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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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666. 'A covenant' means nothing other than regeneration and the things that constitute regeneration. This becomes clear from many places in the Word where the Lord Himself is called 'the Covenant', for it is He alone who regenerates, to whom a regenerated person looks, and who is the All in all of love and faith. That the Lord is the Covenant itself is clear in Isaiah,

I Jehovah have called You in righteousness, taking You by the hand and keeping You, and I will give You for a Covenant of the people, a light of the nations. Isaiah 42:6.

Here 'a Covenant' stands for the Lord, and 'the light of the nations' is faith. Similarly in Isaiah 49:6, 8. In Malachi,

Behold, I am sending My angel, and suddenly there will come to His temple the Lord whom you are seeking, and the Angel of the Covenant in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming. Who will endure the day of His coming? Malachi 3:1-2.

Here the Lord is called 'the Angel of the Covenant'. In Exodus 31:16 the Sabbath is called an eternal covenant because it means the Lord Himself. It also means the celestial man who has been regenerated by Him.

[2] The Lord being the Covenant itself, it is clear that what constitutes the covenant is everything that joins a person to the Lord, that is to say, love and faith and the things that belong to love and faith. In fact these are the Lord's and the Lord is within them, and so the Covenant itself exists within these, where they are received. These things do not exist except with someone who has been regenerated, with whom anything at all that is the Regenerator's, or the Lord's, constitutes the covenant, or is the covenant. As in Isaiah,

My mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of My peace will not be removed. Isaiah 54:10.

Here 'mercy and covenant of peace' means the Lord and things that are the Lord's. In the same prophet,

Incline your ear and come to Me; hear, that your soul may live, and I will make with you an eternal covenant, even the sure mercies of David. Lo, I have given Him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and lawgiver to the peoples. Isaiah 55:3-4.

Here 'David' stands for the Lord. 'The eternal covenant' exists in and acts through those qualities that are the Lord's, which are meant by 'coming to Him' and 'hearing so that your soul may live'.

[3] In Jeremiah,

I will give them one heart and one way, to fear Me all their days, for their own good and that of their sons after them. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear into their heart. Jeremiah 31:39, 40.

This stands for those who are to be regenerated, and also for those things with someone regenerate which are 'one heart and one way', namely charity and faith, which belong to the Lord and so to the covenant. In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers, for they rendered My covenant invalid. But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days: I will put My law in the midst of them, and will write it on their heart, and I will be their God, and they will be My people. Jeremiah 31:31-33.

This is an explicit statement of what constitutes the covenant - love and faith in the Lord, which will be present with him who is to be regenerated.

[4] In the same prophet love is called the covenant far the day, and faith the covenant for the night, Jeremiah 33:20. In Ezekiel,

I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David will be prince in the midst of them; and I will make with them a covenant of peace, and I will banish the evil wild animal from the land, and they will dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. Ezekiel 34:24-25.

This clearly refers to regeneration. 'David' stands for the Lord. In the same prophet,

David will be their prince for ever. I will make with them a covenant of peace, it will be an eternal covenant with them. I will set My sanctuary in their midst for evermore. Ezekiel 37:25-26.

This similarly refers to regeneration. 'David' and 'the sanctuary' stand for the Lord. In the same prophet,

I entered into a covenant with you, and you were Mine. And I washed you with water and washed away your blood from upon you, and anointed you with oil. Ezekiel 16:8-9, 11.

This clearly stands for regeneration. In Hosea,

I will make for them a covenant on that day, with the wild animals of the field, and with the birds of the air, 1 and with the creeping things of the earth. Hosea 2:18.

This stands for regeneration. 'Wild animals of the field' stands for things of the will, 'birds of the air' 1 for those of the understanding. In David,

He sent redemption to His people, He commanded His covenant for ever. Psalms 111:9.

This stands for regeneration. This is called 'a covenant' because it is something given and received.

[5] People however who have not been regenerated - or what amounts to the same, who focus worship on things that are external and who set up and worship as gods both themselves and everything they desire and think - are referred to, because they separate themselves from the Lord, as 'rendering the covenant invalid', as in Jeremiah,

They forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and bowed down to other gods and served them. Jeremiah 22:9.

In Moses,

He who transgressed the covenant by serving other gods, the sun, the moon, and the host of heaven, was to be stoned. Deuteronomy 17:2 and following verses.

'The sun' stands for self-love, 'the moon' for false assumptions, 'the host of heaven' for falsities themselves. From this it is now clear what 'the Ark of the covenant' is, containing the testimony or covenant, namely the Lord Himself; what 'the Book of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:4-7, 34:27; Deuteronomy 4:13, 23; what 'the Blood of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:6, 8; who alone is the Regenerator. Hence 'a covenant' is regeneration itself.

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1. literally, bird of the heavens (or the skies)

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