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Deuteronômio 26

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1 Também, quando tiveres entrado na terra que o Senhor teu Deus te por herança, e a possuíres, e nela habitares,

2 tomarás das primícias de todos os frutos do solo que trouxeres da terra que o senhor teu Deus te , e as porás num cesto, e irás ao lugar que o senhor teu Deus escolher para ali fazer habitar o seu nome.

3 E irás ao sacerdote que naqueles dias estiver de serviço, e lhe dirás: Hoje declaro ao Senhor teu Deus que entrei na terra que o Senhor com juramento prometeu a nossos pais que nos daria.

4 O sacerdote, pois, tomará o cesto da tua mão, e o porá diante do altar do Senhor teu Deus.

5 E perante o Senhor teu Deus dirás: Arameu prestes a perecer era meu pai; e desceu ao Egito com pouca gente, para ali morar; e veio a ser ali uma nação grande, forte e numerosa.

6 Mas os egípcios nos maltrataram e nos afligiram, e nos impuseram uma dura servidão.

7 Então clamamos ao Senhor Deus de nossos pais, e o Senhor ouviu a nossa voz, e atentou para a nossa aflição, o nosso trabalho, e a nossa opressão;

8 e o Senhor nos tirou do Egito com mão forte e braço estendido, com grande espanto, e com sinais e maravilhas;

9 e nos trouxe a este lugar, e nos deu esta terra, terra que mana leite e mel.

10 E eis que agora te trago as primícias dos frutos da terra que tu, ó Senhor, me deste. Então as porás perante o Senhor teu Deus, e o adorarás;

11 e te alegrarás por todo o bem que o Senhor teu Deus te tem dado a ti e à tua casa, tu e o levita, e o estrangeiro que está no meio de ti.

12 Quando acabares de separar todos os dízimos da tua colheita do terceiro ano, que é o ano dos dízimos, -los-ás ao levita, ao estrangeiro, ao órfão e à viúva, para que comam dentro das tuas portas, e se fartem.

13 E dirás perante o Senhor teu Deus: Tirei da minha casa as coisas consagradas, e as dei ao levita, ao estrangeiro, ao órfão e à viúva, conforme todos os teus mandamentos que me tens ordenado; não transgredi nenhum dos teus mandamentos, nem deles me esqueci.

14 Delas não comi no meu luto, nem delas tirei coisa alguma estando eu imundo, nem delas dei para algum morto; ouvi a voz do senhor meu Deus; conforme tudo o que me ordenaste, tenho feito.

15 Olha desde a tua santa habitação, desde o céu, e abençoa o teu povo de Israel, e a terra que nos deste, como juraste a nossos pais, terra que mana leite e mel.

16 Neste dia o Senhor teu Deus te manda observar estes estatutos e preceitos; portanto os guardarás e os observarás com todo o teu coração e com toda a tua alma.

17 Hoje declaraste ao Senhor que ele te será por Deus, e que andarás nos seus caminhos, e guardarás os seus estatutos, os seus mandamentos e os seus preceitos, e darás ouvidos à sua voz.

18 Outrossim, o Senhor hoje te declarou que lhe serás por seu próprio povo, como te tem dito, e que deverás guardar todos os seus mandamentos;

19 para assim te exaltar em honra, em fama e em glória sobre todas as nações que criou; e para que sejas um povo santo ao Senhor teu Deus, como ele disse.

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #7463

Studere hoc loco

  
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7463. 'And Moses said, Behold, I go out from you' means the removal of the appearance of God's truth among them. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses' as the law of God, dealt with in 6723, 6752, thus God's truth also, 7014, 7381; and from the meaning of 'going out' as a removal, as above in 7404. For 'Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron' means the presence of God's truth, 7451, and therefore 'going out from him' here means a removal. In considering the presence and removal of God's truth among the evil, one should realize that truth from God sometimes appears to them, and that it does so through the presence of an angel near them. But with them truth from God does not come in by way of their interiors, as it does with the good, because their interiors are closed. It has an effect only on their exteriors. When this happens they are filled with fear and consequently self-abasement, for the presence of truth from God perturbs them and strikes fear into them that is like the fear of death. But when the truth from God is removed they return to their previous state of mind and have no fear. This is what is meant by the presence of the appearance of God's truth and its removal. It was also represented by Pharaoh, by his self-abasement while Moses was present with him, and his promise to send the people away to sacrifice to Jehovah, and by his 'making his heart stubborn after Moses had gone out from him', verse 28. For as shown above, 'Moses' represented the law of God or God's truth.

[2] The law of God and God's truth are one and the same because the law of God means the Word, and accordingly God's truth. The fact that 'the law means the Word and accordingly God's truth is clear from the following places: In John,

Jesus said, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are Gods? If He called them gods, with whom the Word came to be, and the Scripture cannot be broken . . . John 10:34-35.

'Written in the law' stands for the presence of those words in the Word, for they are written in David. In the same gospel,

The crowd said, We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. John 12:34.

These words too are written in David. In the same gospel,

Jesus said, In order that the Word written in the Law might be fulfilled, They hated Me without a cause. John 15:25.

This as well is found in David. In Luke,

It is written in the Law of the Lord that every male opening the womb should be called holy to the Lord; and that they should offer a sacrifice, in keeping with what is written in the Law of the Lord, of a pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons. Luke 2:23-24, 39.

This command is contained in Moses. In the same gospel,

A lawyer testing Jesus said, What must I do to inherit eternal life? Jesus said to him. What is written in the Law? What is your reading of it? Luke 10:25-26.

[3] In the same gospel,

The Law and the Prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed. It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the Law to fall. Luke 16:16-17.

There are other places besides this in which the Word is called the Law and the Prophets, such as Matthew 5:18; 7:12; 11:13; 22:36, 40. In Isaiah,

Bind up the testimony, seal the Law for the benefit of My disciples. Isaiah 8:16.

'The Law' stands for the Word. In the same prophet,

. . . lying sons, sons who did not wish to hear the Law of Jehovah. Isaiah 30:9.

In the same prophet,

He will set judgement on the earth, the islands hope for His Law. Isaiah 42:4.

This refers to the Lord, 'His Law' standing for the Word. In the same prophet,

Jehovah will magnify His Law. Isaiah 42:21.

In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, If you do not obey Me, to go in My Law which I have set before you, in order that you may hear the Word of My servants the prophets . . . Jeremiah 26:4-5.

Here 'the Law' stands for the Word, and in very many other places besides. From this it is evident that 'the Law' is the Word, and since it is the Word it is God's truth, as in Jeremiah,

This is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, said Jehovah: I will put [My] Law in the midst of them, and will write it on their heart. Jeremiah 31:33.

Here 'Jehovah's Law' stands for God's truth.

[4] In a broad sense 'the Law' is the whole Word, in a narrower sense the historical section of the Word, in an even narrower sense the Word written through Moses, and in a restricted sense the Ten Commandments, see 6752.

From all this one may now see why Moses is said to represent both the law of God and God's truth.

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