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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

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9383

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9383. 'All Jehovah's words and all the judgements' means things in the Word which are rules of life in the spiritual state and in the natural state. This is clear from the meaning of 'Jehovah's words' as things in the Word which are rules of life in the spiritual state, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the judgements' as things in the Word which are rules of life in the natural state. The terms 'in the spiritual state' and 'in the natural state' are used because in general every person has two states. The first is peculiar and proper to the internal man and is called the spiritual state, the second is peculiar and proper to the external man and is called the natural state. The internal man's state is called spiritual because it is conditioned by truths belonging to the light of heaven, and by good belonging to the heat of that light, which is love. That light is called spiritual light because it enlightens the understanding part of the mind, and that heat is called spiritual heat, which is love and warms the will part. This is the reason why the internal man's state is called spiritual. But the external man's state is called natural because it is conditioned by truths belonging to the light of the world and by good belonging to the heat of this light, which too is love, but love for such things as exist in the world, for all heat of life is love. This is the reason why the external man's state is called natural. Rules of life in the natural state are meant by 'the judgements', while rules of life in the spiritual state are meant by 'Jehovah's words'.

[2] Both of these are derived from the Word because all the rules of life are there. They hold Life itself within them, for in the Word resides Divine Truth which has emanated and continues to emanate from the Lord, who is Life itself. From this it follows that all things in the Word are rules of life, and also that all things there have reference to life, as may be seen from those two commandments on which all things in the Word are founded, and about which the following is recorded in Matthew,

Jesus said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. The second is like it, You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments the Law and the Prophets depend. Matthew 22:37-40; Mark 12:29-31.

'Loving God and the neighbour' is a rule of life because the all of life belongs to love, so much so that without love life is not life, and the character of the love determines that of the life. The Law and the Prophets are the whole Word.

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

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Exodus第24章

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1 He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.

2 Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."

3 Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."

4 Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Yahweh.

6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

7 He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."

8 Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."

9 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.

10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.

11 He didn't lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.

12 Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them."

13 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God's Mountain.

14 He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."

15 Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

16 The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.