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出埃及记第34章

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1 耶和华吩咐摩西:你要凿出两块版,和先前你摔碎的那版一样;其上的我要在这版上。

2 明日早晨,你要预备好了,上西乃,在顶上站在我面前。

3 谁也不可和你一同上去,遍都不可有,在根也不可叫羊群牛群吃草。

4 摩西就凿出两块版,和先前的一样。清晨起来,照耶和华所吩咐的上西乃去,里拿着两块版。

5 耶和华中降临,和摩西一同站在那里,宣告耶和华的名。

6 耶和华在他面前宣告耶和华耶和华,是有怜悯有恩典的神,不轻易发怒,并有丰盛的慈爱和诚实,

7 万人存留慈爱,赦免孽、过犯,和罪恶,万不以有的为无,必追讨他的,自父及子,直到、四代。

8 摩西急忙伏下拜,

9 :主阿,我若在你眼前蒙恩,求你在我们中间同行,因为这是硬着颈项的百姓。又求你赦免我们孽和罪恶,以我们为你的产业。

10 耶和华:我要立约,要在百姓面前行奇妙的事,是在遍万国中所未曾行的。在你四围的外邦人就要耶和华的作为,因我向你所行的是可畏惧的事。

11 今天所吩咐你的,你要谨守。我要从你面前撵出亚摩利人、迦南人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人。

12 你要谨慎,不可与你所去那居民立约,恐怕成为你们中间的网罗;

13 却要拆毁他们的祭坛,打碎他们的柱像,砍下他们的木偶。

14 不可敬拜别神;因为耶和华是忌邪的神,名为忌邪者。

15 只怕你与那居民立约,百姓随从他们的,就行邪淫,祭祀他们的,有人你,你便他的祭物,

16 又为你的儿子娶他们的女儿为妻,他们的女儿随从他们的,就行邪淫,使你的儿子也随从他们的行邪淫。

17 不可为自己铸造像。

18 你要守除酵节,照我所吩咐你的,在亚笔内所定的日期无酵,因为你是这亚笔内出了埃及

19 凡头生的都是我的;一切牲畜头生的,无论是是羊,公的都是我的。

20 头生的要用羊羔代赎,若不代赎就要打折他的颈项。凡头生的儿子都要赎出来。谁也不可空手朝见我。

21 日要做工,第七日要安息,虽在耕种收割的时候也要安息。

22 在收割初熟麦子的时候要守七七节;又在年底要守收藏节。

23 你们一切男丁要一年三次朝见耶和华以色列的

24 我要从你面前赶出外邦,扩张你的境界。你一年三次上去朝见耶和华─你的时候,必没有贪慕你的土。

25 你不可将我祭物的血和有的饼一同献上。逾越节的祭物也不可留到早晨

26 地里首先初熟之物要送到耶和华─你的殿。不可用山羊羔母的奶山羊羔。

27 耶和华吩咐摩西:你要将这些上,因为我是按这与你和以色列人立约。

28 摩西在耶和华那里四十昼夜,也不饭也不耶和华将这约的,就是条诫,在两块版上。

29 摩西里拿着两块法版西乃的时候,不知道自己的面因耶和华和他说话就发了光。

30 亚伦以色列众人摩西的发光他。

31 摩西他们来;於是亚伦和会众的官长都到他那里去,摩西就与他们说话

32 以色列众人都前来,他就把耶和华在西乃与他所的一切话都吩咐他们。

33 摩西与他们说完了话就用帕子蒙上脸。

34 摩西进到耶和华面前与他说话就揭去帕子,及至出的时候便将耶和华所吩咐的告诉以色列人

35 以色列人摩西的发光摩西又用帕子蒙上脸,等到他进去与耶和华说话就揭去帕子。

   

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Apocalypse Explained#937

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937. That Moses signifies the Word of the Old Testament, is evident from certain passages in the Word where he is mentioned. In some places, however, by Moses is meant the law in its strictest sense, which is the law published from Mount Sinai. In some, the law in a broader sense, which is the historical Word, is meant by him. But in the present case the Word of the Old Testament is meant, both historical and prophetical. The reason why Moses signifies the Word is, that the Ten Precepts, and afterwards the Five Books, which were the first [portion] of the Word, were not from himself but from the Lord through him.

That Moses is mentioned instead of the law and the Word is plain from the following passages. In Luke:

"Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them: if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead" (16:29, 31).

Here by Moses and the Prophets is meant the same as elsewhere by the Law and the Prophets, namely, the historical and prophetical Word.

In the same:

Jesus, "beginning from Moses and all the prophets, interpreted in all the scriptures the things concerning himself" (24:27).

In the same:

"All things must be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me" (24:44).

In John:

Philip said, "We have found him, of whom Moses hath written in the law" (1:45).

In the same:

"In the law Moses commanded us" (8:5).

In Daniel:

"The curse hath poured down upon us; and the oath, which is written in the law of Moses, the servant of God; because we have sinned against him. As it is written in the law of Moses, every evil cometh upon us" (9:11, 13).

In Joshua:

Joshua wrote upon the stone of the altar "a copy of the law of Moses" (8:32).

In John:

"Moses gave to you the law, Moses gave to you circumcision. If a man receive circumcision on the Sabbath, thus that the law of Moses might not be broken" (7:19, 22, 23).

In Mark:

"Moses hath said, Honour thy father and thy mother" (7:10).

[2] Because on account of the representation, that is attributed to Moses which was done by the Lord through him, therefore the law of Moses and the law of the Lord are both mentioned in Luke:

"When the days of their purification were fulfilled according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem (even as it is written in the law of the Lord, that every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord) to offer the sacrifice, according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtle doves, and two young pigeons" (2:22-24, 29).

[3] Because Moses represented the law, it was allowed him to enter in to the Lord upon Mount Sinai, and not only to receive there the Tables of the Law, but also to hear the statutes and judgments of the Law; and to command them to the people. And it is also said, that they might thence believe in Moses for ever:

"Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold I will come to thee in the mist of a cloud, that the people may hear, when I shall speak unto thee; and also may believe in thee for ever" (Exodus 19:9).

[4] It is said, in the mist of a cloud, because by a cloud is signified the Word in the letter. Hence also when Moses entered in to the Lord on Mount Sinai,

He entered into a cloud (Exodus 20:21; 24:2, 18; 35:2-4).

That a cloud signifies the sense of the letter of the Word may be seen (n. 36, 594, 905, 906).

Because Moses represented the Lord as to the law or the Word, therefore,

"When he came down from Mount Sinai, the skin of his face shone; therefore when he spake with the people, he put a veil upon his face" (Exodus 34:28 to end).

The radiation of the face signified the internal of the law; for this is in the light of heaven. The reason of his veiling his face when he spake with the people was, became the internal of the Word was covered, and so obscured to that people, that they could not sustain anything of the light thence.

[5] Since Moses represented the Lord as to the historical Word, and Elias the Lord as to the prophetical Word, therefore, when the Lord was transfigured, Moses and Elias were seen talking with Him (Matthew 17:3). Nor could any others speak with the Lord when His Divine appeared in the world, but those who signified the Word; for all discourse with the Lord is by means of the Word. That Elias represented the Lord as to the Word may be seen above (n. 624).

And because both Moses and Elias, together, represented the Word, therefore, where Elias being sent before the Lord is treated of, both are mentioned in Malachi:

"Remember ye the law of Moses, my servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the statutes and the judgments. Lo, I send to you Elias the prophet, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh" (Malachi 4:4-6).

By Elias the prophet is meant John the Baptist, because by him, as by Elias, the Word was represented; see above (n. 624, 724).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.