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Exodus第24章

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1 Ja ta ütles Moosesele: 'Astuge üles Issanda juurde, sina ise, Aaron, Naadab, Abihu ja seitsekümmend Iisraeli vanemaist, ja kummardage eemalt!

2 Mooses üksi liginegu Issandale, teised aga ei tohi lähedale tulla ja rahvas ei tohi minna üles koos temaga!'

3 Ja Mooses tuli ning jutustas rahvale kõigist Issanda sõnadest ja kõigist seadlustest. Ja kogu rahvas vastas ühehäälselt, öeldes: 'Me tahame teha iga sõna järgi, mis Issand on rääkinud!'

4 Ja Mooses kirjutas üles kõik Issanda sõnad. Ja ta tõusis hommikul vara ning püstitas mäe alla altari ja kaksteist sammast vastavalt Iisraeli kaheteistkümnele suguharule.

5 Ja ta läkitas Iisraeli laste noori mehi ohverdama põletusohvreid ja tapma härjavärsse tänuohvriks Issandale.

6 Ja Mooses võttis poole verest ning pani kausikestesse, aga teise poole verest ta piserdas altarile.

7 Siis ta võttis seaduseraamatu ja luges rahva kuuldes. Ja nad ütlesid: 'Kõik, mida Issand on käskinud, me teeme ja võtame kuulda!'

8 Ja Mooses võttis verd ning piserdas rahva peale, öeldes: 'Vaata, see on selle lepingu veri, mille Issand teiega on teinud kõigi nende sõnade põhjal!'

9 Seejärel Mooses, Aaron, Naadab, Abihu ja seitsekümmend Iisraeli vanemaist läksid üles,

10 ja nad nägid Iisraeli Jumalat: tema jalge all oli nagu safiiridest tehtud põrand - otsekui taevas ise oma selguses.

11 Aga ta ei tõstnud oma kätt Iisraeli laste ülemate vastu, vaid need võisid Jumalat vaadata ning süüa ja juua.

12 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Tule üles minu juurde mäele ja ole siin, siis ma annan sulle kivilauad ning Seaduse ja käsud, mis ma olen kirjutanud neile õpetuseks!'

13 Ja Mooses läks teele koos oma teenri Joosuaga; ja Mooses läks üles Jumala mäele.

14 Aga vanemaile ta ütles: 'Jääge teie siia, kuni me tuleme tagasi teie juurde! Ja vaata, Aaron ja Huur on teie juures. Kellel on mingi põhjus, mingu nende juurde!'

15 Ja Mooses läks mäele ning pilv kattis mäe.

16 Ja Issanda auhiilgus laskus Siinai mäele ja pilv kattis seda kuus päeva; seitsmendal päeval hüüdis ta pilve seest Moosest.

17 Ja Issanda auhiilguse ilmutus oli Iisraeli laste silmis otsekui hävitav tuli mäetipus.

18 Mooses läks pilve keskele ning tõusis üles mäele. Ja Mooses oli mäe peal nelikümmend päeva ja nelikümmend ööd.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9422

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9422. 'Sit for us in this [place]' means that they are to remain with this sense. This is clear from the meaning of 'sitting in this' - that is to say, in this place, or below the mountain - as remaining with the outward sense. 'Sitting in a place' means remaining with one's state, and 'below the mountain' means restricted to the outward sense of the Word. For 'sitting' means remaining, as will be clear from what follows below; 'place' means state; and 'Mount Sinai' means the law or Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, and so means the Word, 9420. The peak of the mountain, where Jehovah or the Lord was, Exodus 19:20, means the highest or inmost level of the law or the Word, 8827; the rest of the mountain beneath the peak means the inner level of the law or the Word as it exists in heaven; and the parts beneath the mountain, where the elders and the people were, means the outward level of the law or the Word, which is its outward sense. Thus in the Word the inmost, the inward, and the outward levels of things meant by 'the mountain' are represented, at this point the inmost, the inward, and the outward levels of the law or the Word, because 'Mount Sinai' means the law or the Word, 9420. From all this it is evident that 'Sit for us in this [place]' means that they are to remain with the outward sense.

[2] The word 'sit' is used because 'sitting' means remaining in a state; for movement from one place to another means changes of state involving the interiors, as becomes clear from what has been shown in 2837, 3356, 3387, 4321, 4882, 5605, 7381, and therefore sitting down means remaining in a state involving the interiors. Because 'sitting' has this meaning it was an accepted religious custom among the children of Israel to sit whenever they represented a state of the interiors that was permanent, as in the Book of Judges,

The children of Israel came to Bethlehem and wept; and they sat there before Jehovah and fasted that day until evening. Judges 20:26.

And elsewhere,

The people came to Bethlehem and sat there before God until evening; and they lifted up their voice and wept with great weeping. Judges 21:2.

In these verses 'sitting' means remaining long in a state of grief.

[3] This makes clear why the word 'sit' is used and what it implies in the following places: In David,

O Jehovah, You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. Psalms 139:2.

In Jeremiah,

You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them. Jeremiah 16:8.

In Micah,

Then He will stand and feed [His flock] in the strength of Jehovah, in the excellence of the name of Jehovah his God; and they will sit down. Micah 5:4.

In Isaiah,

Come down and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babel; sit on the ground. Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans. She says in her heart, A widow I shall not sit. Isaiah 47:1, 5, 8.

Similar uses of the word occur elsewhere, such as sitting in darkness, Isaiah 42:7; sitting in council and sitting alone, Jeremiah 15:7; sitting on the right hand and on the left, Matthew 20:21, which stands for remaining in a state of power over others; and sitting on the right hand of God's power, Matthew 26:63-64; Mark 16:19, which refers to the Lord and stands for Divine almighty power that will remain forever.

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