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Exodus第19章

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1 I den tredje Måned efter Israeliternes Udvandring af Ægypten, på denne Dag nåede de Sinaj Ørken.

2 De brød op fra efdim og kom til Sinaj Ørken og slog Lejr i Ørkenen. Der slog . Israel Lejr lige over for Bjerget,

3 men Moses steg op til Gud. Da råbte HE EN til ham fra Bjerget: "Dette skal du sige til Jakobs Hus og kundgøre for Israels Børn:

4 I har set, hvad jeg gjorde ved Ægypterne, og hvorledes jeg bar eder på Ørnevinger og bragte eder hid til mig.

5 Hvis I nu vil lyde min øst og holde min Pagt, så skal I være min Ejendom blandt alle Folkene, thi mig hører hele Jorden til,

6 og I skal blive mig et Kongerige af Præster og et helligt Folk! Det er de Ord, du skal tale til Israels Børn !"

7 Da gik Moses hen og kaldte Folkets Ældste sammen og forelagde dem alle disse Ord, som HE EN havde pålagt ham.

8 Og hele Folket svarede, alle som een: "Alt, hvad HE EN har sagt, vil vi gøre!" Da bragte Moses HE EN Folkets Svar.

9 Derpå sagde HE EN til Moses: "Se, jeg vil komme til dig i en tæt Sky, for at Folket kan høre, at jeg taler med dig, og for stedse tro også på dig!" Og Moses kundgjorde HE EN Folkets Svar.

10 Da sagde HE EN til Moses: "Gå til Folket og lad dem hellige sig i Dag og i Morgen og tvætte deres Klæder

11 og holde sig rede til i Overmorgen, thi i Overmorgen vil HE EN stige ned for alt Folkets Øjne på Sinaj Bjerg.

12 Og du skal rundt om spærre af for Folket og sige til dem: Vog eder for at gå op på Bjerget, ja for blot at røre ved Yderkanten deraf; enhver, der rører ved Bjerget, er dødsens!

13 Ingen Håndrøre ved ham, han skal stenes eller skydes ned; hvad enten det er et Dyr eller et Menneske, skal det miste Livet. Når Væderhornet lyder, skal de stige op på Bjerget."

14 Så steg Moses ned fra Bjerget til Folket og lod Folket hellige sig, og de tvættede deres Klæder;

15 og han sagde til Folket: Hold eder rede til i Overmorgen, ingen må komme en Kvinde nær!"

16 Da Morgenen gryede den tredje Dag, begyndte det at tordne og lyne, og en tung Sky lagde sig over Bjerget, og der hørtes vældige Stød i Horn. Da skælvede alt Folket i Lejren.

17 Så førte Moses Folket fra Lejren hen for Gud, og de stillede sig neden for Bjerget.

18 Men hele Sinaj Bjerg hylledes i øg, fordi HE EN steg ned derpå i Ild, og øgen stod i Vejret som øg fra en Smelteovn; og hele Folket skælvede så1e.

19 Og Stødene i Hornene blev stærkere og stærkere; Moses talte, og Gud svarede ham med høj øst.

20 Og da HE EN var steget ned på Sinaj Bjerg, på Toppen af Bjerget, kaldte han Moses op på Toppen af Bjerget, og Moses steg derop.

21 Da sagde HE EN til Moses: "Stig ned og indskærp Folket, at de ikke må trænge sig frem til HE EN for at se ham, at der ikke skal ske et stort Mandefald iblandt dem.

22 Selv Præsterne, som ellers træder frem for HE EN, skal hellige sig, for at ikke HE EN skal tynde ud i deres ækker."

23 Da sagde Moses til HE EN: "Folket kan jo ikke stige op på Sinaj Bjerg, thi du har selv indskærpet os at afspærre Bjerget og hellige det."

24 Men HE EN sagde til ham: "Stig nu ned og kom atter herop sammen med Aron; men Præsterne og Folket må ikke trænge sig frem for at komme op til HE EN, at han ikke skal tynde ud i deres ækker."

25 Da steg Moses ned til Folket og sagde det til dem.

   


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Apocalypse Revealed#505

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505. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their bodies for three and a half days. (11:9) This symbolizes all those who were or who would be caught up in doctrinal falsities and the resulting evil practices at the end of the church still existing, when they have heard and later hear about these two essential elements at the beginning of the New Church, namely, an acknowledgment of the Lord and of works in accordance with the Ten Commandments.

Peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations mean all those of the Protestant Reformed who were or who would be caught up in doctrinal falsities and the resulting evil practices owing to their faith alone. Peoples symbolize people caught up in doctrinal falsities (no. 483), tribes the falsities and evils in the church (no. 349), tongues a confession and acceptance of these (no. 483), and nations people caught up in evil practices (no. 483). Therefore the four together symbolize all those individually and collectively who were or who would be of such a character, thus all those who were in that great city and all those like them who would later come from the world.

The bodies that they would see, those of the two witnesses, symbolize the two essential elements of the New Church, as said in no. 501 above. That they would see them means, symbolically, when they have heard and later hear about them, since it is bodies that are said to be seen, and the two essential elements that are heard.

Three and a half days mean, symbolically, at the end and then the beginning, namely, at the end of the church still existing and the beginning of a new one.

Putting all these things together now into a single meaning, it is apparent that "those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their bodies for three and a half days" has, in the spiritual sense, the symbolic meaning stated above.

Three and a half days mean, symbolically, at the end and then the beginning because a day symbolizes a state, the number three symbolizes something completed to the end, and a half symbolizes a new beginning. For three and half days have the same symbolic meaning as a week, six days of which symbolize something completed to the end, and the seventh day something holy. That is because the number three and a half is one half of seven, and seven days constitute a week; and a number doubled or divided has the same symbolic meaning.

[2] That the number three symbolizes something completed, thus something completed to the end, can be seen from the following accounts in the Word:

That Isaiah was to go naked and barefoot for three years (Isaiah 20:3).

That Jehovah called three times to Samuel, and Samuel ran three times to Eli, and that the third time Eli understood (1 Samuel 3:1-8).

That Elijah stretched himself out three times on the widow's son (1 Kings 17:21).

That Elijah ordered that water be poured on the burnt sacrifice three times (1 Kings 18:34).

That Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal (Matthew 13:33).

That Jesus told Peter he would deny Him three times (Matthew 26:34).

That the Lord asked Peter three times, "Do you love Me?" (John 21:15-17).

That Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17).

That Jesus said He would destroy the Temple and in three days build it (Matthew 26:61, John 2:19)

That Jesus prayed three times in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:39-44).

That Jesus rose on the third day (Matthew 28:1ff.).

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 16:14; Hosea 6:2; Exodus 3:18; 10:22-23; 19:1, 11, 15-16, 18; Leviticus 19:23-25; Numbers 19:11-22; 31:19-24; Deuteronomy 19:2-4; 26:12; Joshua 1:11; 3:2; 1 Samuel 20:5, 12, 19-20, 35-36, 41; 2 Samuel 24:11-13; Daniel 10:1-3; Mark 12:2, 4-6; Luke 20:12; 13:32-33.

Seven, like three, symbolizes something full and complete, but seven is predicated of holy things, while three is predicated of things not holy.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.