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1 Inalagaan nga ni Moises ang kawan ni Jethro na kaniyang biyanan, na saserdote sa Madian: at kaniyang pinatnubayan ang kawan sa likuran ng ilang, at napasa bundok ng Dios, sa Horeb.

2 At ang anghel ng Panginoon ay napakita sa kaniya, sa isang ningas ng apoy na mula sa gitna ng isang mababang punong kahoy; at siya'y nagmasid, at, narito, ang kahoy ay nagniningas sa apoy, at ang kahoy ay hindi natutupok.

3 At sinabi ni Moises, Ako'y liliko ngayon, at titingnan ko itong dakilang panoorin, kung bakit ang kahoy ay hindi natutupok.

4 At nang makita ng Panginoon na panonoorin niya, ay tinawag siya ng Dios mula sa gitna ng mababang punong kahoy, at sinabi, Moises, Moises. At kaniyang sinabi, Narito ako.

5 At sinabi, Huwag kang lumapit dito, hubarin mo ang iyong panyapak sa iyong mga paa, sapagka't ang dakong iyong kinatatayuan ay banal na lupa.

6 Bukod dito ay sinabi, Ako ang Dios ng iyong ama ang Dios ni Abraham, ang Dios ni Isaac, at ang Dios ni Jacob. At si Moises nga ay nagtakip ng kaniyang mukha; sapagka't siya'y natakot na tumingin sa Dios.

7 At sinabi ng Panginoon, Akin ngang nakita ang kadalamhatian ng aking bayan na nasa Egipto, at aking dininig ang kanilang daing dahil sa mga tagapagpaatag sa kanila; sapagka't talastas ko ang kanilang kapanglawan.

8 At ako'y bumaba upang iligtas sila sa kamay ng mga Egipcio at upang sila'y isampa sa isang mabuting lupain at malawak, mula sa lupaing yaon, sa isang lupaing binubukalan ng gatas at pulot sa dako ng Cananeo, at ng Hetheo, at ng Amorrheo, at ng Pherezeo, at ng Heveo at ng Jebuseo.

9 At ngayon narito, ang daing ng mga anak ni Israel ay umabot sa akin; saka aking nakita ang kapighatian na ipinipighati sa kanila ng mga Egipcio.

10 Halika nga ngayon, at ikaw ay aking susuguin kay Faraon, upang iyong ilabas sa Egipto ang aking bayan na mga anak ni Israel.

11 At sinabi ni Moises sa Dios, Sino ako, upang pumaroon kay Faraon, at upang ilabas sa Egipto ang mga anak ni Israel?

12 At kaniyang sinabi, Tunay na ako'y sasaiyo; at ito'y magiging tanda sa iyo, na ikaw ay aking sinugo: pagka iyong nailabas na sa Egipto ang bayan ay maglilingkod kayo sa Dios sa bundok na ito.

13 At sinabi ni Moises sa Dios, Narito, pagdating ko sa mga anak ni Israel, at sasabihin ko sa kanila, Sinugo ako sa inyo ng Dios ng inyong mga magulang; at sasabihin nila sa akin: Ano ang kaniyang pangalan? anong sasabihin ko sa kanila?

14 At sinabi ng Dios kay Moises, AKO YAONG AKO NGA; at kaniyang sinabi, Ganito ang sasabihin mo sa mga anak ni Israel, Sinugo ako sa inyo ni AKO NGA.

15 At sinabi pa ng Dios kay Moises, Ganito ang sasabihin mo sa mga anak ni Israel, Sinugo ako sa inyo ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng inyong mga magulang, ng Dios ni Abraham, ng Dios ni Isaac, at ng Dios ni Jacob: ito ang aking pangalan magpakailan man, at ito ang aking pinakaalaala sa lahat ng mga lahi.

16 Yumaon ka at tipunin mo ang mga matanda sa Israel, at sabihin mo sa kanila, Ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng inyong mga magulang, ang Dios ni Abraham, ni Isaac, at ni Jacob; ay napakita sa akin, na nagsasabi, tunay na kayo'y aking dinalaw, at aking nakita ang ginagawa sa inyo sa Egipto.

17 At aking sinabi, Aking aalisin kayo sa kapighatian sa Egipto at dadalhin ko kayo, sa lupain ng Cananeo, at ng Hetheo, at ng Amorrheo, at ng Pherezeo, at ng Heveo, at ng Jebuseo, sa isang lupaing binubukalan ng gatas at pulot.

18 At kanilang didinggin ang iyong tinig: at ikaw ay paroroon, ikaw at ang mga matanda sa Israel, sa hari sa Egipto, at inyong sasabihin sa kaniya, Ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng mga Hebreo, ay nakipagtagpo sa amin: at ngayo'y pahintulutan mo kami na maglakbay, na tatlong araw sa ilang, upang kami ay makapaghain sa Panginoon naming Dios.

19 At talastas ko, na hindi kayo pababayaang yumaon ng hari sa Egipto, kung hindi sa pamamagitan ng isang makapangyarihang kamay.

20 At aking iuunat ang aking kamay, at sasaktan ko ang Egipto ng aking buong kababalaghan na aking gagawin sa gitna niyaon at pagkatapos niyaon ay pahihintulutan niya kayong yumaon.

21 At pagkakalooban ko ang bayang ito ng biyaya sa paningin ng mga Egipcio: ay mangyayari, na pagyaon ninyo, ay hindi kayo yayaong walang dala:

22 Kundi bawa't babae ay hihingi sa kaniyang kapuwa, at sa tumatahan sa kaniyang bahay, ng mga hiyas na pilak, at mga hiyas na ginto at mga damit: at inyong ipagsusuot sa inyong mga anak na lalake at babae; at inyong sasamsaman ang mga Egipcio.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7770

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7770. 'And let them ask, a man from his companion and a woman from her companion, vessels of silver and vessels of gold' means that factual knowledge of truth and of good must be removed from the evil who have belonged to the Church and be assigned to the good who belong to it. This is clear from the meaning of 'vessels of silver and vessels of gold' as factual knowledge of truth and of good, 'silver' being truth and 'gold' good, see 1551, 1552, 2954, 5658, 6112, and 'vessels' factual knowledge, 3068, 3079. That knowledge is referred to as vessels of truth and good because it contains them. The assumption is made that the facts which people know about truth or about good are the truths of faith themselves or the forms of the good of faith themselves. But they are not. Affections for truth and good are what compose faith; those affections flow into known facts, which are the appropriate vessels for them. Asking them from the Egyptians is, it is self-evident, taking them away and assigning them to oneself. This is why previously in Chapter 3:22 it says that they were to plunder the Egyptians, and subsequently in Chapter 12:36 that they despoiled them. The reason why it says that 'a man was to ask from his companion and a woman from her companion' is that 'a man' has reference to and also means truth and 'a woman' has reference to and also means good.

[2] The implications of all this may be seen at the explanation of Exodus 3:21-22 in 6914, 6917. That explanation shows that the factual knowledge itself of truth and of good which have been in the possession of those belonging to the Church who have been acquainted with the arcana of faith and yet have led a life of evil are transferred to those who belong to the spiritual Church. How the transfer is effected, see 6914. These things are meant by the Lord's words in Matthew,

The Lord said to him who went away and hid the talent in the earth, Take the talent from him and give it to him who has ten talents, for to everyone who has, it will be given, so that he may have in abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. Cast the useless servant into outer darkness. Matthew 25:25, 28-30; Luke 19:24-26.

And similar words in the same gospel,

To him who has, it will be given, so that he may have abundantly; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. Matthew 13:12; Mark 4:24-25.

[3] The reason for the transfer is that the knowledge or cognitions of goodness and truth which the evil possess are applied to evil purposes, whereas the cognitions of goodness and truth that the good possess are applied to good purposes. The cognitions are the same, but the purposes to which any one person applies them gives them their specific character. Such cognitions may be compared to worldly wealth, which one person devotes to good purposes, and another to bad ones, so that the character of any one person's wealth depends on the purposes to which he devotes it. This also shows that the same cognitions, like the same wealth, which the evil have possessed can pass into the possession of the good and serve good purposes. From all this one may now recognize what is represented when it says that the children of Israel were commanded to ask from the Egyptians vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and in so doing to despoil and plunder them. Such a despoilment or plundering would never have been commanded by Jehovah if such things had not been represented in the spiritual world.

[4] Things like these are what are meant in Isaiah,

At length the merchandise of Tyre and its harlot's wages will be holy to Jehovah, it will not be hoarded or held back; but its merchandise will be for those that dwell before Jehovah to eat to their satiety, and for him who covers himself with what is ancient. Isaiah 23:18.

This refers to 'Tyre', which means cognitions of goodness and truth, 1201. 'Merchandise' and 'harlot's wages' are cognitions applied to evil purposes. Their being given to the good who will apply them to good purposes is meant by 'its merchandise will be for those that dwell before Jehovah to eat to satiety, [and] for him who covers himself with what is ancient'.

[5] Also in Micah,

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze, in order that you may crush many peoples. And I devoted their gain to Jehovah, and their riches to the Lord of the whole earth. Micah 4:13.

'Crushing many peoples' stands for devastating them. 'The gain' which was devoted to Jehovah and the Lord of the whole earth is cognitions of truth and goodness. Something similar is implied in 2 Samuel 8:11-12, where it says that David consecrated to Jehovah the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had subdued, from the Syrians, from Moab, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadad Ezer; and in 1 Kings 7:51, that Solomon put among the treasures of Jehovah's house the things consecrated by his father.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.