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1 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: поди къ Фараону, ибо Я отягчилъ сердце его и сердце рабовъ его, дабы явить между ими сіи знаменія Мои,

2 и дабы ты разсказывалъ сыну твоему, и сыну сына твоего, о томъ, что Я сдјлалъ въ Египтј, и о знаменіяхъ Моихъ, кои Я показалъ въ немъ. и дабы вы знали, что Я Іегова.

3 Моисей и Ааронъ пришли къ Фараону и сказали ему: такъ говоритъ Іегова, Богъ Евреевъ: долго ли ты не смиришься предо Мною? отпусти народъ Мой, дабы онъ совершилъ Мнј служеніе.

4 А если ты не отпустишь народа Моего: то вотъ, завтра Я наведу саранчу на твою область.

5 Она покроетъ лице земли такъ, что нельзя будетъ видјть земли, и појстъ у васъ послјднее, что осталось, уцјлјло отъ града, и појстъ всј дерева, растущія у васъ въ полј;

6 и наполнитъ домы твои, домы всјхъ рабовъ твоихъ и домы всјхъ Египтянъ; чего не видали отцы твои, ни отцы отцевъ твоихъ со дня, какъ живутъ на землј, даже до сего. Моисей обратился и вышедъ отъ Фараона.

7 Тогда рабы Фараоновы сказали ему: долго ли ему насъ мучить? отпусти сихъ людей; пусть они совершатъ служеніе Іеговј, Богу своему; неужели ты еще не видишь, что Египетъ гибнетъ?

8 И возвратили Моисея и Аарона къ Фараону, который сказалъ имъ: подите, совершите служеніе Іеговј Богу вашему. Кто же, и кто пойдетъ?

9 Моисей сказалъ: пойдемъ съ малолјтными нашими и стариками нашими, съ сыновьями нашими, и дочерьми нашими, съ овцами нашими, и съ волами нашими пойдемъ; ибо у насъ праздникъ Іеговј.

10 Фараонъ сказалъ имъ: пусть столько же будетъ Іегова съ вами, сколько я готовъ отпустить васъ съ дјтьми вашими! видите, что у васъ худое въ намјреніи.

11 Нјтъ: подите одни совершеннолјтніе и совершите служеніе Іеговј, такъ какъ вы сего просили. И выгнали ихъ отъ Фараона.

12 Тогда Іегова сказалъ Моисею: простри руку твою на землю Египетскую, и пусть нападетъ саранча иа землю Египетскую, и појстъ всю траву земную, все, что уцјлјло отъ града.

13 И простеръ Моисей посохъ свой на землю Египетскую, и Іегова навелъ на сію землю восточный вјтръ, продолжавшийся весь тотъ день и всю ночь. Настало утро, и восточный вјтръ нанесъ саранчу.

14 И напала саранча на всю землю Египетскую, и легла по всей странј Египетской въ великомъ множествј; прожде не бывало такой саранчи, какъ сія, и послј сего не будетъ такой.

15 Она покрыла лице всей земли, такъ, что земли не было видно, и појла всю траву земную и всј плоды древесные, уцјлјвшіе отъ града, и не осталось никакой зелени, ни на деревахъ, ни на травј полевой во всей землј Египетской.

16 Фараонъ поспјшно призвалъ Моисея и Аарона, и сказалъ: согрјшилъ я предъ Іеговою, Богомъ вашимъ и предъ вами.

17 Теперь простите грјхъ мой и еще разъ, и помолитесь Іеговј, Богу вашему, дабы Онъ только сію смерть отвратилъ отъ меня.

18 Моисей вышелъ отъ Фараона и помолился Іеговј.

19 И воздвигнулъ Іегова съ противной стороны отъ моря весьма сильный вјтръ, и онъ понесъ саранчу и бросилъ ее въ Чермное море, не осталось ни одной саранчи во всей странј Египетской!

20 Но Іегова ожесточилъ сердце Фараона, и онъ не отпустилъ сыновъ Израилевыхъ.

21 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: простри руку твою къ небу, и будетъ тма на землј Египетской, осязаемая тма.

22 Моисей простеръ руку свою къ небу, и была густая тма по всей землј Египетской три дня.

23 Не видјли другъ друга, и никто не вставалъ съ мјста своего три дня; у всјхъ же сыновъ Израилевыхъ былъ свјтъ въ жилищахъ.

24 Фараонъ призвалъ Моисея, и сказалъ: подите, совершите служеніе Іеговј, пусть только останется мјлкій и крупный скотъ вашъ, а дјти ваши пусть идутъ съ вами.

25 Но Моисей сказалъ: дай также въ руки наши жертвы и всесожженія, чтобы принести Іеговј, Богу нашему.

26 Пусть пойдутъ и стада наши съ нами, не останется ни копыта; ибо изъ нихъ мы возмемъ на жертву Іеговј, Богу нашему; но доколј не придемъ туда, мы не знаемъ, что должны принести въ жертву Іеговј.

27 И ожесточилъ Іегова сердце Фараона, и онъ не захотјлъ отпустить ихъ.

28 И сказалъ ему Фараонъ: поди отъ меня; берегись, не являйся болје предъ лице мое, умрешь.

29 Моисей сказалъ: пусть будетъ, какъ ты сказалъ: я не явлюсь болје предъ лице твое.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7795

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7795. 'So that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt' means in order that they may receive corroboration that they have had no faith but are ruled by evil. This is clear from the meaning of the wonders and signs that were performed in Egypt as stages of vastation and consequent corroborations that they are ruled by evil, dealt with in 7633. For all those wonders were signs of an equal number of stages in the vastation undergone by those within the Church who had been acquainted with such things as are matters of faith and yet had led an evil life. And since these are the ones who molest the upright in the next life their state now is what is meant here, 7465. 'Multiplying these wonders means the consecutive stages of those states. The reason why there are so many stages is that they serve to corroborate for the evil that they are ruled by evil and also to enlighten the good regarding the state of those within the Church who have led an evil life, 7673. If these reasons had not stood in the way the evil could have been damned without delay and let down into hell without going through so many consecutive changes of states.

[2] The fact that the evil pass through so many states before they are damned and let down into hell is completely unknown in the world. People think that a person is either damned or saved immediately, and that this is done without his having to go through anything. But the truth of the matter is different from that. Justice reigns there; no one is damned before he himself knows and is inwardly convinced that he is ruled by evil and cannot by any means have his being in heaven. His evils are also made plain to him, as accords with the Lord's words in Luke,

Nothing has been hidden that will not be revealed, or concealed that will not be made known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light; and what you have spoken in the ear in bedchambers will be proclaimed on the housetops. Luke 12:2-3, 9; Matthew 10:16; Mark 4:11.

And what is more, that person is also warned to refrain from evil. But when he cannot do so because he is ruled by evil the power to do ill through falsifications of truth and semblances of good is taken away from him. It is removed in stages, one after another; and eventually damnation follows, and being let down into hell, which happens when he comes into the evil of his life.

[3] The evil of a person's life is evil constituting his will and consequently his thought. That is, it is what he is like inwardly, and would be like outwardly if laws did not stand in the way, or the fear that he might lose wealth, position, reputation, and even life. The life of his will and thought is what follows everyone after death, not his outward life, unless it emanates from his inward life. For outwardly a person feigns the opposite of his inner self; therefore when after death he undergoes vastation of externals, what he has been like in both will and thought made evident. This state is what every evil person is reduced to through the stages of vastation; for all vastation in the next life moves from externals to internals. All this shows what justice is like in the next life and what kind of experiences an evil person goes through before he is damned.

From this it is evident that 'multiplying My signs in the land of Egypt' means in order that they may receive corroboration that they have no faith but are ruled by evil. Regarding the absence of faith in those ruled by evil, see above in 7778.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 7796

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7796. 'And Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh' means that these stages of vastation, and the consequent corroborations that they are ruled by evil, were brought about by the truth emanating from God. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses and Aaron' as God's truth, 'Moses' truth that emanates directly from God, and 'Aaron' that which does so indirectly, dealt with in 7010, 7089, 7382; and from the meaning of 'the wonders' performed in Egypt or belonging to the Church who have led an evil life. The fact that those things are depicted by the wonders of Egypt may be recognized from the meaning of each wonder. And for the fact that they also depict corroborations that those people do not have faith but are ruled by evil, see immediately above in 7795. It says that 'Moses and Aaron performed these wonders', when in fact they were not Performed by them but by God. But what happened has been stated in that way because God's truth is represented by 'Moses and Aaron', and the wonders were performed by God through the truth emanating from Himself, since all that God Himself performs is performed through the truth emanating from Him. God Himself is the Being (Esse) of all things, but the truth emanating from Him is the Coming-into-Being (Existere) of all things, which rises out of His Being. Good itself, which is God's Being (Esse), brings forth all things by means of its Truth. It is said that the stages of vastation were brought about by the truth emanating from God; but it should be understood that Divine Truth is not the cause of them since God subjects no one to vastation. Rather, an evil person subjects himself to it through obstinate opposition to God's truth by eliminating, rejecting, or perverting it, and through turning God's goodness, which flows in unceasingly, into evil. This then is what subjects him to vastation; and from this it is evident where the cause of it lies, not in the inflow of goodness and truth from God - for unless they inflow life is non-existent - but in their conversion to evil and falsity, committed by the person who is ruled by evil.

  
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