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2 Mose 14

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1 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

2 Sprich zu den Kindern Israel, daß sie umkehren und sich lagern vor Pi-Hachiroth, zwischen Migdol und dem Meere; vor Baal-Zephon, ihm gegenüber, sollt ihr euch am Meere lagern.

3 Und der Pharao wird von den Kindern Israel sagen: Verwirrt irren sie im Lande umher, die Wüste hat sie umschlossen.

4 Und ich will das Herz des Pharao verhärten, daß er ihnen nachjage; und ich will mich verherrlichen an dem Pharao und an seiner ganzen Heeresmacht, und die Ägypter sollen erkennen, daß ich Jehova bin. Und sie taten also.

5 Und es wurde dem König von Ägypten berichtet, daß das Volk entflohen wäre; da verwandelte sich das Herz des Pharao und seiner Knechte gegen das Volk, und sie sprachen: Was haben wir da getan, daß wir Israel aus unserem Dienste haben ziehen lassen!

6 Und er spannte seinen Wagen an und nahm sein Volk mit sich.

7 Und er nahm sechshundert auserlesene Wagen und alle Wagen Ägyptens, und Wagenkämpfer auf jedem derselben.

8 Und Jehova verhärtete das Herz des Pharao, des Königs von Ägypten, und er jagte den Kindern Israel nach; und die Kinder Israel zogen aus mit erhobener Hand.

9 Und die Ägypter jagten ihnen nach, alle osse, Wagen (O. alle Wagenrosse) des Pharao und seine eiter und seine Heeresmacht, und erreichten sie, als sie sich am Meere gelagert hatten, bei Pi-Hachiroth, vor Baal-Zephon.

10 Und als der Pharao nahte, da hoben die Kinder Israel ihre Augen auf, und siehe, die Ägypter zogen hinter ihnen her; und die Kinder Israel fürchteten sich sehr und schrieen zu Jehova.

11 Und sie sprachen zu Mose: Hast du uns darum, weil in Ägypten keine Gräber waren, weggeholt, um in der Wüste zu sterben? Warum hast du uns das getan, daß du uns aus Ägypten herausgeführt hast?

12 Ist dies nicht das Wort, das wir in Ägypten zu dir geredet haben, indem wir sprachen: Laß ab von uns, daß wir den Ägyptern dienen? denn besser wäre es uns, den Ägyptern zu dienen, als in der Wüste zu sterben.

13 Und Mose sprach zu dem Volke: Fürchtet euch nicht! stehet und sehet die ettung Jehovas, die er euch heute schaffen wird; denn die Ägypter, die ihr heute sehet, die werdet ihr hinfort nicht mehr sehen ewiglich.

14 Jehova wird für euch streiten, und ihr werdet stille sein. (O. sollt schweigen)

15 Und Jehova sprach zu Mose: Was schreiest du zu mir? rede zu den Kindern Israel, daß sie aufbrechen.

16 Und du, erhebe deinen Stab und strecke deine Hand aus über das Meer und spalte es, daß die Kinder Israel mitten in das Meer hineingehen auf dem Trockenen.

17 Und ich, siehe, ich will das Herz der Ägypter verhärten, und sie werden hinter ihnen herkommen; und ich will mich verherrlichen an dem Pharao und an seiner ganzen Heeresmacht, an seinen Wagen und an seinen eitern.

18 Und die Ägypter sollen erkennen, daß ich Jehova bin, wenn ich mich verherrlicht habe an dem Pharao, an seinen Wagen und an seinen eitern.

19 Und der Engel Gottes, der vor dem Heere Israels herzog, brach auf und trat hinter sie; und die Wolkensäule brach auf von vorn (W.- von vor ihnen) und stellte sich hinter sie.

20 Und sie kam zwischen das Heer der Ägypter und das Heer Israels, und sie wurde dort Wolke und Finsternis, und erleuchtete hier die Nacht; und so nahte jenes diesem nicht die ganze Nacht.

21 Und Mose streckte seine Hand aus über das Meer, und Jehova trieb das Meer durch einen starken Ostwind hinweg, die ganze Nacht, und machte das Meer trocken, (Eig. zu trockenem Lande) und die Wasser wurden gespalten.

22 Und die Kinder Israel gingen mitten in das Meer hinein auf dem Trockenen, und die Wasser waren ihnen eine Mauer zur echten und zur Linken.

23 Und die Ägypter jagten ihnen nach und kamen hinter ihnen her, alle osse des Pharao, seine Wagen und seine eiter, mitten ins Meer.

24 Und es geschah in der Morgenwache, da schaute Jehova in der Feuer- und Wolkensäule auf das Heer der Ägypter und verwirrte das Heer der Ägypter.

25 Und er stieß die äder von seinen Wagen und ließ es fahren mit Beschwerde. Und die Ägypter sprachen: Laßt uns vor Israel fliehen, denn Jehova streitet für sie wider die Ägypter!

26 Und Jehova sprach zu Mose: Strecke deine Hand aus über das Meer, daß die Wasser über die Ägypter zurückkehren, über ihre Wagen und über ihre eiter.

27 Da streckte Mose seine Hand aus über das Meer, und das Meer kehrte beim Anbruch des Morgens zu seiner Strömung zurück; und die Ägypter flohen ihm entgegen; und Jehova stürzte die Ägypter mitten ins Meer.

28 Und die Wasser kehrten zurück und bedeckten die Wagen und die eiter der ganzen Heeresmacht des Pharao, die hinter ihnen her ins Meer gekommen waren; es blieb auch nicht einer von ihnen übrig.

29 Und die Kinder Israel gingen auf dem Trockenen mitten durch das Meer, und die Wasser waren ihnen eine Mauer zur echten und zur Linken.

30 So rettete Jehova Israel an selbigem Tage aus der Hand der Ägypter, und Israel sah die Ägypter tot am Ufer des Meeres.

31 Und Israel sah die große Macht, (W. Hand) die Jehova an den Ägyptern betätigt hatte; und das Volk fürchtete Jehova, und sie glaubten an Jehova und an Mose, seinen Knecht.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8192

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Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

8192. 'And the angel of God travelled on' means rearrangement by Divine Truth. This is clear from the meaning here of 'travelling on' as rearrangement, the reason why 'travelling on' means rearrangement being that the pillar of cloud, which was a group of angels, which had previously gone ahead of the children of Israel, now took itself round between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, thereby bringing darkness among the Egyptians and light among the children of Israel (since these conditions were arranged by the Lord, by means of the angel of God or the pillar travelling round and placing himself between the two camps, 'travelling' here means rearrangement); and from the meaning of 'the angel of God' as Divine Truth, which is likewise the meaning of 'God'. For in the Word when truth is the subject the name 'God' is used, but when good is the subject the name 'Jehovah' appears, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4402, 7010, 7268, 7873.

[2] As regards 'angels', it should be recognized that in the Word they serve to mean the Lord, 1925, 3039, 4085, which is why the Lord Himself is called 'the angel', 6280, 6831. This being so, Divine Truth is meant by 'angels', for Divine Truth emanating from the Lord makes heaven. It therefore also makes the angels who constitute heaven, for they are angels in the measure that they receive Divine Truth coming from the Lord. This may also be recognized from the consideration that angels altogether refuse to entertain, indeed they loathe the idea of attributing to themselves any truth or goodness, since this is the Lord's with them. That also is why the Lord is said to be the All-in-all of heaven, and why those in heaven are said to be 'in the Lord'. By virtue of Divine Truth which they receive from the Lord angels are also called 'gods' in the Word, 4295, 7268; and the word for God in the original language is for this reason plural.

[3] In addition to all this it should be recognized that in the Word the singular 'angel' may be used when in fact very many are meant. That is so here, where the expression 'the angel of God' is used, meaning the pillar going before the children of Israel, which was composed of very many angels. The Word also refers to angels by name, such as Michael, Raphael, 1 and others. People unacquainted with the internal sense of the Word think that Michael or Raphael is one particular angel who is chief among those who are with him. But none of these names is used in the Word to mean one particular angel; instead some actual function performed by angels is meant, and so also the Lord's Divine Nature in respect of that function.

Imibhalo yaphansi:

1. Raphael is not mentioned in OT or NT, but in the Apocrypha. Gabriel is probably intended.

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

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Arcana Coelestia #1925

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Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

1925. 'The angel of Jehovah found her' means thought in the interior man, that is to say, thought residing with the Lord. This becomes clear from the representation and meaning of 'the angel of Jehovah'. Mention is made several times in the Word of 'the angel of Jehovah', and in every case when used in the good sense it represents and means some essential quality with the Lord and from the Lord. Which one it represents and means however becomes clear from the train of thought. They were indeed angels who were sent to men and women, and who also spoke through the prophets. Yet what they spoke did not originate in those angels but was something imparted through them. In fact their state at the time was such that they knew no other than that they were Jehovah, that is, the Lord. But as soon as they had finished speaking they returned to their previous state and spoke as they normally did from themselves.

[2] This was the case with the angels who uttered the Word of the Lord, as I have been given to know from much similar experience in the next life, experience that will be presented in the Lord's Divine mercy further on. This is the reason why angels were sometimes called Jehovah, as is quite clear from the angel that appeared in the bramble-bush to Moses, concerning whom the following is recorded,

The angel of Jehovah appeared to Moses in a flame of fire from the middle of the bramble-bush. Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, and God called to him from the middle of the bramble-bush God said to Moses, I am who I am. And God said again to Moses, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, Jehovah the God of your fathers has sent me to you. Exodus 3:2, 4, 14-15.

From these verses it is evident that it was an angel who appeared to Moses as a flame in the bramble-bush and that he spoke as Jehovah, because the Lord or Jehovah was speaking through him.

[3] So that man may be spoken to by means of articulated sounds heard in the natural world, the Lord employs angels as His ministers by filling them with the Divine and by rendering unconscious all that is their own, so that for the time being they know no other than that they themselves are Jehovah. In this way the Divine of Jehovah which belongs in highest things comes down into the lowest constituting the natural world in which man sees and hears. It was similar in the case of the angel who spoke to Gideon, of whom the following is said in the Book of Judges,

The angel of Jehovah appeared to Gideon and said to him, Jehovah is with you, O mighty man of strength. And Gideon said to him, Forgive me for asking, 1 O my Lord; why has all this befallen us? And Jehovah looked on him and said, Go in this might of yours. And Jehovah said to him, Surely I will be with you. Judges 6:12-14, 16.

And further on,

Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah, and Gideon said, Alas, Lord Jehovih! Inasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face. 2 And Jehovah said to him, Peace be to you; do not fear. Judges 6:22-23.

Here similarly it was an angel, but his state was such at that time that he knew no other than that he was Jehovah, or the Lord. Elsewhere in the Book of Judges,

The angel of Jehovah went up from Gilgal to Bochim, and he said, I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I swore to give to your fathers. I said, I will not break my covenant with you, even for ever. Judges 2:1.

Here similarly the angel speaks in the name of Jehovah, declaring that he brought them out of the land of Egypt, though in fact it was not the angel who led them out but Jehovah, as is stated many times elsewhere.

[4] From this it may become clear how angels spoke through the prophets - that it was the Lord Himself who spoke, yet through angels, and that the angels spoke nothing at all from themselves. That the Word comes from the Lord is clear from many places, as also in Matthew,

To fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin will be with child and give birth to a son. Matthew 1:22-23.

And there are other places besides this. It is because the Lord speaks through angels when He speaks to man that the Lord is also called an angel in various places in the Word. In these instances 'angel' means, as stated, some essential quality residing with the Lord and deriving from Him, as is the case here where it is the Lord's interior thought. This also is the reason why in this chapter the angel is named Jehovah and also God, as in verse 13, 'And Hagar called the name of Jehovah who was speaking to her, You are a God who sees me'.

[5] In other places 'angels' is used in a similar way to mean some specific attribute that is the Lord's, as in John,

The seven stars are the angels of the seven Churches. Revelation 1:20.

There are no angels of Churches, but by 'angels' is meant that which constitutes the Church, and thus which is the Lord's in regard to the Churches. In the same book,

I saw the wall of the Holy Jerusalem, great and high, having twelve gates, and above the gates twelve angels, and names written which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. Revelation 21:12.

Here 'twelve angels' has the same meaning as 'the twelve tribes', namely all things of faith, and so the Lord from whom faith and all that belongs to it is derived. In the same book,

I saw an angel flying in mid-heaven, having an eternal gospel. Revelation 14:6.

Here 'an angel' means the gospel that is the Lord's alone.

[6] In Isaiah,

The angel of His presence 3 saved them; 4 in His love and in His pity He redeemed them, and lifted them up and carried them all the days of eternity. Isaiah 63:9.

Here 'the angel of His presence" is used to mean the Lord's mercy towards the entire human race in redeeming it. Similarly in Jacob's blessing of the sons of Joseph,

May the angel who has redeemed me from every evil bless the boys. Genesis 48:16.

Here also the redemption, which is the Lord's, is meant by 'the angel'. In Malachi,

Suddenly there will come to His temple the Lord whom you are seeking, and the angel of the covenant in whom you delight. Malachi 3:1.

Here it is plainly evident that the Lord is meant by 'the angel'. The expression 'the angel of the covenant' is used here because of His Coming into the world. In Exodus it is plainer still that 'an angel' means the Lord,

Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way, and to bring you to the place which I have prepared. He will not tolerate your transgression, for My name is within him. Exodus 23:20-21.

From this it is now clear that 'an angel' in the Word is used to mean the Lord; but just what aspect of the Lord is evident from the train of thought in the internal sense.

Imibhalo yaphansi:

1. literally, In me or On me

2. literally, faces to faces

3. literally, faces

4. The Latin means us but the Hebrew means them which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

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