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1 Então falou o Senhor a Moisés, dizendo:

2 Santifica-me todo primogênito, todo o que abrir a madre de sua mãe entre os filhos de Israel, assim de homens como de animais; porque meu é.

3 E Moisés disse ao povo: Lembrai-vos deste dia, em que saístes do Egito, da casa da servidão; pois com mão forte o Senhor vos tirou daqui; portanto não se comerá pão levedado.

4 Hoje, no mês de abibe, vós saís.

5 Quando o Senhor te houver introduzido na terra dos cananeus, dos heteus, dos amorreus, dos heveus e dos jebuseus, que ele jurou a teus pais que te daria, terra que mana leite e mel, guardarás este culto nestê mes.

6 Sete dias comerás pães ázimos, e ao sétimo dia haverá uma festa ao Senhor.

7 Sete dias se comerão pães ázimos, e o levedado não se verá contigo, nem ainda fermento será visto em todos os teus termos.

8 Naquele dia contarás a teu filho, dizendo: Isto é por causa do que o Senhor me fez, quando eu saí do Egito;

9 e te será por sinal sobre tua mão e por memorial entre teus olhos, para que a lei do Senhor esteja em tua boca; porquanto com mão forte o Senhor te tirou do Egito.

10 Portanto guardarás este estatuto a seu tempo, de ano em ano.

11 Também quando o Senhor te houver introduzido na terra dos cananeus, como jurou a ti e a teus pais, quando ta houver dado,

12 separarás para o Senhor tudo o que abrir a madre, até mesmo todo primogênito dos teus animais; os machos serão do Senhor.

13 Mas todo primogênito de jumenta resgatarás com um cordeiro; e, se o não quiseres resgatar, quebrar-lhe-ás a cerviz:; e todo primogênito do homem entre teus filhos resgatarás.

14 E quando teu filho te perguntar no futuro, dizendo: Que é isto? responder-lhe-ás: O Senhor, com mão forte, nos tirou do Egito, da casa da servidão.

15 Porque sucedeu que, endurecendo-se Faraó, para não nos deixar ir, o Senhor matou todos os primogênitos na terra do Egito, tanto os primogênitos dos homens como os primogênitos dos animais; por isso eu sacrifico ao Senhor todos os primogênitos, sendo machos; mas a todo primogênito de meus filhos eu resgato.

16 E isto será por sinal sobre tua mão, e por frontais entre os teus olhos, porque o Senhor, com mão forte, nos tirou do Egito.

17 Ora, quando Faraó deixou ir o povo, Deus não o conduziu pelo caminho da terra dos filisteus, se bem que fosse mais perto; porque Deus disse: Para que porventura o povo não se arrependa, vendo a guerra, e volte para o Egito;

18 mas Deus fez o povo rodear pelo caminho do deserto perto do Mar Vermelho; e os filhos de Israel subiram armados da terra do Egito.

19 Moisés levou consigo os ossos de José, porquanto havia este solenemente ajuramentado os filhos de Israel, dizendo: Certamente Deus vos visitará; e vós haveis de levar daqui convosco os meus ossos.

20 Assim partiram de Sucote, e acamparam-se em Etã, à entrada do deserto.

21 E o Senhor ia adiante deles, de dia numa coluta e os dois para os guiar pelo caminho, e de noite numa coluna de fogo para os alumiar, a fim de que caminhassem de dia e de noite.

22 Não desaparecia de diante do povo a coluna de nuvem de dia, nem a coluna de fogo de noite.

   

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Apocalypse Explained#28

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28. The first-born from the dead. That this signifies from whom is all good in heaven, is evident from the signification of first-born, when said of the Lord, as denoting the Divine good in heaven, thus all good there. The reason why this is signified by first-born, is, because by generations, in general and in particular, are signified spiritual generations, which are those of good and truth, or of love and faith. Therefore, by father, mother, sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, and sons' sons, are signified the goods and truths which generate, and which are generated, in their order (Arcana Coelestia 10490). For in heaven there are no other nativities; and, this being the case, by first-born is not meant first-born, but the good of heaven and the church, because this is in the chief place. Now, because all good in heaven exists from the Lord, therefore He is called the First-born.

[2] The reason why He is called the first-born from the dead, is because, when He rose from the dead, He made His Human Divine Good by union with the Divine which was in Him from conception. This is why He is called the first-born from the dead; and why He says of Himself in David,

"I will make him the first-born, higher than the kings of the earth" (Psalm 89:27).

What is meant by His being higher than the kings of the earth, will be seen in the subsequent article. (That the Lord, when He departed out of the world, made His Human Divine Good, may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 3194, 3210, 6864, 7499, 8724, 9199, 10076, thus that He came forth from the Father and returned to the Father, n. 3194, 3210; and that after the union, the Divine truth, which is the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, goes forth from Him, n. 3704, 3712, 3969, 4577, 5704, 7499, 8127, 8241, 9199, 9398, 9407. But this mystery may be seen more fully explained in the small work, The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 293-295; and in the passages from Arcana Coelestia there cited, n. 303-305.)

Since the Lord as to His Divine Human is called the first-born, because all good goes forth from Him, therefore all the first-born in the Israelitish church were holy to Jehovah; and therefore also the Levites were taken in the place of all the first-born in Israel. For by the sons of Levi were represented those of the church who are in the good of charity. On this account, also, a double portion of the inheritance fell to the first-born. All this, because the first-born signified good from the Lord, and, in the highest sense, the Lord Himself as to the Divine Human, from which all good comes; for all the things commanded in the Israelitish church were representative of spiritual and celestial Divine things.

[3] That all the first-born in the Israelitish church were holy to Jehovah is evident from Moses, in the following passages:

"Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the sons of Israel, in man and in beast; it is mine" (Exodus 13:2).

"Thou shalt cause to pass over unto Jehovah all that openeth the womb, and every firstling that cometh of a beast as many as thou hast, the males shall be Jehovah's" (13:12).

"Thou shalt not delay the first fruits of thy produce, and the first fruits of thy wine; the first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen and with thy sheep; seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. And ye shall be men of holiness unto me" (Exodus 22:29-31).

The reason why they were to give also the first-born of beasts, was, because these also were representative; on which account, also, they were made use of in burnt-offerings and sacrifices. (What the various beasts in these services represented, may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 1823, 3519, 9280, 10042.) The Levites were accepted in place of all the first-born in Israel (concerning which, see Numbers 3:12, 13, 41, 45; 8:15-19), because, as observed above, the sons of Levi represented, and thence signified, the good of charity, and Levi, in the highest sense, represented the Lord as to that good (as may be seen, n. 3875, 3877, 4497, 4502, 4503, 10017). The reason why a double portion of the inheritance fell to the first-born (Deuteronomy 21:17), was, because a double portion signified the good of love (n. 720, 1686, 5194, 8423).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.