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Êxodo 23

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1 Não levantarás falso boato, e não pactuarás com o ímpio, para seres testemunha injusta.

2 Nao seguirás a multidão para fazeres o mal; nem numa demanda darás testemunho, acompanhando a maioria, para perverteres a justiça;

3 nem mesmo ao pobre favorecerás na sua demanda.

4 Se encontrares desgarrado o boi do teu inimigo, ou o seu jumento, sem falta lho reconduzirás.

5 Se vires deitado debaixo da sua carga o jumento daquele que te odeia, não passarás adiante; certamente o ajudarás a levantá-lo.

6 Não perverterás o direito do teu pobre na sua demanda.

7 Guarda-te de acusares falsamente, e não matarás o inocente e justo; porque não justificarei o ímpio.

8 Também não aceitarás peita, porque a peita cega os que têm vista, e perverte as palavras dos justos.

9 Outrossim, não oprimirás o estrangeiro; pois vós conheceis o coração do estrangeiro, porque fostes estrangeiros na terra do Egito.

10 Seis anos semearás tua terra, e recolherás os seus frutos;

11 mas no sétimo ano a deixarás descansar e ficar em pousio, para que os pobres do teu povo possam comer, e do que estes deixarem comam os animais do campo. Assim farás com a tua vinha e com o teu olival.

12 Seis dias farás os teus trabalhos, mas ao sétimo dia descansarás; para que descanse o teu boi e o teu jumento, e para que tome alento o filho da tua escrava e o estrangeiro.

13 Em tudo o que vos tenho dito, andai apercebidos. Do nome de outros deuses nem fareis menção; nunca se ouça da vossa boca o nome deles.

14 Três vezes no ano me celebrarás festa:

15 A festa dos pães ázimos guardarás: sete dias comerás pães ázimos como te ordenei, ao tempo apontado no mês de abibe, porque nele saíste do Egito; e ninguém apareça perante mim de mãos vazias;

16 também guardarás a festa da sega, a das primícias do teu trabalho, que houveres semeado no campo; igualmente guardarás a festa da colheita à saída do ano, quando tiveres colhido do campo os frutos do teu trabalho.

17 Três vezes no ano todos os teus homens aparecerão diante do Senhor Deus.

18 Não oferecerás o sangue do meu sacrifício com pão levedado, nem ficará da noite para a manhã a gordura da minha festa.

19 As primícias dos primeiros frutos da tua terra trarás à casa do Senhor teu Deus. Não cozerás o cabrito no leite de sua mãe.

20 Eis que eu envio um anjo adiante de ti, para guardar-te pelo caminho, e conduzir-te ao lugar que te tenho preparado.

21 Anda apercebido diante dele, e ouve a sua voz; não sejas rebelde contra ele, porque não perdoará a tua rebeldia; pois nele está o meu nome.

22 Mas se, na verdade, ouvires a sua voz, e fizeres tudo o que eu disser, então serei inimigo dos teus inimigos, e adversário dos teus adversários.

23 Porque o meu anjo irá adiante de ti, e te introduzirá na terra dos amorreus, dos heteus, dos perizeus, dos cananeus, dos heveus e dos jebuseus; e eu os aniquilarei.

24 Não te inclinarás diante dos seus deuses, nem os servirás, nem farás conforme as suas obras; Antes os derrubarás totalmente, e quebrarás de todo as suas colunas.

25 Servireis, pois, ao Senhor vosso Deus, e ele abençoará o vosso pão e a vossa água; e eu tirarei do meio de vós as enfermidades.

26 Na tua terra não haverá mulher que aborte, nem estéril; o número dos teus dias completarei.

27 Enviarei o meu terror adiante de ti, pondo em confusão todo povo em cujas terras entrares, e farei que todos os teus inimigos te voltem as costas.

28 Também enviarei na tua frente vespas, que expulsarão de diante de ti os heveus, os cananeus e os heteus.

29 Não os expulsarei num só ano, para que a terra não se torne em deserto, e as feras do campo não se multipliquem contra ti.

30 Pouco a pouco os lançarei de diante de ti, até que te multipliques e possuas a terra por herança.

31 E fixarei os teus limites desde o Mar Vermelho até o Mar dos filisteus, e desde o deserto até o o rio; porque hei de entregar nas tuas mãos os moradores da terra, e tu os expulsarás de diante de ti.

32 Não farás pacto algum com eles, nem com os seus deuses.

33 Não habitarão na tua terra, para que não te façam pecar contra mim; pois se servires os seus deuses, certamente isso te será um laço.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 946

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946. For Thy judgments have been made manifest, signifies that Divine truths have been revealed to them. This is evident from the signification of "judgments," as being Divine truths (of which presently); also from the signification of "made manifest," as being to be revealed. That Divine truths are revealed at the end of the church, and that they have been revealed, will be shown in what follows in this chapter, because this is there treated of. "Judgments" signify Divine truths because the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called "judgments;" while the laws of government in His celestial kingdom are called "justice." For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from the Divine truth; while the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from the Divine good. This is why "judgment" and "justice" are mentioned in the Word, in the following passages. In Isaiah:

Of peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and in justice from henceforth and to eternity (Isaiah 9:7).

This is said of the Lord and His kingdom. His spiritual kingdom is signified by "the throne of David;" and because this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "in judgment and in justice."

In Jeremiah:

I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and He shall reign King, and He shall act intelligently, and shall do judgment and justice (Jeremiah 23:5).

This, too, is said of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And as this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "He shall reign king, and shall act intelligently, and He shall do judgment and justice." The Lord is called "King," from Divine truth; and as Divine truth is also Divine intelligence it is said that "He shall act intelligently." And as the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said that "He shall do judgment and justice."

[2] In Isaiah:

Jehovah is exalted, for He dwelleth on high, He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice (Isaiah 33:5).

"Zion" means heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by the Divine truth; and as all the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

I Jehovah doing judgment and justice in the earth; for in these things I am well pleased (Jeremiah 9:24).

Here, too, "judgment and justice" signify the Divine truth from the Divine good.

In Isaiah:

They ask of me the judgments of justice, they long for an approach unto God (5 Isaiah 58:2).

The "judgments of justice" are Divine truths from the Divine good, as are "judgment and justice;" for the spiritual sense conjoins things that the sense of the letter separates.

In Hosea:

I will betroth thee unto Me forever; and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment and in mercy and in truth (Hosea 2:19, 20).

This treats of the Lord's celestial kingdom, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord; and as the Lord's conjunction with such is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife, for so does the good of love conjoin, it is said, "I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment," "justice" being put here in the first place, and "judgment" in the second, because those who are in the good of love to the Lord are also in truths; for they see truths from good. As "justice" is predicated of good, and "judgment" of truth, it is also said, "in mercy and in truth," "mercy" belonging to good, because it is of love.

[3] In David:

Jehovah is in the heavens. Thy justice is like the mountains of God, and Thy judgments are like the great deep (Psalms 36:5-6).

"Justice" is predicated of the Divine good, and is therefore compared to "the mountains of God;" for "mountains of God" signify the goods of love (See above, n. 405, 510, 850); and "judgments" are predicated of Divine truths, and are therefore compared to "the great deep;" for "the great deep" signifies the Divine truth. From this it can now be seen that "judgments" signify Divine truths.

[4] In many passages in the Word, "judgments," "commandments," and "statutes" are mentioned; and "judgments" there signify civil laws, "commandments" the laws of spiritual life, and "statutes" the laws of worship. That "judgments" signify civil laws, is evident from Exodus (21, 22, 23), where the things commanded are called "judgments" because according to them the judges gave judgments in the gates of the city; nevertheless they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain these in the spiritual sense; as can be (Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103) seen (Arcana Coelestia 9124-9231) from (Arcana Coelestia 9247-9348) the explanation of them in the Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348). That the laws given to the sons of Israel were called "judgments, "commandments," and "statutes," can be seen from the following passages.

In Moses:

I will speak unto thee all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them (Deuteronomy 5:31).

In the same:

These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you (Deuteronomy 6:1).

In the same:

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them (Deuteronomy 7:11).

In David:

If his sons forsake My law and walk not in My judgments, if they profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, then will I visit their transgression with the rod (Psalms 89:30-32).

So in many other places, as Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24. In these passages "commandments" mean the laws of life, especially those contained in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Commandments; while "statutes" mean the laws of worship which related especially to sacrifices and holy ministrations; and "judgments" mean civil laws; and as these laws were representative of spiritual laws, they signify such Divine truths as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.

[5] It follows from this that when man shuns and turns away from evils as sins and is raised up into heaven by the Lord, he is no longer in what is his own (proprium), but in the Lord, and thus he thinks and wills goods. Again, since man acts as he thinks and wills, for every act of man proceeds from the thought of his will, it follows that when he shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods from the Lord and not from self; and this is why shunning evils is doing goods. The goods that a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole complex are meant by charity. Man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and does as if from himself, since that which is done as if by the man himself is conjoined to him and remains with him, while that which is not done by the man as if from himself, not being received in any life of sense, flows through like ether; and this is why the Lord wills that man should not only shun and turn away from evils as if of himself, but should also think, will, and do as if of himself, and yet acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he must acknowledge because it is the truth.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.