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2 Mose 6

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1 Und Jehova sprach zu Mose: Nun sollst du sehen, was ich dem Pharao tun werde; denn durch eine starke Hand gezwungen soll er sie ziehen lassen, und durch eine starke Hand gezwungen soll er sie aus seinem Lande wegtreiben.

2 Und Gott redete zu Mose und sprach zu ihm: Ich bin Jehova.

3 Und ich bin Abraham, Isaak und Jakob erschienen als Gott, (El) der Allmächtige; aber mit meinem Namen Jehova habe ich mich ihnen nicht kundgegeben.

4 Und auch habe ich meinen Bund mit ihnen aufgerichtet, ihnen das Land Kanaan zu geben, das Land ihrer Fremdlingschaft, in welchem sie als Fremdlinge geweilt haben.

5 Und auch habe ich das Wehklagen der Kinder Israel gehört, welche die Ägypter zum Dienst anhalten, und habe meines Bundes gedacht.

6 Darum sprich zu den Kindern Israel: Ich bin Jehova, und ich werde euch herausführen unter den Lastarbeiten der Ägypter hinweg, und werde euch erretten aus ihrem Dienste und euch erlösen mit ausgestrecktem Arm und durch große Gerichte.

7 Und ich will euch annehmen mir zum Volke und will euer (W. euch zum Gott) Gott sein; und ihr sollt erkennen, daß ich Jehova, euer Gott, bin, der euch herausführt unter den Lastarbeiten der Ägypter hinweg.

8 Und ich werde euch in das Land bringen, welches dem Abraham, Isaak und Jakob zu geben ich meine Hand erhoben habe, und werde es euch zum Besitztum geben, ich, Jehova. (And.: Ich bin Jehova; so auch Kap. 12,12 u. a. Stellen)

9 Und Mose redete also zu den Kindern Israel; aber sie hörten nicht auf Mose vor Ungeduld (O. Unmut) und vor hartem Dienste.

10 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

11 Gehe hinein, rede zu dem Pharao, dem Könige von Ägypten, daß er die Kinder Israel aus seinem Lande ziehen lasse.

12 Und Mose redete vor Jehova und sprach: Siehe, die Kinder Israel haben nicht auf mich gehört, und wie sollte der Pharao mich hören, zumal ich unbeschnitten an Lippen bin?

13 Und Jehova redete (O. Also redete Jehova) zu Mose und zu Aaron und gab ihnen Befehl an die Kinder Israel und an den Pharao, den König von Ägypten, um die Kinder Israel aus dem Lande Ägypten hinauszuführen.

14 Dies sind die Häupter ihrer Vaterhäuser: Die Söhne ubens, des Erstgeborenen Israels: Hanok und Pallu, Hezron und Karmi; das sind die Geschlechter ubens.

15 Und die Söhne Simeons: Jemuel und Jamin und Ohad und Jakin und Zochar und Saul, der Sohn der Kanaaniterin; das sind die Geschlechter Simeons.

16 Und dies sind die Namen der Söhne Levis nach ihren Geschlechtern: Gerson und Kehath und Merari; und die Lebensjahre Levis waren 137 Jahre.

17 Die Söhne Gersons: Libni und Simei, nach ihren Familien.

18 Und die Söhne Kehaths: Amram und Jizhar und Hebron und Ussiel; und die Lebensjahre Kehaths waren 133 Jahre.

19 Und die Söhne Meraris: Machli und Musi; das sind die Familien Levis nach ihren Geschlechtern.

20 Und Amram nahm Jokebed, seine Muhme, sich zum Weibe, und sie gebar ihm Aaron und Mose; und die Lebensjahre Amrams waren 137 Jahre.

21 Und die Söhne Jizhars: Korah und Nepheg und Sikri.

22 Und die Söhne Ussiels: Mischael und Elzaphan und Sithri.

23 Und Aaron nahm Elischeba, die Tochter Amminadabs, die Schwester Nachschons, sich zum Weibe; und sie gabar ihm Nadab und Abihu, Eleasar und Ithamar.

24 Und die Söhne Korahs: Assir und Elkana und Abiasaph; das sind die Familien der Korhiter.

25 Und Eleasar, der Sohn Aarons, nahm eine von den Töchtern Putiels sich zum Weibe, und sie gebar ihm Pinehas; das sind die Häupter der Väter der Leviten nach ihren Geschlechtern.

26 Dieser Aaron und dieser Mose sind es, zu denen Jehova gesprochen hat: Führet die Kinder Israel aus dem Lande Ägypten hinaus, nach ihren Heeren.

27 Diese sind es, die zu dem Pharao, dem Könige von Ägypten, redeten, um die Kinder Israel aus Ägypten hinauszuführen: dieser Mose und dieser Aaron.

28 Und es geschah an dem Tage, da Jehova zu Mose redete im Lande Ägypten,

29 da redete Jehova zu Mose und sprach: Ich bin Jehova; rede zu dem Pharao, dem Könige von Ägypten alles, was ich zu dir rede.

30 Und Mose sprach vor Jehova: Siehe, ich bin unbeschnitten an Lippen, und wie sollte der Pharao auf mich hören?

   

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2 Mose 3:20

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20 Und ich werde meine Hand ausstrecken und Ägypten schlagen mit allen meinen Wundern, die ich in seiner Mitte tun werde; und danach wird er euch ziehen lassen.

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