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Exodus 9

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1 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAD2S πρός-P *φαραώ-N---ASM καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--DSM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM *εβραῖος-N2--GPM ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἵνα-C ἐγώ- P--DS λατρεύω-VA--AAS3P

2 εἰ-C μέν-X οὖν-X μή-D βούλομαι-V1--PMI2S ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀλλά-C ἔτι-D ἐνκρατέω-V2--PAI2S αὐτός- D--GSM

3 ἰδού-I χείρ-N3--NSF κύριος-N2--GSM ἐπιεἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN κτῆνος-N3E-DPN σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--DPN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN πεδίον-N2N-DPN ἐν-P τε-X ὁ- A--DPM ἵππος-N2--DPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ὑποζύγιον-N2N-DPN καί-C ὁ- A--DPF κάμηλος-N2--DPF καί-C βοῦς-N3--DPM καί-C πρόβατον-N2N-DPN θάνατος-N2--NSM μέγας-A1P-NSM σφόδρα-D

4 καί-C παραδοξάζω-VF--FAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM καιρός-N2--DSM ἐκεῖνος- D--DSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GPM *αἰγύπτιος-N2--GPM καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οὐ-D τελευτάω-VF--FAI3S ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM υἱός-N2--GPM ῥητός-A1--ASM

5 καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὅρος-N2--ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF αὔριον-D ποιέω-VF--FAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

6 καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ὁ- A--DSF ἐπαύριον-D καί-C τελευτάω-VAI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN κτῆνος-N3E-NPN ὁ- A--GPM *αἰγύπτιος-N2--GPM ἀπό-P δέ-X ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οὐ-D τελευτάω-VAI-AAI3S οὐδείς-A3--ASN

7 ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X *φαραώ-N---NSM ὅτι-C οὐ-D τελευτάω-VAI-AAI3S ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οὐδείς-A3--ASN βαρύνω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF *φαραώ-N---GSM καί-C οὐ-D ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM

8 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM καί-C *ααρων-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2P σύ- P--NP πλήρης-A3H-APF ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF αἰθάλη-N1--GSF καμιναία-N1A-GSF καί-C πάσσω-VA--AAD3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM ἐναντίον-P *φαραώ-N---GSM καί-C ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GPM θεράπων-N3--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM

9 καί-C γίγνομαι-VC--APD3S κονιορτός-N2--NSM ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ἄνθρωπος-N2--APM καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN τετράποδος-A1B-APN ἕλκος-N3E-NPN φλυκτίς-N3D-NPF ἀναζέω-V2--PAPNPF ἐν-P τε-X ὁ- A--DPM ἄνθρωπος-N2--DPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN τετράπους-A3--DPN καί-C ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF γῆ-N1--DSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

10 καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF αἰθάλη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSF καμιναία-N1A-GSF ἐναντίον-P *φαραώ-N---GSM καί-C πάσσω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἕλκος-N3E-NPN φλυκτίς-N3D-NPF ἀναζέω-V2--PAPNPF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM ἄνθρωπος-N2--DPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN τετράπους-A3--DPN

11 καί-C οὐ-D δύναμαι-V6I-IMI3P ὁ- A--NPM φαρμακός-N2--NPM ἵστημι-VH--AAN ἐναντίον-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-GSM διά-P ὁ- A--APN ἕλκος-N3E-APN γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NPN ἕλκος-N3E-NPN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM φαρμακός-N2--DPM καί-C ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF γῆ-N1--DSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

12 σκληρύνω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF *φαραώ-N---GSM καί-C οὐ-D εἰςἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--GPM καθά-D συντάσσω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

13 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM ὀρθρίζω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D καί-C ἵστημι-VH--AAD2S ἐναντίον-P *φαραώ-N---GSM καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM *εβραῖος-N2--GPM ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἵνα-C λατρεύω-VA--AAS3P ἐγώ- P--DS

14 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM γάρ-X νῦν-D καιρός-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--NS ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-V1--PAI1S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN συνάντημα-N3--APN ἐγώ- P--GS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GPM θεράπων-N3--GPM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ἵνα-C οἶδα-VX--XAS2S ὅτι-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὡς-C ἐγώ- P--NS ἄλλος- D--NSM ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF

15 νῦν-D γάρ-X ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAPNSM ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF πατάσσω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AS καί-C ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS θάνατος-N2--DSM καί-C ἐκτρίβω-VF--FMI2S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

16 καί-C ἕνεκεν-P οὗτος- D--GSM διατηρέω-VCI-API2S ἵνα-C ἐνδεικνύω-VA--AMS1S ἐν-P σύ- P--DS ὁ- A--ASF ἰσχύς-N3U-ASF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὅπως-C διαἀγγέλλω-VD--APS3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF

17 ἔτι-D οὖν-X σύ- P--NS ἐνποιέω-V2--PMI2S ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSN μή-D ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--APM

18 ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ὕω-V1--PAI1S οὗτος- D--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ὥρα-N1A-ASF αὔριον-D χάλαζα-N1A-ASF πολύς-A1--ASF σφόδρα-D ὅστις- X--NSF τοιοῦτος-A1--NSF οὐ-D γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S ἐν-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF ἀπό-P ὅς- --GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF κτίζω-VXI-XPI3S ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF οὗτος- D--GSF

19 νῦν-D οὖν-X κατασπεύδω-VA--AAD2S συνἄγω-VB--AAN ὁ- A--APN κτῆνος-N3E-APN σύ- P--GS καί-C ὅσος-A1--APN σύ- P--DS εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN πᾶς-A3--NPM γάρ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NPM καί-C ὁ- A--APN κτῆνος-N3E-APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἄν-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN καί-C μή-D εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S εἰς-P οἰκία-N1A-ASF πίπτω-VB--AAS3S δέ-X ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APN ὁ- A--NSF χάλαζα-N1A-NSF τελευτάω-VF--FAI3S

20 ὁ- A--NSM φοβέω-V2--PMPNSM ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GPM θεράπων-N3--GPM *φαραώ-N---GSM συνἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN κτῆνος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--APM οἶκος-N2--APM

21 ὅς- --NSM δέ-X μή-D προςἔχω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSF διάνοια-N1A-DSF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN κύριος-N2--GSM ἀποἵημι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN κτῆνος-N3E-APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN πεδίον-N2N-DPN

22 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM ἐκτείνω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF σύ- P--GS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S χάλαζα-N1A-NSF ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF γῆ-N1--ASF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἐπί-P τε-X ὁ- A--APM ἄνθρωπος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APN κτῆνος-N3E-APN καί-C ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF βοτάνη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

23 ἐκτείνω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM καί-C κύριος-N2--NSM δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S φωνή-N1--APF καί-C χάλαζα-N1A-ASF καί-C διατρέχω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--ASN πῦρ-N3--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C βρέχω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM χάλαζα-N1A-ASF ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF γῆ-N1--ASF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

24 εἰμί-V9--IAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NSF χάλαζα-N1A-NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSN πῦρ-N3--NSN φλογίζω-V1--PAPNSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF χάλαζα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--NSF δέ-X χάλαζα-N1A-NSF πολύς-A1--NSF σφόδρα-D σφόδρα-D ὅστις- X--NSF τοιοῦτος-A1--NSF οὐ-D γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S ἐν-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF ἀπό-P ὅς- --GSM γίγνομαι-VM--XMI3S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSF ἔθνος-N3E-ASN

25 πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NSF χάλαζα-N1A-NSF ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF γῆ-N1--DSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἀπό-P ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἕως-P κτῆνος-N3E-GSN καί-C πᾶς-A1S-ASF βοτάνη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF χάλαζα-N1A-NSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ξύλον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN πεδίον-N2N-DPN συντρίβω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF χάλαζα-N1A-NSF

26 πλήν-D ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *γεσεμ-N---GS οὗ-D εἰμί-V9--IAI3P ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οὐ-D γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSF χάλαζα-N1A-NSF

27 ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAPNSM δέ-X *φαραώ-N---NSM καλέω-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM καί-C *ααρων-N---ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM ἁμαρτάνω-VX--XAI1S ὁ- A--ASN νῦν-D ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM δίκαιος-A1A-NSM ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X καί-C ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀσεβής-A3H-NPM

28 εὔχομαι-VA--AMD2P οὖν-X περί-P ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM καί-C παύω-VA--AMD3S ὁ- A--GSN γίγνομαι-VC--APN φωνή-N1--APF θεός-N2--GSM καί-C χάλαζα-N1A-ASF καί-C πῦρ-N3--ASN καί-C ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AP καί-C οὐκέτι-D προςτίθημι-VF--FMI2P μένω-V1--PAN

29 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὡς-D ἄν-X ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAS1S ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF ἐκπετάννυμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF φωνή-N1--NPF παύω-VF--FMI3P καί-C ὁ- A--NSF χάλαζα-N1A-NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ὑετός-N2--NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἔτι-D ἵνα-C γιγνώσκω-VZ--AAS2S ὅτι-C ὁ- A--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF

30 καί-C σύ- P--NS καί-C ὁ- A--NPM θεράπων-N3--NPM σύ- P--GS ἐπίσταμαι-V6--PMI1S ὅτι-C οὐδέπω-D φοβέω-VX--XMI2P ὁ- A--ASM κύριος-N2--ASM

31 ὁ- A--ASN δέ-X λίνον-N2N-NSN καί-C ὁ- A--NSF κριθή-N1--NSF πλήσσω-VDI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF γάρ-X κριθή-N1--NSF παραἵστημι-VXI-XAPNSF ὁ- A--ASN δέ-X λίνον-N2N-NSN σπερματίζω-V1--PAPNSN

32 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X πυρός-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ὀλύρα-N1A-NSF οὐ-D πλήσσω-VDI-API3S ὄψιμος-A1B-NPN γάρ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S

33 ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἀπό-P *φαραώ-N---GSM ἐκτός-P ὁ- A--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF καί-C ἐκπετάννυμι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF φωνή-N1--NPF παύω-VAI-AMI3P καί-C ὁ- A--NSF χάλαζα-N1A-NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ὑετός-N2--NSM οὐ-D στάζω-VAI-AAI3S ἔτι-D ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

34 ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X *φαραώ-N---NSM ὅτι-C παύω-VM--XMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ὑετός-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF χάλαζα-N1A-NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPF φωνή-N1--NPF προςτίθημι-VEI-AMI3S ὁ- A--GSN ἁμαρτάνω-V1--PAN καί-C βαρύνω-V1I-IAI3S αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--GPM θεράπων-N3--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM

35 καί-C σκληρύνω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF *φαραώ-N---GSM καί-C οὐ-D ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καθάπερ-D λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-DSM

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 747

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747. That accuseth them before God day and night, signifies and who have denounced them and disputed with them continually from the Word. This is evident from the signification of "to accuse," as being to assault (See above, n. 746); consequently it means to denounce and to dispute with, for he who accuses also disputes and denounces; also from the signification of "before God," as being from the Word (of which presently); also from the signification of "day and night," as meaning continually and without intermission; for "day and night" signify all states of life, "day" the state of the life when the mind is in clear thought, and "night" when the mind is in obscure thought. These two states of life mean continually, because there is in the spiritual world no division of times into years, months, weeks, days, and hours, but instead of these there are changes of state; for there angels and spirits are sometimes in clear thought and sometimes in obscure thought. That angels and spirits are by turns in a state of clear perception and in a state of obscure perception can be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell 154-161. But in particular their states follow each other variously, as from one affection into another; and it is from these states that angels and spirits number their times; thus these take the place of times in the world, which are years, months, weeks, days, nights, and hours. Because then their states of life in general change as to clearness or obscurity of understanding, and thus are in a continual succession, so "days and nights" signify continually. "To accuse before God" signifies to denounce and to dispute from the Word; because those who are meant by "the dragon," who are those that separate faith from life, argue and dispute from the Word; and to dispute from the Word is to dispute "before God," for God is in the Word, since the Word is from God, and is Divine truth proceeding from the Lord. This is why it is said in John:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word (John 1:1).

They dispute in favor of faith separated from a life of charity, because they confirm their heresy from certain passages in the Word understood according to the mere letter, and when they have thus confirmed it they believe it to be the very truth of the church, although it is a falsity. In general, "to accuse day and night" signifies the continual influx of falsity from those who are meant by "the dragon;" and as their falsities are from the Word falsified, therefore this is signified by "accusing before God."

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 6723

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6723. 'And she took [for him] a box made of rush' means a container which, though crude, was nevertheless derived from truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a box' or little ark as that which is a container or in which something is enclosed, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'rush' as that which is crude but nevertheless is derived from truth. The fact that 'rush' refers to something crude is self-evident; and the reason why it refers to something derived from truth is that 'rush' has that meaning, as is plain in Isaiah,

Woe to the land overshadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush, which sends ambassadors to the sea, and in vessels made of rush on the face of the waters! Isaiah 18:1-2.

'The land overshadowing with wings' stands for the Church which brings darkness to itself through the use of reasonings based on factual knowledge. 'Beyond the rivers of Cush' stands for turning to cognitions that are used to confirm false assumptions, 1164. 'Sending ambassadors to the sea' stands for resorting to factual knowledge, 28. 'In vessels made of rush over the face of the waters' stands for very crude receptacles of truth.

[2] The expression is used in the contrary sense in the same prophet,

The dry place will become a pond and the thirsty ground wellsprings of water; [there will be] grass instead of reed and rush. Isaiah 35:7.

'Grass instead of reed and rush' stands for the fact that there will be factual knowledge containing truth instead of such things as hold no truth within them. The meaning of 'grass' as factual knowledge containing truth is evident from places in the Word in which the expression appears.

[3] Since it had been preordained that Moses should represent the Lord in respect of the law of God or the Word, in particular the historical part of the Word, the incident therefore took place in which, when he was an infant, he was put in a box or little ark, though a crude one because that law was in its very earliest beginnings and because there was merely a representative of it lying there in the ark. But later on the real law of God, after it had flashed from Mount Sinai, was put in an ark, called the Ark of the Testimony. For the fact that the law of God was put inside the ark, see Exodus 40:20; 1 Kings 8:9, also the Books of Moses [placed to the side of it], Deuteronomy 31:24-26.

[4] The ark was therefore most holy because it represented the Lord's Divine Human in respect of the Divine Law; for from the Lord's Divine Human radiates the Divine Law or Divine Truth, which is the same as the Word spoken of in John,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father. John 1:1, 14.

And since the ark represented something so very holy, the mercy seat with the cherubim was placed over the ark, and next to the veil concealing it there was the lampstand with lamps and the table of gold with loaves, both of which were signs of the Divine Love. This then is the reason why Moses, because he represented the law of God, was put in a little ark when he was an infant.

  
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