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1 Kiam la popolo vidis, ke Moseo longe ne malsuprenvenas de la monto, la popolo kolektigxis antaux Aaron, kaj diris al li:Levigxu, faru al ni diojn, kiuj irus antaux ni; cxar pri tiu Moseo, la viro, kiu elkondukis nin el la lando Egipta, ni ne scias, kio farigxis kun li.

2 Tiam diris al ili Aaron:Elprenu la orajn orelringojn, kiuj estas en la oreloj de viaj edzinoj, de viaj filoj, kaj de viaj filinoj, kaj alportu al mi.

3 Kaj la tuta popolo elprenis la orajn orelringojn, kiuj estis en iliaj oreloj, kaj alportis al Aaron.

4 Kaj li prenis tion el iliaj manoj kaj formis gxin per cxizilo kaj faris el gxi fanditan bovidon. Kaj ili diris:Jen estas viaj dioj, ho Izrael, kiuj elirigis vin el la lando Egipta.

5 Kiam Aaron tion vidis, li konstruis altaron antaux gxi; kaj Aaron proklamis kaj diris:Morgaux estos festo de la Eternulo.

6 Kaj ili levigxis frue la sekvantan tagon kaj oferis bruloferojn kaj alportis pacoferojn; kaj la popolo sidigxis, por mangxi kaj trinki, kaj ili levigxis, por ludi.

7 Tiam la Eternulo diris al Moseo:Iru, iru malsupren; cxar malvirtigxis via popolo, kiun vi elkondukis el la lando Egipta.

8 Rapide ili forflankigxis de la vojo, kiun Mi ordonis al ili; ili faris al si fanditan bovidon kaj adorklinigxis al gxi kaj alportis al gxi oferojn, kaj diris:Jen estas viaj dioj, ho Izrael, kiuj elirigis vin el la lando Egipta.

9 Kaj la Eternulo diris al Moseo:Mi vidas cxi tiun popolon, gxi estas popolo malmolnuka.

10 Lasu do Min, kaj ekflamos Mia kolero kontraux ilin, kaj Mi ilin ekstermos, kaj Mi faros vin granda popolo.

11 Sed Moseo ekpetegis la Eternulon, sian Dion, kaj diris:Por kio, ho Eternulo, Via kolero estas ekflamonta kontraux Vian popolon, kiun Vi elirigis el la lando Egipta per granda forto kaj per potenca mano?

12 Por kio la Egiptoj diru:Por malbono Li elirigis ilin, por mortigi ilin en la montoj kaj por ekstermi ilin de sur la tero? Forlasu Vian flaman koleron kaj fordecidu la malbonon kontraux Via popolo.

13 Rememoru Abrahamon, Isaakon, kaj Izraelon, Viajn sklavojn, al kiuj Vi jxuris per Vi, kaj al kiuj Vi diris:Mi multigos vian semon kiel la steloj de la cxielo, kaj la tutan tiun landon, pri kiu Mi parolis, Mi donos al viaj idoj, kaj ili posedos gxin eterne.

14 Kaj la Eternulo fordecidis la malbonon, pri kiu Li diris, ke Li faros gxin al Sia popolo.

15 Moseo sin returnis kaj malsupreniris de la monto, kaj la du tabeloj de atesto estis en liaj manoj, tabeloj, sur kiuj estis skribite ambauxflanke; sur unu flanko kaj sur la alia estis skribite sur ili.

16 Kaj la tabeloj estis faritajxo de Dio, kaj la skribo estis skribo de Dio, gravurita sur la tabeloj.

17 Kaj Josuo auxdis la bruon de la popolo gxojkrianta, kaj li diris al Moseo:Bruo de batalo estas en la tendaro.

18 Sed tiu diris:Tio ne estas kriado de venko, nek kriado de malvenko, sed bruon de kantantoj mi auxdas.

19 Kiam li alproksimigxis al la tendaro kaj ekvidis la bovidon kaj la dancadon, tiam ekflamis la kolero de Moseo, kaj li forjxetis el siaj manoj la tabelojn kaj disrompis ilin sub la monto.

20 Kaj li prenis la bovidon, kiun ili faris, kaj disbruligis gxin per fajro kaj disfrakasis gxis pulvoreco kaj dissxutis sur akvo kaj trinkigis gxin al la Izraelidoj.

21 Kaj Moseo diris al Aaron:Kion faris al vi cxi tiu poplo, ke vi venigis sur gxin grandan pekon?

22 Kaj Aaron diris:Ne ekflamu la kolero de mia sinjoro; vi scias, ke la popolo havas inklinon al malbono;

23 ili diris al mi:Faru al ni diojn, kiuj irus antaux ni; cxar pri tiu Moseo, la viro, kiu elkondukis nin el la lando Egipta, ni ne scias, kio farigxis kun li.

24 Kaj mi diris al ili:Kiu havas oron, tiu deprenu gxin; kaj ili donis al mi, kaj mi jxetis gxin en fajron, kaj eliris cxi tiu bovido.

25 CXar Moseo vidis, ke la popolo estas sendisciplina, cxar Aaron sendisciplinigis gxin gxis honto antaux la malamikoj,

26 tial Moseo starigxis cxe la pordego de la tendaro, kaj diris:Kiu estas partiano de la Eternulo, tiu venu al mi. Kaj kolektigxis al li cxiuj idoj de Levi.

27 Kaj li diris al ili:Tiel diris la Eternulo, la Dio de Izrael:Metu cxiu sian glavon sur sian femuron, trairu tien kaj reen de pordego gxis pordego tra la tendaro, kaj cxiu mortigu sian fraton, sian amikon, sian proksimulon.

28 Kaj la idoj de Levi faris, kiel diris Moseo; kaj estis mortigitaj el la popolo en tiu tago cxirkaux tri mil homoj.

29 Kaj Moseo diris:Konsekru vin hodiaux al la Eternulo, cxiu sur sia filo kaj sur sia frato, por ke estu donata al vi hodiaux beno.

30 La sekvantan tagon Moseo diris al la popolo:Vi pekis per granda peko; nun mi supreniros al la Eternulo, eble mi akiros pardonon por via peko.

31 Kaj Moseo revenis al la Eternulo, kaj diris:Ho ve! tiu popolo pekis per granda peko kaj faris al si orajn diojn;

32 nun volu pardoni ilian pekon; kaj se ne, tiam volu elstreki min el Via libro, kiun Vi skribis.

33 Sed la Eternulo diris al Moseo; Kiu ajn pekis antaux Mi, tiun Mi elstrekos el Mia libro.

34 Kaj nun iru, konduku la popolon tien, kien Mi diris al vi. Jen Mia angxelo iros antaux vi; kaj en la tago de Mia rememorigado Mi rememorigos sur ili ilian pekon.

35 Kaj la Eternulo frapis la popolon pro tio, ke ili faris la bovidon, kiun faris Aaron.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 366

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366. That they should slay one another, signifies the falsification or extinction of truths. This is evident from the signification of "slaying," as meaning the extinction of truths; for "to slay" in the Word signifies to slay spiritually, that is, to slay the spiritual part of a man or his soul, which is to extinguish truths. It also means to falsify, because when truths are falsified they are also extinguished; for falsification produces a different understanding of truths, and truth is true to everyone according to his understanding of it; for the love and principle that rule in man draw and apply all things to themselves, even truths themselves; consequently when the love is evil, or the principle is false, then truths are infected with the evil of the love or the falsity of the principle, and thus are extinguished. This, therefore, is what is here signified by "they should slay one another." That this takes place when there is no good with man, and especially when there is no good in the doctrine of his church, is evident from the preceding words, where it is said, "When he had opened the second seal there went forth a red horse; and to him that sat upon him it was given to take peace from the earth;" which signifies a second state of the church when the understanding of the Word is destroyed in respect to good, which is the source of dissensions in the church (of which see above, n. 361, 364, 365).

[2] That the understanding of the Word, or what is the same, the understanding of the truth, is destroyed when there is no good with man, that is, when there is no love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbor, may be seen above n. 365; for good with man, or what is the same, love with him, is the fire of his life, and truth with him, or the faith of truth, is the light therefrom; consequently such as the good is, or such as the love is in man, such is truth, or such the faith of truth in him. From this it can be seen that when evil or an evil love is with man there can be no truth or faith of truth with him; for the light that goes forth from such fire is the light that those have who are in hell, which is a fatuous light like the light from burning coals, which light, when light from heaven flows in, is turned into mere thick darkness. Such also is the light that with the evil, when they reason against the things of the church, is called natural light [lumen].

[3] That they would falsify and thereby extinguish truths is meant also by the Lord's words in Matthew:

Jesus said to the disciples, The brother shall deliver up the brother, the father the son; children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death (Matthew 10:21).

And in Luke:

Ye shall be delivered up by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death (Luke 21:16).

"Parents," "brethren," "children," ["kinsfolk, "] and "friends," do not mean here parents, brethren, children, kinsfolk, friends, nor do "disciples" mean disciples, but the goods and truths of the church, also evils and falsities; it is also meant that evils would extinguish goods and falsities truths. (That such is the signification of these words, see Arcana Coelestia 10490.)

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 10545

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10545. 'And Moses took a tent' means the holiness of worship, the Church, and the Word. This is clear from the meaning of 'a tent' in the highest sense as the Lord, also heaven and the Church, and in the relative sense as everything holy belonging to heaven and the Church, consequently also the holiness of worship and the holiness of the Word; for worship and the Word belong to the Church, and they are the Lord's since they are derived from Him. The reason why 'a tent' means these things is that the most ancient people used to live in tents and also to hold their holy worship in them. Among these people the celestial Church existed, and this was holier than all the Churches that came after it. For the one they worshipped was the Lord; for them Jehovah was none other than Him. And since it was He who led them, they were in direct contact with the angels of heaven, as a consequence of which they possessed heavenly wisdom that comes from the Lord. The establishment of that Church is what the creation of heaven and earth in the first chapter of Genesis describes, and their wisdom is what paradise describes; for 'heaven and earth' in the Word means the Church, 'paradise' means intelligence and wisdom, and 'man' (homo) means the Church itself, as does 'the ground', from which the name Adam derives.

'Heaven and earth' in the Word means the Church, 'heaven' the internal Church and 'earth' the external Church, see 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118, 3355(end), 4535, 10373.

Intelligence and wisdom is described by paradise-like and other gardens, 100, 108, 2702, 3220.

'Man' means the Church, 478, 768, 4287, 9276, and so does 'the ground', 566, 1068.

'Creating man' means establishing the Church, 16, 88, 10373.

See in addition 8891, 9942.

[2] Because this Church was the Lord's beloved more than all the rest and the Lord had His home with them in their tents (for the Lord is said to have His home with the person who loves Him, John 14:23), therefore to commemorate these things the tabernacle or tent of meeting was erected among the Israelite nation, to house their holy worship. And this was why the feast of tabernacles or tents was instituted.

[3] The fact that 'tent' means those holy things, and in particular the holiness of worship, is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Sing, O barren one that did not bear. Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwelling-places. Isaiah 54:1-2.

'Enlarging the place of the tent' means doing so to the things which belong to the Church and consequently to those which belong to worship. 'Stretching out the curtains of the dwelling-places' means multiplying truths, 'curtains' meaning the Church's truths, see 9595, 9596, 9606, 9756. 'Barren one' means the person with whom the Church's truths and forms of good have not existed hitherto, 3908, 9325.

[4] In Jeremiah,

The whole land has been laid waste. Suddenly My tents have been laid waste, My curtains in a moment. Jeremiah 4:20.

'The land' means the Church, see in the places referred to in 9325; and since the Church is the Church by virtue of forms of the good of love and by virtue of the truths of faith it says that tents and curtains have been laid waste, 'tents' being the Church's forms of good and 'curtains' its truths.

[5] In the same prophet,

My tent has been laid waste, and all My ropes torn away. My sons have gone away from Me, and they are not. There is no one stretching out My tent any more, or setting up My curtains. For the shepherds have become stupid. Jeremiah 10:20-21.

Similar things are meant here by 'tent' and 'curtains'. 'Ropes torn away' means that goodness and truth are no longer joined together, nor truths to one another. Therefore also it says 'My sons have gone away', for truths are meant by 'sons'.

'Ropes' means a joining together, see 9777, 9854, 9880.

'Sons' means truths, 489, 491, 533, 2623, 2803, 2813, 3373, 3704, 4257, 9807.

[6] In David,

O Jehovah, who will sojourn in Your tent? Who will dwell on Your holy mountain? He who walks blameless and who does righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. Psalms 15:1-2.

'Sojourning in Jehovah's tent' means abiding in heaven, and in the good of love there. In the same author,

I will remain in Your tent forever. Psalms 61:4.

Here the meaning is similar.

[7] In Amos,

On that day I will raise up the tent of David that is fallen down, and I will close up its breaches and restore its destroyed places. Amos 9:11.

'The tent of David' means the Lord's Church and the holiness that goes with worship of Him. 'Closing up breaches and restoring destroyed places' means renewing those things by moving falsities away from them. 'David' in the Word means the Lord, see 1888, 9954, so that 'the tent of David' means the Lord's Church and the holiness that goes with worship. In Jeremiah,

Behold, I will bring back the captivity 1 of the tents of Jacob, and will have compassion on his dwellings. Jeremiah 30:18.

'The tents of Jacob' and 'his dwellings' stand for the Church's forms of good and its truths.

[8] Since forms of good present in the Church and in worship are meant by 'tents', forms of evil present in worship and in the Church are meant in the contrary sense by 'tents', as may be recognized from the following places: In Jeremiah,

I will liken the daughter of Zion to one who is comely. Shepherds and their flocks will come to her and pitch their tents against her round about. Jeremiah 6:2-3.

In the same prophet,

Go up against Arabia, and lay waste the sons of the east. They will take their tents and their flocks, their curtains and all their vessels. Jeremiah 49:28-29.

In Hosea,

What will you do on the solemn day, and on the day of the feast of Jehovah? For behold, they have gone away on account of the devastation; the thorn will possess their precious things of silver, the nettle will be in their tents. Hosea 9:5-6.

In David,

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

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1. i.e. restore the fortunes

  
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