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Exodus 2

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1 Üks mees, Leevi soost, läks ja võttis ühe Leevi tütre.

2 Ja naine jäi lapseootele ning tõi poja ilmale; ta nägi, et see oli ilus, ja ta peitis teda kolm kuud.

3 Aga kui ta enam ei saanud teda peita, siis ta võttis tema jaoks pilliroost laeka, pigitas selle maapigi ja vaiguga, pani sellesse lapse ja asetas jõe äärde kõrkjaisse.

4 Ta õde võttis eemal aset, et teada saada, mis temaga juhtub.

5 Siis tuli vaarao tütar alla jõe äärde ennast pesema; ta toaneitsid aga kõndisid jõe kaldal. Kui ta nägi laegast kõrkjate sees, siis ta läkitas oma teenija ja laskis selle ära tuua.

6 Kui ta selle avas ja nägi last, vaata, siis üks poeglaps nuttis. Aga ta halastas tema peale ning ütles: 'See on üks heebrealaste poeglaps.'

7 Selle õde ütles siis vaarao tütrele: 'Kas pean minema ja kutsuma sulle heebrea naiste hulgast imetaja, et ta sulle last imetaks?'

8 Ja vaarao tütar vastas temale: 'Mine!' Ja tüdruk läks ning kutsus lapse ema.

9 Ja vaarao tütar ütles sellele: 'Vii see laps ja imeta teda minu jaoks, ja ma annan sulle tasu!' Ja naine võttis lapse ning imetas teda.

10 Kui laps oli kasvanud, siis ta tõi selle vaarao tütrele ja see võttis tema enesele pojaks; ta pani temale nimeks Mooses ja ütles: 'Sest ma olen ta veest välja tõmmanud!'

11 Ja see sündis neil päevil, kui Mooses oli suureks kasvanud, et ta läks välja oma suguvendade juurde ja nägi nende teoorjust; ja ta nägi ühte egiptuse meest peksvat heebrea meest tema suguvendade hulgast.

12 Ja kui ta vaatas sinna ja tänna ja nägi, et seal kedagi ei olnud, siis ta lõi egiptlase maha ja mattis liivasse.

13 Kui ta teisel päeval läks välja, vaata, siis taplesid kaks heebrea meest, ja ta ütles õelale: 'Miks sa peksad oma ligimest?'

14 Aga see vastas: 'Kes on pannud sind meile ülemaks ja kohtumõistjaks? Kas mõtled tappa ka mind, nagu sa tapsid egiptlase?' Siis Mooses kartis ja mõtles: 'Asi on tõesti ilmsiks tulnud!'

15 Ka vaarao kuulis sellest loost ja ta püüdis Moosest tappa. Aga Mooses põgenes vaarao eest ja asus Midjanimaale. Kord istus ta seal ühe kaevu ääres.

16 Midjani preestril oli seitse tütart; need tulid ja ammutasid vett ning täitsid künad, et joota oma isa lambaid ja kitsi.

17 Aga karjased tulid ja tõrjusid nad eemale; siis Mooses tõusis ja aitas neid ning jootis nende loomi.

18 Kui nad tulid oma isa Reueli juurde, küsis see: 'Kuidas te täna jõudsite nii kiiresti?'

19 Nad vastasid: 'Keegi egiptuse mees päästis meid karjaste käest; ta ammutas meile ka vett ning jootis lambaid ja kitsi.'

20 Siis ta ütles oma tütardele: 'Kus ta on? Miks jätsite mehe sinna? Kutsuge ta leiba võtma!'

21 Ja Mooses otsustas jääda selle mehe juurde; see andis oma tütre Sippora Moosesele.

22 Temale sündis poeg ja ta pani sellele nimeks Geersom, sest ta ütles: 'Ma olen võõras võõral maal.'

23 Alles hulga aja pärast juhtus, et Egiptuse kuningas suri. Ent Iisraeli lapsed ohkasid ja kaebasid orjuse pärast; ja nende hädakisa orjuse pärast tõusis Jumalani.

24 Ja Jumal kuulis nende ägamist, ja Jumal mõtles oma lepingule Aabrahami, Iisaki ja Jaakobiga.

25 Jumal vaatas Iisraeli laste peale ja Jumal mõistis neid.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6784

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6784. 'And they said, An Egyptian man delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds' means because true factual knowledge that was attached to the Church prevailed over the power of the teachings that presented falsity arising from evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'an Egyptian man' as true factual knowledge, for 'a man' means truth, 3134, and 'an Egyptian' factual knowledge, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 4749, 4964, 4966, 4967, 5700, 6004, 6692 (the reason why Moses is called 'an Egyptian man' here is that at this point 'Moses' represents the kind of truth which those guided by the truth that goes with simple good possess, which is meant by 'the daughters of the priest of Midian'; and they are guided by that kind of truth because they are members of the external Church, 6775, which also accounts for the description 'true factual knowledge that was attached to the Church'); and from the meaning of 'delivering out of the hand of the shepherds' as its prevailing over the power of falsity from evil. 'Delivering' is prevailing over because he who delivers someone from the hand of others prevails over them. 'Hand' means power, 878, 3387, 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 5544, and 'shepherds' those who teach, here those who teach falsity arising from evil, 6779; and since teachers are meant their kind of teaching is meant also.

[2] The reason why true factual knowledge prevails over the power of the teaching of falsity from evil is that the Divine is present in all truth that springs from good. But in falsity springing from evil the opposite is present, and what is the opposite of the Divine is totally unable to prevail. In the next life therefore a thousand under the influence of falsity springing from evil are totally unable to prevail against a single one governed by truth springing from good. At the presence of this single one the thousand flee; or if they do not flee they suffer pain and torment. The expression falsity from evil is used because that kind of falsity really is falsity, whereas falsity that does not spring from evil but from ignorance of the truth is not really such. Evil is what stands opposed to heaven, not falsity due to ignorance. Indeed if this ignorance has some measure of innocence within it, that falsity is accepted by the Lord as if it were truth, for those subject to that kind of falsity accept the truth.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4964

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4964. 'Was made to go down to Egypt' means to factual knowledge which the Church possessed. This is clear from the meaning of 'Egypt' as knowledge, or factual knowledge in general, dealt with in 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462. But no explanation of the essential nature of that factual knowledge properly meant by 'Egypt' has been provided as yet. In the Ancient Church there was doctrinal knowledge and there was factual knowledge. Doctrinal knowledge had regard to love to God and charity towards the neighbour, whereas factual knowledge had to do with the correspondences of the natural world with the spiritual world, and with the representations of spiritual and heavenly realities within natural and earthly ones. Such was the factual knowledge of those in the Ancient Church.

[2] Egypt was one of those parts of the world and one of those kingdoms where the Ancient Church also existed, 1138, 1385; but since in that land mainly factual knowledge was handed down from one generation to another, 'Egypt' means factual knowledge in general. This also explains why frequent reference is made to Egypt in the prophetical part of the Word, where that knowledge is meant specifically by 'Egypt'. What is more, the actual magic practised by the Egyptians had its origin in the same knowledge; for they were acquainted with the correspondences of the natural world with the spiritual, and at a later time, after the Church among them had come to an end, they misused these in magical practices. Now because such factual knowledge existed among them - that is to say, knowledge which taught correspondences, and also representatives and meaningful signs - and because this factual knowledge was the servant of the doctrinal teachings of the Church, especially in their understanding of things stated in their Word (for the Word of the Ancient Church was both prophetical and historical, like the Word that exists today, though this is a different Word, see 2686) 'he was made to go down to Egypt' consequently means made to go down to the factual knowledge which the Church possessed.

[3] Because the Lord is represented by 'Joseph' and the words 'Joseph was made to go down to Egypt' are used here, the meaning is that when the Lord was to glorify His Internal Man, that is, make it Divine, He first of all assimilated the factual knowledge possessed by the Church. Then, starting from and using that knowledge He advanced towards things increasingly interior and at length even to those that were Divine. For it pleased Him to glorify or make Himself Divine in conformity with the same kind of order as that by which He regenerates the human being or makes him spiritual, 3138, 3212, 3296, 3490, 4402. That is to say, there is a gradual advance from external ideas, which are known facts and the truths of faith, towards internal ones, which are ideas of charity towards the neighbour and of love to Him. From this one may see what is meant by the following words in Hosea,

When Israel was a boy I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. Hosea 11:1.

These words refer to the Lord, see Matthew 2:15.

  
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