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At nangyari kinabukasan, na lumuklok si Moises upang hatulan ang bayan: at ang bayan ay tumayo sa palibot ni Moises mula sa umaga hanggang sa hapon.
Exodo 18:13
Arcana Coelestia # 8696
8696. Verses 17-23 And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, The thing that you do is not good. You will surely wither away, both you and this people who are with you, for the task 1 is too heavy for you; you are not able to do it yourself alone. Now hear my voice; I will counsel you, and God will be with you. Be for the people with God, and you are to bring matters to God. 2 And you are to teach them the statutes and the laws, [and] make known to them the way in which they must go, and the work they must do. And you are to see 3 out of all the people men of vigour fearing God, men of truth hating gain; and you are to appoint them rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And let them judge the people at all times. And it shall be, every great matter let them bring to you, and every small matter let them judge themselves; and roll down [the burden] from upon yourself, and let them bear [it] with you. If you do this thing and God has commanded you, you will be able to stand fast; and also all this people will come upon their place in peace.
'And the father-in-law of Moses said to him' means foresight. 'The thing that you do is not good' means that a change must take place. 'You will surely wither away, both you and this people who are with you' means that if it carries on as before the truth which has been implanted is going to perish. 'For the task is too heavy for you' means that it is not possible because it does not arise from true order. 'You are not able to do it yourself alone' means without any truth from good flowing in from another source. 'Now hear my voice' means agreement as a result of union. 'I will counsel you, and God will be with you' means that it comes from the Divine. 'Be for the people with God' means truth coming forth directly from the Lord. 'And you are to bring matters to God' means mediation and intercession. 'And you are to teach them the statutes and the laws' means that truth coming directly from the Lord is the source of external and internal aspects of goodness and truth in the Church. 'And make known to them the way in which they must go' means the light of intelligence and the life led as a result of it. 'And the work they must do' means faith put into action. 'And you are to see out of all the people' means the choice of subservient truths. 'Men of vigour fearing God' means to which the good from God can be joined. 'Men of truth hating gain' means because 4 the truths are pure, devoid of any worldly end in view. 'And you are to appoint from them rulers of thousands' means first and foremost truths in the first degree below truth coming directly from God. 'Rulers of hundreds' means first and foremost truths in the second degree. 'Rulers of fifties' means first and foremost truths that are intermediary. 'And rulers of tens' means first and foremost truths in third place. 'And let them judge the people at all times' means arrangement in this order perpetually. 'And it shall be, every great matter let them bring to you' means that everything exists from the truth going forth directly from God. 'And every small matter let them judge themselves' means the appearance that some particular and specific things derive from another source. 'And roll down [the burden] from upon yourself, and let them bear [it] with you' means thus assigning them functions and duties. 'If you do this thing and God has commanded you' means since it is so ordained by God ... 'You will be able to stand fast' means, it accordingly has a dwelling place with them. 'And also all this people will come upon their place in peace' means that those belonging to the spiritual Church will thus be governed by good and led by good.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. literally, word or matter
2. i.e. Represent the people before God, and bring their difficulties to Him.
3. i.e. select
4. The Latin here is quibus (to which), but at 8711 it is quia (because).
Exodus 18
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Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
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Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
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and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".
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The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."
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Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.
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He said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her."
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Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.
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Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.
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Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
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Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
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Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."
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Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
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It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.
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When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?"
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Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
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When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws."
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Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.
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You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.
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Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.
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You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.
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Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
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Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.
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If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace."
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So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
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Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
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They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
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Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.
