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Numero 10:31

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31 At sinabi ni Moises, Huwag mo kaming iwan, ipinamamanhik ko sa iyo; sapagka't nalalaman mo kung paanong hahantong kami sa ilang, at ikaw ay maaari sa aming pinakamata.

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Aaron

The Third Plague of Egypt, by William de Brailes, illustrates the flies, or gnats, rising from the dust.

This page from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts a scene from Exodus, in which God rained plagues upon Egypt. After plagues of blood and frogs, Pharaoh hardened his heart again and would not let the Israelites leave Egypt. God told Moses to tell Aaron to stretch forth his rod and strike the dust of the earth that it may become gnats throughout the land of Egypt. Here, Moses, horned (a sign of his encounter with divinity), carries the rod, while Aaron, wearing the miter of a priest, stands behind him. The gnats arise en masse out of the dust from which they were made and attack Pharaoh, seated and crowned, and his retinue.

Aaron was the brother of Moses. He symbolizes two things, at different stages of the story.

During the first part of the exodus, when he was Moses' spokesperson, Moses represents the Word as it truly is, as it is understood in heaven, while Aaron represents the Word in its external sense, as it is understood by people in the world. This is why Aaron talks for Moses, and the Lord says of him "he shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God." (Exodus 4:16)

Later, after the Tabernacle was built and he was inaugurated as high priest (see Leviticus 8,9), Aaron represents the Lord as to the Divine Good, and Moses represents the Lord as to the Divine Truth.

In Exodus 28:1, Aaron signifies the conjunction of Divine Good with Divine Truth in the Divine Human of the Lord. (Arcana Coelestia 9806, 9936)

In Exodus 32:1, Aaron represents the external of the Word, of the church, and of worship, separate from the internal. (Arcana Coelestia 10397)

In Exodus 4:14, before he was initiated into the priesthood, Aaron represents the doctrine of good and truth. (Arcana Coelestia 6998)

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9805. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verses 1-2 And you, cause Aaron your brother to come near to you, and his sons with him, from the midst of the children of Israel, so that they may serve Me in the priestly office - Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron. And you shall make holy garments 1 for Aaron your brother, for glorious adornment. 2

'And you, cause Aaron your brother to come near to you' means the joining of Divine Truth to Divine Good within the Lord's Divine Human. 'And his sons' means Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good. 'From the midst of the children of Israel' means in heaven and in the Church. 'So that they may serve Me in the priestly office' means that which is representative of the Lord. 'Aaron' means in respect of the Divine Celestial. 'Nadab and Abihu' means in respect of the Divine Spiritual that springs from it. 'Eleazar and Ithamar' means in respect of the Divine Natural. 'The sons of Aaron' means things which emanate from the Divine Celestial. 'And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother' means a representative sign of the spiritual kingdom lying adjacent to the celestial kingdom. 'For glorious adornment' means in order to display Divine Truth as it exists in its inward form and its outward form in the spiritual kingdom lying adjacent to the celestial kingdom.

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1. literally, garments of holiness

2. literally, for glory and for adornment (decus)

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