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Izlazak 9

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1 Tada reče Gospod Mojsiju: Idi k Faraonu, i reci mu: Ovako veli Gospod Bog jevrejski: Pusti narod moj da mi posluži;

2 Ako li ih ne pustiš nego ih još staneš zadržavati,

3 Evo, ruka Gospodnja doći će na stoku tvoju u polju, na konje, na magarce, na kamile, na volove i na ovce, s pomorom vrlo velikim.

4 A odvojiće Gospod stoku izrailjsku od stoke misirske; te od svega što je sinova Izrailjevih neće poginuti ništa.

5 I postavio je Gospod rok rekavši: Sutra će to učiniti na zemlji Gospod.

6 I Gospod učini to sutradan, i sva stoka misirska uginu; a od stoke sinova Izrailjevih ne uginu nijedno.

7 I posla Faraon da vide, i gle, od stoke izrailjske ne uginu nijedno; ipak otvrdnu srce Faraonu, i ne pusti narod.

8 Tada reče Gospod Mojsiju i Aronu: Uzmite pepela iz peći pune pregršti, i Mojsije neka ga baci u nebo pred Faraonom;

9 I postaće prah po svoj zemlji misirskoj, a od njega će postati kraste pune gnoja i na ljudima i na stoci po svoj zemlji misirskoj.

10 I uzeše pepela iz peći, i stadoše pred Faraona, i baci ga Mojsije u nebo, i postaše kraste pune gnoja po ljudima i po stoci.

11 I vračari ne mogoše stajati pred Mojsijem od krasta; jer behu kraste i na vračarima i na svim Misircima.

12 I Gospod učini te otvrdnu srce Faraonovo, i ne posluša ih, kao što beše kazao Gospod Mojsiju.

13 Posle reče Gospod Mojsiju: Ustani rano i izađi pred Faraona, i reci mu: Ovako veli Gospod Bog jevrejski: Pusti narod moj da mi posluži.

14 Jer ću sada pustiti sva zla svoja na srce tvoje i na sluge tvoje i na narod tvoj, da znaš da niko nije kao ja na celoj zemlji.

15 Jer sada kad pružih ruku svoju, mogah i tebe i narod tvoj udariti pomorom, pa te ne bi više bilo na zemlji;

16 Ali te ostavih da pokažem na tebi silu svoju, i da se pripoveda ime moje po svoj zemlji.

17 I ti se još podižeš na moj narod, i nećeš da ga pustiš?

18 Evo, sutra ću u ovo doba pustiti grad vrlo velik, kakvog nije bilo u Misiru otkako je postao pa dosada.

19 Zato sada pošlji, te skupi stoku svoju i šta god imaš u polju, jer će pasti grad na sve ljude i na stoku što se zateče u polju i ne bude skupljeno u kuću, i izginuće.

20 Koji se god između sluga Faraonovih poboja reči Gospodnje, on brže skupi sluge svoje i stoku svoju u kuću;

21 A koji ne maraše za reč Gospodnju, on ostavi sluge svoje i stoku svoju u polju.

22 I Gospod reče Mojsiju: Pruži ruku svoju k nebu, neka udari grad po svoj zemlji misirskoj, na ljude i na stoku i na sve bilje po polju u zemlji misirskoj.

23 I Mojsije pruži štap svoj k nebu, i Gospod pusti gromove i grad, da oganj skakaše na zemlju. I tako Gospod učini, te pade grad na zemlju misirsku.

24 A beše grad i oganj smešan s gradom silan veoma, kakvog ne beše u svoj zemlji misirskoj otkako je ljudi u njoj.

25 I pobi grad po svoj zemlji misirskoj šta god beše u polju od čoveka do živinčeta; i sve bilje u polju potre grad, i sva drveta u polju polomi.

26 Samo u zemlji gesemskoj, gde behu sinovi Izrailjevi, ne beše grada.

27 Tada posla Faraon, te dozva Mojsija i Arona, i reče im: Sada zgreših; Gospod je pravedan, a ja i moj narod jesmo bezbožnici.

28 Molite se Gospodu, jer je dosta, neka prestanu gromovi Božji i grad, pa ću vas pustiti, i više vas neće niko ustavljati.

29 A Mojsije mu reče: Kad izađem iza grada, raširiću ruke svoje ka Gospodu, a gromovi će prestati i grada neće više biti, da znaš da je Gospodnja zemlja.

30 A ti i sluge tvoje znam da se još nećete bojati Gospoda Boga.

31 I propade lan i ječam, jer ječam beše klasao, a lan se glavičio.

32 A pšenica i krupnik ne propade, jer beše pozno žito.

33 I Mojsije otišavši od Faraona iza grada raširi ruke svoje ka Gospodu, i prestaše gromovi i grad, i dažd ne padaše na zemlju.

34 Ali Faraon videvši gde presta dažd i grad i gromovi, stade opet grešiti, i srce mu otvrdnu i njemu i slugama njegovim.

35 Otvrdnu srce Faraonu, te ne pusti sinove Izrailjeve, kao što beše kazao Gospod preko Mojsija.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7523

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7523. 'And there will be on man and on beast' means the products of interior and exterior evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'man' as the affection for good, and in the contrary sense as the desire for evil; and 'beast' is similar in meaning. But when 'man' and 'beast' are mentioned together, 'man means interior affection or desire and 'beast' exterior; regarding both, see 7424. Interior good or else interior evil, which is meant by 'man', is that connected with intentions or ends in view, for intentions or ends in view are at a person's core, whereas exterior good or else exterior evil, which is meant by 'beast', is that connected with thought and consequently, if nothing stands in the way, with action. Exterior good is meant by 'beast' because a person is in respect of his external or natural man no different from a beast; for he is endowed with similar desires and also cravings, as well as appetites and senses. And interior good is meant by 'man because it is in respect of his internal or spiritual man that a person is a human being, on which internal level he is endowed with affections for what is good and true such as exist with the angels in heaven, and because he controls his natural or animal man, which is 'a beast', by means of that internal man. Regarding the meaning of 'beast' as the affection for good and in the contrary sense the desire for evil, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198.

[2] These things are what are meant by 'man and beast' in the following places too: In Jeremiah,

My anger and My wrath have been poured out on this place, on man and on beast. Jeremiah 7:20

In the same prophet,

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. Jeremiah 21:6.

In the same prophet,

It will make her land a desolation, so that none may dwell in it; both man and beast have scattered themselves, they have gone away. Jeremiah 50:3.

In Ezekiel,

When a land has sinned against Me by committing great transgression, I will cut off from it man and beast. Ezekiel 14:13, 19, 21.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast, and make it a waste. Ezekiel 25:13.

In Zephaniah,

I will consume man and beast, I will consume the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the surface of the earth. Zephaniah 1:3.

[3] 'Man and beast' stands for interior and exterior good in the following places: In Jeremiah,

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

In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:17.

In the same prophet,

A desolation will the earth be, so that man and beast are not there. Jeremiah 32:43.

In the same prophet,

In the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that have been devastated, there is no man and inhabitant, and there is no beast. Jeremiah 33:10; 51:62.

In David,

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgements a great deep; You preserve man and beast, O Jehovah. Psalms 36:6.

It was because 'man and beast' meant such things that the firstborn of the Egyptians died, not only of men but also of beasts, Exodus 12:29, and that the firstborn were consecrated [to Jehovah], not only of men but also of beasts, Numbers 18:15, and also that the king of Nineveh, following sacred religious practice, commanded that not only man but also beast should fast and also be clothed in sackcloth, Jonah 3:7-8.

  
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Exodus 9

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1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people Go, that they may serve me.

2 For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,

3 behold, the hand of Yahweh is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.

4 Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'"

5 Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land."

6 Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.

7 Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.

8 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal, throughout all the land of Egypt."

10 They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal.

11 The magicians couldn't stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.

12 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.

13 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

14 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.

15 For now I would have put forth my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;

16 but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;

17 as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.

18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.

19 Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn't brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die."'"

20 Those who feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.

21 Whoever didn't respect the word of Yahweh left his servants and his livestock in the field.

22 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."

23 Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.

24 So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

25 The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.

26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.

27 Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

28 Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."

29 Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh's.

30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you don't yet fear Yahweh God."

31 The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had not grown up.

33 Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.

34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

35 The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.