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1 Въ третій мјсяцъ по изшествіи сыновъ Израиля изъ земли Египетской, въ самый день новолунія, пришли они въ пустыню Синайскую.

2 Отправившись изъ Рефидима, пришли въ пустыню Синайскую, и расположились станомъ въ пустынј; и поставилъ тамъ Израиль станъ противъ горы.

3 Моисей взошелъ къ Богу; и Іегова воззвалъ къ нему съ горы, говоря: Такъ скажи дому Іаковлеву И возвјсти сынамъ Израилевымъ:

4 Вы видјли, что Я сдјлалъ Египтянамъ; и какъ Я поднялъ васъ на орлиныхъ крылъяхъ, и принесъ васъ къ Себј,

5 Итакъ, если вы будете слушать гласа Моего, и соблюдать завјтъ Мой, то будете Моею драгоцјнностію изъ всјхъ народовъ; ибо вся земля Моя.

6 Вы будете у Меня царствомъ священниковъ и народомъ святымъ. Вотъ слова, которыя ты скажешь сынамъ Израилевымъ.

7 Моисей пришелъ и созвалъ старјйшинъ народа, и предложилъ имъ всј сіи слова, которыя заповјдалъ ему Іегова.

8 Весь народъ отвјчалъ единогласно, говоря: все, что сказалъ Іегова, исполнимъ. И донесъ Моисей слова народа Іеговј.

9 Іегова сказалъ Моисею: вотъ, Я приду къ тебј въ густомъ облакј, дабы слышалъ народъ, какъ Я буду говорить съ тобою, и повјрилъ тебј навсегда. Моисей опять донесъ слова народа Іеговј.

10 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: поди къ народу, и освяти его сегодня и завтра; пусть вымоютъ одежду свою,

11 и будутъ готовы къ третьему дню: ибо въ третій день Іегова предъ очами всего народа сойдетъ на гору Синай.

12 И положи для народа черту со всјхъ сторонъ, и скажи: берегитесь восходить на гору, и прикасаться къ подошвј ея; всякой, кто прикоснется къ горј, преданъ будетъ смерти.

13 Рука не прикоснется къ нему, а побьютъ его камнями, или застрјлятъ стрјлами; скотъ ли то, или человјкъ, не останется въ живыхъ. Во время протяжнаго трубнаго звука могутъ они взойдти на гору.

14 Моисей сошелъ съ горы къ народу, и освятилъ народъ, и они вымыли одежду свою.

15 И сказалъ народу: будьте готовы къ третьему дню: не прикасайтесь къ женамъ.

16 На третій день при наступленіи утра были громы, молніи, густое облако надъ горою, и трубный звукъ, весьма сильный, и вострепеталъ весь народъ бывшій въ станј.

17 И вывелъ Моисей народъ изъ стана въ срјтеніе Богу, и стали у подошвы горы.

18 Гора же Синай вся дымилась отъ того, что Іегова сошелъ на нее въ огнј; отъ ней восходилъ дымъ, какъ дымъ пещи, и вся Гора сильно колебалась.

19 Гласъ трубный усиливался болје и болје, Моисей говорилъ, а Богъ отвјтствовалъ ему гласомъ.

20 И сошелъ Іегова на гору Синай, на вершину горы, и призвалъ Іегова Моисея на вершину горы, и взошелъ Моисей.

21 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: сойди, подтверди народу, чтобы онъ не порывался къ Іеговј, дабы видјть; иначе падутъ многіе изъ него.

22 Самые священники, приближающіеся къ Іеговј, должны освятить себя, чтобы не поразилъ ихъ Іегова.

23 И сказалъ Моисей Іеговј: не можетъ народъ взойдти на гору Синай; потому что Ты приказалъ намъ, говоря: положи черту вокругъ горы, и освяти ее.

24 И сказалъ ему Іегова: поди, сойди; потомъ взойди ты и съ тобою Ааронъ: а священники и народъ да не дерзаютъ восходить къ Іеговј, чтобы не поразилъ ихъ.

25 Моисей сошелъ къ народу и пересказалъ ему.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 378

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378. "And have washed their robes." This symbolically means, who have cleansed their religious beliefs of the evils accompanying falsity.

Washing in the Word symbolizes a cleansing oneself of evils and falsities, and robes symbolize general truths (no. 328). General truths are concepts of goodness and truth drawn from the literal sense of the Word, in accordance with which these people have lived, so that they are religious beliefs. And because every matter of religion has relation to goodness and truth, therefore robes are mentioned twice - "have washed their robes" and "have made their robes white."

Robes or religious beliefs are cleansed only in the case of people who fight against evils and so reject falsities, who thus undergo temptations or trials, which are symbolically meant by "the great tribulation" (no. 377).

That to be washed means, symbolically, to be cleansed of evils and falsities, and so to be reformed and regenerated, can be seen from the following passages:

When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and rinsed away the blood of Jerusalem... by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of purification... (Isaiah 4:4)

Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from My eyes. Cease to do evil... (Isaiah 1:16)

Wash your heart of its wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved. (Jeremiah 4:14)

Wash me clean of my iniquity..., and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psalms 51:2, 7)

...if you wash yourself with soda, and use much soap, your iniquity will still retain its spots. (Jeremiah 2:22)

If I wash myself with melted snow, and cleanse my hands with soap..., yet... my own clothes will abhor me. (Job 9:30-31)

Who... has washed his clothing in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes. (Genesis 49:11)

This is said of the celestial church, from which come people prompted by love toward the Lord, and in the highest sense it is said of the Lord Himself. Wine and the blood of grapes are spiritual and celestial Divine truth.

I washed you with water, and rinsed off your blood from upon you... (Ezekiel 16:9)

This is said of Jerusalem. Water is truth, and blood is an adulteration of truth.

[2] It can be seen from this what washing in the Israelite Church represented and thus symbolized. As, for example, that Aaron was to wash himself before he put on the vestments of his ministry (Leviticus 16:4, 24), and before he approached the altar to minister (Exodus 30:18-21; 40:30-31).

[3] It can be seen from this that among the children of Israel washing represented a spiritual washing, which is a cleansing from evils and falsities, and thus reformation and regeneration.

It is apparent also from the aforesaid what baptism by John in the Jordan symbolized (Matthew 3, Mark 1:4-13), and what the symbolic meaning of the following words by John regarding the Lord is, that He baptized with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Luke 3:16, John 1:33), and regarding himself, that he baptized with water (John 1:26). The meaning is that the Lord washes or purifies a person by Divine truth and Divine goodness, and that John by his baptism represented this. For the Holy Spirit is Divine truth, the fire is Divine goodness, and the water is representative of these. For water symbolizes the truth in the Word, which becomes goodness by one's living in accordance with it (no. 50).

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.