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One law shall be for him that is home-born and for the sojourner that sojourneth among you.
Exodus 12:49
Hirelings
'Hirelings' in the Israelitish church, as mentioned in Exodus 12:43, 45, Deuteronomy 24:14-15, Malachi 3:5, and elsewhere represent people who speak truth and do good, not from spiritual, but mere natural affection, and think continually concerning a reward. They are also mentioned among the poor, the needy, the strangers, the fatherless, and the widows. They are also in the lowest heavens, and are servants there. People who do not think of a reward in heaven, but in this world on account of their good actions also are called hirelings, but these are infernal, as mentioned in John 10:11, 13, Jeremiah 46:20, 21, etc., and Isaiah 16:14, 21:16.
In Hosea 8:6, this signifies one who acts from his own will. (Apocalypse Explained 279[9])
In Jeremiah 10:9, this signifies something from one's own intelligence. (Arcana Coelestia 9466[5])
(参照: Apocalypse Explained 695, Exodus 12, 14, 24)
Deuteronomy 24:14-15
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You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates:
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in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.
