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Exodus 13

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1 I mluvil Hospodin k Mojžíšovi, řka:

2 Posvěť mi všeho prvorozeného, cožkoli otvírá každý život mezi syny Izraelskými, tak z lidí jako z hovad, nebo mé jest.

3 Protož řekl Mojžíš lidu: Pamatujte na den tento, v kterémž jste vyšli z Egypta, z domu služby; nebo v silné ruce vyvedl vás odsud Hospodin, aniž kdo jez co kvašeného.

4 Dnes vycházíte vy, měsíce Abib.

5 Když tedy uvede tě Hospodin do země Kananejských, Hetejských, Amorejských, Hevejských a Jebuzejských, tak jakž přisáhl otcům tvým, a dá tobě zemi oplývající mlékem a strdí: tedy vykonávati budeš službu tuto v tento měsíc.

6 Za sedm dní jísti budeš chleby přesné, dne pak sedmého slavnost bude Hospodinova.

7 Přesní chlebové jedeni budou za dnů sedm, aniž spatříno bude u tebe co kvašeného, aniž se uhlédá u tebe kvas ve všech končinách tvých.

8 A vypravovati budeš synu svému v ten den, řka: Proto, což mi učinil Hospodin, když jsem vycházel z Egypta.

9 A budeť tobě to jako nějaké znamení na ruce tvé, a jako památka před očima tvýma, aby zákon Hospodinův byl v ústech tvých; nebo v ruce silné vyvedl tě Hospodin z Egypta.

10 Protož zachovávati budeš ustanovení toto v čas jistý, rok po roce.

11 A když by tě uvedl Hospodin do země Kananejských, tak jakž přisáhl tobě a otcům tvým, a dal by ji tobě:

12 Tedy všecko, což otvírá život, oddělíš Hospodinu, i každý plod hovada tvého otvírající život, což by koli bylo samců, Hospodinovo jest.

13 Každé pak prvorozené osle vyplatíš hovádkem; pakli bys nevyplatil, zlom jemu šíji; každého také prvorozeného člověka mezi syny svými vyplatíš.

14 A když by se tebe vzeptal syn tvůj potom, a řekl: Co jest to? tedy povíš jemu: V ruce silné vyvedl nás Hospodin z Egypta, z domu služebnosti.

15 Nebo když se byl zatvrdil Farao, a nechtěl nás propustiti, pobil Hospodin všecko prvorozené v zemi Egyptské, od prvorozeného z lidí, až do prvorozeného z hovad; i tou příčinou já obětuji Hospodinu všecky samce otvírající život, ale všecko prvorozené z synů svých vyplacuji.

16 Mějž to tedy jako znamení na ruce své, a jako náčelník mezi očima svýma, že v ruce silné vyvedl nás Hospodin z Egypta.

17 Stalo se pak, když pustil Farao lid, že nevedl jich Bůh cestou země Filistinské, ačkoli bližší byla; nebo řekl Bůh: Aby nepykal lid, když by uzřel, an válka nastává, a nevrátili se do Egypta.

18 Ale obvedl Bůh lid cestou přes poušť, kteráž jest při moři Rudém. A vojensky zpořádaní vyšli synové Izraelští z země Egyptské.

19 Vzal také Mojžíš kosti Jozefovy s sebou; nebo byl přísahou zavázal syny Izraelské, řka: Jistotně navštíví vás Bůh, protož vyneste odsud kosti mé s sebou.

20 Vytáhše tedy z Sochot, položili se v Etam při kraji pouště.

21 Hospodin pak předcházel je ve dne v sloupu oblakovém, aby je vedl cestou, v noci pak v sloupu ohnivém, aby svítil jim, aby ve dne i v noci jíti mohli.

22 Neodjal sloupu oblakového ve dne, ani ohnivého sloupu v noci od tváři toho lidu.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8106

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8106. 'During the daytime in a pillar of cloud' means that when there was a state of enlightenment, this was moderated by a dimming of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'during the daytime' or 'in the day' as in a state of enlightenment, for the times of day - morning, midday, evening, and night - correspond to degrees of enlightenment in the next life, that is, of intelligence and wisdom, 5672, 5962, 6110, so that 'the day' is a state of enlightenment or clear perception, and 'the night' a state of unenlightenment or dimmed perception, 7680; and from the meaning of 'cloud' as a dimming of truth, since a cloud takes away the brilliance of the light from the sun and also moderates it.

[2] Various places in the Word say that Jehovah appeared in a cloud, that He was clothed with a cloud, or that 'clouds were under His feet'. In those places 'cloud' is used to mean a dimming of truth; in particular the literal sense of the Word is meant, for in comparison with the internal sense the literal sense is a dimmed presentation of truth, see the Preface to Genesis 18, and also 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752. This was meant by 'the cloud' when the Lord appeared in glory to Peter, James, and John, Luke 9:34; when He appeared to the people from Mount Sinai, and to Moses when he went in to Him there, Exodus 19:9; 20:21; 24:15-18; 34:5. The same was also meant by what the Lord declared so many times, that He would come in the clouds of heaven, Matthew 24:30; 26:63-64; Mark 13:26; 14:61-62; Luke 21:27.

[3] The literal sense of the Word is called 'a cloud' because the internal sense, which is called 'the glory', cannot be understood by anyone unless he has been regenerated and therefore enlightened. If the internal sense of the Word, or God's truth in its glory, were to appear in front of someone who has not been regenerated it would be like thick darkness in which he would see absolutely nothing, and also would leave him blind, that is, with no belief at all.

From all this one may see what the description 'a cloud during the daytime' means, namely a dimming of truth and, when it has reference to the Word, the literal sense.

[4] The expressions 'in a pillar of cloud' and 'in a pillar of fire' are used because 'a pillar' means a load-bearing support, as in Jeremiah 1:18; Psalms 75:3; Revelation 3:12; Job 9:6; and it is used to refer to the natural level, since the natural level is a kind of support or pedestal for the spiritual level. For the spiritual level terminates at the natural level and rests on it. This explains why the feet of an angel coming down from heaven looked like pillars of fire, Revelation 10:1; for the natural level is meant by 'feet', 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952, 5327, 5328.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #4280

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4280. In that lower sense the words 'he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh' mean where conjugial love is joined to natural good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hollow of the thigh' as the place where conjugial love is linked to it, see above in 4277. The reason why the place where it is linked to natural good is meant is that it is the place where the thigh is joined to the feet. 'The feet' in the internal sense means natural good, see 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986.

[2] As regards 'the thigh' meaning conjugial love and 'the feet' natural good, that is one of those realities known in the past which have grown old and died. The Ancient Church, which existed in an age of representatives and meaningful signs, was extremely well acquainted with these meanings, such knowledge of them constituting their intelligence and wisdom. Indeed it constituted the intelligence and wisdom not only of those who belonged to the Church but also of those outside the Church, as becomes clear from the oldest books written by gentiles and from the stories in them which are nowadays called myths - for meaningful signs and representatives spread from the Ancient Church to those gentiles. With these also 'the thighs and loins' meant that which belonged to marriage, and 'the feet' things that were natural. The origin of this meaning of 'the thighs and the feet' lies in the correspondences of all the members, organs, and viscera of the human being with the Grand Man, which - that is to say, such correspondences - are being dealt with now at the ends of chapters. The correspondences with the thigh and the feet will be discussed again further on, where actual experience will be used to corroborate that their meaning is as indicated above.

[3] These things are bound to seem like enigmas at the present day because, as has been stated, that knowledge has grown very old indeed and died. Yet how far that knowledge excels other types of knowledge becomes clear from the consideration that the internal sense of the Word cannot possibly be known without that knowledge, as well as for the reason that the angels present with man perceive the Word according to that sense. It becomes clear also from the consideration that by means of that knowledge man is provided with communication with heaven. And what is unbelievable, the internal man himself does not think in any other way; for when the external man understands the Word according to the letter the internal man does so according to the internal sense, though while living in the body a person is not at all conscious of doing so. This becomes particularly clear from the fact that when anyone enters the next life and becomes an angel he has no need to learn the internal sense but knows it instinctively, so to speak.

[4] What conjugial love is which is meant by 'the thighs' and also by 'the loins', see 995, 1123, 2727-2759; and conjugial love is the basic love of all loves, 686, 3021. Consequently people who have genuine conjugial love in them also have celestial love, which is love to the Lord, and spiritual love, which is charity towards the neighbour. For this reason the expression 'conjugial love' is used to mean not only that love itself but also all celestial and spiritual love. These kinds of love are said to be joined to natural good when the internal man is joined to the external, that is, the spiritual man to the natural - that joining together of them being meant by 'the hollow of the thigh'. The fact that with Jacob and his descendants in general no such conjunction existed will be evident from what follows, for this is the subject dealt with here in the internal historical sense.

  
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