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1 Ja Herra puhui Mosekselle sanoen:

2 Puhu Israelin lapsille, että he palajaisivat ja sioittaisivat heitänsä Hiirotin laakson kohdalle, Migdolin ja meren vaiheelle, BaalZephonin eteen ja sen kohdalle sioittaen heitänsä meren tykö.

3 Ja Pharao sanoo Israelin lapsista: he käyvät eksyksissä maalla, korpi on heidät sulkenut.

4 Ja minä paadutan Pharaon sydämen, ja hän ajaa heitä takaa; ja minä voitan kunnian Pharaosta ja kaikesta hänen sotaväestänsä. Ja Egyptiläisten pitää tietämän, että minä olen Herra. Ja he tekivät niin.

5 Ja kuin sanottiin Egyptin kuninkaalle, että kansa pakeni, tuli hänen ja hänen palveliainsa sydän käännetyksi kansaa vastaan, ja he sanoivat: miksi me olemme niin tehneet, että me päästimme Israelin palvelemasta meitä?

6 Ja hän valmisti vaununsa, ja otti väkensä myötänsä.

7 Ja otti kuusisataa parasta vaunua, niin myös kaikki muut Egyptin vaunut, ja päämiehet niiden kaikkein päälle.

8 Ja Herra paadutti Pharaon Egyptin kuninkaan sydämen, ja hän ajoi takaa Israelin lapsia, jotka kuitenkin olivat korkian käden kautta lähteneet.

9 Niin Egyptiläiset ajoivat heitä takaa, ja saavuttivat heidät meren tykönä, kussa he itsensä sioittaneet olivat, kaikki Pharaon vaunuhevoset, hänen ratsasmiehensä, ja hänen sotajoukkonsa: Hiirotin laaksossa, BaalZephonin kohdalla.

10 Ja kuin Pharao lähestyi heitä, nostivat Israelin lapset silmänsä, ja katso, Egyptiläiset tulivat heidän perässänsä; ja Israelin lapset pejästyivät sangen suuresti, ja huusivat Herran tykö.

11 Ja sanoivat Mosekselle: Eikö hautoja ollut Egyptissä, ettäs rupesit meitä johdattamaan korpeen kuolemaan? Miksis meille niin olet tehnyt: ettäs meitä johdatit Egyptistä?

12 Eikö tämä se ole, kuin me puhuimme Egyptissä, sanoen: anna meidän olla, että me palvelisimme Egyptiläisiä; sillä meidän olis parempi palvella Egyptiläisiä, kuin kuolla korvessa.

13 Moses sanoi kansalle: älkäät peljätkö, seisokaat ja katsokaat minkä autuuden Herra tänäpänä tekee teille; sillä näitä Egyptiläisiä, jotka te tänäpänä näette, ei teidän pidä ikänänsä enempi näkemän ijankaikkisesti,

14 Herra sotii teidän puolestanne, ja teidän pitää alallanne oleman.

15 Ja Herra sanoi Mosekselle: mitäs huudat minun tyköni? Sano Israelin lapsille, että he vaeltaisivat.

16 Mutta nosta sinä sauvas, ja ojenna kätes meren ylitse, ja eroita se yhdestä, että Israelin lapset kävisivät keskeltä merta kuivaa myöten.

17 Ja katso, minä paadutan Egyptiläisten sydämet, ja he seuraavat teidän jälissänne; niin minä voitan kunnian Pharaosta ja kaikesta hänen sotajoukostansa, hänen vaunuistansa ja ratsasmiehistänsä.

18 Ja Egyptiläisten pitää tietämän, että minä olen Herra, koska minä olen kunnian voittanut Pharaosta, ja hänen vaunuistansa ja ratsasmiehistänsä.

19 Niin Jumalan enkeli nousi, joka Israelin joukon edellä kävi, ja meni heidän takansa: ja pilven patsas siirsi itsensä heidän kasvoinsa edestä, ja seisoi heidän takanansa,

20 Ja tuli Egyptiläisten ja Israelin joukkoin vaiheelle, ja oli pimiä pilvi, ja valaisi (näille) yön: niin ettei he koko yönä toinen toistansa taitaneet lähestyä.

21 Koska Moses ojensi kätensä meren ylitse, antoi Herra vedet juosta pois vahvalla itätuulella koko sen yön; ja teki meren kuiville, ja vedet erkanivat.

22 Ja Israelin lapset kävivät keskeltä merta kuivaa myöten, ja vedet olivat heille niinkuin muuri heidän oikialla ja vasemmalla puolellansa.

23 Ja Egyptiläiset ajoivat heitä takaa ja seurasivat heidän perässänsä, ja kaikki Pharaon hevoset, hänen vaununsa ja ratsasmiehensä keskelle merta.

24 Koska aamuvartio tuli, katsahti Herra Egyptiläisten joukon päälle tulen patsaasta ja pilvestä hukuttaaksensa Egyptiläisten joukon,

25 Ja hän syöksi pyörät erinänsä heidän vaunuistansa, niin että he työläästi vetivät niitä. Niin sanoivat Egyptiläiset: paetkaamme Israelia, sillä Herra sotii heidän puolestansa Egyptiläisiä vastaan.

26 Mutta Herra sanoi Mosekselle: ojenna kätes meren ylitse, että vedet juoksisivat Egyptiläisten ylitse, heidän vaunuinsa ja ratsasmiestensä ylitse.

27 Niin ojensi Moses kätensä meren ylitse, ja meri palasi ennen huomenta voimaansa. Ja koska Egyptiläiset pakenivat, kohtasi heitä vesi, ja Herra syöksi heidät keskelle merta.

28 Ja vedet palasivat ja kävivät vaunuin, ja ratsasmiesten, ja koko Pharaon sotajoukon ylitse, jotka heitä olivat seuranneet mereen: niin ettei yksikään heistä päässyt.

29 Mutta Israelin lapset kävivät kuivaa myöten keskeltä merta, ja vedet olivat heille niinkuin muuri heidän oikialla ja vasemmalla puolellansa.

30 Ja niin Herra vapahti Israelin sinä päivänä Egyptiläisten kädestä: ja Israel näki Egyptiläiset kuolleina meren reunalla.

31 Ja Israel näki myös sen suuren voiman, jonka Herra oli osottanut Egyptiläisten päälle. Ja kansa pelkäsi Herraa, ja he uskoivat Herran ja hänen palveliansa Moseksen.

   


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Arcana Coelestia#5215

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5215. 'And scorched by an east wind' means full of evil desires. This is clear from the meaning of 'being scorched by an east wind' as being consumed by the fire of evil desires. For an east wind' and the east' in the genuine sense mean love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour, lot, 1250, 3249, 3708, 3762, and therefore in the contrary sense self-love and love of the world, and so cravings and evil desires since these spring from those loves. The word 'fire' is used to refer to such desires for the reason dealt with in 5071, and therefore 'being scorched' is used also.

[2] There are two sources of heat, as there are also two sources of light, the one source of heat being the sun of this world, the other source of heat being the sun of heaven, which is the Lord. It is a well known fact that the sun of this world pours out heat into its own world and onto everything there, but it is a less well known fact that the sun of heaven pours out heat into the whole of heaven. Yet this too may become an equally well known fact if one reflects merely on the heat which exists intrinsically in the human being but which has nothing in common with the heat of the world, that is, if one reflects on what is called vital heat. From this one could know that this heat is of a different nature from the world's heat. That is to say, the former is a living heat but the latter is not at all a living one; also the former, being a living one, fires a person interiorly, namely his will and understanding, imparting to him desires and loves, and affections too. This also explains why desires, loves and affections are spiritual forms of heat, and are also called such. The fact that they are forms of heat is quite evident, for heat is radiated from all parts of the bodies of live persons, even where it is intensely cold. More than that, when desires and affections, that is, when loves, increase, the body grows correspondingly warmer. This kind of heat is what is meant in the Word by 'heat', 'fire', and 'flame'; in the genuine sense celestial and spiritual love is meant, in the contrary sense bodily and earthly love. From this it becomes clear that here 'being scorched by an east wind' means being consumed by the fire of evil desires, and that when used in reference to known facts meant by 'heads' that are 'thin', facts full of evil desires are meant.

[3] 'The east wind' means the blasts of evil desires and of derivative false notions, as is clear from places in the Word where that wind is mentioned, for example, in David,

He caused an east wind to blow 1 in the heavens, and by His power He brought forth the south wind; and He caused flesh to rain onto them like the dust, winged birds like the sand of the sea. Psalms 78:26-27.

'The flesh' which that wind brought meant cravings, and 'winged birds' resulting false notions, as is evident in Numbers 11:31-35, where it is said that the name of the place where the people were struck down for eating flesh was called 'the graves of craving, for there they buried the people who had the craving'.

[4] In Ezekiel,

Behold, the vine that was planted, will it thrive? When the east wind strikes it, will it not wither completely? It will wither on the small spaces where it began to grow. Ezekiel 17:10.

And in the same prophet,

The vine has been plucked up in anger, it has been cast down onto the ground, and the east wind has dried its fruit. They have been plucked out and have withered, each rod of its strength; fire has consumed each one. For fire has gone out from a rod of its branches and has consumed its fruit, so that there is no rod of strength in it, a sceptre for dominion. Ezekiel 19:12, 14.

Here 'the east wind' stands for the blasts of evil desires. In Isaiah,

He gave thought to His rough wind, on the day of the east wind. Isaiah 17:8.

[5] In Hosea,

An east wind will come, Jehovah's wind rising up from the desert, and his spring will become dry, and his fountain dried up. It will strip his treasury of every precious vessel. Hosea 13:15.

Here also 'an east wind' stands for blasts of evil desires. Similarly in Jeremiah,

Like an east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. Jeremiah 18:17.

[6] In David,

By means of an east wind You will shatter the ships of Tarshish. Psalms 48:7.

In Isaiah,

You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, because they have been filled from the east wind, and they are diviners like the Philistines. Isaiah 2:6.

In Hosea,

Ephraim feeds the wind, and pursues the east wind. All the day long he multiplies lies and devastation. Hosea 11:1.

'The wind' here stands for false notions, and 'the east wind' for evil desires. Something similar is also meant in the internal sense by 'an east wind' by means of which 'locusts were brought forth' and by means of which 'the locusts were cast into the sea', 2 Exodus 10:13, 19, and also by means of which 'the waters of the sea Suph' were divided, Exodus 14:21.

脚注:

1. literally, set out

2. According to Exodus 10:19 a west wind cast the locusts into the sea.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#3762

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3762. 'And went to the land of the sons of the east' means a raising up towards truths that relate to love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of the sons of the east'. For Aram or Syria was called 'the land of the sons of the east', as is evident from the fact that it was the land to which Jacob went, see also 3249. In general, 'Syria' means cognitions of good, as shown in 1232, 1234, but specifically 'Aram Naharaim' or Syria of the [Two] Rivers means cognitions of truth, in 3051, 3664. Here however it is not said that he went to Aram or Syria but 'to the land of the sons of the east', so as to mean that which is the subject in the whole of this chapter, namely an ascent towards truths that relate to love. The expression 'truths that relate to love' is used to describe those truths which in other places have been called celestial truths, for they are cognitions concerning charity towards the neighbour and concerning love to the Lord. In the highest sense, where the Lord is the subject, they are truths that relate to Divine love.

[2] These truths, that is to say, those concerning charity towards the neighbour and concerning love to the Lord, must first be learned before a person can be regenerated, and must also be acknowledged and believed. And insofar as those truths are acknowledged and believed, and are endowed with life, that person is also regenerated and those truths are implanted in his natural, where they exist as in their own soil. They are first implanted there through the instruction received from parents and teachers, then from the Word of the Lord, and after that from personal reflection on them. But all of this does no more than to deposit those truths in the person's natural memory and so to place them among the cognitions there. They are still not acknowledged, believed, and received unless life is led in accordance with them, in which case the person enters into an affection for them; and insofar as he enters into an affection for them because his life accords with them, those truths are implanted in his natural as their own soil. Things that are not so implanted do indeed remain with that person, but only in his memory as some item of knowledge or historical fact which does no more than enable him to talk about such things, to further his reputation by means of them, and in so doing to grow in wealth and position. When this is the case truths have not been implanted within him.

[3] As regards the meaning of 'the land of the sons of the east' as truths relating to love, and so as cognitions of truth leading the way to good, this may be seen from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, and from the meaning of 'the east' as love, dealt with in 101, 1250, 3249. Their land is the soil in which they exist. For 'the sons of the east' are those who possess cognitions concerning truth and good and therefore the truths that relate to love. This may be seen further from other places in the Word, as in the first Book of Kings,

The wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of the Egyptians. 1 Kings 4:30.

Here 'the wisdom of the sons of the east' means interior cognitions concerning truth and good, and so means people who possess them. 'The wisdom of the Egyptians' however means knowledge of the same things as they exist in a lower degree -'the Egyptians' meaning factual knowledge in general, see 1164, 1165, 1462.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, Arise, go up against Kedar; lay waste the sons of the east. They will take their tents and flocks, their curtains and all their vessels, and will take their camels. Jeremiah 49:28-29.

Here 'the sons of the east' is used to mean those who possess cognitions concerning good and truth. This is clear from the fact that 'they will take their tents and flocks, also their curtains and all their vessels, as well as their camels'. For 'tents' means holy forms of good, 414, 1102, 2145, 2152, 3312; 'flocks' the goods that flow from charity, 343, 2566; 'curtains' holy truths, 2576, 3478; 'vessels' the truths of faith, and facts, 3068, 3079; 'camels' factual knowledge in general, 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145. Thus 'the sons of the east' means those who possess these, that is, cognitions concerning what is good and what is true.

[5] The wise men from the east who came to Jesus when He was born belonged to those people called the sons of the east. This becomes clear from the fact of their awareness that the Lord was to be born, and that they knew of His Coming from the star which appeared to them in the east. These matters are described in Matthew as follows,

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, behold wise men from the east came into Jerusalem, saying, Where is He born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east and have come to worship Him. Matthew 2:1-2.

The fact that such a prophecy existed from of old among the sons of the east, who were from Syria, is clear from Balaam's prophecy concerning the Lord's Coming, in Moses,

I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star will arise out of Jacob and a sceptre will rise up out of Israel. Numbers 24:17.

The fact that Balaam was from the land of the sons of the east, that is, from Syria, is evident from the following in Moses,

Balaam uttered his declaration and said, From Syria has Balak, the king of Moab, brought me, from the mountains of the east. Numbers 23:7.

The wise men who came to Jesus when He was born are called the magi, but this expression was used for wise men at that time, as is clear from many places, such as Genesis 41:8; Exodus 7:11; Daniel 2:27; 4:6-7; 1 Kings 4:30; and in various places in the Prophets.

[6] 'The sons of the east' in the contrary sense means cognitions concerning evil and falsity, and so means those who possess these. This is clear in Isaiah,

The envy of Ephraim will depart, and the enemies of Judah will be cut off. They will fly down onto the shoulder of the Philistines towards the sea, and together they will plunder the sons of the east. Isaiah 11:13-14.

In Ezekiel, when prophesying against the sons of Ammon,

Behold, I have handed you over to the sons of the east as an inheritance, and they will station their ranks among you. Ezekiel 25:4, 10.

In the Book of Judges,

When Israel put in seed, Midian came up and Amalek, and the sons of the east; and they came up upon them. Judges 6:3.

'Midian' stands for those under the influence of falsity because the good of life does not exist with them, 3242; 'Amalek' for those under the influence of falsities with which they assail truths, 1679; 'the sons of the east' for those who possess cognitions that support what is false.

  
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