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Exodus 16

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1 Nad läksid teele Eelimist ja kogu Iisraeli laste kogudus jõudis Siini kõrbe, mis on Eelimi ja Siinai vahel, teise kuu viieteistkümnendal päeval, pärast Egiptusemaalt lahkumist.

2 Ja kogu Iisraeli laste kogudus nurises kõrbes Moosese ja Aaroni vastu,

3 ja Iisraeli lapsed ütlesid neile: 'Oleksime ometi võinud surra Issanda käe läbi Egiptusemaal, kus me istusime lihapottide juures, kus me sõime leiba kõhud täis! Teie aga olete meid toonud siia kõrbesse, et kogu seda kogudust nälga suretada.'

4 Siis Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Vaata, ma lasen taevast sadada teile leiba ja rahvas mingu ning kogugu iga päev oma osa, sest ma panen nad proovile: kas nad käivad minu Seaduse järgi või mitte?

5 Aga kui nad kuuendal päeval valmistavad, mis nad on koju toonud, siis on seda kahekordselt rohkem, kui nad iga päev on kogunud.'

6 Siis Mooses ja Aaron ütlesid kõigile Iisraeli lastele: 'Täna õhtul te saate teada, et see on Issand, kes teid tõi välja Egiptusemaalt,

7 ja hommikul te näete Issanda auhiilgust. Tema on kuulnud teie nurisemist Issanda vastu. Aga kes oleme meie, et te nurisete ka meie vastu?'

8 Ja Mooses ütles: 'Issand annab teile täna õhtul liha toiduks ja hommikul leiba kõhutäiteks. Issand on kuulnud teie nurisemist, kuidas te olete nurisenud tema vastu. Aga kes oleme meie? Teie nurisemine ei ole meie vastu, vaid on Issanda vastu.'

9 Ja Mooses ütles Aaronile: 'Ütle kogu Iisraeli laste kogudusele: Tulge Issanda palge ette, sest tema on teie nurisemist kuulnud!'

10 Ja sündis, et kui Aaron oli rääkinud kogu Iisraeli laste kogudusega ja nad pöördusid kõrbe poole, vaata, siis nähti pilves Issanda auhiilgust.

11 Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega, öeldes:

12 'Ma olen kuulnud Iisraeli laste nurisemist. Räägi nendega ja ütle: Täna õhtul te sööte liha ja hommikul leiba kõhud täis. Siis te mõistate, et mina olen Issand, teie Jumal.'

13 Ja õhtul tulid vutid ning katsid leeri; ja hommikul oli kastekord leeri ümber.

14 Ja kui kastekord oli haihtunud, vaata, siis oli kõrbe pinnal midagi õhukese soomuse taolist, peenikest nagu härmatis maas.

15 Kui Iisraeli lapsed seda nägid, siis nad küsisid üksteiselt: 'Mis see on?' Sest nad ei teadnud, mis see oli. Aga Mooses vastas neile: 'See on leib, mida Issand annab teile süüa.

16 Issand käskis nõnda: Igaüks kogugu sellest niipalju, kui ta sööb, kann iga pea kohta, vastavalt teie hingede arvule; igaüks võtku nende jaoks, kes tema telgis on!'

17 Ja Iisraeli lapsed tegid nõnda, ja nad kogusid, üks rohkem ja teine vähem.

18 Aga kui nad mõõtsid kannuga, siis ei olnud ülearu sellel, kes oli kogunud rohkem, ega tundnud puudust see, kes oli kogunud vähem; igaüks oli kogunud nõnda palju, kui ta sõi.

19 Ja Mooses ütles neile: 'Ükski ärgu jätku sellest midagi homseks!'

20 Aga nad ei kuulanud Moosest, vaid mõningad jätsid sellest järele järgmiseks hommikuks; see täitus ussidega ja haises. Siis Mooses vihastus nende pärast.

21 Nõnda nad kogusid seda igal hommikul, igaüks niipalju, kui ta sõi; aga kui päike läks palavaks, siis see sulas.

22 Kuuendal päeval nad kogusid leiba kahekordselt, igaühele kaks kannu; siis tulid kõik koguduse vanemad ja teatasid sellest Moosesele.

23 Ja tema ütles neile: 'See ongi, millest Issand rääkis. Homme on puhkus, Issanda püha hingamispäev. Mida küpsetate, seda küpsetage, ja mida keedate, seda keetke! Aga kõik, mis teil üle jääb, pange endile homseks tallele!'

24 Ja nad talletasid selle homseks, nagu Mooses käskis; see ei läinud haisema ega tulnud sellesse usse.

25 Ja Mooses ütles: 'Sööge seda täna, sest täna on Issanda hingamispäev; täna te seda väljalt ei leia.

26 Kuus päeva saate seda koguda, aga seitsmes päev on hingamispäev, siis seda ei ole.'

27 Seitsmendal päeval läksid ometi mõned rahva hulgast koguma, aga nad ei leidnud midagi.

28 Siis Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Kui kaua te tõrgute pidamast minu käske ja Seadust?

29 Vaadake, Issand on andnud teile hingamispäeva; sellepärast ta annab teile kuuendal päeval kahe päeva leiva. Igaüks jäägu paigale, ükski ärgu väljugu kodunt seitsmendal päeval!'

30 Ja rahvas puhkas seitsmendal päeval.

31 Ja Iisraeli sugu pani sellele nimeks 'manna'; see oli valge nagu koriandri seeme ja maitses nagu mesikook.

32 Ja Mooses ütles: 'Issand käskis nõnda: Üks kannutäis sellest jäägu säilitamiseks teie sugupõlvedele, et nad näeksid leiba, millega mina teid söötsin kõrbes, kui ma teid tõin välja Egiptusemaalt.'

33 Ja Mooses ütles Aaronile: 'Võta üks nõu ja pane sellesse kannutäis mannat ning aseta see Issanda ette, säilitamiseks teie sugupõlvedele!'

34 Ja Aaron asetas selle tunnistuse ette, säilitamiseks, nagu Issand oli Moosesele käsu andnud.

35 Ja Iisraeli lapsed sõid mannat nelikümmend aastat, kuni nad jõudsid asustatud maale; nad sõid mannat, kuni nad jõudsid Kaananimaa piirile.

36 Kann on kümnes osa poolest vakast.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8409

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8409. As regards 'flesh' and its meaning the proprium in both the genuine and contrary senses, in the highest sense it is the Lord's Divine proprium, which is His Divine Human, and so is the good of His love towards the entire human race. From this in the sense that relates to man 'flesh' means a proprium made alive by the Lord's Proprium; that is, it is the Lord's Proprium present with the person, and so is the good of love to Him. Regarding the meaning of 'flesh' in this sense, see 3813, 7850. But in the contrary sense 'flesh' is the proprium that is man's own, thus the evil of self-love, and consequently the desires of that love, which are cravings, 999, 3813. The proprium that is man's own is nothing but evil, see 210, 215, 694, 874-876, 987, 1023, 1044, 1047, 3812 (end), 5660, 5786. The fact that 'flesh' means the proprium that is man's own, thus evil of every kind, is in addition clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

I will feed your oppressors with their flesh, and they will be drunk with their blood as with new wine. Isaiah 49:26.

'Feeding with flesh' stands for filling with their own evil.

[2] In Jeremiah,

Cursed is the man (vir) who trusts in man (homo), and makes flesh his arm, but his heart departs from Jehovah. Jeremiah 17:5.

'Making flesh his arm' stands for trusting in power that is one's own; therefore eating the flesh of one's arm stands for trusting in self, Isaiah 9:20. In Isaiah,

Egypt is man (homo) and not God, and his horses are flesh and not spirit. Isaiah 31:3.

'Horses of Egypt' stands for factual knowledge belonging to a perverted understanding, 6125; 'flesh' stands for what is dead, and 'spirit' for what is living. This is why the Egyptians 1 are called great in flesh, Ezekiel 16:26. The expression 'what is dead' is applied to evil, since evil leads to spiritual death, and 'what is living' is applied to good, since good leads to spiritual life.

[3] This explains why 'flesh' and 'spirit' are set in contrast to each other in the Word, as in John,

That which has been born of flesh is flesh, and that which has been born from the spirit is spirit. John 3:6.

In the same gospel,

It is the Spirit who bestows life, the flesh does not profit anything. The words which I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life. John 6:63.

In the Book of Genesis,

Jehovah said, My spirit will not reprove man forever, in that he is flesh. Genesis 6:3.

'Flesh' here stands for the proprium that is man's own. Similarly in Matthew,

Jesus said, Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this, but My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 16:17.

And in John,

As many as received Him, to them He gave power to be sons of God, to those believing in His name, who were born, not of blood, 2 nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man (vir), but of God. John 1:12-13.

'The will of the flesh' stands for the proprium, the will part, 'the will of man' for the proprium, the understanding part; and 'sons of God' stands for those who have been regenerated. And those undergoing regeneration all receive life from the Lord's Proprium, which is the Lord's Flesh and body and is Divine Goodness itself.

[4] Since 'flesh' in the contrary sense means the proprium that is man's own, and so means evil, it also means craving, for the life of the flesh, which belongs properly to the body, consists of nothing else than the desires of the senses, the delights of the bodily appetites, and cravings. The fact that 'flesh' means craving is clear from the following verses in Moses,

The rabble who were in the midst of the people had a strong craving, and so the children of Israel wept repeatedly and said, Who will feed us with flesh? But now our soul is dry; there is nothing at all except the man[na] for our eyes [to look] at. And Jehovah said to Moses, You shall say to the people, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, in order that you may eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who will feed us with flesh, for it was better for us in Egypt? Jehovah will give you flesh to eat - for a whole month, 3 until it comes out of your nose and is loathsome to you. The flesh was still between their teeth, before it could be swallowed when Jehovah's anger flared up against the people, and Jehovah struck the people with an extremely great plague. So he called the name of that place The Craves of Craving, because there they buried the people having the craving. Numbers 11:4, 6, 16, 18, 20, 33-34.

From all this one may now see what 'sitting by a pot of flesh in the land of Egypt' means, namely a life according to their own pleasure and such as they craved for, which is the life of the proprium.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, the children (or sons) of Egypt

2. literally, bloods

3. literally, month of days

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 987

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987. 'Upon every beast of the earth' means the desires that belong to the lower mind. This is clear from the meaning of 'beast' in the Word, where beasts mean either affections or else evil desires. Affections for what is good are meant by gentle, useful, and clean beasts, while affections for what is evil, that is, evil desires, are meant by savage, useless, and unclean ones - see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 776. Because here they mean evil desires they are called 'beasts of the earth', not beasts of the field. As for a regenerate person's rule over evil desires, it should be recognized that people err very greatly and are in no sense regenerate who believe they are able to rule over evils from themselves. For a human being is nothing but evil, he is one mass of evils, and his whole will consists solely in evil. This was stated in the previous chapter - 'the imagination of man's heart is evil from his childhood', 8:21. I have been shown by actual experience that a man or a spirit, and even an angel, regarded in himself, that is, as to his entire proprium, is vilest excrement, and left to himself breathes out nothing but hatred, revenge, cruelty, and most filthy adultery. These are the things that are his own, and are the things which constitute his will.

[2] This matter also becomes clear to anyone if he reflects, merely from the consideration that when a person is born he is the lowest thing alive among all wild animals and beasts. And when he grows up and becomes responsible for his own actions he would rush into every kind of ungodliness but for external legal restraints and the restraints he imposes on himself to the end that he may become pre-eminent and very wealthy. He would not rest content until he had made everyone throughout the world subject to himself and had raked in the wealth of everyone in it. He would spare no one except those who surrendered to him as his mere slaves. Such is the nature of everyone, though those people do not recognize it who do not have the opportunity and ability to behave in that way, or who are subject to the restraints mentioned above. But once the opportunity and ability have been provided and the restraints have been loosened, they would plunge themselves, as far as they were able, into such actions. Wild animals never demonstrate natures such as this, but are born into a certain natural order. Those that are savage beasts of prey do inflict harm on other animals, yet only in self-defence; and their devouring of other creatures is so that they may satisfy their hunger. And once that is satisfied they harm none. The human being however is altogether different. From this it is clear what man's proprium is and what his will is.

[3] Since a person is just so much evil and excrement, it is clear that he cannot possibly from himself rule over evil. To say that evil can rule over evil is an utter contradiction. And this applies not only to ruling over evil but also over hell, for everybody is in communication with hell by means of evil spirits, and it is from that source that the evil residing with him is activated. From these considerations anyone may know, and he who is mentally normal may conclude, that it is the Lord alone who rules over evil residing with man and over hell residing with him. So that the evil residing with a person, that is, hell which is trying moment by moment to force its way into him and destroy him eternally, may be overpowered, a person is regenerated by the Lord and has a new will conferred on him, which is conscience, and through which the Lord alone works everything good. These considerations are matters of faith, that is to say, the considerations that man is nothing but evil and that everything good comes from the Lord. A person ought therefore not merely to know them but also acknowledge and believe them. If he does not acknowledge and believe during his lifetime, it is demonstrated to him convincingly in the next life.

  
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