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1 Και ελαλησε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, λεγων,

2 Καθιερωσον εις εμε παν πρωτοτοκον διανοιγον πασαν μητραν μεταξυ των υιων Ισραηλ, απο ανθρωπου εως κτηνους· ιδικον μου ειναι τουτο.

3 Και ειπεν ο Μωυσης προς τον λαον, Εχετε εις την μνημην σας την ημεραν ταυτην, καθ' ην εξηλθετε εξ Αιγυπτου εξ οικου δουλειας· διοτι ο Κυριος δια χειρος κραταιας εξηγαγεν υμας εκειθεν· ουδεις θελει φαγει ενζυμα.

4 Σημερον εξερχεσθε κατα τον μηνα Αβιβ.

5 Οταν λοιπον ο Κυριος σε φερη εις την γην των Χαναναιων και των Χετταιων και των Αμορραιων και των Ευαιων και των Ιεβουσαιων, την οποιαν ωμοσε προς τους πατερας σου οτι θελει σοι δωσει, γην ρεουσαν γαλα και μελι, τοτε θελεις καμει την λατρειαν ταυτην κατα τουτον τον μηνα.

6 Επτα ημερας θελεις τρωγει αζυμα· εις δε την εβδομην ημεραν θελει εισθαι εορτη εις τον Κυριον.

7 Αζυμα θελουσι τρωγεσθαι τας επτα ημερας· και δεν θελει φανη παρα σοι ενζυμον ουδε θελει φανη παρα σοι προζυμιον καθ' ολα τα ορια σου.

8 Και κατ' εκεινην την ημεραν θελεις αναγγειλει προς τον υιον σου, λεγων, Τουτο γινεται δι' εκεινο, το οποιον ο Κυριος εκαμεν εις εμε, οτε εξηλθον εξ Αιγυπτου.

9 Και τουτο θελει εισθαι εις σε δια σημειον επι της χειρος σου και δια ενθυμησιν μεταξυ των οφθαλμων σου, δια να ηναι ο νομος του Κυριου εν τω στοματι σου· διοτι δια χειρος κραταιας σε εξηγαγεν ο Κυριος εξ Αιγυπτου.

10 Θελεις φυλαττει λοιπον τον νομον τουτον εν τω καιρω αυτου κατ' ετος.

11 Και οταν ο Κυριος σε φερη εις την γην των Χαναναιων, καθως ωμοσε προς σε και προς τους πατερας σου, και δωση αυτην εις σε,

12 τοτε θελεις αποχωρισει δια τον Κυριον παν το ανοιγον μητραν και παν πρωτοτοκον των ζωων σου οσα εχεις· τα αρσενικα θελουσιν εισθαι του Κυριου.

13 Και παν πρωτοτοκον ονου θελεις εξαγοραζει με αρνιον· και αν δεν εξαγορασης αυτο, τοτε θελεις λαιμοτομησει αυτο· και παν πρωτοτοκον ανθρωπου μεταξυ των υιων σου θελεις εξαγοραζει.

14 Και οταν εις το μελλον σε ερωτηση ο υιος σου, λεγων, Τι ειναι τουτο; θελεις ειπει προς αυτον, Δια κραταιας χειρος εξηγαγεν ημας ο Κυριος εξ Αιγυπτου, εξ οικου δουλειας·

15 και οτε ο Φαραω επεμεινεν εις το να μη μας εξαποστειλη, ο Κυριος εθανατωσε παν πρωτοτοκον εν τη γη της Αιγυπτου, απο πρωτοτοκου ανθρωπου εως πρωτοτοκου κτηνους· δια τουτο θυσιαζω εις τον Κυριον παν αρσενικον το οποιον ανοιγει την μητραν, και παν πρωτοτοκον των υιων μου εξαγοραζω.

16 Και τουτο θελει εισθαι δια σημειον επι της χειρος σου και δια προμετωπιδιον μεταξυ των οφθαλμων σου· επειδη δια κραταιας χειρος εξηγαγεν ημας ο Κυριος εξ Αιγυπτου.

17 Οτε δε ο Φαραω εξαπεστειλε τον λαον, ο Θεος δεν ωδηγησεν αυτους δια της οδου της γης των Φιλισταιων, αν και ητο η συντομωτερα· διοτι ο Θεος ειπε, Μηποτε ο λαος ιδων πολεμον μεταμεληθη, και επιστρεψη εις Αιγυπτον.

18 Αλλ' ο Θεος περιεφερε τον λαον δια της οδου της ερημου προς την Ερυθραν θαλασσαν· και ανεβησαν οι υιοι Ισραηλ εκ της γης Αιγυπτου παρατεταγμενοι.

19 Και ελαβε μεθ' εαυτου ο Μωυσης τα οστα του Ιωσηφ· διοτι ειχεν ορκισει μεθ' ορκου τους υιους Ισραηλ, λεγων· Ο Θεος βεβαιως θελει σας επισκεφθη· και θελετε αναβιβασει τα οστα μου εντευθεν μεθ' υμων.

20 Και αναχωρησαντες απο Σοκχωθ, εστρατοπεδευσαν εν Εθαμ κατα τα ακρα της ερημου.

21 Ο δε Κυριος προεπορευετο αυτων, την ημεραν εν στυλω νεφελης, δια να οδηγη αυτους εν τη οδω, την δε νυκτα εν στυλω πυρος, δια να φεγγη εις αυτους· ωστε να οδοιπορωσιν ημεραν και νυκτα·

22 δεν απεμακρυνεν απο της οψεως του λαου τον στυλον της νεφελης την ημεραν, ουτε τον στυλον του πυρος την νυκτα.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2913

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2913. 'And spoke to the sons of Heth, saying' means those with whom a new spiritual Church was to exist. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'Heth' and of Hittite. Many were the nations inhabiting the land of Canaan who are mentioned one by one in various places in the Word, among them the Hittites, see Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 23:23; Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Joshua 3:10; 11:1, 3; 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kings 9:20; and elsewhere. Most of them belonged to the Ancient Church which was spread through many lands, including the land of Canaan, see 1238, 2385. All who belonged to that Church acknowledged charity as the chief thing, and everything they taught was about charity or life. People who cultivated teachings about faith were called Canaanites and were separate from the rest of the inhabitants in the land of Canaan, Numbers 13:29 - see 1062, 1063, 1076.

[2] The Hittites belonged among those in the land of Canaan who were more acceptable. This is also made clear by the fact that Abraham, and subsequently Isaac and Jacob, dwelt among them and had a burial-place there, and also by the fact that they treated Abraham with greatest respect, as is quite clear from what is recorded about them in this chapter, especially verses 5-6, 10-11, 14-15. Since they were an upright nation they therefore represent and mean the spiritual Church, or the truth of the Church. But it happened that like all the others who belonged to the Ancient Church the Hittites fell away in the course of time from charity or good that goes with faith; and this explains why later on they mean the falsity of the Church, as in Ezekiel 16:3, 45, and elsewhere. Yet the Hittites did belong among those who were more honourable, as may be seen from the fact that David had Hittites with him, such as Ahimelech, 1 Samuel 26:6, and Uriah, who was a Hittite, 2 Samuel 11:3, 6, 17, 21 - by whose wife Bathsheba David begot Solomon, 2 Samuel 12:24. 'Heth' means exterior cognitions that have regard to life and which constitute the external truths of the spiritual Church, 1 see 1203.

[3] The subject in the present verse is a new Church which the Lord establishes when the previous one breathes its last, and in the verses which follow the subject is the reception of faith among those people. The subject is not some particular Church among the sons of Heth but in general the re-establishment by the Lord of a spiritual Church after its predecessor fades away and approaches its end. The sons of Heth are simply those who represent and carry a spiritual meaning. Please see what has been stated already about Churches in the following places:

In course of time a Church goes into decline and decay, 494, 501, 1327, 2422.

It departs from charity, and brings forth evils and falsities, 1834, 1835.

At that point the Church is said to be vastated and made desolate, 407-411, 2243.

The Church is established among gentiles; the reason why, 1366.

Within a Church undergoing vastation something of the Church is always preserved as a nucleus, 468, 637, 931, 2422.

If the Church did not exist in the world the human race would perish, ibid.

The Church is like the heart and lungs in that vast body, of which every member of the human race is a part, 637, 931, 2054, 2853.

The nature of the spiritual Church, 765, 2669.

Charity constitutes the Church, not faith separated from charity, 809, 916.

If all possessed charity the Church would be one even though they differ in matters of doctrine and in forms of worship, 1285, 1316, 1798, 1799, 1834, 1844, 2385.

All people on earth who belong to the Lord's Church, though they are scattered throughout the entire world, still so to speak make a single whole, as is the case in heaven, 2853.

Every Church is internal and external, and both together constitute a single Church, 409, 1083, 1098, 1100, 1242.

The external Church is valueless if there is no internal Church, 1795.

The Church is compared to the rise and the setting of the sun, to the seasons of the year, and also to the periods of the day, 1837.

The Last Judgement is the final period of the Church, 900, 931, 1850, 2117, 2118.

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