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1 E l’Eterno disse a Mosè: "Io farò venire ancora una piaga su Faraone e sull’Egitto; poi egli vi lascerà partire di qui. Quando vi lascerà partire, egli addirittura vi caccerà di qui.

2 Or parla al popolo e digli che ciascuno domandi al suo vicino e ogni donna alla sua vicina degli oggetti d’argento e degli oggetti d’oro".

3 E l’Eterno fece entrare il popolo nelle buone grazie degli Egiziani; anche Mosè era personalmente in gran considerazione nel paese d’Egitto, agli occhi dei servitori di Faraone e agli occhi del popolo.

4 E Mosè disse: "Così dice l’Eterno: Verso mezzanotte, io passerò in mezzo all’Egitto;

5 e ogni primogenito nel paese d’Egitto morrà: dal primogenito di Faraone che siede sul suo trono, al primogenito della serva che sta dietro la macina, e ad ogni primogenito del bestiame.

6 E vi sarà per tutto il paese d’Egitto un gran grido, quale non ci fu mai prima, né ci sarà di poi.

7 Ma fra tutti i figliuoli d’Israele, tanto fra gli uomini quanto fra gli animali, neppure un cane moverà la lingua, affinché conosciate la distinzione che l’Eterno fa tra gli Egiziani e Israele.

8 E tutti questi tuoi servitori scenderanno da me, e s’inchineranno davanti a me, dicendo: Parti, tu e tutto il popolo ch’è al tuo séguito! E, dopo questo, io partirò". E Mosè uscì dalla presenza di Faraone, acceso d’ira.

9 E l’Eterno disse a Mosè: "Faraone non vi darà ascolto, affinché i miei prodigi si moltiplichino nel paese d’Egitto".

10 E Mosè ed Aaronne fecero tutti questi prodigi dinanzi a Faraone; ma l’Eterno indurò il cuore di Faraone, ed egli non lasciò uscire i figliuoli d’Israele dal suo paese.

   

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7796. 'And Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh' means that these stages of vastation, and the consequent corroborations that they are ruled by evil, were brought about by the truth emanating from God. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses and Aaron' as God's truth, 'Moses' truth that emanates directly from God, and 'Aaron' that which does so indirectly, dealt with in 7010, 7089, 7382; and from the meaning of 'the wonders' performed in Egypt or belonging to the Church who have led an evil life. The fact that those things are depicted by the wonders of Egypt may be recognized from the meaning of each wonder. And for the fact that they also depict corroborations that those people do not have faith but are ruled by evil, see immediately above in 7795. It says that 'Moses and Aaron performed these wonders', when in fact they were not Performed by them but by God. But what happened has been stated in that way because God's truth is represented by 'Moses and Aaron', and the wonders were performed by God through the truth emanating from Himself, since all that God Himself performs is performed through the truth emanating from Him. God Himself is the Being (Esse) of all things, but the truth emanating from Him is the Coming-into-Being (Existere) of all things, which rises out of His Being. Good itself, which is God's Being (Esse), brings forth all things by means of its Truth. It is said that the stages of vastation were brought about by the truth emanating from God; but it should be understood that Divine Truth is not the cause of them since God subjects no one to vastation. Rather, an evil person subjects himself to it through obstinate opposition to God's truth by eliminating, rejecting, or perverting it, and through turning God's goodness, which flows in unceasingly, into evil. This then is what subjects him to vastation; and from this it is evident where the cause of it lies, not in the inflow of goodness and truth from God - for unless they inflow life is non-existent - but in their conversion to evil and falsity, committed by the person who is ruled by evil.

  
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