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1 Наконецъ было сказано Моисею: взойди къ Іеговј, ты и Ааронъ, Надавъ и Авіудъ и семьдесятъ изъ старјйшинъ Израилевыхъ, и поклонитесь издали.

2 Моисей одинъ пусть приближится къ Іеговј: а они чтобъ не приближались, и народъ чтобъ не восходилъ съ нимъ.

3 И пришелъ Моисей, и пересказалъ народу всј слова Іеговы, и всј законы: и отвјчалъ весь народъ въ одинъ голосъ, и сказали: все, что сказалъ Іегова, сдјлаемъ.

4 И написалъ Моисей всј слова Іеговы, и вставъ поутру рано, поставилъ подъ горою жертвенникъ, и двјнадцать камней, по числу двјнадцати колјнъ Израилевыхъ.

5 И послалъ юношей изъ сыновъ Израилевыхъ, и принесли всесожженія, и заклали тельцевъ въ благодарственную жертву Іеговј.

6 Моисей, взявъ половину крови, влилъ въ чаши, а другую половину крови вылилъ на жертвенникъ.

7 И взялъ книгу завјта, и прочиталъ вслухъ народу, и сказали: все, что сказалъ Іегова, сдјлаемъ, и будемъ послушны.

8 И взялъ Моисей крови, и окропилъ народъ, говоря: вотъ кровь завјта, который Іегова заключилъ съ вами о всјхъ словахъ сихъ.

9 Потомъ Моисей и Ааронъ, Надавъ и Авіудъ, и семьдесятъ изъ старјйшинъ Израилевыхъ взошли,

10 и увидјли Бога Израилева; подъ ногами Его нјчто подобное работј изъ чистаго сапфира, подобное самому ясному небу.

11 И Онъ не простеръ руки Своей на избранныхъ изъ сыновъ Израилевыхъ: они видјли Бога, и јли, и пили.

12 Іегова сказалъ Моисею: взойди ко Мнј на гору и будь тамъ: и дамъ тебј скрижали каменныя, и законъ, и заповјди, которыя Я написалъ для наученія ихъ.

13 И всталъ Моисей съ Іисусомъ, служителемъ своимъ, и пошелъ Моисей на гору Божію.

14 А старјйшинамъ сказалъ: оставайтесь здјсь, пока мы не возвратимся къ вамъ; вотъ Ааронъ и Оръ съ вами; кто будетъ имјть дјло, пусть приходитъ къ нимъ.

15 И взошелъ Моисей на гору; и покрыло облако гору.

16 И слава Іеговы почивала на горј Синај, и покрывало ее облако шесть дней: а въ седьмый день Онъ воззвалъ къ Моисею изъ среды облака.

17 Видъ же славы Іеговы на вершинј горы въ очахъ сыновъ Израилевыхъ былъ подобенъ огню поядающему.

18 Моисей вступилъ въ средину облака, и взошелъ на гору; и былъ Моисей на горј сорокъ дней и сорокъ ночей.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#8106

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8106. 'During the daytime in a pillar of cloud' means that when there was a state of enlightenment, this was moderated by a dimming of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'during the daytime' or 'in the day' as in a state of enlightenment, for the times of day - morning, midday, evening, and night - correspond to degrees of enlightenment in the next life, that is, of intelligence and wisdom, 5672, 5962, 6110, so that 'the day' is a state of enlightenment or clear perception, and 'the night' a state of unenlightenment or dimmed perception, 7680; and from the meaning of 'cloud' as a dimming of truth, since a cloud takes away the brilliance of the light from the sun and also moderates it.

[2] Various places in the Word say that Jehovah appeared in a cloud, that He was clothed with a cloud, or that 'clouds were under His feet'. In those places 'cloud' is used to mean a dimming of truth; in particular the literal sense of the Word is meant, for in comparison with the internal sense the literal sense is a dimmed presentation of truth, see the Preface to Genesis 18, and also 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752. This was meant by 'the cloud' when the Lord appeared in glory to Peter, James, and John, Luke 9:34; when He appeared to the people from Mount Sinai, and to Moses when he went in to Him there, Exodus 19:9; 20:21; 24:15-18; 34:5. The same was also meant by what the Lord declared so many times, that He would come in the clouds of heaven, Matthew 24:30; 26:63-64; Mark 13:26; 14:61-62; Luke 21:27.

[3] The literal sense of the Word is called 'a cloud' because the internal sense, which is called 'the glory', cannot be understood by anyone unless he has been regenerated and therefore enlightened. If the internal sense of the Word, or God's truth in its glory, were to appear in front of someone who has not been regenerated it would be like thick darkness in which he would see absolutely nothing, and also would leave him blind, that is, with no belief at all.

From all this one may see what the description 'a cloud during the daytime' means, namely a dimming of truth and, when it has reference to the Word, the literal sense.

[4] The expressions 'in a pillar of cloud' and 'in a pillar of fire' are used because 'a pillar' means a load-bearing support, as in Jeremiah 1:18; Psalms 75:3; Revelation 3:12; Job 9:6; and it is used to refer to the natural level, since the natural level is a kind of support or pedestal for the spiritual level. For the spiritual level terminates at the natural level and rests on it. This explains why the feet of an angel coming down from heaven looked like pillars of fire, Revelation 10:1; for the natural level is meant by 'feet', 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952, 5327, 5328.

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