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1 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λαξεύω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-APF λίθινος-A1--APF καθώς-D καί-C ὁ- A--NPF πρῶτος-A1--NPFS καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VZ--AAD2S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄρος-N3E-ASN καί-C γράφω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF πλάξ-N3K-GPF ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN ὅς- --NPN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF πλάξ-N3K-DPF ὁ- A--DPF πρῶτος-A1--DPFS ὅς- --DPF συντρίβω-VAI-AAI2S

2 καί-C γίγνομαι-V1--PMD2S ἕτοιμος-A1--NSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VF--FMI2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄρος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--ASN *σινα-N----S καί-C ἵστημι-VF--FMI2S ἐγώ- P--DS ἐκεῖ-D ἐπί-P ἄκρος-A1A-GSN ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN

3 καί-C μηδείς-A3P-NSM ἀναβαίνω-VZ--AAD3S μετά-P σύ- P--GS μηδέ-C ὁράω-VV--APD3S ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DSN ὁ- A--DSN ὄρος-N3E-DSN καί-C ὁ- A--NPN πρόβατον-N2N-NPN καί-C ὁ- A--NPF βοῦς-N3--NPF μή-D νέμω-V1--PMD3P πλησίον-D ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN ἐκεῖνος- D--GSN

4 καί-C λαξεύω-VAI-AAI3S δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-APF λίθινος-A1--APF καθάπερ-D καί-C ὁ- A--NPF πρῶτος-A1--NPFS καί-C ὀρθρίζω-VA--AAPNSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἀναβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄρος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--ASN *σινα-N----S καθότι-D συντάσσω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--APF δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-APF ὁ- A--APF λίθινος-A1--APF

5 καί-C καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν-P νεφέλη-N1--DSF καί-C παραἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἐκεῖ-D καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSN ὄνομα-N3M-DSN κύριος-N2--GSM

6 καί-C παραἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM οἰκτίρμων-A3N-NSM καί-C ἐλεήμων-A3N-NSM μακρόθυμος-A1B-NSM καί-C πολυέλεος-A1B-NSM καί-C ἀληθινός-A1--NSM

7 καί-C δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF διατηρέω-V2--PAPNSM καί-C ποιέω-V2--PAPNSM ἔλεος-N3E-ASN εἰς-P χιλιάς-N3D-APF ἀποαἱρέω-V2--PAPNSM ἀνομία-N1A-APF καί-C ἀδικία-N1A-APF καί-C ἁμαρτία-N1A-APF καί-C οὐ-D καθαρίζω-VF2-FAI3S ὁ- A--ASM ἔνοχος-A1B-ASM ἐπιἄγω-V1--PAPNSM ἀνομία-N1A-GSF πατήρ-N3--GPM ἐπί-P τέκνον-N2N-APN καί-C ἐπί-P τέκνον-N2N-APN τέκνον-N2N-GPN ἐπί-P τρίτος-A1--ASF καί-C τέταρτος-A1--ASF γενεά-N1A-ASF

8 καί-C σπεύδω-VA--AAPNSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM κύπτω-VA--AAPNSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3S

9 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S εἰ-C εὑρίσκω-VX--XAI1S χάρις-N3--ASF ἐνώπιον-P σύ- P--GS συνπορεύομαι-VC--APD3S ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM γάρ-X σκληροτράχηλος-A1B-NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C ἀποαἱρέω-VF2-FAI2S σύ- P--NS ὁ- A--APF ἁμαρτία-N1A-APF ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APF ἀνομία-N1A-APF ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI1P σύ- P--DS

10 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS τίθημι-V7--PAI1S σύ- P--DS διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐνώπιον-P πᾶς-A3--GSM ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ποιέω-VF--FAI1S ἔνδοξος-A1B-APN ὅς- --APN οὐ-D γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF καί-C ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DSN ἔθνος-N3E-DSN καί-C ὁράω-VF--FMI3S πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὅς- --DPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2S σύ- P--NS ὁ- A--APN ἔργον-N2N-APN κύριος-N2--GSM ὅτι-C θαυμαστός-A1--NPN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὅς- --APN ἐγώ- P--NS ποιέω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DS

11 προςἔχω-V1--PAD2S σύ- P--NS πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἐγώ- P--NS ἐντέλλομαι-V1--PMI1S σύ- P--DS ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐκβάλλω-V1--PAI1S πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--ASM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *χαναναῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *χετταῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *φερεζαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *ευαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *γεργεσαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *ιεβουσαῖος-N2--ASM

12 προςἔχω-V1--PAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM μήποτε-D τίθημι-VE--AAS2S διαθήκη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--DPM ἐν καταἧμαι-V5--PMPDPM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF εἰς-P ὅς- --ASF εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMI2S εἰς-P αὐτός- D--ASF μή-D σύ- P--DS γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S πρόσκομμα-N3M-NSN ἐν-P σύ- P--DP

13 ὁ- A--APM βωμός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM κατααἱρέω-VF2-FAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APF στήλη-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM συντρίβω-VF--FAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἄλσος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GPM ἐκκόπτω-VF--FAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APN γλυπτός-A1--APN ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM κατακαίω-VF--FAI2P ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN

14 οὐ-D γάρ-X μή-D προςκυνέω-VA--AAS2P θεός-N2--DSM ἕτερος-A1A-DSM ὁ- A--NSM γάρ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ζηλωτός-A1--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN θεός-N2--NSM ζηλωτής-N1M-NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

15 μήποτε-D τίθημι-VE--AAS2S διαθήκη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--DPM ἐν καταἧμαι-V5--PMPDPM πρός-P ἀλλόφυλος-A1B-APM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἐκπορνεύω-VA--AAS3P ὀπίσω-P ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C θύω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--DPM θεός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C καλέω-VA--AAS3P σύ- P--AS καί-C ἐσθίω-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--GPN θῦμα-N3M-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM

16 καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--GPF θυγάτηρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GPF θυγάτηρ-N3--GPF σύ- P--GS δίδωμι-VO--AAS2S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐκπορνεύω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--NPF θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF σύ- P--GS ὀπίσω-P ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐκπορνεύω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM σύ- P--GS ὀπίσω-P ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM

17 καί-C θεός-N2--APM χωνευτός-A1--APM οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM

18 καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ἑορτή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GPM ἄζυμος-A1B-GPM φυλάσσω-VF--FMI2S ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S ἄζυμος-A1B-APN καθάπερ-D ἐντέλλομαι-VM--XMI1S σύ- P--DS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM καιρός-N2--ASM ἐν-P μήν-N3--DSM ὁ- A--GPN νέος-A1A-GPN ἐν-P γάρ-X μήν-N3--DSM ὁ- A--GPN νέος-A1A-GPN ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI2S ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

19 πᾶς-A3--NSN δια ἀναοἴγω-V1--PAPNSN μήτρα-N1A-ASF ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--NPN ἀρσενικός-A1--NPN πρωτότοκος-A1B-NSN μόσχος-N2--GSM καί-C πρωτότοκος-A1B-NSN πρόβατον-N2N-GSN

20 καί-C πρωτότοκος-A1B-NSN ὑποζύγιον-N2N-GSN λυτρόω-VF--FMI2S πρόβατον-N2N-DSN ἐάν-C δέ-X μή-D λυτρόω-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--ASN τιμή-N1--ASF δίδωμι-VF--FAI2S πᾶς-A3--ASN πρωτότοκος-A1B-ASN ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM σύ- P--GS λυτρόω-VF--FMI2S οὐ-D ὁράω-VV--FPI2S ἐνώπιον-P ἐγώ- P--GS κενός-A1--NSM

21 ἕξ-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ἐργάζομαι-VF2-FMI2S ὁ- A--DSF δέ-X ἕβδομος-A1--DSF καταπαύω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--DSM σπόρος-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DSM ἀμητός-N2--DSM καταπαύω-VF--FAI2S

22 καί-C ἑορτή-N1--ASF ἑβδομάς-N3D-GPF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἐγώ- P--DS ἀρχή-N1--ASF θερισμός-N2--GSM πυρός-N2--GPM καί-C ἑορτή-N1--ASF συναγωγή-N1--GSF μεσόω-V4--PAPGSM ὁ- A--GSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--GSM

23 τρεῖς-A3--APM καιρός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--GSM ὁράω-VV--FPI3S πᾶς-A3--NSN ἀρσενικός-A1--NSN σύ- P--GS ἐνώπιον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

24 ὅταν-D γάρ-X ἐκβάλλω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GS καί-C πλατύνω-V1--PAS1S ὁ- A--APN ὅριον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GS οὐ-D ἐπιθυμέω-VF--FAI3S οὐδείς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS ἡνίκα-D ἄν-X ἀναβαίνω-V1--PAS2S ὁράω-VV--APN ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS τρεῖς-A3--APM καιρός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--GSM

25 οὐ-D σφάζω-VF--FAI2S ἐπί-P ζυμή-N1--DSF αἷμα-N3M-ASN θυμίαμα-N3M-GPN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C οὐ-D κοιμάω-VC--FPI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D θῦμα-N3M-NPN ὁ- A--GSF ἑορτή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSN πασχα-N---GSN

26 ὁ- A--APN πρωτογένημα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS τίθημι-VF--FAI2S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS οὐ-D προςφέρω-VF--FAI2S ἀρνός-N3--ASM ἐν-P γάλα-N3--DSN μήτηρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

27 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM γράφω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN οὗτος- D--APN ἐπί-P γάρ-X ὁ- A--GPM λόγος-N2--GPM οὗτος- D--GPM τίθημι-VT--XMI1S σύ- P--DS διαθήκη-N1--ASF καί-C ὁ- A--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM

28 καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐκεῖ-D *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM τεσσαράκοντα-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF καί-C τεσσαράκοντα-M νύξ-N3--APF ἄρτος-N2--ASM οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ὕδωρ-N3--NSN οὐ-D πίνω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C γράφω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN οὗτος- D--APN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF πλάξ-N3K-GPF ὁ- A--GSF διαθήκη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--APM δέκα-M λόγος-N2--APM

29 ὡς-C δέ-X καταβαίνω-V1I-IAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--NPF δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-NPF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF *μωυσῆς-N1M-GSM καταβαίνω-V1--PAPGSM δέ-X αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM οὐ-D οἶδα-VXI-YAI3S ὅτι-C δοξάζω-VT--XMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ὄψις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GSN χρῶμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSN πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN λαλέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--ASM αὐτός- D--DSM

30 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--ASM *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S δοξάζω-VT--XMPNSF ὁ- A--NSF ὄψις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GSN χρῶμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSN πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C φοβέω-VCI-API3P ἐγγίζω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--GSM

31 καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VDI-API3P πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM *ααρων-N---NSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἄρχων-N3--NPM ὁ- A--GSF συναγωγή-N1--GSF καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM

32 καί-C μετά-P οὗτος- D--APN προςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DPM πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὄρος-N3E-DSN *σινα-N----S

33 καί-C ἐπειδή-C καταπαύω-VAI-AAI3S λαλέω-V2--PAPNSM πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ἐπιτίθημι-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM κάλυμμα-N3M-ASN

34 ἡνίκα-D δέ-X ἄν-X εἰςπορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM λαλέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--DSM περιαἱρέω-V2I-IMI3S ὁ- A--ASN κάλυμμα-N3M-ASN ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMN καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNSM λαλέω-V2I-IAI3S πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅσος-A1--APN ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DSM κύριος-N2--NSM

35 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN *μωυσῆς-N1M-GSM ὅτι-C δοξάζω-VT--XMI3S καί-C περιτίθημι-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM κάλυμμα-N3M-ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἑαυτοῦ- D--GSM ἕως-C ἄν-X εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S συνλαλέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--DSM

   

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4818. 'And there Judah saw the daughter of a man, a Canaanite' means the affection for evil begotten by falsity springing from evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'the daughter' as the affection for good, dealt with in 2362, and in the contrary sense as the affection for evil, 3024; from the meaning of 'a man' as one who has intelligence and, in the abstract sense, as truth, but in the contrary sense as one who has no intelligence and as falsity, dealt with just above in 4816; and from the meaning of 'a Canaanite' as evil, dealt with in 1573, 1574. From these meanings it is evident that 'the daughter of a man, a Canaanite' means evil begotten by falsity springing from evil. What evil begotten by falsity springing from evil is will be stated below.

[2] Here the origins of the tribe of Judah must be stated first, since these are the subject in this chapter. That tribe, or the Jewish nation, has three origins, the first being Shelah, Judah's son by his Canaanite wife, the second and third being Perez and Zerah, Judah's sons by his daughter-in-law. The descent of the whole Jewish nation from these three sons of Judah is evident from the list of Jacob's sons and grandsons who accompanied him into Egypt, Genesis 46:12, and also from the grouping of them into families, referred to in Moses,

The sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. Numbers 26:20; 1 Chronicles 4:21.

From this the nature of that nation's origin is evident; that is to say, a third of them were descended from a Canaanite mother and two thirds from a daughter-in-law. They were all therefore the product of an illicit union, because marriages to daughters of the Canaanites were strictly forbidden - as may be seen in Genesis 24:3; Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3; 1 Kings 11:2; and Chapters 9, 10 of Ezra - while lying with a daughter-in-law was a capital offence, as is evident in Moses,

As regards a man who has lain with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be killed; they have committed perversion; 1 their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 20:12.

What Judah and his daughter-in-law had done together was linked by him to the law regarding leviratical marriages, which lays down the duty of a brother but never of a father, as is evident from verse 26 of the present chapter. Judah's linking of their deed together to this law implies that the sons of Tamar were to be recognized as the sons of Er the firstborn, who was born from the Canaanite mother, and who was evil in Jehovah's eyes and was therefore made to die, verse 7. For initially those born in a leviratical marriage did not belong to the one from whom they had been conceived but to him whose seed was being raised up, as is clear from Deuteronomy 25:5-6, and also from verses 8 and 9 of the present chapter. Furthermore, the sons whom Tamar bore were the result of whoredom, for when Judah went in to her he thought she was a prostitute, verses 15-16, 21. From all this one can see the origin of the Jewish nation and what kind of origin this was; and one can see that their words in John were founded on a lie,

The Jews said to Him, We were not born of whoredom. John 8:41.

[3] As regards what that origin implies and what it represents, this is evident from what follows. That is to say, those people's interiors were the same or had the same origin. Judah's marriage to a Canaanite implies and represents an origin that consisted in evil begotten by falsity springing from evil, for this is what is meant in the internal sense by 'the daughter of a man, a Canaanite'. And his lying through whoredom with his daughter-in-law implies and represents condemnation due to truth falsified by evil, for throughout the Word 'whoredom' means the falsification of truth, see 3703. 2 Evil begotten by falsity springing from evil is an evil life resulting from a false teaching hatched by the evil of self-love - that is, by those governed by this evil - and backed up by a use of the sense of the letter of the Word. This is what the origin of the evil in the Jewish nation is like, and what the origin of the evil is like in the Christian world, especially among those meant in the Word by Babel. The nature of that evil is such that it closes every path leading into the internal man, closing every path so completely that no conscience at all can be formed there. For if any evil done by a person is due to a false teaching, he believes that this is good because he believes that it is true. He accordingly does it, because he has warrant to do so, with a sense of freedom and delight. All this being so, heaven is closed so completely against him that it cannot be opened.

[4] As an example to explain what this evil is like, take those who from the evil of self-love believe the following: One nation alone is Jehovah's chosen people, in comparison with whom all the rest of mankind are slaves. The rest, they believe, are so base that they may be killed at will and may be treated in a cruel fashion. Such ideas, likewise backed up by a use of the sense of the letter of the Word, were the beliefs of the Jewish nation, as they are also of the Babylonish 3 nation at the present day. Whatever kind of evil done by the latter that is the result of that false teaching, and of any other false teachings built on that one as their foundation, is evil begotten by falsity springing from evil. It destroys the internal man and shuts out even the possibility of any conscience being formed there. These people are referred to in the Word as those immersed in bloodshed; for they treat in savage ways the entire human race because it does not venerate what they believe and so themselves too, and because it does not present its gifts on their altars.

[5] Take another example - those who from the evil of self-love and love of the world believe in the necessity for someone to act as the Lord's vicar on earth. They believe that this person has power to open and close heaven, and so to control everyone's mind and conscience, and they back up this falsity by a use of the sense of the letter of the Word. In their case whatever kind of evil they perform as a result of these ideas is evil begotten by falsity springing from evil, which similarly destroys the internal man in those who are led by that evil to lay claim to that power and so control others. That evil destroys the internal man so completely that people cease to know any longer what the internal man is, or to know of the existence of conscience in anyone, with the result that they cease to believe any longer in a life after death, or in the existence of hell and of heaven, however much they talk about these.

[6] The nature of this evil is such that people in the world cannot tell it apart from other evils; but in the next life angels recognize it quite clearly. For in the next life the countless differences in the essential nature and the origin of evils and falsities are in full view; and it is also the genera and species to which these evils and falsities belong that mark off the hells from one another. Of these countless differences man knows scarcely anything. He believes in the existence of evil but has no knowledge of its essential nature, for the simple reason that he does not know what good is, and does not know what good is because he does not know what charity is. If he knew what the good of charity was he would also know its opposites, which are evils, and also their differences.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, confusion

2. Reading 3703 for 3708

3. i. e. Papal

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