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1 И говорилъ Іегова Моисею, и сказалъ:

2 скажи сынамъ Израилевымъ, чтобъ они обратились и расположились станомъ предъ Пигахироѕомъ, между Мигдоломъ и между моремъ, предъ Ваал-Цефономъ, насупротивъ его поставьте станъ у моря.

3 И скажетъ Фараонъ о сынахъ Израилевыхъ: они заблудились въ землј сей, заперла ихъ пустыня.

4 А Я ожесточу сердце Фараона, и онъ погонится за ними; и покажу славу Мою надъ Фараономъ и надъ всею силою его: и узнаютъ Египтяне, что Я Іегова. Такъ и сдјлали.

5 Царю Египетскому донесено было, что народъ бјжалъ; и обратилось сердце Фараона и рабовъ его противъ народа сего, и они сказали: что это мы сдјлали, зачјмъ отпустили Израилътянъ изъ рабства нашего?

6 Фараонъ впрягъ колесницу свою, и народъ свой взялъ съ собою.

7 И взялъ шестьсотъ колесницъ отборныхъ и всј колесницы Египетскія, и начальниковъ надъ всјми ими.

8 И ожесточилъ Іегова сердце Фараона, царя Египетскаго, и онъ погнался за сынами Израилевыми, сыны же Израилевы шли подъ рукою высокою.

9 И погнались за ними Египтяне, всј кони конницы Фараоновой, и всадники его, и вся сила его, и настигли ихъ расположившихся у моря, при Пигахироѕј предъ Ваал-Цефономъ.

10 Фараонъ приближался, и сыны Израилевы возвели очи свои, и вотъ, Египтяне идутъ въ слјдъ ихъ: и весьма устрашились, и возопили сыны Израилевы къ Іеговј;

11 и говорили Моисею: развј нјтъ гробовъ въ Египтј, что ты привелъ насъ умирать въ пустынј? что это ты сдјлалъ съ нами, выведши насъ изъ Египта?

12 Не сіе ли самое говорили мы тебј въ Египтј: оставь насъ, пусть мы работаемъ Египтянамъ? Ибо лучше намъ быть въ рабствј у Египтянъ, нежели умереть въ пустынј.

13 Но Моисей сказалъ народу: не бойтесь, стойте, и вы увидите спасеніе Іеговы, которое Онъ явитъ вамъ нынј; ибо Египтянъ, которыхъ видите вы нынј, уже не увидите вјчно.

14 Іегова будетъ сражаться, за васъ, а вы молчите.

15 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: что ты вопіешь ко Мнј? скажи сынамъ Израилевымъ, чтобъ они шли.

16 А ты подними посохъ твой и простри руку твою на море, и разсјки его, и пройдутъ сыны Израилевы среди моря по сушј.

17 Я же ожесточу сердце Египтянъ, и они пойдутъ въ слјдъ за ними. И покажу славу Мою надъ Фараономъ и надъ всею силою его, надъ колесницами его и надъ всадниками его.

18 И узнаютъ Египтяне, что Я Іегова, когда покажу славу Мою надъ Фараономъ, надъ колесницами его, и надъ всадниками его.

19 И двигнулся Ангелъ Божій, шедшій предъ станомъ Израиля, и пошелъ позади ихъ, двигнулся и столпъ облачный, который былъ предъ ними, и сталъ позади ихъ.

20 И пошелъ между станомъ Египтянъ и между станомъ Израиля, и былъ облакомъ и мракомъ для однихъ, и освјщалъ ночь для, другихъ, и не сблизились одни съ другими во всю ночь.

21 И простеръ Моисей руку свою на море; и сильнымъ восточнымъ вјтромъ гналъ Іегова море во всю сію ночь, и сдјлалъ море сушею, и разступились воды.

22 И пошли сыны Израилевы среди моря по сушј: воды же были имъ стјною по правую и по лјвую сторону.

23 Египтяне погнались, и вошли за ними въ средину моря, всј кони Фараоновы, колесницы его и всадники его.

24 И было въ утреннюю стражу, воззрјлъ Іегова изъ столпа огнеенаго и облачнаго на станъ Египтянъ, и привелъ въ замјшательство станъ Египетскій,

25 и отнялъ колеса у колесницъ ихъ, такъ что они влекли ихъ съ трудомъ. И сказали Египтяне: побјжимъ отъ Израильтянъ, потому что Іегова сражается за нихъ противъ Египтянъ.

26 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: простри руку твою на море, и обратятся воды на Египтянъ, на колесницы ихъ и всадниковъ ихъ.

27 И простеръ Моисей руку свою на море, и море возвратилось въ свое мјсто при наступленіи утра, а Египтяне бјжали на встрјчу водј. Такимъ образомъ Іегова погрузилъ Египтянъ среди моря.

28 Воды возвратились, и покрыли колесницы и всадниковъ всей силы Фараоновой, шедшихъ за ними по морю; не осталось ни одного изъ нихъ.

29 А сыны Израилевы прошли по сушј среди моря; воды имъ были стјною по правую и по лјвую сторону.

30 Такъ избавилъ Іегова въ день тотъ сыновъ Израилевыхъ изъ рукъ Египтянъ; и увидјлъ Израиль Египтянъ мертвыхъ на берегу моря.

31 И увидјлъ Израиль руку великую, которую явилъ Іегова надъ Египтянами, и убоялся народъ Іеговы, и ввјрились Іеговј и Моисею рабу Его. [ (Exodus 14:32) Тогда Моисей и сыны Израилевы воспјли Іеговј пјснь сію, говоря: ]

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8159

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8159. 'And Pharaoh drew near' means an oppressive influx from there of falsity arising from evil. This is clear from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those steeped in falsities arising from evil, dealt with in 8132, 8135, 8146, 8148; and from the meaning of 'drawing near' as influx. The internal sense deals with the first temptation of those who have been delivered, and all temptation comes about through influx from the hells. For spirits from there stir up and bring out all the wicked deeds a person has performed and wicked thoughts he has entertained, and they use these to incriminate him and condemn him. As a result he suffers pangs of conscience, and anxiety fills his mind. These feelings are brought about by an influx from the hells, in particular from the hell that is represented by the Sea Suph. From all this one may see that in the spiritual sense, which is dealing with temptations, 'drawing near' means influx.

[2] Since the verses which immediately follow deal with the first temptation of those belonging to the spiritual Church, it should be realized that those people could not undergo temptations until after the Lord had glorified His Human, that is, made it Divine, and was present among them in this glorified Human. If they had undergone them before then they would have given way; for those belonging to the spiritual Church were saved solely by the Lord's Divine Human. The temptations of those belonging to the spiritual Church, which they were to undergo after the Lord had come into the world, when He would be able to fight from the Divine Human for them against the hells, are meant by the following words in Malachi,

Suddenly there will come to His temple the Lord whom you seek, and the angel of the covenant in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming, said Jehovah Zebaoth. Who can endure the day of His Coming, and who will stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and purge them like gold, and like silver, in order that they may bring to Jehovah a minchah in righteousness. Then the minchah of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to Jehovah, as in the days of eternity, and as in former years. Malachi 3:1-4.

This plainly refers to the Lord's Coming. 'The sons of Levi' here are members of the spiritual Church, for 'Levi' means charity or spiritual good, 3875, 4497, 4502, 4503. 'A refiner's fire' is temptation, the means of purification, which 'purifying and purging them like gold and silver' is used to mean. 'The minchah' they will bring to Jehovah is faith and charity; and 'the days of eternity' and 'former years' are the Ancient Churches and states of worship of the Lord in those times.

[3] As regards the nature of temptations, it is as has been stated above in 8131, that the hells fight against a person and the Lord for a person. Any falsity that the hells introduce is met with a response from the Divine. The falsities which come from hell are thrust into and enter the external or natural man, but the response from the Divine enters the internal or spiritual man. The person is less conscious of this response which comes from the Divine than he is of those falsities. It does not touch his individual thoughts, only his general awareness, yet in such a way that he scarcely comes to be conscious of it except as hope and consequent comfort, which however hold within them countless blessings that the person has no knowledge of. These are such that they are suited to his affection or love, especially his affection for or love of truth and goodness, which form his conscience.

[4] These things have been stated to let it be known that the life of the children of Israel in the wilderness describes the temptations, in the sequence in which they occurred, that were undergone by those who belonged to the Lord's spiritual Church and were delivered. The reason why they underwent the temptations was in order that they might be prepared further for heaven. For through temptations, through them as the one and only means, forms of good and truths are corroborated and joined together. Through them charity becomes the charity that goes with faith, and faith becomes the faith that goes with charity. The fact that those who belong to the Church must undergo temptations is what one should understand by the following things the Lord said, in Matthew,

Whoever does not take up his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. Matthew 10:38-39; Mark 8:31 end.

In the same gospel,

He said to His disciples, If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. Matthew 16:24-25; Luke 9:23-24.

In Luke,

Whoever does not carry his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. Luke 14:27.

In Mark,

Jesus said to the rich [young ruler], Come, follow Me, taking up the cross. Mark 10:21.

And in Matthew,

Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. Matthew 10:34.

[5] But it should be recognized that in temptations a person does not do the fighting; the Lord alone does it for the person, though the appearance is that it is done by the person. And when the Lord does the fighting for a person, the person is in all things victorious. At the present day few are allowed to experience temptations because they do not live as faith requires and do not therefore possess a conscience composed of truth; and anyone without a conscience composed of truth as a result of leading a good life goes under, and then his latter state is worse than his former.

  
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