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1 És monda az Úr Mózesnek: Vágj két kõtáblát, hasonlókat az elõbbiekhez, hogy írjam fel azokra azokat a szavakat, a melyek az elõbbi táblákon voltak, a melyeket széttörtél.

2 És légy készen reggelre, és jöjj fel reggel a Sinai hegyre, és állj ott elõmbe a hegy tetején.

3 De senki veled fel ne jöjjön, és senki ne mutatkozzék az egész hegyen; juhok és barmok se legeljenek a hegy környékén.

4 Vágott azért két kõtáblát, az elõbbiekhez hasonlókat, és felkelvén reggel, felméne Mózes a Sinai hegyre, a mint az Úr parancsolta néki, és kezébe vevé a két kõtáblát.

5 Az Úr pedig leszálla felhõben, és ott álla õ vele, és nevén kiáltá az Urat:

6 És az Úr elvonula õ elõtte és kiálta: Az Úr, az Úr, irgalmas és kegyelmes Isten, késedelmes a haragra, nagy irgalmasságú és igazságú.

7 A ki irgalmas marad ezeríziglen; megbocsát hamisságot, vétket és bûnt: de nem hagyja a [bûnöst] büntetlenül, megbünteti az atyák álnokságát a fiakban, és a fiak fiaiban harmad és negyedíziglen.

8 És Mózes nagy sietséggel földre borula, és lehajtá [fejét.]

9 És monda: Uram, ha elõtted kedvet találtam, kérlek járjon az Úr velünk; mert keménynyakú nép ez! Kegyelmezz a mi vétkeinknek és gonoszságunknak, és fogadj minket örökségeddé.

10 Õ pedig monda: Ímé szövetséget kötök; a te egész néped elõtt csudákat teszek, a milyenek nem voltak az egész földön, sem a népek között, és meglátja az egész nép, a mely között te vagy, az Úrnak cselekedeteit; mert csudálatos az, a mit én cselekszem veled.

11 Jegyezd meg magadnak a mit ma parancsolok néked. Ímé kiûzöm elõled az Emoreust, Kananeust, Khittheust, Perizeust, Khivveust, Jebuzeust.

12 Vigyázz magadra, nehogy szövetséget köss annak a földnek lakosaival, a melybe bemégy, hogy botránkozásra ne legyen közötted.

13 Hanem oltáraikat rontsátok el, törjétek össze bálványaikat, és vágjátok ki berkeiket.

14 Mert nem szabad imádnod más istent; mert az Úr, a kinek neve féltõn szeretõ, féltõn szeretõ Isten õ.

15 Hogy valamiképen szövetséget ne köss annak a földnek lakosaival, hogy a mikor isteneiket követvén paráználkodnak, és áldoznak az õ isteneiknek, és meghívnak téged, egyél az õ áldozatukból.

16 És [feleséget] ne végy az õ leányaik közül a te fiaidnak, hogy mikor paráználkodnak az õ leányaik isteneiket követvén, a te fiaidat is paráználkodásra vigyék, az õ isteneiket követvén.

17 Ne csinálj magadnak öntött isteneket.

18 A kovásztalan kenyér innepét megtartsad: hét nap egyél kovásztalan kenyeret, a mint megparancsoltam néked, az Abib hónap ideje alatt; mert Abib hónapban jöttél ki Égyiptomból.

19 Mindaz a mi az anyja méhét megnyitja, enyém legyen, és minden hímbarmod is, a mely a te tehenednek vagy juhodnak elsõ fajzása.

20 De a szamárnak elsõ vemhét juhon váltsd meg; ha pedig nem váltod, szegd nyakát. Fiaid közül minden elsõszülöttet megválts, és ne jöjjön üresen elõmbe senki.

21 Hat napon munkálkodjál, a hetedik napon pedig pihenj; szántás és aratás idején is pihenj.

22 A hetek innepét is megtartsd a búza zsengének aratásakor; meg a betakarás innepét is az esztendõ végén.

23 Háromszor esztendõnként minden férfiú jelenjen meg az Úrnak, Izráel Ura Istenének színe elõtt.

24 Mert kiûzöm a népeket elõled, és kiszélesítem határodat, és senki nem kívánja meg a te földedet, mikor felmégy, hogy a te Urad Istened elõtt megjelenjél, esztendõnként háromszor.

25 Áldozatom vérét ne ontsd ki kovász mellett, és a husvét innepének áldozatja ne maradjon meg reggelig.

26 Földed zsengéibõl az elsõt vidd fel az Úrnak a te Istenednek házába. Ne fõzz gödölyét az anyja tejében.

27 És monda az Úr Mózesnek: Írd fel ezeket a szavakat; mert ezeknek a szavaknak értelme szerint kötöttem szövetséget veled és Izráellel.

28 És ott vala az Úrral negyven nap és negyven éjjel: kenyeret nem evett, vizet sem ivott. És felírá a táblákra a szövetség szavait, a tíz parancsolatot.

29 És lõn, a mikor Mózes a Sinai hegyrõl leszálla, (a Mózes kezében vala a bizonyság két táblája, mikor a hegyrõl leszálla) Mózes nem tudta, hogy az õ orczájának bõre sugárzik, mivelhogy Õvele szólott.

30 És a mint Áron és az Izráel minden fiai meglátták Mózest, hogy az õ orczájának bõre sugárzik: féltek közelíteni hozzá.

31 Mózes pedig megszólítá õket, és Áron és a gyülekezetnek fejei mind hozzá menének, és szóla velök Mózes.

32 Azután az Izráel fiai is mind hozzá járulának, és megparancsolá nékik mind azt, a mit az Úr mondott néki a Sinai hegyen.

33 Mikor pedig elvégezte Mózes velök a beszédet, leplet tõn orczájára.

34 És mikor Mózes az Úr elébe méne, hogy vele szóljon, levevé a leplet, míg kijõne. Kijövén pedig, elmondá az Izráel fiainak, a mi parancsot kapott.

35 És az Izráel fiai láták a Mózes orczáját, hogy sugárzik a Mózes orczájának bõre; és Mózes a leplet ismét orczájára borítá, mígnem beméne, hogy Õvele szóljon.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #10659

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10659. 'Because in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt' means because then there was deliverance from hell. This is clear from the meaning of 'the month of Abib' as the beginning of a new state, as immediately above in 10658; and from the meaning of 'coming out of Egypt' as deliverance from molestation by falsities, thus also from hell, dealt with in 9292, and in the places referred to in 8866, 9197. From all this it becomes clear that the feast of Passover, which was also called the feast of unleavened bread, was established for a remembrance of the Lord's deliverance of mankind from hell. This deliverance was accomplished by the Lord's subduing of the hells and glorifying of His Human, see just above in 10655.

[2] The majority of people within the Church believe that the Lord came into the world to reconcile the Father through the passion of the Cross, after which those for whom He interceded would be accepted. They also believe that He released mankind from damnation by the fulfillment - by Himself alone - of the law, which otherwise would have condemned everyone; and thus that all who held to that belief with confidence and assurance would be saved. But those with any enlightenment from heaven can see how wrong it is to think that the Divine, who is Love itself and Mercy itself, could cast the human race away from Himself and condemn them to hell; that He had of necessity to be reconciled by the passion of His Son on the Cross; that His Mercy was not aroused by anything other than this; that afterwards no one would be condemned for the way he lived, provided he held with confidence to belief in that reconciliation; and that all salvation is accomplished through faith or belief instilled out of mercy. Those who think and believe such things cannot see anything at all; they speak but have no understanding of anything. Mysteries therefore is what they call those things which are to be believed but not by any means understood. From this it follows that any enlightenment from the Word showing that the situation is different from what they suppose it to be is rejected; for light from heaven cannot enter where such dimness resulting from contradictory ideas prevails. The word 'dimness' is used to describe that which is not understood at all.

[3] But to those who receive enlightenment the Lord imparts an ability to understand the things they believe. Those who acknowledge the Lord and love to lead a life in keeping with His commandments are the ones who are enlightened when they read the Word and who have an understanding of it, not those who say they believe and do not lead such a life. For the Lord flows into a person's life and from this into his belief, but not into a person's belief separate from his life. What those who are enlightened by the Lord through the Word understand is that the Lord came into the world to subdue the hells and to restore everything there and in the heavens to order, which could not by any means have been accomplished except through His Human; for He was able from the Human, but not from the Divine without the Human, to fight against the hells. Their understanding is that He also came into the world to glorify His Human, in order that through that glorified Human all things restored to order by Him might be maintained forever in that condition. From this comes the salvation of mankind. For every person is surrounded by the hells; each one is born into evils of every kind, and where evils exist, so do the hells. And unless these had been thrown back by the Lord's Divine Power no one at all could have been saved. These are the things which the Word teaches and which are discerned by all who let the Lord into their life, these, as stated above, being people who acknowledge Him and love to lead a life in keeping with His commandments. See what has been quoted and shown from the Word in 9937, 10019, 10152, 10579, and many other places.

[4] Being led away from evils, being regenerated, and so being saved is all an act of Mercy. This Mercy however does not operate by direct intervention, as people believe, but indirectly, that is, in those who depart from evils and so let the truth of faith and the good of love from the Lord into their life. The direct intervention of mercy, which everyone would experience if no more than God's good pleasure were necessary, is contrary to Divine order; and what is contrary to Divine order is contrary to God, since order begins in God and what is Divine and His in heaven constitutes order. When people accept order in themselves they are saved, and this comes about solely as a result of their leading a life in keeping with the Lord's commandments. The regeneration of a person takes place to the end that he may accept the order of heaven within himself; and that regeneration is accomplished by means of faith and the life of faith, which is charity. Anyone who has that order within him is in heaven, and also presents a kind of image of heaven; but anyone who does not have it is in hell and presents a kind of image of hell. One cannot by any means be changed and transformed into the other by any direct intervention of mercy, since they are opposites; for evil is the opposite of good, and good has life and heaven within it, whereas evil has death and hell within it. The impossibility for one to be transformed into the other is the Lord's teaching in Luke,

Abraham said to the rich man in hell, Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass across from here to you cannot, nor can those who are there pass across to us. Luke 16:26.

Furthermore if the direct intervention of mercy were possible all people in the world, however many, would be saved, and hell would not exist; for the Lord, being Love itself which desires the salvation of all and the death of none, is Mercy itself.

  
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10019. 'And you shall fill the hand of Aaron and the hand of his sons' means consecration to represent the Lord's Divine Power exercised through Divine Truth springing from Divine Good 1 . This is clear from the meaning of 'filling the hand' as being consecrated to represent the Lord in respect of Divine Truth springing from Divine Good, consequently to represent His power. Two practices existed through which consecration to the priesthood was effected, anointing and filling the hand. Through anointing consecration to represent the Lord in respect of His Divine Good was effected, for the oil used in anointing was a sign of the good of love, 10011; and through filling the hand consecration to represent the Lord in respect of Divine Truth springing from Divine Good, and so to represent His power, was effected, since 'the hand' means power, 878, 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 6947, 7011, 7188, 7189, 7518, 7673, 8050, 8069, 8153, and 'hand' is used in reference to truth that springs from good, 3091, 3563, 4931, 8281, 9025. Because all power belongs to truth springing from good, 5623, 6344, 6423, 6948, 8200, 8304, 9327, 9410, 9639, 9643, and since the head and whole body exercise their power through the hands, and this power is the capacity to act that a human life possesses, 'the hand' also means whatever resides with a person, thus the entire person's capacity to act, 9133. From all this it may be seen what 'filling the hand' means. All power belongs to the Lord alone, and none whatever exists with any angel, spirit, or man other than that derived from Him, see 8200, 8281, 9327, 9410, 9639. The reason why consecration to the priesthood was effected through the two practices of anointing and filling the hand was that all things without exception that exist or come into existence in heaven and on earth have connection with good and with truth.

[2] But in what way filling the hand was carried out is described in verses 9-36 2 of the present chapter and in Leviticus 8:22-end. It was carried out by the use of the second ram, which for that reason is also called 'the ram of fillings [of the hand]'. The procedure was that after this ram had been slaughtered some of its blood was put on the tip of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of Aaron and his sons. Some blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil was then sprinkled over Aaron and his sons, and over their garments. The fat, the tail, the fat covering the intestines, the omentum on the liver, the kidneys with their fat, and the right flank of that ram, also unleavened bread, cakes, and wafers from the basket were placed on the palms of Aaron and his sons, and waved, after which they were burned on top of the burnt offering made from the first ram. But the breast, after it had been waved, and the left flank were for Aaron and his sons; the flesh from these was boiled in the holy place and, together with the remainder of the bread in the basket, was eaten by them at the door of the tent of meeting. Such was the procedure for 'filling the hand'. What is meant by each detail however will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated further on.

[3] The Lord's Divine Power, which was represented by filling the hand of Aaron and his sons, is the Divine Power of saving the human race; and the power of saving the human race is power over the heavens and over the hells. By that power of the Lord's and by no other is a person saved; for all good that belongs to love and all truth that belongs to faith flow in from the Lord by way of the heavens. But neither can flow in unless the hells are removed, for the hells are the source of all evil and of all falsity arising from it. It is by the removal of the evils and consequent falsities which come from the hells, and at the same time by the inflow of the good of love and the truth of faith from the Lord by way of heaven, that a person is saved. When He was in the world the Lord overcame the hells and restored the heavens to order, and acquired for Himself Divine Power over them, see 9486, 9715, 9809, 9937, and the places referred to in 9528 (end). This power that is the Lord's is what was represented by filling the hand of priests; for the Lord's whole work of salvation was meant by the priestly office, 9809.

[4] The truth that the Lord possesses this power is His own explicit teaching in Matthew,

All power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matthew 28:18.

And in Luke,

Jesus spoke to the seventy who were saying that the demons obeyed them, Behold, I give you the power to trample on serpents and on scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, that nothing whatever may hurt you. All things have been delivered to Me by My Father. Luke 10:19, 22.

These words describe the Lord's power over the hells. 'The demons' are those in the hells, 'serpents and scorpions' are evils and the falsities of evil, 'trampling on them' is destroying them. The hells are also meant by 'the enemy' whom they would have power over.

[5] The truth that the Lord acquired that power for Himself when He was in the world is clear in Isaiah,

Who is This who comes from Edom, marching in the vast numbers of His strength, mighty to save? My own arm brought salvation to Me. Therefore He became their Saviour. Isaiah 63:1-10.

The fact that these words refer to the Lord is well known in the Church, as in like manner do those which occur elsewhere in the same prophet,

His own arm brought salvation to Him, and His righteousness lifted Him up. Consequently He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon His head. And the Redeemer came to Zion. Isaiah 59:16-21.

And in David,

Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, till I make your enemies as your footstool. Jehovah will send the rod of your strength from Zion; have dominion in the midst of [your] enemies. The Lord is at your right hand. Psalms 110:1ff.

The fact that these statements refer to the Lord is His own teaching in Matthew 22:44. His dominion over the hells is described there by 'sitting at the right hand', for 'the right hand' means the power that Divine Truth springing from Divine Good possesses. The hells and the evils and falsities coming from them are the enemies that were to be made as His footstool; they are also the enemies in whose midst He was to have dominion.

[6] The truth that 'Jehovah's right hand' means Divine Power is evident from a large number of places in the Word, as in Moses,

Your right hand, O Jehovah, is magnificent in strength; Your right hand, O Jehovah, breaks the enemy in pieces. Exodus 15:6.

In David,

O God, You give me the shield of salvation, and Your right hand supports me. Psalms 18:35.

In the same author,

Their arm did not save them, but Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your face. Psalms 44:3.

The words 'Your right hand, and Your right arm, and the light of [Your] face' are used because 'right hand' means power, 'arm' strength, and 'light of the face' Divine Truth springing from Divine Good. For the meaning of 'arm' as strength, see 4932, 4934, 4935, 7205; 'light' as Divine Truth, 9548, 9684; and 'Jehovah's face' as Divine Good, 222, 5585, 9306. In the same author,

O God, Your right hand supports me. Psalms 63:8.

In the same author,

O Jehovah, You have an arm with power; strong is Your hand. Your right hand will be lifted up. Psalms 89:13.

In Isaiah,

Jehovah has sworn by His right hand, by His mighty arm 3 . Isaiah 62:8.

And in David,

O Jehovah, let Your hand be for the man of Your right hand, for the son of man [whom] You have made strong for Yourself. Then we will not turn back from You. Psalms 80:17-18.

[7] From these things it may now be seen what the meaning of the Lord's words in Matthew is,

Jesus said, Hereafter you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of power. Matthew 26:64.

And in Luke,

Hereafter the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

'The Son of Man' means the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, see 9807, while 'right hand', as is clear from what has been shown immediately above, means Divine Power; and this also accounts for the expression 'the right hand of power'.

From all this it is now evident what the anointing of Aaron and his sons represented, and what filling their hand represented, namely that anointing them represented the Divine Good of Divine Love within the Lord, 9954 (end), and filling their hand Divine Truth and therefore Divine Power. For all power resides with Divine Good exercised through Divine Truth, and that power belongs to the Lord alone, see the texts quoted above. Here also is the reason why in the Old Testament Word the Lord is called Hero, Man of War, and also Jehovah Zebaoth, that is, Jehovah of Armies.

Fußnoten:

1. See 10010.

2. Possibly 19-35 is intended.

3. literally, the arm of His strength

  
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