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Exodus 8

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1 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Ütle Aaronile: Siruta oma käsi kepiga välja jõgede, kanalite ja tiikide kohale, ja lase tulla konni Egiptusemaale!'

2 Ja Aaron sirutas oma käe Egiptuse vete kohale ning konnad ronisid üles ja katsid Egiptusemaa.

3 Aga võlurid tegid oma salakunstidega sedasama ja lasksid tulla konni Egiptusemaale.

4 Siis vaarao kutsus Moosese ja Aaroni ning ütles: 'Paluge Issandat, et ta võtaks ära konnad minu ja mu rahva kallalt, siis ma lasen rahva minna Issandale ohverdama!'

5 Aga Mooses vastas vaaraole: 'Osuta mulle seda au: millal ma pean palvetama sinu ja su sulaste ning su rahva pärast, et konnad kaotataks sinu ja su kodade kallalt, et nad jääksid üksnes jõkke?'

6 Ja tema vastas: 'Homme.' Siis ütles Mooses: 'Sinu sõna peale! Et sa teaksid, et keegi ei ole niisugune nagu Issand, meie Jumal.

7 Konnad eemaldatakse sinu ja su kodade, su sulaste ja su rahva kallalt. Nad jäävad üksnes jõkke.'

8 Siis Mooses läks koos Aaroniga vaarao juurest välja. Ja Mooses hüüdis Issanda poole konnade pärast, keda ta oli vaaraole saatnud.

9 Ja Issand tegi Moosese sõna järgi ning konnad surid kodadest, õuedest ja põldudelt,

10 neid kuhjati hunnikute viisi ja maa hakkas haisema.

11 Kui vaarao nägi, et ta oli saanud kergendust, siis ta tegi oma südame kõvaks ega kuulanud neid - nagu Issand oli öelnud.

12 Siis Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Ütle Aaronile: Siruta oma kepp välja ja löö maa põrmu, et sellest tuleks sääski kogu Egiptusemaale!'

13 Ja nad tegid nõnda. Aaron sirutas oma käe kepiga välja ja lõi maa põrmu; siis tulid sääsed inimeste ja loomade kallale; kõik maa põrm muutus sääskedeks kogu Egiptusemaal.

14 Ka võlurid tegid oma salakunstidega sedasama, et tekitada sääski, aga ei suutnud; ja sääsed olid inimeste ja loomade kallal.

15 Siis võlurid ütlesid vaaraole: 'See on Jumala sõrm!' Aga vaarao süda jäi kõvaks ja ta ei kuulanud neid - nagu Issand oli öelnud.

16 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Tõuse hommikul vara ja astu vaarao ette, kui ta läheb vee äärde, ja ütle temale: Nõnda ütleb Issand: Lase mu rahvas minna ja mind teenida!

17 Sest kui sa ei lase mu rahvast minna, vaata, siis ma läkitan parmud sinu ja su sulaste ja su rahva kallale ning su kodadesse. Egiptlaste kojad täituvad parmudega, nõndasamuti ka maapind, millel need on.

18 Aga ma eraldan sel päeval Gooseni maakonna, kus asub mu rahvas, nõnda et parme ei tule sinna, selleks et sa teaksid, et mina olen Issand keset seda maad.

19 Ma teen vahe oma rahva ja sinu rahva vahele. Homme sünnib see imetegu.'

20 Ja Issand tegi nõnda: parme tuli rängasti vaarao kotta ja tema sulaste kodadesse; ja kogu Egiptusemaal kannatas maa parmude tõttu.

21 Siis vaarao kutsus Moosese ja Aaroni ning ütles: 'Minge ohverdage oma Jumalale siin maal!'

22 Aga Mooses vastas: 'Ei ole sünnis nõnda teha, sest see, mis me ohverdame Issandale, oma Jumalale, on egiptlastele vastik. Vaata, kui me ohverdame seda, mis egiptlaste meelest on vastik, nende silme ees, eks nad viska meid siis kividega?

23 Me tahame minna kolme päeva tee kõrbesse ja ohverdada Issandale, oma Jumalale, nagu tema meid on käskinud.'

24 Ja vaarao ütles: 'Ma lasen teid minna ja ohverdada Issandale, teie Jumalale kõrbes. Ainult ärge minge väga kaugele. Palvetage minu eest!'

25 Siis ütles Mooses: 'Vaata, ma lähen su juurest ja palun Issandat, et parmud homme kaoksid vaarao, ta sulaste ja rahva kallalt. Ainult ärgu vaarao enam petku, laskmata rahvast minna Issandale ohverdama!'

26 Ja Mooses läks ära vaarao juurest ning palus Issandat.

27 Ja Issand tegi Moosese sõna järgi ning kaotas parmud vaarao, ta sulaste ja rahva kallalt; ühtainsatki ei jäänud alles.

28 Aga vaarao tegi oma südame kõvaks ka seekord ega lasknud rahvast minna.

   

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7463. And Moses said, Behold I go forth from thee. That this signifies the removal of the appearance of truth Divine among them, is evident from the representation of Moses, as being the law Divine (see n. 6723, 6752), thus also truth Divine (n. 7014, 7382); and from the signification of “going forth,” as being removal (as above, n. 7404). For by Pharaoh’s calling Moses and Aaron is signified the presence of truth Divine (n. 7451); and therefore here by “going forth from him” is signified removal. As regards the presence and the removal of truth Divine with the evil, be it known that truth from the Divine sometimes appears to them, and this through the presence of an angel near them; but truth from the Divine does not flow in with them through the interiors, as with the good, because with them the interiors have been closed; but it affects their exteriors only. When this happens they are in fear, and from this in humiliation, for the presence of truth from the Divine strikes them with dismay, and inspires them with fear as of death; but when truth from the Divine is removed they return into their former state and are devoid of fear. This is what is meant by the presence of the appearance of truth Divine, and by its removal. This also was represented by Pharaoh, in that when Moses was present he humbled himself and promised to let the people go, that they might sacrifice to Jehovah; but when Moses had gone forth from him he made heavy his heart (verse 28); for as shown above, Moses represented the law Divine, or truth Divine.

[2] That the law Divine is the same as truth Divine, is because the “law Divine” signifies the Word, and thus truth Divine. That the “law” signifies the Word, and thus truth Divine, is evident from the following passages, in John:

Jesus said, Is it not written in your law, I said Ye are gods? If He called them gods unto whom the Word was made, and the scripture cannot be broken (John 10:34-35); where “written in the law” denotes in the Word, for it is written in David. In the same:

The multitude said, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever (John 12:34);

this also was written in David. In the same:

Jesus said that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated Me without a cause (John 15:25);

this also is in David.

In Luke:

It is written in the law of the Lord that every male that openeth the womb should be called holy to the Lord, and that they should offer a sacrifice according to that which is written in the law of the Lord; a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons (Luke 2:23-24, 39);

this is in Moses. In the same:

A lawyer tempting Jesus, said, What shall I do to receive the heritage of eternal life? Jesus said unto him, What is written in the law? How readest thou? (Luke 10:25-26).

[3] In the same:

The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is evangelized: it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than for one tittle of the law to fall (Luke 16:16-17);

besides passages where the Word is called “the law and the prophets” (as Matthew 5:18; 7:12; 11:13; 22:40).

In Isaiah:

Bind together the testimony, seal up the law for those whom I will teach (Isaiah 8:16);

“the law” denotes the Word. In the same:

Lying sons, sons that would not hear the law of Jehovah (Isaiah 30:9).

He will set judgment in the earth, and the isles shall hope in His law (Isaiah 42:4);

this is said of the Lord; “His law” denotes the Word. In the same:

Jehovah shall magnify His law (Isaiah 42:21).

Thus said Jehovah, If ye will not obey Me, to go in My law, which I have set before you, and ye are hearing the words of My servants the prophets (Jeremiah 26:4-5); where “the law” denotes the Word; besides many other passages. From this it is evident that “the law” denotes the Word, and because it denotes the Word, it denotes truth Divine, as in Jeremiah:

This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after these days, said Jehovah; I will put My law in the midst of them, and I will write it on their heart (Jeremiah 31:33); where “the law of Jehovah” denotes truth Divine.

[4] That “the law” in a wide sense is the whole Word, in a less wide sense the historic Word, in a still less wide sense the Word written by Moses, and in a narrow sense the commandments of the Decalogue, see n. 6752. From all this it can now be seen why it is said that Moses represents both the law Divine and also truth Divine.

  
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