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1 モーセに言われた、「パロのもとに行って、彼に言いなさい、『ヘブルびとのはこう仰せられる、「わたしの民を去らせて、わたしに仕えさせなさい。

2 あなたがもし彼らを去らせることを拒んで、なお彼らを留めおくならば、

3 主のは最も激しい疫病をもって、野にいるあなたの家畜、すなわち、ろば、らくだ、の上に臨むであろう。

4 しかし、イスラエルの家畜と、エジプト家畜を区別され、すべてイスラエルの人々に属するものには一頭も死ぬものがないであろう」と』」。

5 は、また、時を定めて仰せられた、「あす、はこのことをに行うであろう」。

6 あくる日、はこのことを行われたので、エジプトびとの家畜はみな死んだ。しかし、イスラエルの人々の家畜は一頭も死ななかった。

7 パロは人をつかわして見させたが、イスラエルの家畜は一頭も死んでいなかった。それでもパロのはかたくなで、民を去らせなかった。

8 モーセとアロンに言われた、「あなたがたは、かまどのすすを両手いっぱい取り、それをモーセはパロのの前で天にむかって、まき散らしなさい。

9 それはエジプトの全にわたって、細かいちりとなり、エジプトで人とに付いて、うみの出るはれものとなるであろう」。

10 そこで彼らは、かまどのすすを取ってパロのに立ち、モーセは天にむかってこれをまき散らしたので、人とに付いて、うみの出るはれものとなった。

11 魔術師らは、はれもののためにモーセのに立つことができなかった。はれものが魔術師らと、すべてのエジプトびとに生じたからである。

12 しかし、はパロのをかたくなにされたので、彼はモーセに語られたように、彼らの言うことを聞かなかった。

13 はまたモーセに言われた、「早く起き、パロのに立って、彼に言いなさい、『ヘブルびとのはこう仰せられる、「わたしの民を去らせて、わたしに仕えさせなさい。

14 わたしは、こんどは、もろもろの災を、あなたと、あなたの家来と、あなたの民にくだし、わたしに並ぶものが全地にないことを知らせるであろう。

15 わたしがもし、をさし伸べ、疫病をもって、あなたと、あなたの民を打っていたならば、あなたは地から断ち滅ぼされていたであろう。

16 しかし、わたしがあなたをながらえさせたのは、あなたにわたしの力を見させるため、そして、わたしの名が全地に宣べ伝えられるためにほかならない。

17 それに、あなたはなお、わたしの民にむかって、おのれを高くし、彼らを去らせようとしない。

18 ゆえに、あすの今ごろ、わたしは恐ろしく大きなを降らせるであろう。それはエジプトの国が始まったから今まで、かつてなかったほどのものである。

19 それゆえ、いま、人をやって、あなたの家畜と、あなたが野にもっているすべてのものを、のがれさせなさい。人もも、すべて野にあってに帰らないものは降るに打たれて死ぬであろう」と』」。

20 パロの来のうち、主の言葉をおそれる者は、そのしもべと家畜にのがれさせたが、

21 主の言葉を意にとめないものは、そのしもべと家畜を野に残しておいた。

22 モーセに言われた、「あなたのを天にむかってさし伸べ、エジプトの全にわたって、エジプトの地にいる人とのすべての青物の上にを降らせなさい」。

23 モーセが天にむかってつえをさし伸べると、をおくられ、は地にむかって、はせ下った。こうしては、エジプトの地に降らされた。

24 そしてが降り、の間にがひらめき渡った。は恐ろしく大きく、エジプトには、をなしてこのかた、かつてないものであった。

25 エジプトにわたって、すべてにいる人とを打った。はまたのすべての青物を打ち、野のもろもろのを折り砕いた。

26 ただイスラエルの人々のいたゴセンの地には、が降らなかった。

27 そこで、パロは人をつかわし、モーセとアロンを召して言った、「わたしはこんどは罪を犯した。正しく、わたしと、わたしの民は悪い。

28 に祈願してください。このはもうじゅうぶんです。わたしはあなたがたを去らせます。もはやとどまらなくてもよろしい」。

29 モーセは彼に言った、「わたしはを出ると、すぐ、にむかってわたしの手を伸べひろげます。するとはやみ、はもはや降らなくなり、あなたは、地が主のものであることを知られましょう。

30 しかし、あなたとあなたの家来たちは、なお、なる恐れないことを、わたしは知っています」。

31 ――亜麻と大麦は打ち倒された。大麦は穂を出し、亜麻は花が咲いていたからである。

32 小麦とスペルタ麦はおくてであるため打ち倒されなかった。――

33 モーセはパロのもとを去り、を出て、にむかって手を伸べひろげたので、はやみ、は地に降らなくなった。

34 ところがパロはがやんだのを見て、またも罪を犯し、をかたくなにした。彼も家来も、そうであった。

35 すなわちパロはをかたくなにし、モーセによって語られたように、イスラエルの人々を去らせなかった。

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7523

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7523. 'And there will be on man and on beast' means the products of interior and exterior evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'man' as the affection for good, and in the contrary sense as the desire for evil; and 'beast' is similar in meaning. But when 'man' and 'beast' are mentioned together, 'man means interior affection or desire and 'beast' exterior; regarding both, see 7424. Interior good or else interior evil, which is meant by 'man', is that connected with intentions or ends in view, for intentions or ends in view are at a person's core, whereas exterior good or else exterior evil, which is meant by 'beast', is that connected with thought and consequently, if nothing stands in the way, with action. Exterior good is meant by 'beast' because a person is in respect of his external or natural man no different from a beast; for he is endowed with similar desires and also cravings, as well as appetites and senses. And interior good is meant by 'man because it is in respect of his internal or spiritual man that a person is a human being, on which internal level he is endowed with affections for what is good and true such as exist with the angels in heaven, and because he controls his natural or animal man, which is 'a beast', by means of that internal man. Regarding the meaning of 'beast' as the affection for good and in the contrary sense the desire for evil, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198.

[2] These things are what are meant by 'man and beast' in the following places too: In Jeremiah,

My anger and My wrath have been poured out on this place, on man and on beast. Jeremiah 7:20

In the same prophet,

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. Jeremiah 21:6.

In the same prophet,

It will make her land a desolation, so that none may dwell in it; both man and beast have scattered themselves, they have gone away. Jeremiah 50:3.

In Ezekiel,

When a land has sinned against Me by committing great transgression, I will cut off from it man and beast. Ezekiel 14:13, 19, 21.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast, and make it a waste. Ezekiel 25:13.

In Zephaniah,

I will consume man and beast, I will consume the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the surface of the earth. Zephaniah 1:3.

[3] 'Man and beast' stands for interior and exterior good in the following places: In Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man and beast, by My great strength. Jeremiah 27:5.

In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:17.

In the same prophet,

A desolation will the earth be, so that man and beast are not there. Jeremiah 32:43.

In the same prophet,

In the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that have been devastated, there is no man and inhabitant, and there is no beast. Jeremiah 33:10; 51:62.

In David,

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgements a great deep; You preserve man and beast, O Jehovah. Psalms 36:6.

It was because 'man and beast' meant such things that the firstborn of the Egyptians died, not only of men but also of beasts, Exodus 12:29, and that the firstborn were consecrated [to Jehovah], not only of men but also of beasts, Numbers 18:15, and also that the king of Nineveh, following sacred religious practice, commanded that not only man but also beast should fast and also be clothed in sackcloth, Jonah 3:7-8.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 5198

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5198. 'Seven cows were coming up' means the truths belonging to the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'cows' as the truths belonging to the natural, dealt with below. The reason there were seven is that 'seven' means that which is holy, 395, 433, 716, and therefore this number contributes to any matter under consideration the idea of holiness, dealt with in 881. The matter under consideration here is likewise of a holy nature since it concerns a further rebirth of the natural through the joining of this to the celestial of the spiritual. As regards 'cows' or 'young cows' meaning the truths belonging to the natural, this becomes clear from the fact that 'bulls' and 'young bulls' mean forms of good belonging to the natural, 2180, 2566, 2781, 2830. For in the Word, when a male means good, its female means truth, and conversely when the male means truth its female means good, so that 'a cow' means some truth belonging to the natural, because 'a bull' means some form of good belonging to it.

[2] All beasts without exception that are mentioned in the Word mean affections, evil and useless beasts meaning evil affections, gentle and useful ones meaning good affections, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 1823, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519. The reason why they have such a meaning lies in the representations that occur in the world of spirits, for whenever a discussion about affections is taking place in heaven, beasts corresponding to affections of the kind under discussion are represented in the world of spirits, as I have also been allowed quite often to see. On several occasions I have wondered about the origin of that phenomenon, but have been led to perceive that the lives led by beasts are nothing else than affections; for they respond instinctively, devoid of reason, to their innate affections and are led by these to fulfill their specific functions. No other physical forms are suited to these affections devoid of reason than the kinds in which they are seen on earth. This explains why, when the discussion in heaven is about affections alone, the ultimate forms that those affections take in the world of spirits are the same in appearance as the physical forms of such beasts; for those affections cannot be clothed with any other forms than ones such as correspond to them. I have also seen beasts, the like of which do not appear anywhere at all in the natural world. They were the forms taken by affections that are not known and by affections that are mingled together.

[3] Here then is the reason why in the Word affections are meant by 'beasts', though which particular affections are meant cannot be seen from anywhere else than the internal sense. 'Bulls' means the good belonging to the natural, as may be seen in the paragraphs listed above; and as for the meaning of 'cows' as the truths belonging to the natural, this becomes clear from other places where they are referred to, such as Isaiah 11:7; Hosea 4:16; Amos 4:1, as well as from the reference in Numbers 19:2-10 to the water of separation by which they were to be made clean and which was prepared from the red cow burned to ashes outside the camp, with which cedar wood was mixed, hyssop, and twice-dyed scarlet. When the meaning of this procedure is disclosed with the help of the internal sense, it shows that 'the red cow', meaning unclean truth within the natural, is made clean by 'burning', and also by the kinds of things meant by 'cedar wood, hyssop, and twice-dyed scarlet'. The water prepared by that process represented the means of purification.

  
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