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Και εβιαζον οι Αιγυπτιοι τον λαον δια να εκβαλωσιν αυτον ταχεως εκ του τοπου· διοτι ειπον, Ημεις παντες αποθνησκομεν.
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Και εβιαζον οι Αιγυπτιοι τον λαον δια να εκβαλωσιν αυτον ταχεως εκ του τοπου· διοτι ειπον, Ημεις παντες αποθνησκομεν.
7912. 'And Moses called all the elders of Israel' means the enlightenment of the understanding of those belonging to the spiritual Church through the influx and presence of God's truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'calling', when used in reference to God's truth, as influx and presence, dealt with in 6177, 6840, 7390, 7451, 7721; from the representation of 'Moses' as God's law, thus the Word and God's truth, dealt with in the Preface to Genesis 18, and also in 4859 (end), 5922, 6723, 6752, 6771, 6827, 7010, 7014, 7089, 7382; from the meaning of 'the elders' as the chief characteristics of wisdom and intelligence that accord with truth and good, dealt with in 6524, 6525, 6890, and of 'calling' these, or causing them to be present, as enlightening the understanding; and from the representation of 'Israel' as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 4286, 6426, 6637. From all this it is evident that 'Moses called all the elders of Israel' means the enlightenment of the understanding of those belonging to the spiritual Church through the influx and presence of God's truth.
6840. 'And Jehovah 1 called to him' means an influx from the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'calling' as an influx; for what is meant in the internal sense is not a calling effected by spoken language, as in the external sense written as history, but a calling effected by influx into the will, which is an inner calling. For Jehovah or the Lord flows into the will, and in so doing impels a person to do what He pleases. When this inner experience comes to be portrayed by events on a historical level, a level on which everything is of an external nature, it comes to be expressed by the verbs 'command', 'call', or 'speak to', or others like them.
脚注:
1. Why the name Jehovah, not God, appears here is unclear.