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Exodus 7

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1 Toen zeide de HEERE tot Mozes: Zie, Ik heb u tot een god gezet over Farao; en Aaron, uw broeder, zal uw profeet zijn.

2 Gij zult spreken alles, wat Ik u gebieden zal; en Aaron, uw broeder, zal tot Farao spreken, dat hij de kinderen Israels uit zijn land trekken laat.

3 Doch Ik zal Farao's hart verharden; en Ik zal Mijn tekenen en Mijn wonderheden in Egypteland vermenigvuldigen.

4 Farao nu zal naar ulieden niet horen, en Ik zal Mijn hand aan Egypte leggen, en voeren Mijn heiren, Mijn volk, de kinderen Israels, uit Egypteland, door grote gerichten.

5 Dan zullen de Egyptenaars weten, dat Ik de HEERE ben, wanneer Ik Mijn hand over Egypte uitstrekke, en de kinderen Israels uit het midden van hen uitleide.

6 Toen deed Mozes en Aaron, als hun de HEERE geboden had, alzo deden zij.

7 En Mozes was tachtig jaar oud, en Aaron was drie en tachtig jaar oud, toen zij tot Farao spraken.

8 En de HEERE sprak tot Mozes en tot Aaron, zeggende:

9 Wanneer Farao tot ulieden spreken zal, zeggende: Doet een wonderteken voor ulieden; zo zult gij tot Aaron zeggen: Neem uw staf, en werp hem voor Farao's aangezicht neder; hij zal tot een draak worden.

10 Toen ging Mozes en Aaron tot Farao henen in, en deden alzo, gelijk de HEERE geboden had; en Aaron wierp zijn staf neder voor Farao's aangezicht, en voor het aangezicht zijner knechten; en hij werd tot een draak.

11 Farao nu riep ook de wijzen en de guichelaars; en de Egyptische tovenaars deden ook alzo met hun bezweringen.

12 Want een ieder wierp zijn staf neder, en zij werden tot draken; maar Aarons staf verslond hun staven.

13 Doch Farao's hart verstokte, zodat hij naar hen niet hoorde, gelijk de HEERE gesproken had.

14 Toen zeide de HEERE tot Mozes: Farao's hart is zwaar; hij weigert het volk te laten trekken.

15 Ga heen tot Farao in den morgenstond; zie, hij zal uitgaan naar het water toe, zo stel u tegen hem over aan den oever der rivier, en den staf, die in een slang is veranderd geweest, zult gij in uw hand nemen.

16 En gij zult tot hem zeggen: de HEERE, de God der Hebreen, heeft mij tot u gezonden, zeggende: Laat Mijn volk trekken, dat het Mij diene in de woestijn; doch zie, gij hebt tot nu toe niet gehoord.

17 Zo zegt de HEERE: Daaraan zult gij weten, dat Ik de HEERE ben; zie, ik zal met dezen staf, die in mijn hand is, op het water, dat in deze rivier is, slaan, en het zal in bloed veranderd worden.

18 En de vis in de rivier zal sterven, zodat de rivier zal stinken; en de Egyptenaars zullen vermoeid worden, dat zij het water uit de rivier drinken mogen.

19 Verder zeide de HEERE tot Mozes: zeg tot Aaron: Neem uw staf, en steek uw hand uit over de wateren der Egyptenaren, over hun stromen, over hun rivieren, en over hun poelen, en over alle vergadering hunner wateren, dat zij bloed worden; en er zij bloed in het ganse Egypteland, beide in houten en in stenen vaten.

20 Mozes nu en Aaron deden alzo, gelijk de HEERE geboden had; en hij hief den staf op, en sloeg het water, dat in de rivier was, voor de ogen van Farao, en voor de ogen van zijn knechten; en al het water in de rivier werd in bloed veranderd.

21 En de vis, die in de rivier was, stierf; en de rivier stonk, zodat de Egyptenaars het water uit de rivier niet drinken konden; en er was bloed in het ganse Egypteland.

22 Doch de Egyptische tovenaars deden ook alzo met hun bezweringen; zodat Farao's hart verstokte, en hij hoorde naar hen niet, gelijk als de HEERE gesproken had.

23 En Farao keerde zich om, en ging naar zijn huis; en hij zette zijn hart daar ook niet op.

24 Doch alle Egyptenaars groeven rondom de rivier, om water te drinken; want zij konden van het water der rivier niet drinken.

25 Alzo werden zeven dagen vervuld, nadat de HEERE de rivier geslagen had.

   

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7346. 'And seven days were fulfilled after Jehovah struck the river' means the end of the state after truths were falsified. This is clear from the meaning of 'seven days' as a whole period from start to finish, thus a complete state, dealt with in 728, 6508 (the same meaning that 'a week' has, 2044, 3845) so that 'seven days were fulfilled' means the end of that period or state; and from the meaning of 'after Jehovah struck the river' as after truths were falsified. For when it says that the river was struck with Aaron's rod and the waters became blood the meaning is that truths were falsified, see 7316, 7317, 7330, 7372.

  
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728. That 'seven days' time' here means the onset of temptation is clear from the internal sense of all the details in this verse, where the subject is the temptation of the man called Noah. In general the subject concerns not only the temptation of that man but also the utter vastation of those who belonged to the Most Ancient Church and who had become such as described. Consequently 'seven days' time' means not only the onset of temptation but also the finish of vastation. The reason 'seven days' time' means those things is that seven Is a holy number, as stated and shown at verse 2 of this chapter, at Genesis 4:15, 24, and in 84-87. It means the Lord's Coming into the world, and also His coming into glory. In particular it means every coming He makes. Every one of His comings involves a beginning for those who are being regenerated and the end of those who are being vastated. And so for the member of this Church His coming marked the onset of temptation, for when someone is being tempted he starts to become a new man and be regenerated. At the same time it was the end of those from the Most Ancient Church who had become of such a character that inevitably they perished. It was similar when the Lord came into the world; at that time the Church had entered the final stages of its vastation, and a new one came into being.

[2] That 'seven days' time' means these things is clear in Daniel,

Seventy weeks have been decreed concerning your people and your holy city to bring transgression to a close and to seal up sins and to atone for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. And you will know and perceive that from the going forth of the Word to restore and to build Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be SEVEN WEEKS. Daniel 9:24-25.

Here 'seventy weeks' and 'seven weeks' are similar in meaning to seven days, namely the Coming of the Lord. But because it is plain prophecy here, periods of time are presented in an even more holy and decided fashion by numbers involving seven. From this quotation it is clear that, when applied in this way to periods of time, 'seven' means not only the Coming of the Lord, but also - in the words stating that He was to anoint the Most Holy Place and that He was to restore and build Jerusalem - the beginning of a new Church at that time, and simultaneously - in the words stating that [seventy] weeks were decreed concerning the holy city to bring transgression to a close and to seal up sin - final vastation.

[3] Similar usages occur elsewhere in the Word, as in Ezekiel where he describes a personal experience,

I came to those in captivity at Tel-abib, who were sitting by the river Chebar, and I sat there seven days, astonished among them And at the end of seven days the Word of Jehovah came to me. Ezekiel 3:15-16.

Here also 'seven days' stands for the onset of visitation, for when he had sat seven days among those in captivity, the Word of Jehovah came to him. In the same prophet,

They will bury Gog, that they may cleanse the land in seven months. At the end of seven months they will make their search. Ezekiel 39:12, 14.

This similarly stands for the final phase of vastation and the first of visitation. In Daniel,

The heart of Nebuchadnezzar will be changed from a man and the heart of a beast given to him, and seven times will pass over him. Daniel 4:16, 25, 31.

This likewise stands for the finish of vastation and the beginning of a new man.

[4] The seventy years of captivity in Babylon represented the same. Whether the number is seventy or seven what is embodied is the same. The same applies whether it is seven days, or seven years, or seven decades which make seventy years. Vastation was represented by the years of captivity, the beginning of a new Church by the liberation and by the rebuilding of the Temple. Jacob's serving in the house of Laban also represented things of a similar nature - where the following is stated,

I will serve you for seven years for Rachel. And he served for seven years. Laban said, Complete the week of this one, and we will give you also the other one for the service you render with me for another seven years. And Jacob did so, and completed the week of this one. Genesis 29:18, 20, 27-28.

Here 'the service of seven years' embodies something similar. And after the period of seven years marriage and freedom followed. The period of these seven years was called a week, as also in Daniel.

[5] Something similar was also represented by the command to go around the city of Jericho seven times, and the wall would collapse. It is also said that they rose at dawn on the seventh day and went around the city, as they were accustomed to do, seven times. And after the seventh time round, the seven priests blew on their seven trumpets and the wall collapsed, Joshua 6:10-20. Unless these events had also had this meaning the command would never have been given to go round seven times, or that there were to be seven priests and seven trumpets. From these and many other places, for example in Job 2:13; Revelation 15:1, 6-7; 21:9, it becomes clear that 'seven days' time' means the beginning of a new Church and the end of the old. Since the subject here is not only the member of the Church called Noah and his temptation, but also the final descendants of the Most Ancient Church who destroyed themselves, 'seven days' time' can mean nothing other than the onset of the temptation of Noah and the finish of the Most Ancient Church, which was the final destruction and extinction of it.

  
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