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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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878. 'He put out his hand' means his own power. 'And he took hold of it, and brought it in to himself into the ark' means that self was the source of the good he did and of the truth he thought. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power. Here therefore his own power from which he acts is meant. Indeed 'putting out his hand and taking hold of the dove and bringing it in to himself' is attaching and attributing to himself the truth meant by the dove. That 'the hand' means power, and also the exercise of power, and resulting self-confidence, is clear from many places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

I will visit upon the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Asshur, for he has said, By the power of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. Isaiah 10:12-13.

Here 'hand' clearly stands for his own power to which he attributed what he had done, on account of which visitation was made on him.

[2] In the same prophet,

Moab will stretch out his hands in the midst of him as swimmer does to swim, but He will lay low his pride together with the powerfulness 1 of his hands. Isaiah 25:11.

'Hands' stands for his own power resulting from projection of self above others, and so from pride. In the same prophet,

Their inhabitants were shorn of power, 2 they were dismayed and filled with shame. Isaiah 37:27.

'Shorn of power' 2 stands for having no power. In the same prophet,

Will the clay say to its potter, What are you making? or your work [say], He has no hands? Isaiah 45:9.

'He has no hands' stands for no power to it. In Ezekiel,

The king will mourn, and the prince will be wrapped in stupidity, and the hands of the people of the land will be all atremble. Ezekiel 7:17.

Here 'the hands' stands for power. In Micah,

Woe to those devising iniquity and working out evil upon their beds, which they carry out at morning light, and because they make their own hand their god! Micah 2:1.

'Hand' stands for their own power which they trust in as their god. In Zechariah,

Woe to the worthless shepherd deserting the flock! The sword will fall upon his arm and upon his right eye. His arm will be wholly withered, and his right eye utterly darkened. Zechariah 11:17.

[3] Since 'hands' means powers, men's evils and falsities are throughout the Word therefore called 'the works of their hands'. Evils come from the will side of man's proprium, falsities from the understanding side. The fact that this is the source of evils and falsities becomes quite clear from the nature of the human proprium, that it is nothing but evil and falsity. That this is the nature of the proprium see what has been stated already in 39, 41, 141, 150, 154, 210, 215. Because 'the hands' in general means power, the Word therefore frequently attributes hands to Jehovah, or the Lord. And in those contexts 'hands' in the internal sense means omnipotence, as in Isaiah, Jehovah, Your hand has been lifted up. Isaiah 26:11. 'Hand' stands for Divine power. In the same prophet,

Jehovah stretches out 3 His hand, they are all destroyed. Isaiah 31:3.

'Hand' stands for Divine power. In the same prophet,

Over the work of My hands command Me. My hands stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host. Isaiah 45:11-12.

'Hands' stands for Divine power. In the Word regenerate people are often called 'the work of Jehovah's hands'. In the same prophet,

My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand measured out the heavens. Isaiah 48:13.

'Hand' and 'right hand' stand for omnipotence.

[4] In the same prophet,

Has My hand been shortened, that it cannot redeem? Is there no power in Me to deliver? Isaiah 50:2.

'Hand' and 'power' stand for Divine power. In Jeremiah,

You did bring Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, and with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm. Jeremiah 32:17, 21.

'Power' in verse Jeremiah 32:17 and 'hand' in verse Jeremiah 32:21 stand for Divine power. It is quite often stated that 'they were brought out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm': in Ezekiel,

Thus said the Lord Jehovih, On the day I chose Israel and lifted up My hand to the seed of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I lifted up My hand to them, to lead them out of the land of Egypt. Ezekiel 20:5-6, 23.

In Moses,

Israel saw the great work 4 which Jehovah did on the Egyptians. Exodus 14:31.

[5] All these quotations plainly show that 'the hand' means power. Indeed so much was the hand the symbol of power that it also became its representative, as is clear from the miracles performed in Egypt, when Moses was commanded to stretch out his rod or his hand and they were accomplished -

Moses stretched out his hand and there was hail all over Egypt. Exodus 9:22-23.

Moses stretched out his hand and there was darkness. Exodus 10:21-22.

Moses stretched out his hand and rod over the Sea Suph and it was dried up, and he stretched out his hand and it returned. Exodus 14:11, 27. 5

No mentally normal person can believe that any power resided in Moses' hand or rod. Rather, because the lifting up and stretching out of the hand symbolized Divine power, that action also became its representative in the Jewish Church.

[6] The same applies to Joshua's stretching out his javelin, described as follows,

Jehovah said, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand towards Ai, for I will give it into your hand. When Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand, they entered the city and took it. And Joshua did not draw back the hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. Joshua 8:18-19, 26.

This also makes clear the nature of the representatives which comprised the external features of the Jewish Church. Consequently the Word is such that details recorded in its external sense do not give the appearance of being representatives of the Lord and His kingdom, such as the reference in these quotations to Moses or Joshua stretching out his hand, and all other details recorded there. In these it is never evident that such things are being represented as long as the mind is fixed solely on the historical details of the letter. From this it is also evident how far the Jews had receded from a true understanding of the Word and of the religious practices of their Church by focusing the whole of their worship purely on things of an external nature, even to the extent of attributing power to Moses' rod and to Joshua's javelin, when in fact these had no more power in them than a piece of wood. Yet because they did symbolize the Lord's omnipotence, which was at the time understood in heaven, signs and miracles were accomplished when by command they stretched out their hand or rod. Something similar happened when Moses on the hilltop held up his hands. When he did so Joshua was winning, but when he dropped them he was losing. So they held his hands up for him. Exodus 17:9-13.

[7] It was similar with the laying on of hands when men were being consecrated, as the people did to the Levites, Numbers 8:9-10, 12, and as Moses did to Joshua when the latter was to succeed him, Numbers 27:18, 23 - the purpose being to confer power. And this is why in our own times the ceremonies of ordination and of blessing are accompanied by the laying on of hands. To what extent the hand meant and represented power becomes clear from the following references in the Word to Uzzah and Jeroboam,

Of Uzzah it says that he reached out (his hand) to the Ark of God and took hold of it, and as a consequence died. 2 Samuel 6:6-7.

'The Ark' represented the Lord, and so everything holy and heavenly. 'Uzzah reached out to the Ark' represented man's own power, which is his proprium. And because the proprium is unholy the word 'hand' is left out but nevertheless understood. It is left out to prevent angels perceiving anything so profane as his touching with his hand that which was holy. And because he 'reached out' he died.

[8] In reference to Jeroboam,

It happened, when he heard the saying of the man of God which he cried out against the altar, that Jeroboam reached out his hand from above the altar saying, Lay hold of him. And his hand which he reached out against him dried up, and he could not draw it back to himself. He said to the man of God, Entreat now the face 6 of Jehovah your God, that my hand may be restored to me. And the man of God entreated the face 6 of Jehovah and his hand was restored to him, and became as it was before. 1 Kings 13:4-6.

Here similarly 'reaching out his hand' means man's own power, or proprium, which is unholy. He was willing to violate what was holy by stretching out his hand against the man of God, as a consequence of which his hand was dried up. Yet because he was an idolater and therefore not able to profane, as stated already, his hand was restored. The fact that 'the hand' means and represents power becomes clear from representatives in the world of spirits. In that world a bare arm sometimes comes into sight possessing so much strength that it can break bones to bits and crush their inner marrow to nothing at all. It consequently strikes so much terror as to cause heart-failure. It really does possess such strength.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, with the cataracts or the floodgates

2. literally, short in the hand

3. or has stretched out

4. literally, the great hand

5. Exodus 14:15, 16 were possibly intended in this reference, as well as verses 21, 27.

6. literally, the faces

  
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