出埃及記 24
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耶和華對摩西說：你和亞倫、拿答、亞比戶，並以色列長老中的七十人，都要上到我這裡來，遠遠的下拜。
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惟獨你可以親近耶和華；他們卻不可親近；百姓也不可和你一同上來。
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摩西下山，將耶和華的命令典章都述說與百姓聽。眾百姓齊聲說：耶和華所吩咐的，我們都必遵行。
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摩西將耶和華的命令都寫上。清早起來，在山下築一座壇，按以色列十二支派立十二根柱子，
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又打發以色列人中的少年人去獻燔祭，又向耶和華獻牛為平安祭。
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又將約書念給百姓聽。他們說：耶和華所吩咐的，我們都必遵行。
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摩西將血灑在百姓身上，說：你看！這是立約的血，是耶和華按這一切話與你們立約的憑據。
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摩西、亞倫、拿答、亞比戶，並以色列長老中的七十人，都上了山。
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他們看見以色列的神，他腳下彷彿有平鋪的藍寶石，如同天色明淨。
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他的手不加害在以色列的尊者身上。他們觀看神；他們又吃又喝。
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耶和華對摩西說：你上山到我這裡來，住在這裡，我要將石版並我所寫的律法和誡命賜給你，使你可以教訓百姓。
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摩西對長老說：你們在這裡等著，等到我們再回來，有亞倫、戶珥與你們同在。凡有爭訟的，都可以就近他們去。
Apocalypse Explained #7
7. Things which must quickly come to pass, signifies which will certainly be. This is evident from the signification of "things which must come to pass," as being things that must needs be; and from the signification of "quickly," as meaning what is certain and full (Arcana Coelestia 5284, 6783). Those who look at all things in the Word according to the sense of the letter do not know otherwise than that "quickly" signifies quickly; thus here, that the things predicted in Revelation were to occur quickly; from which they are led to wonder that nevertheless so long a time has elapsed before the Last Judgment took place. But those who know the internal sense of the Word, do not understand "quickly," but certainly.
They see that "quickly" means certainly, because quickly involves time, and time is proper to nature; thus quickly is a natural, not a spiritual expression; and in the Word, all natural expressions signify the spiritual things that correspond to them; for the Word in its bosom is spiritual, while in the letter it is natural. Thence it is that "quickly" signifies what is certain. (That time is proper to nature, and, in the spiritual world, corresponds to state of life, may be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell, in the chapter on Time in Heaven, n. 162-169.)
