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Exodo 7

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1 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Tingnan mo, ginawa kitang dios kay Faraon: at si Aaron na iyong kapatid ay magiging iyong propeta.

2 Iyong sasalitaing lahat ang aking iniuutos sa iyo: at sasalitain kay Faraon ni Aaron na iyong kapatid upang kaniyang pahintulutan ang mga anak ni Israel ay lumabas sa kaniyang lupain.

3 At aking papagmamatigasin ang puso ni Faraon, at aking pararamihin ang aking mga tanda at ang aking mga kababalaghan sa lupain ng Egipto.

4 Nguni't si Faraon ay hindi makikinig sa inyo, at aking ipapatong sa Egipto ang aking kamay at ilalabas ko ang aking mga hukbo, ang aking bayan, na mga anak ni Israel, sa lupaing Egipto sa pamamagitan ng mga dakilang kahatulan.

5 At malalaman ng mga taga Egipto na ako ang Panginoon, pagka iniunat ko sa Egipto ang aking kamay, at pagka inilabas ko ang mga anak ni Israel sa gitna nila.

6 At ginawang gayon ni Moises at ni Aaron: kung paanong iniutos ng Panginoon sa kanila, ay gayon ginawa nila.

7 At si Moises ay may walong pung taon gulang, at si Aaron ay may walong pu't tatlong taong gulang nang sila'y magsalita kay Faraon.

8 At nagsalita ang Panginoon kay Moises at kay Aaron, na sinasabi,

9 Pagsasalita ni Faraon sa inyo, na sasabihin, Magpakita kayo ng isang kababalaghan sa ganang inyo; ay iyo ngang sasabihin kay Aaron: Kunin mo ang iyong tungkod, at ihagis mo sa harap ni Faraon, na magiging isang ahas.

10 At si Moises at si Aaron ay naparoon kay Faraon, at kanilang ginawang gayon gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon, at inihagis ni Aaron ang kaniyang tungkod sa harap ni Faraon at sa harap ng kaniyang mga lingkod at naging ahas.

11 Nang magkagayo'y tinawag naman ni Faraon ang mga marunong at ang mga manghuhula, at sila naman na mga mahiko sa Egipto, ay gumawa sa gayon ding paraan ng kanilang mga pag-enkanto.

12 Sapagka't inihagis ng bawa't isa ang kanikaniyang tungkod, at nangaging ahas: nguni't nilamon ng tungkod ni Aaron ang mga tungkod nila.

13 At ang puso ni Faraon ay nagmatigas, at hindi niya dininig sila; gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon.

14 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Ang puso ni Farao'y nagmatigas, ayaw niyang paalisin ang bayan.

15 Pumaroon ka kay Faraon kinaumagahan; narito, siya'y pasasa tubig; at ikaw ay tatayo sa tabi ng ilog upang matagpuan mo siya; at ang tungkod na naging ahas ay iyong tatangnan sa iyong kamay.

16 At iyong sasabihin sa kaniya, Sinugo ako sa iyo ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng mga Hebreo, na sinasabi, Pahintulutan mong ang aking bayan ay yumaon, upang sila'y makapaglingkod sa akin sa ilang at, narito, hanggang ngayo'y hindi mo dininig.

17 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Dito mo makikilala, na ako ang Panginoon: narito, aking papaluin ng tungkod, na nasa aking kamay, ang tubig, na nasa ilog at magiging dugo.

18 At ang mga isda, na nasa ilog ay mamamatay, at ang ilog ay babaho; at ang mga Egipcio ay masusuklam na uminom ng tubig sa ilog.

19 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Sabihin mo kay Aaron, Kunin mo ang iyong tungkod, at iunat mo ang iyong kamay sa tubig sa Egipto, sa kanilang mga ilog, sa kanilang mga bangbang, at sa kanilang mga lawa at sa lahat nilang tipunan ng tubig, upang mga maging dugo; at magkakadugo sa buong lupain ng Egipto, maging sa mga sisidlang kahoy at maging sa mga sisidlang bato.

20 At ginawang gayon ni Moises at ni Aaron, gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon; at kaniyang itinaas ang tungkod, at pinalo ang tubig, na nasa ilog, sa paningin ni Faraon, at sa paningin ng kaniyang mga lingkod; at ang lahat ng tubig, na nasa ilog ay naging dugo.

21 At ang isda, na nasa tubig ay namatay; at ang ilog ay bumaho at ang mga Egipcio ay hindi makainom ng tubig sa ilog; at nagkadugo sa buong lupain ng Egipto.

22 At ang mga mahiko sa Egipto ay gumawa ng gayon din, sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga enkanto; at ang puso ni Faraon ay nagmatigas, at hindi niya dininig sila; gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon.

23 At si Faraon ay pumihit at umuwi sa kaniyang bahay, na hindi man lamang nabagbag ang kaniyang puso.

24 At lahat ng mga Egipcio ay humukay sa palibot ng ilog, upang makasumpong ng tubig na mainom; sapagka't sila'y hindi makainom ng tubig sa ilog.

25 At naganap ang pitong araw, pagkatapos na masalot ng Panginoon ang ilog.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6692

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6692. 'And Pharaoh commanded all his people' means a general influx into factual knowledge opposed to the Church's truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'commanding' as an influx, dealt with in 5486, 5732, here a general influx since the command came from Pharaoh, who represents factual knowledge in general, 6015; and from the meaning of 'his people' as factual knowledge opposed to the Church's truths. The meaning of the Egyptians, to whom 'people' refers here, as factual knowledge has been demonstrated often, see 6638. The reason why factual knowledge opposed to the Church's truths is meant by 'the Egyptians' is that the representative forms and meaningful signs of the Ancient Church, a Church which had existed also among them, had been turned there into magic. For through the Church's representative forms and meaningful signs there was contact at that time with heaven. This contact existed among those who led lives filled with the good of charity, and among many it was open contact. Among those however who did not lead a good charitable life but acted in ways contrary to it, open contact sometimes existed with evil spirits who perverted all the Church's truths, and along with them destroyed all that was good, from which magic arose. This may also be recognized from the hieroglyphics among the Egyptians, who also used them in their sacred rituals. They used them as signs of spiritual things, and they used them to pervert Divine order.

[2] Magic is nothing else than the perversion of order; in particular it is the misuse of correspondences. If true order is to exist, goodness and truth as they emanate from the Lord must find acceptance in a person. When they do, true order is present in every particular aspect of the person's intentions and thoughts. But when they do not find acceptance in him as true order originating in the Lord requires and he instead believes that everything is a purposeless stream of events, or if anything does have purpose, that it is attributable to his own prudence, he perverts true order. For he makes use of what belongs to order solely for his own interests and not those of his neighbour, except insofar as his neighbour is favourably disposed towards him. This accounts for the astonishing fact that all who have become firmly convinced that everything is attributable to their own prudence and nothing at all to Divine providence are very much inclined towards magic in the next life, and also involve themselves in it as much as they can. This is especially so with those who, trusting in themselves and ascribing everything to their own prudence, have worked out many sly and cunning ways of gaining superiority over others. Once people like this have undergone judgement in the next life they are sent off to the hells of those who work magic. These hells are on the right on a level with the soles of the feet, a little way out in front and extending to a considerable distance; and the Egyptians are in the deepest ones. Here then is why 'Pharaoh', 'the Egyptians', and 'Egypt' mean factual knowledge opposed to the Church's truths.

[3] To prevent therefore any further perversion of the Church's representative forms and meaningful signs into forms of magic, the Israelite people were selected, and among them the Church's representative forms and meaningful signs were to be re-established. The nature of this people was such that it could not create magic out of them, for they were interested solely in external things and had no belief in anything internal, let alone anything spiritual. Among people like this no magic can arise such as existed among the Egyptians.

  
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Exodus 8:5-6

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5 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.'"

6 Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.