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Esodo 23

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1 NON levare un falso grido; non metter mano con l’empio per esser testimonio falso.

2 Non andar dietro a’ grandi per far male; e non dar sentenza in una lite, inchinando a favorire i grandi, per far torto.

3 Non avere altresì rispetto al povero nella sua lite.

4 Se tu incontri il bue del tuo nemico, o l’asino suo smarrito, del tutto riconduciglielo.

5 Se tu vedi l’asino di colui che ti odia giacer sotto il suo carico, mentre tu ti rimani di aiutarlo a farglielo andare oltre, del tutto fa’ con lui sì che possa andare oltre.

6 Non far torto al tuo bisognoso nella sua lite.

7 Allontanati dal parlar falso; e non far morir l’innocente nè il giusto; perciocchè io non assolverò l’empio.

8 E non prender presenti; perciocchè il presente accieca coloro che hanno chiara vista, e sovverte le parole de’ giusti.

9 E non oppressare il forestiere; perciocchè voi sapete in quale stato è l’anima del forestiere, essendo stati forestieri nel paese di Egitto.

10 Semina la tua terra sei anni, e ricogli il frutto di essa.

11 Ma ogni settimo anno lasciala vacare, e in abbandono, e mangino i bisognosi del tuo popolo il frutto di essa; e ciò che rimarrà loro, manginlo le bestie della campagna; fa’ il simigliante alla tua vigna ed a’ tuoi ulivi.

12 Sei giorni fa’ le tue faccende; ma al settimo giorno riposati; acciocchè il tuo bue, e il tuo asino, abbiano requie; e il figliuolo della tua serva, e il forestiere possano respirare.

13 E prendete guardia a tutto quello che io vi ho detto; e non ricordate il nome degl’iddii stranieri; non odasi quello nella tua bocca.

14 Celebrami tre feste solenni per anno.

15 Osserva la festa degli azzimi; mangia pani azzimi per sette giorni, come io ti ho comandato, nel tempo ordinato del mese di Abib; conciossiachè in quel mese tu sii uscito fuori di Egitto; e non comparisca alcuno davanti alla mia faccia vuoto.

16 Parimente osserva la festa della mietitura, delle primizie de’ tuoi frutti, di ciò che tu avrai seminato nel tuo campo; e la festa della ricolta, all’uscita dell’anno, quando tu avrai ricolti i tuoi frutti d’in sui campi.

17 Tre volte l’anno comparisca ogni maschio tuo davanti alla faccia del Signore, ch’è l’Eterno.

18 Non sacrificare il sangue del mio sacrificio con pan lievitato; e non sia guardato il grasso dell’agnello della mia solennità la notte fino alla mattina.

19 Porta nella Casa del Signore Iddio tuo le primizie de’ primi frutti della tua terra. Non cuocere il capretto nel latte di sua madre.

20 ECCO, io mando un Angelo davanti a te, per guardarti per lo cammino, e per condurti al luogo che io ho preparato.

21 Guardati, per la sua presenza, e ubbidisci alla sua voce, e non irritarlo; perciocchè egli non vi perdonerà i vostri misfatti; conciossiachè il mio Nome sia in lui.

22 Ma se pure tu ubbidisci alla sua voce, e fai tutto quello che io ti dirò, io sarò nemico de’ tuoi nemici, e avversario dei tuoi avversari.

23 Perciocchè l’Angelo mio andrà davanti a te, e t’introdurrà nel paese degli Amorrei, degl’Hittei, dei Ferezei, de’ Cananei, degl’Hivvei, a dei Gebusei; ed io distruggerò que’ popoli.

24 Non adorar gl’iddii loro, e non servir loro; e non far secondo l’opere di quei popoli; anzi distruggi quelli affatto, e del tutto spezza le loro statue.

25 E servite al Signore Iddio vostro, ed egli benedirà il tuo pane, e la tua acqua; ed io torrò via ogni infermità dal mezzo di te.

26 E’ non vi sarà nel tuo paese femmina che sperda, nè sterile; io compierò il numero de’ tuoi giorni.

27 Io manderò davanti a te il mio spavento, e metterò in rotta ogni popolo, nel cui paese tu entrerai, e farò che tutti i tuoi nemici volteran le spalle dinanzi a te.

28 Manderò eziandio davanti a te de’ calabroni, i quali scacceranno gl’Hivvei, i Cananei, e gl’Hittei dal tuo cospetto.

29 Io non li scaccerò dal tuo cospetto in un anno; che talora il paese non divenga deserto, e che le fiere della campagna non moltiplichino contro a te.

30 Io li scaccerò dal tuo cospetto a poco a poco, finchè tu sii cresciuto, e abbi presa la possessione del paese.

31 E io porrò i tuoi confini dal mar rosso fino al mar de’ Filistei; e dal deserto fino al Fiume; perciocchè io darò nelle vostre mani gli abitanti del paese, e tu li scaccerai dinanzi a te.

32 Non far lega alcuna con loro, nè co’ loro iddii.

33 Non abitino essi nel tuo paese, chè talora non ti facciano peccare contro a me; conciossiachè tu serviresti agl’iddii loro; perciocchè quello ti sarebbe in laccio.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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Arcana Coelestia # 4433

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4433. 'And he took her, and lay with her, and ravished her' means that there was no other way in which it could be joined to the affection for truth meant by the sons of Jacob, her brothers. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking her, lying with her, and ravishing her' as being joined together, though not in the rightful way, which is through betrothal. But the meaning these words carry, that there was no other way in which they could be joined together, cannot be seen by anyone unless he knows the fuller implications of them. Interior truth received from the Ancients, which is meant by 'Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite', is the truth which among the Ancients had served the internal dimension of the Church, and so had been the internal dimension of their statutes, judgements, and laws, in short of their religious observances and the like. Those truths were their matters of doctrine on which they based their lives, which were in fact matters of doctrine concerning charity; for in ancient times those who belonged to the genuine Church had no other kind of doctrine. These same truths may be called, in relation to doctrine, the interior truths of faith, but in relation to life, goods. If a Church was to be established among the nation descended from Jacob it was necessary for them to be introduced into those truths and goods. For unless internal things are present within external ones, that is, unless people have internal things in mind when involved with external ones - and unless at the same time they feel an affection for internal things or at least unless they feel an affection for external things on account of internal ones, nothing of the Church is there. Internal things constitute the Church, for the Lord is present within these; that is to say, spiritual and celestial things originating in Him are present within them.

[2] But the nation descended from Jacob, that is, the Israelitish and Jewish nation, was unable to be introduced in the rightful way which is through betrothal, for the reason that their external worship did not correspond [to anything internal]. For they received from their fore-fathers - from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - the worship established by Eber, which was different externally from the worship of the Ancient Church, see 1238, 1241, 1343, 2180. And because that worship was different, interior truths which existed among the Ancients were not able to be joined to it in the rightful way through betrothal, only in the way described in this chapter. This enables one to understand what is involved in the assertion that there was no other way in which it could be joined to the affection for truth meant by 'the sons of Jacob, Dinah's brothers'.

[3] But although a joining together could have been effected in this way, in accordance with the law, also known to the Ancients, which is set out in Exodus 22:16; Deuteronomy 22:28-29, the character of that nation was nevertheless such that it would by no means allow any joining of interior truth received from the Ancients to the external forms of worship that existed among the descendants of Jacob, 4281, 4290, 4293, 4307, 4314, 4316, 4317. Among that nation therefore no Church could be established, but instead merely that which was a representative of the Church, see 4281, 4288, 4307. The character of that nation, which was such that it was not only unable to receive interior truths but also completely annihilated them among themselves, is represented in this chapter by the sons of Jacob answering Shechem and Hamor deceitfully, verse 13; and after that by Simeon and Levi's smiting the city with the edge of the sword and killing Shechem and Hamor, verses 25-26; and by the rest of the sons coming upon the slain and plundering the city, and taking away the flocks, the herds, and whatever there was in the city, in the field, and in the houses, verses 27-29. This shows what is meant by the prophetical utterances of Jacob, who by then was Israel,

Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of violence are their swords. Into their secret place let my soul not come; in their congregation let not my glory be united; for in their anger they killed a man, and in their pleasure they hamstrung an ox. Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their fury, for it is severe. I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel. Genesis 49:5-7.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1241

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1241. As regards Eber's being the first founder of the second Ancient Church and meaning that Church, the situation is this: Spread far and wide, as has been stated, especially throughout the Asiatic world, the first Ancient Church degenerated in course of time - as all Churches do everywhere - and was adulterated by innovators as regards external worship as well as internal. And this happened in various places. It degenerated primarily through the conversion into idolatry, and among some nations into magic, of all the meaningful signs and the representatives which the Ancient Church received orally from the Most Ancient Church, all of which signs and representatives had reference to the Lord and His kingdom. To prevent the whole Church from going to ruin the Lord permitted worship made up of meaningful signs and of representatives to be re-introduced in some place, which was done by Eber. It was a worship that consisted chiefly in things that are external. The external features of worship, in addition to priests and the things requiring priests, were high places, groves, pillars, anointings, and many other things that were called statutes. The internal features of worship were matters of doctrine that had come down from the time before the Flood, chiefly from those people called 'Enoch' who gathered together perceptions the Most Ancient Church had possessed and made these into matters of doctrine. These matters of doctrine constituted their Word; and from these internal things and the previously mentioned external things came the worship of this Church, a form of worship established by Eber, but added to and also altered. Above all they began to make sacrifices more important than any other ritual forms. Sacrifices had been unknown in the true Ancient Church, and had existed solely among some of Ham's and Canaan's descendants who were idolaters, where those sacrifices had been permitted to prevent them from sacrificing their own sons and daughters. From these considerations it is clear what this second Ancient Church was like which was established by Eber and perpetuated among his descendants called the Hebrew nation.

  
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