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出埃及记第23章

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1 不可随夥布散谣言;不可与恶人连妄作见证。

2 不可随众行恶;不可在争讼的事上随众偏行,作见证屈枉正直;

3 也不可在争讼的事上偏护穷人。

4 遇见你仇敌的牛或失迷了,总要牵回来交给他。

5 见恨你人的压卧在重驮之,不可走开,务要和主一同抬开重驮。

6 不可在穷人争讼的事上屈枉正直。

7 当远离虚假的事。不可杀无辜和有的人,因我必不以恶人为

8 不可受贿赂;因为贿赂能叫明眼人变瞎了,又能颠倒人的

9 不可欺压寄居的;因为你们在埃及作过寄居的,知道寄居的心。

10 年你要耕种田,收藏土产,

11 只是第七年要叫地歇息,不耕不种,使你民中的穷人有的;他们所剩下的,野兽可以。你的葡萄园橄榄园也要照样办理。

12 日你要做工,第七日要安息,使牛、可以歇息,并使你婢女的儿子和寄居的都可以舒畅。

13 凡我对你们的话,你们要谨守。别的名,你不可题,也不可从你中传

14 一年三次,你要向我守节。

15 你要守除酵节,照我所吩咐你的,在亚笔内所定的日期,无酵。谁也不可空手朝见我,因为你是这出了埃及

16 又要守收割节,所收的是你田间所种、劳碌得来初熟之物。并在年底收藏,要守收藏节。

17 一切的男丁要一年三次朝见耶和华

18 不可将我祭牲的血和有的饼一同献上;也不可将我节上祭牲的脂油留到早晨

19 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。

20 看哪,我差遣使者在你前面,在上保护你,领你到我所预备的地方去。

21 他是奉我名来的;你们要在他面前谨慎,从他的话,不可惹(惹或作:违背)他,因为他必不赦免你们的过犯。

22 你若实在从他的话,照着我一切所的去行,我就向你的仇敌作仇敌,向你的敌人敌人

23 我的使者要在你前面行,领你到亚摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、迦南人、希未人、耶布斯人那里去,我必将他们剪除。

24 你不可跪拜他们的,不可事奉他,也不可效法他们的行为,却要把像尽行拆毁,打碎他们的柱像。

25 你们要事奉耶和华─你们的,他必赐福与你的粮与你的,也必从你们中间除去疾病

26 你境内必没有坠胎的,不生产的。我要使你满了你年日的数目。

27 凡你所到的地方,我要使那里的众民在你面前惊骇,扰乱,又要使你一切仇敌背逃跑。

28 我要打发黄蜂飞在你前面,把希未人、迦南人、赫人撵出去。

29 我不在年之内将他们从你面前撵出去,恐怕成为荒凉,野的兽多起来害你。

30 我要渐渐将他们从你面前撵出去,等到你的人数加多,承受那为业。

31 我要定你的境界,从红直到非利士,又从旷野直到大。我要将那居民交在你中,你要将他们从你面前撵出去。

32 不可和他们并他们的立约。

33 他们不可在你的上,恐怕他们使你得罪我。你若事奉他们的,这必成为你的网罗

   

来自斯威登堡的著作

 

Arcana Coelestia#9248

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9248. 'You shall not take up a report of vanity' means not listening to false ideas. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking up a report' as hearing and doing, thus listening, for to express the idea of a report the original language uses a word that means hearing; and from the meaning of 'vanity' as falsity, in particular falsity in doctrine and religious practice, as becomes clear from the following places: In Ezekiel,

No more will there be any vision of vanity or flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel. Ezekiel 12:24.

'A vision of vanity' stands for a false revelation. In the same prophet,

They have seen vanity and lying divination. 1 Because you speak vanity and see a lie, therefore behold, I am against you, that My hand may be against the prophets who see vanity and divine a lie. Ezekiel 13:6-9.

'The prophets', of whom it says here that they see vanity and divine a lie, means teachers, and in the abstract sense doctrinal teachings, 2534, 7269. Furthermore prophets are spoken of as seeing things, which also is why they were called 'seers' in ancient times, 1 Samuel 9:9; and they are spoken of as divining them too.

[2] When 'seeing' or 'vision' is attributed to the prophets, revelation in regard to doctrine is meant in the internal sense; and when 'divining' or 'divination' is attributed to them, revelation in regard to life is meant. And since 'vanity' means falsity in doctrine and 'a lie' falsity in life, the words 'they have seen vanity and lying divination' are used. In the same prophet,

What they see for you is vanity, and what they divine for you is a lie. Ezekiel 21:29.

In Zechariah,

The teraphim speak iniquity, and the diviners see a lie, and they speak dreams of vanity. 2 Zechariah 10:2.

In Jeremiah,

The prophets have seen vanity. Lamentations 2:14.

The fact that 'vanity' means falsity in doctrine and religious practice is also evident in Hosea,

They have become vanity; in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Hosea 12:11.

In Jeremiah,

My people have forgotten Me; they have burned incense to vanity. Jeremiah 18:15.

The like may be seen elsewhere, such as Isaiah 5:18; 30:28; 59:4; Psalms 12:2; 119:37-38; 144:7-8.

脚注:

1. literally, divination of a lie

2. i.e. they tell false dreams

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