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Exodus 6

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1 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Nüüd sa saad näha, mida ma vaaraole teen; sest vägeva käe sunnil ta laseb nad minna ja vägeva käe sunnil ta ajab nad ära oma maalt.'

2 Ja Jumal rääkis Moosesega ning ütles temale: 'Mina olen Issand.

3 Mina olen ennast ilmutanud Aabrahamile, Iisakile ja Jaakobile Kõigeväelise Jumalana, aga oma nime Jahve ei ole ma neile teatavaks teinud.

4 Mina olen nendega teinud ka oma lepingu, et ma annan neile Kaananimaa, nende rännakute maa, kus nad on võõrana elanud.

5 Mina olen ka kuulnud Iisraeli laste ägamist, et egiptlased neid orjastavad, ja ma olen mõelnud oma lepingule.

6 Seepärast ütle Iisraeli lastele: Mina olen Issand ja mina viin teid ära egiptlaste teoorjuse alt; ma päästan teid nende orjatööst ja lunastan teid oma väljasirutatud käsivarrega ning suurte kohtupidamistega.

7 Mina võtan teid enesele rahvaks ja olen teile Jumalaks, ja teie peate tundma, et mina olen Issand, teie Jumal, kes teid viib välja egiptlaste teoorjusest.

8 Mina viin teid sellele maale, mille pärast ma oma käe üles tõstsin, et ma annan selle Aabrahamile, Iisakile ja Jaakobile. Mina annan selle teie omandiks, mina, Issand.'

9 Ja Mooses rääkis nõnda Iisraeli lastele, aga nemad ei kuulanud Moosest rõhutud meeleolu ja ränga orjuse tõttu.

10 Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega, öeldes:

11 'Mine ütle vaaraole, Egiptuse kuningale, et ta laseks Iisraeli lapsed oma maalt ära minna!'

12 Aga Mooses rääkis Issanda ees, öeldes: 'Vaata, Iisraeli lapsed ei kuula mind, kuidas siis vaarao mind kuulda võtab? Mina olen ju huultelt ümberlõikamata.'

13 Aga Issand rääkis Moosesega ja Aaroniga ning andis neile käsu minna Iisraeli laste ja vaarao, Egiptuse kuninga juurde, et viia Iisraeli lapsed Egiptusemaalt välja.

14 Need olid nende perekondade peamehed: Ruubeni, Iisraeli esmasündinu pojad olid: Hanok, Pallu, Hesron ja Karmi; need olid Ruubeni suguvõsad.

15 Siimeoni pojad olid Jemuel, Jaamin, Ohad, Jaakin, Sohar ja Saul, kaananlanna poeg; need olid Siimeoni suguvõsad.

16 Need olid Leevi poegade nimed nende sünnijärgluses: Geerson, Kehat ja Merari; ja Leevi eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend seitse aastat.

17 Geersoni pojad olid Libni ja Simei oma suguvõsade kaupa.

18 Kehati pojad olid Amram, Jishar, Hebron ja Ussiel; ja Kehati eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend kolm aastat.

19 Merari pojad olid Mahli ja Muusi; need olid Leevi suguvõsad oma sünnijärgluses.

20 Amram võttis enesele naiseks Jookebedi, oma isa õe, ja see tõi temale ilmale Aaroni ja Moosese; ja Amrami eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend seitse aastat.

21 Jishari pojad olid Korah, Nefeg ja Sikri.

22 Ussieli pojad olid Miisael, Elsafan ja Sitri.

23 Aaron võttis Eliseba, Amminadabi tütre, Nahsoni õe, enesele naiseks, ja see tõi temale ilmale Naadabi, Abihu, Eleasari ja Iitamari.

24 Korahi pojad olid Assir, Elkana ja Abiasaf; need olid korahlaste suguvõsad.

25 Eleasar, Aaroni poeg, võttis enesele naise Puutieli tütreist, ja see tõi temale ilmale Piinehasi; need olid leviitide perekondade peamehed nende suguvõsade kaupa.

26 Need olid Aaron ja Mooses, kellele Issand ütles: 'Viige Iisraeli lapsed nende väehulkade kaupa Egiptusemaalt välja!'

27 Nemad olid, kes rääkisid vaaraoga, Egiptuse kuningaga, et Iisraeli lapsi Egiptusest välja viia - Mooses ja Aaron.

28 Sel päeval, mil Issand rääkis Moosesega Egiptusemaal,

29 Issand rääkis Moosesele, öeldes: 'Mina olen Issand! Räägi vaaraole, Egiptuse kuningale kõike, mis ma sulle räägin!'

30 Ja Mooses ütles Issanda ees: 'Vaata, ma olen huultelt ümberlõikamata. Kuidas siis vaarao mind kuulda võtaks?'

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2658

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2658. 'For the son of this servant-girl shall not inherit together with my son, with Isaac' means that the merely human rational could not possess the same life as the Divine Rational itself, neither as to truth nor as to good. This is clear from the meaning of 'inheriting' as possessing the life of another, to be dealt with immediately below; from the meaning of 'the son of a servant-girl' as the merely human rational as to truth and as to good, dealt with in 2657; and from the meaning of 'my son, Isaac' as the Divine Rational as to truth, meant by 'my son', and as to good, meant by 'Isaac', dealt with in 2623, 2630. That 'Isaac' is the Divine Rational as to good is clear from verses 6-7 (in 2640, 2641, 2643) - from the meaning of 'laughter', from which he was named, as the affection for truth, or good that flows from truth. From this it is evident that 'the son of this servant-girl shall not inherit together with my son, with Isaac' means that the merely human rational cannot possess the same life as the Divine Rational, neither as to truth nor as to good. Its inability to possess the same life is clear from the single consideration that the Divine is life itself, and this being so possesses life within Itself, whereas the merely human is only an organ for life and that being so does not possess life in itself.

[2] Once it had become Divine the Lord's Human was no longer an organ or recipient of life; it was now Life itself, the same as that of Jehovah Himself. It had this life at the start from its very conception from Jehovah, as is plainly evident from the Lord's own words in John,

As the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. John 5:26.

The Divine Human is what is called 'the Son', 1729, 2159, 2628. In the same gospel,

In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:4.

In the same gospel,

Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. John 14:6.

In the same gospel,

Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me, though he die, will live. John 11:25.

In the same gospel,

The bread of God is that which 1 comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world. John 6:33.

Man however is not life but an organ or recipient of it, see 2021, and in various places elsewhere. From this it may be evident that when the Lord was made Jehovah even as to the Human, that which was not life in itself, that is, the merely human, was banished. This is the meaning of the statement that the son of a servant-girl could not inherit together with the son Isaac.

[3] When 'inheriting' in the internal sense has reference to the Lord it means possessing the Father's life, and so possessing life within Himself; and when it has reference to men it means possessing the Lord's life, that is, receiving life from the Lord. This is clear from many places in the Word. Possessing life in Himself is the very Being (Esse) of life, which is Jehovah, whereas possessing the Lord's life, or receiving life from the Lord, is accepting the Lord in love and faith. And because such persons abide in the Lord and are the Lord's they are called His heirs and sons.

[4] In the Old Testament Word 'inheritance' is used to refer both to what is celestial, or good, and to what is spiritual, or truth, though what is celestial is expressed by one word, what is spiritual by another. The first word may be rendered as 'possessing by inheritance', but the second as 'inheriting'. In the original language the first word also implies possession, but the second a derivation from such possession, in the way that celestial and spiritual are related to each other, or good and truth are related. In the present verse, where 'Isaac' represents the Lord's Divine Rational or Divine Human, the word describing possession by right of inheritance is used, for the Lord's Divine Human is sole heir and possessor, as He also teaches in the parable recorded in Matthew 21:33, 37-38; Mark 12:7; Luke 20:14; and in various places declares that all that is the Father's is His.

[5] When 'possessing by inheritance' and 'inheriting' in the Word have reference to men, they mean receiving life from the Lord, and therefore receiving eternal life or heaven, for only those who receive the Lord's life receive heaven. This is clear in John,

He who overcomes will receive all things by inheritance, and I will be his God and he will be My Son. Revelation 21:7.

In Matthew,

Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters for My name's sake will receive a hundredfold and will be allotted the inheritance of eternal life. Matthew 19:29; 25:43; Mark 10:17; Luke 18:18.

Here heaven is called 'eternal life', elsewhere simply 'life', as in Matthew 18:8-9; 19:17; John 3:36; 5:24, 29, the reason being that the Lord is life itself, and anyone who receives His life is in heaven.

[6] In David,

God will save Zion and will build the cities of Judah; and they will dwell there and possess it by inheritance; and the seed of His servants will inherit it, and those loving His name will dwell in it. Psalms 69:35-36.

Here 'possessing by inheritance' has reference to those in whom celestial love exists, 'inheriting' to those in whom spiritual love exists. In Isaiah,

He who trusts in Me will inherit the land, and will possess by inheritance My holy mountain. Isaiah 57:13.

Here the meaning is similar.

[7] In Moses,

I will bring you to the land over which I lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a hereditary possession. Exodus 6:8.

In the sense of the letter these words mean that the land of Canaan was to be granted to them as a hereditary possession, which did in fact happen. But in the internal sense they mean that heaven was to be granted to those in whom love to and faith in the Lord were present, for as the Lord is represented by 'Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob' so are love itself and faith itself meant by them, and consequently people in whom love and faith are present, and who accordingly abide in the Lord. These are also meant by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with whom many will recline at table in the kingdom of heaven, in Matthew 8:11; for those who are in heaven are completely unaware of Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob, and know only of what is represented and meant by them. And the same goes for 'reclining at table (or eating) with them'. For all names mentioned in the Word mean real things, see 1224, 1264, 1876, 1888, and the land of Canaan means the heavenly Canaan or heaven, 1585, 1607, 1866, which is also referred to simply as 'the land', 1413, 1607, 1733, 2571. So too in Matthew,

Blessed are the meek, for they will receive the inheritance of the land. Matthew 5:5.

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

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Psalms 69

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1 Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

3 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.

5 God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you.

6 Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

7 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children.

9 For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

10 When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and don't let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15 Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.

16 Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

17 Don't hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!

18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

19 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.

20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.

21 They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see. Let their backs be continually bent.

24 Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.

27 Charge them with crime upon crime. Don't let them come into your righteousness.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

29 But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

31 It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.

32 The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

33 For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn't despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!

35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.

36 The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein. For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder.

   

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