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1 OR il Signore parlò a Mosè e ad Aaronne nel paese di Egitto, dicendo:

2 Questo mese vi sarà il principio de’ mesi; egli vi sarà il primo dei mesi dell’anno.

3 Parlate a tutta la raunanza d’Israele, dicendo; Nel decimo giorno di questo mese, ciascuna casa di padre di famiglia prenda un agnello o un capretto; uno per casa.

4 Ma se la famiglia è minore che non conviene per mangiar quell’agnello o capretto, prendalo il padre della famiglia in compagnia del suo vicino, il più prossimo di casa sua, con un certo numero di persone, il quale voi conterete, facendo ragione su l’agnello o il capretto, secondo che ciascuno può mangiare.

5 Prendete quell’agnello o quel capretto, senza difetto, maschio, di un anno, d’infra le pecore, o d’infra le capre.

6 E tenetelo in guardia fino al quartodecimo giorno di questo mese; e allora tutta la raunanza della comunanza d’Israele lo scanni fra i due vespri.

7 E prendasene del sangue, e mettasene sopra i due stipiti, e sopra il limitar di sopra della porta, nelle case nelle quali si mangerà.

8 E mangisene quella stessa notte la carne arrostita al fuoco, con pani azzimi, e lattughe salvatiche.

9 Non mangiate nulla di esso crudo, o pur lesso nell’acqua; ma arrostito al fuoco, capo, gambe e interiora.

10 E non ne lasciate nulla di resto fino alla mattina; e ciò che sarà restato fino alla mattina, bruciatelo col fuoco.

11 Or mangiatelo in questa maniera: abbiate i lombi cinti, e i vostri calzamenti ne’ piedi, e il vostro bastone in mano, e mangiatelo in fretta. Esso è il Passaggio del Signore.

12 E quella notte io passerò per lo paese di Egitto, e percuoterò ogni primogenito nel paese di Egitto, così d’uomini come di animali; e farò ancora giudicii sopra tutti gl’iddii di Egitto. Io sono il Signore.

13 E quel sangue vi sarà per un segnale, nelle case nelle quali sarete; e quando io vedrò quel sangue, passerò oltre senza toccarvi; e non vi sarà fra voi alcuna piaga a distruzione, mentre io percuoterò il paese di Egitto.

14 E quel giorno vi sarà per una ricordanza, e voi lo celebrerete per festa solenne, al Signore; voi lo celebrerete per festa solenne, per istatuto perpetuo, per le vostre età.

15 Voi mangerete per sette giorni pani azzimi; anzi fin dal primo giorno farete che non vi sia alcun lievito nelle vostre case; perciocchè, se alcuno mangia cosa alcuna lievitata dal primo giorno fino al settimo, quella persona sarà ricisa d’Israele.

16 E nel primo giorno voi avrete santa raunanza; siavi parimente santa raunanza nel settimo giorno; non facciasi alcun’opera in que’ giorni; solo vi si apparecchi quel che ciascuna persona deve mangiare e non altro.

17 Osservate adunque l’osservanza de’ pani azzimi; perciocchè in quel giorno stesso io avrò tratte le vostre schiere fuor del paese di Egitto; perciò osservate quel giorno per le vostre età, per istatuto perpetuo.

18 Mangiate pani azzimi, dal quartodecimo giorno del primo mese al vespro, fino al ventunesimo giorno di esso mese al vespro.

19 Non trovisi alcun lievito nelle vostre case per sette giorni; perciocchè, se alcuno mangia cosa alcuna lievitata, quella persona sarà ricisa dalla raunanza d’Israele; forestiere, o natio del paese, ch’egli si sia.

20 Non mangiate nulla di lievitato; mangiate pani azzimi in tutte le vostre stanze.

21 Mosè adunque chiamò tutti gli Anziani d’Israele, e disse loro: Traete fuori, e prendetevi un agnello, o un capretto, per ciascuna delle vostre famiglie, e scannate la Pasqua.

22 Pigliate eziandio un mazzuol d’isopo, e intignetelo nel sangue che sarà nel bacino; e spruzzate di quel sangue che sarà nel bacino il limitar disopra, e i due stipiti delle porte; e non esca alcun di voi fuor dell’uscio della sua casa fino alla mattina.

23 E quando il Signore passerà per percuoter gli Egizj, egli vedrà il sangue sopra il limitare, e sopra i due stipiti; e trapasserà oltre alla porta, e non permetterà al distruttore di entrar nelle vostre case per percuotere.

24 Voi dunque osservate questa cosa, come uno statuto imposto a te e a’ tuoi figliuoli, in perpetuo.

25 E quando voi sarete entrati nel paese che il Signore vi darà, come egli ne ha parlato, osservate questo servigio.

26 E quando i vostri figliuoli vi diranno: Che vuol dire questo servigio che voi fate? dite:

27 Quest’è il sacrificio della Pasqua del Signore, il quale trapassò oltre alle case de’ figliuoli d’Israele in Egitto, quando egli percosse gli Egizj, e salvò le nostre case.

28 E il popolo s’inchinò e adorò. E i figliuoli d’Israele andarono, e fecero interamente come il Signore avea comandato a Mosè e ad Aaronne.

29 E ALLA mezza notte il Signore percosse tutti i primogeniti nel paese di Egitto, dal primogenito di Faraone, che sedeva sopra il suo trono, fino al primogenito del prigione che era nella carcere; ed anche tutti i primogeniti degli animali.

30 E Faraone si levò di notte, egli, e tutti i suoi servitori, e tutti gli Egizj; e vi fu un gran grido in Egitto; perciocchè non vi era alcuna casa ove non fosse un morto.

31 E Faraone chiamò Mosè ed Aaronne, di notte, e disse: Levatevi, partitevi di mezzo il mio popolo, voi, e i figliuoli d’Israele; e andate, servite al Signore, secondo che avete detto.

32 Pigliate le vostre gregge e i vostri armenti, come avete detto; e andatevene, ed anche beneditemi.

33 E gli Egizj sollecitavano instantemente il popolo, affrettandosi di mandarlo via dal paese; perciocchè dicevano: Noi siam tutti morti.

34 E il popolo tolse la sua pasta, avanti che fosse lievitata, avendo le sue madie involte ne’ suoi vestimenti, in su le spalle.

35 Or i figliuoli d’Israele aveano fatto secondo la parola di Mosè: e aveano chiesto agli Egizj vasellamenti di argento, e vasellamenti d’oro, e vestimenti.

36 E il Signore avea reso grazioso il popolo agli Egizj, onde essi gli aveano prestate quelle cose. Così, spogliarono gli Egizj.

37 E i figliuoli d’Israele si partirono di Rameses, e pervennero a Succot, essendo intorno a seicentomila uomini a piè, oltre alle famiglie.

38 Una gran turba ancora di gente mescolata salì con loro; e grandissimo numero di bestiame, minuto e grosso.

39 Ed essi cossero la pasta che aveano portata fuor di Egitto, in focacce azzime; conciossiachè non fosse lievitata; perciocchè, essendo scacciati dagli Egizj, non si erano potuti indugiare, ed anche non si aveano apparecchiata alcuna vivanda.

40 Or la dimora che i figliuoli d’Israele fecero in Egitto fu di quattrocentrenta anni.

41 E al termine di quattrocentrenta anni, lo stesso giorno che quelli finivano, avvenne che tutte le schiere del Signore uscirono fuor del paese di Egitto.

42 Quest’è la notte dell’osservanze, consecrata al Signore, quando egli trasse fuor del paese di Egitto i figliuoli d’Israele; quest’è la notte consecrata al Signore, che si deve celebrare con ogni osservanza da tutti i figliuoli d’Israele, per le loro età.

43 E IL Signore disse a Mosè e ad Aaronne: Quest’è lo statuto della Pasqua. Niun forestiere ne mangi.

44 Ma qualunque servo di chi che sia comperato con danari, dopo che tu l’avrai circonciso, ne mangerà.

45 L’avveniticcio e il mercenario non ne mangino.

46 Mangisi in una stessa casa; non portar fuor di casa della carne di essa, e non ne rompete alcun osso.

47 Facciala tutta la raunanza d’Israele.

48 E quando un forestiere dimorerà teco, e vorrà far la Pasqua del Signore, circoncidasi prima ogni maschio di casa sua; e allora accostisi per farla, e sia come colui ch’è natio del paese; ma niuno incirconciso ne mangi.

49 Siavi una stessa legge per colui ch’è natio del paese, e per lo forestiere che dimora per mezzo di voi.

50 E tutti i figliuoli d’Israele fecero interamente come il Signore avea comandato a Mosè e ad Aaronne.

51 E in quello stesso giorno avvenne che il Signore trasse fuor del paese di Egitto i figliuoli d’Israele, per le loro schiere.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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Apocalypse Explained # 241

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241. Verse 18. I counsel thee, signifies the means of reformation of those who are in the doctrine of faith alone. This is evident from what now follows, for the reformation of those who are in that doctrine is now treated of; therefore "I counsel thee" implies precepts as to how such must live that they may be reformed and thus saved.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1038

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1038. That 'this is the sign of the covenant' means a token of the Lord's presence in charity is clear from the meaning of 'a covenant' and of 'the sign of a covenant'. That the covenant means the Lord's presence in charity has been shown already at Chapter 6:18, and above at verse 9 of the present chapter; and that a covenant is the Lord's presence in love and charity is clear from the very nature of a covenant. The purpose of any covenant is conjunction, that is to say, its purpose is that people may live together in friendship or in love. This also is why marriage is called a covenant. The Lord's conjunction with man does not exist except in love and charity, for the Lord is love itself and mercy. He wills to save everyone and by His mighty power to draw them towards heaven, that is, towards Himself. From this anyone may know and conclude that it is impossible for anybody to be joined to the Lord except by means of that which He Himself is, that is, except by acting like Him, or becoming one with Him - that is to say, by loving the Lord in return, and loving the neighbour as oneself. In this way alone is conjunction brought about; this constitutes the very essence of a covenant. When conjunction results from this, it quite plainly follows that the Lord is present. The Lord is indeed present with each individual, but that presence is closer or more remote, all depending on how near the person is to love or distant from it.

[2] Since 'the covenant' is the conjunction of the Lord with man by means of love, or what amounts to the same, the Lord's presence with man in love and charity, the covenant itself is called in the Word 'a covenant of peace', for 'peace' means the Lord's kingdom, and the Lord's kingdom consists in mutual love, in which alone peace resides, as is said in Isaiah,

The mountains will depart and the hills be removed, but My mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of My peace will not be removed, said Jehovah, the One who takes pity on you. Isaiah 54:10.

Here mercy, which is an attribute of love, is called 'a covenant of peace'.

In Ezekiel,

I will raise up over them one shepherd, and He will pasture them - My servant David. He will pasture them and He will be a shepherd to them. And I will make with them a covenant of peace. Ezekiel 34:23, 25.

Here 'David' is plainly used to mean the Lord, and His presence with a regenerate person is described by the words 'He will pasture them'.

[3] In the same prophet,

My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. And I will make with them a covenant of peace; it will be an eternal covenant with them. And I will bless 1 them and cause them to multiply, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst for evermore. And I will be their God and they will be My people. Ezekiel 37:14, 16-17.

Here similarly the Lord is meant by David. Love is meant by the 'sanctuary in their midst', the Lord's presence and conjunction in love by the promise that 'He will be their God, and they will be His people', which is called 'a covenant of peace' and 'an eternal covenant'.

In Malachi,

You will know that I have sent this command to you, that it may be My covenant with Levi, said Jehovah Zebaoth. My covenant was with him, [a covenant] of life 2 and peace, and I have given them to him in fear, and he will fear Me. Malachi 2:4-5.

In the highest sense 'Levi' means the Lord, and from this the person who has love and charity; and this being so 'a covenant of life' and peace with Levi' means in love and charity.

[4] In Moses, in reference to Phinehas,

Behold, I am giving to him My covenant of peace, and it will be to him and his seed after him a covenant of eternal priesthood. Numbers 25:12-13.

Here 'Phinehas' is not used to mean Phinehas but the priesthood which he represented and which means love and what belongs to love, as does the entire priesthood of that Church. Everyone knows that the priesthood did not remain with Phinehas for ever.

In the same author,

Jehovah your God is God Himself, a faithful God who keeps a covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and who keep His commandments, to the thousandth generation. Deuteronomy 7:9, 12.

Here the Lord's presence with man in love is clearly meant by 'the covenant', for it is said to be 'with those who love Him and keep His commandments'.

[5] Because the covenant is the conjunction of the Lord with man by means of love, it follows that it is also achieved by means of all the things allied to love, which are the truths of faith and are called commandments. For all the commandments, indeed the Law and the Prophets, are based on that single law that men ought to love the Lord above all things and the neighbour as themselves. This is clear from the Lord's words in Matthew 22:35-40; Mark 12:28-34. This is also why the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written are called 'the tablets of the covenant'. Since a covenant or conjunction is achieved by means of the laws or commandments of love it was also achieved by means of the social laws introduced by the Lord into the Jewish Church, which are called 'testimonies', as well as by the religious observances commanded by the Lord, which are called 'statutes'. All of these are called [laws] of the covenant because they have regard to love and charity.

As is said of King Josiah,

The king stood upon the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commandments, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to establish the words of the covenant. 2 Kings 23:3.

[6] From these references it is now clear what a covenant is, and that the covenant is internal, for the conjunction of the Lord with man is achieved by means of internal things, and never by means of external things separated from internal. External things are merely images and representatives of those that are internal, as the action of a person is an image representative of his thought and will, and as a charitable act is an image representative of charity present within, in intention and mind. Thus all the religious observances of the Jewish Church were images representative of the Lord, and so of love and charity, and of all things deriving from these. It is by means of the internal things of a person therefore that the covenant or conjunction is achieved. External things are no more than signs of the covenant, which also is what they are called. That internal things are the means by which the covenant or conjunction is achieved is quite clear, as in Jeremiah,

Behold, the days are coming, says Jehovah, when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers, for they rendered My covenant invalid. But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days: I will put My law in the midst of them and will write it on their hearts. Jeremiah 31:31-33.

This refers to a new Church. It is plainly stated that the covenant itself is achieved by means of internal things, and indeed within conscience on which the Law is written, the whole of which Law, as stated, is that of love.

[7] That external things do not constitute the covenant unless internal things are joined to them and so through that union act as one and the same cause, but are merely 'signs of the covenant' by means of which, as by representative images, the Lord might be called to mind, is clear from the fact that the sabbath and circumcision are called 'signs' of the covenant. That the sabbath is so called is clear in Moses,

The children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, observing the sabbath throughout their generations, an eternal covenant. Between Me and the children of Israel this is a sign eternally. Exodus 31:16-17.

And that circumcision is called 'a sign of the covenant' is clear in the same author,

This is My covenant which you shall keep between Me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you is to be circumcised. And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. Genesis 17:10-11.

For the same reason also blood is called 'the blood of the covenant', Exodus 24:7-8.

[8] The chief reason why external religious ceremonies were called signs of the covenant was so that from them people might call interior things to mind, that is, the things meant by them. All the religious observances of the Jewish Church were nothing else. For this reason they were also called signs that would serve to remind the people of interior things - for example, the practice of binding the chief commandment on the hand and of wearing frontlets, as stated in Moses,

You shall love Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. And you shall bind these words as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. Deuteronomy 6:5, 8; 11:13, 18.

Because it means power 'the hand' here means the will, for power is an attribute of the will; while 'frontlets between the eyes' means the understanding. Thus 'a sign' means calling to mind the chief commandment, or epitome of the Law, that it may be constantly in the will and constantly in the thought, that is, that the Lord and love may be present within the whole will and the whole thought. Such is the presence of the Lord and from Him of mutual love existing with angels. That constant presence and the nature of it will in the Lord's Divine mercy be discussed later on. And in like manner here the statement, 'This is the sign of the covenant which I give between Me and you; I have given My bow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of the covenant', means no other sign than a token of the Lord's presence in charity, and so man's remembrance of Him. But in what way the bow in the cloud provides that token and so remembrance will in the Lord's Divine mercy be discussed later on.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, give

2. literally, of lives

  
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