af deres Hånd, formede Guldet med en Mejsel og lavede en støbt Tyrekalv deraf. Da sagde de: "Her, Israel, er din Gud, som førte dig ud af Ægypten!"

5 Og da Aron så det, byggede han et Alter for den, og Aron lod kundgøre: "I Morgen er det Højtid for HE EN!"

6 Tidligt næste Morgen ofrede de så Brændofre og bragte Takofre og Folket satte sig til at spise og drikke, og derpå stod de op for at lege.

7 Da sagde HE EN til Moses: "Skynd dig og stig ned, thi dit Folk, som du førte ud af Ægypten, har handlet ilde;

8 hastigt veg de bort fra den Vej jeg bød dem at vandre; de har lavet sig en støbt Tyrekalv og tilbedt den og ofret til den med de Ord: Her, Israel, er din Gud, som førte dig ud af Ægypten!"

9 Og HE EN sagde til Moses: "Jeg har iagttaget dette Folk og set, at det er et halsstarrigt Folk.

10 Lad mig nu råde, at min Vrede kan blusse op imod dem så vil jeg tilintetgøre dem; men dig vil jeg gøre til et stort Folk!"

11 Men Moses bønfaldt HE EN sin Gud og sagde: "Hvorfor HE E skal din Vrede blusse op mod dit Folk, som du førte ud af Ægypten med vældig Kraft og stærk Hånd?

12 Hvorfor skal Ægypterne kunne sige: I ond Hensigt førte han dem ud, for at slå dem ihjel ude mellem Bjergene og udrydde dem af Jorden? Lad din Vredes Glød høre op, og anger den Ulykke, du vilde gøre dit Folk!

13 Kom Abraham, Isak og Israel i Hu, dine Tjenere, hvem du tilsvor ved dig selv: Jeg vil gøre eders Afkom talrigt som Himmelens Stjerner, og jeg vil give eders Afkom hele det Land, hvorom jeg har talet, og de skal eje det evindelig!"

14 Da angrede HE EN den Ulykke han havde truet med at gøre sit Folk.

15 Derpå vendte Moses tilbage og steg ned fra Bjerget med Vidnesbyrdets to Tavler i Hånden, Tavler, der var beskrevet på begge Sider, både på Forsiden og Bagsiden var de beskrevet.

16 Og Tavlerne var Guds Værk, og Skriften var Guds Skrift, ridset ind i Tavlerne.

17 Da hørte Josua Støjen af det larmende Folk, og han sagde til Moses: "Der høres Krigslarm i Lejren!"

18 Men han svarede: "Det er ikke sejrendes eller slagnes Skrig, det er Sang, jeg hører!"

19 Og da Moses nærmede sig Lejren og så Tyrekalven og Dansen, blussede hans Vrede op, og han kastede Tavlerne fra sig og sønderslog dem ved Bjergets Fod.

20 Derpå tog han Tyrekalven, som de havde lavet, brændte den i Ilden og knuste den til Støv, strøde det på Vandet og lod Israeliterne drikke det.

21 Og Moses sagde til Aron: "Hvad har dette Folk gjort dig, siden du har bragt så stor en Synd over det?"

22 Aron svarede: "Vredes ikke, Herre! Du ved selv, at Folket ligger i det onde,

23 og de sagde til mig: Lav os en Gud, som kan drage foran os, thi vi ved ikke, hvad der er blevet af denne Moses, der førte os ud af Ægypten!

24 Da sagde jeg til dem: De, der har Guldsmykker, skal rive dem af! De bragte mig da Guldet, og jeg kastede det i Ilden, og så kom denne Tyrekalv ud deraf!"

25 Da Moses nu så, at Folket var tøjlesløst til Skadefryd for deres Fjender, fordi Aron havde givet det fri Tøjler,

26 stillede han sig ved Indgangen til Lejren og sagde: "Hvem der er for HE EN, han komme hid til mig!" Da samlede alle Leviterne sig om ham,

27 og han sagde til dem: "Så siger HE EN, Israels Gud: Bind alle Sværd om Lænd og gå frem og tilbage fra den ene Indgang i Lejren til den anden og slå ned både Broder, Ven og Frænde!"

28 Og Leviterne gjorde, som Moses havde sagt, og på den Dag faldt der af Folket henved 3000 Mand.

29 Og Moses sagde: "Fra i Dag af skal I være Præster for HE EN, thi ingen skånede Søn eller Broder, derfor skal Velsignelse komme over eder i Dag."

30 Næste Dag sagde Moses til Folket: "I har begået en stor Synd ; men nu vil jeg stige op til HE EN, måske kan jeg skaffe Soning for eders Synd!"

31 Derpå gik Moses atter til HE EN og sagde: "Ak, dette Folk har begået en stor Synd, de har lavet sig en Gud af Guld.

32 Om du dog vilde tilgive dem deres Synd! Hvis ikke, så udslet mig af den Bog, du fører!"

33 HE EN svarede Moses: "Den, som har syndet imod mig, ham vil jeg udslette af min Bog!

34 Men gå nu og før Folket hen, hvor jeg har befalet dig at føre det hen; se, min Engel skal drage foran dig! Men til sin Tid vil jeg straffe dem for deres Synd!"

35 Og HE EN slog Folket, fordi de havde lavet Tyrekalven, den, Aron lavede.

   


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10458. 'And it happened, as he came near the camp' means near to hell, in which that nation was then. This is clear from the meaning of 'the camp of the children of Israel' as heaven and the Church, dealt with in 4236, 10038, so that when they engaged in idolatrous worship, venerating the calf instead of Jehovah, their camp means hell. For what is representative of heaven and the Church is turned into that which is representative of hell when the people turned from the worship of God to worship of the devil, which worship of the calf was. 'The camp' has a similar meaning in Amos,

I have sent the pestilence upon you in the way of Egypt, I have killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses 1 , to such an extent that I have caused the stench of your camp to come up also into your nose. Amos 4:10.

This refers to the vastation of truth; and when truth has been laid waste 'the camp' means hell. The fact that it refers to the vastation of truth is evident from the specific details of the verse when looked at in the internal sense. 'The pestilence' means vastation, 7102, 7505; 'the way' means truth, and in the contrary sense falsity, 10422; 'Egypt' that which is external, and also hell, see in the places referred to in 10437; 'the sword' falsity engaged in conflict against truths, 2799, 4499, 6353, 7102, 8294; 'young men' the Church's truths, 7668; 'being killed' being destroyed spiritually, 6767, 8902; 'captivity' deprivation of truth, 7990; 'horses' an enlightened power of understanding, 2760-2762, 3217, 5321, 6125, 6534; and 'stench' that which is abominable, emanating from hell, 7161. From all this it is evident that in the internal sense 'the camp' means hell. Hell is also meant in the historical narratives of the Word by the camp of enemies opposed to Jerusalem, and in general of those opposed to the children of Israel.

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1. literally, the captivity of your horses

  
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6767. 'Do you intend to kill me . . .' means, Do you wish to destroy my faith ... This is clear from the meaning of 'killing' as destroying, dealt with below; and from the meaning of a Hebrew man, to whom 'me' refers here, as one who belongs to the Church. Faith too is accordingly meant, for faith goes together with the Church, and the two are so bound up with each other that a person who destroys the faith present with someone destroys the Church with him. This is also 'to kill him', for by taking faith away he takes spiritual life away, the life that remains being a life that is called death. From this it is evident that 'Do you intend to kill me?' means, Do you wish to destroy my faith?

[2] The fact that 'killing' is taking away spiritual life is evident from many places in the Word, as in Jeremiah,

Drag them away like sheep for the slaughter, and destine them to the day of killing. How long will the land mourn and the plant of every field wither, on account of the wickedness of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds will be devoured. Jeremiah 12:3-4.

'The day of killing' stands for the time that the Church is laid waste, when there is no longer any faith because there is no charity. 'The land which will mourn' stands for the Church; 'the plant of every field' stands for all the facts known to the Church that hold truth within them; 'the beasts and the birds will be devoured' stands for the fact that forms of good and truths will be destroyed. For the meaning of 'the land' as the Church, see 566, 662, 1067, 1262, 1413, 1607, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 2928, 3755, 4447, 4535, 5577. The meaning of 'the plant' as factual knowledge holding truth within it is clear from places in the Word where plant is mentioned. And for the meaning of 'the field' as that which is of the Church, see 2971, 3710, 3766, of 'the beasts' as affections for good, thus forms of good, 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 1823, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198, and of 'the birds' as affections for truth, 5149. From all this one may recognize what the meaning of these words is, and also that the spiritual sense is present in every detail there. Anyone can see that without the inner meaning there could be no understanding of what 'the day of killing' is, or of what is described by the details 'will the land mourn', 'the plant of every field wither, on account of the wickedness of those who dwell in it', and 'the beasts and the birds will be devoured'.

[3] In Zechariah,

Thus said Jehovah my God, Feed the sheep for killing, whose owners kill them. Zechariah 11:4-5.

'The sheep for killing' plainly stands for people whose faith is destroyed by those who are their owners. In Ezekiel,

You have desecrated Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for crusts of bread, to kill souls that ought not to die, and to keep alive souls that ought not to live. Ezekiel 13:19.

Here also 'killing' plainly stands for destroying spiritual life, that is, charity and faith. In Isaiah,

What will you do on the day of visitation and vastation? They will fall beneath the bound and beneath the killed. Isaiah 10:3-4.

Here 'the killed' stands for those who are in hell, thus for those immersed in evils and falsities.

[4] In the same prophet,

You are cast out from your sepulchre like an abominable branch, [like] a garment of the killed, [like] those pierced with the sword. You will not be united with them in the sepulchre, for you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people. Isaiah 14:19-20.

'The killed' stands for those who have been deprived of spiritual life; 'you have killed your people' stands for his destruction of forms of the truth and good of faith. In John,

The thief does not come except in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that they may have life. John 10:10.

'Killing' stands for destroying the life of faith, and therefore it says, 'I have come in order that they may have life'. In Mark,

Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his children, and the children will rise up against parents and kill them. Mark 13:12.

This refers to the last days of the Church when there is no longer any charity and therefore no faith either. 'Brother', 'children', and 'parents' in the internal sense are the Church's forms of good and its truths; and 'killing' is destroying them.

[5] Because one who had been 'killed' meant a person who had been deprived of spiritual life, and 'the field' meant the Church, it had therefore been decreed in the representative church that if anyone on the surface of the field touched somebody who had been pierced with the sword, or who had been killed, he would be unclean for seven days, Numbers 19:16. 'Slain with the sword' means truth wiped out by falsity, see 4507; for 'the sword' is falsity that wipes out truth, 2799, 4499, 653. It was likewise decreed that if anyone was found killed in the land which was their inheritance, lying on the field, and it was not known who had killed him, the elders and judges were to measure the distances to the cities which were round about. Having found out by doing this which was the nearest city, they were to take a heifer and break its neck at a fast-flowing river, and to do many other things, Deuteronomy 21:1-10.

  
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