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Exodus 4

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1 Ja Mooses vastas ning ütles: 'Aga kui nemad mind ei usu ja mu sõna ei kuula, vaid ütlevad: Issand ei ole ennast sulle ilmutanud?'

2 Siis Issand küsis: 'Mis see on, mis sul käes on?' Ta vastas: 'Kepp.'

3 Ja tema ütles: 'Viska see maha!' Ta viskas selle maha ja see muutus maoks. Ja Mooses põgenes selle eest.

4 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Siruta oma käsi ja haara temal sabast,' - ja ta sirutas oma käe ning võttis temast kinni, ja see muutus ta pihus kepiks -

5 'et nad usuksid, et sulle on ennast ilmutanud Issand, nende vanemate Jumal, Aabrahami Jumal, Iisaki Jumal ja Jaakobi Jumal!'

6 Ja Issand ütles temale veel: 'Pane oma käsi põue!' Ta pani oma käe põue ja tõmbas välja, ja vaata, käsi oli pidalitõvest valge nagu lumi.

7 Ja ta ütles: 'Pane oma käsi tagasi põue!' Ta pani oma käe põue ja tõmbas välja, ja vaata, see oli jälle nagu ta ihu.

8 'Kui nad sind ei usu ega kuula su sõna esimese imeteo põhjal, siis nad usuvad teise imeteo sõnumit.

9 Ja kui nad ka neid kahte imetegu ei usu ega kuula su sõna, siis võta Niiluse jõe vett ja vala kuivale maale! Vesi, mida sa Niiluse jõest võtad, muutub siis kuival maal vereks.'

10 Aga Mooses ütles Issandale: 'Oh Issand, mina ei ole sõnakas mees, ei varemast ajast ega ka mitte sellest peale, kui sa oma sulasega oled rääkinud, sest mul on raskevõitu suu ja raskevõitu keel.'

11 Siis Issand ütles temale: 'Kes on teinud inimesele suu, või kes teeb keeletu, kurdi, nägija või pimeda? Kas mitte mina, Issand?

12 Ja nüüd mine, ja mina olen abiks sinu suule ning õpetan sind, mida sa pead rääkima!'

13 Aga ta ütles: 'Oh Issand, läkita, keda läkitad, ainult mitte mind!'

14 Siis Issanda viha süttis põlema Moosese vastu ja ta ütles: 'Eks ole leviit Aaron sinu vend? Ma tean, et ta räägib hästi; ja vaata, ta tulebki sulle vastu. Kui ta sind näeb, siis ta rõõmutseb südamest.

15 Sina pead temaga rääkima ja temale sõnad suhu panema, aga mina olen sinu suuga ja tema suuga, ja ma õpetan teid, mida te peate tegema.

16 Tema rääkigu sinu asemel rahvaga ja see olgu nõnda: tema on sulle suuks ja sina oled temale Jumalaks.

17 Ja võta kätte see kepp, millega sa imetegusid teed!'

18 Siis Mooses läks ära ja tuli tagasi oma äia Jitro juurde ning ütles temale: 'Ma tahan minna tagasi oma vendade juurde, kes on Egiptuses, et näha, kas nad on veel elus!' Ja Jitro ütles Moosesele: 'Mine rahuga!'

19 Issand ütles Moosesele Midjanis: 'Pöördu tagasi Egiptusesse, sest kõik need mehed, kes nõudsid su hinge, on surnud!'

20 Ja Mooses võttis oma naise ja pojad ning pani need eesli selga ja läks tagasi Egiptusemaale; ja Mooses võttis Jumala kepi oma kätte.

21 Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Kui sa lähed ja tuled tagasi Egiptusesse, siis vaata, et sa teed vaarao ees kõik need imeteod, mis mina sinu kätte olen andnud. Aga mina teen ta südame kõvaks ja tema ei lase rahvast ära.

22 Kuid ütle vaaraole: Nõnda ütleb Issand: Iisrael on minu esmasündinud poeg.

23 Ja ma ütlen sulle: Saada mu poeg ära, et ta mind teeniks! Aga kui sa keeldud teda saatmast, vaata, siis ma tapan su esmasündinud poja!'

24 Aga kui ta oli teel öömajale, tuli Issand temale vastu ja püüdis teda surmata.

25 Siis Sippora võttis kivinoa ja lõikas ära oma poja eesnaha, puudutas sellega ta häbet ning ütles: 'Sa oled tõesti mu verepeigmees!'

26 Siis see jättis tema rahule; sel ajal öeldi verepeigmees ümberlõikamise tähenduses.

27 Ja Issand ütles Aaronile: 'Mine kõrbesse Moosesele vastu!' Ta läks ning kohtas teda Jumala mäe juures ja andis temale suud.

28 Ja Mooses tegi Aaronile teatavaks kõik Issanda sõnad, kes teda oli läkitanud, ja kõik imeteod, mis ta teda oli käskinud teha.

29 Siis Mooses läks koos Aaroniga ja nad kogusid kokku kõik Iisraeli laste vanemad.

30 Ja Aaron rääkis kõik need sõnad, mis Issand oli Moosesele rääkinud, ja ta tegi imetegusid rahva silma ees.

31 Ja rahvas uskus; kui nad kuulsid, et Issand oli tundnud muret Iisraeli laste pärast, ja et ta oli näinud nende viletsust, siis nad kummardasid ja heitsid silmili maha.

   

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Exploring the Meaning of Exodus 4

Door New Christian Bible Study Staff

Arcana Coelestia 6939. There is a continuation in this chapter in the internal sense with respect to the liberation of those who are of the spiritual church. First, their state is described, namely, that if they had not hope and faith, falsities and evils, and also things profane would drag them down: these are the things signified by the three signs.

Arcana Coelestia 6940. Afterward the law Divine is treated of, that truth was adjoined to its good; and that thus good had the power to liberate, and to insinuate hope and faith. Moses represents the law Divine as to good, and Aaron as to truth.

Arcana Coelestia 6941. Lastly that people is treated of, in that they only represented the spiritual church; and not that this church could be instituted among them, because they were in externals without internals. This is signified by Zipporah's circumcision of her son, and by the blood wherewith his feet were stained.

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7087. Exodus 5

1. And afterwards Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, Thus said Jehovah, the God of Israel, Send My people away, and let them hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.

2. And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah whose voice I am to hear, [telling me] to send Israel away? I do not know Jehovah, and moreover I will not send Israel away.

3. And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met us; let us go, we beg you, a way of three days 1 into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, lest perhaps He fall on us with pestilence and sword.

4. And the king of Egypt said to them, Why, O Moses and Aaron, do you draw the people away from their work? 2 Go to your burdens!

5. And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you have made them rest from their burdens.

6. And Pharaoh gave orders that day to the taskmasters over the people and to their officers, saying,

7. You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as you did yesterday and the day before; 3 they must go and gather straw for themselves.

8. And the tally of bricks which they were making yesterday and the day before 3 shall you impose on them; you shall not reduce it. For they are slack; therefore they cry out, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God.

9. Let the service be made heavy on the men, and let them do it and pay no attention to lying words.

10. And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and said to the people - they said, Thus said Pharaoh, By no means do I give you straw.

11. Go yourselves, get yourselves straw from where you will find it, for there will be no reduction at all of your service.

12. And the people scattered themselves into all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

13. And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Finish your work, 2 your stint for the day, 3 as when there was straw.

14. And the officers of the children of Israel were beaten, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, saying, Why do you not finish your appointed task to make bricks, as you did yesterday and the day before 3 - as yesterday, so today?

15. And the officers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, Why do you deal thus with your servants?

16. No straw is given to your servants, and they say to us, Make bricks. And behold, your servants are beaten, and your people have sinned.

17. And he said, You are slack, you are slack! Therefore you say, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah.

18. And now go, serve; 5 and no straw will be given you, and you shall deliver the tally of bricks.

19. And the officers of the children of Israel saw themselves to be in evil, 6 by saying, You shall not reduce your bricks at all, your stint each day. 7

20. And they met Moses and Aaron, who were standing in their way, as they came out from Pharaoh.

21. And they said to them, Let Jehovah see you 8 and judge, because you have caused our odour to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.

22. And Moses returned to Jehovah and said, Lord, why have You done ill to this people? Why is this, that You have sent me?

23. And since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done ill to this people; and You have not delivered Your people at all.

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This chapter continues to deal in the internal sense with the molestation by falsities of those who belonged to the spiritual Church. First it describes how those who molested them paid no attention at all to an admonition from the Divine, and then how after this they molested them all the more by introducing misleading falsities which they had fabricated, falsities that those belonging to the spiritual Church were unable to dispel. And since as a result these people could not rid themselves of their molesters they groaned before the Divine.

Voetnoten:

1. i.e. a three days journey

2. literally, works

3. literally, as yesterday three days ago

5. i.e. Get back to work!

6. i.e. they were in trouble

7. literally, by a day in his day

8. literally, see onto you (i.e. look upon)

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