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1 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, Pasukin mo si Faraon at sabihin mo sa kaniya, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Tulutan mong yumaon ang aking bayan, upang ako'y mapaglingkuran nila.

2 At kung ayaw mo silang payaunin, ay narito, aking sasalutin ng mga palaka ang inyong buong lupain:

3 At ang ilog ay mapupuno ng mga palaka, na magsisiahon at magsisipasok sa iyong bahay, at sa iyong tulugan, at sa iyong higaan, at sa bahay ng iyong mga lingkod, at sa iyong bayan, at sa iyong mga hurno, at sa iyong mga masa ng tinapay.

4 At kapuwa aakyatin ng mga palaka ikaw at ang iyong bayan, at lahat ng iyong mga lingkod.

5 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Sabihin mo kay Aaron, Iunat mo ang iyong kamay pati ng iyong tungkod sa mga ilog, sa mga bangbang, at sa mga lawa, at magpaahon ka ng mga palaka sa lupain ng Egipto.

6 At iniunat ni Aaron ang kaniyang kamay sa tubig sa Egipto; at ang mga palaka ay nagsiahon, at tinakpan ang lupain ng Egipto.

7 At ang mga mahiko ay gumawa ng gayon din sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga enkanto, at nagpaahon ng mga palaka sa lupain ng Egipto.

8 Nang magkagayo'y tinawag ni Faraon si Moises at si Aaron, at sinabi, Manalangin kayo sa Panginoon, na alisin ang mga palaka sa akin, at sa aking bayan; at aking tutulutang yumaon, ang bayan upang sila'y makapaghain sa Panginoon.

9 At sinabi ni Moises kay Faraon, Magkaroon ka ng kaluwalhatiang ito sa akin: anong oras isasamo kita, at ang iyong mga lingkod, at ang iyong bayan, upang ang mga palaka ay malipol sa iyo at sa iyong mga bahay, at mangatira na lamang sa ilog?

10 At kaniyang sinabi, Sa kinabukasan. At sinabi ni Moises, Mangyayari ayon sa iyong salita: upang iyong maalaman na walang gaya ng Panginoon naming Dios.

11 At ang mga palaka ay magsisialis sa iyo, at sa iyong bahay, at sa iyong mga lingkod, at sa iyong bayan; mangatitira na lamang sa ilog.

12 At si Moises at si Aaron ay umalis sa harap ni Faraon: at si Moises ay dumaing sa Panginoon tungkol sa mga palaka na kaniyang dinala kay Faraon.

13 At ginawa ng Panginoon ayon sa salita ni Moises, at ang mga palaka ay namatay sa mga bahay, sa mga looban at sa mga parang.

14 At kanilang pinagpisan sa buntonbunton: at ang lupa ay bumaho.

15 Nguni't nang makita ni Faraon na may pahinga ay pinapagmatigas ang kaniyang puso, at hindi niya dininig sila; gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon.

16 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Sabihin mo kay Aaron: Iunat mo ang iyong tungkod, at paluin mo ang alabok ng lupa, upang maging mga kuto sa lupaing Egipto.

17 At kaniyang ginawang gayon; at iniunat ni Aaron ang kaniyang kamay pati ng kaniyang tungkod, at pinalo ang alabok ng lupa, at nagkakuto sa tao at sa hayop; lahat ng alabok ng lupa ay naging mga kuto sa buong lupain ng Egipto.

18 At ang mga mahiko ay gumawa ng gayon sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga enkanto, upang maglabas ng mga kuto, nguni't hindi nila nagawa: at nagkakuto sa tao at sa hayop.

19 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ng mga mahiko kay Faraon, Ito'y daliri ng Dios: at ang puso ni Faraon ay nagmatigas, at hindi niya dininig sila; gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon.

20 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Bumangon kang maaga sa kinaumagahan, at tumayo ka sa harap ni Faraon; narito, siya'y pasasa tubig, at sabihin mo sa kaniya, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon: Payaunin mo ang aking bayan upang sila'y makapaglingkod sa akin.

21 Saka kung hindi mo payayaunin ang aking bayan ay magsusugo ako ng pulupulutong na langaw sa iyo, at sa iyong mga lingkod, at sa iyong bayan, at sa loob ng iyong mga bahay: at ang mga bahay ng mga Egipcio ay mapupuno ng pulupulutong na langaw, at gayon din ang lupa na kinaroroonan nila.

22 At aking ihihiwalay sa araw na yaon ang lupain ng Gosen, na kinatatahanan ng aking bayan, upang huwag magkaroon doon ng pulupulutong na langaw: ng iyong maalaman na ako ang Panginoon sa gitna ng lupa.

23 At aking paghihiwalayin ang aking bayan at ang iyong bayan: sa kinabukasan mangyayari ang tandang ito.

24 At ginawang gayon ng Panginoon, at nagsipasok ang mga makapal na pulupulutong na langaw sa bahay ni Faraon, at sa bahay ng kaniyang mga lingkod: at sa buong lupain ng Egipto ay nasisira ang lupa dahil sa mga pulupulutong na langaw.

25 At tinawag ni Faraon si Moises at si Aaron, at sinabi, Yumaon kayo, maghain kayo sa inyong Dios sa lupain.

26 At sinabi ni Moises, Hindi marapat na aming gawing ganyan; sapagka't aming ihahain ang mga kasuklamsuklam ng mga Egipcio, sa Panginoon naming Dios: narito, ihahain ba namin ang kasuklamsuklam ng mga Egipcio sa harap ng kanilang mga mata at di ba nila kami babatuhin?

27 Kami ay yayaong tatlong araw na maglalakbay sa ilang, at maghahain sa Panginoon naming Dios, ayon sa kaniyang iniutos sa amin.

28 At sinabi ni Faraon, Aking payayaunin kayo upang kayo'y makapaghain sa Panginoon ninyong Dios sa ilang; huwag lamang kayong pakakalayo: tuloy idaing ninyo ako.

29 At sinabi ni Moises, Narito iiwan kita, at aking idadalangin sa Panginoon, na ang mga pulupulutong na langaw ay magsialis bukas kay Faraon, sa kaniyang mga lingkod, at sa kaniyang bayan: nguni't huwag nang magdaya pa si Faraon, na huwag na di payaunin ang bayan, upang maghain sa Panginoon.

30 At iniwan ni Moises si Faraon, at nanalangin sa Panginoon.

31 At ginawa ng Panginoon ang ayon sa salita ni Moises; at inialis niya ang mga pulupulutong na langaw kay Faraon, sa kaniyang mga lingkod, at sa kaniyang bayan; na walang natira kahit isa.

32 At pinapagmatigas ding muli ni Faraon ang kaniyang puso at hindi pinayaon ang bayan.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #7442

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7442. 'And the houses of the Egyptians will be full of the noxious flying insects, and also the land on which they are' means that malevolent falsities will take possession of everything in the natural mind. This is clear from the meaning of 'filling' as taking possession of; from the meaning of 'the houses of the Egyptians' as the interior parts of the natural mind, dealt with above in 7407; from the meaning of 'noxious flying insects' as malevolent falsities, dealt with immediately above in 7441; and from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as the natural mind in general, dealt with in 5276, 5178, 5180, 5288, 5301.

[2] A brief statement needs to be made about what is implied in the meaning here - by the idea that even the interior parts of the natural mind will be taken possession of by the falsities arising from evil which are present in the outermost parts of that mind. What a person has flowing into him from the Lord by way of heaven flows into the interior parts of him, and then spreads right down to the lowest or outermost levels, where he becomes conscious of it. Consequently it comes right down into the level of the senses, and through this into parts of the body. If the level of the senses is filled with mistaken ideas based on illusions and appearances, and especially if they are based on falsities, the truths that flow in are turned there into similar ideas, since they are received there in accordance with the form imposed on them, see 7743. Also to the extent that truths are turned into falsities the interior parts of the mind serving as channels for the passage of truths are closed. Eventually the opening is only just large enough for the smallest amount of influx that the person needs to engage in reasoning and to use falsities to justify evils.

[3] This being the situation with a person, it is necessary when he is being regenerated for his natural to be regenerated right down to the sensory level. For unless that level is regenerated no reception of truth and good takes place, because - as stated above - truth that is flowing in is perverted there and the interiors parts are in those circumstances closed. Consequently when the exterior parts have been regenerated the whole person has been regenerated. This was what the Lord meant by His words to Peter when He washed his feet, in John,

Simon Peter said, Lord, You are not to wash my feet only, but also my hands and head. Jesus said to him, He who has been washed has no need except to wash his feet, and the whole person is clean. John 13:9-10.

'Feet' means the parts forming the natural, 2162, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952; 'washing' means purifying, 3147, 5954 (end); 'hands' means the interior parts of the natural; and 'head' means the parts forming the spiritual. These meanings show what precisely one should understand by 'he who has been washed has no need except to wash his feet, and the whole person is clean' - that a person has been regenerated when even the exterior parts forming the natural have been regenerated. When therefore a person has had even his natural regenerated everything on that level is subordinated to more internal levels. And when the contents of the more internal levels enter they flow into images on that level which serve as the general vessels to contain them, and through those images the person is made conscious of them. When this is the situation with a person, he has conscious feelings of an affection for the truth of faith and of an affection for the good of charity.

[4] But it is difficult for the actual level of the senses, which is the lowest of the natural, to be regenerated, because it is completely filled with material ideas formed from earthly, bodily, and worldly things. For this reason a person who is being regenerated, especially at the present day, does not undergo regeneration at the sensory level, only at the natural level immediately above it, to which the Lord raises him from the level of the senses when he thinks about the truths and forms of the good of faith. The ability to be raised from the sensory level is what is imparted to the person who is being regenerated by the Lord. Regarding what the sensory level is like, and the raising of thought above it, see 5084, 5089, 5094, 5125, 5118, 5767, 6183, 6201, 6310, 6311, 6598, 6612, 6614, 6622, 6624, 6844, 6845, 6948.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #6844

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6844. Take off your shoes from upon your feet' means that the powers of the senses, which form the external levels of the natural, should be removed. This is clear from the meaning of 'shoes' as the powers of the senses forming the external levels of the natural, dealt with in 1748; and from the meaning of 'feet' as the natural, dealt with in 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952. 'Taking off' plainly means removing since one is talking about the powers of the senses. Particular expressions have to be used in application to the actual matter to which they refer; thus 'being taken off' is applied to shoes, and 'being removed' to the powers of the senses. The implications of all this need to be stated. Anyone can see that here 'shoes' represent something that does not accord with Him who is holy and Divine, so that 'taking off one's shoes' was representative of the removal of things like that. Without this representation what would it matter to the Divine whether a person drew near in shoes or in bare feet, provided that inwardly he is the kind of person who can draw near the Divine in faith and love? Therefore the powers of the senses are meant by 'shoes', and those powers, which form the external levels of the natural, are by nature such that they cannot remain when one thinks with reverence about the Divine. Consequently because it was a time when representatives had to be observed, Moses was not allowed to draw near with his shoes on.

[2] The reason why the powers of the senses that form the external levels of the natural are by nature such that they cannot receive the Divine is that they are steeped in ideas of worldly, bodily, and also earthly things because they are the first to receive them. Therefore sensory impressions contained in the memory as a result of the activity of the senses draw their nature from the light and heat of the world, and hardly at all from the light and heat of heaven. As a consequence they are the last things that can be regenerated, that is, receive something of the light of heaven. This explains why, when a person is ruled by his senses and sensory impressions control his thinking, he inevitably thinks of the Divine as he does of earthly things. If also he is ruled by evil those impressions make him think in ways altogether contrary to the Divine. When therefore a person thinks about the kinds of things that have to do with faith and love to God he is raised, if he is governed by good, from the powers of the senses which form the external levels of the natural to more internal levels, consequently from earthly and worldly things nearer to celestial and spiritual ones.

[3] This is something people do not know about, the reason being that they do not know that internal levels distinct and separate from external ones are present within them, or that thought exists on increasingly internal levels as well as on more external ones. And unaware of these things a person cannot reflect on them. But see what has been stated already about thought ruled by sensory impressions:

People whose thought is ruled by sensory impressions have little wisdom, 5084, 5089, 5094, 6201, 6310-6312, 6314, 6316, 6318, 6598, 6612, 6614, 6622, 6624.

A person may be raised above the level of the senses, and when he is raised he comes into a quite gentle light; and this happens especially to those who are being regenerated, 6183, 6313, 6315.

All this now shows what is meant by 'taking off one's shoes from upon one's feet'. A person's natural divides into the external, the middle, and the internal, see 4570, 5118, 5126, 5497, 5649. The internal natural is meant by 'the feet', the middle natural by 'the soles', and the external by 'the shoes'.

  
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