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Exodus 19

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1 Kolmandal kuul pärast Iisraeli laste lahkumist Egiptusemaalt, just sel ajal, tulid nad Siinai kõrbesse,

2 sest nad olid Refidimist teele läinud, Siinai kõrbesse tulnud ja kõrbes leeri üles löönud; Iisrael oli seal leeris mäe jalamil.

3 Mooses läks üles Jumala juurde ja Issand hüüdis teda mäelt, öeldes: 'Ütle nõnda Jaakobi soole ja kuuluta Iisraeli lastele:

4 Te olete näinud, mida ma olen teinud egiptlastele, kuidas ma teid olen kandnud kotka tiibadel ja kuidas ma teid olen toonud enese juurde.

5 Ja kui te nüüd tõesti kuulate minu häält ja peate minu lepingut, siis te olete minu omand kõigi rahvaste hulgast, sest minu päralt on kogu maailm.

6 Te olete mulle preestrite kuningriigiks ja pühaks rahvaks. Need on sõnad, mis sa pead Iisraeli lastele rääkima!'

7 Ja Mooses tuli ning kutsus rahva vanemad ja pani nende ette kõik need sõnad, nagu Issand teda oli käskinud.

8 Ja kogu rahvas vastas üksmeelselt ning ütles: 'Me teeme kõik, mis Issand on öelnud.' Ja Mooses viis rahva vastuse Issandale.

9 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Vaata, mina tulen su juurde paksus pilves, et rahvas kuuleks, kui ma sinuga räägin, ja nad usuksid ka sind igavesti.' Ja Mooses kuulutas Issandale rahva vastuse.

10 Siis Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Mine rahva juurde, pühitse neid täna ja homme, ja nad pesku oma riided!

11 Ja nad olgu valmis kolmandaks päevaks, sest kolmandal päeval astub Issand kogu rahva silma ees alla Siinai mäele.

12 Aga hoia rahvast igast küljest tagasi, öeldes: Hoiduge mäele üles minemast ja selle jalamit puudutamast! Igaühte, kes mäge puudutab, karistatakse surmaga!

13 Kellegi käsi ei tohi seda puudutada, vaid ta visatagu kividega surnuks või lastagu maha; olgu loom või inimene, ta ei tohi jääda elama! Alles kui pikalt sarve puhutakse, võivad nad minna mäele.'

14 Ja Mooses tuli mäelt alla rahva juurde; ta pühitses rahvast ja nad pesid oma riided.

15 Ja ta ütles rahvale: 'Olge valmis kolmandaks päevaks! Ärge minge naise ligi!'

16 Ja kolmandal päeval, kui hommik oli saabunud, sündis, et hakkas müristama ja välku lööma: mäe kohal oli ränk pilv ja kostis väga vali sarvehääl, nõnda et kogu rahvas, kes oli leeris, värises.

17 Siis Mooses viis rahva leerist välja Jumalale vastu; ja nad jäid mäe jalamile.

18 Ja kogu Siinai mägi suitses, kui Issand laskus sinna tule sees; selle suits tõusis üles nagu sulatusahju suits, ja kogu mägi vabises kõvasti.

19 Ja sarvehääl läks üha valjemaks; Mooses rääkis ja Jumal vastas temale valjusti.

20 Ja Issand laskus Siinai mäele, mäetippu; Issand kutsus Moosese mäetippu ja Mooses läks üles.

21 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Mine alla, hoiata rahvast, et nad ei tungiks Issanda juurde teda vaatama, et paljud neist ei langeks!

22 Ja preestridki, kes liginevad Issandale, peavad endid pühitsema, et Issand neid ei kohtleks karmilt!'

23 Ja Mooses ütles Issandale: 'Rahvas ei või tõusta Siinai mäele, sest sina oled meid hoiatanud, öeldes: Märgi piir ümber mäe ja kuuluta see pühaks!'

24 Ja Issand ütles temale: 'Mine alla ja tule taas üles, sina ja Aaron koos sinuga! Preestrid ja rahvas aga ärgu tungigu üles Issanda juurde, et tema neid ei kohtleks karmilt!'

25 Siis Mooses läks alla rahva juurde ja kõneles nendega.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8940

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8940. 'And if you make for Me an altar of stones' means a representative kind of worship in general that is composed of truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'an altar' as a representative of Divine worship in general, dealt with in 921, 2777, 2811, 4489; and from the meaning of 'stones' as truths, dealt with in 643, 1298, 3720, 3769, 3771, 3773, 3789, 3798, 6426, 8609. There is worship of the Lord that springs from good, and there is worship of Him that springs from truth. Worship of the Lord springing from good was represented by an altar of soil, and worship springing from truth by an altar of stone. Regarding the first and the second kinds of worship, see above in 8935. It was because an altar of stone was a sign of worship springing from truth that they were commanded to set up such an altar as soon as they crossed the Jordan and came into the land of Canaan, and to write on it the Commandments contained in the Law, that is, God's truths from heaven. For by the Ten Commandments are meant all God's truths in summary form. That altar is spoken of in Moses as follows,

When you cross the Jordan you shall set up for yourself large stones, and coat them with lime. Then you shall write on them all the words of the Law. Afterwards, you shall build there an altar to Jehovah your God, an altar of stones, which you shall not hew with any iron tool. 1 With whole stones you shall build the altar of Jehovah your God, and present 2 on it burnt offerings and eucharistic offerings. And you shall write on the stones of the altar the words of the Law, expressing them very plainly. Deuteronomy 27:1-8; Joshua 8:30-32.

[2] The reason why they were to write the words of the Law on stones of the altar was that truths were meant by 'stones', and worship that springs from truths by 'an altar of stones'. This was also the reason why the Ten Commandments, which were a sign of Divine Truths in their entirety, were inscribed on tablets of stone. The reason why it had to be done as soon as they crossed the Jordan was that the Jordan, which was the first and outermost boundary of the land of Canaan on the side where the wilderness lay, meant introduction into the Church or heaven, which is accomplished through cognitions or knowledge of truth and good, thus through truths from the Word, 4255. For all the rivers serving as boundaries of that land meant the first and outermost reaches of the Lord's kingdom, 4116, 4240. By 'the stones of the altar' the truths of faith are also meant in Isaiah,

He will remove sin when He makes all the stones of the altar like chalk-stones scattered about. Isaiah 27:9

This refers to the ruination of the Church. 'The stones of the altar like chalk-stones scattered about' stands for the truths of faith that inspire worship after something similar has happened to them. As regards altars in general, they were made out of soil, stones, bronze, wood, and also gold - out of bronze, wood, and gold because these materials served to mean good. For an altar of bronze, see Ezekiel 9:2; for an altar of wood, Ezekiel 41:22; and for an altar of gold, which was the altar of incense, 1 Kings 6:22; 7:48; Revelation 8:3. That 'bronze' means good, see 425, 1551; that 'wood' does so, 643, 2784, 2812, 3720, 8354; and that 'gold' does so as well, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658.

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1. literally, upon which you shall not strike iron

2. literally, cause to come up

  
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Arcana Coelestia #5658

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5658. 'Our silver in its full weight' means truths commensurate with each one's state. This is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, dealt with in 1551, 2954; and from the meaning of 'weight' as the state of something as regards good, dealt with in 3104, so that truths commensurate with each one's state means commensurate with the good they are able to receive. Many places in the Word make reference to weights or to measures, but no weight nor any measure is meant in the internal sense. Rather states so far as the good involved in some reality is concerned are meant by 'weights', while states so far as the truth involved in it is concerned are meant by 'measures'. The same applies to the properties of gravity and spatial magnitude; gravity in the natural world corresponds to good in the spiritual world, and spatial magnitude to truth. The reason for this is that in heaven, where correspondences originate, neither the property of gravity nor that of spatial magnitude exists because space has no existence there. Objects possessing these properties do, it is true, seem to exist among spirits, but those objects are appearances that have their origins in the states of goodness and truth in the heaven above those spirits.

[2] It was very well known in ancient times that 'silver' meant truth; therefore the ancients divided up periods of time ranging from the earliest to the latest world epochs into the golden ages, the silver ones, the copper ones, and the iron ones, to which they also added the clay ones. They applied the expression 'golden ages' to those periods when innocence and perfection existed, when everyone was moved by good to do what was good and by righteousness to do what was right. They used 'silver ages' however to describe those times when innocence did not exist any longer, though there was still some sort of perfection, which did not consist in being moved by good to do what was good but in being moved by truth to do what was true. 'Copper ages' and 'iron ages' were the names they gave to the times that were even more inferior than the silver ones.

[3] What led those people to give periods of time these names was not comparison but correspondence. For the ancients knew that 'silver' corresponded to truth and 'gold' to good; they knew this from being in communication with spirits and angels. For when a discussion takes place in a higher heaven about what is good, this reveals itself among those underneath them in the first or lowest heaven as what is golden; and when a discussion takes place about what is true this reveals itself there as what is silvery. Sometimes not only the walls of the rooms where they live are gleaming with gold and silver but also the very air within them. Also, in the homes of those angels belonging to the first or lowest heaven who are moved by good to live among what is good, tables made of gold, lampstands made of gold, and many other objects are seen; but in the homes of those who are moved by truth to live among what is true, similar objects made of silver are seen. But who at the present day knows that correspondence was what led the ancients to call ages golden ones and silver ones? Indeed who at the present day knows anything at all about correspondence? Anyone who does not know this about the ancients, and more so anyone who thinks pleasure and wisdom lie in contesting whether such an idea is true or untrue, cannot begin to know the countless facets there are to correspondence.

  
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