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2 Mose 21

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1 Dies sind die Rechte, die du ihnen sollst vorlegen:

2 So du einen ebräischen Knecht kaufest, der soll dir sechs Jahre dienen; im siebenten Jahr soll er frei ledig ausgehen.

3 Ist er ohne Weib kommen, so, soll er auch ohne Weib ausgehen. Ist er aber mit Weib kommen, so soll sein Weib mit ihm ausgehen.

4 Hat ihm aber sein HERR ein Weib gegeben und hat Söhne oder Töchter gezeuget, so soll das Weib und die Kinder seines HERRN sein; er aber soll ohne Weib ausgehen.

5 Spricht aber der Knecht: Ich habe meinen HERRN lieb und mein Weib und Kind, ich will nicht frei werden,

6 So bringe ihn sein HERR vor die Götter und halte ihn an die Tür oder Pfosten und bohre ihm mit einem Pfriemen durch sein Ohr; und er sei sein Knecht ewig.

7 Verkauft jemand seine Tochter zur Magd, so soll sie nicht ausgehen wie die Knechte.

8 Gefällt sie aber ihrem HERRN nicht und will ihr nicht zur Ehe helfen, so soll er sie zu lösen geben. Aber unter ein fremd Volk sie zu verkaufen, hat er nicht Macht, weil er sie verschmähet hat.

9 Vertrauet er sie aber seinem Sohn, so soll er Tochterrecht an ihr tun.

10 Gibt er ihm aber eine andere, so soll er ihr an ihrem Futter, Decke und Eheschuld nicht abbrechen.

11 Tut er diese drei nicht, so soll sie frei ausgehen ohne Lösegeld.

12 Wer einen Menschen schlägt, daß er stirbt, der soll des Todes sterben.

13 Hat er ihm aber nicht nachgestellet sondern Gott hat ihn lassen ohngefähr in seine Hände fallen, so will ich dir einen Ort bestimmen, dahin er fliehen soll

14 Wo aber jemand an seinem Nächsten frevelt und ihn mit List erwürget, so sollst du denselben von meinem Altar nehmen, daß man ihn töte.

15 Wer seinen Vater oder Mutter schlägt, der soll des Todes sterben.

16 Wer einen Menschen stiehlt und verkaufet, daß man ihn bei ihm findet, der soll des Todes sterben.

17 Wer Vater oder Mutter flucht, der soll des Todes sterben.

18 Wenn sich Männer miteinander hadern, und einer schlägt den andern mit einem Stein oder mit einer Faust, daß er nicht stirbt, sondern zu Bette liegt:

19 kommt er auf, daß er ausgehet an seinem Stabe so soll, der ihn schlug, unschuldig sein, ohne daß er ihm bezahle, was er versäumet hat, und das Arztgeld gebe.

20 Wer seinen Knecht oder Magd schlägt mit einem Stabe, daß er stirbt unter seinen Händen, der, soll darum gestraft werden.

21 Bleibt er aber einen oder zween Tage, so soll er nicht darum gestraft werden; denn es ist sein Geld.

22 Wenn sich Männer hadern und verletzen ein schwanger Weib, daß ihr die Frucht abgehet, und ihr kein Schade widerfährt, so soll man ihn um Geld strafen, wieviel des Weibes Mann ihm auflegt, und soll's geben nach der Teidingsleute Erkennen.

23 Kommt ihr aber ein Schade daraus, so soll er lassen Seele um Seele,

24 Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn, Hand um Hand, Fuß um Fuß,

25 Brand um Brand, Wunde um Wunde, Beule um Beule.

26 Wenn jemand seinen Knecht oder seine Magd in ein Auge schlägt und verderbet es, der soll sie frei loslassen um das Auge.

27 Desselbigengleichen, wenn er seinem Knecht oder Magd einen Zahn ausschlägt, soll er sie frei loslassen um den Zahn.

28 Wenn ein Ochse einen Mann oder Weib stößet, daß er stirbt, so soll man den Ochsen steinigen und sein Fleisch nicht essen; so ist der HERR des Ochsen unschuldig.

29 Ist aber der Ochse vorhin stößig gewesen, und seinem HERRN ist's angesagt, und er ihn nicht verwahret hat, und tötet darüber einen Mann oder Weib, soll man den Ochsen steinigen, und sein HERR soll sterben.

30 Wird man aber ein Geld auf ihn legen, so soll er geben, sein Leben zu lösen, was man ihm auflegt.

31 Desselbigengleichen soll man mit ihm handeln, wenn er Sohn oder Tochter stößet.

32 Stößet er aber einen Knecht oder Magd, so soll er ihrem HERRN dreißig silberne Sekel geben, und den Ochsen soll man steinigen.

33 so jemand eine Grube auftut, oder gräbt eine Grube und decket sie nicht zu, und fällt darüber ein Ochse oder Esel hinein,

34 so soll's der HERR der Grube mit Geld dem andern wieder bezahlen; das Aas aber soll sein sein.

35 Wenn jemandes Ochse eines andern Ochsen stößet, daß er stirbt, so sollen sie den lebendigen Ochsen verkaufen und das Geld teilen und das Aas auch teilen.

36 Ist's aber kund gewesen, daß der Ochse stößig vorhin gewesen ist, und sein HERR hat ihn nicht verwahret, so soll er einen Ochsen um den andern vergelten und das Aas haben.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8876

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8876. 'Visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons' means the consequent propagation of falsity from evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'visiting the iniquity of the fathers' as the propagation of evils, the reason why 'visiting' means propagating being that the subject is the state of those who completely reject the Divine, therefore who are receptive no longer of good but of evil, and constantly so since evil is constantly increasing with such people, which is the propagation of it (for the meaning of 'father' as good and in the contrary sense as evil, see 3703, 5902, 6050, 7833, 7834); and from the meaning of 'the sons' as truths, dealt with in 1147, 2623, 3373, and therefore in the contrary sense as falsities In the proximate sense 'visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons' does not mean that sons pay the penalty for the iniquity of their fathers, for that is contrary to the Divine, Deuteronomy 24:16. Rather the meaning in that sense is that evil increases with the fathers and so is passed on by heredity to their children, and that consequently the evil mounts up over successive generations, 2910, 3701, 4317, 8550, 8551. In the spiritual sense however 'the fathers' does not mean fathers but evils, and 'the sons' does not mean sons but falsities; therefore those words mean the constant propagation of falsity from evil.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1551

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1551. That 'silver' means truths is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth. The most ancient people compared the goods and truths present in man to metals. Innermost or celestial goods which flow from love to the Lord they compared to gold, truths deriving from these to silver. Goods of a lower or natural kind however they compared to bronze, and truths of a lower kind to iron. Nor did they just compare them; they also called them such. This was the origin of periods of time being likened to those same metals and being called the golden, silver, bronze, and iron ages, for these followed in that order one after another. The golden age was the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial man. The silver age was the time of the Ancient Church, which was spiritual man. The bronze age was the time of the Church that followed, and the iron age came after that. Similar things were also meant by the statue which Nebuchadnezzar saw in a dream, whose head was of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, and shins of iron, Daniel 2:32-33. That periods of the Church were to follow one another in that order, and actually did so, is clear in that very chapter of the same prophet.

[2] That 'silver' in the internal sense of the Word wherever it is mentioned means truth, or in the contrary sense falsity, is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment, and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:17.

Here it is evident what each metal means. The subject is the Lord's Coming, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. 'Instead of bronze, gold' is celestial good in place of natural good; 'instead of iron, silver' is spiritual truth in place of natural truth; 'instead of wood, bronze' is natural good in place of bodily good; 'instead of stone, iron' is natural truth in place of truth acquired through the senses. In the same prophet,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water, and he who has no money, 1 come, buy and eat! Isaiah 55:1.

'He who has no money' 1 is the person who does not know the truth but who nevertheless possesses the good that stems from charity, as is the case with many people inside the Church, and with gentiles outside it.

[3] In the same prophet,

The islands will wait for Me, the ships of Tarshish at their head, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of Jehovah your God, and to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:9.

This refers specifically to a new Church, or a Church among gentiles, and in general to the Lord's kingdom. 'Ships from Tarshish' stands for cognitions, 'silver' for truths, and 'gold' for goods, which are those things they 'will bring to the name of Jehovah'. In Ezekiel,

For your adornment you took vessels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourselves figures of the male. Ezekiel 16:17.

Here 'gold' stands for cognitions of celestial things, 'silver' of spiritual things. In the same prophet,

You were adorned with gold and silver, and your raiment was fine linen and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:13.

This refers to Jerusalem, by which the Lord's Church is meant, whose adornment is being described in this manner. In the same prophet,

Behold, you who are wise, there is no secret they have hidden from you; by your wisdom and by your intelligence you have acquired riches for yourself, and you have acquired gold and silver in your treasuries. Ezekiel 28:3-4.

Here, in what is said in reference to Tyre, 'gold' is plainly identified with the riches of wisdom, and 'silver' with the riches of intelligence.

[4] In Joel,

You have taken My silver and My gold, and My good and desirable treasures you have carried into your temples. Joel 3:5.

This refers to Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia, which mean cognitions, and these are 'the silver and the gold they took into their temples'. In Haggai,

The elect of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory. Mine is the silver, and Mine is the gold. The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former. Haggai 2:7-9.

This refers to the Lord's Church to which 'gold and silver' have reference. In Malachi,

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi. Malachi 3:3.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. In David,

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver refined in an earthen crucible, poured seven times. Psalms 12:6.

'Silver purified seven times' stands for Divine truth. At the time of their exodus out of Egypt the children of Israel were commanded that every woman should ask of her neighbour, and of her who sojourned in her house, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, and that they should put them on their sons and on their daughters, and so despoil the Egyptians, Exodus 3:22; 11:2-3; 12:35-36. Anyone may see from this that the children of Israel would never have been ordered to steal and despoil the Egyptians of those possessions in that way if these did not represent some arcana. But what those arcana are may become clear from the meaning of 'silver and gold, garments, and Egypt', and from the fact that what these possessions represented is similar to the words here 'rich in the silver and gold from Egypt', used in reference to Abram.

[5] Just as 'silver' means truth so in a contrary sense it means falsity, for people under the influence of falsity imagine falsity to be the truth, as is also clear in the Prophets. In Moses,

You shall not covet the silver and the gold of the nations, nor take it for yourself, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God. You shall utterly detest it. Deuteronomy 7:25-26.

'The gold of the nations' stands for evils, and 'their silver' for falsities. In the same author,

You shall not make gods of silver to be with Me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. Exodus 20:23.

In the internal sense these words mean nothing other than falsities and evil desires, falsities being meant by 'gods of silver', and evil desires by 'gods of gold'. In Isaiah,

On that day everyone will spurn his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you - a sin. Isaiah 31:7.

'Idols of silver and idols of gold' stands for similar things that are false and evil 'Which your hands have made' stands for what is a product of the proprium. In Jeremiah,

They are foolish and stupid; that wood is a way of learning vanities! Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the smith and of the hands of the moulder. Their clothing is violet and purple These are all the work of the wise. Jeremiah 10:8-9.

Here 'silver' and 'gold' quite clearly stand for similar things that are false and evil.

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