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1 耶和華埃及曉諭摩西亞倫

2 你們要以本為正,為一年之首。

3 你們吩咐以色列全會眾:本初十日,各要按著父家取羊羔,一家一隻。

4 若是一家的太少,吃不了一隻羊羔,本就要和他隔壁的鄰舍共取一隻。你們預備羊羔,要按著數和飯量計算。

5 要無殘疾、一歲的公羊羔,你們或從綿羊裡取,或從山羊裡取,都可以。

6 要留到本十四日,在黃昏的時候,以色列會眾把羊羔宰了。

7 各家要取點血,塗在羊羔的房屋左右的門框上和門楣上。

8 當夜要羊羔的;用烤了,與無酵餅和苦菜同

9 不可生的,斷不可的,要帶著、五臟,用烤了

10 不可下一點留到早晨;若留到早晨,要用燒了。

11 你們羊羔當腰間束帶,上穿鞋,中拿杖,趕緊的;這是耶和華的逾越節

12 因為那夜我要巡行埃及,把埃及一切頭生的,無論是人是牲畜,都擊殺了,又要敗壞埃及一切的。我是耶和華

13 這血要在你們所住的房屋上作記號;我一見這血,就越過你們去。我擊殺埃及頭生的時候,災殃必不臨到你們身上滅你們。

14 你們要記念這日,守為耶和華的節,作為你們世世代永遠的定例。

15 你們要無酵日。頭一日要把從你們各家中除去;因為從頭一日起,到第七日為止,凡之餅的,必從以色列中剪除。

16 頭一日你們當有會,第七日也當有會。這兩日之內,除了預備各人所要的以外,無論何工都不可做。

17 你們要守無酵節,因為我正當這日把你們的軍隊埃及領出來。所以,你們要守這日,作為世世代永遠的定例。

18 從正十四晚上,直到二十晚上,你們要無酵餅。

19 在你們各家中,日之內不可有;因為凡之物的,無論是寄居的,是本的,必從以色列的會中剪除。

20 的物,你們都不可;在你們一切處要無酵餅。

21 於是,摩西召了以色列的長老來,對他們:你們要按著家口取出羔,把這逾越節羔宰了。

22 拿一把牛膝草,蘸盆裡的血,打在楣上和左右的框上。你們誰也不可出自己的房,直到早晨

23 因為耶和華要巡行擊殺埃及人,他見血在楣上和左右的框上,就必越過那,不容滅命的進你們的房屋,擊殺你們。

24 這例,你們要守著,作為你們和你們子孫永遠的定例。

25 日後,你們到了耶和華按著所應許賜你們的那,就要守這禮。

26 你們的兒女問你們:行這禮是甚麼意思?

27 你們就:這是獻給耶和華逾越節的祭。當以色列人埃及的時候,他擊殺埃及人,越過以色列人房屋,救了我們各家。於是百姓低頭下拜。

28 耶和華怎樣吩咐摩西亞倫以色列人就怎樣行。

29 到了半夜,耶和華埃及所有的長子,就是從寶座的法老,直到被擄囚在監裡之人的長子,以及一切頭生的牲畜,盡都殺了。

30 法老和一切臣僕,並埃及眾人,夜間都起來了。在埃及哀號,無一家不一個人的。

31 夜間,法老召了摩西亞倫來,起來!連你們帶以色列人,從我民中出去,依你們所的,去事奉耶和華罷!

32 也依你們所的,連羊群牛群帶著走罷!並要為我祝福

33 埃及人催促百姓,打發他們出離那,因為埃及人:我們都要死了

34 百姓就拿著沒有酵的生麵,把摶麵盆包在衣服中,扛在肩頭上。

35 以色列人照著摩西的行,向埃及人器、器,和衣裳。

36 耶和華叫百姓在埃及人眼前蒙恩,以致埃及人他們所要的。他們就把埃及人的財物奪去了。

37 以色列人從蘭塞起行,往疏割去;除了婦人孩子,步行的男人約有十萬。

38 又有許多閒雜人,並有羊群牛群,和他們一同上去。

39 他們用埃及帶出來的生麵無酵餅。這生麵原沒有發起;因為他們被催逼離開埃及,不能耽延,也沒有為自己預備甚麼食物。

40 以色列人埃及共有三十年。

41 正滿了三十年的那一天耶和華的軍隊都從埃及出來了。

42 這夜是耶和華的夜;因耶和華領他們出了埃及,所以當向耶和華謹守,是以色列眾人世世代該謹守的。

43 耶和華摩西亞倫逾越節的例是這樣:外邦人都不可這羊羔。

44 但各子買的奴僕,既受了割禮就可以

45 寄居的和雇工人都不可

46 應當在個房子裡;不可把從房子裡帶到外頭去。羊羔的骨頭根也不可折斷。

47 以色列全會眾都要守這禮。

48 若有外人寄居在你們中間,願向耶和華逾越節,他所有的男子務要受割禮,然後才容他前來遵守,他也就像本人一樣;但未受割禮的,都不可這羊羔。

49 本地人和寄居在你們中間的外人同歸例。

50 耶和華怎樣吩咐摩西亞倫以色列眾人就怎樣行了。

51 正當那日,耶和華以色列人按著他們的軍隊,從埃及領出來。

   

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