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1 Μετα ταυτα ειπε προς τον Μωυσην, Αναβα προς τον Κυριον, συ και Ααρων, Ναδαβ και Αβιουδ, και εβδομηκοντα εκ των πρεσβυτερων του Ισραηλ, και προσκυνησατε μακροθεν·

2 και ο Μωυσης μονος θελει πλησιασει προς τον Κυριον, αυτοι ομως δεν θελουσι πλησιασει ουδε ο λαος θελει αναβη μετ' αυτου.

3 Και ηλθεν ο Μωυσης και διηγηθη προς τον λαον παντας τους λογους του Κυριου και παντα τα δικαιωματα αυτου· απεκριθη δε πας ο λαος ομοφωνως και ειπε, Παντας τους λογους, τους οποιους ελαλησεν ο Κυριος, θελομεν καμει.

4 Και εγραψεν ο Μωυσης παντας τους λογους του Κυριου· και σηκωθεις ενωρις το πρωι, ωκοδομησε θυσιαστηριον υπο το ορος, και εστησε δωδεκα στηλας κατα τας δωδεκα φυλας του Ισραηλ.

5 Και απεστειλε τους νεανισκους των υιων Ισραηλ, και προσεφεραν ολοκαυτωματα και εθυσιασαν θυσιας ειρηνικας εις τον Κυριον, μοσχαρια.

6 Λαβων δε ο Μωυσης το ημισυ του αιματος, εβαλεν εις λεκανας· και το ημισυ του αιματος ερραντισεν επι το θυσιαστηριον.

7 Επειτα λαβων το βιβλιον της διαθηκης, ανεγνωσεν εις τα ωτα του λαου· οι δε ειπον, Παντα οσα ελαλησεν ο Κυριος, θελομεν καμνει και θελομεν υπακουει.

8 Και λαβων ο Μωυσης το αιμα, ερραντισεν επι τον λαον, και ειπεν, Ιδου, το αιμα της διαθηκης, την οποιαν ο Κυριος εκαμε προς εσας κατα παντας τουτους τους λογους.

9 Τοτε ανεβη Μωυσης και Ααρων, Ναδαβ και Αβιουδ και εβδομηκοντα εκ των πρεσβυτερων του Ισραηλ·

10 και ειδον τον Θεον του Ισραηλ· και υπο τους ποδας αυτου ως εδαφος εστρωμενον εκ λιθου σαπφειρου και ως το στερεωμα του ουρανου κατα την καθαροτητα·

11 και επι τους εκλεκτους των υιων Ισραηλ δεν εβαλε την χειρα αυτου· και ειδον τον Θεον, και εφαγον και επιον.

12 Και ειπε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Αναβα προς εμε εις το ορος και εσο εκει· και θελω σοι δωσει τας πλακας τας λιθινας, και τον νομον, και τας εντολας τας οποιας εγραψα, δια να διδασκης αυτους.

13 Και εσηκωθη ο Μωυσης μετα Ιησου του θεραποντος αυτου, και ανεβη ο Μωυσης επι το ορος του Θεου.

14 Προς δε τους πρεσβυτερους ειπε, Περιμενετε ημας εδω, εωσου επιστρεψωμεν προς εσας· και ιδου, Ααρων και Ωρ ειναι μεθ' υμων· εαν τις εχη υποθεσιν, ας ερχηται προς αυτους.

15 Ο Μωυσης λοιπον ανεβη επι το ορος, και η νεφελη εσκεπασε το ορος.

16 Και εκαθησεν η δοξα του Κυριου επι του ορους Σινα, και η νεφελη εσκεπασεν αυτο εξ ημερας· και την εβδομην ημεραν εκαλεσεν ο Κυριος τον Μωυσην εκ μεσου της νεφελης.

17 Και η θεα της δοξης του Κυριου ητο, εις τους οφθαλμους των υιων Ισραηλ, ως πυρ κατατρωγον επι της κορυφης του ορους.

18 Και εισηλθεν ο Μωυσης εις το μεσον της νεφελης και ανεβη επι το ορος· και εσταθη ο Μωυσης επι του ορους τεσσαρακοντα ημερας και τεσσαρακοντα νυκτας.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9377

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9377. 'And you are to bow down from afar' means humility and adoration coming from the heart, and at the same time the inflow of the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'bowing down' as humility, dealt with in 2153, 5682, 6266, 7068. The reason why adoration as well is meant is that the essential element in all adoration and all worship is humility. Without humility there can be no worship or adoration of the Lord, because what is Divine and the Lord's cannot flow into a proud heart, that is, into a heart full of self-love, for such a heart is hard and in the Word is called 'a heart of stone'. It can flow only into a humble heart, since this is soft and in the Word is called 'a heart of flesh', and so is receptive of good flowing in from the Lord, that is, receptive of the inflow of the Lord. This explains why 'bowing down from afar' means not only humility and adoration coming from the heart but also the inflow of the Lord at the same time. The words 'the inflow of the Lord' are used because the good of love and of faith which flows in from the Lord is the Lord as He resides with a person. The reason why 'from afar' means coming from the heart is that when people feel humble they draw back from the Lord because they do not consider themselves worthy enough to draw near God Most Holy. For when they feel humble they acknowledge that left to themselves they are nothing but evil, indeed nothing but profanity. When they acknowledge this in their heart they possess true humility. From this it is evident that 'you are to bow down from afar' means humility and adoration coming from the heart, and at the same time the inflow of the Lord.

[2] But such humility and adoration did not exist with the Israelite people; they did no more than represent them through outward gestures, for merely external things and nothing internal interested them. Nevertheless when they humbled themselves they used to lie face down on the ground, also roll themselves in the dust, and cry out with a loud voice, behaving like this for entire days. Anyone who does not know what true humility is might think that such behaviour was humility of heart. But it was not the humility of a heart looking to God from God, but one of looking to God from self; and a heart that looks from self looks from what is evil, since whatever goes out from a person, from the self alone, is evil. For the Israelites more than all peoples in the whole world were ruled by self-love and love of the world. They thought that they were holy if they merely offered sacrifice or washed themselves with water, doing so without any recognition that such actions represented the inward holiness that belongs to charity and faith coming from the Lord. For no holiness is a person's own; rather it is the Lord's present with the person, 9229. Those who humble themselves in the belief that they are holy of themselves and who offer adoration from a love of God which begins in themselves, humble themselves and offer adoration from self-love, thus from a hard heart of stone and not from a soft heart of flesh. Also they are interested only in external things and not at the same time in internal ones; for self-love lives in the external man and cannot enter the internal because the internal man is opened solely by love to and faith in the Lord, thus by the Lord who there forms for the person the heaven in which he lives.

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

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Exodus 24

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1 He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.

2 Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."

3 Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."

4 Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Yahweh.

6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

7 He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."

8 Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."

9 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.

10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.

11 He didn't lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.

12 Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them."

13 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God's Mountain.

14 He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."

15 Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

16 The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

   

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