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Deuteronoomia 5

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1 Ja Mooses kutsus kokku kogu Iisraeli ning ütles neile: 'Kuule, Iisrael, määrusi ja seadlusi, millest ma täna teie kuuldes räägin, ja õppige neid ja olge hoolsad neid täitma!

2 Issand, meie Jumal, andis meile Hoorebil seaduse.

3 Mitte meie vanemaile ei andnud Issand seda seadust, vaid meile, kes me kõik siin täna elus oleme.

4 Palgest palgesse rääkis Issand teiega mäel tule keskelt.

5 Mina seisin tol korral Issanda ja teie vahel, et teile kuulutada Issanda sõna, sest te kartsite tuld ega läinud üles mäele. Ta ütles:

6 'Mina olen Issand, sinu Jumal, kes tõi sind välja Egiptusemaalt orjusekojast.

7 Sul ei tohi olla muid jumalaid minu palge kõrval!

8 Sa ei tohi enesele teha kuju ega mingisugust pilti sellest, mis on ülal taevas, ega sellest, mis on all maa peal, ega sellest, mis on maa all vees!

9 Sa ei tohi neid kummardada ega neid teenida, sest mina, Issand, sinu Jumal, olen püha vihaga Jumal, kes vanemate süü nuhtleb laste kätte kolmanda ja neljanda põlveni neile, kes mind vihkavad,

10 aga kes heldust osutab tuhandeile neile, kes mind armastavad ja mu käske peavad.

11 Sa ei tohi Issanda, oma Jumala nime asjata suhu võtta, sest Issand ei jäta seda nuhtlemata, kes tema nime asjata suhu võtab!

12 Pea meeles, et sa pead pühitsema hingamispäeva, nõnda nagu Issand, su Jumal, sind on käskinud!

13 Kuus päeva tee tööd ja toimeta kõiki oma talitusi,

14 aga seitsmes päev on Issanda, sinu Jumala hingamispäev! Siis sa ei tohi toimetada ühtegi talitust, ei sa ise ega su poeg ja tütar, ei su sulane ega teenija, ei su härg ega eesel või mõni muu su loomadest, ka mitte võõras, kes on su väravais, et su sulane ja teenija saaksid hingata nagu sina.

15 Ja pea meeles, et sa olid ori Egiptusemaal ja et Issand, su Jumal, tõi sind sealt välja vägeva käega ja väljasirutatud käsivarrega; sellepärast on Issand, su Jumal, käskinud sind pidada hingamispäeva.

16 Sa pead austama oma isa ja ema, nõnda nagu Issand, su Jumal, sind on käskinud, et su päevi pikendataks ja et su käsi hästi käiks sellel maal, mille Issand, su Jumal, sulle annab!

17 Sa ei tohi tappa!

18 Sa ei tohi abielu rikkuda!

19 Sa ei tohi varastada!

20 Sa ei tohi tunnistada oma ligimese vastu valetunnistajana!

21 Sa ei tohi himustada oma ligimese naist! Sa ei tohi himustada oma ligimese koda, tema põldu, sulast ja teenijat, härga ja eeslit ega midagi, mis su ligimese päralt on!'

22 Need sõnad rääkis Issand mäe peal valju häälega tervele teie kogudusele tule, pilve ja pimeduse seest ega lisanud midagi juurde. Ja ta kirjutas need kahele kivilauale ning andis need minule.

23 Ja kui te kuulsite seda häält pimedusest, samal ajal kui mägi põles tules, siis te tulite minu juurde, kõik teie suguharude peamehed ja vanemad,

24 ja ütlesite: 'Vaata, Issand, meie Jumal, on meile näidanud oma auhiilgust ja suurust, ja me oleme kuulnud ta häält tule seest. Sel päeval me nägime, et Jumal räägib inimesega, aga too jääb elama.

25 Nüüd aga, miks peame surema? Sest see suur tuli põletab meid ära. Kui me veel edasi kuuleme Issanda, oma Jumala häält, siis me sureme.

26 Sest kes kõigest lihast on nagu meie kuulnud elava Jumala häält rääkivat tule seest ja on jäänud elama?

27 Mine sina lähedale ja kuule kõike, mis Issand, meie Jumal, ütleb; ja sina räägi meile kõik, mis Issand, meie Jumal, sulle ütleb, siis me kuulame ja teeme nõnda!'

28 Ja Issand kuulis teie valje sõnu, kui te minuga rääkisite, ja Issand ütles mulle: 'Ma olen kuulnud selle rahva valje sõnu, mis nad sulle ütlesid. See kõik on hea, mis nad on rääkinud.

29 Oleks neil ometi niisugune süda, et nad mind kardaksid ja peaksid alati kõiki mu käske, et nende ja nende laste käsi igavesti hästi käiks!

30 Mine ütle neile: Minge tagasi oma telkide juurde!

31 Aga sina jää siia minu juurde ja ma ütlen sulle kõik need käsud, määrused ja seadlused, mis sa neile pead õpetama, et nad teeksid nende järgi sellel maal, mille ma annan neile pärida.'

32 Täitke siis neid hoolsasti, nagu Issand, teie Jumal, teid on käskinud, ärge pöörduge paremale ega vasakule

33 kogu sellel teel, mida Issand, teie Jumal, teid on käskinud käia, et te jääksite elama, et teie käsi hästi käiks ja te pikendaksite oma päevi sellel maal, mille te pärite.

   

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7673. 'Stretch out your hand' means an exercising of power. This is clear from the meaning of 'stretching out' as that which is connected with the exercising of control, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3387, 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 5544, 6292, 6947, 7011, 7188, 7189, 7518. The reason why 'stretching out the hand' means the exercising of power is that there is power in the hand or arm when it is stretched out. When therefore Jehovah is said to stretch out His hand or arm, boundless or infinite power in action is meant. This explains why Jehovah told Moses on so many occasions, when miracles were to be performed, to stretch out his hand or his rod; for example,

Stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, and they will be blood. Exodus 7:19.

Stretch out your hand over the rivers, and cause frogs to rise up. Exodus 8:1-2. 1

Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the land, and it will then be lice. Exodus 8:11, 12. 2

Stretch out your hand towards heaven, and there will be hail. Exodus 9:22-23.

Such words would never have been used but for the meaning of 'stretching out the hand' in the highest sense as Jehovah's almighty power.

[2] The same thing is meant by Joshua's being told to stretch out his javelin, described in his book as follows,

Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand towards Ai. When therefore Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand towards Ai, the ambush rose up quickly out of their place and ran, as soon as he stretched out his hand, and came to the city and took it. Joshua did not withdraw his hand which he had stretched out together with the javelin until all the inhabitants of Ai had been utterly destroyed. Joshua 8:18-19, 26.

Being representative of God's almighty power, this too, like all other representative actions when they were commanded in those times, had force.

[3] There are a number of other places in which almighty power is described when it says that Jehovah 'stretches out His hand', or else His 'outstretched hand' or His 'outstretched arm' is spoken of. It is described by Jehovah stretching out His hand in Isaiah,

The anger [of Jehovah] has been roused against His people, and He has stretched out His hand over them and struck them, and the mountains were shaken. Isaiah 5:25.

In Ezekiel,

I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him. Ezekiel 14:9, 13.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations. Ezekiel 25:7.

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast. I will stretch out My hand over the philistines, and cut off . . . Ezekiel 25:13, 16.

Other places like these are Ezekiel 35:3; Isaiah 31:3; Zephaniah 1:4; 2:13. The use of 'outstretched hand' to describe almighty power occurs in Isaiah,

Jehovah's outstretched hand is over all the nations; who will turn it back? Isaiah 14:26, 27.

In Jeremiah,

I will fight with you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, and in anger and in fury. Jeremiah 21:5.

In Isaiah,

Still His hand is outstretched. Isaiah 9:12, 17; 10:4.

The use of 'outstretched arm' occurs in Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man, and beast by My great strength and by My outstretched arm. Jeremiah 27:5.

In the same prophet,

You have made heaven and earth by Your great power and Your outstretched arm; there is no matter 3 that is too impossible for You. Jeremiah 32:17.

Here it is self-evident that 'outstretched arm' means almighty power. The same applies to many other places in which the expression 'by a strong hand and an outstretched arm' is used, such as Deuteronomy 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 9:29; 11:2; 26:8; 1 Kings 8:42; 2 Kings 17:36; Jeremiah 32:21; Ezekiel 20:33, 34.

[4] There are places too in which Jehovah is said to 'stretch out the heavens', and in these places also 'stretching out' means almighty power; that is to say, He expands the limits of heaven and fills those who are there with life and wisdom, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens like a thin veil, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 40:22.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, spreads out the earth, gives breath 4 to His people upon it, and spirit to those who walk on it. Isaiah 42:5.

In Jeremiah,

. . . He who makes the earth by His power, prepares the world by His wisdom, and stretches out the heavens by His intelligence. Jeremiah 51:15.

In Zechariah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, and founds the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. Zechariah 12:1.

There are still more places besides these, such as Isaiah 44:24; 45:12; Psalms 104:2.

From all this one may now see why Moses was commanded to stretch out his hand and rod, that miracles were performed when he did so, and that 'stretching out the hand' for that reason means the exercising of power, and in the highest sense almighty power.

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1Exodus 8:5-6 in English Bibles

2Exodus 8:16-17 in English Bibles

3. or word

4. literally, soul

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.