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1 In selbiger Zeit sprach Jehova zu mir: Haue dir zwei steinerne Tafeln aus, wie die ersten, und steige zu mir herauf auf den Berg; und mache dir eine Lade von Holz;

2 und ich werde auf die Tafeln die Worte schreiben, welche auf den ersten Tafeln waren, die du zerbrochen hast; und du sollst sie in die Lade legen.

3 Und ich machte eine Lade von Akazienholz und hieb zwei steinerne Tafeln aus, wie die ersten; und ich stieg auf den Berg, und die zwei Tafeln waren in meiner Hand.

4 Und er schrieb auf die Tafeln wie die erste Schrift, die zehn Worte, welche Jehova auf dem Berge zu euch geredet hatte, mitten aus dem Feuer am Tage der Versammlung; und Jehova gab sie mir.

5 Und ich wandte mich und stieg von dem Berge herab. Und ich legte die Tafeln in die Lade, die ich gemacht hatte; und sie sind daselbst, wie Jehova mir geboten hat.

6 Und die Kinder Israel brachen auf von Beeroth-Bne-Jaakan nach Mosera. Daselbst starb Aaron, und er wurde daselbst begraben; und Eleasar, sein Sohn, übte den Priesterdienst aus an seiner Statt.

7 Von dannen brachen sie auf nach Gudgoda, und von Gudgoda nach Jotbatha, einem Lande von Wasserbächen.

8 In selbiger Zeit sonderte Jehova den Stamm Levi aus, um die Lade des Bundes Jehovas zu tragen, vor Jehova zu stehen, um ihm zu dienen und in seinem Namen zu segnen, bis auf diesen Tag.

9 Darum ward dem Levi kein Teil noch Erbe mit seinen Brüdern; Jehova ist sein Erbteil, so wie Jehova, dein Gott, zu ihm geredet hat.

10 Ich aber blieb auf dem Berge, wie die vorigen Tage, vierzig Tage und vierzig Nächte, und Jehova erhörte mich auch dieses Mal; Jehova wollte dich nicht verderben.

11 Und Jehova sprach zu mir: Mache dich auf, gehe hin, um vor dem Volke herzuziehen, damit sie hineinkommen und das Land in Besitz nehmen, das ich ihren Vätern geschworen habe, ihnen zu geben.

12 Und nun, Israel, was fordert Jehova, dein Gott, von dir, als nur, Jehova, deinen Gott, zu fürchten, auf allen seinen Wegen zu wandeln und ihn zu lieben, und Jehova, deinem Gott, zu dienen mit deinem ganzen Herzen und mit deiner ganzen Seele,

13 indem du die Gebote Jehovas und seine Satzungen, die ich dir heute gebiete, beobachtest, dir zum Guten?

14 Siehe, Jehovas, deines Gottes, sind die Himmel und die Himmel der Himmel, die Erde und alles, was in ihr ist.

15 Jedoch deinen Vätern hat Jehova sich zugeneigt, sie zu lieben; und er hat euch, ihren Samen nach ihnen, aus allen Völkern erwählt, wie es an diesem Tage ist.

16 So beschneidet denn die Vorhaut eures Herzens und verhärtet euren Nacken nicht mehr!

17 Denn Jehova, euer Gott, er ist der Gott der Götter und der Herr der Herren, der große, mächtige und furchtbare Gott, der keine Person ansieht und kein Geschenk annimmt;

18 der Recht schafft der Waise und der Witwe, und den Fremdling liebt, so daß er ihm Brot und Kleider gibt.

19 Und ihr sollt den Fremdling lieben; denn ihr seid Fremdlinge gewesen im Lande Ägypten.

20 Jehova, deinen Gott, sollst du fürchten, ihm sollst du dienen und ihm anhangen, und bei seinem Namen sollst du schwören.

21 Er ist dein Ruhm, und er dein Gott, der jene großen und furchtbaren Dinge an dir getan hat, die deine Augen gesehen haben.

22 Zu siebzig Seelen zogen deine Väter nach Ägypten hinab; und nun hat Jehova, dein Gott, dich gemacht wie die Sterne des Himmels an Menge.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7268

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7268. 'See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh' means the law of God and the power it has over those steeped in falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'making you a god' as Divine Truth, or what amounts to the same thing, the Divine Law, and also the power it has, for in the Word when truth and also the power of truth are referred to the name 'God' appears, but when good is referred to the name 'Jehovah' does so, see 300, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3910, 3921 (end), 4287, 4295, 4402, 7010; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those who are steeped in falsities and engage in molestation, dealt with in 6651, 6679, 6683. To pursue further the meaning of GOD, it should be recognized that in the highest sense 'God' is the Divine which is above the heavens, but that in the internal sense 'God' is the Divine which is within the heavens. The Divine which is above the heavens is Divine Good, whereas the Divine within the heavens is Divine Truth. For Divine Good is the source from which Divine Truth springs, and Divine Truth springing from Divine Good makes heaven and brings order into it. What is properly called heaven is nothing other than the Divine that has been given form there, for the angels in heaven are human forms receptive of the Divine, which together constitute an all-embracing form which is that of a Human Being.

[2] The use of 'God' in the Old Testament Word to mean Divine Truth within the heavens explains why the word for God in the original language is Elohim, a plural form. It also explains why the angels in heaven, being receivers of Divine Truth, are called 'gods', as in David,

Who in heaven will compare himself to Jehovah? Who will be likened to Jehovah among the sons of gods? Psalms 89:6-8.

In the same author,

Give to Jehovah, O sons of gods, give to Jehovah glory and strength. Psalms 29:1.

In the same author,

I said, You are gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you. Psalms 82:6.

In John,

Jesus said, Is it not written in your Law, I said, You are gods? If 1 He called them gods, with whom the Word of God came to be . . . John 10:34-35.

In addition there are those places in which the Lord is called 'God of gods' and 'Lord of lords', such as Genesis 46:2, 7; Deuteronomy 10:17; Numbers 16:22; Daniel 11:36; Psalms 136:2-3. From all this one may see in what sense Moses is called 'a god', here 'a god to Pharaoh' and in Exodus 4:16 'a god to Aaron' - that he was called such because Moses represented the Divine Law, which is Divine Truth and is called the Word. This also explains why here Aaron is called his 'prophet', and in a previous place his 'mouth', that is, one who declares in a way suitable for the understanding Divine Truth which comes forth directly from the Lord and surpasses all understanding And since a prophet is one who teaches and declares Divine Truth in a way suitable for the understanding, 'a prophet' also means the teachings of the Church, a subject dealt with in what follows next.

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1. Reading si (if) which accords with the Greek and which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse, for sic (thus).

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4287

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4287. 'For as a prince you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed' means repeated victories in conflicts over truths and goods. This is clear from the meaning of 'contending as a prince' as overcoming in conflicts, in this case conflicts that accompany temptations since these are the subject at present; and from the meaning of 'with God and with men' as conflicts over truths and goods, to be dealt with below.

[2] The subject in the highest sense being the Lord, it is He who is meant in that sense by 'one contending as a prince with God and with men', for by His own power He suffered all temptations and through them overcame the hells. Indeed He allowed into Himself all the hells in their order, and even the angels, as will be explained later on. In so doing he brought into order everything in the heavens and in the hells, and at length glorified Himself, that is, made the Human within Him Divine.

[3] From this it is evident that in the highest sense the Lord is meant by Jacob and Israel, as shown immediately above in 4286. Not only has He Himself 'contended as a prince', that is, has suffered all the conflicts brought about by temptations and has overcome in them, but also He suffers them in every individual human being. But see what has been stated many times already on these matters in the following references,

The Lord suffered the severest temptations, greater than anybody else has done, 1663, 1668, 1787, 2776, 2786, 2795, 2816.

Unlike any others the Lord fought out of Divine love, 1690, 1691 (end), 1789, 1812, 1813, 1820.

The Lord fought against hereditary evil from the mother, so that at length He was not her son; even so, no evil of His own doing was attached to Him, 1444, 1573, 2025, 2574, 2649, 3318 (end).

Through the conflicts brought about by temptations and through repeated victories the Lord arranged all things into the form which heaven possesses, 1928.

And through repeated victories in conflicts brought about by temptations He united the Divine Essence to the Human Essence, 1616, 1737, 1813, 1921, 2025, 2026, 2500, 2523, 2632, 2776.

The Lord suffers the temptations that take place in man, subduing evil and the hells, 987, 1661, 1692 (end).

[4] The arcanum that 'contending with God and with men' means being tempted over truths and over goods is one that is not open to view in the letter. It is clear to anyone, and will also be evident from the explanation given below, that it was not God with whom Jacob contended, for it cannot be said of anyone that he contends with God and prevails. But the internal sense teaches what 'God' and 'men' mean here - that 'God' means truth, and 'men' good. The reason for this is that 'God' in the internal sense means truth, and therefore whenever truth is dealt with the name God is used, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, whereas the term 'man' is used to mean good. And 'man' means good because the Lord is the only Man and anyone else is called such by virtue of Him, 49, 288, 565, 1894. A further reason is that by virtue of Him heaven is man and is called the Grand Man, 684, 1276, 3624-3649, 3741-3750. And this also was why the Most Ancient Church which was governed by celestial good was referred to as Man, 478.

[5] Therefore whenever good is dealt with in the Word, 'man' (homo) means good, as in Isaiah,

I will make the male person (vir homo) more rare than gold, and man (homo) than the gold of Ophir. Isaiah 13:12.

In the same prophet,

The inhabitants of the land will be scorched and few male persons (vir homo) left. Isaiah 24:6.

'Male persons' stands for spiritual good or the good of truth. 'Man' stands for good. In the same prophet, The highways have been laid waste, the wayfarer has ceased. He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he has no regard for the male person (vir homo). Isaiah 33:8.

In Jeremiah,

I looked to the earth, and behold, that which is void and empty, and towards the heavens, and they had no light I looked, and behold, there was no man; and all the birds of the air had flown away. Jeremiah 4:23, 25.

In the same prophet, behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:27.

In Ezekiel,

Your merchants [traded] in the souls of men and vessels of bronze, giving these for your merchandise. Ezekiel 27:13.

In the same prophet, You, O my flock, the flock of My pasture, you are men; I am your God. Ezekiel 34:31.

In the same prophet, They will be cities laid waste, filled with the flock of mankind. Ezekiel 36:38.

In these places 'man' (homo) stands for people who are governed by good, and so stands for good, since good is what causes anyone to be 'man'. Truth however which is grounded in good is referred to in the Word as 'a male person' (vir homo) and also as 'the son of man'.

  
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