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1 И нынј, Израиль, слушай постановленія и законы, которые Я научаю васъ исполнять, дабы вы были живы, и пошли и наслјдовали ту землю, которую Господь, Богъ отцевъ вашихъ, даетъ вамъ.

2 Не прибавляйте къ тому, что Я заповјдаю вамъ, и не убавляйте отъ того; соблюдайте заповјди Господа, Бога вашего, которыя я вамъ заповјдаю.

3 Глаза ваши видјли, что Господь сдјлалъ за Ваал-Пеора: всякаго человјка, послјдовавшаго Ваал-Пеору, истребилъ Господь, Богъ твой, изъ среды тебя;

4 а вы, прилјпившіеся къ Господу, Богу вашему, живы всј донынј.

5 Вотъ, я научилъ васъ постановленіямъ и законамъ, какъ повелјлъ мнј Господь, Богъ мой, дабы вы такъ поступали въ той землј, въ которую вы вступаете, чтобы взять ее въ наслјдіе.

6 Итакъ храните ихъ, и исполняйте ихъ; ибо сіе есть мудрость ваша и разумъ вашъ предъ глазами народовъ, которые, услышавъ о всјхъ сихъ постановленіяхъ, скажутъ: только сей великій народъ есть народъ мудрый и разумный.

7 Ибо есть ли какой великій народъ, къ которому боги были бы столь близки, какъ близокъ къ намъ Господь, Богъ нашъ, когда ни призовемъ Его?

8 Или есть ли какой великій народъ, у котораго были бы такія справедливыя постановленія и законы, какъ весь законъ сей, который я предлагаю вамъ сегодня?

9 Только берегись и тщательно храни душу твою, чтобы тебј не забыть тјхъ дјлъ, которыя видјли глаза твои, и дабы они не выходили изъ сердца твоего во всј дни жизни твоей, и дай объ нихъ знать сынамъ твоимъ и сынамъ сыновъ твоихъ.

10 Въ тотъ день, въ который ты стоялъ предъ Господомъ, Богомъ твоимъ, при Хоривј, когда сказалъ мнј Господь: собери ко Мнј народъ, и Я возвјщу имъ слова Мои, изъ которыхъ они научатся бояться Меня во всј дни жизни своей на землј и научатъ сыновъ своихъ;

11 вы приблизились и стали подъ горою, и гора горјла огнемъ до самыхъ небесъ, и была тьма, облако и мракъ.

12 И говорилъ Господь къ вамъ изъ среды огня; гласъ словъ вы слышали, но образа не видјли, а только гласъ.

13 И объявилъ вамъ завјтъ Свой, который велјлъ вамъ исполнять, то-естъ, десять оныхъ словъ, и написалъ ихъ на двухъ скрижаляхъ каменныхъ.

14 И повелјлъ мнј Господь въ то время научить васъ постановленіямъ и законамъ, дабы вы исполняли ихъ въ той землј, въ которую вы переходите, чтобы взять ее въ наслјдіе.

15 Твердо держите сіе въ душахъ вашихъ, что вы не видјли никакого образа въ тотъ день, когда говорилъ къ вамъ Господь на Хоривј изъ среды огня,

16 дабы вы не развратились и не сдјлали себј кумировъ, изображеній какого-либо вида, представляющихъ мужчину или женщину,

17 представляющихъ какого-либо скота, который на землј, представляющихъ какую-либо птицу крылатую, которая летаетъ подъ небесами,

18 представляюшихъ какого-либо гада, ползающаго по землј, представляющихъ какую-либо рыбу, которая въ водахъ ниже земли;

19 и дабы ты, взглянувъ на небо и увидјвъ солнце, луну и звјзды, все воинство небесное, не прельстился и не поклонился имъ и не служилъ имъ, которыя Господь, Богъ твой, раздјлилъ всјмъ народамъ подъ всјмъ небомъ.

20 А васъ взялъ Господь и вывелъ васъ изъ печи желјзной, изъ Египта, дабы вы были народомъ Его удјла, какъ это нынј видно.

21 Господь прогнјвался на меня за васъ и клялся, что я не перейду за Іорданъ и не войду въ ту добрую землю, которую Господь, Богъ твой, даетъ тебј въ удјлъ.

22 Я умру въ сей землј, не перешедши за Іорданъ, а вы перейдете и получите въ наслјдіе добрую оную землю.

23 Берегитесь, чтобы не забыть вамъ завјта Господа, Бога вашего, который Онъ поставилъ съ вами, и чтобы не дјлать себј кумировъ, изображающихъ что-либо, какъ повелјлъ тебј Господь, Богъ твой.

24 Поелику Господь, Богъ твой, есть огнь поядающій, Богъ ревнитель.

25 Если же родятся у тебя сыны и сыны у сыновъ, и долго живши на землј, вы развратитесь и сдјлаете изваяніе, изображающее что-либо, и сдјлаете зло сіе предъ очами Господа, Бога твоего, и раздражите Его:

26 то свидјтельствуюсь вамъ сегодня небомъ и землею, что пропадете, скоро пропадете съ земли, для наслјдованія которой вы переходите за Іорданъ; немного времени пробудете на ней, ибо истреблены будете.

27 И разсјетъ васъ Господь по народамъ, и останетесь въ маломъ числј между народами, къ которымъ отведетъ васъ Господь.

28 И будете тамъ служить богамъ, сдјланнымъ руками человјческими изъ дерева и камня, которые не видятъ и не слышагь, и не јдятъ и не обоняютъ.

29 Но когда ты взыщешь оттолј Господа, Бога твоего, то найдешь, если будешь искать Его всјмъ сердцемъ твоимъ и всею душею твоею.

30 Когда ты будешь въ скорби, и когда все сіе постигнетъ тебя въ послјдствіи времени; то обратишься ко Господу, Богу твоему, и послушаешь гласа Его.

31 Поелику Господь, Богъ твой, есть Богъ милосердый; Онъ не оставитъ тебя и не погубитъ тебя, и не забудетъ завјта съ отцами твоими, который Онъ клятвою утвердилъ имъ.

32 Ибо спроси у временъ прежнихъ, бывшихъ прежде тебя, съ того дня, въ который сотворилъ Богъ человјка на землј, и отъ края неба до края неба: бывало ли что нибудь такое, какъ сіе великое дјло, или слыхано ли подобное сему?

33 Слышалъ ли какой народъ гласъ Бога, говорящаго изъ среды огня, и остался живъ, какъ слышалъ ты?

34 Или покушался ли какой богъ пойти, взять себј народъ изъ среды другаго народа казнями, знаменіями и чудесами, и войною и рукою крјпкою, и мышцею высокою и великими ужасами, такъ какъ сдјлалъ для васъ Господь, богъ вашъ, въ Египтј предъ глазами твоими?

35 Тебј дано видјть сіе, чтобы ты зналъ, что Господь - Онъ есть Богъ, и нјтъ еще кромј Его.

36 Съ неба далъ Онъ слышать тебј гласъ Свой, дабы научить тебя, и на землј показалъ тебј великій огнь Свой, и ты слышалъ слова Его изъ среды огня.

37 И поелику Онъ возлюбилъ отцевъ твоихъ и избралъ потомство ихъ послј нихъ, то и вывелъ тебя Самъ великою силою Своею изъ Египта,

38 чтобы прогнать отъ лица твоего народы, которые болје и сильнје тебя, и ввести тебя и дать тебј землю ихъ въ удјлъ, какъ это нынј видно.

39 Итакъ знай нынј и положи на сердце твое, что Господь - Онъ есть Богъ на небј вверху и на землј внизу, и нјтъ еще.

40 И храни постановленія Его и заповјди Его, которыя я заповјдаю тебј сегодня, чтобы хорошо было тебј и сынамъ твоимъ послј тебя, и чтобы ты продолжалъ дни на той землј, которую Господь, Богъ твой, даетъ тебј навсегда.

41 Тогда отдјлилъ Моисей три города по сю сторону Іордана на востокъ солнца,

42 чтобы убјгалъ туда убійца, который убьетъ ближняго своего безъ намјренія, не бывъ врагомъ ему ни вчера, ни третьяго дня, и чтобъ убјжавъ въ одинъ изъ сихъ городовъ, остался живъ:

43 Бецеръ въ пустынј, на равнинј въ колјнј Рувимовомъ, и Рамоѕъ вь Галаадј въ колјнј Гадовомъ, и Голанъ въ Васанј въ колјнј Манассіиномъ.

44 Вотъ законъ, который предложилъ Моисей сынамъ Израилевымъ;

45 вотъ откровенія, постановленія и уставы, которые изрекъ Моисей сынамъ Израилевымъ, по исшествіи ихъ изъ Египта,

46 за Іорданомъ на долинј противъ Беѕ-Пеора, въ землј Сигона, царя Аморрейскаго, жившаго въ Есевонј, котораго поразилъ Моисей съ сынами Израилевыми, по исшествіи ихъ изъ Египта;

47 и взяли въ наслјдіе землю его и землю Ога, царя Васанскаго, двухъ царей Аморрейскихъ, которая за Іорданомъ къ востоку солнца.

48 Начиная отъ Ароира, который лежитъ на берегу потока Арнона, до горы Сіона, она же Ермонъ,

49 и всю равнину по сю сторону Іордана къ востоку, до самаго моря равнины при подошвј Фазги.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #539

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539. And there went up a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace, signifies dense falsities therefrom out of the evils of earthly and corporeal loves. This is evident from the signification of "smoke," as being the falsity of evil (of which presently); from the signification of "the pit of the abyss," as being the hell where those are who have falsified the Word (respecting which see above, n. 537; and from the signification of "a great furnace," as being the evils of earthly and corporeal loves out of which such falsities break forth (of which in the following article). "Smoke" signifies the falsity of evil, because it proceeds from fire, and "fire" signifies the loves of self and the world and thence all evils; consequently the hells that are in falsities from the evils of those loves, and still more the hells where those are who have falsified the Word by adapting it to favor those loves, appear in a fire like that of a great furnace, from which a dense smoke mingled with fire goes up. I have also seen those hells, and it was evident that it was the loves with those who were in them that presented the appearance of such a fire, and the falsities flowing forth from those loves that presented the appearance of the fiery smoke. But there is no such appearance to those who are therein, for they are in these loves and in the falsities therefrom, their life is in them, and it is by these that they are tormented in many ways, and not by such fire and smoke as are in our natural world. (This can be seen better in the chapter in the work on Heaven and Hell 566-575, which treats of Infernal Fire and the Gnashing of Teeth.)

[2] That "smoke" signifies the dense falsity that flows forth from evil can be seen from the following passages. In Moses:

Abraham looked upon the faces of Sodom and Gomorrah, and upon all the faces of the land of the plain, and he saw, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace (Genesis 19:28).

"Sodom and Gomorrah" in the spiritual sense mean those who are altogether in the loves of self; therefore the smoke that Abraham saw rising from their land after the burning, signifies the dense falsity pertaining to those who are altogether in the love of self; for those who love themselves supremely are in the thickest darkness in respect to things spiritual and celestial, for they are merely natural and sensual, and are wholly separated from heaven; and then they not only deny Divine things, but they think out falsities by which to destroy them. These falsities are what are signified by the "smoke" seen rising from Sodom and Gomorrah.

[3] In the same:

And the sun went down, and there was dense darkness, and behold a furnace of smoke, and a torch of fire that passed through between those pieces (Genesis 15:17).

This was said of Abraham's posterity from Jacob, as can be seen from what precedes in that chapter; "the sun went down" signifies the last time, when consummation takes place; "and there was dense darkness" signifies when evil takes the place of good and falsity the place of truth; "behold a furnace of smoke" signifies the densest falsity from evils; "a torch of fire" signifies the heat of cupidities; "it passed through between the pieces" signifies that these separated them from the Lord. (But this may be seen more fully explained in Arcana Coelestia 1858-1862.)

[4] In the same:

Moses made the people to go forth from the camp to meet God; and they stood in the lower parts of the mount. And Mount Sinai smoked, the whole of it, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked exceedingly (Exodus 19:17, 18);

And all the people saw the voices and the torches, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and the people saw, and they were moved and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us and we will hear, but let not God speak with us lest we die (Exodus 20:18, 19).

This represented the quality of that people; for Jehovah, that is, the Lord, appears to everyone according to his quality; to those who are in truths from good He appears as a serene light, but to those who are in falsities from evil as smoke from fire. And because that people was in earthly and corporeal loves, and in falsities of evil therefrom, the Lord appeared to them from Mount Sinai as a devouring fire, and as the smoke of a furnace. (That the sons of Jacob were such has been shown in many places in the Arcana Coelestia, as may be seen from what is brought together in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 248; and that the Lord appears to everyone according to his quality, as a vivifying and recreating fire to those who are in good, and as a consuming fire to those who are in evil, see Arcana Coelestia 934, 1861, 6832, 8814, 8819, 9434, 10551; what the other particulars in the passages cited signify may be seen in the same work where the book of Exodus is explained.)

[5] "Smoke and fire" have a like signification in David:

Because He was wroth there went up a smoke out of His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth devoured, coals burned from Him; He bowed heaven also and came down; and gross darkness was under His feet (Psalms 18:7-9; 2 Samuel 22:8, 9).

This does not mean that smoke and a devouring fire went up from Jehovah, for there is no anger in Him; but it is so said because the Lord so appears to those who are in falsities and evils, for they regard Him from their falsities and evils.

[6] The like is signified by the following in the same:

He looketh on the earth and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains and they smoke (Psalms 104:32).

In the same:

Bow Thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke (Psalms 144:5).

In Isaiah:

Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou whole Philistia art dissolved; for from the north cometh a smoke (14 Isaiah 14:31).

"Gate" signifies truth introducing into the church, "city" doctrine, "Philistia" faith; therefore "Howl, O gate, cry, O city, thou whole Philistia art dissolved," signifies the vastation of the church in respect to the truth of doctrine, and thence in respect to faith. The "north" signifies the hell where and from which are the falsities of doctrine and the falsities of faith, and "smoke" such falsities; therefore "from the north cometh smoke" signifies devastating falsity out of the hells.

[7] In Nahum:

Behold, I will burn her chariot with smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions (Nahum 2:13).

This, too, treats of the devastation of the church; and "to burn a chariot with smoke" signifies to pervert all truths of doctrine into falsities, "smoke" meaning falsities, and "chariot" doctrine; and "the sword shall devour thy young lions" signifies that falsities will destroy the chief truths of the church, "young lions" meaning the chief and protecting truths of the church, and "sword" meaning falsity destroying truth.

[8] In Joel:

I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth; blood and fire and columns of smoke (Joel 2:30).

This is said of the Last Judgment; and "blood, fire, and columns of smoke," signify the truth of the Word falsified, its good adulterated, and mere falsities resulting therefrom, "blood" meaning the truth of the Word falsified, "fire" its good adulterated, and "columns of smoke" mere and dense falsities therefrom.

[9] In David:

The wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah as the glory of lambs shall be consumed, in smoke shall they be consumed (Psalms 37:20).

"The wicked and the enemies of Jehovah shall be consumed in smoke" signifies that they shall be destroyed by the falsities of evil; those are called "wicked" who are in falsities, and "enemies" who are in evils, and "smoke" means the falsity of evil.

[10] In the same:

As smoke is driven away Thou wilt drive away; as wax melteth before the fire the wicked shall perish before God (Psalms 68:2).

The destruction of the wicked is compared to smoke driven away by the wind, and to wax that melts before the fire, because "smoke" signifies falsities, and "fire" evils.

[11] In Isaiah:

The heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment (Isaiah 51:6).

"Smoke" here signifies falsity, by which those who were in the former heaven would be destroyed; and "the garment waxing old" signifies truth destroyed by the falsities of evil. Comparison is made with smoke vanishing away, and with a garment waxing old, because comparisons in the Word are also correspondences, and in like manner significative.

[12] In Hosea:

They sin more and more, and make them a molten image of their silver, idols in their understanding, all of it the work of the artificers; therefore they shall be as a morning cloud, and as the dew falling early and going away, it is driven by a whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and like smoke out of a chimney (Hosea 13:2, 3).

This describes the doctrinals that are from self-intelligence, in which are the evils of falsity and the falsities of evil. Such doctrinals are signified by "molten images of silver," and by "idols;" their "silver" signifies what is from self-intelligence, and the "work of the artificers" that intelligence; it is therefore added "in their understanding they have made them idols, all of it the work of the artificers." That such doctrinals, being falsities, would pass away, is signified by "they shall pass away like smoke out of a chimney." It is also said "as a morning cloud, and as the dew falling early, and as [chaff] out of the threshing-floor," because the church in its beginning is like a morning cloud, like dew falling early, and like corn in the threshing-floor, by which are signified the truths of good and the goods of truths, which nevertheless successively pass away and are changed into the falsities of evil and into the evils of falsity.

[13] "Smoke" also signifies falsity in other passages in Revelation, as in the following:

Out of the mouth of the horses went forth fire and smoke and brimstone; and by these was the third part of men slain, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone (Revelation 9:17, 18).

The smoke of their torment goeth up unto the ages of the ages (Revelation 14:11).

And again:

The smoke of Babylon goeth up unto the ages of the ages (Revelation 19:3).

[14] Because "fire" signifies love in both senses, both celestial love and infernal love, and therefore "smoke" signifies that which flows forth from love-falsity, which is from infernal love, and truth, which is from heavenly love-therefore "smoke" signifies in a good sense holy truth. This is what "smoke from the fire of the incense-offerings" signifies, as may be seen above (n. 494), as also in the following passages. In Isaiah:

Jehovah will create over every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and over her convocations, a cloud by day and a smoke and the brightness of a flame of fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a veiling (Isaiah 4:5).

(This may be seen explained above, n. 294, 504.) In the same:

The posts of the thresholds were moved at the voice of the crying seraphim, and the house was filled with smoke (Isaiah 6:4).

In Revelation:

The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from His power (Revelation 15:8).

And again:

The smoke of the incense-offerings with the prayers of the saints ascended out of the angel's hand before God (Revelation 8:4).

  
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