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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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946. For Thy judgments have been made manifest, signifies that Divine truths have been revealed to them. This is evident from the signification of "judgments," as being Divine truths (of which presently); also from the signification of "made manifest," as being 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 this is there treated of. "Judgments" signify Divine truths because the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called "judgments;" while the laws of government in His celestial kingdom are called "justice." For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from the Divine truth; while the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from the Divine good. This is why "judgment" and "justice" are mentioned in the Word, in the following passages. In Isaiah:

Of peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and in justice from henceforth and to eternity (Isaiah 9:7).

This is said 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 Divine good it is said, "in judgment and in justice."

In Jeremiah:

I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and He shall reign King, and He shall act intelligently, and shall do judgment and justice (Jeremiah 23:5).

This, too, is said of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And as this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "He shall reign king, and shall act intelligently, and He shall do judgment and justice." The Lord is called "King," from Divine truth; and as Divine truth is also Divine intelligence it is said that "He shall act intelligently." And as the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said that "He shall do judgment and justice."

[2] In Isaiah:

Jehovah is exalted, for He dwelleth on high, He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice (Isaiah 33:5).

"Zion" means heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by the Divine truth; and as all the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

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

Here, too, "judgment and justice" signify the Divine truth from the Divine good.

In Isaiah:

They ask of me the judgments of justice, they long for an approach unto God (5 Isaiah 58:2).

The "judgments of justice" are Divine truths from the Divine good, as are "judgment and justice;" for the spiritual sense conjoins things that the sense of the letter separates.

In Hosea:

I will betroth thee unto Me forever; and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment and in mercy and in truth (Hosea 2:19, 20).

This treats of the Lord's celestial kingdom, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord; and as the Lord's conjunction with such is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife, for so does the good of love conjoin, it is said, "I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment," "justice" being put here 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 truths from good. As "justice" is predicated of good, and "judgment" of truth, it is also said, "in mercy and in truth," "mercy" belonging to good, because it is of love.

[3] In David:

Jehovah is in the heavens. Thy justice is like the mountains of God, and Thy judgments are like the great deep (Psalms 36:5-6).

"Justice" is predicated of the Divine good, and is therefore compared to "the mountains of God;" for "mountains of God" signify the goods of love (See above, n. 405, 510, 850); and "judgments" are predicated of Divine truths, and are therefore compared to "the great deep;" for "the great deep" signifies the Divine truth. From this it can now be seen that "judgments" signify Divine truths.

[4] In many passages in the Word, "judgments," "commandments," and "statutes" are mentioned; and "judgments" there signify civil laws, "commandments" the laws of spiritual life, and "statutes" the laws of worship. That "judgments" signify civil laws, is evident from Exodus (21, 22, 23), where the things commanded are called "judgments" because according to them the judges gave judgments in the gates of the city; nevertheless they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain these in the spiritual sense; as can be (Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103) seen (Arcana Coelestia 9124-9231) from (Arcana Coelestia 9247-9348) the explanation of them in the Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348). That the laws given to the sons of Israel were called "judgments, "commandments," and "statutes," can be seen from the following passages.

In Moses:

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

In the same:

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

In the same:

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments, 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 commandments, then will I visit their transgression with the rod (Psalms 89:30-32).

So in many other places, 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. In these passages "commandments" mean the laws of life, especially those contained in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Commandments; while "statutes" mean the laws of worship which related especially to sacrifices and holy ministrations; and "judgments" mean civil laws; and as these laws were representative of spiritual laws, they signify such Divine truths as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.

[5] It follows from this that when man shuns and turns away from evils as sins and is raised up into heaven by the Lord, he is no longer in what is his own (proprium), but in the Lord, and thus he thinks and wills goods. Again, since man acts as he thinks and wills, for every act of man proceeds from the thought of his will, it follows that when he shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods from the Lord and not from self; and this is why shunning evils is doing goods. The goods that a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole complex are meant by charity. Man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and does as if from himself, since that which is done as if by the man himself is conjoined to him and remains with him, while that which is not done by the man as if from himself, not being received in any life of sense, flows through like ether; and this is why the Lord wills that man should not only shun and turn away from evils as if of himself, but should also think, will, and do as if of himself, and yet acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he must acknowledge because it is the truth.

  
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