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1 Hør, Israel! Du går nu over Jordan for å komme inn og legge under dig folk som er større og sterkere enn du, og som har store byer med murer som når til himmelen,

2 et stort folk og høit av vekst, anakittenes barn, som du selv kjenner, og som du selv har hørt det ord om: Hvem kan stå sig mot Anaks barn?

3 Så skal du da vite idag at Herren din Gud, han som går frem foran dig som en fortærende ild, han skal ødelegge dem, og han skal ydmyke dem for dig, så du skal drive dem bort og tilintetgjøre dem i hast, således som Herren har sagt til dig.

4 Når nu Herren din Gud driver dem ut for dig, må du ikke tenke som så: Det er for min rettferdighets skyld Herren har ført mig inn i dette land og latt mig få det til eiendom. Nei, det er for disse hedningers ugudelighets skyld Herren driver dem ut for dig.

5 Ikke for din rettferdighets skyld eller for ditt opriktige hjertes skyld kommer du inn i deres land og tar det i eie; men det er for deres ugudelighets skyld Herren din Gud driver disse hedninger ut for dig, og for å holde det ord Herren har svoret dine fedre Abraham, Isak og Jakob.

6 Så skal du da vite at det ikke er for din rettferdighets skyld Herren din Gud gir dig dette gode land til eie; for du er et hårdnakket folk.

7 Kom i hu og glem ikke hvorledes du vakte Herrens, din Guds vrede i ørkenen! Like fra den dag du gikk ut av Egyptens land, og til I Kom til dette sted, har I vært gjenstridige mot Herren.

8 Allerede ved Horeb vakte I Herrens vrede, og Herren harmedes på eder, så han vilde ha gjort ende på eder.

9 Da jeg var gått op på fjellet for å ta imot stentavlene, tavlene med den pakt som Herren hadde gjort med eder, blev jeg på fjellet i firti dager og firti netter uten å ete brød og uten å drikke vann.

10 Og Herren gav mig de to stentavler, skrevet med Guds finger, og på dem stod alle de ord Herren hadde talt med eder på fjellet midt ut av ilden den dag I var samlet der.

11 Det var da de firti dager og firti netter var til ende at Herren gav mig de to stentavler, paktens tavler.

12 Og Herren sa til mig: Skynd dig og stig ned herfra! Ditt folk, som du førte ut av Egypten, har fordervet sin vei; de er hastig veket av fra den vei jeg bød dem å vandre; de har gjort sig et støpt billede.

13 Og Herren sa til mig: Jeg har lagt merke til dette folk og sett at det er et hårdnakket folk.

14 La nu mig få råde, så vil jeg gjøre ende på dem og utslette deres navn under himmelen, og jeg vil gjøre dig til et sterkere og større folk enn dette.

15 Da vendte jeg mig og gikk ned av fjellet, mens fjellet stod i brennende lue, og i mine to hender hadde jeg paktens to tavler.

16 Og jeg fikk se at I hadde syndet mot Herren eders Gud og gjort eder en støpt kalv; I var hastig veket av fra den vei Herren hadde befalt eder å vandre.

17 Så tok jeg og kastet fra mig begge tavlene som jeg hadde i mine hender, og slo dem i stykker for eders øine.

18 Og jeg kastet mig ned for Herrens åsyn, likesom første gang, i firti dager og firti netter, uten å ete brød og uten å drikke vann - for alle eders synders skyld som I hadde forsyndet eder med ved å gjøre det som ondt var i Herrens øine, så I egget ham til vrede.

19 For jeg fryktet for den vrede og harme som optendtes mot eder hos Herren, så han vilde gjøre ende på eder. Og Herren hørte mig denne gang og.

20 Også på Aron var Herren så vred at han vilde ødelegge ham; men jeg bad også for Aron den gang.

21 Men eders syndige verk, kalven som I hadde gjort, tok jeg og kastet på ilden og knuste og malte den vel, til den blev til fint støv, og støvet kastet jeg i bekken som flyter ned fra fjellet.

22 Også i Tabera og i Massa og i Kibrot-Hatta'ava vakte I Herrens vrede.

23 Og da Herren sendte eder fra Kades-Barnea og sa: Dra op og innta landet som jeg har gitt eder, da var I gjenstridige mot Herrens, eders Guds ord og trodde ikke på ham og hørte ikke på hans røst.

24 Gjenstridige har I vært mot Herren så lenge jeg har kjent eder.

25 Så kastet jeg mig da ned for Herrens åsyn i de firti dager og firti netter I vet, fordi Herren hadde sagt at han vilde gjøre ende på eder.

26 Og jeg bad til Herren og sa: Herre, Herre, ødelegg ikke ditt folk og din arv, som du frelste med din store kraft, og som du førte ut av Egypten med sterk hånd!

27 Kom i hu dine tjenere Abraham, Isak og Jakob! Se ikke på dette folks hårdhet og dets ugudelighet og dets synd,

28 forat ikke de som bor i det land du har ført oss ut av, skal si: Fordi Herren ikke maktet å føre dem inn i det land han hadde tilsagt dem, og fordi han hatet dem, førte han dem ut i ørkenen og lot dem omkomme der.

29 De er jo ditt folk og din arv, som du har ført ut med din store kraft og med din utrakte arm.

   

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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.

Сноски:

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

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1288

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1288. That 'words were one' means that they held to the same doctrine in its particular details is clear from what has been stated already, for 'lip' means doctrine in general, as has been shown, while 'words' means doctrine in detail, that is, particular details of doctrine. These, as has been stated make no difference provided they have the same end in view, which is to love the Lord above all things and the neighbour as oneself. When they do so they are the details that contribute to the general whole.

[2] That 'the Word' means all doctrine concerning charity and faith derived from it and that 'words' means the details that constitute doctrine is clear in David,

I will confess You with uprightness of heart, when I learn Your righteous judgements I will keep Your statutes. How will a young man make pure his path? By observing Your Word. With my whole heart I have sought You; cause me not to wander from Your commandments I have laid up Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against You. Blessed are You, O Jehovah; teach me Your statutes! With my lips I have declared all the judgements of Your mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies. I meditate on Your commands and look to Your ways. I delight in Your statutes, I do not forget Your Word. Psalms 119:7-16.

'The Word' stands for doctrine in general. The fact that here commandments, judgements, testimonies, commands, statutes, way, and lips, are distinguished shows plainly that they are all features of the Word, that is, of doctrine. The same applies wherever else in the Word these terms are used with different meanings.

[3] In the same author,

A love song. My heart is pondering 1 a goodly theme. 2 My tongue is the pen of a ready scribe You are the fairest of the sons of man. Grace has poured out from your lips. Ride on the word of truth, and of the meekness of righteousness Your right hand will teach you marvellous things. Psalms 45:1-2, 4.

'Riding on the word of truth, and of the meekness of righteousness' is teaching the doctrine of truth and good. Here, as elsewhere in the Word, word, mouth, lip, and tongue mean differing things. The fact that they all have to do with doctrine concerning charity is clear because it is called 'a love song', and it is to this doctrine that 'the fairest of the sons of man', 'grace on the lips', and 'a right hand that teaches marvellous things' have reference.

[4] In Isaiah,

The Lord 3 has sent a word into Jacob, and it has fallen on Israel. Isaiah 9:8.

'A word' stands for the doctrine of internal and external worship. Here 'Jacob' stands for external worship, 'Israel' for internal. In Matthew,

Jesus said, Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that goes out of the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4.

In the same gospel,

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not give heed to it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. Matthew 13:19

'The word' is again referred to in verses 20-23 of that chapter. In the same gospel,

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. Matthew 24:35.

Here 'word' stands for the Lord's doctrine and 'words' for the things that constitute His doctrine.

[5] Since the term 'words' stands for everything that constitutes doctrine the Ten Commandments are therefore called 'words' in Moses,

Jehovah. wrote on the tables the words of the covenant, the ten words. Exodus 34:28.

In the same author,

He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the ten words, and He wrote them on two tables of stone. Deuteronomy 4:13; 10:4.

In the same author,

Take heed, and guard your soul diligently, lest perhaps you forget the things 4 which your eyes have seen. Deuteronomy 4:9.

And there are further examples besides these.

Сноски:

1. The first Latin edition reads voluit (has willed) but comparison with the original Hebrew shows that volvit (is turning over or is pondering) is intended.

2. literally, a good word

3. The Latin has Jehovah but the Hebrew has the name meaning Lord, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

4. literally, the words

  
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