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2 Mózes 24

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1 És monda Mózesnek: Jõjj fel az Úrhoz te és Áron, Nádáb és Abihu, és az Izráel vénei közül hetvenen, és hajtsátok meg magatokat [elõtte] távolról.

2 És csak Mózes közeledjék az Úrhoz, amazok pedig ne közeledjenek, és a nép se jõjjön fel vele.

3 Elméne azért Mózes, és elbeszélé a népnek az Úr minden beszédét és minden rendelését; az egész nép pedig egyezõ szóval felele, mondván: Mindazokat a dolgokat, a melyeket az Úr parancsolt, megcselekeszszük.

4 Mózes pedig felírá az Úrnak minden beszédét, és felkele reggel és oltárt építe a hegy alatt, és tizenkét oszlopot, az Izráel tizenkét nemzetsége szerint.

5 Azután elküldé az Izráel fiainak ifjait, és áldozának égõ áldozatokat, és hálaáldozatul tulkokat ölének az Úrnak.

6 Mózes pedig vevé a vérnek felét, és tölté a medenczékbe: a vérnek másik felét pedig az oltárra hinté.

7 Azután vevé a szövetség könyvét, és elolvasá a nép hallatára; azok pedig mondának: Mindent megteszünk, a mit az Úr parancsolt, és engedelmeskedünk.

8 Mózes pedig vevé a vért, és ráhinté a népre, és monda: Ímé a szövetségnek vére, melyet az Úr kötött ti veletek, mindama beszédek szerint.

9 Azután felméne Mózes és Áron, Nádáb és Abihu, és az Izráel vénei közül hetvenen;

10 És láták az Izráel Istenét, és annak lábai alatt valami zafir fényû tárgy vala, és olyan tiszta, mint maga az ég.

11 És Izráel fiainak [e] választottjaira nem bocsátá kezét: jóllehet látták az Istent, mindazáltal ettek és ittak is.

12 És szóla az Úr Mózesnek: Jõjj fel én hozzám a hegyre és maradj ott. És átadom néked a kõtáblákat, és a törvényt és a parancsolatot, a melyeket írtam, hogy azokra megtaníttassanak.

13 Felkele azért Mózes és az õ szolgája Józsué, és felméne Mózes az Isten hegyére.

14 A véneknek pedig monda: Várjatok itt reánk, míg visszatérünk hozzátok: Ímé Áron és Húr veletek [vannak]; a kinek valami ügye van, õ hozzájok menjen.

15 Akkor felméne Mózes a hegyre; és felhõ borítá el a hegyet.

16 És az Úr dicsõsége szálla alá a Sinai hegyre, és felhõ borítá azt hat napon át; a hetedik napon pedig szólítá Mózest a felhõ közepébõl.

17 Az Úr dicsõségének jelensége pedig olyan vala az Izráel fiainak szeme elõtt, mint emésztõ tûz, a hegy tetején.

18 És beméne Mózes a felhõ közepébe, és felméne a hegyre, és negyven nap és negyven éjjel vala Mózes a hegyen.

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

The Lord #39

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39. We can see that the Lord is called “the God of Israel” and “the God of Jacob” from the following passages:

Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has made with you.” And they saw the God of Israel, under whose feet there was something like a work of sapphire stone and like the substance of heaven. (Exodus 24:8-10)

The crowds were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. (Matthew 15:31)

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, because he has visited and freed his people Israel, when he raised up the horn of our salvation in the house of David. (Luke 1:68-69)

I will give you treasures of darkness and the hidden wealth of secret places so that you may recognize that I, Jehovah, who have called you by your name, am the God of Israel. (Isaiah 45:3)

... the house of Jacob, people who swear by the name of Jehovah and of the God of Israel, for they are called by the name of the holy city and rely on the God of Israel: Jehovah Sabaoth is his name. (Isaiah 48:1-2)

Jacob will see his descendants in his midst. They will sanctify my name and will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob; and they will fear the God of Israel. (Isaiah 29:23)

In the very last of days many people will come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob, who will teach us about his ways so that we may walk in his paths.” (Isaiah 2:3; Micah 4:2)

... so that all flesh may know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. (Isaiah 49:26)

I, Jehovah, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Powerful One of Jacob. (Isaiah 60:16)

In the presence of the Lord you give birth, O earth, in the presence of the God of Jacob. (Psalms 114:7)

David swore to Jehovah and made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob, “[God forbid] that I enter the tent of my home until I have found a place for Jehovah, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.” We have heard of him in Ephrata [that is, Bethlehem]. (Psalms 132:2-3, 5-6)

Blessed be the God of Israel; the whole earth will be full of his glory. (Psalms 72:18-19)

There are also many other passages where the Lord is called “God of Israel, ” “Redeemer, ” and “Savior, ” such as Luke 1:47; Isaiah 45:15; 54:5; Psalms 78:35; plus many other places where we find only “the God of Israel, ” as in Isaiah 17:6; 21:10, 17; 24:15; 29:23; Jeremiah 7:3; 9:15; 11:3; 13:12; 16:9; 19:3, 15; 23:2; 24:5; 25:15, 27; 29:4, 8, 21, 25; 30:2; 31:23; 32:14-15, 36; 33:4; 34:2, 13; 35:13, 17-19; 37:7; 38:17; 39:16; 42:9, 15, 18; 43:10; 44:2, 7, 11, 25; 48:1; 50:18; 51:33; Ezekiel 8:4; 9:3; 10:19-20; 11:22; 43:2; 44:2; Zephaniah 2:9; Psalms 41:13; 59:5; 68:8.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.

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Jeremiah 42

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1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,

2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do see us:

3 that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.

5 Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don't do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us.

6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.

7 It happened after ten days, that the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah.

8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

9 and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him:

10 If you will still live in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.

11 Don't be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; don't be afraid of him, says Yahweh: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

12 I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.

13 But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don't obey the voice of Yahweh your God,

14 saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

15 now therefore hear the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there;

16 then it shall happen, that the sword, which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, shall follow close behind you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.

17 So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.

18 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.

19 Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, Don't you go into Egypt: know certainly that I have testified to you this day.

20 For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

21 and I have this day declared it to you; but you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.

22 Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place where you desire to go to live there.