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1 あなたは偽りのうわさを言いふらしてはならない。あなたは悪人を携えて、悪意のある証人になってはならない。

2 あなたは多数に従って悪をおこなってはならない。あなたは訴訟において、多数に従って片寄り、正義を曲げるような証言をしてはならない。

3 また貧しい人をその訴訟において、曲げてかばってはならない。

4 もし、あなたがの牛または、ろばの迷っているのに会う時は、必ずこれを彼の所に連れて行って、帰さなければならない。

5 もしあなたを憎む者のろばが、その荷物の下に倒れ伏しているのを見る時は、これを見捨てて置かないように気をつけ、必ずその人に手を貸して、これを起さなければならない。

6 あなたは貧しい者の訴訟において、裁判を曲げてはならない。

7 あなたは偽り事に遠ざからなければならない。あなたは罪のない者と正しい者とを殺してはならない。わたしは悪人を義とすることはないからである。

8 あなたは賄賂を取ってはならない。賄賂は人の目をくらまし、正しい者の事件をも曲げさせるからである。

9 あなたは寄留の他人をしえたげてはならない。あなたがたはエジプトで寄留の他人であったので、寄留の他人の心を知っているからである。

10 あなたは年のあいだ、地に種をまき、その産物を取り入れることができる。

11 しかし、七年目には、これを休ませて、耕さずに置かなければならない。そうすれば、あなたの民の貧しい者がこれを食べ、その残りは野の獣が食べることができる。あなたのぶどう畑も、オリブも同様にしなければならない。

12 あなたはのあいだ、仕事をし、七目には休まなければならない。これはあなたの牛および、ろばが休みを得、またあなたのはしためのおよび寄留の他国人を休ませるためである。

13 わたしが、あなたがたに言ったすべての事に心を留めなさい。他の神々の名を唱えてはならない。また、これをあなたのくちびるから聞えさせてはならない。

14 あなたは年に三度、わたしのために祭を行わなければならない。

15 あなたは種入れぬパンの祭を守らなければならない。わたしが、あなたに命じたように、アビブ月の定めの時に七のあいだ、種入れぬパンを食べなければならない。それはそのにあなたがエジプトから出たからである。だれも、むなし手でわたしのに出てはならない。

16 また、あなたがにまいて獲た物の勤労の初穂をささげる刈入れの祭と、あなたの勤労の実をから取り入れる年の終りに、取入れの祭を行わなければならない。

17 男子はみな、年に三度なる神のに出なければならない。

18 あなたはわたしの犠牲のを、種を入れたパンと共にささげてはならない。また、わたしの祭の脂肪を翌まで残して置いてはならない。

19 あなたの土地の初穂の最も良い物を、あなたの主のに携えてこなければならない。あなたは子やぎを、そのの乳で煮てはならない。

20 見よ、わたしは使をあなたのにつかわし、あなたを道で守らせ、わたしが備えた所に導かせるであろう。

21 あなたはそのに慎み、その言葉に聞き従い、彼にそむいてはならない。わたしの名が彼のうちにあるゆえに、彼はあなたがたのとがをゆるさないであろう。

22 しかし、もしあなたが彼の声によく聞き従い、すべてわたしが語ることを行うならば、わたしはあなたのとし、あなたのあだをあだとするであろう。

23 わたしの使はあなたのに行って、あなたをアモリびと、ヘテびと、ペリジびと、カナンびと、ヒビびと、およびエブスびとの所に導き、わたしは彼らを滅ぼすであろう。

24 あなたは彼らの神々を拝んではならない。これに仕えてはならない。また彼らのおこないにならってはならない。あなたは彼らを全く打ち倒し、その石の柱を打ち砕かなければならない。

25 あなたがたのに仕えなければならない。そうすれば、わたしはあなたがたのパンを祝し、あなたがたのうちから病を除き去るであろう。

26 あなたののうちには流産する女もなく、不妊の女もなく、わたしはあなたのの数を満ち足らせるであろう。

27 わたしはあなたの先に、わたしの恐れをつかわし、あなたが行く所の民を、ことごとく打ち敗り、すべてのに、その背をあなたの方へ向けさせるであろう。

28 わたしはまた、くまばちをあなたの先につかわすであろう。これはヒビびと、カナンびと、およびヘテびとをあなたのから追い払うであろう。

29 しかし、わたしは彼らを一年のうちには、あなたのから追い払わないであろう。土地が荒れすたれ、野の獣が増して、あなたを害することのないためである。

30 わたしは徐々に彼らをあなたのから追い払うであろう。あなたは、ついにふえひろがって、この地を継ぐようになるであろう。  

31 わたしは紅からペリシテびとのに至るまでと、荒野からユフラテに至るまでを、あなたの領域とし、この地に住んでいる者をあなたのにわたすであろう。あなたは彼らをあなたのから追い払うであろう。

32 あなたは彼ら、および彼らの神々と契約を結んではならない。

33 彼らはあなたのに住んではならない。彼らがあなたをいざなって、わたしに対して罪を犯させることのないためである。もし、あなたが彼らの仕えるならば、それは必ずあなたのわなとなるであろう」。

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 1736

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1736. That the Lord is Jehovah, who is here called “God Most High,” is plainly evident from the Word.

In Isaiah:

Jehovah Zebaoth is His name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth is He called (Isaiah 54:5); where it is plain that the Redeemer and the Holy One of Israel, who is the Lord alone, is “Jehovah Zebaoth” and “the God of the whole earth.” Again:

Thus said Jehovah thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am Jehovah thy God (Isaiah 48:17).

Again:

I do help thee, saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 41:14).

The expressions “the Holy One of Israel,” and “the God of Israel” occur many times. That the Lord is the Holy One of Israel and the God of Israel is clearly evident in that:

They saw the God of Israel, and there was under His feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as it were the substance of heaven for clearness (Exodus 24:10).

[2] No other was acknowledged and called Jehovah by the Jewish Church, for it worshiped the one God Jehovah, and this was the more fully the case for the reason-which was unknown to most of them-that all the rites of that church represented the Lord, and all the things of the Word in the internal sense were significative of Him.

In Isaiah:

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord Jehovih will wipe away the tear from off all faces. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us; this is Jehovah, we have waited for Him; let us exult and be glad in his salvation (Isaiah 25:8-9);

treating of the coming of the Lord.

[3] In the same:

Behold the Lord Jehovih will come in strength, and His arm shall rule for Him. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, He shall gather the little lambs in His arm, He shall carry them in His bosom, He shall lead the sucklings (Isaiah 40:10-11).

Here the Lord is plainly spoken of, who is “the Lord Jehovih.” That He “shall come in strength,” and “His arm rule for Him,” signifies that He would conquer the hells by His own power; to “feed His flock, gather the little lambs in His arm, carry them in His bosom, and lead the sucklings,” are predicated of His love or mercy.

[4] Again:

Thus said Jehovah that created the heavens, God Himself that formed the earth and made it, He established it, He created it not an emptiness, He formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah, and there is none else. Am not I Jehovah, and there is no God else besides Me? a just God, and a Saviour, there is none besides Me. Look unto Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else (Isaiah 45:18, 21-22).

Here the Lord is manifestly spoken of as being alone Jehovah and God. That to “create the heavens and form the earth” is to regenerate, thus that the Creator of heaven and earth is the Regenerator, may be seen above at n. 16, 88, 472, and elsewhere; and therefore the Lord is often called the Creator, Former, and Maker.

[5] Again:

Thou art our Father, for Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us. Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father, our Redeemer, Thy name is from everlasting (Isaiah 63:16).

Here the Lord is plainly meant, who alone is the “Redeemer.”

In Moses:

Take heed of His face, and hear His voice, provoke Him not, for He will not bear your transgression, for My name is in the midst of Him (Exodus 23:21). That “name” means essence, see above (n. 144, 145); and “in the midst” means the inmost (n. 1074).

[6] In Isaiah:

Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6),

plainly said of the Lord.

In Jeremiah:

Behold the days come that I will raise unto David a righteous offshoot, and He shall reign a King, and shall act intelligently, and shall do judgment and justice in the earth; in His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in confidence; and this is His name whereby they shall call Him, Jehovah our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:5-6),

plainly meaning the Lord.

In Zechariah:

Jehovah shall be King over all the earth; in that day there shall be one Jehovah, and His name one (Zech. 14:9),

plainly speaking of the Lord. The “name” denotes the essence.

  
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Genesis 14

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1 It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

2 that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).

3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).

4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.

5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

7 They returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.

8 The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;

9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.

10 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills.

11 They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.

12 They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

13 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.

14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

15 He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

16 He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

17 The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).

18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.

19 He blessed him, and said, "blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:

20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.

21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself."

22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

23 that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'

24 I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion."