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