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Exodus 9

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1 Siis Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Mine vaarao juurde ja räägi temale: Nõnda ütleb Issand, heebrealaste Jumal: Lase mu rahvas minna ja mind teenida!

2 Sest kui sa keelad neid minemast ja pead neid veel kinni,

3 vaata, siis on Issanda käsi su karja peal, kes on väljal: hobuste, eeslite, kaamelite, veiste, lammaste ja kitsede peal väga raske katkuga.

4 Aga Issand eraldab Iisraeli karja ja egiptlaste karja, ja Iisraeli laste omadest ei sure ühtainsatki.'

5 Ja Issand määras aja, öeldes: 'Homme teeb Issand seda siin maal.'

6 Ja Issand tegi järgmisel päeval nõnda, ja egiptlaste kogu kari suri, ent Iisraeli laste karjast ei surnud ühtainsatki.

7 Ja kui vaarao läkitas vaatama, ennäe, siis ei olnud Iisraeli karjast surnud ühtainsatki. Aga vaarao süda jäi kõvaks ja ta ei lasknud rahvast minna.

8 Siis Issand ütles Moosesele ja Aaronile: 'Võtke endile mõlemad pihud täis sulatusahju tahma ja Mooses puistaku seda vaarao silma ees vastu taevast.

9 See muutub siis tolmuks üle kogu Egiptusemaa ning inimestele ja loomadele kogu Egiptusemaal tulevad mädavillideks arenevad paised.'

10 Ja nad võtsid sulatusahju tahma ning astusid vaarao ette; Mooses puistas seda vastu taevast ja see muutus mädavillideks arenevaiks paiseiks inimestel ja loomadel.

11 Ja võlurid ei suutnud seista Moosese ees paisete pärast, sest paised olid võlureil ja kõigil egiptlastel.

12 Aga Issand tegi kõvaks vaarao südame ja too ei kuulanud neid, nagu Issand oli Moosesele öelnud.

13 Siis Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Tõuse hommikul vara ja astu vaarao ette ning ütle temale: Nõnda ütleb Issand, heebrealaste Jumal: Lase mu rahvas minna ja mind teenida!

14 Sest seekord ma saadan kõik oma nuhtlused sulle enesele ja su sulastele ning su rahvale, et sa teaksid, et minu sarnast ei ole kogu maailmas.

15 Kui ma nüüd oma käe välja sirutasin ja sind ja su rahvast lõin katkuga, siis oleksid sa maa pealt kaotatud olnud,

16 aga ma jätsin sind alles just selleks, et näidata sulle oma väge ja teha kuulsaks oma nimi kogu maailmas.

17 Kui sa veel ülbe oled mu rahva vastu ega lase neid minna,

18 vaata, siis ma lasen homme sadada väga rasket rahet, millist ei ole Egiptuses olnud ta asustamisajast tänini.

19 Ja nüüd läkita järele, päästa oma kari ja kõik, kes sul väljal on! Kõigi inimeste ja loomade peale, kes on väljal ega ole viidud koju, langeb rahe ja nad surevad.'

20 Kes vaarao sulaseist kartis Issanda sõna, päästis oma sulased ja karja koju.

21 Aga kes ei võtnud Issanda sõna südamesse, jättis oma sulased ja karja väljale.

22 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Siruta oma käsi taeva poole, siis tuleb rahet kogu Egiptusemaale, inimeste ja loomade peale, ja kõigi taimede peale Egiptusemaal!'

23 Ja Mooses sirutas oma kepi taeva poole ning Issand andis müristamist ja rahet, ja tuli lõi maha; ja Issand laskis Egiptusemaale rahet sadada.

24 Ja rahe ja tuli, mis oli rahega segamini, olid väga rängad, milliseid ei ole olnud kogu Egiptusemaal selle asustamisest alates.

25 Ja rahe lõi maha kogu Egiptusemaal kõik, kes olid väljal, niihästi inimesed kui loomad; ja rahe lõi maha kogu rohu ning murdis kõik puud väljal.

26 Ainult Gooseni maakonnas, kus olid Iisraeli lapsed, ei olnud rahet.

27 Siis vaarao läkitas järele ja kutsus Moosese ja Aaroni ning ütles neile: 'Ma olen seekord pattu teinud. Issand on õiglane, aga mina ja mu rahvas oleme õelad.

28 Paluge Issandat, sest on küllalt Jumala müristamisest ja rahest. Ma lasen teid minna ja teil pole enam vaja jääda!'

29 Ja Mooses vastas temale: 'Kui ma olen linnast välja läinud, siis ma sirutan oma käed Issanda poole: müristamine lakkab ja rahet ei ole enam, et sa teaksid, et maa on Issanda päralt.

30 Aga sinust ja su sulaseist ma tean, et te veelgi ei karda Jumalat Issandat.'

31 Ja lina ja oder löödi maha, sest oder oli loonud ja lina oli kupras;

32 nisu ja okasnisu aga ei löödud maha, sest need olid hilised.

33 Ja Mooses läks ära vaarao juurest, linnast välja, ja sirutas oma käed Issanda poole: müristamine ja rahe lakkasid ning vihma ei sadanud enam maa peale.

34 Kui vaarao nägi, et vihm, rahe ja müristamine lakkasid, siis ta patustas edasi ja tegi oma südame kõvaks, tema ja ta sulased.

35 Vaarao süda jäi kõvaks ja ta ei lasknud Iisraeli lapsi minna - nagu Issand oli Moosese läbi öelnud.

   

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1343. That 'Eber' was a nation, the Hebrew nation, which took its name from 'Eber' as its forefather, and which means the worship in general of the second Ancient Church, is clear from the references to him in the historical sections of the Word. Because a new form of worship began with that nation, all those were called Hebrews whose worship was similar to it. Their worship was like that re-established at a later time among the descendants of Jacob, its chief features being that they called their God Jehovah and held sacrifices. The Most Ancient Church was of one mind in acknowledging the Lord and calling Him Jehovah, as is clear also from the early chapters of Genesis and elsewhere in the Word. The Ancient Church, that is, the Church after the Flood also acknowledged the Lord and called Him Jehovah, especially those who possessed internal worship and were called 'the sons of Shem'. The remainder whose worship was external also acknowledged Jehovah and worshipped Him. But when internal worship became external, and still more when it became idolatrous, and when each nation started to have its own god to worship, the Hebrew nation retained the name of Jehovah and called their own God Jehovah. In this they were different from all other nations.

[2] Along with external worship, Jacob's descendants in Egypt, including Moses himself, lost knowledge even of this fact, that their God was called Jehovah. Consequently they had first of all to be taught that Jehovah was the God of the Hebrews, and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as becomes clear from the following in Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, You and the elders of Israel shall go in to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now let us go, pray, a three days' journey into the wilderness, and let us sacrifice to Jehovah our God. Exodus 3:18.

In the same author,

Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah that I should hearken to His voice to send Israel away? I do not know Jehovah, and moreover I will not send Israel away. And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us; let us go, pray, a three days' journey into the wilderness, and let us sacrifice to Jehovah our God. Exodus 5:2-3.

[3] The fact that Jacob's descendants lost in Egypt, along with the worship, even the name of Jehovah becomes clear from the following in Moses,

Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, What is His name? What shall I tell them? And God said to Moses, I Am Who I Am. And He said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I Am has sent me to you. And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, Jehovah the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you; this is My name for ever. Exodus 3:13-15.

[4] From this it is evident that even Moses did not know it and that they were distinguished from everyone else by the name of Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews. Hence also Jehovah is elsewhere called the God of the Hebrews,

You shall say to Pharaoh, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has sent me to you. Exodus 7:16.

Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, Thus said Jehovah the God of the Hebrews. Exodus 9:1, 13.

Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, Thus said Jehovah the God of the Hebrews Exodus 10:3.

In Jonah,

I am a Hebrew, and I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven. Jonah 1:9.

And also in Samuel,

The Philistines heard the noise of the shouting and said, What does the noise of this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean? And they learned that the Ark of Jehovah had come to the camp. The Philistines said, Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who smote the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness. Acquit yourselves like men, O Philistines, lest you be slaves to the Hebrews. 1 Samuel 4:6, 8-9.

Here also it is evident that nations were distinguished from one another by the gods whose names they called on, and that the Hebrew nation was distinguished by that of Jehovah.

[5] The fact that sacrifices were the second essential feature of the worship of the Hebrew nation is also evident from the words from Exodus 3:18; 5:2-3, quoted above, as well as from the fact that the Egyptians abhorred the Hebrew nation on account of this form of worship, as is clear from the following in Moses,

Moses said, It is not right to do so, for we would be sacrificing to Jehovah our God what is abhorrent to the Egyptians; behold, we would be sacrificing what is abhorrent to the Egyptians in their eyes; will they not stone us? Exodus 8:26.

Consequently the Egyptians also abhorred the Hebrew nation so much that they refused even 'to eat bread' with them, Genesis 43:32. From this it is also evident that not merely the descendants of Jacob constituted the Hebrew nation but everybody who possessed that kind of worship. This also was why in Joseph's day the land of Canaan was called the land of the Hebrews,

Joseph said. By theft I have been taken away out of the land of the Hebrews. Genesis 40:15.

[6] The fact that sacrifices took place among the idolaters in the land of Canaan becomes clear from many references, for they used to sacrifice to their gods - to the baals and to others What is more, Balaam, who came from Syria where Eber had lived, that is, where the Hebrew nation had originated, before Jacob's descendants entered the land of Canaan, not only offered sacrifices but also called his God Jehovah. As to the fact that Balaam came from Syria where the Hebrew nation had originated, see Numbers 23:7; that he offered sacrifices, Numbers 22:39-40; 23:1-3, 14, 29; that he called his God Jehovah, Numbers 22:18, and elsewhere in those chapters. And Genesis 8:20 speaks of Noah offering burnt offerings to Jehovah - though this is not true history but made-up history - for 'burnt offerings' means the holiness of worship, as may be seen in that story. These considerations now show what 'Eber' or 'the Hebrew nation' means.

  
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