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1 وان سمعت سمعا لصوت الرب الهك لتحرص ان تعمل بجميع وصاياه التي انا اوصيك بها اليوم يجعلك الرب الهك مستعليا على جميع قبائل الارض

2 وتاتي عليك جميع هذه البركات وتدركك اذا سمعت لصوت الرب الهك.

3 مباركا تكون في المدينة ومباركا تكون في الحقل.

4 ومباركة تكون ثمرة بطنك وثمرة ارضك وثمرة بهائمك نتاج بقرك واناث غنمك.

5 مباركة تكون سلتك ومعجنك.

6 مباركا تكون في دخولك ومباركا تكون في خروجك.

7 يجعل الرب اعداءك القائمين عليك منهزمين امامك. في طريق واحد يخرجون عليك وفي سبع طرق يهربون امامك.

8 يأمر لك الرب بالبركة في خزائنك وفي كل ما تمتد اليه يدك ويباركك في الارض التي يعطيك الرب الهك.

9 يقيمك الرب لنفسه شعبا مقدسا كما حلف لك اذا حفظت وصايا الرب الهك وسلكت في طرقه.

10 فيرى جميع شعوب الارض ان اسم الرب قد سمي عليك ويخافون منك.

11 ويزيدك الرب خيرا في ثمرة بطنك وثمرة بهائمك وثمرة ارضك على الارض التي حلف الرب لآبائك ان يعطيك.

12 يفتح لك الرب كنزه الصالح السماء ليعطي مطر ارضك في حينه وليبارك كل عمل يدك فتقرض امما كثيرة وانت لا تقترض.

13 ويجعلك الرب راسا لا ذنبا وتكون في الارتفاع فقط ولا تكون في الانحطاط اذا سمعت لوصايا الرب الهك التي انا اوصيك بها اليوم لتحفظ وتعمل

14 ولا تزيغ عن جميع الكلمات التي انا اوصيك بها اليوم يمينا او شمالا لكي تذهب وراء آلهة اخرى لتعبدها

15 ولكن ان لم تسمع لصوت الرب الهك لتحرص ان تعمل بجميع وصاياه وفرائضه التي انا اوصيك بها اليوم تاتي عليك جميع هذه اللعنات وتدركك

16 ملعونا تكون في المدينة وملعونا تكون في الحقل.

17 ملعونة تكون سلتك ومعجنك.

18 ملعونة تكون ثمرة بطنك وثمرة ارضك نتاج بقرك واناث غنمك.

19 ملعونا تكون في دخولك وملعونا تكون في خروجك.

20 يرسل الرب عليك اللعن والاضطراب والزجر في كل ما تمتد اليه يدك لتعمله حتى تهلك وتفنى سريعا من اجل سوء افعالك اذ تركتني.

21 يلصق بك الرب الوبأ حتى يبيدك عن الارض التي انت داخل اليها لكي تمتلكها.

22 يضربك الرب بالسل والحمى والبرداء والالتهاب والجفاف واللفح والذبول فتتبعك حتى تفنيك.

23 وتكون سماؤك التي فوق راسك نحاسا والارض التي تحتك حديدا.

24 ويجعل الرب مطر ارضك غبارا وترابا ينزل عليك من السماء حتى تهلك.

25 يجعلك الرب منهزما امام اعدائك. في طريق واحدة تخرج عليهم وفي سبع طرق تهرب امامهم وتكون قلقا في جميع ممالك الارض.

26 وتكون جثتك طعاما لجميع طيور السماء ووحوش الارض وليس من يزعجها.

27 يضربك الرب بقرحة مصر وبالبواسير والجرب والحكّة حتى لا تستطيع الشفاء.

28 يضربك الرب بجنون وعمى وحيرة قلب.

29 فتتلمس في الظهر كما يتلمس الاعمى في الظلام ولا تنجح في طرقك بل لا تكون الا مظلوما مغصوبا كل الايام وليس مخلّص.

30 تخطب امرأة ورجل آخر يضطجع معها تبني بيتا ولا تسكن فيه. تغرس كرما ولا تستغله.

31 يذبح ثورك امام عينيك ولا تأكل منه. يغتصب حمارك من امام وجهك ولا يرجع اليك. تدفع غنمك الى اعدائك وليس لك مخلص.

32 يسلم بنوك وبناتك لشعب آخر وعيناك تنظران اليهم طول النهار فتكلان وليس في يدك طائلة.

33 ثمر ارضك وكل تعبك ياكله شعب لا تعرفه فلا تكون الا مظلوما ومسحوقا كل الايام.

34 وتكون مجنونا من منظر عينيك الذي تنظر.

35 يضربك الرب بقرح خبيث على الركبتين وعلى الساقين حتى لا تستطيع الشفاء من اسفل قدمك الى قمة راسك.

36 يذهب بك الرب وبملكك الذي تقيمه عليك الى امة لم تعرفها انت ولا آباؤك وتعبد هناك آلهة اخرى من خشب وحجر.

37 وتكون دهشا ومثلا وهزأة في جميع الشعوب الذين يسوقك الرب اليهم.

38 بذارا كثيرا تخرج الى الحقل وقليلا تجمع لان الجراد ياكله.

39 كروما تغرس وتشتغل وخمرا لا تشرب ولا تجني لان الدود ياكلها.

40 يكون لك زيتون في جميع تخومك وبزيت لا تدّهن لان زيتونك ينتثر.

41 بنين وبنات تلد ولا يكونون لك لانهم الى السبي يذهبون.

42 جميع اشجارك واثمار ارضك يتولاه الصرصر.

43 الغريب الذي في وسطك يستعلي عليك متصاعدا وانت تنحط متنازلا.

44 هو يقرضك وانت لا تقرضه. هو يكون راسا وانت تكون ذنبا.

45 وتأتي عليك جميع هذه اللعنات وتتبعك وتدركك حتى تهلك لانك لم تسمع لصوت الرب الهك لتحفظ وصاياه وفرائضه التي اوصاك بها.

46 فتكون فيك آية واعجوبة وفي نسلك الى الابد.

47 من اجل انك لم تعبد الرب الهك بفرح وبطيبة قلب لكثرة كل شيء

48 تستعبد لاعدائك الذين يرسلهم الرب عليك في جوع وعطش وعري وعوز كل شيء. فيجعل نير حديد على عنقك حتى يهلكك.

49 يجلب الرب عليك امّة من بعيد من اقصاء الارض كما يطير النسر امة لا تفهم لسانها

50 امة جافية الوجه لا تهاب الشيخ ولا تحن الى الولد.

51 فتأكل ثمرة بهائمك وثمرة ارضك حتى تهلك ولا تبقي لك قمحا ولا خمرا ولا زيتا ولا نتاج بقرك ولا اناث غنمك حتى تفنيك.

52 وتحاصرك في جميع ابوابك حتى تهبط اسوارك الشامخة الحصينة التي انت تثق بها في كل ارضك. تحاصرك في جميع ابوابك في كل ارضك التي يعطيك الرب الهك.

53 فتأكل ثمرة بطنك لحم بنيك وبناتك الذين اعطاك الرب الهك في الحصار والضيقة التي يضايقك بها عدوك.

54 الرجل المتنعم فيك والمترفه جدا تبخل عينه على اخيه وامرأة حضنه وبقية اولاده الذين يبقيهم

55 بان يعطي احدهم من لحم بنيه الذي ياكله لانه لم يبق له شيء في الحصار والضيقة التي يضايقك بها عدوك في جميع ابوابك.

56 والمرأة المتنعمة فيك والمترفهة التي لم تجرب ان تضع اسفل قدمها على الارض للتنعم والترفه تبخل عينها على رجل حضنها وعلى ابنها وبنتها

57 بمشيمتها الخارجة من بين رجليها وباولادها الذين تلدهم لانها تاكلهم سرا في عوز كل شيء في الحصار والضيقة التي يضايقك بها عدوك في ابوابك.

58 ان لم تحرص لتعمل بجميع كلمات هذا الناموس المكتوبة في هذا السفر لتهاب هذا الاسم الجليل المرهوب الرب الهك

59 يجعل الرب ضرباتك وضربات نسلك عجيبة ضربات عظيمة راسخة وامراضا ردية ثابتة.

60 ويرد عليك جميع ادواء مصر التي فزعت منها فتلتصق بك.

61 ايضا كل مرض وكل ضربة لم تكتب في سفر الناموس هذا يسلطه الرب عليك حتى تهلك.

62 فتبقون نفرا قليلا عوض ما كنتم كنجوم السماء في الكثرة لانك لم تسمع لصوت الرب الهك.

63 وكما فرح الرب لكم ليحسن اليكم ويكثركم كذلك يفرح الرب لكم ليفنيكم ويهلككم فتستأصلون من الارض التي انت داخل اليها لتمتلكها.

64 ويبددك الرب في جميع الشعوب من اقصاء الارض الى اقصائها وتعبد هناك آلهة اخرى لم تعرفها انت ولا آباؤك من خشب وحجر.

65 وفي تلك الامم لا تطمئن ولا يكون قرار لقدمك بل يعطيك الرب هناك قلبا مرتجفا وكلال العينين وذبول النفس.

66 وتكون حياتك معلّقة قدامك وترتعب ليلا ونهارا ولا تأمن على حياتك.

67 في الصباح تقول يا ليته المساء وفي المساء تقول يا ليته الصباح من ارتعاب قلبك الذي ترتعب ومن منظر عينيك الذي تنظر.

68 ويردك الرب الى مصر في سفن في الطريق التي قلت لك لا تعد تراها فتباعون هناك لاعدائك عبيدا واماء وليس من يشتري

   

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7642. 'For if you refuse to send them away' means should they fail to leave . . . This is clear from the meaning of 'sending away' as leaving, as often before, so that 'refusing to send away' is being unwilling to leave.

  
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3301. 'A hairy garment' means the truth of the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'a tunic' as something that clothes another thing - that something being in this case truth because this serves to clothe good (for truth is like a garment, 1073, 2576, or what amounts almost to the same, truth is the recipient vessel for good, 1469, 1496, 1832, 1900, 2063, 2261, 2269); and also from the meaning of 'hairy' as the natural as regards truth. Hair, or the hair on the head, is mentioned several times in the Word, and in those places means that which is natural, the reason being that hairs are outgrowths on the most exterior parts of a person, as also is the natural in relation to its rational and to the interior parts of the rational. During his lifetime it seems to everyone as though the natural within him is all there is to him, but this is so far from being true, that the natural is rather an outgrowth from the internal parts of him, like hairs from the parts of the body. They also stem from internal parts in almost the same way. This also is why people who have been wholly natural during their lifetime are seen in the next life to have faces covered almost entirely with hair when a visual presentation is made of that state. What is more, man's natural is represented by 'the hair'. When it is an outgrowth from good it is represented by attractive and neatly arranged hair, but when it is not the outgrowth from good by unattractive and dishevelled hair.

[2] It is from this representation that in the Word 'hair', or 'the hair on the head' is used to mean the natural, especially as regards truth, as in Zechariah,

It will happen on that day, that the prophets will be ashamed, [every] man on account of his vision when he has prophesied. And he will not put on a hairy garment in order to deceive. Zechariah 13:4.

'The prophets' stands for people who teach truths, here for those who teach falsities, 2534. 'Vision' stands for truths, here for falsities, 'hairy garment' for the natural as regards truth. But because it was not truth but falsity the phrase 'in order to deceive' is used. Such clothing was worn by the prophets so that truth, being external, might be represented by them. This also was why, dressed in a similar way, Elijah the Tishbite is called a hairy man, 2 Kings 1:8, and why John, the last of the prophets, had a garment of camel hair, Matthew 3:4 - 'camels' being facts in the natural man, see 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145, and facts being the truths of the natural man, 3293.

[3] That 'the hair' meant the natural as regards truth is quite clear from the Nazirites who were commanded not to shave their heads with a razor all the days of their Nazirite vow, not until their days of abstinence to Jehovah had been completed. Then they were to let down the hair on their heads and at the door of the Tent of Meeting were to shave the head of their Naziriteship and put the hair on to the fire which was beneath the eucharistic sacrifice, Numbers 6:5, 18-19. They represented the Lord's Divine Human, and from this the person belonging to the celestial Church, who was a likeness of the Lord, 51 - representing that person's natural man by 'the hair'. When they were being sanctified therefore they were to lay aside their old or previous natural man into which they had been born and were to assume the new. This was meant by the requirement, when the days of abstinence to Jehovah had been completed, to let down the hair on their heads and to put it on to the fire beneath the sacrifice. For the state of the celestial man is a state in which good is present in him and from that good he has a knowledge of all truths. He never thinks and talks from truths about good, still less from facts about good, see 202, 337, 2715, 2718, 3246. Furthermore those who are celestial are of such a nature that before they lay aside that state into which they were born their natural has become so powerfully equipped with truth that they are capable of fighting with the hells; for it is truth, never good, that goes into battle. The hells cannot make even the remotest approach towards good. That truth is of such a nature, and good of such a nature, see 1950, 1951.

[4] From this it is evident how it was that Samson had strength from his hair, referred to as follows,

The angel of Jehovah appeared to Samson's mother, saying, Behold, you will conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come up over his head; the boy shall be a Nazirite of God from the womb. Judges 13:3, 5.

Later on he revealed to Delilah that if he were shaved his strength would leave him and he would be rendered powerless. And immediately he had been shaved, his strength did leave him and the Philistines seized him. And when subsequently the hair on his head started to grow again, where he had been shaved, his strength returned to him, enabling him to dislodge the pillars of the house, Judges 16:1-end. Who does not see that this description holds a heavenly arcanum within it, and that nobody knows what that arcanum is unless he has been taught regarding representatives, that is to say, that a Nazirite portrayed the celestial man, and as long as he had his hair he portrayed the natural part of that man, with whom, as has been stated, such strong and powerful truth was present? And Samson had such strength because at that period of time all representatives which the Lord had commanded had such force and effect. But he was not a consecrated Nazirite like those mentioned above, that is to say, someone who had put on a state of good instead of truth. The chief reason why the ultimate existence of his strength lay in his hair was so that he might represent the Lord who from the natural man as regards truth was to fight the hells and overcome them. This He did before putting on Divine Good and Truth even as regards the natural man.

[5] From this it is also evident why the high priest, on whose head the anointing oil had been poured and who had been consecrated 1 to wear the garments, was commanded not to shave his head or to rend his garments, Leviticus 21:10. And in a similar way where the new Temple is referred to the Levitical priests were commanded not to shave their head or to let their hair grow long, Ezekiel 44:20; that is to say, they represented the Lord's Divine Natural as regards truth that is derived from good and is called truth grounded in good. That 'hair' or the hair on the head means the natural as regards truth is clear also from the prophetical parts of the Word, as in Ezekiel,

I gave you to be like the seed of the field, from which you grew up and became tall to full beauty; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown. Ezekiel 16:7.

This refers to Jerusalem, which is the Ancient Church here and which in process of time became perverted. 'Breasts were formed' stands for natural good, 'hair which has grown' for natural truth.

[6] In Daniel,

I saw, until thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days was seated. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was a flame of fire. Daniel 7:9.

And in John,

In the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and surrounded by a golden girdle around the breasts. His head however and hair were white, like white wool, like snow; but His eyes were like a flame of fire. Revelation 1:13-14.

'Hair white like pure wool' stands for the Divine Natural as regards truth. In the Word, and in the religious observances of the Jewish Church, truth itself was represented by 'white', and because truth is derived from good is called 'pure wool'. The reason why truth was represented by 'white' and good by 'red' was that truth is akin to light and good to fire, the source of the light.

[7] As with everything else in the Word 'the hair' also has a contrary sense and means the natural as regards truth when perverted, as in Isaiah,

On that day the Lord will shave by means of a razor hired at the crossing-places of the River - by means of the King of Asshur - the head and the hair of the feet; and it will consume the beard also. Isaiah 7:20.

In Ezekiel,

Son of man, take for yourself a sharp sword, use it as a barber's razor which you shall run over your head and over your beard. Then you are to take balances and you are to divide it. A third you are to burn with fire in the midst of the city; a third you are to strike with the sword round about it; and a third you are to scatter to the wind. You shall take from it a small number, and bind it in your skirts. Finally you are to take from these again and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them with fire, and from this, fire will come forth to the whole house of Israel. Ezekiel 5:1-4.

All this, by the use of representatives, describes how natural truth, interior and exterior, meant by 'the hair' and 'the beard', ceased to exist any longer. Its destruction by lusts is meant by its being burned with fire, by reasonings by its being struck with the sword round about the city, by false assumptions by its being scattered to the wind. These statements are similar in content to what the Lord teaches in Matthew about some seed, which is the truth, falling among thorns, some on stony ground, and some along the path, Matthew 13:1-9.

[8] That 'the heir' means the unclean truths and the falsities belonging to the natural man was also represented by the requirement that when a woman from among enemies who had been taken captive was to be married to [an Israelite], she was to be brought to his home, the hair on her head was to be shaved off, her nails were to be pared, and the garments of her captivity were to be removed, Deuteronomy 21:12-13. Also when Levites were consecrated, the water of expiation was to be sprinkled over them, they were to pass a razor over their entire flesh, and to wash their clothes, and so be pure, Numbers 8:7. Also, Nebuchadnezzar was driven from among men so that he ate grass like oxen, and his body was wet from the dew of heaven, till his hair grew to be like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws, Daniel 4:33. In the case of leprosy they were required to note the colours of hair and beard, whether these were white, reddening, yellow, or black. They were to look for the same in garments. And the person who was cleansed from leprosy was required to shave all the hair on his head, his beard, and his eyebrows, Leviticus 13:1-59; 14:8-9. The latter meant the unclean falsities that result from unholiness, which is leprosy in the internal sense.

[9] 'Baldness' however meant the natural when no truth at all is present in it, as in Isaiah,

He is going up to Bayith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep over Nebo; and Moab will howl over Medeba. On all their heads is baldness; every beard is shaved off. Isaiah 15:2.

In the same prophet, Instead of well-set hair there will be baldness, branding instead of beauty. Isaiah 3:24

The children who said to Elisha, Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead! and who were torn apart by the bears out of the forest, 2 Kings 2:23-24, represent people who blaspheme the Word as though it had no truth within it; for Elisha represented the Lord as regards the Word, 2762. From this it is also evident how prevalent representatives were at that period of time.

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1. literally, whose hand had been filled

  
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