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1 At ang Panginoon ay nagsalita kay Moises, na sinasabi,

2 Pakabanalin mo sa akin ang lahat ng mga panganay, anomang nagbubukas ng bahay-bata sa mga anak ni Israel: maging sa tao at maging sa hayop ay akin.

3 At sinabi ni Moises sa bayan, Alalahanin ninyo ang araw na ito na inialis ninyo sa Egipto, sa bahay ng pagkaalipin; sapagka't sa pamamagitan ng lakas ng kamay ay hinango kayo ng Panginoon sa dakong ito, wala sinomang kakain ng tinapay na may lebadura.

4 Sa araw na ito ay umaalis kayo ng buwan ng Abib.

5 At mangyayari, na pagkadala sa iyo ng Panginoon sa lupain ng Cananeo, at ng Hetheo, at ng Amorrheo, at ng Hebreo, at ng Jebuseo, na kaniyang isinumpa sa iyong mga magulang, na ibibigay sa iyo, na lupang binubukalan ng gatas at pulot ay iyong ipangingilin ang paglilingkod na ito sa buwang ito.

6 Pitong araw na kakain ka ng tinapay na walang lebadura, at sa ikapitong araw ay magiging isang kapistahan sa Panginoon.

7 Tinapay na walang lebadura ang kakanin sa loob ng pitong araw, at huwag makakakita sa iyo, ng tinapay na may lebadura, ni makakakita ng lebadura sa iyo, sa lahat ng iyong mga hangganan.

8 At sasaysayin mo sa iyong anak sa araw na yaon, na iyong sasabihin: Dahil sa ginawa ng Panginoon sa akin nang ako'y umalis sa Egipto.

9 At sa iyo'y magiging pinakatanda sa ibabaw ng iyong kamay, at pinakaalaala sa pagitan ng iyong mga mata, upang ang kautusan ng Panginoon ay sumaiyong bibig: sapagka't sa pamamagitan ng malakas na kamay, ay inalis ka ng Panginoon sa Egipto.

10 Isasagawa mo nga ang palatuntunang ito sa kapanahunan nito taon taon.

11 At mangyayari, pagkadala sa iyo ng Panginoon sa lupain ng Cananeo, gaya ng isinumpa sa iyo at sa iyong mga magulang, at pagkabigay niyaon sa iyo,

12 Ay ihihiwalay mo para sa Panginoon yaong lahat na nagbubukas ng bahay-bata, at bawa't panganay na mayroon ka na mula sa hayop; ang mga lalake, ay sa Panginoon.

13 At bawa't panganay sa asno ay tutubusin mo ng isang kordero; at kung hindi mo tutubusin, ay iyo ngang babaliin ang kaniyang leeg: at lahat ng mga panganay na lalake sa iyong mga anak ay iyong tutubusin.

14 At mangyayari, na pagtatanong sa iyo ng iyong anak sa panahong darating, na sasabihin, Ano ito? na iyong sasabihin sa kaniya: Sa pamamagitan ng lakas ng kamay ay inilabas tayo ng Panginoon sa Egipto, sa bahay ng pagkaalipin.

15 At nangyari, nang magmatigas si Faraon na hindi kami tulutang yumaon, ay pinatay ng Panginoon ang lahat ng mga panganay sa lupain ng Egipto, ang panganay ng tao at gayon din ang panganay ng hayop: kaya't aking inihahain sa Panginoon ang lahat ng nagbubukas ng bahay-bata na mga lalake; nguni't lahat ng panganay ng aking anak ay aking tinutubos.

16 At magiging pinakatanda sa iyong kamay, at pinakaalaala sa pagitan ng iyong mga mata: sapagka't sa pamamagitan ng lakas ng kamay ay inilabas tayo ng Panginoon sa Egipto.

17 At nangyari, nang tulutan ni Faraon na ang bayan ay yumaon, na hindi sila pinatnubayan ng Dios sa daang patungo sa lupain ng mga Filisteo, bagaman malapit; sapagka't sinabi ng Dios, Baka sakaling ang bayan ay magsisi pagkakita ng pagbabaka, at magsipagbalik sa Egipto:

18 Kundi pinatnubayan ng Dios ang bayan sa palibot, sa daang patungo sa ilang sa tabi ng Dagat na Mapula: at ang mga anak ni Israel ay sumampang nangakasakbat mula sa lupain ng Egipto.

19 At dinala ni Moises ang mga buto ni Jose: sapagka't kaniyang ipinanumpang mahigpit sa mga anak ni Israel, na sinasabi, Tunay na dadalawin kayo ng Dios; at inyong isasampa ang aking mga buto mula rito na kasama ninyo.

20 At sila'y naglakbay mula sa Succoth, at humantong sa Etham, sa hangganan ng ilang.

21 At ang Panginoon ay nangunguna sa kanila sa araw, sa isang haliging ulap, upang patnubayan sila sa daan; at sa gabi, ay sa isang haliging apoy, upang tanglawan sila; upang sila'y makapaglakad sa araw at sa gabi.

22 Ang haliging ulap sa araw at ang haliging apoy sa gabi ay hindi humihiwalay sa harapan ng bayan.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8093

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8093. 'That God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines' means that the Divine saw to it that they should not pass on to the truth of faith that does not spring from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'God did not lead them by the way' as the Divine saw to it that they should not pass on to, for 'leading', when done by God, means providence, and 'the way' means truth, 627, 2333, in this instance passing on to it; and from the representation of 'the Philistines' as those who have a knowledge of the cognitions of faith but do not lead a life of charity, dealt with in 1197, 1198, 3412, 3413, thus those who possess the truth of faith that does not spring from good. The fact that 'the Philistines' and 'the land of the Philistines' have this meaning may be recognized from places in the Word where they are mentioned, in particular in Jeremiah 47:1-end, where they are described, also in Joel 3:5-6, as well as from the historical accounts in the Word referring to wars between the children of Israel and the Philistines, to the subjection of the children of Israel by the Philistines and then of the Philistines by the children of Israel. By 'the Philistines' in these places those who champion separated faith are represented, that is, people for whom the knowledge of cognitions of faith is all-important but not a life led in accordance with that knowledge, consequently people who teach and believe that a person is saved by faith alone.

[2] This particular belief about faith alone or separated faith is not new or something that belongs solely to the present time. It had come to exist in the ancient Churches, growing ever stronger along with evil in life. It is also described in various places in the Word, but by means of names, by Cain' first, in that he killed his brother Abel, 337, 340, 1179. In the internal representative sense of that story 'Cain' is that kind of faith, while 'Abel' is charity. Such faith is also described by 'Ham', when cursed by his father, 1062, 1063; after that by 'Reuben', in that he went up to his father's bed, 3870, 4601, and by 'Simeon and Levi', in that they killed Hamor and the men of Shechem and were for that reason cursed by their father, 3870, 6352. That faith is also described by 'the Egyptians' and by 'their firstborn', in that the latter were killed, 7766, 7778, and the former drowned in the Sea Suph. It is described too by 'the Philistines', 3412, 3413, and also by 'Tyre and Sidon', in various places in the Prophets; there a knowledge of the cognitions of faith is meant by 'the Philistines', and the cognitions themselves, interior and exterior, by 'Tyre and Sidon'. Lastly such faith is represented by 'Peter' when he denied the Lord three times, 6000, 6073(end). But see what has been shown already regarding this faith, in 36, 379, 389, 916, 1017, 1076, 1077, 1162, 1176, 1798, 1799, 1834, 1844, 2049, 2116, 2228, 2231, 2261, 2343, 2349, 2364, 2383, 2385, 2401, 2435, 2982, 3146, 3242, 3325, 3412, 3413, 3416, 3427, 3773, 4663, 4672, 4673, 4683, 4721, 4730, 4766, 4783, 4925, 5351, 5820, 5826, 6269, 6272, 6273, 6348, 6353, 7039, 7097, 7127, 7317, 7502, 7545, 7623-7627, 7724, 7779, 7790, 7950.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2228

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2228. 'And in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed' means that from Him all who have charity will be saved. This is clear from the meaning of 'being blessed' as being endowed with all goods that have a heavenly origin, dealt with in 981, 1096, 1420, 1422. People who are endowed with goods from a heavenly origin, that is, with celestial goods and spiritual goods, which have been referred to immediately above in 2227, are also endowed with eternal salvation, that is, they are saved. 'All nations of the earth' is used to mean in the internal sense those with whom the goods exist that flow from love and charity, as is clear from the meaning of 'nation' as good, dealt with in 1159, 1258-1260, 1416, 1849. That 'all the nations of the earth' does not mean all people throughout the whole world may become clear to anyone, for there are so many among them who are not saved. Only those who have charity, that is, who have acquired the life of charity, are saved.

[2] So that the whole matter of the salvation of people after they have died does not remain hidden from anyone, let a brief discussion of it follow here. There are many who declare that man is saved through faith, or as they say, if he merely has faith. But the majority of such people do not know what faith is. Some imagine that it is mere thought; some that it is the acknowledgement of something which ought to be believed; others that it is the entire doctrine of faith, which ought to be believed; and others something different again. Thus in their mere knowledge of what faith is they are mistaken, and as a consequence they are mistaken as to what it is that saves a person. Faith however is not mere thought; nor is it the acknowledgement of something that ought to be believed; nor is it a knowledge of all that constitutes the doctrine of faith. Nobody can be saved by such thought, acknowledgement, or knowledge that cannot send down roots any deeper than thought. Thought does not save anyone, but the life which he acquires to himself in the world through the cognitions of faith. Such life remains, but all thought that is not in keeping with his life dies away, even to the point of becoming none at all. In heaven that which brings people into association with one another is their lives, not thoughts that are not related in any way to a person's life. Thoughts which are unrelated to a person's life are spurious and are totally rejected.

[3] In general there are two kinds of life, the first being the life of hell, the second that of heaven. The life of hell is derived from all those intentions, thoughts, and deeds that flow from self-love, consequently from hatred against the neighbour. The life of heaven is derived from all those intentions, thoughts, and deeds that belong to love towards the neighbour. This heavenly life is that to which all things called faith have regard and is acquired by means of all things of faith. From this it becomes clear what faith is, namely that it is charity, for all things that are said to be part of the doctrine of faith lead to charity. Charity embraces them all and from charity they are all derived. After the life of the body, the soul is such as its love is.

  
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