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1 モーセは言った、「しかし、彼らはわたしを信ぜず、またわたしの声に聞き従わないで言うでしょう、『はあなたに現れなかった』と」。

2 は彼に言われた、「あなたのにあるそれは何か」。彼は言った、「つえです」。

3 また言われた、「それを地に投げなさい」。彼がそれを地に投げると、へびになったので、モーセはそのから身を避けた。

4 モーセに言われた、「あなたのを伸ばして、そのを取りなさい。――そこでを伸ばしてそれを取ると、のなかでつえとなった。――

5 これは、彼らの先祖たちのアブラハムの、イサクの、ヤコブのであるが、あなたに現れたのを、彼らに信じさせるためである」。

6 はまた彼に言われた、「あなたのをふところに入れなさい」。彼がをふところに入れ、それを出すと、は、らい病にかかって、雪のように白くなっていた。

7 主は言われた、「をふところにもどしなさい」。彼はをふところにもどし、それをふところから出して見ると、回復して、もとののようになっていた。

8 主は言われた、「彼らがもしあなたを信ぜず、また初めのしるしを認めないならば、後のしるしは信じるであろう。

9 彼らがもしこのつのしるしをも信ぜず、あなたの声に聞き従わないならば、あなたはナイル川のを取って、かわいた地に注ぎなさい。あなたがナイル川から取ったは、かわいた地でとなるであろう」。

10 モーセに言った、「ああよ、わたしは以前にも、またあなたが、しもべにられてから後も、言葉の人ではありません。わたしはも重く、も重いのです」。

11 は彼に言われた、「だれが人にを授けたのか。おし、耳しい、目あき、目しいにだれがするのか。なるわたしではないか。

12 それゆえ行きなさい。わたしはあなたのと共にあって、あなたの言うべきことを教えるであろう」。

13 モーセは言った、「ああ、主よ、どうか、ほかの適当な人をおつかわしください」。

14 そこで、モーセにむかって怒りを発して言われた、「あなたの兄弟レビびとアロンがいるではないか。わたしは彼が言葉にすぐれているのを知っている。見よ、彼はあなたに会おうとして出てきている。彼はあなたを見て喜ぶであろう。

15 あなたは彼にって言葉をそのに授けなさい。わたしはあなたのと共にあり、彼のと共にあって、あなたがたのなすべきことを教え、

16 彼はあなたに代って民に語るであろう。彼はあなたのとなり、あなたは彼のために、に代るであろう。

17 あなたはそのつえをに執り、それをもって、しるしを行いなさい」。

18 モーセは妻の父エテロのところに帰って彼に言った、「どうかわたしを、エジプトにいる身うちの者のところに帰らせ、彼らがまだ生きながらえているか、どうかを見させてください」。エテロはモーセに言った、「安んじて行きなさい」。

19 はミデヤンでモーセに言われた、「エジプトに帰って行きなさい。あなたの命を求めた人々はみな死んだ」。

20 そこでモーセと子供たちをとり、ろばに乗せて、エジプトの地に帰った。モーセ神のつえを執った。

21 モーセに言われた、「あなたがエジプトに帰ったとき、わたしがあなたのに授けた不思議を、みなパロので行いなさい。しかし、わたしが彼のをかたくなにするので、彼は民を去らせないであろう。

22 あなたはパロに言いなさい、『はこう仰せられる。イスラエルはわたしの、わたしの長である。

23 わたしはあなたに言う。わたしのを去らせて、わたしに仕えさせなさい。もし彼を去らせるのを拒むならば、わたしはあなたの、あなたの長を殺すであろう』と」。

24 さてモーセが途中で宿っている時、は彼に会って彼を殺そうとされた。

25 その時チッポラは火打ち石の小刀を取って、その男のの前の皮を切り、それをモーセのにつけて言った、「あなたはまことに、わたしにとって花婿です」。

26 そこで、主はモーセをゆるされた。この時「花婿です」とチッポラが言ったのは割礼のゆえである。

27 はアロンに言われた、「荒野に行ってモーセに会いなさい」。彼は行って神のモーセに会い、これに口づけした。

28 モーセは自分をつかわされた主のすべての言葉と、命じられたすべてのしるしをアロンに告げた。

29 そこでモーセとアロンは行ってイスラエルの人々の長老たちをみな集めた。

30 そしてアロンはモーセられた言葉を、ことごとく告げた。また彼は民のでしるしを行ったので、

31 民は信じた。彼らはイスラエルの人々を顧み、その苦しみを見られたのを聞き、伏して礼拝した。

   

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7032. 'And I will harden his heart, and he will not send the people away' means obstinacy and so a failure to set free as yet. This is clear from the meaning of 'hardening' as obstinacy, and from the meaning of 'heart' is that a new perception is meant, as the will, dealt with in 2930, 3888, so that the words used here mean an obstinate determination that springs from the will, and therefore from a delight in doing what is evil since what is present in the will is that in which one takes delight, and that in which one takes delight springs from the love one has; and from the meaning of 'not sending the people away' as an obstinate unwillingness to set free, thus a failure to set free as yet. It says here and in places further on that Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart. Such wording is based on appearances and on the general idea about the Divine, that all things are brought about by Him. But this should be understood in exactly the same kind of way as the attribution to Jehovah or the Lord of evil, anger, fury, devastation, and many other things like these should be, 2447, 6071, 6991, 6997.

[2] As regards the obstinacy of those who are steeped in falsities and the resulting evils and in evils and the resulting falsities, it should be recognized that the nature of it is such that it defies description. They never leave off, unless they are deterred by harsh punishments and the fears these create; exhortations and threats have no effect whatever. The reason for this is that for them the delight of life consists in doing evil, a delight which they acquired while they lived in the world, chiefly because they loved solely themselves, not their neighbour, and so did not have any Christian charity. Because people like this do not allow themselves to be led by the Lord, their actions are motivated by their own selfish will, which is evil owing to heredity and also to the actual life they lead. And people whose actions are motivated by their own selfish will do what is evil from a love of evil, since what comes from the will comes from love. From love springs the delight they feel in doing evil, and in the measure that this delight reigns in them obstinacy reigns in them.

[3] It is not evident in the world that this is so, but that is because in the world they are restrained by self-love and love of the world, for they are afraid they would suffer loss of reputation, consequently of monetary gain and of position if they were to do evil openly. Laws and fear for their lives also serve to keep them in check. But if those restraints did not exist they would quickly seek to ruin all who are not favourably disposed towards them, plunder everyone's resources, and ruthlessly kill anyone. This is what the person is like inwardly, that is, as to his spirit, though he may not seem in the world to be like that, as may be seen perfectly clearly from those who are in the next life. Those who have been like that in the world have external things taken away from them and are left to [the desires of] their own will, thus to their own loves; and when they have been left to these nothing gives them greater delight than doing what is evil. They also do it with such obstinate determination that they never leave off, unless, as has been stated, they suffer punishments, after which they sink into hell. All this shows what a person is like who has no charity towards the neighbour, also that everyone's life awaits him, not his external life as a citizen which could be seen in the world, but his spiritual life, which was internal and unseen in the world.

  
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Exodus 3

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1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.

2 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

3 Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt."

4 When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Here I am."

5 He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."

6 Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

7 Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

8 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

9 Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

11 Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

12 He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."

13 Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"

14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

15 God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.

16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;

17 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."'

18 They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'

19 I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

20 I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that he will let you go.

21 I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians."