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1 μετα-P δε-X ο- A--APN ρημα-N3M-APN ουτος- D--APN γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S ρημα-N3M-NSN κυριος-N2--GSM προς-P *αβραμ-N---ASM εν-P οραμα-N3M-DSN λεγω-V1--PAPNSM μη-D φοβεω-V2--PMD2S *αβραμ-N---VSM εγω- P--NS υπερασπιζω-V1--PAI1S συ- P--GS ο- A--NSM μισθος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS πολυς-A1P-NSM ειμι-VF--FMI3S σφοδρα-D

2 λεγω-V1--PAI3S δε-X *αβραμ-N---NSM δεσποτης-N1M-VSM τις- I--ASN εγω- P--DS διδωμι-VF--FAI2S εγω- P--NS δε-X απολυω-V1--PMI1S ατεκνος-A1B-NSM ο- A--NSM δε-X υιος-N2--NSM *μασεκ-N---GSF ο- A--GSF οικογενης-A3H-GSF εγω- P--GS ουτος- D--NSM *δαμασκος-N2--NS *ελιεζερ-N---NSM

3 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *αβραμ-N---NSM επειδη-C εγω- P--DS ου-D διδωμι-VAI-AAI2S σπερμα-N3M-ASN ο- A--NSM δε-X οικογενης-A3H-NSM εγω- P--GS κληρονομεω-VF--FAI3S εγω- P--AS

4 και-C ευθυς-D φωνη-N1--NSF κυριος-N2--GSM γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM ου-D κληρονομεω-VF--FAI3S συ- P--AS ουτος- D--NSM αλλα-C ος- --NSM εκερχομαι-VF--FMI3S εκ-P συ- P--GS ουτος- D--NSM κληρονομεω-VF--FAI3S συ- P--AS

5 εκαγω-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--ASM εξω-D και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM αναβλεπω-VA--AAD2S δη-X εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C αριθμεω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--APM αστηρ-N3--APM ει-C δυναμαι-VF--FMI2S εκαριθμεω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--APM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ουτως-D ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSN σπερμα-N3M-NSN συ- P--GS

6 και-C πιστευω-VAI-AAI3S *αβραμ-N---NSM ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM και-C λογιζομαι-VSI-API3S αυτος- D--DSM εις-P δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF

7 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X προς-P αυτος- D--ASM εγω- P--NS ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM εκαγω-VB--AAPNSM συ- P--AS εκ-P χωρα-N1A-GSF *χαλδαιος-N2--GPM ωστε-C διδωμι-VO--AAN συ- P--DS ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ουτος- D--ASF κληρονομεω-VA--AAN

8 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X δεσποτης-N1M-VSM κυριος-N2--VSM κατα-P τις- I--ASN γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI1S οτι-C κληρονομεω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--ASF

9 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S εγω- P--DS δαμαλις-N3I-ASF τριετιζω-V1--PAPASF και-C αιξ-N3G-ASF τριετιζω-V1--PAPASF και-C κριος-N2--ASM τριετιζω-V1--PAPASM και-C τρυγων-N3N-ASF και-C περιστερα-N1A-ASF

10 λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM πας-A3--APN ουτος- D--APN και-C διααιρεω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APN μεσος-A1--APN και-C τιθημι-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APN αντιπροσωπος-A1B-APN αλληλω- D--DPM ο- A--APN δε-X ορνεον-N2N-APN ου-D διααιρεω-VBI-AAI3S

11 καταβαινω-VZI-AAI3S δε-X ορνεον-N2N-NPN επι-P ο- A--APN σωμα-N3M-APN ο- A--APN διχοτομημα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GPM και-C συν καταιζω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM *αβραμ-N---NSM

12 περι-P δε-X ηλιος-N2--GSM δυσμη-N1--APF εκστασις-N3I-NSF επιπιπτω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--DSM *αβραμ-N---DSM και-C ιδου-I φοβος-N2--NSM σκοτεινος-A1--NSM μεγας-A1P-NSM επιπιπτω-V1--PAI3S αυτος- D--DSM

13 και-C ειρω-VCI-API3S προς-P *αβραμ-N---ASM γιγνωσκω-V1--PAPNSM γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI2S οτι-C παροικος-A1B-NSN ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSN σπερμα-N3M-NSN συ- P--GS εν-P γη-N1--DSF ου-D ιδιος-A1A-DSF και-C δουλοω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--APM και-C κακοω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--APM και-C ταπεινοω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--APM τετρακοσιοι-A1A-APN ετος-N3E-APN

14 ο- A--ASN δε-X εθνος-N3E-ASN ος- --DSN εαν-C δουλευω-VA--AAS3P κρινω-VF2-FAI1S εγω- P--NS μετα-P δε-X ουτος- D--APN εκερχομαι-VF--FMI3P ωδε-D μετα-P αποσκευη-N1--GSF πολυς-A1--GSF

15 συ- P--NS δε-X αποερχομαι-VF--FMI2S προς-P ο- A--APM πατηρ-N3--APM συ- P--GS μετα-P ειρηνη-N1--GSF θαπτω-VA--APPNSM εν-P γηρας-N3--DSN καλος-A1--DSN

16 τεταρτος-A1--NSF δε-X γενεα-N1A-NSF αποστρεφω-VD--FPI3P ωδε-D ουπω-D γαρ-X αναπληροω-VX--XMI3P ο- A--NPF αμαρτια-N1A-NPF ο- A--GPM *αμορραιος-N2--GPM εως-P ο- A--GSN νυν-D

17 επει-C δε-X γιγνομαι-V1I-IMI3S ο- A--NSM ηλιος-N2--NSM προς-P δυσμη-N1--DPF φλοξ-N3G-NSF γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S και-C ιδου-I κλιβανος-N2--NSM καπνιζω-V1--PMPNSM και-C λαμπας-N3D-NPF πυρ-N3--GSN ος- --NPF διαερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GPN διχοτομημα-N3M-GPN ουτος- D--GPM

18 εν-P ο- A--DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF εκεινος- D--DSF διατιθημι-VEI-AMI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--DSM *αβραμ-N---DSM διαθηκη-N1--ASF λεγω-V1--PAPNSM ο- A--DSN σπερμα-N3M-DSN συ- P--GS διδωμι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ουτος- D--ASF απο-P ο- A--GSM ποταμος-N2--GSM *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF εως-P ο- A--GSM ποταμος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM μεγας-A1--GSM ποταμος-N2--GSM *ευφρατης-N1M-GSM

19 ο- A--APM *καιναιος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--APM *κενεζαιος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--APM *κεδμωναιος-N2--APM

20 και-C ο- A--APM *χετταιος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--APM *φερεζαιος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--APM *ραφαιν-N---APM

21 και-C ο- A--APM *αμορραιος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--APM *χαναναιος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--APM *ευαιος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--APM *γεργεσαιος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--APM *ιεβουσαιος-N2--APM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9416

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9416. 'And I will give you tablets of stone' means the book of the law, or the Word in its entirety. This is clear from the meaning of 'tablets' as objects on which matters of doctrine and life have been inscribed, in this instance matters of heavenly doctrine and of life in keeping with it. The reason why those tablets mean the book of the law or the Word in its entirety is that the things which had been inscribed on them contained in a general way all matters of life and of that heavenly doctrine. This also explains why the things inscribed on them are called the ten words, Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 10:4. For 'ten' in the internal sense means all, and 'words' means truths that are matters of doctrine and forms of good that are matters of life. For the meaning of 'ten' as all, see 3107, 4638, 8468, 8540, and for that of 'words' as truths and forms of good that are matters of life and doctrine, 1288, 4692, 5272. This is why those tablets mean the Word in its entirety, just as the Law does, which in a restricted sense means the things which had been inscribed on those tablets, in a less restricted sense the Word that was written through Moses, in a broad sense the historical section of the Word, and in the broadest sense the Word in its entirety, see what has been shown in 6752. Furthermore the things which had been inscribed on those tablets belonged to the first stage in the revelation of Divine Truth; they were also declared in actual words uttered by the Lord before all the Israelite people. What belongs to the first stage means all the rest in their proper order; and the fact that those things were declared in actual words uttered by the Lord means direct Divine inspiration in all other stages of revelation as well. The reason why those tablets were made of stone was that 'stone' means truth, 643, 1298, 3720, 6426, the lowest levels of truth, to be exact, 8609. The lowest levels of God's truth constitute the letter of the Word as it exists on this planet, 9360.

[2] There was not one tablet but two, to represent the joining of the Lord to the Church through the Word, and through the Church to the human race. This also is why they are called the tablets of the covenant, Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 15, and why the words inscribed on them are called the words of the covenant, Exodus 34:27-28, also the covenant, Deuteronomy 4:13, 23. And the ark itself in which the tablets had been deposited was called the ark of the covenant, Numbers 10:33; 14:44; Deuteronomy 10:8; 31:9, 25-26; Joshua 3:3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17; 4:7, 9, 18; 6:6, 8; 8:33; Judges 20:27; 1 Samuel 4:3-5; 2 Samuel 15:24; 1 Kings 3:15; 6:19; 8:1, 6; Jeremiah 3:16. For a covenant is a joining together, 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 6804, 8767, 8778, 9396. This explains why those tablets were divided from each other yet were joined together by being laid alongside each other. The writing on them ran across continuously from one tablet onto the other, like the writing on a single tablet. It was not, as people ordinarily think, that some commandments were written on one tablet and some on the other. For a single object divided in two, and the two parts then brought together or given each to the other, means the Lord and man joined together. The establishment of covenants was therefore accomplished in similar ways, that with Abraham for example by parting down the middle a heifer, she-goat, and ram, and laying each part opposite the other, Genesis 15:9-12; in verses 6 and 8 of the present chapter by putting blood in bowls and then sprinkling it half over the altar and half over the people; and generally in all sacrifices by burning one part on the altar and giving the other part to the people to eat. The like was also represented by the Lord when He broke bread, Matthew 14:19; 15:36; 26:26; Mark 6:41; 8:6; 14:22; Luke 9:16; 22:19; 24:30-31, 35. Here also is the reason why 'two' in the Word means things joined together, 5194, 8423, here the Lord and heaven, or the Lord and the Church, joined together, thus also goodness and truth joined together, which is called the heavenly marriage. From all this it becomes clear why it is that there were two tablets and that both sides of them were written on, from edge to edge, Exodus 32:15-16.

[3] Furthermore when the writing and engraving on tablets is mentioned in the Word it means those things that must be imprinted in people's memory and on their life, and so remain there, as in Isaiah,

Write it on a tablet among them, and express it in a book, 1 so that it may be for time to come forever, even to eternity. Isaiah 30:8.

In Jeremiah,

The sin of Judah has been written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it has been engraved on the tablet of their heart, and at the horns of your altars. Jeremiah 17:1.

In Habakkuk,

Jehovah said, Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that one running by may read it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; if it tarries, wait for it, because it will surely come. Habakkuk 2:2-3.

Footnotes:

1. literally, on a book (i.e. on a scroll)

  
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