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1 Ja Herra sanoi Mosekselle: mene Pharaon tykö, ja sano hänelle: näin sanoo Herra: päästä minun kansani palvelemaan minua.

2 Vaan jos et sinä tahdo päästää; katso, niin minä rankaisen kaikki sinun maas ääret sammakoilla.

3 Niin että virran pitää kuohuman sammakoista, ja ne pitää astuman ylös, ja tuleman sinun huoneesees, ja sinun lepokammioos, ja sinun vuoteesees, niin myös sinun palveliais huoneesen, ja sinun kansas sekaan, ja sinun pätsiis, sinun taikina-astioihis;

4 Ja sinun päälles, ja sinun kansas ja kaikkein sinun palveliais päälle, pitää sammakot hyppelemän.

5 Ja Herra sanoi Mosekselle: sanos Aaronille: ojenna kätes sauvoinensa virtain, jokein ja järvein ylitse, ja anna sammakot nousta ylitse koko Egyptin maan.

6 Ja Aaron ojensi kätensä Egyptin vetten ylitse; ja sammakot tulivat sieltä ylös, ja peittivät koko Egyptin maan.

7 Tekivät myös noidat niin noituuksillansa: ja antoivat sammakot tulla Egyptin maan ylitse.

8 Niin Pharao kutsui Moseksen ja Aaronin, ja sanoi: rukoilkaat Herraa, että hän ottais pois sammakot minulta ja minun kansaltani; niin minä päästän kansan uhraamaan Herralle.

9 Moses sanoi: pidä sinä se kunnia, (ettäs määräät) koska minun pitää rukoileman edestäs, ja palveliais ja kansas edestä, että sammakot pitäis hukutettaman sinulta, ja sinun huoneistas, ainoastansa virtaan jäämän.

10 Hän sanoi: huomenna. Hän vastasi: olkoon sanas jälkeen, ettäs tietäisit, ettei yksikään ole niinkuin Herra, meidän Jumalamme.

11 Silloin sammakot pitää otettaman pois sinulta, ja sinun huoneistas, ja sinun palvelioiltas, ja sinun kansaltas, ainoastansa virtaan jäämän.

12 Niin Moses ja Aaron läksivät Pharaon tyköä: ja Moses huusi Herran tykö sammakkoin tähden, jotka hän Pharaon päälle pannut oli.

13 Ja Herra teki Moseksen sanan jälkeen: ja sammakot kuolivat huoneista, kylistä ja kedoilta.

14 Ja he heittivät ne suuriin roukkioihin, ja maa haisi siitä.

15 Kun Pharao näki levon saaneensa, paadutti hän sydämensä, ja ei kuullut heitä: niinkuin Herra sanonut oli.

16 Ja Herra sanoi Mosekselle: sano Aaronille: ojenna sauvas, ja lyö maan tomuun, että se tulis täiksi koko Egyptin maassa.

17 Ja he tekivät niin: ja Aaron ojensi kätensä sauvoinensa, ja löi maan tomua, ja täit tulivat ihmisiin ja eläimiin: ja kaikki maan tomu muuttui täiksi koko Egyptin maassa.

18 Tekivät myös noidat noituuksillansa niin, täitä matkaan saattaaksensa; vaan ei he taitaneet. Ja täit olivat ihmisissä ja eläimissä.

19 Niin sanoivat noidat Pharaolle: tämä on Jumalan sormi. Mutta Pharaon sydän paatui, ja ei kuullut heitä: niinkuin Herra sanonut oli.

20 Ja Herra sanoi Mosekselle: nouse huomenna varhain, ja seiso Pharaon edessä; katso, hän menee vetten tykö, ja sano hänelle: näin sanoo Herra: päästä minun kansani palvelemaan minua.

21 Sillä jos et sinä päästä minun kansaani; katso, niin minä tahdon lähettää sinulle, ja sinun palvelioilles, ja sinun kansalles, ja sinun huoneisiis kaikkinaiset turilaat, niin että kaikki huoneet Egyptissä täytetään turilaista, niin myös se maa jonka päällä he ovat.

22 Ja minä tahdon eroittaa sinä päivänä Gosenin maan, jossa minun kansani asuu, ettei siinä yhtään turilasta pidä oleman: ettäs tietäisit minun olevan Herran koko maan keskellä.

23 Ja minä panen lunastuksen minun ja sinun kansas välille. Huomenna pitää tämän ihmeen tapahtuman.

24 Ja Herra teki niin. Ja tuli paljo turilaita Pharaon huoneesen, ja hänen palveliainsa huoneisiin, ja koko Egyptin maalle; ja maa turmeltiin turilailta.

25 Niin kutsui Pharao Moseksen ja Aaronin, ja sanoi: menkäät ja uhratkaat teidän Jumalallenne tällä maalla.

26 Moses sanoi: ei sovi niin tehdä; sillä me uhraisimme Herralle meidän Jumalallemme Egyptiläisten kauhistuksen: katso, jos me Egyptin maan kauhistukset uhraisimme heidän edessänsä, eikö he meitä kivittäisi?

27 Kolmen päiväkunnan matkan menemme me korpeen, ja uhraamme Herralle meidän Jumalallemme, niinkuin hän on meille sanonut.

28 Pharao sanoi: minä päästän teidät, että te uhraisitte Herralle teidän Jumalallenne korvessa, ainoastansa ettétte kauvas menisi; rukoilkaat minun edestäni.

29 Moses sanoi: Katso, kuin minä menen sinun tyköäs, niin minä rukoilen Herraa, että turilaat otettaisiin pois Pharaolta, ja hänen palvelioiltansa, ja hänen kansaltansa huomenna: ainoastansa älä minua enää viettele, niin ettes päästä kansaa uhraamaan Herralle.

30 Ja Mose läksi Pharaon tyköä, ja rukoili Herraa.

31 Ja Herra teki niinkuin Moses sanonut oli: ja otti turilaat Pharaolta ja hänen palvelioiltansa, ja hänen kansaltansa pois, niin ettei yhtäkään jäänyt.

32 Mutta Pharao paadutti sydämensä vielä nyt tälläkin haavaa ja ei päästänyt kansaa.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 7442

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7442. 'And the houses of the Egyptians will be full of the noxious flying insects, and also the land on which they are' means that malevolent falsities will take possession of everything in the natural mind. This is clear from the meaning of 'filling' as taking possession of; from the meaning of 'the houses of the Egyptians' as the interior parts of the natural mind, dealt with above in 7407; from the meaning of 'noxious flying insects' as malevolent falsities, dealt with immediately above in 7441; and from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as the natural mind in general, dealt with in 5276, 5178, 5180, 5288, 5301.

[2] A brief statement needs to be made about what is implied in the meaning here - by the idea that even the interior parts of the natural mind will be taken possession of by the falsities arising from evil which are present in the outermost parts of that mind. What a person has flowing into him from the Lord by way of heaven flows into the interior parts of him, and then spreads right down to the lowest or outermost levels, where he becomes conscious of it. Consequently it comes right down into the level of the senses, and through this into parts of the body. If the level of the senses is filled with mistaken ideas based on illusions and appearances, and especially if they are based on falsities, the truths that flow in are turned there into similar ideas, since they are received there in accordance with the form imposed on them, see 7743. Also to the extent that truths are turned into falsities the interior parts of the mind serving as channels for the passage of truths are closed. Eventually the opening is only just large enough for the smallest amount of influx that the person needs to engage in reasoning and to use falsities to justify evils.

[3] This being the situation with a person, it is necessary when he is being regenerated for his natural to be regenerated right down to the sensory level. For unless that level is regenerated no reception of truth and good takes place, because - as stated above - truth that is flowing in is perverted there and the interiors parts are in those circumstances closed. Consequently when the exterior parts have been regenerated the whole person has been regenerated. This was what the Lord meant by His words to Peter when He washed his feet, in John,

Simon Peter said, Lord, You are not to wash my feet only, but also my hands and head. Jesus said to him, He who has been washed has no need except to wash his feet, and the whole person is clean. John 13:9-10.

'Feet' means the parts forming the natural, 2162, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952; 'washing' means purifying, 3147, 5954 (end); 'hands' means the interior parts of the natural; and 'head' means the parts forming the spiritual. These meanings show what precisely one should understand by 'he who has been washed has no need except to wash his feet, and the whole person is clean' - that a person has been regenerated when even the exterior parts forming the natural have been regenerated. When therefore a person has had even his natural regenerated everything on that level is subordinated to more internal levels. And when the contents of the more internal levels enter they flow into images on that level which serve as the general vessels to contain them, and through those images the person is made conscious of them. When this is the situation with a person, he has conscious feelings of an affection for the truth of faith and of an affection for the good of charity.

[4] But it is difficult for the actual level of the senses, which is the lowest of the natural, to be regenerated, because it is completely filled with material ideas formed from earthly, bodily, and worldly things. For this reason a person who is being regenerated, especially at the present day, does not undergo regeneration at the sensory level, only at the natural level immediately above it, to which the Lord raises him from the level of the senses when he thinks about the truths and forms of the good of faith. The ability to be raised from the sensory level is what is imparted to the person who is being regenerated by the Lord. Regarding what the sensory level is like, and the raising of thought above it, see 5084, 5089, 5094, 5125, 5118, 5767, 6183, 6201, 6310, 6311, 6598, 6612, 6614, 6622, 6624, 6844, 6845, 6948.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 3762

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3762. 'And went to the land of the sons of the east' means a raising up towards truths that relate to love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of the sons of the east'. For Aram or Syria was called 'the land of the sons of the east', as is evident from the fact that it was the land to which Jacob went, see also 3249. In general, 'Syria' means cognitions of good, as shown in 1232, 1234, but specifically 'Aram Naharaim' or Syria of the [Two] Rivers means cognitions of truth, in 3051, 3664. Here however it is not said that he went to Aram or Syria but 'to the land of the sons of the east', so as to mean that which is the subject in the whole of this chapter, namely an ascent towards truths that relate to love. The expression 'truths that relate to love' is used to describe those truths which in other places have been called celestial truths, for they are cognitions concerning charity towards the neighbour and concerning love to the Lord. In the highest sense, where the Lord is the subject, they are truths that relate to Divine love.

[2] These truths, that is to say, those concerning charity towards the neighbour and concerning love to the Lord, must first be learned before a person can be regenerated, and must also be acknowledged and believed. And insofar as those truths are acknowledged and believed, and are endowed with life, that person is also regenerated and those truths are implanted in his natural, where they exist as in their own soil. They are first implanted there through the instruction received from parents and teachers, then from the Word of the Lord, and after that from personal reflection on them. But all of this does no more than to deposit those truths in the person's natural memory and so to place them among the cognitions there. They are still not acknowledged, believed, and received unless life is led in accordance with them, in which case the person enters into an affection for them; and insofar as he enters into an affection for them because his life accords with them, those truths are implanted in his natural as their own soil. Things that are not so implanted do indeed remain with that person, but only in his memory as some item of knowledge or historical fact which does no more than enable him to talk about such things, to further his reputation by means of them, and in so doing to grow in wealth and position. When this is the case truths have not been implanted within him.

[3] As regards the meaning of 'the land of the sons of the east' as truths relating to love, and so as cognitions of truth leading the way to good, this may be seen from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, and from the meaning of 'the east' as love, dealt with in 101, 1250, 3249. Their land is the soil in which they exist. For 'the sons of the east' are those who possess cognitions concerning truth and good and therefore the truths that relate to love. This may be seen further from other places in the Word, as in the first Book of Kings,

The wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of the Egyptians. 1 Kings 4:30.

Here 'the wisdom of the sons of the east' means interior cognitions concerning truth and good, and so means people who possess them. 'The wisdom of the Egyptians' however means knowledge of the same things as they exist in a lower degree -'the Egyptians' meaning factual knowledge in general, see 1164, 1165, 1462.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, Arise, go up against Kedar; lay waste the sons of the east. They will take their tents and flocks, their curtains and all their vessels, and will take their camels. Jeremiah 49:28-29.

Here 'the sons of the east' is used to mean those who possess cognitions concerning good and truth. This is clear from the fact that 'they will take their tents and flocks, also their curtains and all their vessels, as well as their camels'. For 'tents' means holy forms of good, 414, 1102, 2145, 2152, 3312; 'flocks' the goods that flow from charity, 343, 2566; 'curtains' holy truths, 2576, 3478; 'vessels' the truths of faith, and facts, 3068, 3079; 'camels' factual knowledge in general, 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145. Thus 'the sons of the east' means those who possess these, that is, cognitions concerning what is good and what is true.

[5] The wise men from the east who came to Jesus when He was born belonged to those people called the sons of the east. This becomes clear from the fact of their awareness that the Lord was to be born, and that they knew of His Coming from the star which appeared to them in the east. These matters are described in Matthew as follows,

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, behold wise men from the east came into Jerusalem, saying, Where is He born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east and have come to worship Him. Matthew 2:1-2.

The fact that such a prophecy existed from of old among the sons of the east, who were from Syria, is clear from Balaam's prophecy concerning the Lord's Coming, in Moses,

I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star will arise out of Jacob and a sceptre will rise up out of Israel. Numbers 24:17.

The fact that Balaam was from the land of the sons of the east, that is, from Syria, is evident from the following in Moses,

Balaam uttered his declaration and said, From Syria has Balak, the king of Moab, brought me, from the mountains of the east. Numbers 23:7.

The wise men who came to Jesus when He was born are called the magi, but this expression was used for wise men at that time, as is clear from many places, such as Genesis 41:8; Exodus 7:11; Daniel 2:27; 4:6-7; 1 Kings 4:30; and in various places in the Prophets.

[6] 'The sons of the east' in the contrary sense means cognitions concerning evil and falsity, and so means those who possess these. This is clear in Isaiah,

The envy of Ephraim will depart, and the enemies of Judah will be cut off. They will fly down onto the shoulder of the Philistines towards the sea, and together they will plunder the sons of the east. Isaiah 11:13-14.

In Ezekiel, when prophesying against the sons of Ammon,

Behold, I have handed you over to the sons of the east as an inheritance, and they will station their ranks among you. Ezekiel 25:4, 10.

In the Book of Judges,

When Israel put in seed, Midian came up and Amalek, and the sons of the east; and they came up upon them. Judges 6:3.

'Midian' stands for those under the influence of falsity because the good of life does not exist with them, 3242; 'Amalek' for those under the influence of falsities with which they assail truths, 1679; 'the sons of the east' for those who possess cognitions that support what is false.

  
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