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1 És elindulának Élimbõl és érkezék Izráel fiainak egész gyülekezete a Szin pusztájába, mely Élim között és Sinai között van, a második hónapnak tizenötödik napján, Égyiptom földérõl való kijövetelök után.

2 És zúgolódék Izráel fiainak egész gyülekezete Mózes és Áron ellen a pusztában.

3 S mondának nékik Izráel fiai: Bár megholtunk volna az Úr keze által Égyiptom földén, a mikor a húsos fazék mellett ülünk vala, a mikor jól lakhatunk vala kenyérrel; mert azért hoztatok ki minket ebbe a pusztába, hogy mind e sokaságot éhséggel öljétek meg.

4 És monda az Úr Mózesnek: Ímé én esõképen bocsátok néktek kenyeret az égbõl; menjen ki azért a nép és szedjen naponként arra a napra valót, hogy megkísértsem: akar-é az én törvényem szerint járni, vagy nem?

5 A hatodik napon pedig úgy lesz, hogy mikor elkészítik a mit bevisznek, az kétannyi lesz, mint a mennyit naponként szedegettek.

6 És monda Mózes és Áron Izráel minden fiainak: Estve megtudjátok, hogy az Úr hozott ki titeket Égyiptom földérõl;

7 Reggel pedig meglátjátok az Úr dicsõségét; mert meghallotta a ti zúgolódástokat az Úr ellen. De mik vagyunk mi, hogy mi ellenünk zúgolódtok?

8 És monda Mózes: Estve húst ád az Úr ennetek, reggel pedig kenyeret, hogy jól lakjatok; mert hallotta az Úr a ti zúgolódástokat, melylyel ellene zúgolódtatok. De mik vagyunk mi? Nem mi ellenünk van a ti zúgolódástok, hanem az Úr ellen.

9 Áronnak pedig monda Mózes: Mondd meg az Izráel fiai egész gyülekezetének: Járuljatok az Úr elé; mert meghallotta a ti zúgolódástokat.

10 És lõn, mikor beszéle Áron az Izráel fiai egész gyülekezetének, a puszta felé fordulának, és ímé az Úr dicsõsége megjelenék a felhõben.

11 És szóla az Úr Mózesnek, mondván:

12 Hallottam az Izráel fiainak zúgolódását, szólj nékik mondván: Estennen húst esztek, reggel pedig kenyérrel laktok jól és megtudjátok, hogy én vagyok az Úr a ti Istentek.

13 És lõn, hogy estve fürjek jövének fel és ellepék a tábort, reggel pedig harmatszállás lõn a tábor körûl.

14 Mikor pedig a harmatszállás megszûnék, ímé a pusztának színén apró gömbölyegek valának, aprók mint a dara a földön.

15 A mint megláták az Izráel fiai, mondának egymásnak: Mán ez! mert nem tudják vala mi az. Mózes pedig monda nékik: Ez az a kenyér, melyet az Úr adott néktek eledelül.

16 Az Úr parancsolata pedig ez: Szedjen abból kiki a mennyit megehetik; fejenként egy ómert, a hozzátok tartozók száma szerint szedjen kiki azok részére, a kik az õ sátorában vannak.

17 És aképen cselekedének az Izráel fiai és szedének ki többet, ki kevesebbet.

18 Azután megmérik vala ómerrel, és annak a ki többet szedett, nem vala fölöslege, és annak, a ki kevesebbet szedett, nem vala fogyatkozása: kiki annyit szedett, a mennyit megehetik vala.

19 Azt is mondá nékik Mózes: Senki ne hagyjon abból reggelre.

20 De nem hallgatának Mózesre, mert némelyek hagyának abból reggelre; és megférgesedék s megbüszhödék. Mózes pedig megharagudék reájok.

21 Szedék pedig azt reggelenként, kiki a mennyit megehetik vala, mert ha a nap felmelegedett, elolvad vala.

22 A hatodik napon pedig két annyi kenyeret szednek vala, két ómerrel egyre-egyre. Eljövének pedig a gyülekezet fejedelmei mindnyájan és tudtára adták azt Mózesnek.

23 Õ pedig monda nékik: Ez az, a mit az Úr mondott: A holnap nyugalom napja, az Úrnak szentelt szombat; a mit sütni akartok, süssétek meg, és a mit fõzni akartok, fõzzétek meg; a mi pedig megmarad, azt mind tegyétek el magatoknak reggelre.

24 És eltevék azt reggelre, a szerint a mint Mózes parancsolta vala, és nem büszhödék meg s féreg sem vala benne.

25 És monda Mózes: Ma egyétek azt meg, mert Ma az Úrnak szombatja van; Ma nem találjátok azt a mezõn.

26 Hat napon szedjétek azt, de a hetedik napon szombat van, akkor nem lesz.

27 És lõn hetednapon: kimenének a nép közül, hogy szedjenek, de nem találának.

28 És monda az Úr Mózesnek: Meddig nem akarjátok megtartani az én parancsolataimat és törvényeimet?

29 Lássátok meg! az Úr adta néktek a szombatot; azért ád õ néktek hatodnapon két napra való kenyeret. Maradjatok veszteg, kiki a maga helyén; senki se menjen ki az õ helyébõl a hetedik napon.

30 És nyugoszik vala a nép a hetedik napon.

31 Az Izráel háza pedig Mánnak nevezé azt; olyan vala az mint a kóriándrom magva, fehér; és íze, mint a mézes pogácsáé.

32 És monda Mózes: Ezt parancsolja az Úr: Egy teljes ómernyit tartsatok meg abból maradékaitok számára, hogy lássák a kenyeret, a mellyel éltettelek titeket a pusztában, mikor kihoztalak titeket Égyiptom földérõl.

33 Áronnak pedig monda Mózes: Végy egy edényt és tégy bele egy teljes ómer Mánt és tedd azt az Úr eleibe, hogy megtartassék maradékaitok számára.

34 A mint parancsolta vala az Úr Mózesnek, eltevé azt Áron a bizonyságtétel ládája elé, hogy megtartassék.

35 Az Izráel fiai pedig negyven esztendõn át evék a Mánt, míg lakó földre jutának; Mánt evének mind addig, míg a Kanaán földének határához jutának.

36 Az ómer pedig az éfának tizedrésze.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10262

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10262. 'A hin' means how far things are joined together. This is clear from the meaning of 'a hin' - which was a liquid measure, at this point a measure of oil - as the extent to which things are joined together. 'Oil' means the Lord's celestial Divine Good, which is the essential power that binds all things together in heaven; consequently the measure of the oil means how far things are joined together, and the fullness of their being joined together. The reason why the Lord's celestial Divine Good is the essential power that binds all things together is that it is the essential being (ipsum esse) of the life that all things have. For that Divine Good imparts life to all things through the Divine Truth emanating from itself; and it imparts life in accordance with the specific character of whatever receives it. Angels are recipients; so too are people in the world. The truths and forms of good they have form their specific character, and this conditions the reception that takes place within them, and so conditions any joining together.

[2] Two measures which were used for sacred purposes are mentioned in the Word; one was for liquids, which was called the hin, the other was for dry substances, which was called the ephah. The hin served to measure oil and wine, and the ephah to measure flour and fine flour. The hin, used for oil and wine, was divided into four, whereas the ephah was divided into ten. The reason why the hin was divided into four was in order that it might mean that which binds things together; for 'four' means a joining together. But the reason why the ephah was divided into ten was in order that it might mean reception, the nature of which was indicated by the numbers; for 'ten' means much, all, and what is complete.

'Four' means a joining together, see 8877, 9601, 9674, 10136, 10137.

'Ten' means much, all, and what is complete, as 'a hundred' does, 1988, 3107, 4400, 4638, 8468, 8540, 9745, 10253.

[3] The fact that the hin was used for the oil and wine in the sacrifices, and was divided into four, whereas the ephah was used for the flour and fine flour, which were for the minchah in the sacrifices, and that it was divided into ten, becomes clear in Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 5:11; 23:13; Numbers 15:3-10; 28:5, 7, 14. From these verses it is evident that 'a hin' means the extent to which things are joined together, and 'an ephah' the amount of reception. Furthermore the oil served to bind the fine flour together, and the fine flour to receive the oil; for a minchah consisted of oil and fine flour.

[4] In addition there were other measures that were used for ordinary purposes, both for dry substances and for liquids. The measures for dry substances were called the homer and the omer, and the measures for liquids the cor and the bath. A homer contained ten ephahs, and an ephah ten omers, whereas a cor contained ten baths, and a bath ten smaller parts; regarding all these, see Exodus 16:36; Ezekiel 45:11, 13, 24.

[5] But where the new temple is dealt with in Ezekiel a different division of the ephah and the bath occurs. There the ephah and the bath are divided not into ten but into six, and the hin corresponds to the ephah, as is evident in the same prophet, in Ezekiel 45:13-14, 24; 46:5, 7, 11, 14. The reason for this is that in those places the subject is not celestial good and its ability to bind things together, but spiritual good and its ability to do so; and the numbers 'twelve', 'six', and 'three' have their correspondence in the spiritual kingdom, because they mean all and, when used in reference to truths and forms of good, mean all aspects of truth and good in their entirety. The fact that these are meant by 'twelve', see 3272, 3858, 3913, 7973, also by 'six', 3960(end), 7973, 8148, 10217; and in like manner 'three', by which from beginning to end, thus what is complete, is meant, and - in respect of real things - all, 2788, 4495, 5159, 7715, 9825, 10127. The reason why these numbers imply similar things is that larger numbers are similar in meaning to the simple ones which when multiplied produce them, 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973.

[6] Since 'a hin' also means how far something is joined to spiritual truth, a third part of a hin of oil was taken for the minchah in the sacrifices of a ram, and a third part of wine for the drink offering, Numbers 15:6-7; for spiritual good is meant by 'a ram', 2830, 9991. From all this it is again plainly evident that numbers are used in the Word to mean real things. What other reason could there be for the numbers used so often in Moses, Ezekiel, and elsewhere to specify amounts and measures?

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1988

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1988. 'Abram was a son of ninety-nine years' means the period of time before the Lord fully joined the Internal Man to the Rational Man. This is clear from the meaning of 'nine' when thought of as one less than ten, or what amounts to the same, of 'ninety-nine' when thought of as one less than a hundred; for when Isaac was born to him Abram was a hundred years old. The nature of the internal sense of the Word is made especially clear by the numbers that are used, as it is by the names. Any numbers whatever, as also any names, that are mentioned in the Word mean real things; for nothing ever exists in the Word that does not have that which is Divine within it, that is, which does not have an internal sense within it. How remote this sense is from the sense of the letter is especially evident from the names and numbers, for in heaven they pay no attention whatever to names and numbers but to things meant by the names or numbers. For example, whenever the number seven occurs, holiness instantly suggests itself to angels instead of the number seven, for 'seven' means holiness from the fact that the celestial man is the seventh day or the sabbath, and so the Lord's rest, 84-87, 395, 433, 716, 881. The same applies to all other numbers, for example, to the number twelve. Whenever twelve occurs the idea of everything belonging to faith suggests itself to angels, for the reason that the twelve tribes of Israel meant everything belonging to faith, 577. That numbers mean real things in the Word has been shown in Volume One; see 482, 487, 488, 493, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 893.

[2] It is similar with the number 'ninety-nine'. That this number means the period of time before the Lord fully joined the Internal Man to the Rational Man is clear from the meaning of 'a hundred years', Abram's age when Isaac was born to him, for Isaac represents and means the Lord's Rational Man which was joined to His Internal, that is, to the Divine. In the Word 'a hundred' has the same meaning as ten, for that number is the product of ten multiplied by ten, and 'ten' means remnants, as shown in Volume One, in 576. For what remnants residing with man are, see 468, 530, 561, 660, 1050, and for what remnants residing with the Lord were, 1906. These arcana cannot be explained any further, but anyone can find out for himself once he has acquainted himself with what remnants are - for nowadays what they are is not known - provided it is realized that by remnants residing with the Lord are meant the Divine Goods which He acquired to Himself by His own power, and by which He united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence.

[3] These considerations show what is meant by 'ninety-nine'. Being one less than a hundred, that number means the period of time before the Lord fully joined the Internal Man to the Rational Man. 'Ishmael' represented the first rational with the Lord, the nature of which has been shown adequately enough above in the previous chapter. But 'Isaac' represents the Lord's Divine Rational, as will be clear later on. Anyone may see that an arcanum is embodied within the following circumstance: Abram having remained such a long time in the land of Canaan - twenty-four years now, ten before Ishmael's birth, and thirteen after - and not as yet having had a son by Sarai his wife, he then first received the promise of a son, when he had now reached ninety-nine and would be a hundred when this son was born. The arcanum is that by means of these experiences he might represent the union of the Lord's Divine Essence with His Human Essence, and in fact of His Internal Man, which was Jehovah, with His Rational.

  
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