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Deuteronomy 24

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1 εαν δε τις λαβη γυναικα και συνοικηση αυτη και εσται εαν μη ευρη χαριν εναντιον αυτου οτι ευρεν εν αυτη ασχημον πραγμα και γραψει αυτη βιβλιον αποστασιου και δωσει εις τας χειρας αυτης και εξαποστελει αυτην εκ της οικιας αυτου

2 και απελθουσα γενηται ανδρι ετερω

3 και μισηση αυτην ο ανηρ ο εσχατος και γραψει αυτη βιβλιον αποστασιου και δωσει εις τας χειρας αυτης και εξαποστελει αυτην εκ της οικιας αυτου η αποθανη ο ανηρ ο εσχατος ος ελαβεν αυτην εαυτω γυναικα

4 ου δυνησεται ο ανηρ ο προτερος ο εξαποστειλας αυτην επαναστρεψας λαβειν αυτην εαυτω γυναικα μετα το μιανθηναι αυτην οτι βδελυγμα εστιν εναντιον κυριου του θεου σου και ου μιανειτε την γην ην κυριος ο θεος υμων διδωσιν υμιν εν κληρω

5 εαν δε τις λαβη γυναικα προσφατως ουκ εξελευσεται εις τον πολεμον και ουκ επιβληθησεται αυτω ουδεν πραγμα αθωος εσται εν τη οικια αυτου ενιαυτον ενα ευφρανει την γυναικα αυτου ην ελαβεν

6 ουκ ενεχυρασεις μυλον ουδε επιμυλιον οτι ψυχην ουτος ενεχυραζει

7 εαν δε αλω ανθρωπος κλεπτων ψυχην των αδελφων αυτου των υιων ισραηλ και καταδυναστευσας αυτον αποδωται αποθανειται ο κλεπτης εκεινος και εξαρεις τον πονηρον εξ υμων αυτων

8 προσεχε σεαυτω εν τη αφη της λεπρας φυλαξη σφοδρα ποιειν κατα παντα τον νομον ον εαν αναγγειλωσιν υμιν οι ιερεις οι λευιται ον τροπον ενετειλαμην υμιν φυλαξασθε ποιειν

9 μνησθητι οσα εποιησεν κυριος ο θεος σου τη μαριαμ εν τη οδω εκπορευομενων υμων εξ αιγυπτου

10 εαν οφειλημα η εν τω πλησιον σου οφειλημα οτιουν ουκ εισελευση εις την οικιαν αυτου ενεχυρασαι το ενεχυρον

11 εξω στηση και ο ανθρωπος ου το δανειον σου εστιν εν αυτω εξοισει σοι το ενεχυρον εξω

12 εαν δε ο ανθρωπος πενηται ου κοιμηθηση εν τω ενεχυρω αυτου

13 αποδοσει αποδωσεις το ενεχυρον αυτου περι δυσμας ηλιου και κοιμηθησεται εν τω ιματιω αυτου και ευλογησει σε και εσται σοι ελεημοσυνη εναντιον κυριου του θεου σου

14 ουκ απαδικησεις μισθον πενητος και ενδεους εκ των αδελφων σου η εκ των προσηλυτων των εν ταις πολεσιν σου

15 αυθημερον αποδωσεις τον μισθον αυτου ουκ επιδυσεται ο ηλιος επ' αυτω οτι πενης εστιν και εν αυτω εχει την ελπιδα και ου καταβοησεται κατα σου προς κυριον και εσται εν σοι αμαρτια

16 ουκ αποθανουνται πατερες υπερ τεκνων και υιοι ουκ αποθανουνται υπερ πατερων εκαστος τη εαυτου αμαρτια αποθανειται

17 ουκ εκκλινεις κρισιν προσηλυτου και ορφανου και χηρας και ουκ ενεχυρασεις ιματιον χηρας

18 και μνησθηση οτι οικετης ησθα εν γη αιγυπτω και ελυτρωσατο σε κυριος ο θεος σου εκειθεν δια τουτο εγω σοι εντελλομαι ποιειν το ρημα τουτο

19 εαν δε αμησης αμητον εν τω αγρω σου και επιλαθη δραγμα εν τω αγρω σου ουκ επαναστραφηση λαβειν αυτο τω πτωχω και τω προσηλυτω και τω ορφανω και τη χηρα εσται ινα ευλογηση σε κυριος ο θεος σου εν πασι τοις εργοις των χειρων σου

20 εαν δε ελαιαλογησης ουκ επαναστρεψεις καλαμησασθαι τα οπισω σου τω προσηλυτω και τω ορφανω και τη χηρα εσται και μνησθηση οτι οικετης ησθα εν γη αιγυπτω δια τουτο εγω σοι εντελλομαι ποιειν το ρημα τουτο

21 εαν δε τρυγησης τον αμπελωνα σου ουκ επανατρυγησεις αυτον τα οπισω σου τω προσηλυτω και τω ορφανω και τη χηρα εσται

22 και μνησθηση οτι οικετης ησθα εν γη αιγυπτω δια τουτο εγω σοι εντελλομαι ποιειν το ρημα τουτο

   

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True Christian Religion # 521

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521. Hereditary evil, my friend, comes from no other source but one's parents. And it is not real evil that one actually commits, but a tendency to it. That is something anyone would acknowledge, provided he applied his powers of reasoning to his experiences. Everyone knows that sons have by birth a general likeness to their parents, in their faces, their behaviour and their characters; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren too show the same resemblance to their grandfathers and great-grandfathers. Many people can tell families apart by this, and even races; Africans can be distinguished from Europeans, Neapolitans from Germans, Englishmen from Frenchmen, and so on. Anyone can recognise a Jew by his face, his eyes, his speech and gestures. And if you were able to perceive the life-sphere radiating from anyone's inherent nature, you could likewise be convinced of the similarity of their temperaments and minds.

[2] It follows from this that what a person has by birth is not real evils, but only a tendency to evils, being more or less prone to particular evils. No one, therefore, after death is judged on his hereditary evil, but the actual evils he has himself committed. This is obvious too from the following rule of the Lord:

The father shall not die on account of the son, and the son shall not die on account of the father; each shall die as the result of his own sin, Deuteronomy 24:16.

This was proved to me in the spiritual world from the case of those who die as children; they merely have a tendency towards evils, that is to say, they want to, but do not do them. For they are brought up under the Lord's guidance and are saved.

[3] This tendency and proneness to evils just mentioned, which is transmitted from parents to their children and descendants, can only be broken down by a person being born anew by the Lord's help, a process called regeneration. Without this not only does the tendency remain unbroken, but it is reinforced by a succession of parents, becoming more prone to evils, and eventually to every kind of evil. That is why the Jews are still copies of their ancestor Judah, who married a Canaanite wife, and fathered three lines of descent by adultery with Tamar, his daughter-in-law. This heredity has become so amplified in the course of time that the Jews are unable to embrace the Christian religion and believe it in their hearts. I say they are unable, because the inner will in their minds resists, and it is this will which creates the impossibility.

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