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2 Mosebok第10章

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1 Og Herren sa til Moses: Gå inn til Farao! For det er jeg som har forherdet hans hjerte og hans tjeneres hjerte, forat jeg kan gjøre disse mine tegn midt iblandt dem,

2 og forat du skal fortelle din sønn og din sønnesønn hvad jeg har gjort mot egypterne, og hvad tegn jeg har gjort iblandt dem, så I skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

3 Så gikk Moses og Aron inn til Farao og sa til ham: Så sier Herren, hebreernes Gud: Hvor lenge vil du la være å ydmyke dig for mig? La mitt folk fare, så de kan tjene mig!

4 For dersom du nekter å la mitt folk fare, da vil jeg imorgen la gresshopper komme over ditt land.

5 Og de skal dekke landet, så ingen kan se jorden, og de skal ete op hvert eneste grand av det som blev tilovers for eder efter haglet, og de skal avete hvert tre som vokser på eders marker.

6 Og de skal fylle dine hus og alle dine tjeneres hus og alle egypternes hus, så hverken dine fedre eller dine fedres fedre har sett noget slikt fra den tid de blev til på jorden, og til denne dag. Dermed vendte han sig om og gikk ut fra Farao.

7 Da sa Faraos tjenere til ham: Hvor lenge skal denne mann være en snare for oss? La mennene fare, så de kan tjene Herren sin Gud! Ser du ikke ennu at Egypten blir ødelagt?

8 Så blev Moses og Aron hentet tilbake til Farao, og han sa til dem: Gå avsted, tjen Herren eders Gud! Men hvem er det som skal fare?

9 Moses svarte: Vi vil fare alle, både unge og gamle; både våre sønner og våre døtre vil vi ha med, både vårt småfe og vårt storfe; for vi skal holde høitid for Herren.

10 Da sa han til dem: Herren være med eder, så visst som jeg lar eder og eders små barn fare! Se der om I ikke har ondt i sinne!

11 Nei, ikke så! I menn kan fare og tjene Herren! For det var jo det I bad om. Dermed drev de dem ut fra Farao.

12 Da sa Herren til Moses: ekk ut din hånd over Egyptens land, så skal gresshoppene komme inn over Egyptens land og ete op alle urter i landet, alt det haglet har levnet.

13 Så rakte Moses ut sin stav over Egyptens land, og Herren lot en østenvind komme over landet hele den dag og hele natten; da det blev morgen, førte østenvinden gresshoppene med sig.

14 Og gresshoppene kom inn over hele Egyptens land og slo sig ned i hele Egypten i store mengder; aldri hadde det før vært en slik gresshoppesverm, og aldri vil det komme nogen slik mere.

15 De dekket hele landet, så landet blev mørkt, og de åt op alle urter i landet og all frukt på trærne som haglet hadde levnet, og det blev intet grønt tilbake på trærne eller på markens urter i hele Egyptens land.

16 Da skyndte Farao sig og sendte bud efter Moses og Aron og sa: Jeg har syndet mot Herren eders Gud og mot eder.

17 Men forlat mig nu min synd denne ene gang, og bed til Herren eders Gud at han bare vil avvende denne død fra mig!

18 Og han gikk ut igjen fra Farao og bad til Herren.

19 Og Herren vendte vinden, så det blev en meget sterk vestenvind, og den førte gresshoppene bort og kastet dem ned i det øde Hav; det blev ikke én gresshoppe tilbake i hele Egyptens land.

20 Men Herren forherdet Faraos hjerte, så han ikke lot Israels barn fare.

21 Og Herren sa til Moses: ekk din hånd op mot himmelen, og det skal bli mørke over Egyptens land, et mørke så tykt at en kan ta på det.

22 Så rakte Moses sin hånd op mot himmelen, og det blev et tykt mørke i hele Egyptens land i tre dager.

23 Den ene kunde ikke se den andre, og ingen torde flytte sig fra sin plass i tre dager; men hos alle Israels barn var det lyst der de bodde.

24 Da kalte Farao Moses til sig og sa: Gå avsted, tjen Herren! Bare eders småfe og eders storfe skal bli tilbake; også eders små barn kan få dra med eder.

25 Men Moses sa: Du må også la oss få slaktoffer og brennoffer med, så vi kan ofre til Herren vår Gud;

26 også vår buskap må være med oss, ikke en klov må bli igjen; for det er det vi må ta av når vi skal tjene Herren vår Gud, og vi vet ikke hvad vi skal ofre til Herren før vi kommer dit.

27 Men Herren forherdet Faraos hjerte, så han ikke vilde la dem fare.

28 Og Farao sa til Moses: Gå fra mig, vokt dig, kom ikke mere for mine øine! For på den dag du kommer for mine øine, skal du !

29 Moses svarte: Du har talt rett; jeg skal aldri mere komme for dine øine.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#1343

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1343. That 'Eber' was a nation, the Hebrew nation, which took its name from 'Eber' as its forefather, and which means the worship in general of the second Ancient Church, is clear from the references to him in the historical sections of the Word. Because a new form of worship began with that nation, all those were called Hebrews whose worship was similar to it. Their worship was like that re-established at a later time among the descendants of Jacob, its chief features being that they called their God Jehovah and held sacrifices. The Most Ancient Church was of one mind in acknowledging the Lord and calling Him Jehovah, as is clear also from the early chapters of Genesis and elsewhere in the Word. The Ancient Church, that is, the Church after the Flood also acknowledged the Lord and called Him Jehovah, especially those who possessed internal worship and were called 'the sons of Shem'. The remainder whose worship was external also acknowledged Jehovah and worshipped Him. But when internal worship became external, and still more when it became idolatrous, and when each nation started to have its own god to worship, the Hebrew nation retained the name of Jehovah and called their own God Jehovah. In this they were different from all other nations.

[2] Along with external worship, Jacob's descendants in Egypt, including Moses himself, lost knowledge even of this fact, that their God was called Jehovah. Consequently they had first of all to be taught that Jehovah was the God of the Hebrews, and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as becomes clear from the following in Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, You and the elders of Israel shall go in to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now let us go, pray, a three days' journey into the wilderness, and let us sacrifice to Jehovah our God. Exodus 3:18.

In the same author,

Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah that I should hearken to His voice to send Israel away? I do not know Jehovah, and moreover I will not send Israel away. And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us; let us go, pray, a three days' journey into the wilderness, and let us sacrifice to Jehovah our God. Exodus 5:2-3.

[3] The fact that Jacob's descendants lost in Egypt, along with the worship, even the name of Jehovah becomes clear from the following in Moses,

Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, What is His name? What shall I tell them? And God said to Moses, I Am Who I Am. And He said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I Am has sent me to you. And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, Jehovah the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you; this is My name for ever. Exodus 3:13-15.

[4] From this it is evident that even Moses did not know it and that they were distinguished from everyone else by the name of Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews. Hence also Jehovah is elsewhere called the God of the Hebrews,

You shall say to Pharaoh, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has sent me to you. Exodus 7:16.

Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, Thus said Jehovah the God of the Hebrews. Exodus 9:1, 13.

Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, Thus said Jehovah the God of the Hebrews Exodus 10:3.

In Jonah,

I am a Hebrew, and I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven. Jonah 1:9.

And also in Samuel,

The Philistines heard the noise of the shouting and said, What does the noise of this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean? And they learned that the Ark of Jehovah had come to the camp. The Philistines said, Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who smote the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness. Acquit yourselves like men, O Philistines, lest you be slaves to the Hebrews. 1 Samuel 4:6, 8-9.

Here also it is evident that nations were distinguished from one another by the gods whose names they called on, and that the Hebrew nation was distinguished by that of Jehovah.

[5] The fact that sacrifices were the second essential feature of the worship of the Hebrew nation is also evident from the words from Exodus 3:18; 5:2-3, quoted above, as well as from the fact that the Egyptians abhorred the Hebrew nation on account of this form of worship, as is clear from the following in Moses,

Moses said, It is not right to do so, for we would be sacrificing to Jehovah our God what is abhorrent to the Egyptians; behold, we would be sacrificing what is abhorrent to the Egyptians in their eyes; will they not stone us? Exodus 8:26.

Consequently the Egyptians also abhorred the Hebrew nation so much that they refused even 'to eat bread' with them, Genesis 43:32. From this it is also evident that not merely the descendants of Jacob constituted the Hebrew nation but everybody who possessed that kind of worship. This also was why in Joseph's day the land of Canaan was called the land of the Hebrews,

Joseph said. By theft I have been taken away out of the land of the Hebrews. Genesis 40:15.

[6] The fact that sacrifices took place among the idolaters in the land of Canaan becomes clear from many references, for they used to sacrifice to their gods - to the baals and to others What is more, Balaam, who came from Syria where Eber had lived, that is, where the Hebrew nation had originated, before Jacob's descendants entered the land of Canaan, not only offered sacrifices but also called his God Jehovah. As to the fact that Balaam came from Syria where the Hebrew nation had originated, see Numbers 23:7; that he offered sacrifices, Numbers 22:39-40; 23:1-3, 14, 29; that he called his God Jehovah, Numbers 22:18, and elsewhere in those chapters. And Genesis 8:20 speaks of Noah offering burnt offerings to Jehovah - though this is not true history but made-up history - for 'burnt offerings' means the holiness of worship, as may be seen in that story. These considerations now show what 'Eber' or 'the Hebrew nation' means.

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