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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#9992

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9992. 'And unleavened bread' means purification of what is celestial in the inmost part of a person. This is clear from the meaning of 'bread' as that which is celestial, dealt with in 2165, 2177, 3478, 9545; and from the meaning of what is 'unleavened' as what has been purified, dealt with below. The inmost part of a person is meant because what is celestial consists in the good of love, and the good of love is inmost. There are three degrees in a person that follow one another in order; and these three are called celestial, spiritual, and natural. The celestial degree is the good of love to the Lord, the spiritual is the good of charity towards the neighbour, and the natural descending from this is the good of faith, which, since it descends from the spiritual, is called spiritual-natural. The situation with a person resembles that in the heavens. The inmost heaven, also called the third heaven, is where the celestial degree is situated; the second or middle heaven is where the spiritual degree does so; and the first or lowest heaven is where the natural descending from the spiritual, or the spiritual-natural degree, does so. The reason why the situation with a person resembles that in the heavens is that a person in whom good is present is heaven in the smallest form it takes, see the places referred to in 9279. The celestial heaven or kingdom and the division of this too into three will be spoken of in what follows next where cakes and wafers made from fine wheat flour are the subject.

[2] 'Unleavened' means what has been purified because 'yeast' means falsity arising from evil, 2342, 7906, so that 'unleavened' or made without yeast means pure or free from that falsity. 'Yeast' means falsity arising from evil because such falsity defiles good, and truth as well, and also because it gives rise to conflict; for when that falsity gets near good, agitation occurs, and when it gets near truth, a collision takes place. All this explains why a minchah consisting of unleavened bread was included in burnt offerings and sacrifices. Therefore it was decreed that every minchah which they brought to Jehovah should be made without yeast, Leviticus 2:11; that they should not sacrifice the blood of a sacrifice with anything made with yeast, Exodus 23:18; and that during the feast of Passover they should not eat anything made with yeast, and that anyone eating it should be cut off from Israel, Exodus 12:15, 18-20. The reason why anyone who ate anything made with yeast during the feast of Passover should be cut off from Israel was that the feast of Passover was a sign of deliverance from damnation, and in particular of deliverance from falsities arising from evil, accomplished with those who allow themselves to be regenerated by the Lord, see 7093, 9286-9292. This also explains why it was called the feast of unleavened bread.

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