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1 Ja kui sa tuled maale, mille Issand, su Jumal, annab sulle pärisosaks ja sa vallutad selle ning elad seal,

2 siis võta maa kõigest uudseviljast, mis sa saad saagiks oma maalt, mille Issand, su Jumal, sulle annab, pane korvi ja mine paika, mille Issand, su Jumal, valib oma nimele eluasemeks!

3 Ja mine preestri juurde, kes neil päevil on ametis, ja ütle temale: 'Mina kuulutan täna Issandale, su Jumalale, et ma olen jõudnud sellele maale, mille Issand vandega meie vanemaile oli tõotanud anda meile.'

4 Ja preester võtku su käest korv ning pangu see maha Issanda, su Jumala altari ette!

5 Ja sina tunnista ning ütle Issanda, oma Jumala ees: 'Mu isa oli rändav aramealane, kes läks alla Egiptusesse ja elas seal võõrana väheste inimestega. Aga ta sai seal suureks, vägevaks ja arvurikkaks rahvaks.

6 Egiptlased aga kohtlesid meid kurjasti ja rõhusid meid ning panid meile peale raske orjuse.

7 Siis me kisendasime Issanda, oma vanemate Jumala poole, ja Issand kuulis meie häält ning nägi meie viletsust, meie vaeva ja meie häda.

8 Ja Issand viis meid Egiptusest välja vägeva käega ja väljasirutatud käsivarrega suure hirmu saatel, tunnustähtedega ja imetegudega.

9 Ja ta tõi meid siia paika ning andis meile selle maa, maa, mis piima ja mett voolab.

10 Ja nüüd, vaata, ma toon selle maa uudsevilja, mille sina, Issand, mulle oled andnud.' Ja aseta see Issanda, oma Jumala ette ning kummarda Issanda, oma Jumala ees,

11 ja tunne rõõmu kõigest heast, mida Issand, su Jumal, on andnud sulle ja su perele, sina ja leviit ja võõras, kes on su keskel!

12 Kui sa oled õiendanud kümnise, kogu oma saagi kümnise kolmandal aastal, kümniseaastal, ja oled andnud leviidile, võõrale, vaeslapsele ja lesknaisele, et nad sööksid su väravais ja nende kõhud saaksid täis,

13 siis ütle Issanda, oma Jumala ees: 'Ma olen oma kojast ära toonud pühitsetud osa ja olen seda andnud ka leviidile ja võõrale, vaeslapsele ja lesknaisele, kõik sinu käsku mööda, mille sa mulle andsid; ma ei ole astunud üle sinu käskudest ega ole neid unustanud.

14 Ma ei ole sellest midagi söönud, kui mul oli lein, ma ei ole sellest midagi kõrvaldanud, kui ma olin roojane, ja ma ei ole sellest midagi andnud surnule. Ma olen kuulnud Issanda, oma Jumala häält ja ma olen teinud kõik, nõnda nagu sa mind oled käskinud.

15 Vaata oma pühast eluasemest, taevast, ja õnnista oma Iisraeli rahvast ja maad, mille sa meile oled andnud, nagu sa vandega tõotasid meie vanemaile, maa, mis piima ja mett voolab!'

16 Täna käsib Issand, su Jumal, sind teha nende määruste ja seadluste järgi: pea ja täida neid kõigest oma südamest ja kõigest oma hingest!

17 Sa oled täna lasknud Issandat öelda, et ta tahab olla sulle Jumalaks, et sul tuleb käia tema teedel ja pidada tema määrusi, käske ja seadlusi ja kuulata tema häält.

18 Ja Issand on täna lasknud sind öelda, et sa tahad olla temale omandrahvaks, nõnda nagu ta sulle on rääkinud, ja et sa tahad pidada kõiki tema käske,

19 et ta tõstaks sind kõrgemale kõigist rahvaist, keda ta on loonud, kiituseks, kuulsuseks ja iluks, ja et sa oleksid pühaks rahvaks Issandale, oma Jumalale, nagu ta on rääkinud.'

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7673

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7673. 'Stretch out your hand' means an exercising of power. This is clear from the meaning of 'stretching out' as that which is connected with the exercising of control, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3387, 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 5544, 6292, 6947, 7011, 7188, 7189, 7518. The reason why 'stretching out the hand' means the exercising of power is that there is power in the hand or arm when it is stretched out. When therefore Jehovah is said to stretch out His hand or arm, boundless or infinite power in action is meant. This explains why Jehovah told Moses on so many occasions, when miracles were to be performed, to stretch out his hand or his rod; for example,

Stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, and they will be blood. Exodus 7:19.

Stretch out your hand over the rivers, and cause frogs to rise up. Exodus 8:1-2. 1

Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the land, and it will then be lice. Exodus 8:11, 12. 2

Stretch out your hand towards heaven, and there will be hail. Exodus 9:22-23.

Such words would never have been used but for the meaning of 'stretching out the hand' in the highest sense as Jehovah's almighty power.

[2] The same thing is meant by Joshua's being told to stretch out his javelin, described in his book as follows,

Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand towards Ai. When therefore Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand towards Ai, the ambush rose up quickly out of their place and ran, as soon as he stretched out his hand, and came to the city and took it. Joshua did not withdraw his hand which he had stretched out together with the javelin until all the inhabitants of Ai had been utterly destroyed. Joshua 8:18-19, 26.

Being representative of God's almighty power, this too, like all other representative actions when they were commanded in those times, had force.

[3] There are a number of other places in which almighty power is described when it says that Jehovah 'stretches out His hand', or else His 'outstretched hand' or His 'outstretched arm' is spoken of. It is described by Jehovah stretching out His hand in Isaiah,

The anger [of Jehovah] has been roused against His people, and He has stretched out His hand over them and struck them, and the mountains were shaken. Isaiah 5:25.

In Ezekiel,

I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him. Ezekiel 14:9, 13.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations. Ezekiel 25:7.

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast. I will stretch out My hand over the philistines, and cut off . . . Ezekiel 25:13, 16.

Other places like these are Ezekiel 35:3; Isaiah 31:3; Zephaniah 1:4; 2:13. The use of 'outstretched hand' to describe almighty power occurs in Isaiah,

Jehovah's outstretched hand is over all the nations; who will turn it back? Isaiah 14:26, 27.

In Jeremiah,

I will fight with you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, and in anger and in fury. Jeremiah 21:5.

In Isaiah,

Still His hand is outstretched. Isaiah 9:12, 17; 10:4.

The use of 'outstretched arm' occurs in Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man, and beast by My great strength and by My outstretched arm. Jeremiah 27:5.

In the same prophet,

You have made heaven and earth by Your great power and Your outstretched arm; there is no matter 3 that is too impossible for You. Jeremiah 32:17.

Here it is self-evident that 'outstretched arm' means almighty power. The same applies to many other places in which the expression 'by a strong hand and an outstretched arm' is used, such as Deuteronomy 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 9:29; 11:2; 26:8; 1 Kings 8:42; 2 Kings 17:36; Jeremiah 32:21; Ezekiel 20:33, 34.

[4] There are places too in which Jehovah is said to 'stretch out the heavens', and in these places also 'stretching out' means almighty power; that is to say, He expands the limits of heaven and fills those who are there with life and wisdom, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens like a thin veil, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 40:22.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, spreads out the earth, gives breath 4 to His people upon it, and spirit to those who walk on it. Isaiah 42:5.

In Jeremiah,

. . . He who makes the earth by His power, prepares the world by His wisdom, and stretches out the heavens by His intelligence. Jeremiah 51:15.

In Zechariah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, and founds the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. Zechariah 12:1.

There are still more places besides these, such as Isaiah 44:24; 45:12; Psalms 104:2.

From all this one may now see why Moses was commanded to stretch out his hand and rod, that miracles were performed when he did so, and that 'stretching out the hand' for that reason means the exercising of power, and in the highest sense almighty power.

Mga talababa:

1Exodus 8:5-6 in English Bibles

2Exodus 8:16-17 in English Bibles

3. or word

4. literally, soul

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