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1 Viešpats kalbėjo Mozei: “Eik ir keliauk iš šitos vietos su tauta, kurią išvedei iš Egipto, į šalį, apie kurią prisiekiau Abraomui, Izaokui ir Jokūbui, sakydamas: ‘Aš ją duosiu tavo palikuonims’.

2 Aš siųsiu pirma tavęs angelą ir išstumsiu kanaaniečius, amoritus, hetitus, perizus, hivus ir jebusiečius.

3 Eik į žemę, plūstančią pienu ir medumi; tačiau Aš pats neisiu su jumis, kadangi esate kietasprandė tauta, kad kartais nesunaikinčiau jūsų kelyje”.

4 Tauta, išgirdusi tokią blogą žinią, nuliūdo, nė vienas nesipuošė papuošalais.

5 Nes Viešpats sakė Mozei: “Kalbėk Izraelio tautai: ‘Jūs esate kietasprandė tauta: jei įeičiau pas jus nors trumpam, sunaikinčiau jus. Todėl nusiimkite savo papuošalus, kad žinočiau, ką su jumis daryti’ ”.

6 Izraelitai nusiėmė nuo savęs papuošalus prie Horebo kalno.

7 Mozė ištiesė palapinę toli už stovyklos ir pavadino ją Susitikimo palapine. Visi žmonės, kurie ieškojo Viešpaties, eidavo iš stovyklos prie Susitikimo palapinės.

8 Kai Mozė eidavo į palapinę, visi žmonės pakildavo ir stovėdavo savo palapinių angose, sekdami jį akimis, kol jis įeidavo palapinėn.

9 Mozei įėjus į Susitikimo palapinę, debesies stulpas nusileisdavo ir stovėdavo prie palapinės įėjimo ir Viešpats kalbėdavosi su Moze.

10 Visa tauta matė debesies stulpą prie palapinės įėjimo, ir visi žmonės pakildavo ir pagarbindavo savo palapinių angose.

11 Viešpats kalbėdavo su Moze veidas į veidą, kaip žmogus kalbasi su savo draugu. Jam grįžtant į stovyklą, jo tarnas Jozuė, Nūno sūnus, jaunas vyras, nepasitraukdavo nuo palapinės.

12 Mozė tarė Viešpačiui: “Liepei išvesti šitą tautą ir nepasakei, ką siųsi su manimi, tačiau sakei: ‘Aš tave pažįstu ir žinau tavo vardą, tu radai malonę mano akyse’.

13 Jei tad radau malonę Tavo akyse, apreikšk man savo kelius, kad Tave pažinčiau ir galėčiau atrasti malonę Tavo akyse, nes tie žmonės yra Tavo tauta”.

14 Viešpats atsakė: “Mano artumas eis su tavimi, ir Aš įvesiu tave į poilsį”.

15 Mozė atsakė: “Jei Tavo artumas neis, nevesk mūsų niekur iš šitos vietos.

16 Nes kaip man sužinoti, kad aš ir Tavo tauta atradome malonę Tavo akyse? Ar ne iš to, kad Tu eisi su mumis? Taip aš ir Tavo tauta būsime išskirti iš visų žemės tautų”.

17 Viešpats atsakė Mozei: “Ir šį prašymą patenkinsiu, nes radai malonę mano akyse ir Aš žinau tavo vardą”.

18 Mozė prašė: “Parodyk man savo šlovę”.

19 Viešpats atsakė: “Aš leisiu visai savo šlovei praeiti pro tave ir paskelbsiu tau Viešpaties vardą, ir būsiu maloningas tam, kam būsiu maloningas, ir pasigailėsiu to, ko pasigailėsiu.

20 Mano veido negalėsi matyti, nes žmogus, mane pamatęs, negali išlikti gyvas.

21 Štai vieta šalia manęs! Atsistok ant šios uolos.

22 Kai mano šlovė eis pro šalį, tave pastatysiu uolos plyšyje ir pridengsiu savo ranka, kol praeisiu.

23 Po to atitrauksiu ranką ir matysi mane iš užpakalio, mano gi veido nematysi”.

   

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10551. 'And so it was, when Moses entered the tent, that the pillar of cloud came down, and stood at the door of the tent, and talked to Moses' means that when the Word had gone beyond what they were capable of understanding, extremely poor visibility descended on them as they stood outside, and yet there was clear perception from within. This is clear from the meaning of 'when Moses entered the tent' as when the Word had gone beyond what they were capable of understanding, dealt with immediately above in 10550; from the meaning of 'the pillar of cloud' as extremely poor visibility so far as that nation was concerned, for by 'cloud' the outward sense of the Word is meant, see Preface to Genesis 18, and 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343(end), 6752, 8443, 8781, and also the poor visibility of the Word so far as those who have no enlightenment are concerned, and its extremely poor visibility so far as those with whom the outward sense of the Word is separated from the inward are concerned, 6832, 8106, 8814, 8819, 9430; from the meaning of 'standing at the door' as being outside, dealt with above in 10549; and from the meaning of 'talking to Moses' as clear perception from within. For the Word - as it is essentially - is meant by 'Moses', see 9372, while perceiving is meant by 'talking', see in the places referred to in 10290. The reason why 'from within' is meant is that Moses, to whom 'the pillar of cloud' talked, was within the tent.

[2] What it is to see from without and to perceive from within must be stated. Those who have enlightenment when they read the Word see it from within; for their internal has been opened, and when the internal has been opened it dwells in the light of heaven. This light flows in and brings enlightenment, though the person is not conscious of its doing so. He is not conscious of this because that light flows into the cognitions or knowledge present in the human memory, which however dwell in natural light. And since the person feels, when he uses them to think with, that he does so all by himself he cannot be aware of the influx; yet there are various indications enabling him to know that he has been given enlightenment. But anyone at all who supposes that he has enlightenment is mistaken if he does not love to know truth for its own sake and for the sake of leading a good life, thus if he does not love Divine Truth for life's sake. For leading a life in keeping with Divine Truths derived from the Word constitutes loving the Lord; and from the Lord, when He is loved, springs all enlightenment.

[3] Those however who do not see a life in keeping with Divine Truths derived from the Word as the end in view, but position, gain, and reputation as the end in view and the Divine Truths of the Word therefore as the means, cannot possibly possess any enlightenment. This end is worldly and bodily, and not spiritual and heavenly. Consequently it closes off their internal man, and once this is closed no light from heaven can flow in and bring enlightenment. If these people suppose that they are enlightened when they read the Word they are completely mistaken; for their thought is inspired not by heaven but by the world, and so springs not from the Lord but from self. And to the extent that it springs from self and the world it is the product of natural light separated from heavenly light; and natural light separated from heavenly light constitutes thickest darkness in spiritual matters. If these people are convinced that they have seen something as a result of having been enlightened they are mistaken. For the only way that they perceive whether anything is true is with the aid of proofs supplied by others, which is to see truth from without and not from within, or else with the aid of faith that is no more than persuasion, the nature of which may be seen in 9363-9369. Such people are able to see falsity as truth and truth as falsity, and also to see evil as good and good as evil.

[4] From all this it is clear what seeing the Word from without is and perceiving it from within is. Seeing it from without is what is meant when it says that the people stood, [each] at the door of [his] tent, and looked after Moses, and also that they saw the pillar of cloud standing at the door of the tent, and they bowed down, [each] at the door of [his] tent. But perceiving the Word from within is what is meant when it says that Moses entered the tent, and that the pillar of cloud at the door of the tent talked to Moses.

[5] A brief statement must also be made about the way in which the influx bringing enlightenment operates. Angels equally with men perceive the Word when it is read; but angels do so on a spiritual level, men on a natural level. A person whose internal has been opened also perceives it on a spiritual level, though he is not conscious of doing so while he lives in the world because his spiritual thought flows into his natural thought in the external man and manifests itself within this. Nevertheless that interior thought is what enlightens and is the channel through which influx from the Lord operates. Some learned people by looking into their own thoughts and reflecting on what they see have also noticed that the human being possesses interior thought which is not overt. They have therefore called the ideas composing it immaterial and intellectual 1 , distinguishing them from the overt ideas composing exterior thought, which they have called natural and material. But they have not known that the ideas composing interior thought are spiritual, nor that when these flow down from their own level they are converted into natural ones and then take on a different shape and appearance. These considerations show to some extent the way in which the influx bringing enlightenment operates.

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1. i.e. 'Apprehensible or apprehended only by the intellect; non-material, spiritual; ideal.' (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary)

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.