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Числа 27:23

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23 и возложил на него руки свои и дал ему наставление,как говорил Господь чрез Моисея.

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Aaron

The Third Plague of Egypt, by William de Brailes, illustrates the flies, or gnats, rising from the dust.

This page from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts a scene from Exodus, in which God rained plagues upon Egypt. After plagues of blood and frogs, Pharaoh hardened his heart again and would not let the Israelites leave Egypt. God told Moses to tell Aaron to stretch forth his rod and strike the dust of the earth that it may become gnats throughout the land of Egypt. Here, Moses, horned (a sign of his encounter with divinity), carries the rod, while Aaron, wearing the miter of a priest, stands behind him. The gnats arise en masse out of the dust from which they were made and attack Pharaoh, seated and crowned, and his retinue.

В первой части истории Моисей олицетворяет Слово, как оно есть на самом деле, как оно понимается на небесах, а Аарон олицетворяет Слово в его внешнем смысле, как оно понимается в мире людьми. Вот почему он говорит за Моисея, и Господь говорит о нем: "Он будет вам как уста, и вы будете ему как Бог". (Исход 4:16). Позже, когда Аарон был одет в свою церемониальную одежду (см. главы Левит). 8, 9он был введен в должность первосвященника Израиля. В этой роли Аарон олицетворяет Господа по отношению к Божественному Добру, а Моисей - Господа по отношению к Божественной Истине. Аарон был братом Моисея. Он символизирует две вещи, одну во время первой части исхода, когда он был представителем Моисея, и другую после того, как была построена скиния, и он был торжественно открыт как первосвященник.

(References: Небесные тайны 6998, Небесные тайны 9806, Небесные тайны 9936, 10397; Исход 4:14, 28:1, 32:1; Левит 8, 9)


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Arcana Coelestia #7518

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7518. 'Take for yourselves in fistfuls' means the power, imparted in the measure that it could be received. This is clear from the meaning of 'the fists', or the hollows of the hands, as power. The reason why 'the fists' or the hollows of the hands means power is that 'the hand' means power, dealt with below, in the measure that it can be received being meant by 'fullness'. 1 With regard to the meaning of 'the fists' or hollows of the hands, it should be recognized that in the Grand Man the arms correspond to power; and from this not only the actual arms mean power but also the shoulders, as well as the hands even to the fingers. For the meaning of the arms as power, see 878, 4932, 4934, 4975, 7205; the shoulders, 1085, 4937; the hands, 878, 3387, 5327, 5328, 5544, 6292, 6947, 7011, 7188, 7189; also the fingers, 7430; and regarding their correspondence in general, 4931-4937. The reason why all the parts belonging to the arm correspond to power is that the body exerts its power through them. All this serves to show what is meant by 'sitting at the right hand' in Matthew,

Jesus said, Hereafter you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of power. Matthew 26:64.

And in Luke,

Hereafter the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

That is to say, one may see that the almighty power belonging to the Lord is meant; that is why 'the right hand of power' is used. So also in David,

You have an arm with power, strong is Your hand, Your right hand will be lifted up. Psalms 89:13.

From all this one may see how much light the internal sense provides in the Word. For unless one knew from that sense that 'the right hand' means power one would take those words to mean that the Lord was literally going to sit to the right of Jehovah.

Footnotes:

1. literally, with the fullness of your fists

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