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2 Mózes 20

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1 És szólá Isten mindezeket az igéket, mondván:

2 Én, az Úr, vagyok a te Istened, a ki kihoztalak téged Égyiptomnak földérõl, a szolgálat házából.

3 Ne legyenek néked idegen isteneid én elõttem.

4 Ne csinálj magadnak faragott képet, és semmi hasonlót azokhoz, a melyek fenn az égben, vagy a melyek alant a földön, vagy a melyek a vizekben a föld alatt vannak.

5 Ne imádd és ne tiszteld azokat; mert én, az Úr a te Istened, féltõn- szeretõ Isten vagyok, a ki megbüntetem az atyák vétkét a fiakban, harmad és negyediziglen, a kik engem gyûlölnek.

6 De irgalmasságot cselekszem ezeriziglen azokkal, a kik engem szeretnek, és az én parancsolatimat megtartják.

7 Az Úrnak a te Istenednek nevét hiába fel ne vedd; mert nem hagyja azt az Úr büntetés nélkül, a ki az õ nevét hiába felveszi.

8 Megemlékezzél a szombatnapról, hogy megszenteljed azt.

9 Hat napon át munkálkodjál, és végezd minden dolgodat;

10 De a hetedik nap az Úrnak a te Istenednek szombatja: semmi dolgot se tégy azon se magad, se fiad, se leányod, [se] szolgád, se szolgálóleányod, se barmod, se jövevényed, a ki a te kapuidon belõl van;

11 Mert hat napon teremté az Úr az eget és a földet, a tengert és mindent, a mi azokban van, a hetedik napon pedig megnyugovék. Azért megáldá az Úr a szombat napját, és megszentelé azt.

12 Tiszteld atyádat és anyádat, hogy hosszú ideig élj azon a földön, a melyet az Úr a te Istened ád te néked.

13 Ne ölj.

14 Ne paráználkodjál.

15 Ne lopj.

16 Ne tégy a te felebarátod ellen hamis tanúbizonyságot.

17 Ne kívánd a te felebarátodnak házát. Ne kívánd a te felebarátodnak feleségét, se szolgáját, se szolgálóleányát, se ökrét, se szamarát, és semmit, a mi a te felebarátodé.

18 Az egész nép pedig látja vala a mennydörgéseket, a villámlásokat, a kürt zengését és a hegy füstölgését. És látja vala a nép, és megrémüle, és hátrább álla.

19 És mondának Mózesnek: Te beszélj velünk, és mi hallgatunk; de az Isten ne beszéljen velünk, hogy meg ne haljunk.

20 Mózes pedig monda a népnek: Ne féljetek; mert azért jött az Isten, hogy titeket megkísértsen, és hogy az õ félelme legyen elõttetek, hogy ne vétkezzetek.

21 Távol álla azért a nép, Mózes pedig közelebb méne a felhõhöz, melyben az Isten vala.

22 És monda az Úr Mózesnek: Ezt mondd az Izráel fiainak: Magatok láttátok, hogy az égbõl beszéltem veletek.

23 Ne csináljatok én mellém ezüst isteneket, és arany isteneket se csináljatok magatoknak.

24 Földbõl csinálj nékem oltárt, és azon áldozd a te égõ- és hálaáldozatodat, juhaidat és ökreidet. Valamely helyen akarom, hogy az én nevemrõl megemlékezzetek, elmegyek tehozzád és megáldalak téged.

25 Ha pedig kövekbõl csinálsz nékem oltárt, ne építsd azt faragott [kõ]bõl: mert a mint faragó vasadat rávetetted, megfertõztetted azt.

26 Lépcsõkön se menj fel az én oltáromhoz, hogy a te szemérmed fel ne fedeztessék azon.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10543

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10543. 'At Mount Horeb' means within the external things of worship, the Church, and the Word. This is clear from the meaning of 'Mount Horeb' as Divine Truth present in external things. For Horeb was the mountainous region surrounding Mount Sinai, and 'Mount Sinai' means Divine Truth; consequently 'Horeb', being the mountainous region round about, means Divine Truth present in external things. For what is in the middle and higher than the outlying parts around it means that which is internal, and therefore what is around and below it means that which is external.

'Mount Sinai' means Divine Truth, see 8805, 9420.

The middle means that which is internal, 1074, 2940, 2973, 5897, 6084, 6103, 9164, and so does what is high, 2148, 4210, 4599, 9489, 9773, 10181.

What is round about means that which is external, 2973, and so does what is below.

Since the people's interest lay in external things and not in what was internal, when the Law was declared from Mount Sinai they stood in Horeb at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain was fenced off all the way round to prevent the people from touching it, Exodus 19:12-13, 21, 23-24; 20:21; Deuteronomy 4:10-12. The external of worship, the Church, and the Word is spoken of because the external of one is the external of another; for worship is performed by the Church, and the Church's truths and forms of good, and its worship, are derived from the Word. Those therefore who are interested in only the external things of worship and the Church are interested in only the external things of the Word.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9489

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9489. 'And a cubit and a half its height' means what is complete so far as degrees are concerned. This is clear from the meaning of 'a cubit and a half' as what is complete, dealt with immediately above in 9488; and from the meaning of 'height' as degrees so far as good and so far as truth are concerned. The reason why 'height' has this meaning is that all good and the truth derived from it emanates from the Lord, and the Lord is in the highest place of all, and therefore is called the Most High, 8153. For He is the Sun of heaven, 5097, 8812, and that Sun is above the heavens; it is also the centre from which the whole of heaven that is underneath is brought into being and kept in being. All heights in heaven, measured from its Sun as the centre, are differences in good and the truth derived from it. Consequently those in the inmost heaven are closer to the Lord, because they are governed by the good of love to Him, thus are governed by good more than all others are. Those in the middle heaven are further away from there because they are governed by a lower kind of good, and those in the lowest are still further away. But those in hell are altogether remote from the Lord, because they are ruled by evil and the falsity arising from it. They do not even look towards the Sun, but backwards, away from the Sun. When regarded by the angels therefore, they appear in an upside down position, feet upwards and head downwards. Now since distances and spatial dimensions in the next life are appearances determined by states of good and the truth derived from it, 9440, 'height' in the spiritual sense means degrees so far as good and so far as truth are concerned, that is, degrees away from the Most High, who is the Lord and so Divine Good itself.

[2] From this it is clear what 'height' means in the following places, as in Jeremiah,

They will come and sing on the height of Zion, and converge towards the goodness of Jehovah; and their soul will be like a watered garden. Jeremiah 31:12.

Here 'the height of Zion' stands for celestial good, which is the level of good above spiritual good. The meaning of 'height' as good is what accounts for the statement that they will 'converge towards the goodness of Jehovah'. In Ezekiel,

Asshur was a cedar in Lebanon. Its height was made high, and its branches were made long by many waters. It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches. Ezekiel 31:3, 5, 7.

'Asshur' stands for an enlightened power of reason, 'a cedar in Lebanon' for the spiritual Church, 'its height' for the degree of good.

[3] In the same prophet,

On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it. Ezekiel 17:23.

Again in the same prophet,

On My holy mountain, and on the mountain height of Israel, all the house of Israel will serve Me. Ezekiel 20:40.

'The mountain height of Israel' stands for the highest degree of good and of the truth derived from it among those belonging to the spiritual Church. Since most things in the Word have a contrary meaning as well, so too does 'height'. In the contrary sense it means the evil of self-love, and so haughtiness of mind, as in Isaiah 14:14; Ezekiel 31:10, 14; 32:5; Amos 2:9; Daniel 4:11, 20; and a number of other places. Another reason why 'height' means degrees so far as good and the truth derived from it are concerned is that what is 'high' means what is internal, and good becomes by degrees more perfect towards more internal parts. For the meaning of what is 'high' as what is internal, see 1735, 2148, 4210, 4599.

  
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