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Exodo 11

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1 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, May isang salot pa akong dadalhin kay Faraon at sa Egipto; pagkatapos niyaon ay pahihintulutan niyang kayo'y umalis dito: pagpapahintulot niya sa inyong yumaon, ay tunay na kayo'y samasamang palalayasin niya rito.

2 Magsalita ka ngayon sa pakinig ng bayan, at humingi ang bawa't lalake sa kaniyang kapuwa, at bawa't babae sa kaniyang kapuwa, ng mga hiyas na pilak, at ng mga hiyas na ginto.

3 At pinagbiyayaan ng Panginoon ang bayan, sa paningin ng mga Egipcio. Saka si Moises ay lalaking naging dakila sa lupain ng Egipto, sa paningin ng mga lingkod ni Faraon, at sa paningin ng bayan.

4 At sinabi ni Moises, Ganito ang sinasabi ng Panginoon, Sa may hating gabi ay lalabas ako sa gitna ng Egipto:

5 At lahat ng mga panganay sa lupain ng Egipto ay mamamatay, mula sa panganay ni Faraon, na nakaluklok sa kaniyang luklukan, hanggang sa panganay ng aliping babaing nasa likuran ng gilingan; at ang lahat ng mga panganay sa mga hayop.

6 At magkakaroon ng malakas na hiyawan sa buong lupain ng Egipto, na hindi nagkaroon ng kaparis, at hindi na magkakaroon pa ng kaparis.

7 Datapuwa't sa lahat ng anak ng Israel mula sa tao hanggang sa hayop, ay walang maggagalaw kahit isang aso ng kaniyang dila laban sa tao o sa hayop: upang inyong makilala kung paano ang pagkakalagay ng pagkakaiba ng Panginoon sa mga Egipcio at sa Israel.

8 At bababain ako nitong lahat na iyong lingkod, at magsisiyukod sa akin, na magsasabi, Umalis ka, at ang buong bayan na sumusunod sa iyo: at pagkatapos niyaon ay aalis ako. At siya'y umalis sa harap ni Faraon na may maalab na galit.

9 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Hindi kayo didinggin ni Faraon: upang ang aking mga kababalaghan ay dumami sa lupain ng Egipto.

10 At ginawa ni Moises at ni Aaron ang lahat ng mga kababalaghang ito sa harap ni Faraon: at pinapagmatigas ng Panginoon ang puso ni Faraon, at hindi niya pinahintulutan ang mga anak ni Israel ay umalis sa kaniyang lupain.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8018

Funda lesi Sigaba

  
Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

8018. 'That Jehovah brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt' means that the Lord delivered those governed by the good of truth and guided by the truth of good from damnation. This is clear from the meaning of 'bringing out' as delivering; from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those belonging to the spiritual Church, or what amounts to the same thing, those governed by the good of truth and guided by the truth of good, dealt with above in 7957, 8006; and from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as damnation. 'The land of Egypt' at this point means damnation because damnation is meant by the Egyptians' state at this time, 7766, 7778. The fact that the Lord delivered from damnation those belonging to the spiritual Church, that is, those governed by the good of truth and guided by the truth of good, see 6854, 6914, 7091 (end), 7828, 7932.

[2] Their deliverance by the Lord when He rose again is meant by the Lord's descent to the lower regions (ad inferos); 1 and it was made plain by the raising of the dead from their tombs, described in Matthew,

And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of sleeping saints were raised; and coming out of their tombs after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. Matthew 27:52-53.

Their coming out of tombs, their going into the holy city, and also their appearing to many took place to bear witness to the deliverance by the Lord of those who until then had been held back in spiritual captivity, and to the introduction of them into heaven, heaven being meant in the internal sense by 'the holy city'. This is why the expression 'the holy city' is used when in actual fact it was not a holy but a profane city, since the Lord Himself - who was represented in all the ritual observances of their Church and described in the Word existing among them, and so was the God of their Church - was treated by them in so cruel a manner.

[3] Much the same is meant by this in Daniel,

At that time Your people will be rescued, every one who is found written in the book. Finally, many of those sleeping in the dust of the earth will awake - these to eternal life, but the rest to reproaches and to eternal disgrace. Daniel 12:1-2.

And also by this in Ezekiel,

Prophesy and say, Thus said the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people, and I will bring you onto the land of Israel, in order that you may know that I am Jehovah when I open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people. And I will put My spirit in you, in order that you may live, and I will place you on your own land, in order that you may know that I Jehovah have spoken it and done it, said Jehovah. Ezekiel 37:11-14.

'The land of Israel', which is the land of Canaan, is used to mean heaven, 8011. The words quoted here from the prophet describe the new creation or birth of a person, and also the vivifying by the Lord of those belonging to the spiritual Church.

Imibhalo yaphansi:

1. The Latin here is per descensum Domini ad inferos. This appears to be a reference to the Apostles' Creed and the Athanasian Creed, which, in their traditional Latin versions, contain the phrase descendit ad inferos (He descended to the lower regions). The traditional English version says He descended into hell.

  
Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

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