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出埃及記 9

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1 耶和華吩咐摩西:你進去見法老,對他耶和華希伯來人這樣:容我的百姓去,好事奉我。

2 你若不肯容他們去,仍舊強留他們,

3 耶和華的加在你田間的牲畜上,就是在駱駝牛群羊群上,必有重重的瘟疫

4 耶和華要分別以色列的牲畜和埃及的牲畜,凡屬以色列人的,一樣都不

5 耶和華就定了時候,:明天耶和華必在此行這事。

6 第二天,耶和華就行這事。埃及的牲畜幾乎都死了,只是以色列人的牲畜,個都沒有

7 法老打發人去看,誰知以色列人的牲畜連個都沒有法老的卻是固執,不容百姓去。

8 耶和華吩咐摩西亞倫:你們取幾捧爐灰,摩西要在法老面前向揚起來。

9 這灰要在埃及變作塵土,在人身上和牲畜身上成了起泡的

10 摩西、亞倫取了爐灰,站在法老面前。摩西揚起來,就在人身上和牲畜身上成了起泡的

11 行法術的在摩西面前站立不住,因為在他們身上和一切埃及人身上都有這

12 耶和華使法老的剛硬,不他們,正如耶和華摩西的。

13 耶和華摩西:你清起來,站在法老面前,對他耶和華希伯來人這樣:容我的百姓去,好事奉我。

14 因為這一次我要叫一切的災殃臨到你和你臣僕並你百姓的身上,叫你知道在普天下沒有像我的。

15 我若伸瘟疫攻擊你和你的百姓,你早就從上除滅了。

16 其實,我叫你存立,是特要向你顯我的大能,並要使我的名傳遍天下。

17 你還向我的百姓自高,不容他們去麼?

18 到明約在這時候,我必叫重大的冰雹降下,自從埃及開國以來,沒有這樣的冰雹

19 現在你要打發人把你的牲畜和你田間一切所有的催進來;凡在田間不收回家的,無論是人是牲畜冰雹必降在他們身上,他們就必

20 法老的臣僕中,懼怕耶和華的,便叫他的奴僕和牲畜跑進家來。

21 但那不把耶和華放在上的,就將他的奴僕和牲畜留在田裡。

22 耶和華摩西:你向伸杖,使埃及的人身上和牲畜身上,並田間各樣菜蔬上,都有冰雹

23 摩西伸杖,耶和華打雷下雹,有閃到上;耶和華下雹在埃及上。

24 那時,雹與攙雜,甚是利害,自從埃及成國以來,遍沒有這樣的。

25 埃及,雹擊打了田間所有的人和牲畜,並一切的菜蔬,又打壞田間一切的樹木

26 惟獨以色列人所住的歌珊沒有冰雹

27 法老打發人召摩西亞倫來,他們:這一次我犯了罪了。耶和華是公的;我和我的百姓是邪惡的。

28 轟和冰雹已經夠了。請你們求耶和華,我就容你們去,不再住你們。

29 摩西對他:我一出城,就要向耶和華舉手禱告;必止住,也不再有冰雹,叫你知道都是屬耶和華的

30 至於你和你的臣僕,我知道你們還是不懼耶和華

31 那時,麻和大麥被雹擊打;因為大麥已經吐穗,麻也開了花。

32 只是小麥和粗麥沒有被擊打,因為還沒有長成。)

33 摩西離了法老出城,向耶和華舉手禱告;和雹就止住,也不再澆在上了。

34 法老和雹與止住,就越發犯罪;他和他的臣僕都硬著

35 法老的剛硬,不容以色列人去,正如耶和華藉著摩西的。

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #7518

Studere hoc loco

  
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7518. 'Take for yourselves in fistfuls' means the power, imparted in the measure that it could be received. This is clear from the meaning of 'the fists', or the hollows of the hands, as power. The reason why 'the fists' or the hollows of the hands means power is that 'the hand' means power, dealt with below, in the measure that it can be received being meant by 'fullness'. 1 With regard to the meaning of 'the fists' or hollows of the hands, it should be recognized that in the Grand Man the arms correspond to power; and from this not only the actual arms mean power but also the shoulders, as well as the hands even to the fingers. For the meaning of the arms as power, see 878, 4932, 4934, 4975, 7205; the shoulders, 1085, 4937; the hands, 878, 3387, 5327, 5328, 5544, 6292, 6947, 7011, 7188, 7189; also the fingers, 7430; and regarding their correspondence in general, 4931-4937. The reason why all the parts belonging to the arm correspond to power is that the body exerts its power through them. All this serves to show what is meant by 'sitting at the right hand' in Matthew,

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.

That is to say, one may see that the almighty power belonging to the Lord is meant; that is why 'the right hand of power' is used. So also in David,

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

From all this one may see how much light the internal sense provides in the Word. For unless one knew from that sense that 'the right hand' means power one would take those words to mean that the Lord was literally going to sit to the right of Jehovah.

V:

1. literally, with the fullness of your fists

  
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from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4931

Studere hoc loco

  
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4931. CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GRAND MAN - continued

IN THIS SECTION THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HANDS, THE ARMS, THE FEET, AND THE LOINS WITH IT

It has been shown already that the whole of heaven bears resemblance to a human being, together with each of his organs, members, and viscera. It has been shown too that this is so because heaven bears resemblance to the Lord; for the Lord is the All in all of heaven, so much its All that, properly speaking, heaven is essentially Divine Good and Divine Truth received from the Lord. For this reason heaven is distinguished into many so to speak separate provinces, as many as there are in a person's viscera, organs, and members, with which also there is a correspondence. Unless such a correspondence existed of the human being with heaven, and through heaven with the Lord, he could not remain in existence for even a single moment, all things being held in connection with one another by means of influx.

[2] But all those provinces are linked to two kingdoms - the celestial kingdom and the spiritual kingdom. The first of these - the celestial kingdom - is the kingdom of the heart within the Grand Man; the second - the spiritual kingdom - is the kingdom of the lungs there. And in the same way as in the human being, the heart reigns, and so do the lungs, in every single part of the Grand Man. These two kingdoms combine in a marvellous way. Their combination likewise is represented in the combination of the heart and lungs in the human being, and in the combined workings of the two within each member and interior organ.

[3] While a person is an embryo, that is, while still in the womb, he is in the kingdom of the heart. But once he has struggled out of the womb he enters the kingdom of the lungs. Then, if he allows the truths of faith to lead him into the good of love, he returns from the kingdom of the lungs within the Grand Man to the kingdom of the heart. For thereby he enters the womb a second time and is born again. Once again those two kingdoms become combined in him, but the order has been turned around. Previously the kingdom of the heart in him was under the control of the lungs, but now the kingdom of the lungs comes under the control of the heart. That is, first of all the truth of faith has dominion in him, but afterwards the good of charity does so. For the correspondence of the heart with the good of love and that of the lungs with the truth of faith, see 3635, 3883-3896.

  
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