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出エジプト記第24章

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1 また、モーセに言われた、「あなたはアロン、ナダブ、アビウおよびイスラエルの七十人の長老たちと共に、主のもとにのぼってきなさい。そしてあなたがたは遠く離れて礼拝しなさい。

2 ただモーセひとりがに近づき、他の者は近づいてはならない。また、民も彼と共にのぼってはならない」。

3 モーセはきて、主のすべての言葉と、すべてのおきてとを民に告げた。民はみな同音に答えて言った、「わたしたちは主の仰せられた言葉を皆、行います」。

4 そしてモーセ主の言葉を、ことごとく書きしるし、はやく起きてのふもとに祭壇を築き、イスラエルの十二部族に従って十二の柱を建て、

5 イスラエルの人々のうちの若者たちをつかわして、に燔祭をささげさせ、また酬恩祭として雄牛をささげさせた。

6 その時モーセはそのの半ばを取って、鉢に入れ、また、そのの半ばを祭壇に注ぎかけた。

7 そして契約の書を取って、これを民に読み聞かせた。すると、彼らは答えて言った、「わたしたちはが仰せられたことを皆、従順に行います」。

8 そこでモーセはそのを取って、民に注ぎかけ、そして言った、「見よ、これはがこれらのすべての言葉に基いて、あなたがたと結ばれる契約のである」。

9 こうしてモーセはアロン、ナダブ、アビウおよびイスラエルの七十人の長老たちと共にのぼって行った。

10 そして、彼らがイスラエルの見ると、その下にはサファイアの敷石のごとき物があり、澄み渡るおおぞらのようであった。

11 イスラエルの人々の指導者たちをにかけられなかったので、彼らはを見て、飲み食いした。

12 ときにモーセに言われた、「に登り、わたしの所にきて、そこにいなさい。彼らを教えるために、わたしが律法と戒めとを書きしるした石の板をあなたに授けるであろう」。

13 そこでモーセは従者ヨシュアと共に立ちあがり、モーセ神のに登った。

14 彼は長老たちに言った、「わたしたちがあなたがたの所に帰って来るまで、ここで待っていなさい。見よ、アロンとホルとが、あなたがたと共にいるから、事ある者は、だれでも彼らの所へ行きなさい」。

15 こうしてモーセに登ったが、をおおっていた。

16 主の栄光がシナイの上にとどまり、のあいだ、をおおっていたが、七目にの中からモーセ呼ばれた

17 主の栄光はの頂で、燃えるのようにイスラエルの人々のに見えたが、

18 モーセの中にはいって、に登った。そしてモーセ四十四十にいた。

   

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Arcana Coelestia#1298

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1298. 'They had brick for stone' means that they had falsity in place of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'brick' as falsity, dealt with just above, and also from the meaning of 'stone' in the broad sense as truth, dealt with already in 643. The reason 'stones' meant truth was that the most ancient people used to mark out boundaries by means of stones and raise up stones to testify that something was so, that is, was the truth. This is clear from the stone which Jacob set up as a pillar, Genesis 28:22; 35:14; from the pillar of stones placed between Laban and Jacob, Genesis 31:46-47, 52; and from the altar which the children of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh erected beside the Jordan as an altar of witness, Joshua 22:10, 28, 34. Consequently 'stones' in the Word means truths, so much so that not only the stones of the altar but also the precious stones in the shoulder-pieces of Aaron's ephod and in the breastplate of judgement meant the holy truths of love.

[2] Regarding the altar, when sacrificial worship on altars was introduced, an altar in that case meant representative worship of the Lord in general. 'The stones' themselves however meant the holy truths belonging to that worship. This was why it was commanded that the altar had to be built of whole and not of hewn stones, and why it was forbidden to use any iron tool on them, Deuteronomy 27:5-7; Joshua 8:31. The reason was that hewn stones, and those on which an iron tool had been used, meant artificialities and thus fabrications in worship. That is to say, they meant things that derive from the proprium, or from the inventions of man's own thought and heart, which was to profane worship, as is clearly stated in Exodus 20:25. For the same reason no tool of iron was used on the stones of the Temple, 1 Kings 6:7.

[3] That the precious stones set in the shoulder-pieces of Aaron's ephod and in the breastplate of judgement in a similar way meant holy truths has been shown already in 114. This is clear also in Isaiah,

Behold, I will set your stones in carbuncle and lay your foundations in sapphires; and I will make your suns (windows) of ruby, and your gates into precious stones, and all your border into pleasant stones And all your sons will be taught by Jehovah, and great will be the peace of your sons. Isaiah 54:11-13

The stones mentioned here stand for holy truths, and this is why it is said that 'all your sons will be taught by Jehovah'. It is also the reason why it is said in John that the foundations of the wall of the city, holy Jerusalem, were adorned with every kind of precious stone, which are each mentioned by name, Revelation 21:19-20. 'The holy Jerusalem' stands for the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth, the foundations of which kingdom are holy truths. Holy truths were similarly meant by the tables of stone on which the commandments of the Law, or Ten Commandments, were written. This was why they were made of stone or had a stone base, concerning which see Exodus 24:12; 31:18; 34:1; Deuteronomy 5:22; 10:1; for the commandments themselves are nothing else than truths of faith.

[4] Now because stones in ancient times meant truths, and because later on when worship on pillars, on altars, and in the Temple began, pillars, altars, and the Temple meant holy truths, the Lord also is therefore called 'a Stone': In Moses,

The Mighty One of Jacob - from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel. Genesis 49:24.

In Isaiah,

The Lord Jehovih said, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a Stone, a tested Corner-Stone, precious, of sure foundation. Isaiah 28:16.

In David,

The Stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner Psalms 118:22.

The same is meant in Daniel 2:34-35, 45, by the stone cut out of the rock which smashed Nebuchadnezzar's statue to pieces.

[5] That 'stones' means truths is clear in Isaiah,

By this the iniquity of Jacob will be expiated, and this will be the full fruit to remove his sin, when He makes all the stones of the altar like chalk-stones scattered about. Isaiah 27:9.

'The stones of the altar' stands for truths in worship that have been dissipated. In the same prophet,

Make level the way of the people; level out, level out the highway; gather out the stones. Isaiah 62:10.

'The way' and 'the stones' stand for truths. In Jeremiah,

I am against you, O destroying mountain. I will roll you down from the rocks and I will make you into a mountain of burning. And they will not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations. Jeremiah 51:25-26.

This refers to Babel. 'A mountain of burning' is self-love. 'Taking no stone from it' means that there is no truth from this source.

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