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Êxodo 5

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1 Depois foram Moisés e Arão e disseram a Faraó: Assim diz o Senhor, o Deus de Israel: Deixa ir o meu povo, para que me celebre uma festa no deserto.

2 Mas Faraó respondeu: Quem é o Senhor, para que eu ouça a sua voz para deixar ir Israel? Não conheço o Senhor, nem tampouco deixarei ir Israel.

3 Então eles ainda falaram: O Deus dos hebreus nos encontrou; portanto deixa-nos, pedimos-te, ir caminho de três dias ao deserto, e oferecer sacrifícios ao Senhor nosso Deus, para que ele não venha sobre nós com pestilência ou com espada.

4 Respondeu-lhes de novo o rei do Egito: Moisés e Arão, por que fazeis o povo cessar das suas obras? Ide às vossas cargas.

5 Disse mais Faraó: Eis que o povo da terra já é muito, e vós os fazeis abandonar as suas cargas.

6 Naquele mesmo dia Faraó deu ordem aos exatores do povo e aos seus oficiais, dizendo:

7 Não tornareis a dar, como dantes, palha ao povo, para fazer tijolos; vão eles mesmos, e colham palha para si.

8 Também lhes imporeis a conta dos tijolos que dantes faziam; nada diminuireis dela; porque eles estão ociosos; por isso clamam, dizendo: Vamos, sacrifiquemos ao nosso Deus.

9 Agrave-se o serviço sobre esses homens, para que se ocupem nele e não dêem ouvidos a palavras mentirosas.

10 Então saíram os exatores do povo e seus oficiais, e disseram ao povo: Assim diz Faraó: Eu não vos darei palha;

11 ide vós mesmos, e tomai palha de onde puderdes achá-la; porque nada se diminuirá de vosso serviço.

12 Então o povo se espalhou por toda parte do Egito a colher restolho em lugar de palha.

13 E os exatores os apertavam, dizendo: Acabai a vossa obra, a tarefa do dia no seu dia, como quando havia palha.

14 E foram açoitados os oficiais dos filhos de Israel, postos sobre eles pelos exatores de Faraó, que reclamavam: Por que não acabastes nem ontem nem hoje a vossa tarefa, fazendo tijolos como dantes?

15 Pelo que os oficiais dos filhos de Israel foram e clamaram a Faraó, dizendo: Porque tratas assim a teus servos?

16 Palha não se a teus servos, e nos dizem: Fazei tijolos; e eis que teus servos são açoitados; porém o teu povo é que tem a culpa.

17 Mas ele respondeu: Estais ociosos, estais ociosos; por isso dizeis: vamos, sacrifiquemos ao Senhor.

18 Portanto, ide, trabalhai; palha, porém, não se vos dará; todavia, dareis a conta dos tijolos.

19 Então os oficiais dos filhos de Israel viram-se em aperto, porquanto se lhes dizia: Nada diminuireis dos vossos tijolos, da tarefa do dia no seu dia.

20 Ao saírem da presença de Faraó depararam com Moisés e Arão que vinham ao encontro deles,

21 e disseram-lhes: Olhe o Senhor para vós, e julgue isso, porquanto fizestes o nosso caso repelente diante de Faraó e diante de seus servos, metendo-lhes nas mãos uma espada para nos matar.

22 Então, tornando-se Moisés ao Senhor, disse: Senhor! por que trataste mal a este povo? por que me enviaste?

23 Pois desde que me apresentei a Faraó para falar em teu nome, ele tem maltratado a este povo; e de nenhum modo tens livrado o teu povo.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #7220

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7220. 'Come, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt' means a warning to those who molest by means of utter falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking to', since it is to be done by Divine command, as a warning; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those who molest by means of falsities, dealt with in 7107, 7110, 7126, 7142. And since they were utter falsities, the expression 'Pharaoh king of Egypt' is used, for in the genuine sense 'king' means truth, and in the contrary sense falsity, 2015, 2069.

  
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Exodus 6

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1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."

2 God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh;

3 and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.

4 I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.

5 Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.

6 Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:

7 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

8 I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.'"

9 Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

10 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

11 "Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel Go out of his land."

12 Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?"

13 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.

16 These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.

17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.

19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.

20 Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.

21 The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

23 Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

24 The sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

25 Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families.

26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies."

27 These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.

28 It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

29 that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I Speak to you."

30 Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"