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2 Mose 34

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1 Und der HERR sprach zu Mose: Haue dir zwo steinerne Tafeln, wie die ersten waren, daß ich die Worte darauf schreibe, die in den ersten Tafeln waren, welche du zerbrochen hast.

2 Und sei morgen bereit, daß du frühe auf den Berg Sinai steigest und daselbst zu mir tretest auf des Berges Spitze.

3 Und laß niemand mit dir hinaufsteigen, daß niemand gesehen werde um den ganzen Berg her; auch kein Schaf noch Rind laß weiden gegen diesem Berge.

4 Und Mose hieb zwo steinerne Tafeln, wie die ersten waren, und stund des Morgens frühe auf und stieg auf den Berg Sinai wie ihm der HERR geboten hatte, und nahm die zwo steinernen Tafeln in seine Hand.

5 Da kam der HERR hernieder in einer Wolke und trat daselbst bei ihn und predigte von des HERRN Namen.

6 Und da der HERR vor seinem Angesicht überging, rief er: HERR, HERR Gott, barmherzig und gnädig und geduldig und von großer Gnade und Treue;

7 der du beweisest Gnade in tausend Glied und vergibst Missetat, Übertretung und Sünde, und vor welchem niemand unschuldig ist; der du die Missetat der Väter heimsuchest auf Kinder und Kindeskinder bis ins dritte und vierte Glied.

8 Und Mose neigete sich eilend zu der Erde und betete ihn an,

9 und sprach: Habe ich, HERR, Gnade vor deinen Augen funden, so gehe der HERR mit uns; denn es ist ein halsstarrig Volk, daß du unserer Missetat und Sünde gnädig seiest und lassest uns dein Erbe sein.

10 Und er sprach: Siehe, ich will einen Bund machen vor all deinem Volk und will Wunder tun, dergleichen nicht geschaffen sind in allen Landen und unter allen Völkern; und alles Volk, darunter du bist, soll sehen des HERRN Werk; denn wunderbarlich soll es sein, das ich bei dir tun werde.

11 Halte, was ich dir heute gebiete. Siehe, ich will vor dir her ausstoßen die Amoriter, Kanaaniter, Hethiter, Pheresiter, Heviter und Jebusiter.

12 Hüte dich, daß du nicht einen Bund machest mit den Einwohnern des Landes, da du einkommst, daß sie dir nicht ein Ärgernis unter dir werden;

13 sondern ihre Altäre sollst du umstürzen und ihre Götzen zerbrechen und ihre Haine ausrotten.

14 Denn du sollst keinen andern Gott anbeten. Denn der HERR heißet ein Eiferer, darum daß er ein eifriger Gott ist.

15 Auf daß, wo du einen Bund mit des Landes Einwohnern machest, und wenn sie huren ihren Göttern nach und opfern ihren Göttern, daß sie dich nicht laden, und du von ihrem Opfer essest;

16 und nehmest deinen Söhnen ihre Töchter zu Weibern, und dieselben dann huren ihren Göttern nach und machen deine Söhne auch ihren Göttern nachhuren.

17 Du sollst dir keine gegossenen Götter machen.

18 Das Fest der ungesäuerten Brote sollst du halten. Sieben Tage sollst du ungesäuert Brot essen, wie ich dir geboten habe, um die Zeit des Mondes Abib; denn in dem Mond Abib bist du aus Ägypten gezogen.

19 Alles, was seine Mutter am ersten bricht, ist mein; was männlich sein wird in deinem Vieh, das seine Mutter bricht, es sei Ochse oder Schaf.

20 Aber den Erstling des Esels sollst du mit einem Schaf lösen. Wo du es aber nicht lösest, so brich ihm das Genick. Alle Erstgeburt deiner Söhne sollst du lösen. Und daß niemand vor mir leer erscheine!

21 Sechs Tage sollst du arbeiten; am siebenten Tage sollst du feiern, beide mit Pflügen und mit Ernten:

22 Das Fest der Wochen sollst du halten mit den Erstlingen der Weizenernte und das Fest der Einsammlung, wenn das Jahr um ist.

23 Dreimal im Jahr sollen alle Mannsnamen erscheinen vor dem HERRSCher, dem HERRN und Gott Israels.

24 Wenn ich die Heiden vor dir ausstoßen und deine Grenze weitern werde, soll niemand deines Landes begehren, dieweil du hinaufgehest dreimal im Jahr, zu erscheinen vor dem HERRN, deinem Gott.

25 Du sollst das Blut meines Opfers nicht opfern auf dem gesäuerten Brot; und das Opfer des Osterfestes bleiben bis an den Morgen.

26 Das Erstling von den ersten Früchten deines Ackers sollst du in das Haus des HERRN deines Gottes, bringen. Du sollst das Böcklein nicht kochen, wenn es noch an seiner Mutter Milch ist.

27 Und der HERR sprach zu Mose: Schreibe diese Worte; denn nach diesen Worten habe ich mit dir und mit Israel einen Bund gemacht.

28 Und er war allda bei dem HERRN vierzig Tage und vierzig Nächte und kein Brot und trank kein Wasser. Und er schrieb auf die Tafeln solchen Bund, die zehn Worte.

29 Da nun Mose vom Berge Sinai ging, hatte er die zwo Tafeln des Zeugnisses in seiner Hand; und wußte nicht, daß die Haut seines Angesichts glänzete davon, daß er mit ihm geredet hatte.

30 Und da Aaron und alle Kinder Israel sahen, daß die Haut seines Angesichts glänzete, fürchteten sie sich, zu ihm zu nahen.

31 Da rief ihnen Mose; und sie wandten sich zu ihm, beide Aaron und alle Obersten der Gemeine; und er redete mit ihnen.

32 Danach naheten alle Kinder Israel zu ihm. Und er gebot ihnen alles, was der HERR mit ihm geredet hatte auf dem Berge Sinai.

33 Und wenn er solches alles mit ihnen redete, legte er eine Decke auf sein Angesicht.

34 Und wenn er hineinging vor den HERRN, mit ihm zu reden, tat er die Decke ab, bis er wieder herausging. Und wenn er herauskam und redete mit den Kindern Israel, was ihm geboten war,

35 so sahen dann die Kinder Israel sein Angesicht an, wie daß die Haut seines Angesichts glänzete; so tat er die Decke wieder auf sein Angesicht, bis er wieder hineinging, mit ihm zu reden.

   

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4444 .'When they heard; and the men were grieved and blazing with anger' means that they were under the influence of evil that was directed against the truth of the Church among the Ancients. This is clear from the meaning of 'being grieved and blazing with anger' here as being under the influence of evil. Its direction against the truth of the Church among the Ancients follows because the anger was against Shechem the son of Hamor, who means the truth known to the Ancients, as stated above in 4430, 4431. Their being under the influence of evil is evident from details given further on, namely that they spoke deceitfully, verse 13, and then after Shechem and Hamor had submitted to their demands they killed them, verses 26-29. Consequently 'being grieved' here and 'blazing with anger' mean that they were under the influence of evil. Their action looks like zeal aroused in them because he had lain with their sister, to judge by the words which immediately follow 'because he had done something disgraceful in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing that ought not to be done' - and by those at the end of the chapter 'They said, Is he going to treat our sister like a prostitute?' verse 31. But it was not zeal, for zeal cannot possibly exist with someone who is under the influence of evil, only with one governed by good; for zeal has good within it, 4164.

[2] The semblance of religion which existed among their descendants did indeed have good within it, in that all its details, each one, represented the celestial and spiritual things of the Lord's kingdom. But in the case of those with whom it existed it did not hold anything good at all since they were confined solely to external things devoid of internal, as shown above. It is the same with the semblance of religion possessed by that nation among whom it exists even at the present day. They acknowledge Moses and the Prophets, and so the Word. In itself this is holy but in their case it is not holy, for within every detail there they see themselves and so that which is worldly. Indeed they turn the Word into something earthly, for they do not know or even care about anything heavenly within it. If the state of a people is like this, no good can exist in them when their own semblance of religion holds sway over them. Instead evil is present, for nothing heavenly enters into them because they will annihilate it.

[3] There was a law, also known in the Ancient Church, according to which anyone who ravished a virgin had to provide her with a dowry and take her to be his wife, as the following words in Moses laid down,

If a man persuades a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall endow her with a dowry to be his wife; if her father utterly refuses to give her to him he shall weigh silver according to the dowry of virgins. Exodus 22:16-17.

And elsewhere,

If a man finds a young woman, a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered, the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman's father fifty pieces of silver, and she shall become his wife, because he ravished her; and he will not be able to divorce her all his days. Deuteronomy 22:28-29.

The fact that this same law was known to the Ancients is quite evident from Shechem's words to the young woman's father and brothers,

Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and I will give that which you tell me. Increase the dowry and gift to any size and I will give you whatever you tell me, and give me the young woman for a wife. Verses 11-12.

Also, because Shechem was willing to fulfill this law and Dinah's brothers gave their consent provided he became as they themselves were, by circumcising every male, according to the words that follow

Only on this [condition] will we consent to you: If you will be as we are, by circumcising every male among you, then we will give our daughters to you, and your daughters we will take to ourselves, and we will dwell with you, and we wit be one people. Verses 15-16

- it is therefore evident that they did not act in conformity with the law, thus were not motivated by good, but acted contrary to the law, and consequently were motivated by evil.

[4] The law forbade them, it is true, to enter into marriages with the gentile nations, as laid down in Moses,

Lest you take their daughters for your sons, and their daughters go whoring after their gods, and they cause your sons to go whoring after their gods. Exodus 34:16.

And elsewhere,

You shall not establish a marriage relationship with the nations; you shall not give your daughter to his son, and you shall not take his daughter for your son, for he will turn your son from following Me, to serve other gods. Deuteronomy 7:3-4.

But this law referred to idolatrous nations. It was laid down to prevent their turning away, through such marriages, from truly representative worship to idolatrous worship; for once they became idolaters they were no longer able to represent the celestial and spiritual things of the Lord's kingdom, only their opposites, namely the things of hell. In fact, once they were idolaters, they summoned from hell a certain devil whom they worshipped and to whom they applied Divine representatives. This accounts for its being said that they were not to go whoring after their gods. That law was also laid down for the further reason that 'the nations' means evils and falsities with which the goods and truths which they represented were not to be mingled, and therefore devilish and hellish things were not to be mingled with celestial and spiritual ones, 3024 (end).

[5] But they were in no way forbidden to contract marriages with nations who willingly adopted their worship and who, after being circumcised, acknowledged Jehovah. These they called sojourners sojourning with them, of whom the following is said in Moses,

If a sojourner sojourns with you and wishes to keep the Passover to Jehovah, every male he has shall be circumcised, and then he shall come near and keep it; and he will be as an inhabitant of the land. There shall be one law for the inhabitant and for the sojourner who sojourns in the midst of you. Exodus 12:48-49.

And elsewhere,

When the sojourner has sojourned with you, he shall keep the Passover to Jehovah according to the statute for the Passover, and according to the regulations 1 for it. There shall be one statute for you, both for the sojourner and for the native of the land. Numbers 9:14.

The reason why they were called sojourners sojourning in the midst of them and with them was that 'sojourning' meant receiving instruction, and so 'a sojourner' those who allowed themselves to receive instruction in statutes and matters of doctrine, see 1463, 2025, 3672. In the same author,

If a sojourner should sojourn with you who would make a fire-offering of an odour of rest to Jehovah, he shall do as you do. As for the assembly, one statute shall there be for you and for the sojourner who sojourns, an eternal statute throughout your generations. As you are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah. There shall be one law and one judgement for you and for the sojourner sojourning with you. Numbers 15:14-16.

And elsewhere,

As the native among you shall the sojourner sojourning with you be to you.

Leviticus 19:34.

One judgement shall there be for you; it shall be for the sojourner as for the native. Leviticus 24:22.

[6] The fact that this statute was known not only to Jacob and his sons but also to Shechem and Hamor is evident from the words spoken by them. For the statutes, judgements, and laws which were given to the Israelite and Jewish nation were not new but such as existed previously in the Ancient Church and in the second Ancient Church which, from Eber, was called the Hebrew, as has been shown in various places. The consequent knowledge of this law is evident from the words of Jacob's sons,

Jacob's sons said to Hamor and Shechem, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who has a foreskin; for that would be a reproach to us. Only on this [condition] will we consent to you: If you will be as we are, by circumcising every male among you, then we will give our daughters to you, and your daughters we will take to ourselves, and we will dwell with you, and we will be one people. Verses 14-16.

That knowledge is also evident from Hamor and Shechem's words, in that they not only consented but also did cause themselves and every male of their city to be circumcised, verses 18-24.

[7] This shows that Shechem became a sojourner such as is referred to in the Law, and so could take Jacob's daughter as a wife; and that their killing them was accordingly an unmentionable deed, as Jacob also bore witness before his death, Genesis 49:5-7. The fact that not only Judah but also Moses, as well as the kings of the Jews and Israelites, and many of the people too, married wives from gentile nations is clear from the historical sections of the Word; and one should not doubt that those wives accepted their statutes, judgements, and laws and were acknowledged as sojourners.

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