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2 Mózes 12

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1 Szólott vala pedig az Úr Mózesnek és Áronnak Égyiptom földén, mondván:

2 Ez a hónap legyen néktek a hónapok elseje; elsõ legyen ez néktek az esztendõ hónapjai között.

3 Szóljatok Izráel egész gyûlekezetének, mondván: E hónak tizedikén mindenki vegyen magának egy bárányt az atyáknak háza szerint, házanként egy bárányt.

4 Hogyha a háznép kevés a bárányhoz, akkor a házához közel való szomszédjával együtt vegyen a lelkek száma szerint; kit-kit ételéhez képest számítsatok a bárányhoz.

5 A bárány ép, hím, egy esztendõs legyen; a juhok közûl vagy a kecskék közûl vegyétek.

6 És legyen nálatok õrizet alatt e hónap tizennegyedik napjáig, és ölje meg Izráel községének egész gyülekezete estennen.

7 És vegyenek a vérbõl, és azokban a házakban, a hol azt megeszik, hintsenek a két ajtófélre és a szemöldökfára.

8 A húst pedig egyék meg azon éjjel, tûzön sütve, kovásztalan kenyérrel és keserû fûvekkel egyék meg azt.

9 Ne egyetek abból nyersen, vagy vízben fõtten, hanem tûzön sütve, a fejét, lábszáraival és belsejével együtt.

10 És ne hagyjatok belõle reggelre, vagy a mi megmarad belõle reggelre, tûzzel égessétek meg.

11 És ilyen módon egyétek azt meg: Derekaitokat felövezve, saruitok lábaitokon és pálczáitok kezetekben, és nagy sietséggel egyétek azt; mert az Úr páskhája az.

12 Mert általmégyek Égyiptom földén ezen éjszakán és megölök minden elsõszülöttet Égyiptom földén, az embertõl kezdve a baromig, és Égyiptom minden istene felett ítéletet tartok, én, az Úr.

13 És a vér jelül lesz néktek a házakon, a melyekben ti lesztek, s meglátom a vért és elmegyek mellettetek és nem lesz rajtatok a csapás veszedelmetekre, mikor megverem Égyiptom földét.

14 És legyen ez a nap néktek emlékezetül, és innepnek szenteljétek azt az Úrnak nemzetségrõl nemzetségre; örök rendtartás szerint ünnepeljétek azt.

15 Hét napig egyetek kovásztalan kenyeret; még az elsõ napon takarítsátok el a kovászt házaitokból, mert valaki kovászost ejéndik az elsõ naptól fogva a hetedik napig, az olyan lélek irtassék ki Izráelbõl.

16 Az elsõ napon pedig szent gyûléstek legyen és a hetedik napon is szent gyûléstek legyen; azokon semmi munkát ne tegyetek, egyedül csak a mi eledelére való minden embernek, azt el lehet készítenetek.

17 Megtartsátok a kovásztalan kenyér innepét; mert azon a napon hoztam ki a ti seregeiteket Égyiptom földérõl; tartsátok meg hát e napot nemzetségrõl nemzetségre, örök rendtartás szerint.

18 Az elsõ hónapban, a hónapnak tizennegyedik napján estve egyetek kovásztalan kenyeret, a hónap huszonegyedik napjának estvéjéig.

19 Hét napon át ne találtassék kovász a ti házaitokban; mert valaki kovászost ejéndik, az a lélek kiirtatik Izráel gyülekezetébõl, akár jövevény, akár az ország szülöttje legyen.

20 Semmi kovászost ne egyetek, minden lakóhelyeteken kovásztalan kenyeret egyetek.

21 Elõhívá tehát Mózes Izráel minden véneit és monda nékik: Fogjatok és vegyetek magatoknak bárányt családaitok szerint és öljétek meg a páskhát.

22 És vegyetek egy kötés izsópot és mártsátok a vérbe, a mely az edényben van, és hintsétek meg a szemöldökfát és a két ajtófelet abból a vérbõl, a mely az edényben van; ti közûletek pedig senki se menjen ki az õ házának ajtaján reggelig.

23 Mikor általmegy az Úr, hogy megverje az Égyiptombelieket és meglátja a vért a szemöldökfán és a két ajtófélen: elmegy az Úr az ajtó mellett és nem engedi, hogy a pusztító bemenjen öldökölni a ti házaitokba.

24 Megtartsátok azért ezt a dolgot, rendtartás gyanánt, magadnak és fiaidnak mindörökre.

25 És mikor bementek a földre, melyet az Úr ád néktek, a mint megmondotta vala: akkor tartsátok meg ezt a szertartást.

26 Mikor pedig a ti fiaitok mondandják néktek: Micsoda ez a ti szertartástok?

27 Akkor mondjátok: Páskha-áldozat ez az Úrnak, a ki elment az Izráel fiainak házai mellett Égyiptomban, mikor megverte az Égyiptombelieket, a mi házainkat pedig megoltalmazta. És a nép meghajtá magát és leborula.

28 És menének és úgy cselekedének az Izráel fiai, a mint megparancsolta vala az Úr Mózesnek és Áronnak; úgy cselekedének.

29 Lõn pedig éjfélkor, hogy megöle az Úr minden elsõszülöttet Égyiptomnak földén, a Faraónak elsõszülöttétõl fogva, a ki az õ királyi székiben ûl vala, a tömlöczbeli fogolynak elsõszülöttéig és a baromnak is minden elsõ fajzását.

30 És fölkele a Faraó azon az éjszakán és mind az õ szolgái és egész Égyiptom, és lõn nagy jajgatás Égyiptomban; mert egy ház sem vala, melyben halott ne lett volna.

31 És hívatá Mózest és Áront éjszaka és monda: Keljetek fel, menjetek ki az én népem közûl, mind ti, mind Izráel fiai és menjetek, szolgáljatok az Úrnak, a mint mondátok.

32 Juhaitokat is, barmaitokat is vegyétek, a mint mondátok és menjetek el és áldjatok engem is.

33 És az Égyiptombeliek erõsen rajta valának, hogy a népet mentül hamarább kiküldhessék az országból; mert [azt] mondják vala: mindnyájan meghalunk.

34 És a nép az õ tésztáját, minekelõtte megkelt volna, sütõteknõivel együtt ruhájába kötve, vállára veté.

35 Az Izráel fiai pedig Mózes beszéde szerint cselekedének és kérének az Égyiptombeliektõl ezüst edényeket és arany edényeket, meg ruhákat.

36 Az Úr pedig kedvessé tette vala a népet az Égyiptombeliek elõtt, hogy kérésökre hajlának és kifoszták az Égyiptombelieket.

37 És elindulának Izráel fiai Rameszeszbõl Szukhóthba, mintegy hatszáz ezeren gyalog, csupán férfiak a gyermekeken kívül.

38 Sok elegy nép is méne fel velök; juh is, szarvasmarha is, felette Sok barom.

39 És sütének a tésztából, melyet Égyiptomból hoztak vala, kovásztalan pogácsákat, mert meg nem kelhet vala, mivelhogy kiûzetének Égyiptomból és nem késhetének s még eleséget sem készítének magoknak.

40 Az Izráel fiainak lakása pedig, a míg Égyiptomban laknak, négyszáz harmincz esztendõ vala.

41 És lõn a négyszáz harmincz esztendõ végén, lõn pedig ugyanazon napon, hogy az Úrnak minden serege kijöve Égyiptomnak földérõl.

42 Az Úr tiszteletére rendelt éjszaka ez, a melyen kihozta õket Égyiptom földérõl; az Úr tiszteletére rendelt éjszaka Izráel minden fiai elõtt nemzetségrõl nemzetségre.

43 És monda az Úr Mózesnek és Áronnak: Ez a Páskha rendtartása: Egy idegen származású se egyék abból.

44 Akárkinek is pénzen vett szolgája akkor egyék abból, ha körûlmetélted.

45 A zsellér és a béres ne egyék abból.

46 Egy házban egyék meg; a házból ki ne vígy a húsból, és csontot se törjetek össze abban.

47 Izráel egész gyülekezete készítse azt.

48 És ha jövevény tartózkodik nálad, és páskhát akarna készíteni az Úrnak: metéltessék körûl minden férfia, és úgy foghat annak készítéséhez, és legyen olyan, mint az országnak szülötte. Egy körûlmetéletlen se egyék abból.

49 Egy törvénye legyen az ott születettnek és a jövevénynek, a ki közöttetek tartózkodik.

50 És Izráel fiai mindnyájan megcselekedék; a mint parancsolta vala az Úr Mózesnek és Áronnak, úgy cselekedének.

51 Ugyanazon napon hozá ki az Úr az Izráel fiait Égyiptomnak földérõl, az õ seregeik szerint.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 193

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193. I will come on thee as a thief, signifies the unexpected time of death, when all the knowledges procured from the Word that have not acquired spiritual life will be taken away. This is evident from the signification of "coming as a thief," when said of those who are not wakeful, that is, who are not acquiring for themselves spiritual life, as being that all the knowledges acquired from the Word that have not acquired spiritual life will be taken away from them. These words signify also the unexpected time of death, because death comes unexpectedly, and after death man remains to eternity in the state of that life which he acquired for himself in the world; for this reason man must be wakeful. As it is known to few that all the knowledges gained from the Word that have not acquired spiritual life are taken away, it is necessary to explain how this is done. All things that are in man's spirit remain with him to eternity; but the things that are not in man's spirit, after death, when he becomes a spirit, are dissipated. Those things remain in the spirit of man that he has thought from himself, that is, the things that he has thought from his own love when he was alone, for his spirit then thinks from itself and not from the things in the memory of his body that do not make one with his love. There are two states of man, one when he thinks from his spirit, and the other when he thinks from the memory of his body; when these two states do not make one, man can think in one way by himself, and can think and speak in another way with others.

[2] Take a preacher, for instance, who loves himself and the world above all things, and cares nothing for the Divine, even so that he denies it in heart, and therefore schemes evils of every kind, in consort with the crafty and malignant of the world; and yet when he is speaking with others, especially when he is preaching, he may be able to speak as from zeal for the Divine, and for Divine truths, and even at such times may be able to think in like manner; but this state is a state of his thought from the memory of the body, and is evidently separated from the state of his thought from the spirit, since when left to himself he thinks contrary to these things. This is the state that remains with man after death, but the other state does not remain, because it belongs to his body and not to his spirit; consequently when he becomes a spirit, which takes place when he dies, all knowledges that he acquired for himself from the Word that do not agree with the life of his spirit's love, he casts away from him. But it is otherwise with those who, when left to themselves alone, think justly about the Divine, about the Word and the truths of the church therefrom, and who love truths even to the life, that is, so that they wish to live according to them.

The thoughts of these in their spirit make one with their thoughts from the memory of the body, thus they make one with the knowledges of truth and good which they have from the Word; and so far as these make one, these knowledges receive spiritual life, for they are elevated by the Lord from the external or natural man into the internal or spiritual man, and constitute the life, that is, the understanding and will, of the spiritual man. Truths, in the spiritual man, are living truths, because they are Divine, and from these man has life there. That this is so it has been granted me to know from much experience; if I were to adduce it all it would fill many pages. (Something may be seen in the work onHeaven and Hell 491-498, 499-511; and above, n. 114.)

[3] From this it can now be seen what is meant in the spiritual sense by "I will come on thee as a thief," namely, that after death all knowledges procured from the Word that have not acquired spiritual life will be taken away. The same is meant by the following in Revelation:

Behold I come as a thief; blessed is he that is wakeful, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked (Revelation 16:15);

it is said "as a thief" because evils and falsities therefrom in the natural man take away and cast out the knowledges of truth and good that are there from the Word; for the things that are not loved are cast out. With man there is either the love of evil and of falsity therefrom, or the love of good and of truth therefrom. These two loves are opposite to one another; consequently he who is in one of them cannot be in the other, for "no one can serve two masters," without loving the one and hating the other (Matthew 6:24).

[4] Because evils and falsities therefrom penetrate from within, and break through as it were the wall that is between the state of man's thought from the spirit and the state of his thought from the body, and cast out the knowledges of truth and good that have their abode with man in his outward part, therefore such evils and falsities are what are meant by "thieves," also in the following passages.

In Matthew:

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, but in heaven, where thieves do not dig through nor steal (Matthew 6:19-20).

"Treasures" are the knowledges of truth and good; "laying them up in heaven" is in the spiritual man, for the spiritual man is in heaven. (That "treasures" are the knowledges of truth and good, see Arcana Coelestia 1694, 4508, 10227; and that the internal spiritual man is in heaven, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 36-50.)

[5] In the same:

Be wakeful, therefore, for ye know not at what hour your Lord will come. But know this, that if the master of the house knew in what hour the thief would come he would be wakeful, and would not suffer him to dig through his house (Matthew 24:42-43).

This means that if man knew the hour of his death he would get himself ready, not from a love of what is true and good, but from a fear of hell; and whatever a man does from fear does not remain with him, but what he does from love remains; therefore he should be getting ready all the time (See The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 143, 168).

[6] In Obadiah:

If thieves come to thee, if robbers by night, how wilt thou be cut off! Will they not steal till they have enough? (Obadiah 1:5).

Here also falsities and evils are called "thieves," and are said to "steal;" falsities are "thieves," and evils are "robbers by night;" it is said "by night," because "night" signifies a state of no love and faith.

[7] In Joel:

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall come up into the houses, they shall enter in through the windows like a thief (Joel 2:9).

The vastation of the church through falsities from evil is here treated of; "city" and "wall" signify the things of doctrine; "houses" and "windows" things pertaining to the mind that receives; "houses" that part of the mind that is called the will, where good is, and "windows" that part of the mind that is called the understanding, where truth is.

(That "city" in the Word is doctrine, see Arcana Coelestia 402, 2449, 2712, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493; that "wall" is the truth of doctrine defending, n. 6419; that "house" is that part of the mind which is called the will, where good is, n. 2231, 2233, 2559, 3128, 5023, 6690, 7353, 7910, 7929, 9150; and "windows" that part of the mind which is called the understanding where truth is, n. 655, 658, 3391.) From this it is clear what is signified by "running upon the wall," "coming up into the houses," and "entering in through the windows like a thief."

[8] In Hosea:

I healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the evils of Samaria, for they made a lie, and the thief cometh in, and the troop spreadeth itself without (Hosea 7:1).

The "iniquity of Ephraim" signifies the falsities of the understanding; and the "evils of Samaria" the evils of the will; "to make a lie" is thinking and willing falsity from evil; "the thief" is falsity taking away and dissipating truth; and "the troop spreading itself" is evil casting out good. (That "Ephraim" is the intellectual of such things as are of the church, see Arcana Coelestia 3969, 5354, 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267, 6296; that "a lie" is falsity from evil, n. 8908, 9248; that "a troop" is good casting out evil, and in a contrary sense, evil casting out good, n. 3934, 3935, 6404, 6405.)

[9] These things are adduced that it may be known what "a thief" in the Word signifies, namely, falsity vastating, that is, taking away and destroying truth. It was shown above, that after death all knowledges of truth and good from the Word that have not acquired spiritual life are taken away; consequently they are taken away from those who have not been made spiritual by knowledges from the Word. The same is signified by many other things in the historical parts of the Word; but this no one can see unless he knows the spiritual sense of the Word. This was signified by the sons of Israel's borrowing from the Egyptians gold, and silver, and garments, and thus taking them away as it were by theft, which is thus described in Moses:

It was commanded that they should borrow of the Egyptians vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment. And Jehovah gave the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians, so that they lent to them; and thus they plundered the Egyptians (Exodus 12:35-36).

The "Egyptians" represented those who are merely natural and yet possess many knowledges. By "the sons of Israel" are meant those who are spiritual; "vessels of gold and of silver," and also "raiment," signify the knowledges of truth and good, which the spiritual apply to good, but which the natural apply to evil and thus destroy. That nations were given up to the curse, and at the same time all things with them were either burnt with fire or plundered, to which there is frequent reference in the book of Joshua, and in the books of Samuel and of the Kings, has a like signification; for the nations of the land of Canaan represented those who are in evils and falsities, and the sons of Israel those who are in truths and goods.

[10] That the knowledges of truth and good from the Word will be taken away from those who have not acquired spiritual life for themselves, is also meant in the Lord's parables respecting the talents and pounds given to the servants that they might trade and make gain, and respecting the servant who traded not and gained nothing, of whom it is written in the parables:

Unto him who hid his talent in the earth his lord said, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou oughtest to have put my silver to the bankers, in order that at my coming I might have received mine own with interest. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents. For unto everyone that hath shall be given, that he may have abundance; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into outer darkness (Matthew 25:14-30).

And in another place:

He came who had received the one pound, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin. The lord said, Wherefore gavest not thou my money into the bank, that coming I might have regained mine own with interest. And He said, Take from him the pound, and give to him that hath ten pounds. I say unto you, To everyone that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even than which he hath shall be taken away from him (Luke 19:13-26).

Here "talents," "pounds," and "money," signify the knowledges of truth and good from the Word; "to trade," "to make gain," "to put it to the bankers," or "in the bank," signifies to acquire for oneself thereby spiritual life and intelligence; "hiding these in the earth" or "in a napkin" signifies in the memory of the natural man only; of such it is therefore said that from them should be taken away that which they have, according to what has been explained in the beginning of this article.

[11] This takes place with all in the other life who have acquired for themselves knowledges from the Word, and have not committed them to the life, but only to the memory. He who has knowledges from the Word in the memory only, even if they were thousands, if he has not committed them to the life, remains natural as before. Committing knowledges from the Word to the life is thinking from them, when one, left to himself, thinks from his spirit, and also willing them and doing them; for this is loving truths because they are truths; and those who do this are those who become spiritual by means of knowledges from the Word.

  
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