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1 És szóla az Úr Mózesnek, mondván:

2 Nékem szentelj minden elsõszülöttet, valami megnyitja az õ anyjának méhét az Izráel fiai között, akár ember, akár barom, enyim legyen az.

3 És monda Mózes a népnek: Megemlékezzél e napról, melyen kijöttetek Égyiptomból, a szolgálatnak házából; mert hatalmas kézzel hozott ki onnan titeket az Úr; azért ne egyetek kovászost.

4 Ma mentek ki, az Abib hónapban.

5 És ha majd bevisz téged az Úr a Kananeusok, meg Khittheusok, meg Emoreusok, meg Khivveusok és Jebuzeusok földére, melyrõl megesküdött a ti atyáitoknak, hogy néked adja azt a téjjel és mézzel folyó földet: akkor ebben a hónapban végezd ezt a szertartást.

6 Hét napon át kovásztalan kenyeret egyél, a hetedik napon pedig innepet ülj az Úrnak.

7 Kovásztalan kenyeret egyél hét napon át, és ne láttassék nálad kovászos kenyér, se kovász ne láttassék a te egész határodban.

8 És add tudtára a te fiadnak azon a napon, mondván: Ez a miatt van, a mit az Úr cselekedett velem, mikor kijövék Égyiptomból.

9 És legyen az néked jel gyanánt a te kezeden és emlékezetül a te szemeid elõtt azért, hogy az Úr törvénye a te szádban legyen, mert hatalmas kézzel hozott ki téged az Úr Égyiptomból.

10 Tartsd meg azért ezt a rendelést annak idejében esztendõrõl esztendõre.

11 Ha pedig beviénd téged az Úr a Kananeusok földére, a miképen megesküdött néked és a te atyáidnak, és azt néked adándja:

12 Az Úrnak ajánld fel akkor mindazt, a mi az õ anyjának méhét megnyitja, a baromnak is, a mi néked lesz, minden méhnyitó fajzását; a hímek az Úré.

13 De a szamárnak minden elsõ fajzását báránynyal váltsd meg; ha pedig meg nem váltod, szegd meg a nyakát. Az embernek is minden elsõszülöttét megváltsd a te fiaid közül.

14 És ha egykor a te fiad téged megkérdez, mondván: Micsoda ez? akkor mondd néki: Hatalmas kézzel hozott ki minket az Úr Égyiptomból, a szolgálatnak házából.

15 És lõn, mikor a Faraó megátalkodottan vonakodék minket elbocsátani: megöle az Úr minden elsõszülöttet Égyiptom földén, az ember elsõszülöttétõl a barom elsõ fajzásáig; azért áldozok én az Úrnak minden hímet, mely anyja méhét megnyitja, és megváltom az én fiaimnak minden elsõszülöttét.

16 Legyen azért jel gyanánt a te kezeden és homlok-kötõ gyanánt a te szemeid elõtt, mert hatalmas kézzel hozott ki minket az Úr Égyiptomból.

17 És lõn, a mikor elbocsátá a Faraó a népet, nem vivé õket Isten a Filiszteusok földje felé, noha közel vala az; mert monda az Isten: Netalán mást gondol a nép, ha harczot lát, és visszatér Égyiptomba.

18 Kerülõ úton vezeté azért Isten a népet, a veres tenger pusztájának útján; és fölfegyverkezve jövének ki Izráel fiai Égyiptom földérõl.

19 És Mózes elvivé magával a József tetemeit is, mert megesketvén megeskette vala Izráel fiait, mondván: Meglátogatván meglátogat titeket az Isten, akkor az én tetemeimet felvigyétek innen magatokkal.

20 És elindulának Szukhótból és táborba szállának Ethámban, a puszta szélén.

21 Az Úr pedig megy vala elõttök nappal felhõoszlopban, hogy vezérelje õket az úton, éjjel pedig tûzoszlopban, hogy világítson nékik, hogy éjjel és nappal mehessenek.

22 Nem távozott el a felhõoszlop nappal, sem a tûzoszlop éjjel a nép elõl.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8093

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8093. That God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines. That this signifies that it was provided by the Divine that they should not pass to truth of faith which is not from good, is evident from the signification of “God led them not by the way,” as being that it was provided by the Divine that they should not pass, for by “leading,” when by God, is signified providence, and by “way” is signified truth (see n. 627, 2333), here to pass to the truth; and from the representation of the Philistines, as being those who are in the memory-knowledge of the knowledges of faith, and are not in a life of charity (n. 1197, 1198, 3412, 3413), thus those who are in truth of faith which is not from good. That this is signified by the “Philistines and their land” can be seen from the passages in the Word where they are mentioned, especially in Jeremiah 47, where they are described; and also in Joel 3:5-6; and likewise from the historicals of the Word where are described the wars between the sons of Israel and the Philistines, and their subjugation by the Philistines, and then of the Philistines by the sons of Israel. By the Philistines are there represented those who are in faith separate, or to whom the memory-knowledge of the knowledges of faith is the main thing, but not a life according thereto; consequently those who teach and believe that faith alone saves.

[2] The opinion concerning faith alone or separate is not new, or of this time only, but existed in the ancient churches, and came into use together with evil of life. It is also described in the Word throughout, but by names: first by “Cain,” in that he slew his brother Abel (see n. 337, 340, 1179); “Cain” there, in the internal representative sense, denotes such faith, and “Abel” denotes charity. It is also described by “Ham,” when he was cursed by his father (n. 1062, 1063); afterward by “Reuben,” in that he went up on his father’s bed (n. 3870, 4601); and by “Simeon and Levi,” in that they slew Hamor and the men of Shechem, and were therefore cursed by their father (n. 3870, 6352). This faith is also described by the “Egyptians,” and by their firstborn being slain (see n. 7766, 7778), and by the Egyptians being sunk in the sea Suph. It is also described by the “Philistines” (n. 3412, 3413), and likewise by “Tyre and Sidon” throughout the prophets, where by the “Philistines” is signified the memory-knowledge of the knowledges of faith, and by “Tyre and Sidon” the knowledges themselves, interior and exterior. Lastly it is also described by “Peter,” when he thrice denied the the Lord, (n. 6000, 6073). But see what has been already shown concerning this faith (n. 36, 379, 389, 916, 1017, 1076, 1077, 1162, 1176, 1798, 1799, 1834, 1844, 2049, 2116, 2228, 2231, 2261, 2343, 2349, 2364, 2383, 2385, 2401, 2435, 2982, 3146, 3242, 3325, 3412, 3413, 3416, 3427, 3773, 4663, 4672, 4673, 4683, 4721, 4730, 4766, 4783, 4925, 5351, 5820, 5826, 6269, 6272, 6273, 6348, 6353, 7039, 7097, 7127, 7317, 7502, 7545, 7623-7627, 7724, 7779, 7790, 7950).

  
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4721. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. That this signifies that they were in the special things of false principles, is evident from the representation of Joseph, as being the Lord as to Divine truth (see n. 4669); from the representation of his brethren, as being the church that turns away from charity to faith, and at last to faith separate (n. 4665, 4671, 4679, 4680, 4690); and from the signification of “Dothan,” as being the special things of false principles (of which just above, n. 4720). From this it is plain that by these words is signified that it found them in the special things of false principles.

[2] That it may be known what is meant by the special things of false principles, let us take for illustration some of the doctrinals of a church which acknowledges faith alone as a principle, as that man is justified by faith alone, that then all sins are wiped away from him, that he may be saved by faith alone even in the last hour of his life, that salvation is merely admission into heaven through grace, that children also are saved by faith, that the Gentiles because they have no faith are not saved; besides many others. These and the like are the special things belonging to the principle of faith alone. But if the church would acknowledge as its principle the life of faith, it would acknowledge charity toward the neighbor and love to the Lord, consequently the works of charity and of love, and then all these special things would fall to pieces; and instead of justification it would acknowledge regeneration, in regard to which the Lord says in John,

“Except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3);

and it would acknowledge that regeneration is effected by a life of faith, but not by faith separate. Neither would it profess that all sins are then wiped away from man, but that it is of the Lord’s mercy that he is withheld from them, and kept in good and thence in truth; thus that all good is from the Lord, and all evil from himself. Nor would the church profess that man may be saved by faith in the last hour of his life, but by the life of faith which abides with him. Neither would it profess that salvation is mere admission into heaven through grace, for heaven is denied by the Lord to no one; but it would acknowledge that if one’s life is not such that he can be with angels, he flees from heaven of his own will (n. 4674). Nor would it profess that children are saved by faith, but that in the other life they are instructed in the goods of charity and the truths of faith by the Lord, and so are received into heaven (n. 2289-2308). Nor would it profess that because the Gentiles have no faith they are not saved; but that their life remains with them as with others, and that those who have lived in mutual charity are instructed in the goods of faith, and are alike received into heaven, as is both wished and believed by those who are in the good of life (n. 2589-2604); and so in many other particulars.

[3] The church which acknowledges faith alone as a principle cannot know what charity is, nor even what the neighbor is, thus not what heaven is; and it will wonder that anyone should ever say that the happiness of the life after death and the joy in heaven is the Divine which flows into willing well and doing well to others, and that the happiness and the blessedness therefrom transcend all perception, and that the reception of this influx can never be given to anyone who has not lived a life of faith, that is, who has not been in the good of charity. That a life of faith saves, the Lord teaches plainly in Matthew 25:31-46 es 31 to the end, and in many other places; and hence also the creed which is called the creed of Athanasius teaches at the end, “Everyone shall render an account of his works; he who has done well shall enter into life eternal, but he who has done ill into eternal fire.”

  
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