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Exodo 17

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1 At ang buong kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel ay naglakbay mula sa ilang ng Sin, sa kanilang paglalakbay ayon sa utos ng Panginoon, at humantong sa Rephidim: at walang tubig na mainom ang bayan.

2 Kaya't ang bayan ay nakipagtalo kay Moises, at nagsabi, Bigyan mo kami ng tubig na aming mainom. At sinabi ni Moises sa kanila, Bakit kayo nakikipagtalo sa akin? bakit ninyo tinutukso ang Panginoon?

3 At ang bayan ay nauhaw at inupasala ng bayan si Moises, at sinabi, Bakit mo kami isinampa rito mula sa Egipto, upang patayin mo kami sa uhaw, at ang aming mga anak, at ang aming kawan?

4 At si Moises ay dumaing sa Panginoon, na nagsasabi, Anong aking gagawin sa bayang ito? kulang na lamang batuhin nila ako.

5 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Dumaan ka sa harap ng bayan, at ipagsama mo ang mga matanda sa Israel; at ang iyong tungkod na iyong ipinalo sa ilog, ay tangnan mo sa iyong kamay, at yumaon ka.

6 Narito, ako'y tatayo sa harap mo roon sa ibabaw ng bato sa Horeb; at iyong papaluin ang bato, at lalabasan ng tubig, upang ang bayan ay makainom. At gayon ginawa ni Moises sa paningin ng mga matanda sa Israel.

7 At tinawag nila ang pangalan ng dakong yaon, na Massah at Meribah, dahil sa pakikipagtalo ng mga anak ni Israel, at dahil sa kanilang tinukso ang Panginoon, na kanilang sinasabi, Ang Panginoon ba'y nasa gitna natin o wala?

8 Nang magkagayo'y dumating si Amalec, at nakipaglaban sa Israel sa Rephidim.

9 At sinabi ni Moises kay Josue, Ipili mo tayo ng mga lalake, at ikaw ay lumabas, lumaban ka kay Amalec; bukas ay tatayo ako sa taluktok ng burol, na aking tangan ang tungkod ng Dios sa aking kamay.

10 Gayon ginawa ni Josue, gaya ng sinabi ni Moises sa kaniya, at lumaban kay Amalec: at si Moises, si Aaron at si Hur ay sumampa sa taluktok ng burol.

11 At nangyari, pagka itinataas ni Moises ang kaniyang kamay, ay nananaig ang Israel: at pagka kaniyang ibinababa ang kaniyang kamay, ay nananaig si Amalec.

12 Datapuwa't ang mga kamay ni Moises ay nangalay; at sila'y kumuha ng isang bato, at inilagay sa ibaba, at kaniyang inupuan; at inalalayan ni Aaron at ni Hur ang kaniyang mga kamay, ang isa'y sa isang dako, at ang isa'y sa kabilang dako; at ang kaniyang mga kamay ay nalagi sa itaas hanggang sa paglubog ng araw.

13 At nilito ni Josue si Amalec, at ang kaniyang bayan, sa pamamagitan ng talim ng tabak.

14 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Isulat mo ito na pinakaalaala sa isang aklat, at ipagbigay alam mo kay Josue na aking ipalilimot ang pagalaala kay Amalec sa silong ng langit.

15 At nagtayo si Moises ng isang dambana, at pinanganlang Jehovanissi.

16 At kaniyang sinabi, Isinumpa ng Panginoon: ang Panginoon ay makikipagdigma kay Amalec sa buong panahon ng lahi nito.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8604

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8604. 'And so it was, when Moses raised up his hand' means whenever the faith of those belonging to the spiritual Church looked towards the Lord. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses' as God's truth, dealt with often; and from the meaning of 'raising up one's hand' as spiritual power directed upwards, and so towards the Lord. For the meaning of 'hand' as spiritual power, see 6947, 7011; and being spiritual power it is faith, since all power in the spiritual world, that is, against falsities and evils, is the power of truth received from good, or of faith received from charity, 3563, 4931.

[2] What looking towards the Lord is, and what looking towards the world and self is, thus what looking above self and below self is, may be seen in

7814-7821:

Looking above self is looking towards one's neighbour, country, Church, heaven, and so towards the Lord, 7814, 7815, 7817.

Looking below self is looking towards the world and self, 7817.

Looking above self and below self means having something as one's end in view and loving it above all else, 7818.

The human being is distinguished from beasts by the fact that he can look above self or below self; when he looks above self he is a human being, but when he looks below self he is a beast, 7821.

Looking above self is being raised by the Lord to a higher level, 7816.

The Lord flows in with every person through the Truth emanating from Himself. Through it He brings life to the person, for the light which comes from the Lord is Divine Truth, and is life, John 1:4.

[3] This Divine Truth coming from the Lord flows into the good residing with the person, and by means of it He draws the person to Himself. For life which comes from the Lord is attractive or draws others to itself because it springs from love, and all love holds a power of attraction because of its desire to be joined to another so that they may be one. When therefore a person is governed by good, and from good is guided by truth, he is drawn by the Lord to Himself and joined to Him. This is what looking upwards to the Lord is used to mean. The person who is not governed by good, and thus is not guided by truth from good, is also drawn by the Lord, but he cannot be raised up, because evils and resulting falsities are averse to Him. This is what looking downwards, or towards self and the world, is used to mean.

[4] The truth that the Lord draws a person to Himself is His own teaching in John,

I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to Myself. John 12:31.

From all this one may now see how to understand the explanation that whenever faith looked towards the Lord the truth engaged in conflict would be winning, and whenever faith looked downwards, away from the Lord towards self and the world, falsity would be winning, which is the meaning of the statement that when Moses raised up his hand Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand Amalek prevailed.

  
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