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1 Trečią mėnesį po to, kai išėjo iš Egipto, Izraelio vaikai tą pačią dieną atvyko į Sinajaus dykumą.

2 Nes jie buvo išėję iš efidimo ir, atėję į Sinajaus dykumą, apsistojo. Jie pasistatė stovyklą ties kalnu,

3 ir Mozė užkopė ant kalno pas Dievą. Viešpats pašaukė jį nuo kalno, sakydamas: “Taip sakysi Jokūbo namams ir Izraelio vaikams:

4 ‘Jūs matėte, ką padariau egiptiečiams, kaip nešiau jus lyg ant erelio sparnų ir atgabenau jus prie savęs.

5 Taigi dabar, jei paklusite mano balsui ir laikysitės mano sandoros, būsite ypatinga mano nuosavybė tarp visų tautų. Man priklauso visa žemė.

6 Jūs būsite man kunigų karalystė ir šventa tauta’. Šiuos žodžius kalbėk izraelitams”.

7 Sugrįžęs Mozė sušaukė tautos vyresniuosius ir jiems pranešė viską, ką Viešpats įsakė.

8 Tada visa tauta atsakė: “Visa, ką Viešpats kalbėjo, darysime”. Mozė perdavė tautos atsakymą Viešpačiui.

9 Viešpats sakė Mozei: “Aš ateisiu pas tave tirštame debesyje, kad, man kalbant su tavimi, tauta girdėtų ir tavimi tikėtų per amžius”. Mozė pranešė tautos žodžius Viešpačiui,

10 o Jis tarė Mozei: “Eik pas žmones ir pašventink juos šiandien ir rytoj. Teišsiskalbia jie drabužius

11 ir tepasirengia trečiajai dienai. Trečią dieną Aš nužengsiu ant Sinajaus kalno visai tautai matant.

12 Nužymėk ribas aplink kalną ir įsakyk žmonėms, kad nedrįstų lipti į kalną ar paliesti jo kraštą, nes kiekvienas, kuris palies kalną, numirs.

13 Kas palies, tas bus užmuštas akmenimis arba pervertas strėle; nei žmogus, nei gyvulys neišliks gyvas. Išgirdę ilgą trimito garsą, jie tepriartėja prie kalno”.

14 Mozė, grįžęs nuo kalno, pašventino žmones. Ir jie išsiplovė drabužius.

15 Jis jiems tarė: “Būkite pasiruošę trečiajai dienai; nė vienas tenesiartina prie savo žmonos!”

16 Trečiąją dieną, rytui išaušus griaudėjo perkūnija ir žaibavo, tamsūs debesys apdengė kalną ir pasigirdo labai stiprus trimito garsas. Visi žmonės stovykloje pradėjo drebėti.

17 Mozė išvedė tautą iš stovyklos susitikti su Dievu. Jie sustojo kalno papėdėje.

18 Visas Sinajaus kalnas buvo apgaubtas dūmų, nes Viešpats nužengė ugnyje ant jo. Dūmai kilo tarsi iš krosnies, visas kalnas smarkiai drebėjo.

19 Trimito garsas vis stiprėjo. Mozė kalbėjo, o Dievas jam atsakinėjo balsu.

20 Viešpats nužengė ant Sinajaus kalno viršūnės ir, pasišaukęs Mozę ant kalno,

21 jam tarė: “Nulipk žemyn, įspėk žmones, kad nesiveržtų, norėdami išvysti Viešpatį, ir daugelis jų nežūtų.

22 Taip pat ir kunigai, kurie artinasi prie Viešpaties, tegul pasišventina, kad Viešpats jų neištiktų”.

23 Mozė sakė Viešpačiui: “Žmonės negali užlipti į Sinajaus kalną. Tu mus įspėjai nužymėti ribą aplink kalną ir pašventinti jį”.

24 Viešpats jam atsakė: “Nusileisk ir grįžk su Aaronu. Tačiau kunigai ir tauta tegul nesiveržia prie Viešpaties, kad Jis jų nesunaikintų”.

25 Mozė grįžo pas tautą ir kalbėjo jiems.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8819

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8819. 'And Mount Sinai was smoking, the whole of it' means the appearance of celestial good in the greatest obscurity. This is clear from the meaning of 'Mount Sinai' as celestial good, as immediately above in 8818; and from the meaning of 'smoking' as appearance in obscurity. Obscurity is used to mean the obscurity of faith such as those belonging to the spiritual Church possess when compared with those belonging to the celestial Church, 2708 (beginning), 2715, 2718, 2831, 2935, 2937, 3241, 3833, 6289. The greatest obscurity, meant by 'Mount Sinai was smoking, the whole of it' and by the statement just below that 'its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace', means the obscurity that clouded the understanding of the Israelite nation, before whom the appearance took place. For Jehovah or the Lord appears to everyone according to their true nature, 8788, 8814, so that He appears as love and the light of truth to those governed by good, but as an enemy and avenger to those ruled by evil. His appearance as such to the Israelite people is also clear from other places in Moses,

The appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel. Exodus 24:16-17.

In the same author,

You came near and stood at the foot of 1 the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire even to the heart of heaven; there was darkness and cloud and thick darkness. And Jehovah spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. Deuteronomy 4:11-12; 5:22.

And in the same author,

It happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to Me and said, Why should we die? For this great fire will devour us; if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more we shall die. Deuteronomy 5:23-25.

[2] The reason why this should be so is that no person can help seeing God from such things as are present in himself. The person who is ruled by hatred, for example, sees Him from hatred; and one who is ruled by ruthlessness sees Him in ruthlessness. And on the other hand, the person who is governed by charity and mercy sees Him from these virtues and in them. It is like rays of light, which are converted into hideous colours when they fall on hideous forms, but into beautiful colours when they fall on beautiful forms. The meaning of 'smoke' as the obscurity of truth, and also as the thick darkness belonging to falsity, is clear in Isaiah 9:18-19; 34:9-10; Joel 2:30-31; Hosea 13:1, 3; Revelation 9:17-18; 18:2, 18; 19:3.

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1. literally, stood under

  
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Genesis 22

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1 It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

2 He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."

3 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.

4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

5 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you."

6 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"

8 Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.

9 They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

11 The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

12 He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

14 Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said to this day, "On Yahweh's mountain, it will be provided."

15 The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,

16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

18 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

20 It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."

23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.