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1 Y el SEÑOR habló a Moisés, diciendo:

2 Santifícame todo primogénito, cualquiera que abre matriz entre los hijos de Israel, así de los hombres como de las bestias; porque mío es.

3 Y Moisés dijo al pueblo: Tened memoria de este día, en el cual habéis salido de Egipto, de la casa de servidumbre; pues el SEÑOR os ha sacado de aquí con mano fuerte; por tanto, no comeréis leudado.

4 Vosotros salís hoy en el mes de Abib.

5 Y cuando el SEÑOR te hubiere metido en la tierra del cananeo, y del heteo, y del amorreo, y del heveo, y del jebuseo, la cual juró a tus padres que te daría, tierra que destila leche y miel, harás este servicio en este mes.

6 Siete días comerás por leudar, y el séptimo día será fiesta al SEÑOR.

7 Por los siete días se comerán los panes sin levadura; y no se verá contigo nada leudado, ni levadura en todo tu término.

8 Y contarás en aquel día a tu hijo, diciendo: Se hace esto con motivo de lo que el SEÑOR hizo conmigo cuando me sacó de Egipto.

9 Y te será como una señal sobre tu mano, y como una memoria delante de tus ojos, para que la ley del SEÑOR esté en tu boca; por cuanto con mano fuerte te sacó el SEÑOR de Egipto.

10 Por tanto, tú guardarás este servicio en su tiempo de año en año.

11 Y cuando el SEÑOR te hubiere metido en la tierra del cananeo, como te ha jurado a ti y a tus padres, y cuando te la hubiere dado,

12 harás pasar al SEÑOR todo lo que abriere la matriz, asimismo todo primerizo que abriere la matriz de tus animales; los machos serán del SEÑOR.

13 Mas todo primogénito de asno redimirás con un cordero; y si no lo redimieres, le cortarás la cabeza; asimismo redimirás todo humano primogénito de tus hijos.

14 Y cuando mañana te preguntare tu hijo, diciendo: ¿Qué es esto? Le dirás: El SEÑOR nos sacó con mano fuerte de Egipto, de casa de servidumbre;

15 y endureciéndose el Faraón en no dejarnos ir, el SEÑOR mató en la tierra de Egipto a todo primogénito, desde el primogénito humano hasta el primogénito de la bestia; y por esta causa yo sacrifico al SEÑOR todo primogénito macho, y redimo todo primogénito de mis hijos.

16 Te será, pues, como una señal sobre tu mano, y por un memorial delante de tus ojos: Que el SEÑOR nos sacó de Egipto con mano fuerte.

17 Y luego que el Faraón dejó ir al pueblo, Dios no los llevó por el camino de la tierra de los filisteos, que estaba cerca; porque dijo Dios: Que por ventura no se arrepienta el pueblo cuando vieren la guerra, y se vuelvan a Egipto;

18 mas hizo Dios al pueblo que rodease por el camino del desierto del mar Bermejo. Y subieron los hijos de Israel de Egipto armados.

19 Tomó también consigo Moisés los huesos de José, el cual había juramentado a los hijos de Israel, diciendo: Dios ciertamente os visitará, y haréis subir mis huesos de aquí con vosotros.

20 Y partidos de Sucot, asentaron campo en Etam, a la entrada del desierto.

21 Y el SEÑOR iba delante de ellos de día en una columna de nube, para guiarlos por el camino; y de noche en una columna de fuego para alumbrarles; a fin de que anduviesen de día y de noche.

22 Nunca se apartó de delante del pueblo la columna de nube de día, ni de noche la columna de fuego.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 28

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28. The Firstborn from the dead, signifies from whom is all good in heaven. This is evident from the signification of the "firstborn," as being, in reference to the Lord, Divine good in heaven, thus all good there. The "firstborn" signifies this, because by generations, in general and in particular, spiritual generations are signified, which are the generations of good and truth or of love and faith; from this it is, that by "father," "mother," "sons," "daughters," "sons-in-law," "daughters-in-law," and "son's sons," are signified goods and truths which generate and are generated in their order (Arcana Coelestia 10490), for in heaven there are no other nativities. This being so, by "firstborn" is not meant the firstborn, but the good of heaven and of the church, because this is in the first place. And since it is the Lord from whom all good in heaven is, He is called the "Firstborn." He is called "the Firstborn from the dead," because, when He arose from the dead, He made His Human to be Divine good by union with the Divine that was in Him from conception.

[2] This is why He is called "the Firstborn from the dead," and says of Himself in David:

I will make Him the Firstborn, high above the kings of the earth (Psalms 89:27).

What is meant by His being "high above the kings of the earth" will be seen in a subsequent article.

(That the Lord, when He departed from the world, made His Human Divine good, see Arcana Coelestia 3194, 3210, 6864, 7499, 8724, 9199, 10076; thus that He came forth from the Father and returned to the Father, n. 3194, 3210; and that after the union, the Divine truth, which is the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, proceeds from Him, n. 3704, 3712, 3969, 4577, 5704, 7499, 8127, 8241, 9199, 9398, 9407. But this arcanum may be seen more fully explained in the small work on The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 293-295; and in the passages there cited from the Arcana Coelestia 303-305.)

As the Lord in respect to the Divine Human is called "the Firstborn," for the reason that all good proceeds from Him, so all the firstborn in the Israelitish church were holy to Jehovah; so also the Levites were received in place of all the firstborn in Israel; for by the sons of Levi were represented those of the church who are in the good of charity: therefore also a double portion of inheritance was allotted to the firstborn; all this for the reason that the firstborn signified the good that is from the Lord, and in the highest sense, the Lord Himself in respect to the Divine Human from which is all good. For all things that were commanded in the Israelitish church were representative of Divine things, spiritual and celestial.

[3] That all the firstborn in the Israelitish church were holy to Jehovah appears from Moses, in the following passages:

Sanctify unto Me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is Mine (Exodus 13:2).

Thou shalt cause to pass over unto Jehovah all that openeth the womb, and every firstling that cometh of a beast, as many as thou hast, the males shall be Jehovah's (Exodus 13:12).

Thou shalt not delay to offer the firstfruits of thy produce, and the firstfruits of thy wine. The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto Me. Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen and with thy sheep; seven days it shall be with its dam: on the eighth day thou shalt give it Me. And ye shall be men of holiness unto Me (Exodus 22:29-31).

They were to give also the firstborn of beasts, because these, too, were representative; and because they represented they were also made use of in burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

(What the various beasts in these services represented, see Arcana Coelestia 1823, 3519, 9280, 9980, 10042. Why the Levites were accepted in place of all the firstborn in Israel, see Numbers 3:12, 13, 41, 45; 8:15-20, was, as was said above, because the "sons of Levi" represented, and therefore signified, the good of charity, and "Levi," in the highest sense, signified the Lord as to that good, see Arcana Coelestia 3875, 3877, 4497, 4502, 4503, 10017. A double portion of the inheritance was given to the firstborn, Deuteronomy 21:17, because a "double portion" signified the good of love, Arcana Coelestia 720, 1686, 5194, 8423)

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 3939

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3939. 'And she called his name Asher' means the essential nature. This is clear from the meaning of 'calling the name' as the essential nature, as above. The essential nature itself is what 'Asher' represents. In the original language Asher means blessedness, but the name includes within it everything meant by the words of Leah his mother - 'in my blessedness! for the daughters will call me blessed'. That is to say, the name also means the delight that belongs to the affections and corresponds to the happiness of eternal life. This is the fourth general means which joins the external man to the internal man. Indeed when anyone perceives within himself that corresponding delight his external man is beginning to be joined to the internal. It is the delights belonging to the affections for truth and good which cause the internal man and the external to be joined together, for without such delights no joining together at all is achieved since it is within those delights that the person's life dwells. For affections are the means by which every joining together is effected, see 3024, 3066, 3336, 3849, 3909. By 'the daughters who will call her blessed' Churches are meant; for 'daughters' in the internal sense of the Word are Churches, see 2362. This exclamation about blessedness was made at this point by Leah because the births by the servant-girls mean general truths which are the means that serve to effect any joining together so that the Church may come into being in a person. For when a person perceives this delight or affection he is starting to become the Church. That being so, Leah's exclamation about the fourth or last son by the servant-girls occurs here.

[2] Asher is mentioned in various places in the Word, but in those places - as with all the other sons also - the essential nature of the thing that is being referred to is meant by him, that is, the essential nature of people passing through the state under discussion at that point is meant. Also, what the essential nature is varies according to the order in which the sons are named. One thing is meant when Reuben or faith heads the list, another when Judah or celestial love does so, and yet another when Joseph or spiritual love. For the essence and nature of whichever one heads the list leads off and passes over into those that follow. This is why their spiritual meanings vary from place to place where they are mentioned. At this point where the birth of them is the subject they mean the general aspects of the Church and therefore all things of faith and love which constitute the Church. They have this meaning because the subject previous to this was the regeneration of man, that is, a person's states before he becomes the Church, and in the highest sense it was the Lord and how He made His Human Divine. So the subject is the ascent by means of the stairway even up to Jehovah which was seen in Bethel by Jacob.

  
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