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1 Mozė ir Aaronas atėję tarė faraonui: “Taip sako Viešpats Izraelio Dievas: ‘Išleisk mano tautą, kad jie aukotų man dykumoje’ ”.

2 Faraonas atsakė: “Kas yra jūsų Viešpats, kad klausyčiau Jo balso ir išleisčiau Izraelį? Aš nepažįstu Viešpaties ir neišleisiu Izraelio”.

3 Jie sakė: “Hebrajų Dievas mus pašaukė. Prašome, leisk mums keliauti tris dienas į dykumą ir ten aukoti Viešpačiui, mūsų Dievui, kad Jis nebaustų mūsų maru ar kardu”.

4 Egipto karalius jiems atsakė: “Moze ir Aaronai, kodėl atitraukiate žmones nuo jų darbų? Eikite savo darbų dirbti!

5 Matote, kiek daug žmonių yra krašte, o jūs atitraukiate juos nuo darbų”.

6 Tą pačią dieną faraonas įsakė darbų prievaizdams ir vadovams:

7 “Nebeduokite, kaip iki šiol, žmonėms šiaudų plytoms gaminti: jie patys tegul eina ir prisirenka šiaudų.

8 Tačiau reikalaukite iš jų tokio pat plytų skaičiaus, kokį jie lig šiol pagamindavo, jo nesumažinkite, nes jie dykinėja ir todėl šaukia: ‘Išleisk mus aukoti savo Dievui!’

9 Duokite jiems daugiau darbo; tegul dirba ir nepaiso tuščių kalbų”.

10 Darbų prievaizdai ir vadovai išėję kalbėjo: “Taip sako faraonas: ‘Aš nebeduosiu jums šiaudų.

11 Eikite ir rinkite, kur rasite! Tačiau turėsite padaryti tiek, kiek ir anksčiau’ ”.

12 Žmonės išsisklaidė po visą Egipto šalį rinkti ražienų vietoje šiaudų.

13 Prievaizdai spaudė juos, sakydami: “Atlikite dienai skirtą darbą, kaip anksčiau, kai gaudavote šiaudų”.

14 Ir izraelitus, kuriuos faraono prievaizdai buvo paskyrę darbų prižiūrėtojais, mušė, sakydami: “Kodėl vakar ir šiandien nepagaminote nustatyto plytų kiekio kaip anksčiau?”

15 Izraelitų prižiūrėtojai atėjo verkdami ir skundėsi faraonui: “Kodėl taip elgiesi su savo tarnais?

16 Šiaudų nebeduoda, o mums liepia gaminti plytas. Be to, tavo tarnai dar mušami, nors kalti dėl to yra tavo žmonės”.

17 Jis atsakė: “Jūs vien tik dykinėjate. Todėl sakote: ‘Išleisk mus aukoti Viešpačiui!’

18 Taigi dabar eikite, dirbkite! Šiaudų jums neduos, tačiau nustatytą plytų kiekį privalote padaryti”.

19 Izraelitų prižiūrėtojai matė esą patekę į sunkią padėtį, nes jiems buvo pasakyta: “Nemažinkite dienai skirto plytų kiekio”.

20 Išėję iš faraono, jie susitiko Mozę ir Aaroną, kurie jų laukė,

21 ir tarė jiems: “Viešpats tepažvelgia ir tegul teisia! Jūs sukėlėte faraono bei jo tarnų neapykantą mums, įduodami kardą į jų ranką, kad mus išžudytų”.

22 Mozė kreipėsi į Viešpatį: “Viešpatie, kodėl taip piktai pasielgei su šitais žmonėmis? Kodėl siuntei mane?

23 Nuo to laiko, kai nuėjau pas faraoną kalbėti Tavo vardu, jis dar blogiau elgiasi su mano tauta. Tu neišvadavai savo tautos”.

   

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Aaron

  
The Third Plague of Egypt, by William de Brailes, illustrates the flies, or gnats, rising from the dust.

This page from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts a scene from Exodus, in which God rained plagues upon Egypt. After plagues of blood and frogs, Pharaoh hardened his heart again and would not let the Israelites leave Egypt. God told Moses to tell Aaron to stretch forth his rod and strike the dust of the earth that it may become gnats throughout the land of Egypt. Here, Moses, horned (a sign of his encounter with divinity), carries the rod, while Aaron, wearing the miter of a priest, stands behind him. The gnats arise en masse out of the dust from which they were made and attack Pharaoh, seated and crowned, and his retinue.

Aaron was the brother of Moses. He symbolizes two things, at different stages of the story.

During the first part of the exodus, when he was Moses' spokesperson, Moses represents the Word as it truly is, as it is understood in heaven, while Aaron represents the Word in its external sense, as it is understood by people in the world. This is why Aaron talks for Moses, and the Lord says of him "he shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God." (Exodus 4:16)

Later, after the Tabernacle was built and he was inaugurated as high priest (see Leviticus 8,9), Aaron represents the Lord as to the Divine Good, and Moses represents the Lord as to the Divine Truth.

In Exodus 28:1, Aaron signifies the conjunction of Divine Good with Divine Truth in the Divine Human of the Lord. (Arcana Coelestia 9806, 9936)

In Exodus 32:1, Aaron represents the external of the Word, of the church, and of worship, separate from the internal. (Arcana Coelestia 10397)

In Exodus 4:14, before he was initiated into the priesthood, Aaron represents the doctrine of good and truth. (Arcana Coelestia 6998)

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1 It happened on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

2 and he said to Aaron, "Take a calf from the herd for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before Yahweh.

3 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering;

4 and a bull and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for today Yahweh appears to you.'"

5 They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Yahweh.

6 Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded that you should do: and the glory of Yahweh shall appear to you."

7 Moses said to Aaron, "Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as Yahweh commanded."

8 So Aaron drew near to the altar, and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

9 The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar:

10 but the fat, and the kidneys, and the cover from the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

11 The flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp.

12 He killed the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons delivered the blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on the altar.

13 They delivered the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head: and he burned them upon the altar.

14 He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on the burnt offering on the altar.

15 He presented the people's offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and killed it, and offered it for sin, like the first.

16 He presented the burnt offering, and offered it according to the ordinance.

17 He presented the meal offering, and filled his hand from there, and burned it upon the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.

18 He also killed the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled around on the altar,

19 and the fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver:

20 and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar:

21 and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before Yahweh, as Moses commanded.

22 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.

23 Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people.

24 There came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.