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출애굽기第34章

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1 여호와께서 모세에게 이르시되 너는 돌판 둘을 처음 것과 같이 깍아 만들라 네가 깨뜨린바 처음 것과 같이 깎아 만들라 네가 깨뜨린바 처음 판에 있던 말을 내가 그 판에 쓰리니

2 아침 전에 예비하고 아침에 시내 산에 올라와 산꼭대기에서 내게 보이되

3 아무도 너와 함께 오르지 말며 온 산에 인적을 금하고 양과 소도 산 앞에서 먹지 못하게 하라

4 모세가 돌판 둘을 처음 것과 같이 깎아 만들고 아침에 일찌기 일어나 그 두 돌판을 손에 들고 여호와의 명대로 시내산에 올라가니

5 여호와께서 구름 가운데 강림하사 그와 함께 거기 서서 여호와의 이름을 반포하실쌔

6 여호와께서 그의 앞으로 지나시며 반포하시되 여호와로라 ! 여호와로라 ! 자비롭고 은혜롭고 노하기를 더디하고 인자와 진실이 많은 하나님이로라

7 인자를 천대까지 베풀며 악과 과실과 죄를 용서하나 형벌 받을 자는 결단코 면죄하지 않고 아비의 악을 자여손 삼사대까지 보응하리라

8 모세가 급히 땅에 엎드리어 경배하며

9 가로되 `주여 ! 내가 주께 은총을 입었거든 원컨대 주는 우리 중에서 행하옵소서 이는 목이 곧은 백성이니이다 우리의 악과 죄를 사하시고 우리로 주의 기업을 삼으소서 !'

10 여호와께서 가라사대 보라 내가 언약을 세우나니 곧 내가 아직 온 땅 아무 국민에게도 행치 아니한 이적을 너희 전체 백성 앞에 행할 것이라 너의 머무는 나라 백성이 다 여호와의 소위를 보리니 내가 너를 위하여 행할 일이 두려운 것임이니라

11 너는 내가 오늘 네게 명하는 것을 삼가 지키라 보라 ! 내가 네 앞에서 아모리 사람과, 가나안 사람과, 헷 사람과, 브리스 사람과, 히위 사람과, 여부스 사람을 쫓아내리니

12 너는 스스로 삼가 네가 들어가는 땅의 거민과 언약을 세우지 말라 그들이 너희 중에 올무가 될까 하노라

13 너희는 도리어 그들의 단들을 헐고 그들의 주상을 깨뜨리고 그들의 아세라 상을 찍을지어다 !

14 너는 다른 신에게 절하지 말라 ! 여호와는 질투라 이름하는 질투의 하나님임이니라 !

15 너는 삼가 그 땅의 거민과 언약을 세우지 말지니 이는 그들이 모든 신을 음란히 섬기며 그 신들에게 희생을 드리고 너를 청하면 네가 그 희생을 먹을까 함이며

16 또 네가 그들의 딸들로 네 아들들의 아내를 삼음으로 그들의 딸들이 그 신들을 음란히 섬기며 네 아들로 그들의 신들을 음란히 섬기게 할까 함이니라

17 너는 신상들을 부어 만들지 말지니라 !

18 너는 무교절을 지키되 내가 네게 명한대로 아빕월 그 기한에 칠일 동안 무교병을 먹으라 이는 네가 아빕월에 애굽에서 나왔음이니라

19 무릇 초태생은 다 내 것이며 무릇 네 가축의 수컷 처음 난 우양도 다 그러하며

20 나귀의 첫새끼는 어린 양으로 대속할 것이요 그렇게 아니하려면 그 목을 꺾을 것이며 네 아들 중 장자는 다 대속할지며 빈손으로 내 얼굴을 보지 말지니라 !

21 너는 엿새동안 일하고 제 칠일에는 쉴지니 밭 갈 때에나 거둘 때에도 쉴지며

22 칠칠절 곧 맥추의 초실절을 지키고 가을에는 수장절을 지키라 !

23 너희 모든 남자는 매년 세번씩 주 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님 앞에 보일지라

24 내가 열방을 네 앞에서 쫓아내고 네 지경을 넓히리니 네가 매년 세번씩 여호와 너희 하나님께 보이러 올 때에 아무 사람도 네 땅을 탐내어 엿보지 못하리라 !

25 너는 내 희생의 피를 유교병과 함께 드리지 말며 유월절 희생을 아침까지 두지 말지며

26 너의 토지 소산의 처음 익은 것을 가져다가 너의 하나님 여호와의 전에 드릴지며 너는 염소 새끼를 그 어미의 젖으로 삶지 말지니라

27 여호와께서 모세에게 이르시되 너는 이 말들을 기록하라 내가 이 말들의 뜻대로 너와 이스라엘과 언약을 세웠음이니라 하시니라

28 모세가 여호와와 함께 사십일 사십야를 거기 있으면서 떡도 먹지 아니하였고 물도 마시지 아니하였으며 여호와께서는 언약의 말씀 곧 십계를 그 판들에 기록하셨더라

29 모세가 그 증거의 두 판을 자기 손에 들고 시내산에서 내려오니 그 산에서 내려올 때에 모세는 자기가 여호와와 말씀하였음을 인하여 얼굴 꺼풀에 광채가 나나 깨닫지 못하였더라

30 아론과 온 이스라엘 자손이 모세를 볼 때에 모세의 얼굴 꺼풀에 광채 남을 보고 그에게 가까이 하기를 두려워하더니

31 모세가 그들을 부르니 아론과 회중의 모든 어른이 모세에게로 오고 모세가 그들과 말하니

32 그 후에야 온 이스라엘 자손이 가까이 오는지라 모세가 여호와께서 시내산에서 자기에게 이르신 말씀을 다 그들에게 명하고

33 그들에게 말하기를 마치고 수건으로 자기 얼굴을 가리웠더라

34 그러나 모세가 여호와 앞에 들어가서 함께 말씀할 때에는 나오기까지 수건을 벗고 있다가 나와서는 그 명하신 일을 이스라엘 자손에게 고하며

35 이스라엘 자손이 모세의 얼굴의 광채를 보는고로 모세가 여호와께 말씀하러 들어가기까지 다시 수건으로 자기 얼굴을 가리웠더라

   

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Arcana Coelestia#3519

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3519. 'And take for me from there two good kids of the she-goats' means truths born from that good. This is clear from the meaning of 'kids of the she-goats' as truths born from good, dealt with below. The reason for having 'two' was that as in the rational so in the natural there are things of the will and those of the understanding. Things in the natural that belong to the will are delights, while those that belong to the understanding are facts. These two have to be joined together if they are to be anything at all.

[2] As regards 'kids of the she-goats' meaning truths born from good, this becomes clear from those places in the Word where kids and she-goats are mentioned. It should be recognized that all gentle and useful beasts mentioned in the Word mean in the genuine sense celestial things, which are forms of good, and spiritual things, which are forms of truth, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 776, 2179, 2180, 2781, 3218. And since there are various genera of celestial things or forms of good, and consequently there are various genera of spiritual things or forms of truth, one beast has a different meaning from another; that is to say, a lamb has one meaning, a kid another, and a sheep, she-goat, ram, he-goat, young bull, or ox another, while a horse or a camel has yet another meaning. Birds have a different meaning again, as also do beasts of the sea, such as sea monsters, and fish. The genera of celestial and spiritual things, and consequently of forms of good and truth, are more than anyone can number, even though when that which is celestial or good is mentioned, and also when that which is spiritual or truth, this is not envisaged as being anything complex, consisting of many parts, but as a single entity. Yet how complex both of these are, that is, how countless the genera are of which they consist, may be seen from what has been stated about heaven in 3241, to the effect that it is distinguished into countless separate communities, according to the genera of celestial and spiritual things, that is, of goods of love and of derivative truths of faith. Furthermore each genus of good and each genus of truth has countless species into which the communities of each genus are separated. And each species in a similar way has separate sub-species.

[3] The commonest genera of good and truth are what the living creatures offered as burnt offerings and sacrifices represented. And because the genera are quite distinct and separate, people were explicitly commanded to use those living creatures and no others, that is to say, in some sacrifices lambs and ewe-lambs, and also kids and female kids of she-goats were to be used, in other sacrifices rams and sheep, and also he-goats, were to be used, while in other sacrifices again, calves, young bulls, and oxen, or else pigeons and doves, were to be used, see 992, 1823, 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3218. What kids and she-goats meant however becomes clear both from the sacrifices in which they used to be offered and from other places in the Word. These show that lambs and ewe-lambs meant innocence belonging to the internal or rational man, and kids and she-goats innocence belonging to the external or natural man, and so the truth and the good of the latter.

[4] The fact that truth and good present in the innocence that belongs to the external or natural man is meant by a kid and a she-goat is clear from the following places in the Word: In Isaiah,

The wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the kid, the calf also and the young lion and the sheep together; and a little child will lead them. Isaiah 11:6.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom and to the state there in which people have no fear of evil, that is, no dread of hell, because they are with the Lord. 'The lamb' and 'the kid' stand for people who have innocence within them, and who, being the most secure of all, are mentioned first.

[5] When all the firstborn of Egypt were smitten the people were commanded to kill from among the lambs or among the kids a male without blemish, and to put some of the blood on the doorposts and on the lintel of their houses; and so the destroyer would not strike them with the plague, Exodus 12:5, 7, 13. 'The firstborn of Egypt' means the good of love and charity that was wiped out, 3325. 'The lambs' and 'the kids' are states of innocence, in which those with whom these exist are secure from evil. Indeed all in heaven are kept secure by the Lord through states of innocence. That security was represented by the killing of the lamb or kid, and putting the blood on the doorposts and on the lintel of the houses. .

[6] To avert his own death when a person saw Jehovah manifested as an angel he would sacrifice 'a kid of the she-goats', as Gideon did when he saw Him, Judges 6:19, and also Manoah, Judges 13:15-16, 19. The reason they offered a kid was that Jehovah or the Lord cannot appear to anybody, not even to an angel, unless the one to whom He appears is in a state of innocence. Therefore as soon as the Lord is present people are brought into a state of innocence, for the Lord enters in by way of innocence, even with angels in heaven. Consequently no one is able to enter heaven unless he has a measure of innocence, according to the Lord's words recorded in Matthew 18:3; Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17. Regarding people's belief that they would die when Jehovah appeared to them if they did not offer such a burnt offering, see Judges 13:22-23.

[7] Since genuine conjugial love is innocence itself, 2736, it was customary in the representative Church for a man to go to his wife with the gift of a kid of the she-goats, as one reads of Samson in Judges 15:1, and also of Judah when he visited Tamar, Genesis 38:17, 20, 23. The fact that 'a kid' and 'a she-goat' meant innocence is also evident from the sacrifices made as guilt offerings that a person would offer if he had sinned through error, Leviticus 1:10; 4:28; 5:6. Sinning through error is sinning through ignorance that has innocence within it. The same is evident from the following Divine command in Moses,

You shall bring the first of the firstfruits of your land to the house of Jehovah your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk. Exodus 23:19; 34:26.

Here the requirement 'to bring the firstfruits of the land to the house of Jehovah' means the state of innocence which exists in early childhood; and 'not boiling a kid in its mother's milk' means that they were not to destroy the innocence of early childhood. This being their meaning, the one command, in both places referred to, follows directly after the other. In the literal sense there seems to be no connection at all between them as there is in the internal sense.

[8] Because kids and she-goats, as has been stated, meant innocence it was also required that the curtains over the tabernacle should be made from she-goat hair, Exodus 25:4; 26:7; 35:5-6, 23, 26; 36:14, as a sign that all the holy things represented in it depended for their very being on innocence. 'She-goat hair' means the last or outermost degree of innocence present in ignorance, such as exists with gentiles who in the internal sense are meant by the curtains of the tabernacle. These considerations now show what truths born of good are, and what the nature of these is, meant by the two good kids of the she-goats which Rebekah his mother spoke about to Jacob. That is to say, they are truths belonging to innocence or early childhood, meant also by the things which Esau was to bring to Isaac his father, dealt with in 3501, 3508. They were not in fact such truths, but initially they appeared to be. Thus it was that Jacob pretended by means of them to be Esau.

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