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1 I reče Gospod Mojsiju: Idi k Faraonu, i reci mu: Ovako veli Gospod: Pusti narod moj, da mi posluži.

2 Ako li nećeš pustiti, evo ću moriti svu zemlju žabama.

3 I reka će se napuniti žaba, i one će izaći i skakati tebi po kući i po kleti gde spavaš i po postelji tvojoj i po kućama sluga tvojih i naroda tvog i po pećima tvojim i po naćvama tvojim;

4 I na tebe i na narod tvoj i na sve sluge tvoje skakaće žabe.

5 I reče Gospod Mojsiju: Kaži Aronu: Pruži ruku svoju sa štapom svojim na reke i na potoke i na jezera, i učini nek izađu žabe na zemlju misirsku.

6 I pruži Aron ruku svoju na vode misirske, i izađoše žabe i pokriše zemlju misirsku.

7 Ali i vračari misirski učiniše tako svojim vračanjem, učiniše te izađoše žabe na zemlju misirsku.

8 A Faraon dozva Mojsija i Arona i reče: Molite Gospoda da ukloni žabe od mene i od naroda mog, pak ću pustiti narod da prinesu žrtvu Gospodu.

9 A Mojsije reče Faraonu: Čast da ti je nada mnom! Dokle da mu se molim za te i za sluge tvoje i za narod tvoj da odbije žabe od tebe i iz kuća tvojih, i samo u reci da ostanu?

10 A on reče: Do sutra. A Mojsije reče: Biće kako si kazao, da poznaš da niko nije kao Gospod Bog naš.

11 Otići će žabe od tebe i iz kuća tvojih i od sluga tvojih i od naroda tvog; samo će u reci ostati.

12 I otide Mojsije i Aron od Faraona; i zavapi Mojsije ka Gospodu za žabe koje beše pustio na Faraona.

13 A Gospod učini po reči Mojsijevoj; i pocrkaše žabe, i oprostiše ih se kuće i sela i polja.

14 I na gomile ih grtahu, da je smrdela zemlja.

15 A kad Faraon vide gde odahnu, otvrdnu mu srce, i ne posluša ih, kao što beše kazao Gospod.

16 A Gospod reče Mojsiju: Kaži Aronu: Pruži štap svoj, i udari po prahu na zemlji, nek se pretvori u uši po svoj zemlji misirskoj.

17 I učiniše tako: Aron pruži ruku svoju sa štapom svojim, i udari po prahu na zemlji, i postaše uši po ljudima i po stoci, sav prah na zemlji pretvori se u uši po celoj zemlji misirskoj.

18 A gledaše i vračari misirski vračanjem svojim da učine da postanu uši, ali ne mogoše. I behu uši po ljudima i po stoci.

19 I rekoše vračari Faraonu: Ovo je prst Božji. Ali opet otvrdnu srce Faraonu, te ih ne posluša kao što beše kazao Gospod.

20 A Gospod reče Mojsiju: Ustani rano i izađi pred Faraona, evo, on će izaći k vodi, pa mu reci: Ovako veli Gospod: Pusti narod moj da mi posluži.

21 Ako li ne pustiš narod moj, evo, pustiću na tebe i na sluge tvoje i na narod tvoj i na kuće tvoje svakojake bubine, i napuniće se bubina kuće misirske i zemlja na kojoj su.

22 Ali ću u taj dan odvojiti zemlju gesemsku, gde živi moj narod, i onde neće biti bubina, da poznaš da sam ja Gospod na zemlji.

23 I postaviću razliku između naroda svog i naroda tvog. Sutra će biti znak taj.

24 I učini Gospod tako, i dođoše silne bubine u kuću Faraonovu i u kuće sluga njegovih i u svu zemlju misirsku, da se sve u zemlji pokvari od bubina.

25 I Faraon dozva Mojsija i Arona, i reče im: Idite, prinesite žrtvu Bogu svom ovde u zemlji.

26 A Mojsije reče: Ne valja tako; jer bismo prineli na žrtvu Gospodu Bogu svom što je nečisto Misircima; a kad bismo prineli na žrtvu što je nečisto Misircima na oči njihove, ne bi li nas pobili kamenjem?

27 Tri dana hoda treba da idemo u pustinju da prinesemo žrtvu Gospodu Bogu svom, kao što nam je kazao.

28 A Faraon reče: Pustiću vas da prinesete žrtvu Gospodu Bogu svom u pustinji; ali da ne idete dalje; pa se molite za me.

29 A Mojsije reče: Evo ja idem od tebe, i moliću se Gospodu da otidu bubine od Faraona i od sluga njegovih i od naroda njegovog sutra; ali nemoj opet da prevariš, i da ne pustiš narod da prinese žrtvu Gospodu.

30 I otide Mojsije od Faraona, i pomoli se Gospodu.

31 I učini Gospod po reči Mojsijevoj, te otidoše bubine od Faraona i od sluga njegovih i od naroda njegovog; ne osta ni jedna.

32 Ali opet otvrdnu srce Faraonovo, i ne pusti narod.

   

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7418. 'And strike the dust of the land' means that he should remove those things in the natural which are damned. This is clear from the meaning of 'striking' as removing; from the meaning of 'the dust' as that which is damned, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the land', at this point the land of Egypt, as the natural mind, dealt with above in 7409. The reason why 'the dust' means that which is damned is that the places on the fringes below the soles of the feet, where evil spirits are, look like a land. They look like an uncultivated and dry land, to be exact, below which there are certain kinds of hells. That land is what is called the damned land, and the dust there serves to mean that which is damned. I have been allowed on several occasions to see evil spirits shaking off the dust there from their feet when they wished to consign someone to damnation. I saw them doing this in a position on the right slightly in front of me, on the borders of the hell of magicians, where spirits who during their life in the world have possessed a knowledge of matters of belief, but have nevertheless led a life of evil, are cast down into the hell that is theirs. This then is why 'the dust' means that which is damned, and 'shaking off the dust' damnation.

[2] Since it had that meaning the Lord commanded the disciples to shake off the dust on their feet if they were not well received. What He said about this appears in Matthew as follows,

If anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, as you leave that house or city, shake off the dust on your feet. Truly I say to you, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgement than for that city. Matthew 10:14-15; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; 10:10-12.

Here the disciples are not meant by the disciples but all aspects of the Church, thus all aspects of faith and charity, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end), 3354, 3858, 3913, 6397. 'Not receiving' and 'not listening to' mean rejecting the truths of faith and forms of the good of charity, while 'shaking off the dust on their feet' means damnation. And the reason why 'it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah than that city' is that 'Sodom and Gomorrah' is used to mean those who lead a life of evil but have known nothing about the Lord and the Word, and so could not be receptive. From this it may become clear that a house or a city unreceptive of the disciples is not meant, but those who though they are within the Church do not lead the life of faith. Anyone may see that an entire city could not be damned for not receiving the disciples and instantly accepting the new teaching proclaimed by them.

[3] That which is damned is also meant by 'the dust' which people in former times placed on their heads in grief or when penitent, as in Jeremiah,

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they are silent; they have caused dust to come up over their heads, they have girded themselves with sackcloth; the virgins of Jerusalem have caused their heads to come down to the ground. Lamentations 2:10.

In Ezekiel,

They will cry out bitterly, and will cause dust to come up over their heads; they roll themselves in ashes. Ezekiel 27:30.

In Micah,

Do not weep at all in the house of Aphrah; roll yourself in the dust. Micah 1:10.

In John,

They threw dust onto their heads, and cried out, weeping and wailing. Revelation 18:19.

The same actions are referred to throughout the historical narratives of the Word. Casting dust over the head, prostrating body and head on the ground, and rolling over in the dust on it, represented self-abasement, which - when it is genuine - is such that the person acknowledges and perceives that he is damned, yet is rescued from damnation by the Lord, see 1327, 3994, 4347, 5420, 5957.

[4] The dust' into which the golden calf which they made in the wilderness was crushed and ground down likewise means that which is damned. This is spoken of in Moses as follows,

I took your sin which you had made, the calf, and I burnt it in the fire, and crushed it by grinding it right down until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook descending out of the mountain. Deuteronomy 9:11.

'Dust' again means that which is damned in the following places: In Genesis,

Jehovah God said to the serpent, On your belly you will go, and dust will you eat all the days of your life. Genesis 3:14.

In Micah,

Shepherd Your people as in the days of eternity. The nations will see and be ashamed at all their power; they will lick the dust like a serpent. Micah 7:14, 16-17.

In Isaiah,

For the serpent, dust will be his bread. Isaiah 65:25.

In the same prophet,

Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babel. Isaiah 47:1.

In David,

Our soul was bowed down to the dust, our belly clung to the earth. Psalms 44:25.

In the same author,

My soul clings to the dust; vivify me. Psalms 119:25.

In the Word 'dust' in addition means the grave, as well as that which is lowly, and that which is numerous too.

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