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2 Mosebok 5

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1 Derefter gikk Moses og Aron inn til Farao og sa: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: La mitt folk fare, så de kan holde høitid for mig i ørkenen!

2 Men Farao sa: Hvem er Herren som jeg skal lyde og la Israel fare? Jeg kjenner ikke Herren, og heller ikke vil jeg la Israel fare.

3 Da sa de: Hebreernes Gud har møtt oss; la oss dra tre dagsreiser ut i ørkenen og ofre til Herren vår Gud, så han ikke skal slå oss med pest eller sverd!

4 Men kongen i Egypten sa til dem: Hvorfor vil I, Moses og Aron, dra folket fra dets arbeid? Gå og gjør det I skal!

5 sa Farao: Se, folket er nu blitt altfor tallrikt i landet, og så vil I dra dem bort fra det de har å gjøre!

6 Og samme dag bød Farao arbeidsfogdene og opsynsmennene over folket og sa:

7 I skal ikke mere gi folket halm til teglarbeidet, som før; de skal selv gå og sanke sig halm.

8 Men den samme mengde teglsten som de før har gjort, skal I pålegge dem; I skal ikke avkorte noget i deres arbeid. For de er dovne; derfor skriker de og sier: La oss gå og ofre til vår Gud!

9 Legg tungt arbeid på disse mennesker, så de har nok med det og ikke hører efter løgnaktige ord!

10 Da gikk arbeidsfogdene og opsynsmennene ut og sa til folket: Så sier Farao: Jeg gir eder ikke lenger halm.

11 Gå selv og finn eder halm, hvor I kan; Men i eders arbeid skal det ikke avkortes noget.

12 Da spredte folket sig over hele Egyptens land for å sanke stubber til å bruke istedenfor halm.

13 Men arbeidsfogdene drev på og sa: Gjør eders arbeid ferdig, fullt dagsverk for hver dag, likesom dengang I hadde halm.

14 Og opsynsmennene som Faraos arbeidsfogder hadde satt over Israels barn, fikk hugg, og arbeidsfogdene sa til dem: Hvorfor har I ikke gjort ferdig den fastsatte mengde teglsten, likesom før, hverken igår eller idag?

15 Da gikk opsynsmennene over Israels barn til Farao og klaget høilydt for ham og sa: Hvorfor gjør du således med dine tjenere?

16 Dine tjenere får ikke halm, og allikevel sier de til oss: Gjør tegl! Og så får dine tjenere hugg, enda det er ditt eget folk som har skylden.

17 Men han sa: Dovne er I, dovne! Derfor sier I: Vi vil gå og ofre til Herren.

18 Så gå nu og arbeid! Halm får I ikke, men den fastsatte mengde tegl skal I komme med.

19 Israels barns opsynsmenn så at de var ille farne, da det blev sagt til dem: I skal ikke avkorte noget i den teglsten I skal ha ferdig - fullt dagsverk for hver dag!

20 Og da de kom ut fra Farao, møtte de Moses og Aron, som stod og ventet på dem.

21 Og de sa til dem: Herren hjemsøke eder og dømme eder fordi I har ført oss i vanrykte hos Farao og hans tjenere, så I har gitt dem sverd i hånden til å slå oss ihjel.

22 Da vendte Moses sig igjen til Herren og sa: Herre, hvorfor har du gjort så ille med dette folk? Hvorfor har du sendt mig?

23 For fra den stund jeg gikk inn til Farao for å tale i ditt navn, har han gjort ille mot dette folk, og du har aldeles ikke hjulpet ditt folk.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7137

Pag-aralan ang Sipi na ito

  
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7137. Whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them. That this signifies those who were injected by the infesters, is evident from the signification of “being set over them,” as being to be injected, because done by injection (of which in what follows); and from the signification of “taskmasters,” as being those who infest (see n. 7111). How this is cannot be known except from experience with such in the other life. It was said above that by “taskmasters” are signified those who most closely infest, and by “officers” those who most closely receive and communicate (n. 7111); they who thus receive and communicate are simple, upright spirits, who are of especial service for such a use; these spirits, by means of arts known only in the other life, are injected by the infesters toward the society with which they thus procure for themselves communication; and this is effected by those who infest and are signified by the “taskmasters;” thus the hells have communication on their side, and they who are being infested on theirs. That this is the case, I have seen a hundred times, if not a thousand, and have also experienced. From all this it is evident that what is signified by these words in the internal sense cannot be known except from experience concerning such things in the other life.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 7111

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7111. The taskmasters in the people, and their officers, saying. That this signifies those who most closely infest, and those who most closely receive, is evident from the signification of “taskmasters,” as being those who compel to serve (see n. 6852), and as this is effected by means of infestations, by “taskmasters” are also signified those who infest, but who most closely infest (of whom below); and from the signification of “officers,” as being those who most closely receive; for the officers were of the sons of Israel, and the taskmasters were of the Egyptians, as is evident from what follows. Thus in the internal sense the “officers” are they who most closely receive, and the “taskmasters” those who most closely infest.

[2] Who these are can be known from those in the other life who infest and inject falsities and evils, and from those who receive and communicate them. They who infest and inject falsities and evils are the hells, but in order that they may effect their purpose, they send forth from themselves emissaries, through whom they act. These appear not far from those who are being infested; and this is done in order that the thoughts and intentions of many may be concentrated, for otherwise they would be dispersed. These emissaries appear in certain fixed places of their own in the world of spirits, and from the very places where they appear it can be known from what hell they are; some appear above the head at various altitudes and in various directions; some near the head to the right or to the left, and also behind it; some below the head in various situations relatively to the body, in planes from the head down to the soles of the feet. They flow in with such things as are ejected from hell, and the spirit or the man does not perceive or know otherwise than that the things which flow in are in himself; that is, that he himself thinks and intends them. These emissaries are called “subjects” (of whom see what was shown above, from experience, n (5983-5989). 4403, 5856, 5983-5989). As these infest the most closely, they are signified by the “taskmasters;” but they who receive from them and communicate are the “officers,” and are intermediate spirits; for as before said the officers were of the sons of Israel, but the taskmasters were of the Egyptians.

[3] Those were called “officers” among the Israelitish and Jewish people, who said what was to be done, and who gave commandment; wherefore they also sat in the gates with the judges and elders, and spoke to the people the sentences of judgment, and also the things commanded by the leader, as can be seen from the following passages in Moses:

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, according to thy tribes, who shall judge the people with the judgment of justice (Deuteronomy 16:18).

When they shall go forth to war, the priest shall speak to the people, and shall admonish them not to be afraid; afterward the officers shall say that he who has built a house shall return, and also the fearful (Deuteronomy 20:3, 5, 8).

In Joshua:

Joshua commanded the officers to say to the people that they should prepare provision for the journey, before they passed over Jordan (Josh. 1:10-11).

At the end of three days it came to pass, when the officers passed through the midst of the camp, they gave commandment that when they saw the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, they should also go forward (Josh. 3:2-3).

That the officers were governors of the people, distinct from their princes, see Deuteronomy 1:15; also that they were distinct from the elders, Deuteronomy 31:28; and from the judges, Joshua 8:33.

  
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