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Второзаконие 4

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1 И нынј, Израиль, слушай постановленія и законы, которые Я научаю васъ исполнять, дабы вы были живы, и пошли и наслјдовали ту землю, которую Господь, Богъ отцевъ вашихъ, даетъ вамъ.

2 Не прибавляйте къ тому, что Я заповјдаю вамъ, и не убавляйте отъ того; соблюдайте заповјди Господа, Бога вашего, которыя я вамъ заповјдаю.

3 Глаза ваши видјли, что Господь сдјлалъ за Ваал-Пеора: всякаго человјка, послјдовавшаго Ваал-Пеору, истребилъ Господь, Богъ твой, изъ среды тебя;

4 а вы, прилјпившіеся къ Господу, Богу вашему, живы всј донынј.

5 Вотъ, я научилъ васъ постановленіямъ и законамъ, какъ повелјлъ мнј Господь, Богъ мой, дабы вы такъ поступали въ той землј, въ которую вы вступаете, чтобы взять ее въ наслјдіе.

6 Итакъ храните ихъ, и исполняйте ихъ; ибо сіе есть мудрость ваша и разумъ вашъ предъ глазами народовъ, которые, услышавъ о всјхъ сихъ постановленіяхъ, скажутъ: только сей великій народъ есть народъ мудрый и разумный.

7 Ибо есть ли какой великій народъ, къ которому боги были бы столь близки, какъ близокъ къ намъ Господь, Богъ нашъ, когда ни призовемъ Его?

8 Или есть ли какой великій народъ, у котораго были бы такія справедливыя постановленія и законы, какъ весь законъ сей, который я предлагаю вамъ сегодня?

9 Только берегись и тщательно храни душу твою, чтобы тебј не забыть тјхъ дјлъ, которыя видјли глаза твои, и дабы они не выходили изъ сердца твоего во всј дни жизни твоей, и дай объ нихъ знать сынамъ твоимъ и сынамъ сыновъ твоихъ.

10 Въ тотъ день, въ который ты стоялъ предъ Господомъ, Богомъ твоимъ, при Хоривј, когда сказалъ мнј Господь: собери ко Мнј народъ, и Я возвјщу имъ слова Мои, изъ которыхъ они научатся бояться Меня во всј дни жизни своей на землј и научатъ сыновъ своихъ;

11 вы приблизились и стали подъ горою, и гора горјла огнемъ до самыхъ небесъ, и была тьма, облако и мракъ.

12 И говорилъ Господь къ вамъ изъ среды огня; гласъ словъ вы слышали, но образа не видјли, а только гласъ.

13 И объявилъ вамъ завјтъ Свой, который велјлъ вамъ исполнять, то-естъ, десять оныхъ словъ, и написалъ ихъ на двухъ скрижаляхъ каменныхъ.

14 И повелјлъ мнј Господь въ то время научить васъ постановленіямъ и законамъ, дабы вы исполняли ихъ въ той землј, въ которую вы переходите, чтобы взять ее въ наслјдіе.

15 Твердо держите сіе въ душахъ вашихъ, что вы не видјли никакого образа въ тотъ день, когда говорилъ къ вамъ Господь на Хоривј изъ среды огня,

16 дабы вы не развратились и не сдјлали себј кумировъ, изображеній какого-либо вида, представляющихъ мужчину или женщину,

17 представляющихъ какого-либо скота, который на землј, представляющихъ какую-либо птицу крылатую, которая летаетъ подъ небесами,

18 представляюшихъ какого-либо гада, ползающаго по землј, представляющихъ какую-либо рыбу, которая въ водахъ ниже земли;

19 и дабы ты, взглянувъ на небо и увидјвъ солнце, луну и звјзды, все воинство небесное, не прельстился и не поклонился имъ и не служилъ имъ, которыя Господь, Богъ твой, раздјлилъ всјмъ народамъ подъ всјмъ небомъ.

20 А васъ взялъ Господь и вывелъ васъ изъ печи желјзной, изъ Египта, дабы вы были народомъ Его удјла, какъ это нынј видно.

21 Господь прогнјвался на меня за васъ и клялся, что я не перейду за Іорданъ и не войду въ ту добрую землю, которую Господь, Богъ твой, даетъ тебј въ удјлъ.

22 Я умру въ сей землј, не перешедши за Іорданъ, а вы перейдете и получите въ наслјдіе добрую оную землю.

23 Берегитесь, чтобы не забыть вамъ завјта Господа, Бога вашего, который Онъ поставилъ съ вами, и чтобы не дјлать себј кумировъ, изображающихъ что-либо, какъ повелјлъ тебј Господь, Богъ твой.

24 Поелику Господь, Богъ твой, есть огнь поядающій, Богъ ревнитель.

25 Если же родятся у тебя сыны и сыны у сыновъ, и долго живши на землј, вы развратитесь и сдјлаете изваяніе, изображающее что-либо, и сдјлаете зло сіе предъ очами Господа, Бога твоего, и раздражите Его:

26 то свидјтельствуюсь вамъ сегодня небомъ и землею, что пропадете, скоро пропадете съ земли, для наслјдованія которой вы переходите за Іорданъ; немного времени пробудете на ней, ибо истреблены будете.

27 И разсјетъ васъ Господь по народамъ, и останетесь въ маломъ числј между народами, къ которымъ отведетъ васъ Господь.

28 И будете тамъ служить богамъ, сдјланнымъ руками человјческими изъ дерева и камня, которые не видятъ и не слышагь, и не јдятъ и не обоняютъ.

29 Но когда ты взыщешь оттолј Господа, Бога твоего, то найдешь, если будешь искать Его всјмъ сердцемъ твоимъ и всею душею твоею.

30 Когда ты будешь въ скорби, и когда все сіе постигнетъ тебя въ послјдствіи времени; то обратишься ко Господу, Богу твоему, и послушаешь гласа Его.

31 Поелику Господь, Богъ твой, есть Богъ милосердый; Онъ не оставитъ тебя и не погубитъ тебя, и не забудетъ завјта съ отцами твоими, который Онъ клятвою утвердилъ имъ.

32 Ибо спроси у временъ прежнихъ, бывшихъ прежде тебя, съ того дня, въ который сотворилъ Богъ человјка на землј, и отъ края неба до края неба: бывало ли что нибудь такое, какъ сіе великое дјло, или слыхано ли подобное сему?

33 Слышалъ ли какой народъ гласъ Бога, говорящаго изъ среды огня, и остался живъ, какъ слышалъ ты?

34 Или покушался ли какой богъ пойти, взять себј народъ изъ среды другаго народа казнями, знаменіями и чудесами, и войною и рукою крјпкою, и мышцею высокою и великими ужасами, такъ какъ сдјлалъ для васъ Господь, богъ вашъ, въ Египтј предъ глазами твоими?

35 Тебј дано видјть сіе, чтобы ты зналъ, что Господь - Онъ есть Богъ, и нјтъ еще кромј Его.

36 Съ неба далъ Онъ слышать тебј гласъ Свой, дабы научить тебя, и на землј показалъ тебј великій огнь Свой, и ты слышалъ слова Его изъ среды огня.

37 И поелику Онъ возлюбилъ отцевъ твоихъ и избралъ потомство ихъ послј нихъ, то и вывелъ тебя Самъ великою силою Своею изъ Египта,

38 чтобы прогнать отъ лица твоего народы, которые болје и сильнје тебя, и ввести тебя и дать тебј землю ихъ въ удјлъ, какъ это нынј видно.

39 Итакъ знай нынј и положи на сердце твое, что Господь - Онъ есть Богъ на небј вверху и на землј внизу, и нјтъ еще.

40 И храни постановленія Его и заповјди Его, которыя я заповјдаю тебј сегодня, чтобы хорошо было тебј и сынамъ твоимъ послј тебя, и чтобы ты продолжалъ дни на той землј, которую Господь, Богъ твой, даетъ тебј навсегда.

41 Тогда отдјлилъ Моисей три города по сю сторону Іордана на востокъ солнца,

42 чтобы убјгалъ туда убійца, который убьетъ ближняго своего безъ намјренія, не бывъ врагомъ ему ни вчера, ни третьяго дня, и чтобъ убјжавъ въ одинъ изъ сихъ городовъ, остался живъ:

43 Бецеръ въ пустынј, на равнинј въ колјнј Рувимовомъ, и Рамоѕъ вь Галаадј въ колјнј Гадовомъ, и Голанъ въ Васанј въ колјнј Манассіиномъ.

44 Вотъ законъ, который предложилъ Моисей сынамъ Израилевымъ;

45 вотъ откровенія, постановленія и уставы, которые изрекъ Моисей сынамъ Израилевымъ, по исшествіи ихъ изъ Египта,

46 за Іорданомъ на долинј противъ Беѕ-Пеора, въ землј Сигона, царя Аморрейскаго, жившаго въ Есевонј, котораго поразилъ Моисей съ сынами Израилевыми, по исшествіи ихъ изъ Египта;

47 и взяли въ наслјдіе землю его и землю Ога, царя Васанскаго, двухъ царей Аморрейскихъ, которая за Іорданомъ къ востоку солнца.

48 Начиная отъ Ароира, который лежитъ на берегу потока Арнона, до горы Сіона, она же Ермонъ,

49 и всю равнину по сю сторону Іордана къ востоку, до самаго моря равнины при подошвј Фазги.

   

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8588. 'And Meribah' means the essential nature of the complaining. This is clear from the consideration that in the original language Meribah means contention or wrangling, and 'wrangling' means complaining, 8563, 8566; and since also names mean the essential nature of something, 8587, 'Meribah' here means the essential nature of the complaining. As regards the specific temptation here and the essential nature of it, it should be recognized that those people are being described here who in temptations almost give in; that is to say, they complain against heaven, also against the Divine Himself, and at length almost cease to believe in God's providence. These things are meant in the internal sense by what has gone before and also by what follows in the present verse; they are the essential nature of the state of the temptation, meant by 'Massah', and the essential nature of the complaining in the temptation, meant by 'Meribah'. The fact that the latter is meant here by 'Meribah' is evident in David,

You called on Me in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place. I tested you by the waters of Meribah. Psalms 81:7.

[2] But the internal historical sense, in which the religious condition of the Israelite nation is the subject, describes the nature of their attitude towards Jehovah. It was such that when they asked Him for aid they refused to plead for it, and instead demanded it. The reason for this was that when they saw miracles their acknowledgement of Jehovah as the Supreme Deity did not exist in their heart, only on their lips. The fact that there was no acknowledgement of Him in their heart is perfectly clear from the Egyptian calf which they made for themselves and worshipped, saying that these were their gods, and also from their frequent apostasy, regarding which see 8301. These are the matters that the internal historical sense describes here; but the internal spiritual sense describes the essential nature of the temptation when those undergoing it are brought to the final phase before their deliverance.

[3] The fact that the character of the Israelite nation and their religious condition are described by their contending with Moses at Massah and Meribah is also clear in David,

Do not harden your heart as in Meribah, as in the day of Massah, in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted Me; they tempted Me, and saw My work. For forty years I loathed [that] generation, and said, They are a people who err in their heart and have not known My ways, to whom I swore in My anger, They shall not enter My rest. Psalms 95:8-11.

In Moses,

You shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as you tempted [Him] in Massah. Deuteronomy 6:16.

In the same author,

Furthermore in Taberah and in Massah and in Kibroth Hattaavah, you were rebels against Jehovah from the day I knew you. Deuteronomy 9:22, 24.

In the same author,

Of Levi he said, Your Thummim and your Urim shall be for the Holy Man (Vir) whom you tempted in Massah; you contended with Him at the waters of Meribah. Deuteronomy 33:8-9

'The Holy Man' here stands for the Lord, whom they tempted, and whom

Moses and Aaron 'did not honour as holy'.

[4] In the internal historical sense, in which the religious condition of the

Israelite nation is the subject, Moses and Aaron do not represent God's truth, but the religious condition of that nation, whose leaders and heads they were, 7041. Since that religious condition was such as has been mentioned above, it was declared to the two that they would not lead the people into the land of Canaan. This is stated in the Book of Numbers as follows,

Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, Because you did not believe in Me and honour Me as holy in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you will not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. These are the waters of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with Jehovah. Numbers 20:12-13; 27:14.

And in the same book,

Aaron will be gathered to his people, and will not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My word 1 at the waters of Meribah. Numbers 20:24.

The like is said of Moses at Deuteronomy 32:49-51.

[5] Among that nation representative worship of God was nevertheless established because representative worship could have been established among any nation that thought the outward things of worship were holy and venerated them in a virtually idolatrous manner. For a representative has no regard to the person who represents, only to the reality represented, 1361; and that nation was by disposition such, more than any other nation, that outward things devoid of anything internal were altogether venerated by them as being holy and Divine. They were such that they revered their fathers - Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and later on Moses and David - as demi-gods. In addition they venerated as being holy and Divine, and worshipped, every piece of stone or wood dedicated to their worship of God, such as the Ark, the tables there, the lampstand, the altar, Aaron's vestments, the Urim and Thummim, and later on the temple. By means of outward things such as these at that time communication of the angels of heaven with mankind was in the Lord's providence made possible; for the Church, or a representative of the Church, must exist somewhere, in order that heaven may be in communication with the human race. And since that nation more than any other could make Divine worship consist in outward things, and so could act as a representative of the Church, that nation was the one to be adopted.

[6] The communication with angels in heaven by means of representatives was effected at that time in the following way. People's outward worship was conveyed to angelic spirits who are simple and give no thought to inward values, though they are themselves nevertheless good inwardly. Such spirits are those who in the Grand Man correspond to the skin. They pay no attention at all to what is in a person inwardly, only to what is visible outwardly; and if this is seen by them to be holy they think that what is inward is so too. The more internal angels of heaven saw in these spirits the realities that were being represented, consequently the corresponding heavenly and Divine values; for they could reside with these spirits and see those values, but not with men, except through those spirits. Angels dwell with men in their inward values; but when no inward values are there, they dwell in the interiors of simple spirits; for the wisdom of angels extends only to spiritual and celestial values, which are the inward realities of representatives. From this brief explanation one may recognize how communication with heaven through such a people could be made possible. But see what has been shown already on this matter:

Among the Jews the holiness of their worship was carried up outside themselves into heaven in a miraculous fashion, 4307. The descendants of Jacob were able to represent what was holy, irrespective of what they were really like, provided that the religious observances which had been commanded were carried out precisely, 3147, 3479, 3480, 3881 (end), 4208, 4281, 4288, 4289, 4293, 4307, 4444, 4500, 4680, 4825, 4844, 4847, 4899, 4912, 6304, 6306, 7048, 7051, 8301 (end).

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