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1 И сказал Господь Моисею, говоря:

2 скажи сынам Израилевым, чтобы они обратились и расположились станом пред Пи-Гахирофом, между Мигдолом и между морем, пред Ваал-Цефоном; напротив его поставьте стан у моря.

3 И скажет фараон о сынах Израилевых: они заблудились в земле сей,заперла их пустыня.

4 А Я ожесточу сердце фараона, и он погонится за ними, и покажу славу Мою на фараоне и на всем войске его; и познают Египтяне, что Я Господь. И сделали так.

5 И возвещено было царю Египетскому, что народ бежал; и обратилось сердце фараона и рабов его против народа сего, и они сказали: что это мы сделали? зачем отпустили Израильтян, чтобы они не работали нам?

6 Фараон запряг колесницу свою и народ свой взял с собою;

7 и взял шестьсот колесниц отборных и все колесницы Египетские, и начальников над всеми ими.

8 И ожесточил Господь сердце фараона, царя Египетского, и он погнался за сынами Израилевыми; сыны же Израилевы шли под рукою высокою.

9 И погнались за ними Египтяне, и все кони с колесницами фараона, и всадники, и все войско его, и настигли их расположившихся у моря, при Пи-Гахирофе пред Ваал-Цефоном.

10 Фараон приблизился, и сыны Израилевы оглянулись, и вот, Египтяне идут за ними: и весьма устрашились и возопили сыныИзраилевы к Господу,

11 и сказали Моисею: разве нет гробов в Египте, что ты привел нас умирать в пустыне? что это ты сделал с нами, выведя нас из Египта?

12 Не это ли самое говорили мы тебе в Египте, сказав: оставь нас, пустьмы работаем Египтянам? Ибо лучше быть нам в рабстве уЕгиптян, нежели умереть в пустыне.

13 Но Моисей сказал народу: не бойтесь, стойте – и увидите спасение Господне, которое Он соделает вам ныне, ибо Египтян, которых видите вы ныне, более не увидите во веки;

14 Господь будет поборать за вас, а вы будьте спокойны.

15 И сказал Господь Моисею: что ты вопиешь ко Мне? скажи сынам Израилевым, чтоб они шли,

16 а ты подними жезл твой и простри руку твою на море, и раздели его, и пройдут сыны Израилевы среди моря по суше;

17 Я же ожесточу сердце Египтян, и они пойдут вслед за ними; и покажу славу Мою на фараоне и на всем войске его, на колесницах его и на всадниках его;

18 и узнают Египтяне, что Я Господь, когда покажу славу Мою на фараоне, на колесницах его и на всадниках его.

19 И двинулся Ангел Божий, шедший пред станом Израилевых, и пошел позади их; двинулся и столп облачный от лица их и стал позади их;

20 и вошел в средину между станом Египетским и между станом Израилевых, и был облаком имраком для одних и освещал ночь для других , и не сблизились одни с другими во всю ночь.

21 И простер Моисей руку свою на море, и гнал Господь море сильным восточным ветром всю ночь и сделал море сушею, и расступились воды.

22 И пошли сыны Израилевы среди моря по суше: воды же были им стеною по правую и по левую сторону.

23 Погнались Египтяне, и вошли за ними в средину моря все кони фараона, колесницы его и всадники его.

24 И в утреннюю стражу воззрел Господь на стан Египтян из столпаогненного и облачного и привел в замешательство стан Египтян;

25 и отнял колеса у колесниц их, так что они влекли их с трудом. И сказали Египтяне: побежим от Израильтян, потому что Господь поборает за них против Египтян.

26 И сказал Господь Моисею: простри руку твою на море, и да обратятся воды на Египтян, на колесницы их и на всадников их.

27 И простер Моисей руку свою на море, и к утру вода возвратилась в свое место; а Египтяне бежали на встречу воде . Так потопил Господь Египтян среди моря.

28 И вода возвратилась и покрыла колесницы и всадников всего войскафараонова, вошедших за ними в море; не осталось ни одного из них.

29 А сыны Израилевы прошли по суше среди моря: воды были имстеною по правую и по левую сторону.

30 И избавил Господь в день тот Израильтян из рук Египтян, и увидели Израилевы Египтян мертвыми на берегу моря.

31 И увидели Израильтяне руку великую, которую явил Господь надЕгиптянами, и убоялся народ Господа и поверил Господу и Моисею, рабу Его. Тогда Моисей и сыны Израилевы воспели Господу песнь сию и говорили:

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 503

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503. We will now say what Egypt symbolizes in the Word: Egypt symbolizes the natural self joined to the spiritual self, and its affection for truth then and consequent knowledge and intelligence. And in an opposite sense it symbolizes the natural self divorced from the spiritual self, and its conceit in its own intelligence then and consequent irrationality in spiritual matters.

Egypt symbolizes the natural self joined to the spiritual self, and its affection for truth then and consequent knowledge and intelligence, in the following passages:

In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt... swearing an oath to Jehovah of Hosts... In that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt... Then Jehovah will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day... (Isaiah 19:18-21)

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, so that the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians. In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria - a blessing in the midst of the land, whom Jehovah of Hosts shall bless, saying, "Blessed is My people Egypt, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance." (Isaiah 19:23-25)

Egypt there is the natural component, Assyria the rational one, and Israel the spiritual one. These three form a person of the church.

That is why the king of Egypt is called "the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings," and Egypt is called "the cornerstone of (the) tribes." (Isaiah 19:11, 13) And regarding Solomon we are told that his wisdom excelled the wisdom of the Egyptians (1 Kings 4:30). We are also told that he "took Pharaoh's daughter as a wife, and brought her into the city of David" (1 Kings 3:1), and that he "built a house for Pharaoh's daughter next to the porch" (1 Kings 7:8).

[2] For this reason Joseph was carried down into Egypt and there became the ruler of the whole land (Genesis 41).

Since Egypt symbolized the natural self in respect to its affection for truth and consequent knowledge and intelligence, therefore Joseph, the husband of Mary, having been warned by an angel, went with the infant Lord into Egypt (Matthew 2:14-15), in fulfillment of the prophecy,

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. (Hosea 11:1)

You caused a vine to come out of Egypt; You... planted it... and caused it to send forth its roots... (Psalms 80:8-9)

For a person is born natural, becomes rational, and later spiritual. Thus is a vine from Egypt planted and caused to take root.

For the sake of this representation, moreover, Abraham sojourned in Egypt (Genesis 12:10ff.). And Jacob was commanded to go with his sons into Egypt, and they also abode there (Genesis 46ff.).

So, too, the land of Canaan, which symbolizes the church, is described to extend "even to the river of Egypt" (Genesis 15:18, 1 Kings 4:21, Micah 7:12). And Egypt is compared to the Garden of Eden, the garden of God (Ezekiel 31:2, 8, Genesis 13:10).

The knowledge of the natural self is also called "the precious things of Egypt" (Daniel 11:43), and "fine embroidered linen from Egypt" (Ezekiel 27:7).

And so on elsewhere where Egypt is spoken of affirmatively, as in Isaiah 27:12-13.

[3] On the other hand, in an opposite sense Egypt symbolizes the natural self divorced from the spiritual self, and its conceit in its own intelligence then and consequent irrationality in spiritual matters, in the following places:

Because...(Pharaoh's) heart was lifted up in its height, and it set its top among the thick boughs..., aliens... will cut him off and cast him down... In the day when he went down to hell..., I covered the deep over him...(and) you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised... (Ezekiel 31:10-18)

...the foundations (of Egypt) shall be overthrown... ...the pride of her power shall come down... ...and shall be laid waste... her cities... in the midst of the desolate cities... I will set fire to Egypt..., and I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and scatter them throughout the lands. (Ezekiel 30:1ff.)

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help..., and do not look to the Holy One of Israel... For the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. (Isaiah 31:1, 3)

Egypt rises up like a flood... He says, "I will go up, I will cover the earth, (and) I will destroy... Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! ...The sword shall devour (you), and be... made drunk with blood...; there is no healing for you. (Jeremiah 46:2, 8-11)

How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, and the son of ancient kings?" Where are your wise men now? ...let them know... The princes of Zoan have become fools...; they have led Egypt astray..., the cornerstone of (the) tribes... Neither will there be any work for Egypt, which may form the head or the tail... (Isaiah 19:1-17)

...prophesy against... Egypt..., O great whale who lie in the midst of your rivers. Because he said, "My river, and I have made myself," (therefore) I will put hooks in your jaws, and cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales... And I will leave you in the wilderness... Therefore... the land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste. (Ezekiel 29:1-12)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 30:1, 2, 7; 2 Kings 18:21.

[4] Since the Egyptians became of such a character, therefore they were rendered desolate as regards all the goods and truths of the church. Their desolations are described by the miracles done there, which were plagues, and these symbolized the many lusts of the natural self divorced from the spiritual self, a natural self which acts only in accordance with its own intelligence and its conceit. The plagues symbolic of its lusts were these:

That the water in the river turned to blood so that the fish died and the river stank. (Exodus 7)

That the streams and ponds brought forth frogs upon the land of Egypt. That the dust of the ground turned into lice. That a swarm of noxious flying insects was sent. (Exodus 8)

[That a pestilence occurred so that the livestock of Egypt died.] That sores were caused to break out with pustules on man and beast. That a downpour of hail mixed with fire rained down. (Exodus 9)

That locusts were sent. That darkness occurred through all the land of Egypt. (Exodus 10).

That all the firstborn in the land of Egypt died. (Exodus 11,12)

And finally, that the Egyptians were drowned in the Red Sea (Exodus 14), which symbolizes hell.

To find what all these things symbolize specifically, see Arcana Coelestia (The Secrets of Heaven), published in London, where they are explained.

It is apparent from this what is symbolically meant by the plagues and diseases of Egypt in Deuteronomy 7:15; 28:60; what is symbolically meant by drowning in the river of Egypt in Amos 8:8; 9:5; and why it is that Egypt is called a land of bondage in Micah 6:4, the land of Ham in Psalms 106:22, and an iron furnace in Deuteronomy 4:20, 1 Kings 8:51.

[5] The reason Egypt symbolizes both intelligence and irrationality in spiritual matters was that the Ancient Church, which extended through many kingdoms in Asia, existed also in Egypt, and at that time the Egyptians, more than any others, cultivated a study of the correspondences between spiritual and natural things, as is apparent from the hieroglyphs there. But when that study among them was turned into magic and became idolatrous, then their intelligence in spiritual matters became irrational. Egypt symbolizes this, therefore, in an opposite sense.

It can be seen from this what the great city means, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt.

  
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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.

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1 Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.

2 Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.

3 Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer on that altar.

5 In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask what I shall give you."

6 Solomon said, "You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

7 Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am but a little child. I don't know how to go out or come in.

8 Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.

9 Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this your great people?"

10 The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

11 God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, neither have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice;

12 behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.

13 I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like you, all your days.

14 If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."

15 Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

16 Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.

17 The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.

18 It happened the third day after I delivered, that this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.

19 This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.

20 She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I bore."

22 The other woman said, "No; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son." This said, "No; but the dead is your son, and the living is my son." Thus they spoke before the king.

23 Then the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead;' and the other says, 'No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'"

24 The king said, "Get me a sword." They brought a sword before the king.

25 The king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other."

26 Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, "Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it!" But the other said, "It shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide it."

27 Then the king answered, "Give her the living child, and in no way kill it. She is its mother."

28 All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.