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2 Mosebok 10

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1 Og Herren sa til Moses: Gå inn til Farao! For det er jeg som har forherdet hans hjerte og hans tjeneres hjerte, forat jeg kan gjøre disse mine tegn midt iblandt dem,

2 og forat du skal fortelle din sønn og din sønnesønn hvad jeg har gjort mot egypterne, og hvad tegn jeg har gjort iblandt dem, så I skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

3 Så gikk Moses og Aron inn til Farao og sa til ham: Så sier Herren, hebreernes Gud: Hvor lenge vil du la være å ydmyke dig for mig? La mitt folk fare, så de kan tjene mig!

4 For dersom du nekter å la mitt folk fare, da vil jeg imorgen la gresshopper komme over ditt land.

5 Og de skal dekke landet, så ingen kan se jorden, og de skal ete op hvert eneste grand av det som blev tilovers for eder efter haglet, og de skal avete hvert tre som vokser på eders marker.

6 Og de skal fylle dine hus og alle dine tjeneres hus og alle egypternes hus, så hverken dine fedre eller dine fedres fedre har sett noget slikt fra den tid de blev til på jorden, og til denne dag. Dermed vendte han sig om og gikk ut fra Farao.

7 Da sa Faraos tjenere til ham: Hvor lenge skal denne mann være en snare for oss? La mennene fare, så de kan tjene Herren sin Gud! Ser du ikke ennu at Egypten blir ødelagt?

8 Så blev Moses og Aron hentet tilbake til Farao, og han sa til dem: Gå avsted, tjen Herren eders Gud! Men hvem er det som skal fare?

9 Moses svarte: Vi vil fare alle, både unge og gamle; både våre sønner og våre døtre vil vi ha med, både vårt småfe og vårt storfe; for vi skal holde høitid for Herren.

10 Da sa han til dem: Herren være med eder, så visst som jeg lar eder og eders små barn fare! Se der om I ikke har ondt i sinne!

11 Nei, ikke så! I menn kan fare og tjene Herren! For det var jo det I bad om. Dermed drev de dem ut fra Farao.

12 Da sa Herren til Moses: ekk ut din hånd over Egyptens land, så skal gresshoppene komme inn over Egyptens land og ete op alle urter i landet, alt det haglet har levnet.

13 Så rakte Moses ut sin stav over Egyptens land, og Herren lot en østenvind komme over landet hele den dag og hele natten; da det blev morgen, førte østenvinden gresshoppene med sig.

14 Og gresshoppene kom inn over hele Egyptens land og slo sig ned i hele Egypten i store mengder; aldri hadde det før vært en slik gresshoppesverm, og aldri vil det komme nogen slik mere.

15 De dekket hele landet, så landet blev mørkt, og de åt op alle urter i landet og all frukt på trærne som haglet hadde levnet, og det blev intet grønt tilbake på trærne eller på markens urter i hele Egyptens land.

16 Da skyndte Farao sig og sendte bud efter Moses og Aron og sa: Jeg har syndet mot Herren eders Gud og mot eder.

17 Men forlat mig nu min synd denne ene gang, og bed til Herren eders Gud at han bare vil avvende denne død fra mig!

18 Og han gikk ut igjen fra Farao og bad til Herren.

19 Og Herren vendte vinden, så det blev en meget sterk vestenvind, og den førte gresshoppene bort og kastet dem ned i det øde Hav; det blev ikke én gresshoppe tilbake i hele Egyptens land.

20 Men Herren forherdet Faraos hjerte, så han ikke lot Israels barn fare.

21 Og Herren sa til Moses: ekk din hånd op mot himmelen, og det skal bli mørke over Egyptens land, et mørke så tykt at en kan ta på det.

22 Så rakte Moses sin hånd op mot himmelen, og det blev et tykt mørke i hele Egyptens land i tre dager.

23 Den ene kunde ikke se den andre, og ingen torde flytte sig fra sin plass i tre dager; men hos alle Israels barn var det lyst der de bodde.

24 Da kalte Farao Moses til sig og sa: Gå avsted, tjen Herren! Bare eders småfe og eders storfe skal bli tilbake; også eders små barn kan få dra med eder.

25 Men Moses sa: Du må også la oss få slaktoffer og brennoffer med, så vi kan ofre til Herren vår Gud;

26 også vår buskap må være med oss, ikke en klov må bli igjen; for det er det vi må ta av når vi skal tjene Herren vår Gud, og vi vet ikke hvad vi skal ofre til Herren før vi kommer dit.

27 Men Herren forherdet Faraos hjerte, så han ikke vilde la dem fare.

28 Og Farao sa til Moses: Gå fra mig, vokt dig, kom ikke mere for mine øine! For på den dag du kommer for mine øine, skal du !

29 Moses svarte: Du har talt rett; jeg skal aldri mere komme for dine øine.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6649

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6649. 'And the land was filled with them' means even to the point at which the Church was complete. This is clear from the meaning of 'being filled' as that which is complete; and from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church, dealt with in 82, 662, 1066, 1067, 1262, 1411, 1413, 1607, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 2928, 3355, 4447, 4535, 5577. 'The land of Goshen' where the children of Israel now were means the Church. The fact that this was where the Church was before the children of Israel entered the land of Canaan is clear from what follows - from the absence there of the plagues which occurred elsewhere in Egypt, and also from the presence of light there while darkness reigned elsewhere, Exodus 10:21-23, making that territory entirely separate from all other territories in Egypt. The same fact is also clear from the consideration that 'the land of Goshen' means the middle or inmost part of the natural, 5910, 6028, 6031, 6068, and so means the Church since the spiritual Church exists in the inmost part of the natural.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1607

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1607. That 'for all the land which you see I will give to you' means the heavenly kingdom which was to be the Lord's is clear from the meaning of 'land' - the land of Canaan in this context since the words used are 'the land which you see' - as the heavenly kingdom. Indeed the land of Canaan represented the Lord's kingdom in the heavens, which is heaven, and also the Lord's kingdom on earth, which is the Church. This meaning of 'land' has been discussed frequently already. That the kingdom in heaven and on earth was given to the Lord is clear from various places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

A Boy is born, a Son is given to us; and the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6.

In Daniel,

I saw in the night visions, and behold with the clouds of the heavens One like the Son of Man was coming, and He came even to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. And to Him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages will serve Him. His dominion is an eternal dominion which will not pass away, and His kingdom one that will not perish. Daniel 7:13-14.

The Lord Himself also says the same: in Matthew,

All things have been delivered to Me by My Father. Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22.

Elsewhere in Matthew,

[All] power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matthew 28:18.

In John,

You have given to the Son power over all flesh in order that all You have given Him, to them He may give eternal life. John 17:2-3.

And 'sitting on the right hand' has the same meaning, as in Luke,

From now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

[2] As regards all power in heaven and on earth being given to the Son of Man, it should be recognized that the Lord already had power over all things in heaven and on earth before He came into the world, for He was God from eternity and He was Jehovah, as He Himself plainly declares in John,

Now, Father, glorify Me in Your Own Self with the glory I had with You before the world was. John 17:5.

And in the same gospel,

Truly, Truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. 1 John 8:58.

In fact He was Jehovah and God to the Most Ancient Church which existed before the Flood, and was seen by them. He was also Jehovah and God to the Ancient Church which existed after the Flood; and He was the One whom all the religious observances of the Jewish Church represented, and the One they worshipped. The reason the Lord says that all power in heaven and on earth has been given to Him, as though it had not been His till then, is that 'the Son of Man' is used to mean His Human Essence which became Jehovah as well after it had been united to His Divine Essence. Power was given to Him at that point, which would not have been possible until He was glorified, that is, until His Human Essence as well, through union with the Divine Essence, had life in Itself and likewise became Divine and Jehovah, as He Himself declares in John,

As the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. John 5:26.

[3] It is His Human Essence or External Man that is named 'the Son of Man' in the passage quoted from Daniel, and 'a Boy born, a Son given to us' in the passage quoted from Isaiah. The fact that the heavenly kingdom would be given to Him, and all power in heaven and on earth, was shown and promised to Him then, and is the meaning of the statement 'all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your seed after you for ever'. This was before His Human Essence had been united to His Divine Essence, a union which took place when He had overcome the devil and hell, that is to say, when by His own strength and powers He had cast out all evil, which alone causes the severance.

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1. The Latin means I was, but the Greek means I am, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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