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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 23

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1 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah's life.

2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

3 Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,

4 "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

5 The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

6 "Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."

7 Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

8 He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me among you for a possession of a burying-place."

10 Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

11 "No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead."

12 Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

13 He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."

14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

15 "My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."

16 Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants' standard.

17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded

18 to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.

20 The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.