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Mooseksen kirja 5

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1 Ja Moses kutsui koko Israelin, ja sanoi heille: kuule Israel näitä säätyjä ja oikeuksia, jotka minä tänäpänä puhun teidän korvainne kuullen, ja oppikaat ne, ja pitäkäät ne, tehdäksenne niiden jälkeen.

2 Herra meidän Jumalamme teki liiton meidän kanssamme Horebissa.

3 Ei tehnyt Herra tätä liittoa meidän isäimme kanssa, vaan meidän kanssamme, jotka nyt tässä olemme tänäpänä, ja kaikki elämme.

4 Herra puhui kasvoista kasvoihin teidän kanssanne vuorella, tulen keskeltä.

5 Silloin minä seisoin Herran ja teidän vaiheellanne, ilmoittamassa teille Herran sanaa; sillä te pelkäsitte tulta, ja ette nousseet vuorelle, ja hän sanoi:

6 Minä (olen) Herra sinun Jumalas, joka sinun Egyptin maalta orjuuden huoneesta ulos vienyt olen.

7 Ei sinun pidä pitämän muita Jumalia minun edessäni.

8 Ei sinun pidä kuvaa tekemän sinulles jonkun muotoiseksi, joka ylhäällä taivaassa on, eli alhaalla maassa, elikkä vesissä maan alla.

9 Ei sinun pidä niitä kumartaman, eikä palveleman niitä; sillä minä olen Herra sinun Jumalas, kiivas Jumala, joka kostan lapsille isäin rikokset, kolmanteen ja neljänteen polveen niille, jotka minua vihaavat,

10 Ja teen laupiuden monelle tuhannelle, jotka minua rakastavat, ja minun käskyni pitävät.

11 Ei sinun pidä turhaan lausuman Herran sinun Jumalas nimeä; sillä ei Herra pidä sitä rankaisemata, joka hänen nimensä turhaan lausuu,

12 Sinun pitää lepopäivän pitämän, ettäs sen pyhittäisit, niinkuin Herra sinun Jumalas sinun käski:

13 Kuusi päivää pitää sinun työtä tekemän, ja kaikki sinun asias toimittaman;

14 Mutta seitsemäs päivä on Herran sinun Jumalas lepopäivä: silloin ei sinun pidä mitään työtä tekemän, eikä sinun poikas, eikä sinun tyttäres, eikä sinun palvelias, eikä sinun piikas, eikä sinun härkäs, eikä aasis, eikä yksikään sinun karjas, eikä sinun muukalaises, joka sinun portteis sisällä on, että sinun palvelias ja piikas levossa olisivat niinkuin sinäkin.

15 Ja muista, että sinäkin olit orja Egyptin maalla, ja Herra sinun Jumalas johdatti sinun sieltä väkevällä kädellä ja ojennetulla käsivarrella. Sentähden Herra sinun Jumalas käski sinun pitää lepopäivän.

16 Sinun pitää kunnioittaman isääs ja äitiäs, niinkuin Herra sinun Jumalas on sinun käskenyt, ettäs kauvan eläisit, ja menestyisit siinä maassa, jonka Herra sinun Jumalas sinulle antaa.

17 Ei sinun pidä tappaman.

18 Ei sinun pidä huorin tekemän.

19 Ei sinun pidä varastaman.

20 Ei sinun pidä väärää todistusta sanoman sinun lähimmäistäs vastaan.

21 Ei sinun pidä himoitseman sinun lähimmäises emäntää. Ei sinun pidä himoitseman sinun lähimmäises huonetta, hänen peltoansa, palveliaansa, piikaansa, härkäänsä, aasiansa, ja mitä ikänä sinun lähimmäises on.

22 Nämät ovat ne sanat, jotka Herra puhui kaikelle teidän seurakunnallenne vuorella, tulesta, pilvestä ja synkeydestä suurella äänellä, ja ei siihen enempää lisännyt, ja kirjoitti ne kahteen kiviseen tauluun, ja antoi ne minulle.

23 Ja tapahtui, kuin te äänen kuulitte pimeyden keskeltä, ja vuori paloi tulesta, niin te tulitte minun tyköni, kaikki päämiehet ja vanhimmat teidän suvustanne,

24 Ja te sanoitte: katso, Herra meidän Jumalamme on osottanut meille kunniansa ja suuruutensa, ja me kuulimme hänen äänensä tulesta. Tänäpänä me näimme Jumalan puhuvan ihmisille, ja heidän elämään jäävän.

25 Ja miksi meidän nyt pitää kuoleman, että tämä suuri tuli pitää kuluttaman meidät? Jos me useammin kuulemme Herran meidän Jumalamme äänen, niin me kuolemme.

26 Sillä mikä on kaikki liha, että se kuulis elävän Jumalan äänen tulesta puhuvan, niinkuin me, ja jäis elämään?

27 Lähesty sinä ja kuule kaikki, mitä Herra meidän Jumalamme sanoo, ja sano sinä meille kaikki, mitä Herra meidän Jumalamme sinun kanssas puhuu, niin me tahdomme kuulla ja tehdä niitä.

28 Ja Herra kuuli teidän sanainne äänen, kuin te puhuitte minun kanssani, ja Herra sanoi minulle: minä kuulin tämän kansan puheen äänen, kuin he puhuivat sinun kanssas: se on kaikki hyvä, minkä he puhuivat.

29 Joska heille olis senkaltainen sydän, pelkäämään minua ja kätkemään kaikki minun käskyni kaikkena heidän elinaikanansa, että heille menestyis ja heidän lapsillensa ijankaikkisesti!

30 Mene siis ja sano heille: palatkaat kotianne teidän majoihinne.

31 Mutta sinun pitää seisoman tässä minun edessäni, että minä puhun sinun kanssas kaikki käskyt, säädyt ja oikeudet, jotka sinun pitää heille opettaman, että he tekisivät niiden jälkeen, siinä maassa, jonka minä heille annan heidän omistaaksensa.

32 Niin pitäkäät nämät ja tehkäät niinkuin Herra teidän Jumalanne teidän käski, ja älkäät poiketko oikialle eikä vasemmalle puolelle;

33 Vaan vaeltakaat kaikkia niitä teitä, jotka Herra teidän Jumalanne teille käski, että eläisitte, menestyisitte ja olisitte pitkä-ijälliset siinä maassa, jonka te omistatte.

   


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7573. 'And Jehovah gave forth voices' means the departure and severance of communication with those governed by good and guided by truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'voices', which are claps of thunder, as God's truths which enlighten and perfect those in heaven, but frighten those in hell and subject them to vastation; and since they devastate the latter they mean the departure and severance of communication with those governed by good and guided by truth, this being the way in which they are devastated. The situation in all this is evident from what has been stated already in 7502, 7541, 7542, 7545, 7554. In these places it was shown that those who have belonged to the Church and consequently absorbed cognitions of truth and good from the Word, yet have led an evil life, have a line of communication with heaven through the truths and forms of good which they have brought with them from their time in the world, where they were in the Church. (A person brings with him into the next life whatever he knew in the world, indeed whatever he saw, heard, thought, spoke, willed, or did, see 2474, 2475, 2481-2486, 7398). This communication is what is taken away when they undergo vastation; and when communication has been taken away, so are truths and forms of good, and cognitions of them, removed. For whatever spirits, and indeed angels know flows in from the Lord by way of heaven, thus through communications that are made, see 6053-6058, 6180, 6215, 6307-6717, 6466-6495, 6613-6626. All this shows what is meant by a departure and severance of communication with those who are guided by truth and governed by good. The situation with God's truth in heaven and in hell - the truth that is meant by 'voices' - is like that with claps of thunder on earth. On high mountains claps of thunder are heard as no more than a gentle, quiet sound; but on the land lying below they are heard as a frightening crash. In the same way God's truth in heaven is gentle and mild, whereas in hell it is frightening.

[2] The meaning of 'voices', which are claps of thunder, as God's truths that enlighten and perfect those in heaven, and that frighten those in hell and subject them to vastation, is evident from the following places: In Isaiah,

You will have joy of heart, as when one marches with a pipe to come to the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel. Then Jehovah will cause His glorious voice 1 to be heard, and will cause His arm to see repose, in the indignation of [His] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, [in] scattering, and deluging, and hailstones. For by the voice of Jehovah Asshur will be dismayed. Isaiah 30:29-31.

Here 'the voice of Jehovah' stands for God's truth which enlightens and perfects those who are governed by good but frightens those under the influence of evil and subjects them to vastation. In Joel,

The earth quaked before Him, the sun and moon were darkened, and the stars withdrew their shining; and Jehovah uttered His voice before His army, His camp is exceedingly great; for that which executes His word is uncountable. For great is the day of Jehovah, and extremely frightening. Joel 3:16.

Here the meaning is similar.

[3] In the same prophet,

Jehovah will roar from Zion, and from Jerusalem will give forth His voice; and the heavens and the earth will be shaken. But Jehovah will be a shelter for His people, and a fortification for the children of Israel. Joel 3:16.

'The voice of Jehovah' likewise stands for God's truth. It is given forth 'from Jerusalem' because that city means the Lord's spiritual kingdom, inhabited by those who are moved by truth to be governed by good and moved by good to be guided by truth.

[4] In David,

Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice, hail, and coals of fire, so that He sent His arrows and scattered them, and many thunder-bolts, and threw them into confusion. Psalms 18:13-14.

'Giving forth voice, hail, and coals of fire' stands for the devastation of truth and good by means of falsities and evil desires. In the same author,

The clouds dropped water, the skies gave voice, also Your arrows went out, the voice of Your thunder into the earth; the lightnings lit up the earth. Psalms 77:16-18.

'A voice' stands for God's truth which enlightens those who belong to the Church.

[5] In the same author,

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters, the God of glory causes it to thunder, Jehovah is over great waters; the voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah is majestic; the voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars, Jehovah breaks to pieces the cedars of Lebanon; the voice of Jehovah strikes as flames of fire; the voice of Jehovah causes the wilderness to shake; the voice of Jehovah causes the hinds to calve, and strips the forests bare. Psalms 29:3-11.

Here 'the voice of Jehovah' stands for God's truth and the power it has. Thus it also stands for the Word since this is God's truth.

[6] In John,

A mighty angel coming down called out with a loud voice; and when he called out, seven thunders uttered their voices. I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them. Revelation 10:3-4.

'Voices' stands for God's truth, 'thunders' for those who convey it, bringing it from heaven to earth. No one can fail to see that 'thunders and 'voices' mean things that are Divine, not thunders and crashes. And since they mean Divine things and are called Jehovah's voices it is evident that they are Divine Truth. This was why, when Jehovah came down on Mount Sinai and proclaimed Divine Truth, there were voices, lightnings, and thunders, Exodus 19:16; 20:18, and why He spoke out of the midst of the fire, Deuteronomy 4:11-12; 5:22-24.

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1. literally, the voice of His glory

  
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Exodus 9

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1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people Go, that they may serve me.

2 For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,

3 behold, the hand of Yahweh is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.

4 Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'"

5 Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land."

6 Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.

7 Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.

8 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal, throughout all the land of Egypt."

10 They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal.

11 The magicians couldn't stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.

12 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.

13 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

14 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.

15 For now I would have put forth my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;

16 but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;

17 as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.

18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.

19 Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn't brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die."'"

20 Those who feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.

21 Whoever didn't respect the word of Yahweh left his servants and his livestock in the field.

22 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."

23 Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.

24 So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

25 The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.

26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.

27 Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

28 Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."

29 Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh's.

30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you don't yet fear Yahweh God."

31 The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had not grown up.

33 Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.

34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

35 The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.