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Exodus 3

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1 Mooses karjatas oma äia, Midjani preestri Jitro lambaid ja kitsi. Kord ajas ta karja kõrbe taha ja jõudis Jumala mäe Hoorebi juurde.

2 Seal ilmutas ennast temale Issanda ingel tuleleegis keset kibuvitsapõõsast, ja ta vaatas, ja ennäe, kibuvitsapõõsas põles tules, aga kibuvitsapõõsas ei põlenud ära.

3 Ja Mooses mõtles: 'Ma põikan kõrvale ja vaatan seda imet, miks kibuvitsapõõsas ära ei põle.'

4 Kui Issand nägi, et ta pöördus vaatama, siis Jumal hüüdis teda kibuvitsapõõsast ja ütles: 'Mooses, Mooses!' Ja tema vastas: 'Siin ma olen!'

5 Siis ta ütles: 'Ära tule siia, võta jalatsid jalast, sest paik, kus sa seisad, on püha maa!'

6 Ja ta jätkas: 'Mina olen sinu vanemate Jumal, Aabrahami Jumal, Iisaki Jumal ja Jaakobi Jumal!' Aga Mooses kattis oma näo, sest ta kartis Jumalale otsa vaadata.

7 Ja Issand ütles: 'Ma olen küllalt näinud oma rahva viletsust, kes on Egiptuses, ja ma olen kuulnud nende kisendamist sundijate pärast; seetõttu ma tean nende valu

8 ja olen alla tulnud neid egiptlaste käest päästma ja neid sellelt maalt viima heale ja avarale maale, maale, mis piima ja mett voolab, kaananlaste, hettide, emorlaste, perislaste, hiivlaste ja jebuuslaste asupaika.

9 Vaata, nüüd on Iisraeli laste hädakisa jõudnud minuni ja ma olen ka näinud rõhumist, millega egiptlased neid rõhuvad.

10 Tule nüüd, ma läkitan su vaarao juurde, ja vii mu rahvas, Iisraeli lapsed, Egiptusest välja!'

11 Kuid Mooses ütles Jumalale: 'Kes olen mina, et võiksin minna vaarao juurde ja viia Iisraeli lapsed Egiptusest välja?'

12 Aga tema kostis: 'Mina olen sinuga, ja see olgu sulle tähiseks, et mina sind olen läkitanud: kui sa rahva Egiptusest oled välja viinud, siis te teenite Jumalat sellel mäel.'

13 Siis Mooses ütles Jumalale: 'Vaata, kui ma lähen Iisraeli laste juurde ja ütlen neile: Teie vanemate Jumal on mind läkitanud teie juurde, aga nemad küsivad minult: Mis ta nimi on?, mis ma siis neile pean vastama?'

14 Ja Jumal ütles Moosesele: 'Ma olen see, kes ma Olen!' Ja ta jätkas: 'Ütle Iisraeli lastele nõnda: 'Ma Olen' on mind läkitanud teie juurde.'

15 Ja Jumal ütles Moosesele veel: 'Ütle Iisraeli lastele nõnda: Jahve, teie vanemate Jumal, Aabrahami Jumal, Iisaki Jumal ja Jaakobi Jumal, on mind läkitanud teie juurde; see on igavesti mu nimi ja nõnda peab mind hüütama põlvest põlve!

16 Mine ja kogu kokku Iisraeli vanemad ja ütle neile: Issand, teie vanemate Jumal, on ennast mulle ilmutanud, Aabrahami, Iisaki ja Jaakobi Jumal, ja on öelnud: Ma olen tõesti pidanud silmas teid ja seda, mis teiega Egiptuses on tehtud.

17 Ja ma olen öelnud: Mina viin teid välja Egiptuse viletsusest kaananlaste, hettide, emorlaste, perislaste, hiivlaste ja jebuuslaste maale, maale, mis piima ja mett voolab.

18 Siis nad kuulavad su sõna; sina ja Iisraeli vanemad aga peate minema Egiptuse kuninga juurde ja temale ütlema: Issand, heebrealaste Jumal, kohtas meid. Lase meid nüüd minna kolme päeva tee kõrbesse ja oma Jumalale ohverdada!

19 Ma tean, et Egiptuse kuningas ei lase teid minna, isegi mitte vägeva käe sunnil.

20 Aga ma sirutan oma käe välja ja löön Egiptust kõiksugu imetegudega, mis ma seal tahan teha; pärast seda ta laseb teid minna.

21 Ja ma annan sellele rahvale armu egiptlaste silmis, nõnda et te ära minnes ei lähe mitte tühje käsi:

22 iga naine küsigu oma naabrinaiselt ja võõrana ta kojas elavalt naiselt hõbe- ja kuldriistu ning riideid; pange need selga oma poegadele ja tütardele ja võtke nõnda egiptlastelt saaki!'

   

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4495. And it came to pass on the third day. That this signifies what is continuous even to the end, is evident from the signification of the “third day,” as being what is complete from beginning to end (see n. 2788), thus also what is continuous. That this is the signification of the “third day,” can scarcely be believed by those who regard the historicals of the Word as mere worldly histories, holy merely because they are in the sacred volume. But that not only the historicals of the Word themselves enfold within them spiritual and heavenly things which are not apparent in the letter, but that so also do all the words, and even all the numbers, has been shown in the preceding explications; that such is really the case will of the Lord’s Divine mercy become still more evident in the prophetic parts, which do not keep the mind so closely engaged with the succession of statements in the sense of the letter as do the historical parts. But that the number “three,” also the number “seven,” and the number “twelve,” enfold deep secrets within them, must be evident to everyone who examines the Word in regard to its interiors; and if these numbers are so full of significance, it follows that there must be something deeply hidden in all the other numbers that occur in the Word, for the Word is holy throughout.

[2] Sometimes when speaking with angels, as it were written numbers appeared before my eyes like those seen on paper in bright day, and I perceived that the very things they were speaking of fell into such numbers; and from this experience I learned that every number mentioned in the Word holds within it some mystery, as is very evident from the following passages:

He measured the wall of the Holy Jerusalem a hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man, that is, of an angel (Revelation 21:17).

He that hath intelligence let him compute the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred and sixty six (Revelation 13:18).

That the number first mentioned—“144”—results from the multiplication of twelve into itself, and that the number “666” is a product of three and six, is manifest, but what holy thing they enfold within them may appear from the holiness of the number “twelve” (see n. 577, 2089, 2129, 2130, 3272, 3858, 3913), and of the number “three” (n. 720, 901, 1825, 2788, 4010).

[3] This latter number—“three”—being significative of what is complete even to the end, thus of one period, great or small, was received in the representative church, and was employed whenever such a thing was signified; and also in the Word (in which all things have a signification both in general and in particular) as may be seen from the following instances:

That they should go three days’ journey and should sacrifice (Exodus 3:18; 5:3).

That they should be ready against the third day, because on the third day Jehovah would come down upon Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:11, 15-16, 18).

That nothing should be left of the flesh of the sacrifice until the third day (Leviticus 7:16-18; 19:6-7).

That the water of separation should be sprinkled upon the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day (Numbers 19:11-22).

That they who touched one slain in war should be purified on the third day and on the seventh day (Numbers 31:19-25).

That Joshua commanded the people to pass over Jordan within three days (Josh. 1:11; 3:2).

That Jehovah called Samuel three times, and Samuel ran to Eli three times, and Eli understood the third time that Jehovah had called Samuel (1 Samuel 3:1-8).

That Jonathan said to David that he should hide himself in the field unto the third day at even, and that Jonathan sent to him on the third morrow, and revealed the disposition of his father; and that Jonathan then shot three arrows at the side of the stone; and that after this David bowed himself three times to the earth before Jonathan (1 Samuel 20:5, 12, 19-20, 35-36, 41).

That three things were offered to David to chose from: that there should come seven years of famine, that he should flee three months before his enemies, or that there should be three days’ pestilence in the land (2 Samuel 24:11-13).

That Rehoboam said to the congregation of Israel who sought to be relieved from the yoke of his father, that they should go away three days, and come again; and that they came to Rehoboam the third day, as the King bade, saying, Come to me again the third day (1 Kings 12:5, 12).

That Elijah stretched himself upon the widow’s son three times (1 Kings 17:21).

That Elijah told the people to pour water upon the burnt-offering and the wood the third time, and they did it the third time (1 Kings 18:34).

That Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17; Matthew 12:40).

That the Lord spoke of a man who planted a vineyard and sent his servants three times, and afterwards his son (Mark 12:2, 4-6; Luke 20:12-13).

That He said of Peter that he should deny Him thrice (Matthew 26:34; John 13:38).

That He said to Peter three times, Lovest thou Me? (John 21:15-17).

From these and many other places in the Word it may be seen that there was some mystery in the number “three,” and that therefore this number was received among the significatives in the ancient churches. That it signifies an entire period of the church and of the things in the church, whether great or small, is manifest; and that it consequently signifies what is complete and also continuous to the end, is very plain in Hosea:

Jehovah will vivify us after two days; on the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live before Him (Hos. 6:2).

  
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Leviticus 6

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1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,

3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;

4 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

5 or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. To him to whom it belongs he shall give it, in the day of his being found guilty.

6 He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest.

7 The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh, and he will be forgiven concerning whatever he does to become guilty."

8 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

9 "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.

10 The priest shall put on his linen garment, and he shall put on his linen breeches upon his body; and he shall remove the ashes from where the fire has consumed the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.

11 He shall take off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.

12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.

13 Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

14 "'This is the law of the meal offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Yahweh, before the altar.

15 He shall take from there his handful of the fine flour of the meal offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the meal offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma, as its memorial, to Yahweh.

16 That which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They shall eat it in the court of the Tent of Meeting

17 It shall not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.

18 Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them shall be holy.'"

19 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

20 "This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to Yahweh in the day when he is anointed: the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half of it in the evening.

21 It shall be made with oil in a griddle. When it is soaked, you shall bring it in. You shall offer the meal offering in baked pieces for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

22 The anointed priest that will be in his place from among his sons shall offer it. By a statute forever, it shall be wholly burnt to Yahweh.

23 Every meal offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten."

24 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

25 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before Yahweh. It is most holy.

26 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting.

27 Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.

28 But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken; and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.

29 Every male among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.

30 No sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be eaten: it shall be burned with fire.