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1 Φυλαττε τον μηνα Αβιβ και καμνε το πασχα εις Κυριον τον Θεον σου· επειδη εις τον μηνα Αβιβ σε εξηγαγε Κυριος ο Θεος σου εξ Αιγυπτου δια νυκτος.

2 Θελεις λοιπον θυσιαζει το πασχα εις Κυριον τον Θεον σου, προβατον και βουν, εν τω τοπω οντινα εκλεξη ο Κυριος δια να κατοικιση εκει το ονομα αυτου.

3 Δεν θελεις τρωγει με αυτο ενζυμα· επτα ημερας θελεις τρωγει αζυμα με αυτο, αρτον θλιψεως, διοτι μετα σπουδης εξηλθες εκ γης Αιγυπτου· δια να ενθυμησαι την ημεραν της εξοδου σου εκ γης Αιγυπτου, πασας τας ημερας της ζωης σου.

4 Και δεν θελει φανη προζυμιον εις σε, κατα παντα τα ορια σου, επτα ημερας· και απο του κρεατος, το οποιον εθυσιασας την πρωτην ημεραν προς το εσπερας, δεν θελει μεινει ουδεν εως πρωι.

5 Δεν δυνασαι να θυσιασης το πασχα εν ουδεμια των πολεων σου, τας οποιας Κυριος ο Θεος σου διδει εις σε·

6 αλλ' εν τω τοπω, οντινα εκλεξη Κυριος ο Θεος σου δια να κατοικιση εκει το ονομα αυτου, θελεις θυσιαζει το πασχα την εσπεραν, προς την δυσιν του ηλιου, εν τω καιρω καθ' ον εξηλθες εξ Αιγυπτου.

7 Και θελεις εψησει αυτο και φαγει εν τω τοπω οντινα εκλεξη Κυριος ο Θεος σου· και το πρωι θελεις επιστρεφει και υπαγει εις τας κατοικιας σου.

8 Εξ ημερας θελεις τρωγει αζυμα· και την ημεραν την εβδομην θελει εισθαι συναξις επισημος εις Κυριον τον Θεον σου· δεν θελεις καμει εργασιαν.

9 Επτα εβδομαδας θελεις αριθμησει εις σεαυτον· αρχισον να αριθμης τας επτα εβδομαδας, αφου αρχισης να βαλης το δρεπανον εις τα σπαρτα.

10 Και θελεις καμει την εορτην των εβδομαδων εις Κυριον τον Θεον σου, μετα της ανηκουσης αυτοπροαιρετου προσφορας της χειρος σου, την οποιαν προσφερης, οπως σε ευλογησε Κυριος ο Θεος σου.

11 Και θελεις ευφρανθη ενωπιον Κυριου του Θεου σου, συ και ο υιος σου και η θυγατηρ σου και ο δουλος σου και η δουλη σου και ο Λευιτης ο εντος των πυλων σου και ο ξενος και ο ορφανος και η χηρα, οιτινες ειναι εν μεσω σου, εν τω τοπω οντινα εκλεξη Κυριος ο Θεος σου, δια να κατοικιση εκει το ονομα αυτου.

12 Και θελεις ενθυμεισθαι οτι δουλος εσταθης εν Αιγυπτω· και θελεις φυλαττει και εκτελει ταυτα τα διαταγματα.

13 Θελεις καμνει την εορτην της σκηνοπηγιας επτα ημερας, αφου συναξης τον σιτον σου και τον οινον σου·

14 και θελεις ευφρανθη εν τη εορτη σου, συ και ο υιος σου και η θυγατηρ σου και ο δουλος σου και η δουλη σου και ο Λευιτης και ο ξενος και ο ορφανος και η χηρα, οιτινες ειναι εντος των πυλων σου.

15 Επτα ημερας θελεις εορταζει εις Κυριον τον Θεον σου, εν τω τοπω οντινα εκλεξη ο Κυριος· διοτι Κυριος ο Θεος σου θελει σε ευλογει εις παντα τα γεννηματα σου και εις παντα τα εργα των χειρων σου· και θελεις εξαπαντος ευφρανθη.

16 Τρις του ενιαυτου θελει εμφανιζεσθαι παν αρσενικον σου ενωπιον Κυριου του Θεου σου, εν τω τοπω οντινα εκλεξη· εν τη εορτη των αζυμων, και εν τη εορτη των εβδομαδων, και εν τη εορτη της σκηνοπηγιας· και δεν θελουσιν εμφανιζεσθαι ενωπιον του Κυριου κενοι.

17 Εκαστος θελει διδει κατα την δυναμιν αυτου, κατα την ευλογιαν Κυριου του Θεου σου, την οποιαν σοι εδωκε.

18 Κριτας και αρχοντας θελεις καταστησει εις σεαυτον κατα πασας τας πολεις σου, τας οποιας Κυριος ο Θεος σου διδει εις σε κατα τας φυλας σου· και θελουσι κρινει τον λαον εν κρισει δικαια.

19 Δεν θελεις διαστρεψει κρισιν· δεν θελεις αποβλεπει εις προσωπον ουδε θελεις λαμβανει δωρον· διοτι το δωρον τυφλονει τους οφθαλμους των σοφων και διαφθειρει τους λογους των δικαιων.

20 Το δικαιον, το δικαιον θελεις ακολουθει· δια να ζησης και να κληρονομησης την γην, την οποιαν Κυριος ο Θεος σου διδει εις σε.

21 Δεν θελεις φυτευσει εις σεαυτον αλσος οποιωνδηποτε δενδρων πλησιον του θυσιαστηριου Κυριου του Θεου σου, το οποιον θελεις καμει εις σεαυτον·

22 ουδε θελεις στησει εις σεαυτον αγαλμα· τα οποια μισει Κυριος ο Θεος σου.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8487

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8487. 'And the sun grew hot, and it melted' means its disappearance gradually as craving increased. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sun growing hot' as craving that is increasing, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'melting' as disappearing. The reason why 'the sun grew hot' means craving that was increasing is that 'the sun' in a good sense means heavenly love. It means this because the Lord is the Sun in the next life, the heat which comes from it being the good of love, and the light the truth of faith. (For more about that Sun - that it is the Lord and that heavenly love comes from it - see 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 2120, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4321 (end), 4696, 5084, 5047, 5377, 7078, 7083, 7171, 7173, 7270.) Therefore 'the sun' in the contrary sense means self-love and love of the world, and the heat from the sun or its 'growing hot' in that sense means craving.

[2] The nature of the occurrence described here - that the good of truth, meant by 'the manna', disappeared gradually as craving increased, meant by its melting when the sun grew hot - must be explained briefly. The good of truth or spiritual good is indeed imparted to a member of the spiritual Church undergoing regeneration; but that good kills off every delight belonging to self-love and love of the world that has constituted his life previously, since they are contrary to each other. This being so, pure good of truth cannot remain for long with that person, but is modified by the Lord by means of the delights belonging to the two loves constituting his life previously. For if that good were not modified in this way it would hold no delight for him and so would be loathsome. This is what heavenly good is like initially with those undergoing regeneration. To the extent therefore that the delights of self-love and love of the world rise up, the good of heavenly love disappears, since, as has been stated, they are contrary to that good. So the reverse also occurs.

[3] This explains why in heaven there are changes of states, to which changes of times and seasons in the world correspond, 8426, and why such changes return those who are there to the delights that go with natural pleasures. For without such change of states the good of heavenly love would become so to speak dry and worthless. It is different when it is modified by natural delights, at once or in stages. This is why at first, when the children of Israel were given the man[na] every morning they were also given the selav in the evening; for 'the selav' means natural delight, and also the delight that goes with craving, 8452.

[4] But it should be recognized that the cravings to which those in heaven return when their evening comes are not cravings that are contrary to heavenly good, but ones that are to some extent in accord with it. For there are the delights of conferring benefits rather lavishly and getting some glory out of doing so, delights however which hold goodwill and the desire to serve others. Then there are the delights of opulence in home decor and personal dress, and very many other delights like these. Such delights are not ones that destroy the good of heavenly love, though they do nevertheless eclipse it. But eventually - depending on the degree the person's regeneration reaches - they become the lowest levels of heavenly good. At this point they are no longer spoken of as cravings but as delights. The fact that the good of heavenly love unless modified by such delights becomes so to speak dry, and after that is loathed as being so to speak worthless, is meant by the reaction of the children of Israel who, when they were no longer given the selav, called the manna dry food and worthless food. Their doing so is referred to in Moses as follows,

The rabble who were in the midst [of the people] had a strong craving, and so the children of Israel also wept repeatedly and said, Who will feed us with flesh? But now our soul is dry; there is nothing at all except the man[na] for our eyes [to look] at. Numbers 11:4, 6.

In the same author,

The people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you caused us to come up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor water; now our soul loathes this most worthless bread. Numbers 21:5.

And elsewhere in the same author,

Jehovah afflicted you, and caused you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor your fathers knew, in order that He might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but that man lives by every utterance of the mouth of Jehovah. Deuteronomy 8:3.

[5] 'Manna' is similar in meaning to 'unleavened bread', which means good pure and free from falsities, 8058. That bread is for a similar reason called the bread of misery, 1 Deuteronomy 16:3.

From all this one may now see how to understand the disappearance of the good of truth gradually as craving increased, meant by the melting of the man[na] when the sun grew hot.

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1. Here Swedenborg follows Sebastian Schmidt; in other places Swedenborg has the bread of affliction.

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