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Exodus 15

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1 Then sang Moses and the sons of Israel this song to Jehovah, and they said, saying,
I will sing to Jehovah, for rising·​·up He has raised· Himself ·up,
the horse and his rider has He thrown·​·out* into the sea.

2 My strength and psalm is Jah, and He has been my salvation;
this is my God, and I will make· Him ·a·​·home;
the God of my father, and I will exalt Him.

3 Jehovah is a man of war; Jehovah is His name.

4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his forces He has cast into the sea;
and the chosen of the third -ranking leaders are sunk in the Suph sea*.

5 The abysses have covered them; they went·​·down into the depths as a stone.

6 Thy right·​·hand, O Jehovah, is·​·magnificent in power;
with Thy right·​·hand, O Jehovah, Thou breakest·​·in·​·pieces the enemy.

7 And in the multitude of Thine excellency Thou breakest·​·down those who rise·​·up against Thee;
Thou sendest forth Thy fierceness, it devours them as stubble.

8 And with the wind of Thy nostrils the waters were stacked·​·up,
the streams stood·​·up as a heap;
the abysses were congealed in the heart of the sea.

9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will·​·part the spoil; my soul shall be filled with them;
I will unsheathe my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.

10 Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them;
they sought the shadows as lead in the magnificent waters.

11 Who is like Thee, O Jehovah, among the gods?
Who is like Thee, magnificent in holiness,
to be feared with praises, doing what is wonderful?

12 Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand, the earth swallowed· them ·up.

13 In Thy mercy Thou hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed;
Thou hast guided them in Thy strength to the home of Thy holiness.

14 The peoples have heard, they have trembled;
travailing has seized those who dwell·​·in Philistia.

15 Then were the leaders of Edom vexed;
the powerful of Moab, quivering has seized them;
all who dwell·​·in Canaan are dissolved.

16 Terror has fallen on them, and dread;
in the greatness of Thine arm they shall be·​·still* as a stone,
until Thy people shall cross·​·over, O Jehovah,
until this people shall cross·​·over which Thou hast bought.

17 Thou shalt bring· them ·in, Thou shalt plant them in the mountain of Thine inheritance,
in the established place Thou hast wrought for Thee to dwell, O Jehovah,
the sanctuary, O Lord, that Thy hands have established.

18 Jehovah shall reign to eternity and forever.

19 For the horse of Pharaoh came with his chariot and with his horsemen into the sea,
and Jehovah turned·​·back the waters of the sea upon them;
and the sons of Israel went on the dry through the midst of the sea.

20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

21 And Miriam answered to them, Sing ye to Jehovah, for rising·​·up He has raised· Himself ·up; the horse and his rider has He thrown·​·out into the sea.

22 And Moses made Israel journey from the Suph Sea, and they went out to the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no waters.

23 And they came to Marah, and they could not drink the waters for bitterness, for they were bitter; therefore he called the name of it Marah.

24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

25 And he cried to Jehovah, and Jehovah showed him wood, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There He set for him a statute and a judgment, and there He tempted him;

26 and He said, If hearing thou wilt hear the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do what is upright in His eyes, and wilt give·​·ear to His commandments, and wilt keep all His statutes, all the sicknesses that I have put on the Egyptians, I will not put upon thee, because I am Jehovah thy healer.

27 And they came to Elim, and there were twelve founts of waters there, and seventy palm·​·trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 8343

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8343. 'The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea' means that as a result simply of His presence falsities in faith and evils in life cast themselves into hell. This is clear from the meaning of 'horse and rider' as falsities arising from evil, dealt with in 8146, 8148; and from the meaning of 'throwing into the sea' as into hell, dealt with in 8099, 8137, 8138. As regards its happening as a result simply of the Lord's presence, see 8137 (end), 8265. The reason for saying that the falsities and evils cast themselves into hell is that falsities and evils themselves are what are cast into hell, and these drag down with them the people to whom they cling. For through evil in life a person becomes a form of the falsity that arises from evil; consequently when evils themselves accompanied by falsities are thrown down, forms to which they cling are dragged down together with them. Falsities and evils are emanations from the hells, flowing in among those who through evils in life have made their inner selves into forms that receive those emanations, since everything composing thought and will flows in, what is good from heaven, but what is bad from hell, see 2886-2888, 4151, 4249, 5846, 6189, 6191, 6193, 6203, 6206, 6213, 6324, 6325, 7147, 7343. These then are the reasons for saying that the falsities in faith and evils in life cast themselves into hell. On account of this when angels think and talk about the hells they think and talk about falsities and evils completely separate from the inhabitants there; for angels always banish ideas that focus on persons and confine themselves to those that focus on things, 5225, 5287, 5434.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 7147

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7147. 'And your people have sinned' means that for this reason they are guilty of having done what is evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'sinning' as becoming guilty of evil; and, if guilty, as receiving deserved punishment. What the situation is in general regarding the matters contained in this verse and in those that come before it must be stated. Those who are on the lower earth are molested by the falsities and evils introduced by the surrounding hells. Such molestation takes place in order that evils and falsities may be removed and truths and forms of good may be instilled, as a result of which they are brought into a state in which they can be raised to heaven, see 7090, 7122. But near the end they are molested more harshly than ever before, for at that stage truths are taken away from them and utter falsities are allowed to molest them, even until they are made to despair. For it is in accordance with Divine order that despair should be the final stage of molestation and temptation, see 1787, 2694, 5279, 5280. In order that this state experienced by those belonging to the spiritual Church might be represented by the children of Israel, Pharaoh acted as the narrative describes here. He did what he did when the molestations were near the end, that is to say, when the children of Israel were about to be set free and led to the land of Canaan.

[2] It should be recognized that molestations take place in the following way: Falsities and evils are introduced into a person's thoughts by the hells, and truths and forms of good by heaven, that is, by the Lord through heaven; and that introduction takes place in him because no man or spirit has any thought that originates in himself. Rather, everything flows in from without. Although this is entirely contrary to anyone's perception of what is going on inside him and for that reason seems impossible to believe, it is nevertheless absolutely true. See what has already been brought forward and shown from experience on the matter in 2886, 4151, 4249, 5846, 5854, 6189-6215, 6307-6327, 6466-6495, 6598-6626. From these places one may know how to understand the idea that molestations are effected by the introduction of falsities, and are increased until a person is made to despair.

  
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