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1 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: поди къ Фараону, и скажи ему: такъ говоритъ Іегова; отпусти народъ Мой, дабы онъ совершилъ Мнј служеніе.

2 Если же ты не согласишься отпустить: то вотъ, Я поражаю всю область твою жабами.

3 Рјка воскипитъ жабами, и онј выйдутъ, и войдутъ въ домъ твой, и въ спальню твою, и на постелю твою, и въ домы рабовъ твоихъ и народа твоего, и въ печи твои, и въ квашни твои,

4 и на тебя и на народъ твой, и на всјхъ рабовъ твоихъ взойдутъ жабы.

5 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: скажи Аарону: простри руку твою съ посохомъ твоимъ на рјки, на потоки и на озера; и выведи жабъ на землю Египетскую.

6 Ааронъ простеръ руку свою на воды Египетскія, и вышли жабы, и покрыли землю Египетскую.

7 Тоже сдјлали и тайновјдцы обаяніями своими; и вывели жабъ на землю Египетскую.

8 И призвалъ Фараонъ Моисея и Аарона, и сказалъ: помолитесь Іеговј, чтобъ Онъ удалилъ жабъ отъ меня и отъ народа моего, а я отпущу народъ принести жертву Іеговј.

9 Моисей сказалъ Фараону: прославь себя на мнј, на какой срокъ надлежитъ мнј молиться за тебя и за рабовъ твоихъ и за народъ твой, чтобы жабы изчезли у тебя, и въ домахъ твоихъ? только въ рјкј останутся.

10 Онъ сказалъ: на завтрашній день. Моисей отвјчалъ: будетъ по слову твоему; дабы ты узналъ, что нјтъ такого, какъ Іегова Богъ нашъ.

11 И удалятся жабы отъ тебя, и отъ домовъ твоихъ, и отъ рабовъ твоихъ, и отъ твоего народа; толъко въ рјкј останутся.

12 Моисей и Ааронъ вышли отъ Фараона: и Моисей воззвалъ къ Іеговј о жабахъ, какъ положилъ съ Фараономъ.

13 И сдјлалъ Іегова по слову Моисея; жабы померли въ домахъ, и на дворахъ, и на поляхъ.

14 И собрали ихъ въ груды и возсмердјла земля.

15 Когда же Фараонъ увидјлъ, что сдјлалась отрада, то отягчилъ сердце свое, и не послушалъ ихъ, какъ и говорилъ Іегова.

16 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: скажи Аарону: простри посохъ твой, и ударь въ персть земную; и сдјлается мошками по всей землј Египетской.

17 Такъ они и сдјлали: Ааронъ простеръ руку свою съ посохомъ своимъ, и ударилъ въ персть земную: и явились мошки на людяхъ и на скотј. Вся персть земная сдјлалась мошками по всей землј Египетской.

18 Старались также тайновјдцы обаяніяни своими произвести мошекъ, но не могли. Такимъ образомъ мошки были на людяхъ и на скотј.

19 И сказали тайновјдцы Фараону: это перстъ Божій; но сердце Фараоново ожесточилось, и онъ не послушалъ ихъ, какъ и говорилъ Іегова.

20 Потомъ Іегова сказалъ Моисею: завтра встань рано, и явись предъ лице Фараона. Вотъ, онъ пойдетъ къ водј, и ты скажи ему: такъ говоритъ Іегова: отпусти народъ Мой, чтобъ онъ совершилъ Мнј служеніе.

21 А если не отпустишь народа Моего, то вотъ, Я пошлю на тебя, и на рабовъ твоихъ, и на народъ твой, и въ домы твои, песьихъ мухъ, и наполнятся домы Египтянъ песьими мухами и самая земля, на которой они живутъ.

22 И отдамъ въ тотъ день землю Гесемъ, въ которой пребываетъ народъ Мой, такъ что тамъ не будетъ песьихъ мухъ: дабы ты узналъ, что Я Іегова среди земли.

23 Я положу раздјленіе между народомъ Моимъ, и между народомъ твоимъ. Завтра будетъ сіе знаменіе.

24 Такъ и сдјлалъ Іегова: налетјло множество песьихъ мухъ въ домъ Фараоновъ, и въ домы рабовъ его, и на всю землю Египетскую; земля сія погибала отъ песьихъ иухъ.

25 И призвалъ Фараонъ Моисея и Аарона и сказалъ: подите, принесете жертву Богу вашему въ сей землј.

26 Но Моисей сказалъ: нельзя сего сдјлать; поелику отвратительно для Египтянъ жертвоприношеніе наше Іеговј Богу нашему; если мы отвратительную для Египтянъ жертву станемъ приносить въ глазахъ ихъ: то не побьютъ ли они насъ камнями?

27 Мы пойдемъ въ пустыню, на три дня пути, и принесемъ жертву Іеговј, Богу нашему, какъ Онъ скажетъ намъ.

28 Фараонъ сказалъ: я отпущу васъ принести жертву Іеговј, Богу вашему въ пуетынј: только далеко не уходите. Помолитеся обо мнј.

29 Моисей сказалъ: вотъ я выхожу отъ тебя, и помолюся Іеговј, и удалятся песьи мухи отъ Фараона, и отъ рабовъ его, и отъ народа его завтра. Только Фараонъ пусть перестанетъ обманывать, не отпуская народа принести жертву Іеговј.

30 Моисей вышелъ отъ Фараона, и помолился Іеговј.

31 И сдјлалъ Іегова по слову Моисея, и удалилъ песьихъ мухъ отъ Фараона, отъ рабовъ его, и отъ народа его; не осталось ни одной.

32 Но Фараонъ отягчилъ сердце свое и на сей разъ, и не отпускалъ народа.

   

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7673. 'Stretch out your hand' means an exercising of power. This is clear from the meaning of 'stretching out' as that which is connected with the exercising of control, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3387, 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 5544, 6292, 6947, 7011, 7188, 7189, 7518. The reason why 'stretching out the hand' means the exercising of power is that there is power in the hand or arm when it is stretched out. When therefore Jehovah is said to stretch out His hand or arm, boundless or infinite power in action is meant. This explains why Jehovah told Moses on so many occasions, when miracles were to be performed, to stretch out his hand or his rod; for example,

Stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, and they will be blood. Exodus 7:19.

Stretch out your hand over the rivers, and cause frogs to rise up. Exodus 8:1-2. 1

Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the land, and it will then be lice. Exodus 8:11, 12. 2

Stretch out your hand towards heaven, and there will be hail. Exodus 9:22-23.

Such words would never have been used but for the meaning of 'stretching out the hand' in the highest sense as Jehovah's almighty power.

[2] The same thing is meant by Joshua's being told to stretch out his javelin, described in his book as follows,

Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand towards Ai. When therefore Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand towards Ai, the ambush rose up quickly out of their place and ran, as soon as he stretched out his hand, and came to the city and took it. Joshua did not withdraw his hand which he had stretched out together with the javelin until all the inhabitants of Ai had been utterly destroyed. Joshua 8:18-19, 26.

Being representative of God's almighty power, this too, like all other representative actions when they were commanded in those times, had force.

[3] There are a number of other places in which almighty power is described when it says that Jehovah 'stretches out His hand', or else His 'outstretched hand' or His 'outstretched arm' is spoken of. It is described by Jehovah stretching out His hand in Isaiah,

The anger [of Jehovah] has been roused against His people, and He has stretched out His hand over them and struck them, and the mountains were shaken. Isaiah 5:25.

In Ezekiel,

I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him. Ezekiel 14:9, 13.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations. Ezekiel 25:7.

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast. I will stretch out My hand over the philistines, and cut off . . . Ezekiel 25:13, 16.

Other places like these are Ezekiel 35:3; Isaiah 31:3; Zephaniah 1:4; 2:13. The use of 'outstretched hand' to describe almighty power occurs in Isaiah,

Jehovah's outstretched hand is over all the nations; who will turn it back? Isaiah 14:26, 27.

In Jeremiah,

I will fight with you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, and in anger and in fury. Jeremiah 21:5.

In Isaiah,

Still His hand is outstretched. Isaiah 9:12, 17; 10:4.

The use of 'outstretched arm' occurs in Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man, and beast by My great strength and by My outstretched arm. Jeremiah 27:5.

In the same prophet,

You have made heaven and earth by Your great power and Your outstretched arm; there is no matter 3 that is too impossible for You. Jeremiah 32:17.

Here it is self-evident that 'outstretched arm' means almighty power. The same applies to many other places in which the expression 'by a strong hand and an outstretched arm' is used, such as Deuteronomy 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 9:29; 11:2; 26:8; 1 Kings 8:42; 2 Kings 17:36; Jeremiah 32:21; Ezekiel 20:33, 34.

[4] There are places too in which Jehovah is said to 'stretch out the heavens', and in these places also 'stretching out' means almighty power; that is to say, He expands the limits of heaven and fills those who are there with life and wisdom, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens like a thin veil, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 40:22.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, spreads out the earth, gives breath 4 to His people upon it, and spirit to those who walk on it. Isaiah 42:5.

In Jeremiah,

. . . He who makes the earth by His power, prepares the world by His wisdom, and stretches out the heavens by His intelligence. Jeremiah 51:15.

In Zechariah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, and founds the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. Zechariah 12:1.

There are still more places besides these, such as Isaiah 44:24; 45:12; Psalms 104:2.

From all this one may now see why Moses was commanded to stretch out his hand and rod, that miracles were performed when he did so, and that 'stretching out the hand' for that reason means the exercising of power, and in the highest sense almighty power.

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1Exodus 8:5-6 in English Bibles

2Exodus 8:16-17 in English Bibles

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4. literally, soul

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.