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1 Nämät ovat ne oikeudet, jotka sinun pitää paneman heidän eteensä:

2 Jos sinä ostat Hebrealaisen orjan, hänen pitää sinua palveleman kuusi vuotta; vaan seitsemäntenä pitää hänen lähtemän vapaana lunastamatta;

3 Jos hän naimatoinna on ollut, naimatoinna pitää hänen myös lähtemän; vaan jos hän nainunna tuli, lähtekään emäntinensä.

4 Jos hänen isäntänsä antoi hänelle emännän, jos se on synnyttänyt hänelle poikia tai tyttäriä, niin hänen emäntänsä ja lapsensa pitää oleman hänen isäntänsä omat, vaan itse hänen pitää lähtemän yksinänsä.

5 Mutta jos orja julkisesti sanoo: minä rakastan minun isäntääni, vaimoani ja lapsiani: en tahdo tulla minä vapaaksi,

6 Niin hänen isäntänsä viekään hänen tuomarien tykö, ja seisauttakaan hänet oveen, taikka pihtipieleen, ja lävistäkään isäntä hänen korvansa naskalilla, ja olkaan ijäti hänen orjansa.

7 Jos joku myy tyttärensä orjaksi, ei hänen pidä lähtemän niinkuin orjat lähtevät.

8 Jollei hän kelpaa isännällensä, joka ei tahdo häntä kihlata, niin hänen pitää antaman hänen lunastettaa; mutta muukalaiselle kansalle ei pidä oleman hänelle voimaa häntä myydä, tehden petollisesti hänen kanssansa.

9 Mutta jos hän sen kihlaa pojallensa, niin antakaan hänen nautita tytärten oikeutta.

10 Jos hän pojallensa ottaa toisen, niin ei hänen pidä kieltämän häneltä hänen ravintoansa, vaatteitansa, ja asunto-oikeuttansa.

11 Jollei hän tee hänelle näitä kolmea, niin sen pitää vapaana lähtemän lunastamatta.

12 Joka lyö ihmisen niin että hän kuolee, hänen pitää totisesti kuoleman.

13 Vaan jollei hän ole häntä väijynyt, mutta Jumala on antanut hänen langeta hänen käsiinsä, niin minä määrään sinulle paikan, johonka hänen pakeneman pitää.

14 Mutta jos joku ylpeydestä tappaa lähimmäisensä kavaluudella; sen sinun pitää ottaman minun alttariltanikin pois, kuolettaa.

15 Joka lyö isäänsä taikka äitiänsä, sen pitää totisesti kuoleman.

16 Joka varastaa ihmisen ja myy hänen, eli löydetään hänen tykönänsä, sen pitää totisesti kuoleman.

17 Ja joka kiroilee isäänsä ja äitiänsä, sen pitää totisesti kuoleman.

18 Koska miehet keskenänsä riitelevät, ja toinen lyö toistansa kivellä eli rusikalla, ja hän ei kuole vaan makaa vuoteessansa:

19 Jos hän paranee, niin että hän käy ulos sauvansa nojalla, niin sen pitää syyttömän oleman joka löi: ainoastaan maksakaan hänen työnsä vahingon, josta hän on estetyksi tullut, ja hänen pitää kaiketi hänen terveeksi laittaman.

20 Kun joku lyö palveliaansa eli palkkapiikaansa sauvalla, niin että hän kuolee hänen käsiinsä: hän pitää kaiketi kostettaman.

21 Vaan jos hän päivän taikka kaksi elää, ei pidä häntä kostettaman, sillä se on hänen rahansa.

22 Jos miehet tappelevat keskenänsä, ja loukkaavat raskaan vaimon, niin että hänen täytyy hedelmänsä kesken synnyttää; ja ei kuoleman vahinko tapahdu: niin hän pitää rahalla rangaistaman, sen jälkeen kuin vaimon mies häneltä anoo, ja se pitää annettaman arviomiesten ehdosta;

23 Mutta jos kuoleman vahinko tulee, niin pitää hänen antaman hengen hengestä.

24 Silmän silmästä, hampaan hampaasta, käden kädestä, jalan jalasta.

25 Polton poltosta, haavan haavasta, sinimarjan sinimarjasta.

26 Joka lyö palveliansa eli palkkapiikansa silmän, ja turmeles sen, hänen pitää päästämän sen vapaaksi silmän tähden.

27 Niin myös jos hän lyö palvelialtansa taikka palkkapiialtansa hampaan suusta, niin pitää hänen päästämän sen vapaaksi hampaan tähden.

28 Jos härkä kuokaisee miehen eli vaimon, niin että hän kuolee: se härkä pitää kaiketi kivitettämän, ja ei pidä hänen lihaansa syötämän; ja niin on härjän isäntä viatoin.

29 Mutta jos härkä ennen oli harjaantunut kuokkimaan, ja sen isännälle oli todistusten kanssa ilmoitettu, ja ei hän korjannut häntä; jos hän sitte tappaa miehen eli vaimon, niin pitää härkä kivitettämän, ja hänen isäntänsä kuoleman.

30 Mutta jos hän rahalla pääsee, niin pitää hänen antaman henkensä lunastukseksi niin paljo kuin määrätään.

31 Jos hän pojan eli tyttären kuokaisee, niin pitää yhdellä tavalla hänen kanssansa tehtämän.

32 Jos joku härkä kuokaisee palvelian eli palkkapiian, niin pitää hänen antaman heidän isännällensä kolmekymmentä hopiasikliä, ja härkä pitää kivitettämän.

33 Jos joku avaa kuopan, taikka kaivaa kuopan, jos ei hän sitä peitä, ja härkä eli aasi siihen putoo:

34 Niin pitää sen kuopan isäntä maksaman rahalla sen isännälle; mutta sen kuolleen pitää hänen oleman.

35 Jos jonkun härkä kuokkii toisen miehen härjän, että se kuolee, niin pitää heidän myymän sen elävän härjän, ja jakaman rahan, niin myös sen kuolleen härjän pitää heidän jakaman.

36 Elikkä jos se oli tiettävä, että härkä on ennen tottunut kuokkimaan, ja hänen isäntänsä ei korjannut häntä, niin hänen pitää antaman härjän härjästä, ja se kuollut pitää hänen oleman.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 9039

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9039. 'Since he is his silver' means that which has been acquired from the self. This is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, dealt with in 1551, 2954, 5658, 6112, 6914, 6917, at this point truth that has been acquired by the self since it refers to a slave who has been bought. The words 'truth that has been acquired by the self' describe that which a person believes to be the truth - even though it is not the truth - because he has drawn it from preconceptions adopted by the self. This is what truth is like with those who explain the Word without having been enlightened by the light of heaven, that is, who read it without an affection for truth for the sake of goodness of life, since they are unenlightened. If this truth is disposed of after full contemplation of it, there is no punishment of death, that is, no damnation, because it is not a spiritual Divine truth. But if it is disposed of before full contemplation, there is damnation, for it is a casting aside of the truth of faith itself. What has become part of anyone's faith, even though not the truth, must not be cast aside without full contemplation of it. If it is cast aside before this the tender beginnings of spiritual life in the person are rooted out. For this reason also the Lord never breaks this kind of truth with a person, but so far as is possible He bends it.

[2] Let an example serve to shed light on this. Take someone who believes that the glory and consequently the joy of heaven consist in domination over many, and who uses this accepted idea to explain the Lord's words which declare that the slaves who had earned ten minas and five minas were to have power over ten cities and over five cities, Luke 19:11-26, using also the Lord's words to the disciples, that they would sit on thrones and would judge the twelve tribes of Israel, Luke 22:30. If that person disposes of his faith, which is a belief in truth he has acquired from the literal sense of the Word, before full contemplation of it, he causes the loss of his spiritual life. But if after full contemplation he uses other words to explain what the Lord said - the Lord's words that whoever has the wish to be the greatest must be the least, and whoever has the wish to be the first must be the slave of all, Matthew 20:26-28; Mark 10:42-44; Luke 22:24-27 - then if he disposes of his belief that heavenly glory and joy come out of having dominion over many, he does not cause any loss of his spiritual life. For by 'the cities' over which those who had earned the mines were to have power are meant the truths of faith, 2268, 2449, 2712, 2943, 3216, and therefore intelligence and wisdom; and the same things are meant by 'the thrones' on which the disciples were going to sit, 2129, 6397.

[3] Those in heaven who by virtue of the truths of faith excel others in intelligence and wisdom are also so humble that they ascribe the whole of their power to the Lord and none whatever to themselves. Therefore they find no glory or joy at all in dominating, only in serving. And when this is their state they excel others in dominion, and also in glory and joy; but they do so not because of any wish to dominate, as has been stated, only because of a desire springing from love and charity, which is a desire to serve others. For the Lord flows in with power with those who are humble, but not with those who are haughty, because the humble accept His influx whereas the haughty reject it, 7489, 7491, 7492.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 6914

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6914. 'And I will give this people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians means fear, on account of the plagues, which those steeped in falsities had of those belonging to the spiritual Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'giving favour' as fear on account of the plagues, dealt with below; from the representation of the children of Israel, to whom 'people' refers here, as those belonging to the spiritual Church, dealt with in 6637; and from the representation of 'the Egyptians' as those who are steeped in falsities, often dealt with already. The fact that 'giving favour in the eyes of the Egyptians' means fear on account of the plagues that is present in those steeped in falsities is clear when one understands the matters described in the internal sense; for the subject is those who are steeped in falsities, meant by 'the Egyptians' - with the truths and forms of good which are to be taken away from them and passed on to those who belong to the spiritual Church. And since the subject is those who are steeped in falsities, 'favour' does not mean favour, for people who are steeped in falsities and evils do not feel in any way at all disposed to show favour towards anyone. If they treat anyone well or do not treat him badly they do so through fear of 'plagues'; these are the reason for their show of favour. This favour is the kind meant here in the internal sense. The internal sense displays things as they really are, not as they are made to stand in the letter, and makes every detail relevant to the subject. The truth of this is also evident from what follows regarding the Egyptians, where it is evident that they did not let the children of Israel go out of any disposition to show them favour, only out of fear on account of further plagues, Exodus 11:1; 12:33.

[2] These two verses, when they say that the women of Israel were to ask the Egyptian women for silver, gold, and clothes, refer to 'the plundering' of the Egyptians. And because what is meant by this cannot at all be known except from a revelation describing things that take place in the next life - for the internal sense contains the kinds of things that take place among angels and spirits - the matter must therefore be discussed. Before the Lord's Coming the lower parts of heaven had been occupied by evil genii and spirits; but afterwards they were driven out from there and that region was given to those who belonged to the spiritual Church, see above in 6858. As long as the evil genii and spirits were there they were under constant watch by angels belonging to a higher heaven and were thereby restrained from committing evil deeds openly. At the present day too some who are more devious than others because they mislead people by their pretence of innocence and charity are under watch by celestial ones, and so long as they are under it they are held back from their unspeakable tricks. They are directly overhead; but the celestial angels under whose watch they are kept are even higher. This has allowed me to know what the situation was like of the evil genii and spirits who occupied the lower region of heaven before the Lord's Coming; during that time they were held back by angels belonging to a higher heaven from committing evil deeds openly.

[3] But as for the way in which they were held back from committing evil deeds openly, this too I have been allowed to know. They were kept in check by external restraints, which were fear of the loss of position and reputation, and fear that they would be deprived of places they hold in that region of heaven and would be thrust down into hell; and at that time good yet simple spirits were attached to them. It was like what happens with people in the world. Even though inwardly they may be devils those external restraints force them to keep up a pretence of honourableness and righteousness and to do good. And to ensure that they go on behaving in these ways spirits who are governed by simple good are attached to them. The situation was similar with the evil who were in the lower region of heaven before the Lord's Coming. At that time too they could be driven by selfish kinds of love to speak what was true and do what was good. They were not unlike wicked priests, indeed even very wicked ones, who inwardly are devils, but who can proclaim the teachings of their Church with such passion and seeming zeal that they move the hearts of their hearers to godliness. Yet all the while they are ruled by self-love and love of the world, for the thought of their own position and gain reigns in every part of them and is what fires them to proclaim those teachings in such a way. There are evil spirits present with them, ruled by the same kind of love and consequently thinking in the same kind of way, who lead them; but good yet simple spirits are attached to them. From all this one may recognize what the state of heaven was like before the Lord's Coming.

[4] But after the Lord's Coming the states of heaven and hell were completely altered; for then the evil genii and spirits who occupied the lower region of heaven were cast down and were replaced by those raised up there who belonged to the spiritual Church. At that time the evil who were cast down had the external restraints taken away from them, which, as stated above, were fear of the loss of position and gain and deprivation of places they hold in that region. They were thus left to their inner selves, which were entirely devilish and hellish, and so were banished to the hells. The removal of external restraints is effected in the next life by withdrawing the good spirits who have been attached to them; and when they have been withdrawn the evil can no more maintain any pretence of goodness, righteousness, or honourableness, but can only behave in accord with what they had been like inwardly in the world, that is, in accord with what they had really thought and desired, which they had concealed from others there, their only wish being to do what is evil. The good yet simple spirits who were withdrawn from those evil spirits were assigned or attached to those who belonged to the spiritual Church, to whom that region of heaven was given as a possession. This is why they were enriched with the truths and forms of good which the evil genii and spirits had had previously. Enrichment with truths and forms of good is effected in the next life by means of the attachment of spirits with whom truth and goodness are present; for communication is effected through them.

[5] These things are what are meant by the statement that the children of Israel would not go out of Egypt empty-handed, and that a woman should ask of her female neighbour, and of the female guest in her house, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, and clothes, and in so doing would plunder the Egyptians. Anyone can see that unless the kinds of things described above had been represented the Divine would never have commanded them to use that kind of guile against the Egyptians; for all behaviour like that is very far removed from the Divine. But since those people were completely representative they were allowed by the Divine, because such a thing would be done to the evil in the next life, to act in that kind of way. It should be recognized that very many things which were commanded by Jehovah or the Lord do not in the internal sense mean things that were commanded by Him but those that were permitted.

  
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