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1 Och Mose sammankallade hela Israel och sade till dem: Hör, Israel, de stadgar och rätter som jag i dag framställer för eder, och lären eder dem och hållen dem och gören efter dem.

2 HERREN, vår Gud, slöt ett förbund med oss på Horeb.

3 Icke med våra fäder slöt HERREN detta förbund, utan med oss själva som stå här i dag, oss alla som nu leva.

4 Ansikte mot Ansikte talade HERREN till eder på berget ur elden.

5 Jag stod då mellan HERREN och eder, för att förkunna eder vad HERREN talade, ty I fruktaden för elden och stegen icke upp på berget. Han sade:

6 Jag är HERREN, din Gud, som har fört dig ut ur Egyptens land, ur träldomshuset.

7 Du skall inga andra gudar hava jämte mig.

8 Du skall icke göra dig något beläte, som är en bild vare sig av det som är uppe i himmelen, eller av det som är i vattnet under jorden.

9 Du skall icke tillbedja sådana, ej heller tjäna dem; ty jag, HERREN, sin Gud, är en nitälskande Gud, som hemsöker fädernas missgärningbarn och efterkommande i tredje och fjärde led, när man hatar mig,

10 men som gör nåd med tusenden, när man älskar mig och håller mina bud.

11 Du skall icke missbruka HERRENS, din Guds namn, ty HERREN skall icke låta den bliva ostraffad, som missbrukar hans namn.

12 Håll sabbatsdagen, så att du helgar den, såsom HERREN, din Gud, har bjudit dig.

13 Sex dagar skall du arbeta och förrätta alla dina sysslor;

14 men den sjunde dagen är HERRENS, din Guds, sabbat; då skall du ingen syssla förrätta, ej heller din son eller sin dotter, eller din tjänare eller din tjänarinna, eller din oxe eller din åsna eller någon av dina dragare, ej heller främlingen som är hos dig inom dina portar; på det att din tjänare och din tjänarinna må hava ro såväl som du.

15 Du skall komma ihåg att du själv har varit träl i Egyptens land, och att HERREN, din Gud, har fört dig ut därifrån med stark hand och uträckt arm; därför har HERREN, din Gud bjudit dig att hålla sabbatsdagen.

16 Hedra din fader och din moder, såsom HERREN, din Gud har bjudit dig, på det att du må länge leva och det må gå dig väl i det land som HERREN, din Gud, vill giva dig.

17 Du skall icke dräpa.

18 Du skall icke heller begå äktenskapsbrott.

19 Du skall icke heller stjäla.

20 Du skall icke heller bära falsk vittnesbörd mot din nästa.

21 Du skall icke heller hava begärelse till din nästas hustru. Du skall icke heller hava lust till din nästas hus, ej heller till hans åker eller hans tjänare eller hans tjänarinna, ej heller till hans oxe eller hans åsna, ej heller till något som tillhör din nästa.

22 Dessa ord talade HERREN till hela eder församling på berget, ur elden, molnskyn och töcknet, med hög röst, och han talade så intet mer. Och han skrev dem på två stentavlor, som han gav åt mig.

23 När I hörden rösten ur mörkret, medan berget brann i eld, trädden I fram till mig, alla I som voren huvudmän för edra stammar, så ock edra äldste.

24 Och I saden: »Se, HERREN, vår Gud, har låtit oss Se sin härlighet och sin storhet, och vi hava hört hans röst ur elden. I dag hava vi sett att Gud kan tala med en människa och dock låta henne bliva vid liv.

25 Varför skola vi då likväl ? Denna stora eld kommer ju att förtära oss. Om vi än vidare få höra HERRENS, vår Guds, röst, så måste vi .

26 Ty vem finnes väl bland allt kött som kan, såsom vi hava gjort, höra den levande Gudens röst tala ur elden och dock bliva vid liv?

27 Träd du fram och hör allt vad HERREN, vår Gud, säger, och tala du till oss allt vad HERREN, vår Gud, talar till dig, så vilja vi höra det och göra därefter.»

28 Och HERREN hörde edra ord, när I så taladen till mig; och HERREN sade till mig: »Jag har hört de ord som detta folk har talat till dig. De hava rätt i allt vad de hava talat.

29 Ack att de hade sådana hjärtan, att de fruktade mig och hölle alla mina bud alltid! Det skulle ju då gå dem och deras barn väl evinnerligen.

30 Gå nu och säg till dem: 'Vänden tillbaka till edra tält.'

31 Men du själv må stanna kvar här hos mig, så skall förkunna för dig alla de bud och stadgar och rätter som du skall lära dem, för att de må göra efter dem i det land som jag vill giva dem till besittning.»

32 Så hållen nu och gören vad HERREN, eder Gud, har bjudit eder. I skolen icke vika av vare sig till höger eller till vänster.

33 På de vägar som HERREN, eder Gud, har bjudit eder skolen I alltid vandra, för att I mån bliva vid liv och det må eder väl, och för att I mån länge leva i det land som I skolen taga i besittning.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 946

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946. Because thy judgments have been made manifest. That this signifies that Divine truths are revealed to them, is evident from the signification of judgments, as denoting Divine truths, of which we shall speak presently; and from the signification of being manifested, as denoting to be revealed. That Divine truths are revealed at the end of the church, and that they have been revealed, will be shown in what follows in this chapter, because the subject there treated of is concerning them.

The reason why judgments signify Divine truths is, that the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called judgments; but the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are called justice. For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from Divine truth, whereas the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from Divine Good. This is why judgment and justice are mentioned in the following passages in the Word.

In Isaiah:

"There shall be no end to peace upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and justice from now and for ever" (9:7).

This speaks of the Lord and His kingdom. His spiritual kingdom is signified by the throne of David; and because this kingdom is in Divine truths from the Divine Good, it is said, in "judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

"I will raise up to David a just shoot, and he shall reign a king, and he shall act intelligently, and shall execute judgment and justice" (23:5).

These words also are spoken of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And since this kingdom is in Divine truths from the Divine Good, it is said that He shall reign a King, and shall act intelligently, and that He shall execute judgment and justice. The Lord is called King from Divine truth. And whereas Divine truth is also Divine intelligence, it is said that He shall act intelligently. And because Divine truth is from the Divine Good, it is said that He shall execute judgment and justice.

[2] In Isaiah:

"Jehovah shall be exalted; for he dwelleth on high; he hath filled Zion with judgment and justice" (33:5).

By Zion is meant heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by Divine truth. And because all Divine truth is from Divine Good, it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

"I Jehovah, doing justice and judgment in the earth; for in these I am well pleased" (9:24).

Here also by judgment and justice is signified Divine truth from the Divine Good.

In Isaiah:

"They shall ask of me the judgments of justice; they shall desire to draw near unto God" (58:2).

The judgments of justice are Divine truths from the Divine Good. Similarly judgment and justice; for the spiritual sense conjoins those things the sense of the letter separates.

In Hosea:

"I will betroth thee to me for ever; and I will betroth thee to me in justice and judgment, and in mercy and in truth" (2:19, 20).

The subject there treated of is the celestial kingdom of the Lord, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord. And because the Lord's conjunction with them is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife - for the good of love so conjoins - therefore it is said, I will betroth thee to me in justice and judgment. And justice is mentioned in the first place, and judgment in the second, because those who are in the good of love to the Lord are also in truths; for they see them from good. Because justice is said of good, and judgment of truth, therefore it is also said, in mercy and in truth; mercy being also said of good, because it is of love.

[3] In David:

"Jehovah is in the heavens; thy justice as the mountains of God, and thy judgments as a great abyss" (Psalm 36:5, 6).

Justice is said of Divine Good, therefore it is compared to the mountains of God; for by mountains of God are signified the goods of love; see above (n. 405, 510, 850). And judgments are said of Divine truths, therefore they are compared to a great abyss; for by a great abyss is signified Divine truth. From these things it is now evident that by judgments are signified Divine truths.

[4] In many passages in the Word, judgments, precepts, and statutes are mentioned. And by judgments are there signified civil laws; by precepts the laws of spiritual life; and by statutes the laws of worship. That by judgments are signified civil laws, is clear from Exodus (Exodus 21, 22, 23), where the things that are there commanded are called judgments; because from them judgments were given by judges in the gates of the city. But still they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain them in the spiritual sense, as is evident from the explanation in Arcana Coelestia (n. 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348).

That the laws with the sons of Israel were called judgments, precepts, and statutes, is clear from the following passages:-

In Moses:

"I will speak unto thee all the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them" (Deuteronomy 5:31).

In the same:

"These are the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you" (Deuteronomy 6:1).

In the same:

"Therefore, thou shalt keep the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them" (Deuteronomy 7:11).

In David:

"If his sons forsake my law and walk not in my judgments; if they profane my statutes, and keep not my precepts, I will visit their prevarication with a rod" (Psalm 89:30-32),

besides frequently elsewhere:

As Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24.

By precepts in these passages are meant the laws of life, especially those in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Precepts. But by the statutes are meant the laws of worship, which principally related to sacrifices, and the ministry of holy things. And by judgments are meant civil laws, which, because representative of spiritual laws, were therefore significative of Divine truths, such as those in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.

Continuation:-

[5] When, therefore, a man shuns and turns away from evils as sins, and is raised into heaven by the Lord, it follows that he is no longer in his proprium, but in the Lord, and that consequently he thinks and wills goods. Now because a man thinks and wills, so also does he act; for every action of a man proceeds from the thought of his will, therefore again it follows, that when a man shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods, not from himself, but from the Lord. Therefore to shun evils is to do goods. The goods which a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole extent are meant by charity.

Because a man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and acts as of himself, that which he does as of himself is conjoined to him, and remains with him. Because that which a man does as of himself receives no life, but flows through like ether, therefore the Lord wills that a man should not only shun and turn away from evils as of himself, but should also think, will, and act as of himself, yet still acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he will acknowledge because it is the truth.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Exodus 23

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1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

2 "You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

4 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

7 "Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

8 "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

9 "You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

10 "For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,

11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.

12 "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

13 "Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don't invoke the name of other gods, neither let them be heard out of your mouth.

14 "You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.

15 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.

16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.

17 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh.

18 "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.

19 The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Yahweh your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

20 "Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

21 Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don't provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.

22 But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.

23 For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.

24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.

25 You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.

26 No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

27 I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

28 I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.

29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.

30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.

31 I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."