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Exode 13

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1 Et l'Eternel parla à Moïse, disant :

2 Sanctifie-moi tout premier-né, tout ce qui ouvre la matrice entre les enfants d'Israël, tant des hommes que des bêtes, [car il est] à moi.

3 Moïse donc dit au peuple : souvenez-vous de ce jour, auquel vous êtes sortis d'Egypte, de la maison de servitude ; car l'Eternel vous en a retirés par main forte; on ne mangera donc point de pain levé.

4 Vous sortez aujourd'hui au mois que les épis mûrissent :

5 Quand donc l'Eternel t'aura introduit au pays des Chananéens, des Héthiens, des Amorrhéens, des Héviens et des Jébusiens, lequel il a juré à tes pères de te donner, et qui est un pays découlant de lait et de miel; alors tu feras ce service en ce mois-ci.

6 Durant sept jours tu mangeras des pains sans levain, et au septième jour il y aura une fête solennelle à l'Eternel.

7 On mangera durant sept jours des pains sans levain; et il ne sera point vu chez toi de pain levé; et même il ne sera point vu de levain en toutes tes contrées.

8 Et en ce jour-là tu feras entendre ces choses à tes enfants, en disant : c'est à cause de ce que l'Eternel m'a fait en me retirant d'Egypte.

9 Et ceci te sera pour signe sur ta main, et pour mémorial entre tes yeux, afin que la Loi de l'Eternel soit en ta bouche, parce que l'Eternel t'aura retiré d'Egypte par main forte.

10 Tu garderas donc cette ordonnance en sa saison, d'année en année.

11 Aussi quand l'Eternel t'aura introduit au pays des Chananéens, selon qu'il a juré à toi et à tes pères, et qu'il te l'aura donné.

12 Alors tu présenteras à l'Eternel tout ce qui ouvre la matrice; même tout ce qui en sortant ouvre la portière des bêtes; ce que tu auras de mâles sera à l'Eternel.

13 Mais tu rachèteras avec un petit d'entre les brebis ou d'entre les chèvres, toute première portée des ânesses, et si tu ne le rachètes point, tu lui couperas le cou. Tu rachèteras aussi tout premier-né des hommes entre tes enfants.

14 Et quand ton fils t'interrogera à l'avenir, en disant : que veut dire ceci? Alors tu lui diras : l'Eternel nous a retirés par main forte hors d'Egypte, de la maison de servitude.

15 Car il arriva que quand Pharaon s'opiniâtra à ne nous laisser point aller, l'Eternel tua tous les premiers-nés au pays d'Egypte, depuis les premiers-nés des hommes jusques aux premiers-nés des bêtes; c'est pourquoi je sacrifie à l'Eternel tout mâle qui ouvre la portière, et je rachète tout premier-né de mes enfants.

16 Ceci te sera donc pour signe sur ta main, et pour fronteaux entre tes yeux, que l'Eternel nous a retirés d'Egypte par main forte.

17 Or quand Pharaon eut laissé aller le peuple, Dieu ne les conduisit point par le chemin du pays des Philistins, quoi qu'il fût le plus court; car Dieu disait : c'est afin qu'il n'arrive que le peuple se repente quand il verra la guerre, et qu'il ne retourne en Egypte.

18 Mais Dieu fit tournoyer le peuple par le chemin du désert, vers la mer rouge. Ainsi les enfants d'Israël montèrent en armes du pays d'Egypte.

19 Et Moïse avait pris avec soi les os de Joseph; parce que [Joseph] avait expressément fait jurer les enfants d'Israël, [en leur] disant : Dieu vous visitera très-certainement, vous transporterez donc avec vous mes os d'ici.

20 Et ils partirent de Succoth, et se campèrent à Etham, qui est au bout du désert.

21 Et l'Eternel allait devant eux, de jour dans une colonne de nuée pour les conduire par le chemin; et de nuit dans une colonne de feu pour les éclairer, afin qu'ils marchassent jour et nuit.

22 [Et] il ne retira point la colonne de nuée le jour, ni la colonne de feu la nuit, de devant le peuple.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7877

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7877. 'And I will see the blood' means the discernment of that truth by those who inflict damnation. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing' as understanding and discerning, dealt with in 2150, 2325, 2807, 3764, 4403-4421, 4567, 4723, 5400 (its being the discernment by those who inflict damnation is shown in what follows); and from the meaning of 'the blood' as truth that belongs to the good of innocence, as above in 7846.

[2] What truth belonging to the good of innocence is must be stated. The good of innocence is the good of love to the Lord; for those governed by this love have innocence within them. This explains why those who are in the inmost or third heaven, being governed by love to the Lord, possess more innocence than all others. Because of their innocence those who are there look to others like young children, and yet they are the wisest of all in heaven, see 2306; for innocence resides within wisdom, 2305, 3495, 4797. The truth belonging to the good of innocence which exists with them is not the truth of faith but the good of charity. Those in the third heaven do not know what faith is, nor consequently what the truth of faith is; for they perceive intuitively the truth that composes faith, and in perceiving it intuitively know immediately that it is indeed the truth. They never engage in reasoning about whether it is such, let alone argue with one another about it. What is perceived in that intuitive way does not then come to be acquired knowledge. It is different with spiritual angels in the second heaven. The truth of faith leads them to the good of charity. They do therefore engage in reasoning about whether it is the truth or not, since they have no intuitive perception of whether it is or not. Truths then become knowledge they have acquired and are called matters of doctrine composing faith.

[3] For more about those in the inmost or third heaven, about their state being such that they perceive intuitively what the truth of faith is and do not therefore add it to their acquired knowledge, see 202, 337, 2715, 2718, 3246, 4448.

Why it is that Jehovah's words 'I will see', thus something said about Himself, mean discernment by those who inflict damnation, that is, by spirits from hell, may become evident from what has been shown before about the attribution of evil to Jehovah or the Lord, though in fact no evil at all comes from Him but from hell, see 2447, 6071, 6991, 6997, 7533, 7632, 7643. Evil which is permitted to exist seems to come from Him who permits it, since He is able to remove it. That is how it is here when it says that the firstborn of the Egyptians were put to death. It is attributed to Jehovah, for it says in verses 12 and 29,

I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.

And it happened at midnight, that Jehovah struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from Pharaoh's firstborn who was to sit on his throne, even to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon.

Yet in the present verse the one to do this is called 'the destroyer',

The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and I will see the blood and will pass you by, and the plague will not be on you for the destroyer.

[4] It is similar with the vastation undergone by the evil in the next life, their damnation, and their being cast into hell, which are meant in the internal sense by the plagues, the death of the firstborn, and their being drowned in the Sea Suph. Jehovah or the Lord does not subject anyone to vastation, still less damn or cast into hell. Rather an evil spirit himself is the one who does it to himself, that is, the evil within him does it. This then is why 'I will see the blood' means a discernment by those who inflict damnation.

[5] As regards permission, it is impossible to state briefly the nature of it since a very large number of arcana are involved in it. When the wicked suffer damnation and torment the Lord's permission is not like that of one who desires what happens to them. It is like that of one who does not desire it yet cannot help them because His end in view, which is the salvation of the entire human race, is urgent and prevents Him from helping. For if He were to help them, that would be doing ill, which is completely contrary to the Divine. But more on these matters will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated elsewhere.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4567

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4567. 'God was seen by Jacob again, when he was coming from Paddan Aram; and He blessed him' means interior natural perception. This is clear from the meaning of 'God was seen' as interior perception. 'Seeing' means understanding and perceiving, see 2150, 2807, 3764, 3863, 4403-4421, and therefore the words 'God was seen' used in reference to the Lord mean perception from the Divine, which is the same as interior perception. The possession by the natural of this perception is meant by 'God was seen by Jacob', for 'Jacob' represents the Lord's natural, as has been shown many times. 'Again, when he was coming from Paddan Aram' means after He had absorbed cognitions of good and truth, which, being meant by 'Paddan Aram', are dealt with in 3664, 3680, 4112. 'He blessed him' means progress towards the more interior aspects of the natural, and the joining together there of good and truth. For 'blessing' is used to refer to all the good which anyone has conferred on him by the Divine, 1420, 1422, 2846, 3017, 3406; in particular the expression refers to the joining together of good and truth, 3504, 3514, 3530, 3565, 3584.

  
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