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1 В третий месяц по исходе сынов Израиля из земли Египетской, всамый день новолуния, пришли они в пустыню Синайскую.

2 И двинулись они из Рефидима, и пришли в пустыню Синайскую, и расположились там станом в пустыне; и расположился там Израиль станом против горы.

3 Моисей взошел к Богу на гору , и воззвал к нему Господь с горы, говоря: так скажи дому Иаковлеву и возвести сынам Израилевым:

4 вы видели, что Я сделал Египтянам, и как Я носил вас как бы на орлиных крыльях, и принес вас к Себе;

5 итак, если вы будете слушаться гласа Моего и соблюдать завет Мой,то будете Моим уделом из всех народов, ибо Моя вся земля,

6 а вы будете у Меня царством священников и народом святым; вот слова, которые ты скажешь сынам Израилевым.

7 И пришел Моисей и созвал старейшин народа и предложил им все сии слова, которые заповедал ему Господь.

8 И весь народ отвечал единогласно, говоря: все, что сказал Господь, исполним. И донес Моисей слова народа Господу.

9 И сказал Господь Моисею: вот, Я приду к тебе в густом облаке, дабыслышал народ, как Я буду говорить с тобою, и поверил тебе навсегда. И Моисей объявил слова народа Господу.

10 И сказал Господь Моисею: пойди к народу, и освяти его сегодня и завтра; пусть вымоют одежды свои,

11 чтоб быть готовыми к третьему дню: ибо в третий день сойдет Господь пред глазами всего народа на гору Синай;

12 и проведи для народа черту со всех сторон и скажи: берегитесь восходить на гору и прикасаться к подошве ее; всякий, ктоприкоснется к горе, предан будет смерти;

13 рука да не прикоснется к нему, а пусть побьют его камнями, или застрелят стрелою; скот ли то, или человек, да не останется в живых; во время протяжного трубного звука могут они взойти на гору.

14 И сошел Моисей с горы к народу и освятил народ, и они вымыли одежду свою.

15 И сказал народу: будьте готовы к третьему дню;не прикасайтесь к женам.

16 На третий день, при наступлении утра, были громы и молнии, и густое облако надгорою, и трубный звук весьма сильный; и вострепетал весь народ, бывший в стане.

17 И вывел Моисей народ из стана в сретение Богу, и стали у подошвы горы.

18 Гора же Синай вся дымилась от того, что Господь сошел на нее в огне; и восходил от нее дым, как дым из печи, и вся Гора сильно колебалась;

19 и звук трубный становился сильнее и сильнее. Моисей говорил, и Бог отвечал ему голосом.

20 И сошел Господь на гору Синай, на вершину горы, и призвал Господь Моисея на вершину горы, и взошел Моисей.

21 И сказал Господь Моисею: сойди и подтверди народу, чтобы он не порывался к Господу видеть Его , и чтобы не пали многие из него;

22 священники же, приближающиеся к Господу, должны освятить себя, чтобы не поразил их Господь.

23 И сказал Моисей Господу: не может народ взойтина гору Синай, потому что Ты предостерег нас, сказав: проведи черту вокруг горы и освяти ее.

24 И Господь сказал ему: пойди, сойди, потом взойди ты и с тобою Аарон; а священники и народ да не порываются восходить к Господу, чтобы непоразил их.

25 И сошел Моисей к народу и пересказал ему.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 901

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901. 'The twenty-seventh day' means that which is holy. This is clear from what has been said above, for it is the composite number that is obtained when three is cubed - that is, three multiplied by three making nine, and nine multiplied by three again making twenty-seven. The predominant factor in this number therefore is three. This was how the most ancient people calculated numbers and by means of them meant nothing else than real things. That 'three' has the same meaning as seven becomes clear from what has been stated already just above. A hidden reason why it does so is that the Lord rose on the third day. The Lord's resurrection itself comprehends all that is holy, and the resurrection of all men. This was why in the Jewish Church this number became representative, and why in the Word it is a holy number. It is similar in heaven where no numbers are envisaged. Instead of three and seven they have a general holy idea of the resurrection and of the Coming of the Lord.

[2] That 'three' and 'seven' mean what is holy is clear from the following places in the Word: In Moses,

Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days. He shall purify himself on the third day, and on the seventh day he will be clean. And if he does not purify himself on the third day then he will not be clean on the seventh day. He who touches one pierced by the sword, or one dead, or a human bone, or a sepulchre will be unclean for seven days. The one who is clean shall sprinkle [with hyssop] over the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify him, and he [the unclean] shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and will be clean in the evening. Numbers 19:11, 11, 16, 19.

Quite clearly these requirements are representative, that is, things of an external nature meaning those that are internal. Take for example the fact that anyone was unclean who had touched one who had died, or one pierced [by the sword], or a human bone, or a sepulchre. Each of these objects means in the internal sense things that are a person's own, which are dead and unholy. So too with the requirement that he had to bathe himself in water and would be clean in the evening. And the third day and the seventh day were in like manner representative. They mean that which is holy because these were the days when he was to be purified and so be cleansed.

[3] The same usage occurs in the reference to the men coming back from the battle with the Midianites, who were told,

Camp outside the camp for seven days. Every one of you who has killed someone 1 and every one who has touched one slain 2 shall purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day. Numbers 31:19.

If this were just a ceremonial observance and the third and the seventh days were not representative and symbolical of that which is holy, that is, of purification, it would be something dead. It would be something without a cause and a cause without an end in view. That is, it would be like that which has been severed from its cause and its cause from its end in view; and so there would be nothing Divine about it at all. That the third day was representative of, and so symbolized, that which is holy, is quite clear from the Lord's coming down on Mount Sinai, concerning which event the following command was given, Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and make them holy today and tomorrow, in order that they may wash their garments and be ready on the third day, for on the third day Jehovah will come down on Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people. Exodus 19:10-11, 15-16.

[4] The same usage occurs in Joshua's crossing the Jordan on the third day,

Joshua commanded, Pass through the middle of the camp, and command the people saying, Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will be crossing this Jordan to go and take possession of the land. 'The crossing of the Jordan' represented the introduction of the children of Israel, that is, of the regenerate, into the Lord's kingdom, 'Joshua', who led them in, representing the Lord Himself. And this took place 'on the third day'. Because the third day, like the seventh, was holy it was stipulated that the third year should be a year of taking tithes 3 and in that year people should be holy in their conduct by performing charitable works, Deuteronomy 26:12 and following verses. 'Tithes' 3 represented remnants, which are holy because they are the Lord's alone. Jonah's presence in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights, Jonah 1:17, clearly represented the Lord's burial and His resurrection on the third day, Matthew 12:40.

[5] That 'three' means that which is holy is also clear in the Prophets, as in Hosea,

Jehovah will revive us after two days, on the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him. Hosea 6:2.

Here too 'the third day' clearly stands for the Lord's Coming, and for His resurrection. In Zechariah,

It will happen in all the land that two parts in it will be cut off and breathe their last, and a third will be left in it. And I will lead the third part through fire, and I will refine them as one refines silver, and test them as one tests gold. Zechariah 13:8-9.

Here 'a third part' or three stands for that which is holy. A third embodies the same as three, and so does the third of a third, as in the present verse, for three is the cube root of twenty-seven.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, a soul

2. literally, pierced

3. or tenths

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