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1 Mose 19

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1 Und die beiden Engel kamen am Abend nach Sodom; und Lot saß im Tore Sodoms. Und als Lot sie sah, stand er auf, ihnen entgegen, und beugte sich nieder, mit dem Angesicht zur Erde;

2 und er sprach: Ach siehe, meine Herren! Kehret doch ein in das Haus eures Knechtes und übernachtet und waschet eure Füße; und ihr machet euch früh auf und gehet eures Weges. Aber sie sprachen: Nein, sondern wir wollen auf dem Platze (der Marktplatz am Stadttor. O. auf der Straße) übernachten.

3 Und er drang sehr in sie; und sie kehrten bei ihm ein und kamen in sein Haus. Und er machte ihnen ein Mahl, und er backte ungesäuerte Kuchen, und sie aßen.

4 Noch hatten sie sich nicht niedergelegt, da umringten die Männer der Stadt, die Männer von Sodom, das Haus, vom Jüngling bis zum Greise, das ganze Volk insgesamt.

5 Und sie riefen Lot und sprachen zu ihm: Wo sind die Männer, die diese Nacht zu dir gekommen sind? Führe sie zu uns heraus, daß wir sie erkennen!

6 Und Lot trat zu ihnen hinaus an den Eingang und schloß die Tür hinter sich zu;

7 und er sprach: Tut doch nicht übel, meine Brüder!

8 Siehe doch, ich habe zwei Töchter, die keinen Mann erkannt haben; laßt mich sie doch zu euch herausbringen, und tut ihnen, wie es gut ist in euren Augen; allein diesen Männern tut nichts, da sie nun einmal (denn darum sind sie) unter den Schatten meines Daches gekommen sind.

9 Aber sie sprachen: Zurück da! Und sie sprachen: Der eine da ist gekommen, als Fremdling hier zu weilen, und will den ichter machen? Nun, wir wollen dir ärger tun als jenen. Und sie drangen hart ein auf den Mann, auf Lot, und traten herzu, die Tür zu erbrechen.

10 Und die Männer streckten ihre Hand aus und brachten Lot zu sich herein ins Haus und verschlossen die Tür.

11 Und die Männer, die am Eingang des Hauses waren, schlugen sie mit Blindheit, vom kleinsten bis zum größten; und sie wurden müde, den Eingang zu finden.

12 Und die Männer sprachen zu Lot: Wen du noch hier hast, einen Eidam und deine Söhne und deine Töchter und wen irgend du in der Stadt hast, führe hinaus aus diesem Orte!

13 Denn wir wollen diesen Ort verderben, weil ihr (d. h. der Einwohner) Geschrei groß geworden ist vor Jehova; und Jehova hat uns gesandt, die Stadt zu verderben.

14 Und Lot ging hinaus und redete zu seinen Schwiegersöhnen, die seine Töchter genommen hatten, und sprach: Machet euch auf, gehet aus diesem Orte; denn Jehova will die Stadt (W. sie) verderben. Aber er war in den Augen seiner Schwiegersöhne wie einer, der Scherz treibt.

15 Und sowie die Morgenröte aufging, da drangen die Engel in Lot und sprachen: Mache dich auf, nimm dein Weib und deine zwei Töchter, die vorhanden sind, damit du nicht weggerafft werdest in der Ungerechtigkeit (O. Strafe) der Stadt!

16 Und als er zögerte, ergriffen die Männer seine Hand und die Hand seines Weibes und die Hand seiner zwei Töchter, weil Jehova sich seiner erbarmte, (Eig. ihn verschonte) und führten ihn hinaus und ließen ihn außerhalb der Stadt.

17 Und es geschah, als sie sie hinausgeführt hatten ins Freie, da sprach er: ette dich um deines Lebens willen; sieh nicht hinter dich, und bleibe nicht stehen in der ganzen Ebene; (Eig. in dem ganzen Kreise (des Jordan); ebenso v 25. 28. 29) rette dich auf das Gebirge, damit du nicht weggerafft werdest!

18 Und Lot sprach zu ihnen: Nicht doch, Herr!

19 Siehe doch, dein Knecht hat Gnade gefunden in deinen Augen, und du hast deine Güte groß gemacht, die du an mir erwiesen hast, meine Seele am Leben zu erhalten; aber ich kann mich nicht auf das Gebirge retten, es möchte mich das Unglück erhaschen, daß ich stürbe.

20 Siehe doch, diese Stadt ist nahe, um dahin zu fliehen, und sie ist klein; laß mich doch dahin mich retten (ist sie nicht klein?), damit meine Seele am Leben bleibe.

21 Und er sprach zu ihm: Siehe, auch in diesem Stücke habe ich dich angesehen, daß ich die Stadt nicht umkehre, von der du geredet hast.

22 Eile, rette dich dorthin; denn ich kann nichts tun, bis du dorthin gekommen bist. Daher hat man der Stadt den Namen Zoar (Kleinheit) gegeben.

23 Die Sonne ging auf über der Erde, als Lot in Zoar ankam.

24 Und Jehova ließ auf Sodom und auf Gomorra Schwefel und Feuer regnen von Jehova aus dem Himmel;

25 und er kehrte diese Städte um und die ganze Ebene und alle Bewohner der Städte und das Gewächs des Erdbodens.

26 Und sein Weib sah sich hinter ihm um und ward zu einer Salzsäule.

27 Und Abraham machte sich des Morgens früh auf an den Ort, wo er vor Jehova gestanden hatte;

28 Und er blickte hin nach Sodom und Gomorra und nach dem ganzen Lande der Ebene; und er sah: und siehe, ein auch stieg auf von der Erde, (O. vom Lande) wie der auch eines Schmelzofens.

29 Und es geschah, als Gott die Städte der Ebene verderbte, da gedachte Gott des Abraham und entsandte Lot mitten aus der Umkehrung, als er die Städte umkehrte, in welchen Lot gewohnt hatte.

30 Und Lot zog hinauf von Zoar und wohnte im Gebirge, und seine beiden Töchter mit ihm; denn er fürchtete sich, in Zoar zu wohnen. Und er wohnte in einer Höhle, er und seine beiden Töchter.

31 Und die Erstgeborene sprach zu der Jüngeren: Unser Vater ist alt, und kein Mann ist im Lande, um zu uns einzugehen nach der Weise aller Welt.

32 Komm, laß uns unserem Vater Wein zu trinken geben und bei ihm liegen, damit wir von unserem Vater Samen am Leben erhalten. (O. ins Leben rufen)

33 Und sie gaben ihrem Vater Wein zu trinken in selbiger Nacht, und die Erstgeborene ging hinein und lag bei ihrem Vater; und er wußte weder um ihr Niederlegen noch um ihr Aufstehen.

34 Und es geschah am Morgen, da sprach die Erstgeborene zu der Jüngeren: Siehe, ich habe gestern Nacht bei meinem Vater gelegen; laß uns ihm auch diese Nacht Wein zu trinken geben, und gehe hinein, liege bei ihm, damit wir von unserem Vater Samen am Leben erhalten. (O. ins Leben rufen)

35 Und sie gaben auch in selbiger Nacht ihrem Vater Wein zu trinken, und die Jüngere stand auf und lag bei ihm; und er wußte weder um ihr Niederlegen noch um ihr Aufstehen.

36 Und die beiden Töchter Lots wurden schwanger von ihrem Vater.

37 Und die Erstgeborene gebar einen Sohn, und sie gab ihm den Namen Moab; (d. h. vom Vater) dieser ist der Vater der Moabiter (W. Moabs) bis auf diesen Tag.

38 Und die Jüngere, auch sie gebar einen Sohn, und sie gab ihm den Namen Ben Ammi; (Sohn meines Volkes) dieser ist der Vater der Kinder Ammon bis auf diesen Tag.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8212

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8212. And Jehovah looked forth to the camp of the Egyptians. That this signifies the extension thence of Divine influx toward those who were endeavoring to inflict violence by means of falsities, is evident from the signification of “looking forth,” when predicated of Jehovah, as being the extension of His influx; for it is evident that the Lord’s looking forth to anyone denotes influx, because He then presents Himself as present, and gives a perception of good and truth to those who are in truth from good from Himself, which is done by means of influx. Hence it is that when the angels look at anyone they pour into him the affection that belongs to their life. And from the signification of “the camp of the Egyptians,” as being falsities from evil (n. 8193, 8196); and because they who were in falsities from evil then pursued the sons of Israel, there is also signified the endeavor to inflict violence by means of falsities (n. 8208).

  
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Arcana Coelestia #2788

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2788. On the third day. That this signifies completeness, and the beginning of sanctification, is evident from the signification of the “third day.” “Day” in the Word signifies state (n. 23, 487, 488, 493, 893); as also does “year,” and in general all periods of time; as an “hour,” a “day,” a “week,” a “month,” a “year,” an “age;” as also “morning,” “noon,” “evening,” and “night;” and “spring,” “summer,” “autumn,” and “winter;” and when “third” is added to these, they signify the end of that state, and at the same time the beginning of the following state. As the Lord’s sanctification is here treated of, which was effected by temptations, the “third day” signifies completeness, and at the same time the beginning of sanctification, as also follows from what has been already said. The reason of this signification is that when the Lord had fulfilled all things He would rise again on the third day; for the things that were done, or that would be done by the Lord when He lived in the world, were in the representatives of the church as if already done (as also they were in the internal sense of the Word); for in God to be and to become are the same; indeed all eternity is present to Him.

[2] Hence the number “three” was representative, not only in the Ancient Church and in the Jewish, but also among various nations. (See what is said concerning this number above, n. 720, 901, 1825.) That this was the origin of the signification of “three,” is evident in Hosea:

Let us return unto Jehovah, for He hath wounded, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up; after two days He will revive us, on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live before Him (Hos. 6:1-2); where the “third day” denotes the Lord’s coming, and His resurrection. And from Jonah, that he “was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights” (Jonah 1:17); concerning which the Lord thus speaks in Matthew:

As Jonah was in the whale’s belly three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth (Matthew 12:40).

[3] Be it known that in the internal sense of the Word “three days” and the “third day” signify the same, as also do “three” and “third” in the passages which now follow.

In John:

Jesus said to the Jews, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. He spake of the temple of His body (John 2:19-21; Matthew 26:61; Mark 14:58; 15:29).

[4] That the Lord rose again on the third day is known. For the same reason the Lord distinguished the periods of His life into three, as stated in Luke:

Go ye and tell that fox, Behold I cast out demons, and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am perfected (Luke 13:32).

His last temptation also, that of the cross, the Lord endured at the “third hour” of the day (Mark 15:25); and after three hours there came darkness over the whole land, or at the “sixth hour” (Luke 23:44); and after three hours, or at the “ninth hour,” the end (Mark 15:33-34, 37). But on the morning of the “third day” He rose again (Mark 16:1-4; Luke 24:7; (see Matthew 16:21; 17:22-23; 20:18-19; Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:33-34; Luke 18:33; 24:46). From all this, and especially from the Lord’s resurrection on the third day, the number “three” was representative and significative, as may be seen from the following passages in the Word:

When Jehovah came down upon Mount Sinai, He told Moses to sanctify the people today and tomorrow, and that they should wash their garments, and be ready against the third day, for on the third day Jehovah would descend (Exodus 19:10-11, 15-16).

When they set forth from the mount of Jehovah on a journey of three days, the ark of Jehovah went before them a three days’ journey to seek out a resting place for them (Numbers 10:33).

There was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days, and they saw not one another for three days, but the sons of Israel had light (Exodus 10:22-23).

[5] The flesh of the sacrifice of a vow, or of a freewill-offering, was to be eaten on the first and second day; nothing was to be left to the third day, but the remainder was to be burnt, because it was an abomination.

So too with the flesh of the peace-offering; and if it should be eaten on the third day it would not propitiate, but the soul should carry its iniquity (Leviticus 7:16-18; 19:6-7).

He that touched one dead was to purify himself on the third day, and on the seventh day he should be clean; otherwise that soul should be cut off from Israel; and one that was clean should sprinkle water upon him that was unclean on the third day and on the seventh day (Numbers 19:12-13, 19).

They who slew a person in battle, or touched one that was slain, were to purify themselves on the third day, and on the seventh day (Numbers 31:19).

[6] When they came into the land of Canaan the fruit was to be uncircumcised three years, and was not to be eaten (Leviticus 19:23).

At the end of three years they were to bring all the tithes of their increase in that year and lay it up in their gates, that the Levite, the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow might eat (Deuteronomy 14:28-29; 24:12).

Three times in the year they were to keep a feast to Jehovah, and three times in the year every male was to appear before the face of the Lord Jehovih (Exodus 23:14, 17; Deuteronomy 16:16).

Joshua told the people that in three days they should pass over the Jordan and inherit the land (Josh. 1:11; 3:2).

[7] Jehovah called to Samuel three times, and he answered the third time (1 Samuel 3:8).

When Saul wished to kill David, David hid himself in the field till the third evening. Jonathan said to David that he would sound his father on the third day. Jonathan shot three arrows by the side of the stone, and David then fell upon his face to the earth before Jonathan and bowed himself down three times (1 Samuel 20:5, 12, 19-20, 30, 36, 41).

David was to choose one of three things: seven years of famine in the land; or that he should flee before his enemies three months; or a pestilence in the land three days (2 Samuel 24:12-13).

[8] There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year (2 Samuel 21:1).

Elijah stretched himself upon the dead child three times and brought him to life (1 Kings 17:21).

When Elijah had built the altar to Jehovah, he told them to pour water upon the burnt offering and upon the wood three times (1 Kings 18:34).

The fire twice consumed the commanders over fifty, sent to Elijah, but not him that was sent the third time (2 Kings 1:13).

It was a sign to king Hezekiah that they should eat that year what sprung up spontaneously, in the second year the aftergrowth, but in the third year they should sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them (2 Kings 19:29).

[9] Daniel entered into his house and had the windows open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, and here three times a day he blessed upon his knees and prayed (Daniel 6:11, 14).

Daniel mourned three weeks of days, eating no pleasant bread, nor drinking wine, nor anointing himself, until the three weeks of days were fulfilled (Daniel 10:2-3.

Isaiah went naked and barefoot three years, for a sign and a wonder upon Egypt and upon Cush (Isaiah 20:3).

Out of the candlestick went forth three branches on each side, and three almond-shaped cups on each branch (Exodus 25:32-33).

In the Urim and Thummim there were three precious stones in each row (Exodus 28:17-19).

[10] In the new temple there were to be three chambers of the gate on this side and three on that side, and they three should have one measure; at the porch of the house the breadth of the gate should be three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side (Ezekiel 40:10, 21, 48).

In the new Jerusalem there were to be three gates to the north, three to the east, three to the south, and three to the west (Ezekiel 48:31-34; Revelation 21:13).

So in the following passages:

Peter denied Jesus thrice (Matthew 26:34, 26:69-75 d following verses).

The Lord said to Peter three times, “Lovest thou Me?” (John 21:17).

Also in the parable, the man who planted the vineyard sent servants three times, and at length his son (Luke 20:12; Mark 12:2, 4-6).

They who labored in the vineyard were hired at the third hour, the sixth hour, the ninth hour, and the eleventh hour (Matthew 20:1-17).

Because the fig tree did not bear fruit for three years, it was to be cut down (Luke 13:6-7).

[11] As a trine and a third were representative, so also was a third part; as that in the meat offering of fine flour two tenths were mixed with a third part of a hin of oil; and the wine for a libation was a third part of a hin (Numbers 15:6-7; Ezekiel 46:14).

The prophet Ezekiel was to pass a razor upon his head, and upon his beard, and then divide the hair and burn a third part in the fire, and smite a third with the sword, about it [the city], and scatter a third to the wind (Ezekiel 5:1-2, 11).

In the whole land, two parts were to be cut off and the third was to be left; but the third was to be brought through the fire and proved (Zech. 13:8-9).

[12] When the first angel sounded there came hail and fire mingled with blood, and it fell upon the earth so that a third part of the trees were burnt up. The second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea, and a third part of the sea became blood; because of which a third part of the creatures in the sea having souls, died, and a third part of the ships were destroyed. The third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven burning like a lamp, and it fell upon a third part of the rivers; the name of the star was Wormwood. The fourth angel sounded, and a third part of the sun was smitten, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars, so that a third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night in like manner (Revelation 8:7-12).

[13] The four angels were loosed to kill a third part of men (Revelation 9:15).

By these three were the third part of men killed, by the fire, and the smoke, and the brimstone, which proceeded out of the mouth of the horses (Revelation 9:18).

The dragon drew with his tail a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth (Revelation 12:4).

A “third part,” however, signifies some, and what is not yet complete; but the “third,” and a “trine,” what is complete; and this, of evil to the evil, and of good to the good.

  
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