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Exodus 34

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1 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Raiu enesele kaks kivilauda, esimeste sarnased, ja ma kirjutan laudade peale sõnad, mis olid esimestel laudadel, mis sa purustasid!

2 Ole hommikuks valmis! Mine hommikul üles Siinai mäele ja seisa seal mu ees mäetipus!

3 Aga ükski ei tohi koos sinuga üles tulla ja kogu mäel ärgu nähtagu ka mitte kedagi, isegi lambaid, kitsi ja veised ei tohi selle mäe ees karjas olla!'

4 Siis Mooses raius kaks kivilauda, esimeste sarnased. Ja Mooses tõusis hommikul vara ning läks üles Siinai mäele, nõnda nagu Issand teda oli käskinud, ja võttis kätte need kaks kivilauda.

5 Ja Issand laskus alla pilve sees. Mooses astus seal tema juurde ja hüüdis Issanda nime.

6 Ja Issand möödus tema eest ning hüüdis: 'Issand, Issand on halastaja ja armuline Jumal, pika meelega ja rikas heldusest ning tõest,

7 kes säilitab heldust tuhandeile, annab andeks ülekohtu ja üleastumised ning patu, aga kes siiski ei jäta süüdlast karistamata, vaid nuhtleb vanemate patud lastele ja lastelastele kolmanda ja neljanda põlveni!'

8 Siis Mooses kummardas kiiresti maani, heitis silmili maha

9 ja ütles: 'Issand, kui ma nüüd olen armu leidnud sinu silmis, siis käigu Issand meie keskel! Kuigi see on kangekaelne rahvas, anna siiski andeks meie pahateod ja patt ja võta meid oma pärisosaks!'

10 Ja tema vastas: 'Vaata, ma teen lepingu; ma teen kogu su rahva ees imetegusid, milliseid ei ole tehtud ühelgi maal ega ühegi rahva juures. Kogu see rahvas, kelle keskel sa oled, saab näha Issanda tegu, ja kui hirmuäratav on see, mis ma sulle teen.

11 Pane tähele, mida ma täna käsin sind teha! Vaata, ma ajan su eest ära emorlased, kaananlased, hetid, perislased, hiivlased ja jebuuslased.

12 Hoia, et sa ei tee lepingut selle maa elanikega, kuhu sa tuled, et nad ei saaks püüdepaelaks teie keskel,

13 vaid lammutage nende altarid, purustage sambad ja raiuge maha viljakustulbad,

14 sest sa ei tohi kummardada teist jumalat, sellepärast et Issanda nimeks on 'Püha viha'! Ta on püha vihaga Jumal.

15 Sellepärast ära tee lepingut maa elanikega, sest need käivad hoora viisil oma jumalate järel, ohverdavad oma jumalatele ja kutsuvad sindki sööma nende ohvreist!

16 Ja kui sa oma poegadele võtad naisi nende tütreist ja nende tütred käivad hoora viisil oma jumalate järel, siis nad mõjustavad ka sinu poegi käima hoora viisil nende jumalate järel.

17 Sa ei tohi enesele teha valatud jumalaid!

18 Pea hapnemata leibade püha: seitse päeva söö hapnemata leiba, nõnda nagu ma sind olen käskinud, määratud ajal aabibikuus, sest aabibikuus tulid sa Egiptusest välja!

19 Kõik, kes avavad emakoja, on minu päralt; samuti kõik su isased kariloomad, veiste ja lammaste esmikud.

20 Aga eesli esmik lunasta ühe tallega; kui sa ei lunasta, siis murra tal kael! Lunasta kõik oma esmasündinud pojad! Ja tühje käsi ei tohi tulla mu palge ette!

21 Kuus päeva tee tööd, aga seitsmendal päeval puhka! Ka künni- ja lõikusajal pea puhkust!

22 Pea nädalatepüha, kui lõikad uudsenisu, ja vilja kokkupanemise püha aasta lõpus!

23 Kolm korda aastas peab kogu su meessugu tulema Issanda, Iisraeli Jumala palge ette!

24 Jah, ma ajan rahvad ära sinu eest ja laiendan su maa-ala, ja ükski ei himusta su maad, kui sa lähed, et tulla kolm korda aastas Issanda, oma Jumala palge ette.

25 Sa ei tohi ohverdada mu tapaohvri verd haput leiba süües, ja paasapüha tapaohver ei tohi seista üle öö hommikuni!

26 Parim osa oma põllu uudseviljast vii Issanda, oma Jumala kotta! Ära keeda kitsetalle ta ema piimas!'

27 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Kirjuta enesele üles need sõnad, sest nende sõnade põhjal annan ma seaduse sinule ja Iisraelile!'

28 Ja ta oli seal Issanda juures nelikümmend päeva ja nelikümmend ööd leiba söömata ja vett joomata, ja ta kirjutas laudade peale seaduse sõnad, need kümme käsusõna.

29 Ja kui Mooses astus alla Siinai mäelt ja Moosesel oli tulles käes kaks tunnistuslauda, siis Mooses ise ei teadnudki, et ta palge nahk hiilgas kõneluse tõttu Issandaga.

30 Kui Aaron ja kõik Iisraeli lapsed nägid Moosest, vaata, siis hiilgas tema palge nahk ja nad kartsid temale ligineda.

31 Aga Mooses hüüdis neid; siis Aaron ja kõik koguduse ülemad tulid jälle tema juurde ja Mooses rääkis nendega.

32 Seejärel kõik Iisraeli lapsed tulid lähedale ja ta käskis neid teha kõike, mida Issand temale oli öelnud Siinai mäel.

33 Kui Mooses oli lõpetanud nendega kõnelemise, siis ta pani katte oma näo ette.

34 Ja iga kord, kui Mooses läks Issanda palge ette temaga rääkima, pani ta katte ära kuni väljatulekuni; ja olles välja tulnud, rääkis ta Iisraeli lastele, mida oli kästud.

35 Siis Iisraeli lapsed vaatasid Moosese palet, sest Moosese palge nahk hiilgas. Aga Mooses pani jälle katte oma näo ette, kuni ta läks sisse, et temaga rääkida.

   

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10643. 'And break their pillars' means that falsities of evil are to be done away with. This is clear from the meaning of 'pillars' as representative signs of worship of the Lord which springs from truths, dealt with in 4580, 4582, 9388, 9389, and in the contrary sense as representative signs of idolatrous worship arising from falsities, 3727. The reason why pillars were signs representative of worship was that among the ancients it was customary to set up pillars, anoint them with oil, and in so doing make them holy objects. The ancients performed their worship chiefly on mountains, on hills, and in groves, where they set the pillars up. The reason why they set them up on mountains was that mountains served to mean the heaven where celestial love, which is love to the Lord, reigns; the reason why they set them up on hills was that hills served to mean the heaven where spiritual love, which is love towards the neighbour, reigns; and the reason why they set them up in groves was that groves served to mean heavenly wisdom and intelligence. All these had their origin in correspondences. The pillars which were set up in those places served as signs of Divine Truth; for the pillars were pieces of stone, and 'stone' means truth. And therefore in the Word the Lord in respect of Divine Truth is called the Stone of Israel. These then are the reasons why pillars were signs of worship of the Lord springing from truths.

[2] But when the representative signs of the Church which existed among the ancients began to be converted partly into what was idolatrous and partly into that which was magical, those signs were brought to an end, especially among the Israelite nation, which was idolatrous at heart. This is why idolatrous worship arising from falsities is also meant by 'pillars'. So it is with all worship when people become interested only in what is external, as happens when they regard self and the world as the end, and Divine things of the Church as the means. For then in the case of those who still engage in acts of worship, everything belonging to worship is turned into an idol, because outward forms without their inner realities are being worshipped. Consequently the truths contained in worship and religious teachings are turned into falsities; for they are falsified by the selfish and worldly thoughts entering into them, to which very many other notions become attached that take what is God's from those truths and assign them to self and the world. All this may also be recognized in the altars of the gentile nations; although they offered sacrifices on them in a similar way to the Israelite nation, those sacrifices were nevertheless abominations.

[3] The customary existence of pillars among the ancients, serving to mean the holiness of worship, is clear from the pillar erected by Jacob, described in Genesis as follows,

And Jacob took the stone which he had placed as his headrest, and placed it as a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. And he said, If I come back in peace to my father's house, this stone which I have placed as a pillar will be God's house. Genesis 28:18, 21-22.

The same thing is clear from the twelve pillars set up by Moses at the foot of Mount Sinai, spoken of as follows in Exodus and dealt with in 9389,

Moses wrote all Jehovah's words. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of 1 the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. Exodus 24:4.

Also in Isaiah,

On that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to Jehovah at its border. Isaiah 19:19.

And in Hosea,

The children of Israel will sit many days with no king, and no prince, and no sacrifice, and no pillar. Hosea 3:4.

In these places worship springing from truths is meant by 'pillars', because stone was a sign of Divine Truth, as stated above; and a pillar anointed with oil was a sign of Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good.

[4] But when those representative objects began to be worshipped in an idolatrous manner, the command came for them to be overthrown and broken, as in the present verse and also in Exodus 23:24; Deuteronomy 7:5; 12:3. And since the Israelite nation was idolatrous at heart, to prevent them from setting up pillars on mountains and hills, or in groves, and worshipping them in an idolatrous manner, they were forbidden to set up pillars or to plant groves, even though for the ancients such things had been holy objects belonging to worship. The fact that this nation was forbidden to do so is clear in Moses,

You shall not plant for yourself a grove of any kind of tree beside the altar of your God which you shall make for yourself. And you shall not erect for yourself a pillar, which Jehovah your God indeed hates. Deuteronomy 16:21-22.

And the fact that they were forbidden to do so because they worshipped those objects in an idolatrous manner is clear in the first Book of Kings,

Judah 2 did what was evil in the eyes of Jehovah; they built for themselves high places and pillars on every high hill, and under every green tree. 1 Kings 14:22-23.

The like is said about the children of Israel 3 , in 2 Kings 17:10. In Micah,

I will cut down your carved images and your pillars from the midst of you, and you will adore no more the work of your hands. And I will uproot your groves from the midst of you. Micah 5:13-14.

In Isaiah,

You inflamed yourselves among the gods under every green tree. Isaiah 57:5.

And in Ezekiel,

By means of the hoofs of his horses Nebuchadnezzar will trample all your streets, slay the people with the sword, and cause your mighty pillars 4 to come down to the ground. Ezekiel 26:11.

The same thing may in addition be seen in other places, which likewise show what is meant in the internal sense by 'pillars'.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, an altar under

2. i.e. the people in the southern kingdom of Judah

3. i.e. the northern kingdom of Israel

4. literally, pillars of your might

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