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出エジプト記 12

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1 エジプトで、モーセとアロンに告げて言われた、

2 「このをあなたがたの初めのとし、これを年の正としなさい。

3 あなたがたはイスラエルの全会衆に言いなさい、『この月の十日におのおの、その父のごとに小羊を取らなければならない。すなわち、一族に小羊一頭を取らなければならない。

4 もし族が少なくて一頭の小羊を食べきれないときは、のすぐ隣の人と共に、人数に従って一頭を取り、おのおの食べるところに応じて、小羊を見計らわなければならない。

5 小羊は傷のないもので、一歳の雄でなければならない。羊またはやぎのうちから、これを取らなければならない。

6 そしてこの月の十四まで、これを守って置き、イスラエルの会衆はみな、夕暮にこれをほふり、

7 そのを取り、小羊を食するの入口のつの柱と、かもいにそれを塗らなければならない。

8 そしてその、そのに焼いて食べ、種入れぬパンと苦菜を添えて食べなければならない。

9 生でも、で煮ても、食べてはならない。に焼いて、その内臓と共に食べなければならない。

10 までそれを残しておいてはならない。まで残るものはで焼きつくさなければならない。

11 あなたがたは、こうして、それを食べなければならない。すなわちを引きからげ、にくつをはき、につえを取って、急いでそれを食べなければならない。これは主の過越である。

12 そのわたしはエジプトを巡って、エジプトにおる人ととの、すべてのういごを打ち、またエジプトのすべての神々に審判を行うであろう。わたしはである。

13 そのはあなたがたのおる々で、あなたがたのために、しるしとなり、わたしはその見て、あなたがたの所を過ぎ越すであろう。わたしがエジプトを撃つ時、災が臨んで、あなたがたを滅ぼすことはないであろう。

14 このはあなたがたに記念となり、あなたがたは主の祭としてこれを守り、代々、永久の定めとしてこれを守らなければならない。

15 の間あなたがたは種入れぬパンを食べなければならない。その初めのからパン種を取り除かなければならない。第一日から第七までに、種を入れたパンを食べる人はみなイスラエルから断たれるであろう。

16 かつ、あなたがたは第一日に聖会を、また第七に聖会を開かなければならない。これらのには、なんの仕事もしてはならない。ただ、おのおのの食べものだけは作ることができる。

17 あなたがたは、種入れぬパンの祭を守らなければならない。ちょうど、この、わたしがあなたがたの勢をエジプトから導き出したからである。それゆえ、あなたがたは代々、永久の定めとして、そのを守らなければならない。

18 に、その月の十四夕方に、あなたがたは種入れぬパンを食べ、その月の二十一日夕方まで続けなければならない。

19 の間、パン種を置いてはならない。種を入れたものを食べる者は、寄留の他人であれ、に生れた者であれ、すべて、イスラエルの会衆から断たれるであろう。

20 あなたがたは種を入れたものは何も食べてはならない。すべてあなたがたのすまいにおいて種入れぬパンを食べなければならない』」。

21 そこでモーセイスラエルの長老をみな呼び寄せて言った、「あなたがたは急いで家族ごとに一つの小を取り、その過越の獣をほふらなければならない。

22 また一束のヒソプを取って鉢のに浸し、鉢のを、かもいと入口のつの柱につけなければならない。まであなたがたは、ひとりもの戸の外に出てはならない。

23 が行き巡ってエジプトびとを撃たれるとき、かもいと入口のつの柱にある見てはその入口を過ぎ越し、滅ぼす者が、あなたがたのにはいって、撃つのを許されないであろう。

24 あなたがたはこの事を、あなたと孫のための定めとして、永久に守らなければならない。

25 あなたがたは、が約束されたように、あなたがたに賜る地に至るとき、この儀式を守らなければならない。

26 もし、あなたがたの供たちが『この儀式はどんな意味ですか』と問うならば、

27 あなたがたは言いなさい、『これは主の過越の犠牲である。エジプトびとを撃たれたとき、エジプトにいたイスラエルの人々のを過ぎ越して、われわれのを救われたのである』」。民はこのとき、伏して礼拝した。

28 イスラエルの人々は行ってそのようにした。すなわちモーセとアロンに命じられたようにした。

29 中になってエジプトの、すべてのういご、すなわち位に座するパロのういごから、地下のひとやにおる捕虜のういごにいたるまで、また、すべての畜のういごを撃たれた。

30 それでパロとその来およびエジプトびとはみなのうちに起きあがり、エジプトに大いなる叫びがあった。死人のないがなかったからである。

31 そこでパロはのうちにモーセとアロンを呼び寄せて言った、「あなたがたとイスラエルの人々は立って、わたしの民の中から出て行くがよい。そしてあなたがたの言うように、行ってに仕えなさい。

32 あなたがたの言うようにと牛とを取って行きなさい。また、わたしを祝福しなさい」。

33 こうしてエジプトびとは民をせき立てて、すみやかにを去らせようとした。彼らは「われわれはみな死ぬ」と思ったからである。

34 民はまだパン種を入れない練り粉を、こばちのまま着物に包んで肩に負った。

35 そしてイスラエルの人々はモーセの言葉のようにして、エジプトびとからの飾り、金の飾り、また衣服を請い求めた。

36 は民にエジプトびとの情を得させ、彼らの請い求めたものを与えさせられた。こうして彼らはエジプトびとのものを奪い取った。

37 さて、イスラエルの人々はラメセスを出立してスコテに向かった。女と供を除いて徒歩の男は約十万人であった。

38 また多くの入り混じった群衆およびなど非常に多くの家畜も彼らと共に上った。

39 そして彼らはエジプトから携えて出た練り粉をもって、種入れぬパンの菓子を焼いた。まだパン種を入れていなかったからである。それは彼らがエジプトから追い出されて滞ることができず、また、何の食料をも整えていなかったからである。

40 イスラエルの人々がエジプト住んでいた間は、三十年であった。

41 三十年の終りとなって、ちょうどそのに、主のエジプトを出た。

42 これは彼らをエジプトから導き出すためにが寝ずの番をされたであった。ゆえにこの、すべてのイスラエルの人々は代々、主のために寝ずの番をしなければならない。

43 モーセとアロンとに言われた、「過越の祭の定めは次のとおりである。すなわち、異邦人はだれもこれを食べてはならない。

44 しかし、おのおのが金で買ったしもべは、これに割礼を行ってのち、これを食べさせることができる。

45 仮ずまいの者と、雇人とは、これを食べてはならない。

46 ひとつのでこれを食べなければならない。そのを少しもの外に持ち出してはならない。また、そのを折ってはならない。

47 イスラエルの全会衆はこれを守らなければならない。

48 寄留の外国人があなたのもとにとどまっていて、過越の祭を守ろうとするときは、その男子はみな割礼を受けてのち、近づいてこれを守ることができる。そうすれば彼はに生れた者のようになるであろう。しかし、無割礼の者はだれもこれを食べてはならない。

49 この律法は国に生れたものにも、あなたがたのうちに寄留している外国人にも同一である」。

50 イスラエルの人々は、みなこのようにし、モーセとアロンに命じられたようにした。

51 ちょうどそのに、イスラエルの人々を、その団に従ってエジプトから導き出された。

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #7984

Studere hoc loco

  
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7984. 'Four hundred and thirty years' means the essential nature and state of them. This is clear from the meaning of 'thirty' as a state when the quantity of remnants is complete, for that number is the product of three and ten multiplied, and 'three' means a state made complete, 2788, 4495, 7715, and 'ten' means remnants, 576, 1906, 2284 (what a state made complete is will be explained below); and from the meaning of 'four hundred' as the duration of vastation, dealt with in 2959, 2966, and from this the joining together of goodness and truth, 4341, The fact that all numbers mean real things and states, and that a compound number is similar to the simple ones of which it is a product, see above in 7973.

[2] As regards vastation, meant by 'four hundred years', there are two kinds, namely the vastation of evil and falsity and the vastation of goodness and truth. With those suffering damnation it is the vastation of goodness and truth, but with those who are being saved it is the vastation of evil and falsity, vastation being the taking away of those things. So far it has been shown that the evil who have belonged to the Church undergo vastation of all goodness and truth, for stages of vastation one after another are meant by the plagues in Egypt. But the good undergo vastation of evil and falsity. Evil and falsity residing with them are gradually separated, that is, removed to the sides, and forms of good and truths are gathered towards the middle. The term 'remnants' is used to describe goodness and truth gathered together in that way. And when their state of remnants has been made complete the good are raised to heaven. This state is what is meant by 'thirty', and vastation what is meant by 'four hundred'. With the good the vastation of evil and falsity and the instilling of goodness and truth is effected by means of molestations and by means of temptations. By means of both these, falsities and evils are removed and forms of good and truths are inserted; and this process continues until the state is made complete.

[3] What a state made complete is must also be explained briefly. Everyone, whether damned or saved, has a certain measure that can be made complete. The evil, or those who are damned, have a certain measure of evil and falsity, while the good, or those who are saved, have a certain measure of goodness and truth. This measure that everyone has is made complete in the next life, though with some the measure may be quite large, with others rather small. People acquire that measure in the world through the affections belonging to their love. The more anyone has loved evil and the falsity arising from it, the greater is the measure acquired by him; and the more anyone has loved good and the truth springing from it, the greater is his measure. The breadths and heights to which that measure can go are clearly apparent in the next life. These limits cannot be exceeded there, but they can be reached, and in fact are reached; that is to say, those whose affection has been for goodness and truth have their measure made complete with forms of good and truths, while those whose affection has been for evil and falsity have theirs made complete with evils and falsities. From this it is evident that this measure is a propensity acquired in the world to receive either evil and falsity or goodness and truth.

[4] This state is what a state made complete refers to and what is meant by 'thirty'. It is described by the Lord in the parable of the talents, Matthew 25:14-30, and in that of the minas, Luke 19:11-27, and at length by these words in Matthew,

To everyone who has, it will be given, so that he may have in abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Matthew 25:29.

And in Luke,

To those standing by he said, Take the mina from him, and give to him who has ten minas. They said, Sir, he has ten minas. I say to you, that to everyone who has, it will be given; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. Luke 19:24-26.

That everyone's measure is made complete is the Lord's teaching elsewhere in the same gospel, Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over they will give into your bosom. Luke 6:38.

From all this one may now see what is meant by a state made complete.

  
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from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4495

Studere hoc loco

  
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4495. 'It happened on the third day' means that which is continuous even to the end. This is clear from the meaning of 'the third day' as that which is complete from beginning to end, dealt with in 2788, and so also as that which is continuous. People who suppose that the historical events described in the Word are no more than the facts of earthly history and are holy only because they appear in a sacred book are scarcely able to believe that 'the third day' has that meaning. But, as shown in preceding explanations, it is not only the actual historical narratives that include spiritual and celestial things which are not plainly visible in the letter, but also every word and every number too. The truth of this will in the Lord's Divine mercy be seen far more clearly in the prophetical sections which in the sense of the letter do not hold the mind to the sequence of events in the way that the historical sections do. But anyone who looks carefully into the interior contents of the Word comes to see that the number three, like the number seven, and also the number twelve, holds some arcanum. And if these numbers hold such it follows that every other number in the Word holds the same, for the Word is holy in every part.

[2] Sometimes, when I have been talking to angels, I have seen in front of me what looked like numbers written, as if on a sheet of paper, in broad daylight, and I have realized that the spiritual entities about which the angels spoke pass into numbers like these. From this experience I have also been given to know that each number in the Word contains some arcanum. This may be seen plainly from the following in John,

He measured the wall of the holy Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. Revelation 21:17.

And elsewhere,

Let him who has intelligence reckon the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, that is, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18.

It is evident that the first of these numbers, namely a hundred and forty-four, is the product of twelve times twelve, and that the number six hundred and sixty-six is a product of that involving three or six; but what degree of holiness is implied by them may be seen from the holiness associated with the number twelve, concerning which number see 577, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end), 3272, 3858, 3913; and concerning the holiness associated with the number three, 720, 901, 1825, 2788, 4010.

[3] Because the number three meant that which is complete even to the end, and so an entire period, whether long or short, it was therefore adopted in the representative Church and used whenever such a meaning needed to be conveyed. It is also used in the same way in the Word, in which every detail carries a spiritual meaning, as may be seen from the following places:

They were to go a three days' journey and to offer sacrifice. Exodus 3:18; 5:3.

They were to be ready on the third day, for on the third day Jehovah would come down onto Mount Sinai. Exodus 19:11, 15-16, 18.

Nothing from the flesh of a sacrifice was to be left until the third day. Leviticus 7:16-18; 19:6-7.

The water of separation was to be sprinkled over the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. Numbers 19:11-end.

Those who touched one killed in war were to be cleansed on the third day and on the seventh day. Numbers 31:19-25.

[4] Joshua commanded the people that within three days they would be crossing the Jordan. Joshua 1:11; 3:2.

Jehovah called Samuel three times, and three times Samuel ran to Eli and the third time Eli understood that Jehovah was calling Samuel. 1 Samuel 3:1-8.

Jonathan told David to hide in the field until the third evening. And Jonathan sent to him on the third day from then, and revealed his father's intention. Jonathan at that point fired three arrows to the side of the stone. And after that David bowed down to the ground three times before Jonathan. 1 Samuel 20:5, 12, 19-20, 35-36, 41.

Three things were set before David, of which he was to choose one - either the coming of famine for seven years, or his fleeing before his enemies for three months, or the existence of pestilence in the land for three days. 2 Samuel 24:11-13.

[5] Rehoboam told the assembly of Israel which asked for relief from his father's yoke that they should go away for three days and then return And they came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king said, Return to me on the third day. 1 Kings 12:5, 12.

Elijah stretched himself over the widow's son three times. 1 Kings 17:21.

Elijah told them to pour water over the burnt offering and the wood a third time and they did so a third time. 1 Kings 18:34.

Jonah was in the stomach of the monster for three days and three nights Jonah 1:17; Matthew 12:40.

The Lord talked of someone who planted a vineyard and sent servants three times, and after that his son. Mark 12:2, 4-6, Luke 20:12-13.

Of Peter, He said that he was to deny Him three times. Matthew 26:34, John 13:38.

He said to Peter three times, Do you love Me? John 21:15-17.

[6] From these and many other places in the Word it becomes clear that the number three holds an arcanum within it, and that for this reason this number was adopted within the ancient Churches as a meaningful sign. It is evident that it means the entire period of a Church and of things within a Church, whether long or short, and therefore that which is complete and also that which is continuous even to the end, as is plain in Hosea,

Jehovah will revive us after two days, on the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live before Him. Hosea 6:2.

  
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