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1 Потомъ Іегова сказалъ Моисею: вытеши себј двј скрижали каменныя, подобныя прежнимъ; и напиши на сихъ скрижаляхъ слова, какія были на прежнихъ скрижаляхъ, которыя ты разбилъ.

2 Итакъ будь готовъ завтра; и взойди завтра на гору Синай и предстань Мнј тамъ на вершинј горы.

3 Но никто другой не долженъ восходить съ тобою; и даже никто не долженъ показываться на всей горј; даже скотъ, мелкій и крупный, не долженъ пастись близъ горы сей.

4 Моисей вытесалъ двј скрижали каменныя, подобныя прежнимъ, и, вставъ рано поутру, взошелъ на гору Синай, какъ повелјлъ ему Іегова; и взялъ въ руки свои двј скрижали каменныя.

5 И сошелъ Іегова въ облакј, и остановился тамъ близъ его, и провозгласилъ имя Іеговы.

6 И прошелъ Іегова предъ лицемъ его, и провозгласилъ: Іегова, Іегова! Богъ человјколюбивый и милосердый, медленный на гнјвъ, великій въ милости и истинј,

7 сохраняющій милостъ въ тысячи родовъ, прощающій беззаконіе и преступленіе и грјхъ, но не оставляющій безъ наказанія, наказывающій беззаконіе отцевъ въ сынахъ и въ сынахъ сыновъ, до третьяго и до четвертаго рода.

8 Моисей тотчасъ палъ на землю и поклонился,

9 и сказалъ: если я обрјлъ благоволеніе въ очахъ Твоихъ, Іегова, то да пойдетъ Іегова посреди насъ: ибо народъ сей жестоковыенъ; прости беззаконія наши и грјхи наши, и сдјлай насъ наслјдіемъ Твоимъ.

10 И былъ отвјтъ: се, Я заключаю завјтъ: предъ всјмъ народомъ твоимъ содјлаю чудеса, каковыхъ не было по всей землј, и ни у какихъ народовъ; и увидитъ весь народъ, среди коего ты находишься, дјло Іеговы; ибо страшно будетъ то, что Я сдјлаю для тебя.

11 Сохрани то, что повелјваю тебј нынј: вотъ Я изгоняю отъ лица твоего Аморреевъ, и Хананеевъ, и Хеттеевъ, и Ферезеевъ, и Хиввеевъ, и Іевусеевъ;

12 смотри, не вступай въ союзъ съ жителями той земли, въ которую ты войдешь; чтобъ они не сдјлались сјтію среди васъ.

13 Но жертвенники ихъ разрушьте, и столпы ихъ сокрушите, и священшля рощи ихъ вырубите.

14 Ибо не долженъ ты поклоняться богу иному, кромј Іеговы; имя Его ревнитель; Онъ Богъ ревнитель.

15 Не вступай въ союзъ съ жителями той земли, чтобы, когда они будутъ блудно ходить вслјдъ боговъ своихъ и будутъ приносить жертвы богамъ своимъ, не пригласили тебя, и ты не вкусилъ бы жертвы ихъ.

16 И не бери изъ дочерей ихъ женъ сынамъ своимъ; дабы дочери ихъ, блудно ходя во слјдъ боговъ своихъ, не ввели и сыновъ твоихъ въ блуженіе въ слјдъ боговъ своихъ.

17 Не дјлай себј боговъ литыхъ.

18 Праздникъ опрјсноковъ соблюдай, семь дней јшь прјсный хлјбъ, какъ Я повелјлъ тебј, въ назначенное время мјсяца Авива: поелику въ мјсяцј Авивј вышелъ ты изъ Египта.

19 Все разверзающее ложесна - Мнј: и изъ всего скота твоего, изъ воловъ и овецъ, первородное мужескаго пола.

20 Первородное изъ ословъ выкупи овцею, если же не выкупишь, то убей его. Всјхъ первенцевъ изъ сыновъ твоихъ выкупай. Пусть не являются предъ лице Мое съ пустыми руками.

21 Шесть дней работай, а въ седьмый день покойся; покойся и въ самое время посјва и жатвы.

22 И праздникъ седьмицъ совершай при началј жатвы пшеницы, и праздникъ собиранія плодовъ въ концј года.

23 Три раза въ году долженъ являться весь мужескій полъ предъ лице Господа Іеговы, Бога Израилева.

24 Ибо Я прогоню народы отъ лица твоего, и распространю предјлы твои, и никто не пожелаетъ земли твоей, когда будешь являться предъ лице Іеговы, Бога твоего, три раза въ году.

25 Не изливай крови жертвы Моей на квасное, и жертва праздника Пасхи не должна переночевать до утра.

26 Самые первые плоды земли твоей приноси въ домъ Іеговы, Бога твоего. Не вари козленка въ молокј матери его.

27 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: напиши себј слова сіи, поелику въ сихъ словахъ Я заключаю завјтъ съ тобою и съ Израилемъ.

28 И пробылъ тамъ Моисей съ Іеговою сорокъ дней и сорокъ ночей, хлјба не јлъ и воды не пилъ; и написалъ на скрижаляхъ слова завјта, десять словъ.

29 Когда сходилъ Моисей съ горы Синая, и двј скрижали откровенія были въ рукј у Моисея, при сошествіи его съ горы: тогда Моисей не зналъ, что лице его издавало лучи отъ того, что Богъ говорилъ съ нимъ.

30 И воззрјли Ааронъ и всј сыны Израилевы на Моисея; и се, лучи издаетъ лице его; и боялись подойти къ нему.

31 И призвалъ ихъ Моисей, и пришли къ нему Ааронъ и всј начальники общества, и разговаривалъ Моисей съ ними.

32 Послј сего приближилисъ всј сыны Израилевы, и онъ заповјдалъ имъ все, что говорилъ ему Іегова на горј Синај.

33 По окончаніи же разговора съ ними, Моисей положилъ на лице свое покрывало.

34 Когда же приходилъ Моисей предъ лице Іеговы, чтобы говорить съ Нимъ, тогда снималъ покрывало, доколј не отходилъ отъ Него. Отходя же пересказывалъ сынамъ Израилевымъ все, что заповјдано было.

35 Поелику же сыны Израилевы видјли, что лице Моисея издаетъ лучи, то Моисей опять полагалъ покрывало на лице свое, пока не нужно было идти говорить съ Нимъ.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4925

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4925. 'That behold, his brother came out' means the truth of good. This is clear from the meaning of 'brother' as that which is kindred, by virtue of good, dealt with in 3815, 4267, and so the truth of good. The truth of good is that truth which is rooted in good, or that faith which is rooted in charity. Dealt with here in the internal sense is the birthright in the case of those who are being born again or regenerated by the Lord, and therefore the birthright within the Church. It has been a matter of argument since most ancient times as to which is the firstborn, whether this is the good of charity or whether it is the truth of faith. Unseen while a person is being born again and becoming a Church, good conceals itself within the interior man and reveals itself solely within some affection which does not pass into the conscious feelings of the external or natural man until he has been born again. But truth reveals itself, for this does enter his conscious feelings and lodges in the memory belonging to the external or natural man. This explains why many have fallen into the error that truth is the firstborn, and at length even thinking that truth is the vital element of the Church, so vital that truth which is called faith can save a person without the good of charity.

[2] From this one error very many others have been derived which have infected not only what is taught but also life, such as the error that no matter what kind of life a person leads he can be saved provided he has faith. A further derivative error is that very wicked people are accepted into heaven provided that in the final hour before they die they declare their belief in those things which are matters of faith; and another such error is that, irrespective of the kind of life one has led, one is accepted into heaven solely by grace. Because people hold to this teaching they fail at length to know what charity is or to have any concern about what it is, till in the end they do not believe in the existence of it, or consequently in the existence of heaven and hell. The reason for this is that faith without charity, or truth without good, teaches a person nothing; and the more it departs from good, the more foolish it makes him. For good is what the Lord flows into and through which He flows, imparting intelligence and wisdom and consequently a superior ability to see, and also perception whether something is really true or not.

[3] From these considerations one may now see the position with regard to the birthright, namely that in actual fact it belongs to good but appears to belong to truth. This is what the birth of Tamar's two sons is used to describe in the internal sense. 'The twice-dyed thread' which the midwife bound on the hand that came out means good, as shown in 4922; 'coming out first' means priority of place, 4923; 'withdrawing the hand' means that good concealed its own power, as stated immediately above [in 4924]; 'his brother came out' means truth; 'you have made a breach upon yourself means this truth's apparent separation from good; 'afterwards his brother came out' means that good is in actual fact first; and 'on whose hand was the twice-dyed thread' means the acknowledgement that good is first. For it is not until after a person has been born again that good is acknowledged to be first, at which point that person's actions spring from good, and his view of truth and what this is like springs from the same.

[4] These are the matters contained within the internal sense, in which teaching is given regarding the good and truth with a person who is being born anew, namely that good in actual fact occupies first place but truth appears to do so, and that good is not seen to occupy the first place while a person is being regenerated but is plainly seen to do so once he has been regenerated. But there is no need to explain these matters any further since they have been explained already - see 3324, 3325, 3494, 3539, 3548, 3556, 3563, 3570, 3576, 3603, 3701, 4243, 4244, 4247, 4337; and the fact that controversy has taken place since ancient times over whether the birthright belonged to good or to truth, that is, to charity or to faith, 2435.

[5] Because in the highest sense the Lord is the firstborn, and therefore love to Him and charity towards the neighbour are the firstborn, the law was for that reason laid down in the representative Church that firstborn things were Jehovah's: in Moses,

Sanctify to Me all the firstborn, that which opens the womb among the children of Israel; with man and with beast let them be Mine. Exodus 13:2.

You shall make over to Jehovah all that opens the worm', and every firstling of a beast; however many males you have they shall be Jehovah's. Exodus 13:12.

All that opens the womb is Mine; therefore among all your cattle, you shall give the male. that among oxen and small cattle which opens [the womb]. Exodus 34:19.

All that opens the womb among all flesh which they bring to Jehovah, from men and from beasts, shall be yours. Nevertheless you shall surely redeem all the firstborn of men. Numbers 18:15.

Behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every firstborn, that which opens the womb, from the children of Israel, so that the Levites may be Mine. Numbers 3:12.

[6] Because the firstborn is the one that opens the womb, the expression 'that which opens the womb' is therefore added, when the firstborn is mentioned in these places, so as to mean good. It is evident that this expression means good from the specific details contained in the internal sense, especially from those which are recorded regarding the sons of Tamar: Zerah is said to have opened the womb with his hand, and 'Zerah' represents good, as is also clear from the twice-dyed thread placed on his hand, dealt with in 4922. In addition to this 'the womb', to which the expression 'opened' is applied, means the place where good and truth, consequently the Church, lie, see 4918, while 'opening the womb' means supplying the power which enables truth to be born.

[7] Because the Lord is the only firstborn - He being Good itself, and His Good being the source of all truth - Jacob, who was not the firstborn, was therefore allowed to purchase the birthright from Esau his brother so that he might represent Him. Also, because this was not sufficient, he was called Israel, so that by this name he might represent the good of truth; for 'Israel' in the representative sense means good which comes through truth, 3654, 4286, 4598.

  
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