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1 И отвечал Моисей и сказал: а если они не поверят мне и не послушают голоса моего и скажут: не явился тебе Господь?

2 И сказал ему Господь: что это в руке у тебя? Он отвечал: жезл.

3 Господь сказал: брось его на землю. Он бросил его на землю, ижезл превратился в змея, и Моисей побежал от него.

4 И сказал Господь Моисею: простри руку твою и возьми его за хвост. Он простер руку свою, и взял его; и он стал жезлом в руке его.

5 Это для того, чтобы поверили, что явился тебе Господь, Бог отцов их, Бог Авраама, Бог Исаака и Бог Иакова.

6 Еще сказал ему Господь: положи руку твою к себе в пазуху. И он положил руку свою к себе в пазуху, вынул ее, и вот, рука его побелела от проказы, как снег.

7 Еще сказал: положи опять руку твою к себе впазуху. И он положил руку свою к себе в пазуху; и вынул ее из пазухи своей, и вот, онаопять стала такою же, как тело его.

8 Если они не поверят тебе и не послушают голоса первого знамения, то поверят голосу знамения другого;

9 если же не поверят и двум сим знамениям и не послушают голоса твоего, то возьми воды из реки и вылей на сушу; и вода, взятая изреки, сделается кровью на суше.

10 И сказал Моисей Господу: о, Господи! человек я не речистый, и таков был и вчера и третьего дня, и когда Ты начал говорить с рабом Твоим: я тяжело говорю и косноязычен.

11 Господь сказал: кто дал уста человеку? кто делает немым, или глухим, или зрячим, или слепым? не Я ли Господь?

12 итак пойди, и Я буду при устах твоих и научу тебя, что тебе говорить.

13 Моисей сказал: Господи! пошли другого, кого можешь послать.

14 И возгорелся гнев Господень на Моисея, и Он сказал: разве нет у тебя Аарона брата, Левитянина? Я знаю, что он может говорить, и вот, он выйдет навстречу тебе, и, увидев тебя, возрадуется в сердце своем;

15 ты будешь ему говорить и влагать слова в уста его, а Я буду при устах твоих и при устах его и буду учить вас, что вам делать;

16 и будет говорить он вместо тебя к народу; итак он будет твоими устами,а ты будешь ему вместо Бога;

17 и жезл сей возьми в руку твою: им ты будешь творить знамения.

18 И пошел Моисей, и возвратился к Иофору, тестю своему, и сказал ему: пойду я, и возвращусь к братьям моим, которые в Египте, и посмотрю, живы ли еще они? И сказал Иофор Моисею: иди с миром.

19 И сказал Господь Моисею в земле Мадиамской: пойди, возвратись в Египет, ибо умерли все, искавшие души твоей.

20 И взял Моисей жену свою и сыновей своих, посадил их на осла иотправился в землю Египетскую. И жезл Божий Моисей взял в руку свою.

21 И сказал Господь Моисею: когда пойдешь и возвратишься в Египет, смотри, все чудеса, которые Я поручил тебе, сделай пред лицем фараона, а Я ожесточу сердце его, и он не отпустит народа.

22 И скажи фараону: так говорит Господь: Израиль есть сын Мой,первенец Мой;

23 Я говорю тебе: отпусти сына Моего, чтобы он совершил Мне служение; а если не отпустишь его, то вот, Я убью сына твоего, первенца твоего.

24 Дорогою на ночлеге случилось, что встретил его Господь и хотел умертвить его.

25 Тогда Сепфора, взяв каменный нож, обрезала крайнюю плоть сына своего и, бросив к ногам его, сказала: тыжених крови у меня.

26 И отошел от него Господь . Тогда сказала она: жених крови – по обрезанию.

27 И Господь сказал Аарону: пойди навстречу Моисеюв пустыню. И он пошел, и встретился с ним при горе Божией, и поцеловалего.

28 И пересказал Моисей Аарону все слова Господа, Который его послал,и все знамения, которые Он заповедал.

29 И пошел Моисей с Аароном, и собрали они всех старейшин сынов Израилевых,

30 и пересказал Аарон все слова, которые говорил Господь Моисею; исделал Моисей знамения пред глазами народа,

31 и поверил народ; и услышали, что Господь посетил сынов Израилевых и увидел страдание их, и преклонились они и поклонились.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7067

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7067. 'And that He had seen their affliction' means after such great temptations. This is clear from the meaning of 'affliction' as temptation, dealt with in 5356; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those who belong to the spiritual Church, dealt with in 6426, 6637. Regarding the affliction or molestation by falsities, that is, the temptations which those belonging to the spiritual Church suffered before the Lord's Coming, see 6854, 6914, 7037.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2718

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2718. 'A wife from the land of Egypt' means the affection for knowledge, which the member of the spiritual Church possesses. This is clear from the meaning of 'a wife' as affection or good, dealt with in 915, 2517, and from the meaning of 'Egypt' as knowledge, dealt with in 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462. In this verse the member of the spiritual Church is described so far as the nature of his good, that is, the essence of his life, is concerned - that the good residing with him is obscure, but that it is brightened with light from the Lord's Divine Human. From that brightening of it the affection for truth arises in the rational part of his mind, and the affection for knowledge in the natural part. The reason the affection for good such as resides within the celestial man cannot arise in the spiritual man, but instead the affection for truth, is that the good residing with him is implanted in the understanding part of his mind, and is obscure compared with the celestial man's good, as shown in 2715. From this good no other type of affection can be generated and derived within his rational than the affection for truth, and through this affection for truth the affection for knowledge within the natural. No other truth is meant in this case than that which the person believes to be the truth, even though it may not in itself be the truth. Nor is knowledge used to mean such knowledge as the learned possess but all factual knowledge with which a person can be taught from what he experiences or hears in everyday life, from doctrine, and from the Word. It is the affection for such truth and knowledge that exists within the member of the spiritual Church.

[2] So that it may be known what is meant by the affection for truth existing with someone and what by the affection for good, let a brief statement be made regarding them. Those with the affection for truth think about, question, and discuss whether a thing is true, whether it is so. And when they are convinced it is true, or is so, they think about, question, and discuss what it is. Thus they remain rooted on the doorstep and cannot be admitted into wisdom until they no longer have any doubts. Those however with whom the affection for good exists know and perceive that the thing is so from the good itself governing them. Thus they do not remain on the doorstep but are in a room inside, having been admitted into wisdom.

[3] Take as an example the consideration that it is a celestial gift to think and to act from an affection for good, or from good. Those with whom the affection for truth exists discuss whether this is so, whether such a gift can exist, and what it may be. And so long as they are turning over doubts about it they are unable to be admitted. But those with the affection for good do not discuss or turn doubts over but assert that the thing is true and are for that reason admitted. For those with whom the affection for good exists, that is, those who are celestial, start off where those with the affection for truth, that is, those who are spiritual, come to a halt, so that the furthest point reached by the latter is the starting point for the former. That being so, those who are celestial are given to know, recognize, and perceive that affections for good are countless - as numerous as the communities in heaven - and that they are all joined together by the Lord into a heavenly form so as to constitute one human being so to speak. They are also given to define by perception the genus and species to which each affection belongs.

[4] Or take this example: All delight, blessedness, and happiness belong wholly to love, but the nature of the love determines that of the delight, blessedness, and happiness. The spiritual man fixes his mind on the question whether this is true and whether delight, blessedness, and happiness may not spring from some other source, such as from mixing with others, talking to others, meditation, or learning, and also whether they reside in possessions, position, reputation, and the glory resulting from these. As long as he is asking such questions he does not confirm himself in the truth that none of these accomplishes anything, only the affection born of love which is present within them and making them what they are. The celestial man however does not remain rooted in such preliminary questionings but immediately asserts that the thing is true. Consequently he is interested in the end in view and the realization of this, that is, he is governed by the very affections born of love which are countless, and in each one of which there are things beyond description, involving variations of delight, blessedness, and happiness that have no end.

[5] Take as a further example the consideration that the neighbour is to be loved for the good that resides with him. Those with whom the affection for truth exists think, question, and discuss whether this is true, that is, whether it is so. They ask what the neighbour is, what good is; but they go no further than this, and therefore they shut the door to wisdom against themselves. Those however with the affection for good assert that the thing is so and do not consequently shut the door against themselves but enter in and so come to know, recognize, and perceive from good who is pre-eminently the neighbour, also in what degree he is the neighbour, and that everyone in differing ways is the neighbour. Thus they perceive things beyond description, over and above what is known to those with the affection solely for truth.

[6] Take as yet another example the truth that a person who loves the neighbour for the good within him loves the Lord. Those with the affection for truth question whether this is so. And if they are told that anyone who loves the neighbour for the good within him loves the good, and that - since all good comes from the Lord and the Lord is present in good - when anyone loves good he also loves the Lord from whom that good comes and in which He is present, they then question whether that too is so. They also ask what loving good is, as well as what good is, and whether the Lord is present more so in good than in truth. As long as they remain rooted in such questionings they cannot get even a distant view of wisdom. But those with the affection for good know from perception that the thing is so and immediately behold the whole field of wisdom leading right on to the Lord.

[7] From these examples it may become clear why in comparison with those who have the affection for good, that is, with those who are celestial, obscurity exists with those who have the affection for truth, that is, with those who are spiritual Nevertheless the latter are able to pass from obscurity into light, provided that they are willing to adopt the affirmative attitude that all good belongs to love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour; also that love and charity constitute spiritual conjunction, and that these are the source of all blessedness and happiness, thus that heavenly life consists in the good belonging to love received from the Lord, but not in the truth of faith separated from it.

  
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