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2 Mose 23

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1 Du sollst falscher Anklage nicht glauben, daß du einem Gottlosen Beistand tust und ein falscher Zeuge seist.

2 Du sollst nicht folgen der Menge zum Bösen und nicht also verantworten vor Gericht, daß du der Menge nach vom Rechten weichest.

3 Du sollst den Geringen nicht beschönigen in seiner Sache.

4 Wenn du deines Feindes Ochsen oder Esel begegnest, daß er irrt, so sollst du ihm denselben wieder zuführen.

5 Wenn du den Esel des, der dich haßt, siehst unter seiner Last liegen, hüte dich, und laß ihn nicht, sondern versäume gerne das Deine um seinetwillen.

6 Du sollst das Recht deines Armen nicht beugen in seiner Sache.

7 Sei ferne von falschen Sachen. Den Unschuldigen und Gerechten sollst du nicht erwürgen; denn ich lasse den Gottlosen nicht Recht haben.

8 Du sollst nicht Geschenke nehmen; denn Geschenke machen die Sehenden blind und verkehren die Sachen der Gerechten.

9 Die Fremdlinge sollt ihr nicht unterdrücken; denn ihr wisset um der Fremdlinge Herz, dieweil ihr auch seid Fremdlinge in Ägyptenland gewesen.

10 Sechs Jahre sollst du dein Land besäen und seine Früchte einsammeln.

11 Im siebenten Jahr sollst du es ruhen und liegen lassen, daß die Armen unter deinem Volk davon essen; und was übrigbleibt, laß das Wild auf dem Felde essen. Also sollst du auch tun mit deinem Weinberg und Ölberg.

12 Sechs Tage sollst du deine Arbeit tun; aber des siebenten Tages sollst du feiern, auf daß dein Ochs und Esel ruhen und deiner Magd Sohn und der Fremdling sich erquicken.

13 Alles, was ich euch gesagt habe, das haltet. Und anderer Götter Namen sollt ihr nicht gedenken, und aus eurem Munde sollen sie nicht gehört werden.

14 Dreimal sollt ihr mir Feste halten im Jahr:

15 das Fest der ungesäuerten Brote sollst du halten, daß du sieben Tage ungesäuertes Brot essest, wie ich dir geboten habe, um die Zeit des Monats Abib; denn in demselben bist du aus Ägypten gezogen. Erscheint aber nicht leer vor mir.

16 Und das Fest der Ernte, der Erstlinge deiner Früchte, die du auf dem Felde gesät hast. Und das Fest der Einsammlung im Ausgang des Jahres, wenn du deine Arbeit eingesammelt hast vom Felde.

17 Dreimal im Jahre soll erscheinen vor dem HERRN, dem Herrscher, alles, was männlich ist unter dir.

18 Du sollst das Blut meines Opfers nicht neben dem Sauerteig opfern, und das Fett von meinem Fest soll nicht bleiben bis auf morgen.

19 Die Erstlinge von der ersten Frucht auf deinem Felde sollst du bringen in das Haus des HERRN, deines Gottes. Und sollst das Böcklein nicht kochen in seiner Mutter Milch.

20 Siehe, ich sende einen Engel vor dir her, der dich behüte auf dem Wege und bringe dich an den Ort, den ich bereitet habe.

21 Darum hüte dich vor seinem Angesicht und gehorche seiner Stimme und erbittere ihn nicht; denn er wird euer Übertreten nicht vergeben, und mein Name ist in ihm.

22 Wirst du aber seiner Stimme hören und tun alles, was ich dir sagen werde, so will ich deiner Feinde Feind und deiner Widersacher Widersacher sein.

23 Wenn nun mein Engel vor dir her geht und dich bringt an die Amoriter, Hethiter, Pheresiter, Kanaaniter, Heviter und Jebusiter und ich sie vertilge,

24 so sollst du ihre Götter nicht anbeten noch ihnen dienen und nicht tun, wie sie tun, sondern du sollst ihre Götzen umreißen und zerbrechen.

25 Aber dem HERRN, eurem Gott, sollt ihr dienen, so wird er dein Brot und dein Wasser segnen, und ich will alle Krankheit von dir wenden.

26 Es soll nichts Unträchtiges noch Unfruchtbares sein in deinem Lande, und ich will dich lassen alt werden.

27 Ich will meinen Schrecken vor dir her senden und alles Volk verzagt machen, dahin du kommst, und will dir alle deine Feinde in die Flucht geben.

28 Ich will Hornissen vor dir her senden, die vor dir her ausjagen die Heviter, Kanaaniter und Hethiter.

29 Ich will sie nicht auf ein Jahr ausstoßen vor dir, auf daß nicht das Land wüst werde und sich wilde Tiere wider dich mehren;

30 einzeln nacheinander will ich sie vor dir her ausstoßen, bis du wächsest und das Land besitzest.

31 Und will deine Grenze setzen von dem Schilfmeer bis an das Philistermeer und von der Wüste bis an den Strom. Denn ich will dir in deine Hand geben die Einwohner des Landes, daß du sie sollst ausstoßen vor dir her.

32 Du sollst mit ihnen oder mit ihren Göttern keinen Bund machen;

33 sondern laß sie nicht wohnen in deinem Lande, daß sie dich nicht verführen wider mich. Denn wo du ihren Göttern dienst, wird dir's zum Fall geraten.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9286

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9286. 'Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year' means enduring worship of the Lord and thanksgiving on account of deliverance from damnation. This is clear from the meaning of 'keeping a feast' or 'holding a feast' as worshipping the Lord with gladness of mind on account of deliverance from damnation, dealt with in 7093; and from the meaning of 'three times in the year' as a state complete right to its end, for 'three' means complete from the beginning to the end, 2788, 4495, 7715, 9198, and 'year' a whole period, 2906, 7839, 8070. At this point therefore complete and whole deliverance is meant; for 'the feast of unleavened bread' means purification from falsities, 'the feast of harvest' means the planting of truth in good, and 'the feast of ingathering' means the implanting of good from there. Thus complete deliverance from damnation is meant by these feasts; for when a person has been purified from falsities, and after this has been brought by means of truths into good, and is at length governed by good, he is in heaven with the Lord and has accordingly undergone complete deliverance.

[2] The consecutive stages of deliverance from damnation are like the consecutive stages of regeneration; for regeneration is deliverance by the Lord from hell and being led by Him into heaven. For a person who is being regenerated is first purified from falsities, after that the truths of faith he knows are planted in the good of charity, and finally that good itself is implanted in him. When all this has been done the person has been regenerated and he is then in heaven with the Lord. Therefore the three feasts in the year also meant worship of the Lord and thanksgiving on account of regeneration. Because these feasts were established on account of the everlasting remembrance of those things, the worship and thanksgiving are called enduring; for the most important things in worship should endure forever. The things which should endure forever are those which have been inscribed not only on the memory but also on the actual life that is led. When this is so they are said to reign universally with a person, see 5949, 6159, 6571, 8853-8858, 8865.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 8568

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8568. 'And the people thirsted there for water' means an increase in the desire for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'thirsting' as craving and desiring, and as having reference to truth just as 'hungering' has reference to good; and from the meaning of 'water' as the truth of faith, dealt with above in 8562. The fact that 'thirsting' is craving and desiring - desiring truth, meant by 'water' - is plainly evident from a large number of places in the Word, such as in Amos,

Behold, the days are going to come, in which I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah. And they will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; and they will run to and fro to seek the Word of Jehovah, and will not find it. On that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst. Amos 8:11-13.

The desire to know the truth is described here by 'thirsting'. The desire for truth is meant by 'I will not send a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah' and by 'they will run to and fro to seek the Word of Jehovah'. The lack of truth and a resulting deprivation of spiritual life is described by 'on that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst', 'the beautiful virgins' being those with affections for good, and 'the young men' those with affections for truth.

[2] In Isaiah,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy [and] eat! Come and buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1.

'Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters' plainly stands for one desiring the truths of faith. 'Buying wine and milk without price' stands for acquiring from the Lord, thus for nothing, the good and truth of faith. For the meaning of 'the waters' as the truth of faith, see above in 8562; for 'wine' as the good of faith, 6377; and also 'milk', 2184. Anyone may see that 'going to the waters and buying wine and milk' is not used to mean the acquisition of wine and milk, but the kinds of things that belong to heaven and the Church.

[3] The like occurs in John,

To him who thirsts I will give from the spring of the water of life for nothing. Revelation 21:6.

'The spring of the water of life' stands for the truth and good of faith. 'The thirsting one' stands for one desiring them from affection for them, as accords with the Lord's words in John,

Jesus said to the Samaritan woman, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but he who drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up into eternal life. John 4:13-14.

'Water' here plainly stands for the truth of faith obtained from the Word, and so from the Lord; and 'not thirsting' stands for his being never again in want of truth.

[4] Something similar appears elsewhere in John,

Jesus said, I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. John 6:35.

And in the same gospel,

Jesus cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water. John 7:37-38.

'Thirsting stands for desiring truth, 'drinking for receiving instruction, and 'rivers of living water' for Divine Truth that flows from the Lord alone.

[5] In Isaiah,

To the thirsty bring water, O inhabitants of the land of Tema; meet with his bread the fugitive. Isaiah 21:14.

'To the thirsty bring water' stands for giving instruction in truths to one desiring them, and so refreshing the life of his soul. In the same prophet,

The fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah; to empty the soul of the hungry one, and to cause the drink of the thirsting one to fail. Isaiah 32:6.

'The hungry one' stands for one desiring good, and 'one thirsting for drink' for one desiring truth.

[6] In the same prophet,

The poor and the needy are seeking water, but there is none; their tongue is parched with thirst. I will open streams on the sloping heights, and I will place springs in the midst of valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into wellsprings of water. Isaiah 41:17-18.

It is perfectly clear to anyone that 'seeking water' is seeking truth, that

'being parched with thirst' is being deprived of spiritual life owing to the lack of truth, and that 'streams, springs, a pool, and wellsprings of water' are the truths of faith in which they are to receive instruction.

In the same prophet,

Say, Jehovah has redeemed His servant Jacob. At that time they will not thirst; in waste places He will lead them. He will make water flow for them from the rock; and He will cleave the rock so that water flows out. Isaiah 48:20-21.

'They will not thirst' stands for their having no lack of truths; here 'water' plainly stands for the truths of faith.

[7] In the same prophet,

They will not hunger, nor will they thirst, nor will heat or the sun strike them; for the One having mercy on them will lead them, so that also by the wellsprings of water He will lead them. Isaiah 49:10.

'They will not hunger' stands for their having no lack of good, 'they will not thirst' for their having no lack of truth. 'Wellsprings of water' stands for cognitions of truth out of the Word.

[8] Something similar occurs in Moses,

Jehovah was leading you through a great and frightening wilderness, with serpents, fiery snakes, and scorpions, and dry places where there was no water; and He brought water for you out of the rock of the crag. Deuteronomy 8:15.

In Isaiah,

Behold, your God will come. At that time waters will break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the plain of the wilderness; and the dry place will become a pool and the thirsty ground wellsprings of water. Isaiah 35:4, 6-7.

'Waters in the wilderness which will break forth', 'streams', 'a pool', and

'wellsprings of water' plainly stand for the truths of faith and cognitions of those truths, which would be received from the Lord when He came into the world.

[9] In David,

O God, [You are] my God; in the morning I seek You. My soul thirsts for You; my flesh in a dry land longs for You, and I am weary without water. Psalms 63:1.

Here 'thirsting' has reference to truth, and 'I am weary without water' stands for the fact that there are no truths. 'Thirst' stands for a lack of truth and the resulting deprivation of spiritual life in Isaiah,

Therefore My people will go into exile because they have no knowledge, and their honourable men will be famished, 1 and their multitude parched with thirst. Isaiah 5:13.

In the same prophet,

I make the rivers into a desert; their fish become putrid because there is no water, and they will die of thirst. Isaiah 50:2.

[10] From all this one may now see what is meant in the present chapter by there was no water for the people to drink, verse 1; by their saying, Give us water and let us drink, verse 2; by the people thirsted there for water, verse 3; and by the declaration that water would come out of the rock, verse 6. All of this makes it clear that their grumbling because of the lack of water means temptation arising from a lack of truth. For when a person enters temptation because of a lack of truth he is gripped by an intense desire for it, and at the same time by despair of eternal salvation on account of this. These feelings are responsible for the grief at that time and for the complaining.

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1. literally, their glory will be men (homo) of famine

  
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