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Exodus第12章

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1 Ja Issand rääkis Moosese ja Aaroniga Egiptusemaal, öeldes:

2 'See kuu olgu teil esimeseks kuuks; see olgu teil aasta esimeseks kuuks.

3 Rääkige kogu Iisraeli kogudusega ja öelge: Selle kuu kümnendal päeval võtku iga perevanem tall, igale perele tall.

4 Aga kui pere on talle jaoks väike, siis võtku tema ja ta naaber, kes ta kojale on lähemal, vastavalt hingede arvule; kui palju igaüks jõuab süüa, sellele vastavalt arvake neid talle kohta.

5 Tall olgu teil veatu, isane, üheaastane; võtke see lammastest või kitsedest.

6 Säilitage see enestele kuni selle kuu neljateistkümnenda päevani; siis kogu Iisraeli kogunenud kogudus tapku see õhtul!

7 Ja nad võtku verd ning võidku ukse mõlemat piitjalga ja pealispuud kodades, kus nad seda söövad.

8 Ja nad söögu liha selsamal ööl; tulel küpsetatult koos hapnemata leiva ja kibedate rohttaimedega söögu nad seda!

9 Te ei tohi seda süüa toorelt või vees keedetult, vaid ainult tulel küpsetatult pea, jalgade ja sisikonnaga.

10 Te ei tohi sellest midagi üle jätta hommikuks; mis aga sellest hommikuks üle jääb, põletage tulega!

11 Ja sööge seda nõnda: teil olgu vöö vööl, jalatsid jalas ja kepp käes; ja sööge seda rutuga - see on paasatall Issanda auks!

12 Siis käin mina selsamal ööl Egiptusemaa läbi ja löön maha kõik esmasündinud Egiptusemaal, niihästi inimesed kui loomad, ja ma mõistan kohut kõigi Egiptuse jumalate üle, mina, Issand.

13 Aga veri olgu teil tundemärgiks kodadel, kus te asute; kui ma näen verd, siis ma lähen teist mööda ja nuhtlus ei saa teile hukatuseks, kui ma löön Egiptusemaad.

14 See päev aga jäägu teile mälestuseks ja pühitsege seda Issanda pühana: oma sugupõlvede kaupa pühitsege seda igavese seadlusena!

15 Seitse päeva sööge hapnemata leiba; juba esimesel päeval kõrvaldage haputaigen oma kodadest, sest igaüks, kes esimesest päevast seitsmenda päevani sööb hapnenut, selle hing hävitatakse Iisraelist.

16 Esimesel päeval olgu teil pühalik kokkutulek, samuti olgu seitsmendal päeval pühalik kokkutulek: neil päevil ei tohi teha ühtki tööd, ainult mida iga hing sööb, üksnes seda valmistage!

17 Te peate pidama seda hapnemata leibade püha, sest just sel päeval ma viin teie väehulgad Egiptusemaalt välja; seepärast pidage seda päeva kui igavest seadlust teie sugupõlvedele!

18 Esimese kuu neljateistkümnenda päeva õhtul sööge hapnemata leiba kuni kuu kahekümne esimese päeva õhtuni.

19 Seitse päeva ärgu leidugu haputaignat teie kodades, sest igaüks, kes sööb hapnenut, selle hing tuleb hävitada Iisraeli kogudusest, olgu võõras või maa päriselanik.

20 Midagi hapnenut ärge sööge, vaid kõigis oma asupaikades sööge hapnemata leiba!'

21 Ja Mooses kutsus kõik Iisraeli vanemad ning ütles neile: 'Minge ja võtke enestele suguvõsade kaupa talled ja tapke paasatall!

22 Ja võtke iisopikimbuke, kastke kausis olevasse verre ja määrige ukse pealispuud ning mõlemat piitjalga kausis oleva verega! Ja ükski teist ärgu väljugu hommikuni oma koja uksest,

23 sest Issand läheb egiptlasi nuhtlema. Aga kui ta näeb verd ukse pealispuul ja mõlemal piitjalal, siis Issand ruttab sellest uksest mööda ega lase hävitajat tulla teie kodadesse nuhtlema.

24 Pidage see asi meeles: see olgu igaveseks seadluseks sinule ja su lastele!

25 Ja kui te tulete maale, mille Issand teile annab, nagu ta on öelnud, siis pidage seda teenistust!

26 Ja kui teie lapsed teilt küsivad: Mis teenistus see teil on?,

27 siis vastake: See on paasaohver Issanda auks, kes ruttas mööda Iisraeli laste kodadest Egiptuses, kui ta nuhtles egiptlasi ja päästis meie kojad.' Siis rahvas kummardas ning heitis silmili maha.

28 Ja Iisraeli lapsed läksid ning tegid; nagu Issand oli Moosesele ja Aaronile käsu andnud, nõnda nad tegid.

29 Ja see sündis keskööl, et Issand lõi maha kõik esmasündinud Egiptusemaal, aujärjel istuva vaarao esmasündinust alates kuni vangiurkas oleva vangi esmasündinuni, ja kõik kariloomade esmasündinud.

30 Siis vaarao tõusis öösel üles, tema ja kõik ta sulased, ning kõik egiptlased, ja Egiptuses oli suur hädakisa, sest ei olnud ainsatki koda, kus ei olnud surnut.

31 Ja ta kutsus öösel Moosese ja Aaroni ning ütles: 'Võtke kätte ja minge ära mu rahva keskelt, niihästi teie kui ka Iisraeli lapsed, ja minge teenige Issandat, nagu te olete rääkinud!

32 Võtke ka niihästi oma lambad ja kitsed kui veised, nagu te olete rääkinud, ja minge! Ja õnnistage ka mind!'

33 Ja egiptlased käisid rahvale peale, et nad kiiresti lahkuksid maalt, sest nad ütlesid: 'Me sureme kõik.'

34 Ja rahvas viis ära oma taigna, enne kui see oli hapnenud; neil olid nende leivakünad üleriietesse seotuina õlal.

35 Ja Iisraeli lapsed olid teinud Moosese sõna järgi ning olid palunud egiptlastelt hõbe- ja kuldriistu ning riideid.

36 Issand oli rahvale armu andnud egiptlaste silmis ja need nõustusid; nii nad riisusid egiptlasi.

37 Ja Iisraeli lapsed läksid teele Raamsesest Sukkotti, ligi kuussada tuhat jalameest, peale väetite laste.

38 Ja ka hulk segarahvast läks koos nendega, ning lambaid, kitsi ja veiseid väga suur kari.

39 Ja nad küpsetasid taignast, mis nad Egiptusest olid toonud, hapnemata leivakakkusid; see polnud ju hapnenud, sellepärast et nad Egiptusest välja aeti ja nad ei võinud viivitada, samuti mitte enestele teerooga valmistada.

40 Iisraeli laste elamisaega, mis nad Egiptuses olid elanud, oli nelisada kolmkümmend aastat.

41 Kui need nelisada kolmkümmend aastat lõppesid, siis just selsamal päeval sündis see, et kõik Issanda väehulgad läksid Egiptusemaalt välja.

42 See oli valvamisöö Issandale, nende väljaviimiseks Egiptusemaalt; see on Issandale kuuluv öö, valvamiseks kõigile Iisraeli laste sugupõlvedele.

43 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele ja Aaronile: 'See on paasatalle seadlus: ükski võõras ei tohi seda süüa!

44 Aga raha eest ostetud iga sulane võib seda süüa siis, kui oled tema ümber lõiganud.

45 Majaline ja palgaline ärgu seda söögu!

46 Ühes ja samas kojas tuleb seda süüa, lihast ei tohi midagi viia kojast välja õue, ja luid ei tohi sellel murda!

47 Kogu Iisraeli kogudus pidagu seda!

48 Ja kui su juures viibib mõni võõras ning tahab valmistada Issandale paasatalle, siis tuleb kõik ta meesterahvad ümber lõigata; alles siis tohib ta ligi tulla seda valmistama ja on nagu maa päriselanik; aga ükski ümberlõikamatu ei tohi seda süüa!

49 Seadlus on üks päriselanikule ja muulasele, kes võõrana teie keskel elab.'

50 Ja kõik Iisraeli lapsed tegid, nagu Issand Moosest ja Aaronit oli käskinud; nõnda nad tegid.

51 Ja just selsamal päeval Issand viis Iisraeli lapsed väehulkadena Egiptusemaalt välja.

   

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3813. As regards 'flesh', this means in the highest sense the Proprium of the Lord's Divine Human, which is Divine Good, and in the relative sense means the will side of the human proprium when made alive by the Proprium of the Lord's Divine Human, that is, by His Divine Good. This proprium is the one called the heavenly proprium which, in itself the Lord's alone, is appropriated to those who are governed by good and consequently by truth. Such a proprium exists with angels in heaven, and also with men whose interiors, that is, their spirits, are in the Lord's kingdom. But in the contrary sense 'flesh' means the will side of the human proprium, which in itself is nothing but evil, and not having been made alive by the Lord is called dead; and the individual himself is for that reason called dead.

[2] That 'flesh' in the highest sense means the Proprium of the Lord's Divine Human, and so His Divine Good, is clear from the Lord's words in John,

Jesus said, I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread he will live for ever. The bread which I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews disputed with one another, saying, How can this man give his flesh to eat? Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you will have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day; for My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. This is the bread which came down from heaven. John 6:51-58.

Here it is quite evident that 'flesh' means the Proprium of the Lord's Divine Human, and so the Divine Good - His flesh in the Holy Supper being called 'the body'. His body or flesh in the Holy Supper is the Divine Good, and His blood the Divine Truth, see 1798, 2165, 2177, 3464, 3735. And since bread and wine have the same meaning as flesh and blood - that is to say, 'bread' is the Lord's Divine Good, and 'wine' His Divine Truth - bread and wine were commanded in place of flesh and blood. This is why the Lord says, 'I am the living bread; the bread which I will give is My flesh; he who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and I in him; this is the bread which came down from heaven'. 'Eating' means being communicated, being joined to, and being made one's own, see 2187, 2343, 3168, 3513 (end), 3596.

[3] The same was represented in the Jewish Church by the law that the flesh of sacrifices was to be eaten by Aaron and his sons, by those persons who brought the sacrifice, and by others who were clean; and that this flesh was holy, see Exodus 12:7-9; 29:30-34; Leviticus 7:15-21; 8:31; Deuteronomy 12:27; 16:4. That being so, if any unclean person ate some of that flesh he was to be cut off from his people, Leviticus 7:21. The fact that these sacrifices were called 'bread', see 2165, and that that sacrificial flesh was called 'holy flesh', Jeremiah 11:15; Haggai 2:12. And in Ezekiel 40:43 where the new Temple is the subject, it is called 'the flesh of the offering which is on the tables in the Lord's kingdom', by which clearly worship of the Lord in His kingdom is meant.

[4] That 'flesh' in the relative sense means the will side of man's proprium when made alive by the Lord is Divine Good is clear also from the following places: In Ezekiel,

I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit in your midst; and I will remove the heart of stone out of their flesh and will give them a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26.

'The heart of stone out of their flesh' stands for a will and proprium when not made alive, 'a heart of flesh' for a will and proprium when made alive; for 'the heart' is a representative of good in the will, see 2930, 3313, 3635. In David,

O God, You are my God; in the morning I seek You. My soul thirsts for You, my flesh in a dry land longs for You, and I am weary without water. Psalms 63:1.

In the same author,

My soul longs for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh shout for joy to the living God. Psalms 84:2.

[5] In Job,

I have come to know my Redeemer; He is alive; and at the last He will rise above the dust; and afterwards these things will be encompassed by my skin, and out of my flesh shall I see God, whom I shall see for myself; and my eyes will behold, and no other. Job 19:25-27.

'Being encompassed by skin' stands for the natural, such as a person possesses after death, dealt with in 3539. 'Out of his flesh seeing God' stands for the proprium when made alive, which is why Job says, 'Whom I shall see for myself; and my eyes will behold, and no other'. Since it was well known in the ancient Churches that 'flesh' meant the proprium, and since the Book of Job is a book of the Ancient Church, 3540 (end), he accordingly followed the custom of the day and drew on meaningful signs to speak of these, as of many other matters. Those therefore who conclude from what Job said that their dead body is going to be reassembled from the four winds and is going to rise again do not know the internal sense of the Word. Those who are conversant with that sense know that they will enter the next life in a body, but in a purer one. In that life people have purer bodies, for they behold one another, talk to one another, and are endowed with each of the senses, which though like those in the physical body are now keener. The body which a person carries around on earth is designed for activities on earth and therefore consists of flesh and bones, whereas the body that a spirit carries around in the next life is designed for activities in that life and does not consist of flesh and bones but of such things as correspond to these, see 3726.

[6] That 'flesh' in the contrary sense means the will side of the human proprium which in itself is nothing but evil is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Every man will eat the flesh of his own arm. Isaiah 9:20.

In the same prophet,

I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh, and they will be drunk with their blood as with new wine. Isaiah 49:26.

In Jeremiah,

I will feed them with the flesh of their sons and with the flesh of their daughters, and every man will eat the flesh of his companion. Jeremiah 19:9.

In Zechariah,

Those that are left will eat, every one the flesh of another. Zechariah 11:9.

In Moses,

I will chastise you seven times for your sins, and you will eat the flesh of your sons: and the flesh of your daughters will you eat. Leviticus 26:28-29.

The will side of the human proprium, or man's own natural inclinations, is described in this way because it is nothing but evil and consequent falsity, and so hatred against every form of truth or good, that are meant by 'eating the flesh of their own arm', 'the flesh of sons and daughters', and 'the flesh of another'.

[7] In John,

I saw an angel standing in the sun, who called out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying in mid-heaven, Come and gather yourselves to the supper of the great God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and those seated on them, and the flesh of all free men and slaves, both small and great. Revelation 19:17-18; Ezekiel 39:17-20.

Anyone may see that the flesh of kings, captains, mighty men, horses and those seated on them, free men and slaves, is not meant by such expressions. 'Flesh' accordingly has another meaning which has not been known up to now. The fact that evils resulting from falsities, and evils producing falsities, are meant - which evils originate on the will side of the human proprium - is evident from each expression used here.

[8] Since falsity which springs from the understanding side of man's proprium is meant by 'blood' in the internal sense, and evil which springs from the will side of his proprium by 'flesh', the Lord speaks of the person who is to be regenerated as follows,

As many as received Him, to them He gave power to be sons of God, to those believing in His name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:12-13.

For this reason 'flesh' is used to mean in general all mankind, see 574, 1050 (end). For whether you speak of man or of man's proprium it amounts to the same.

[9] That 'flesh' in the highest sense means the Lord's Divine Human is evident from the verses quoted above, as well as from the following in John,

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father. John 1:14.

It is by virtue of this flesh that all other flesh is made alive, that is, by virtue of the Lord's Divine Human, every human being is made alive, through making His love his own, which is meant by 'eating the flesh of the Son of Man', John 6:51-58, and by eating the bread in the Holy Supper - for the bread is His body or flesh, Matthew 26:26-27.

  
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