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Josué 11

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1 Oyendo esto Jabín rey de Hazor, envió mensaje a Jobab rey de Madón, y al rey de Simrón, y al rey de Acsaf,

2 y a los reyes que estaban a la parte del norte en las montañas, y en el llano al mediodía de Cineret, y en los llanos, y en las regiones de Dor al occidente;

3 y al cananeo que estaba al oriente y al occidente, y al amorreo, y al heteo, y al ferezeo, y al jebuseo en las montañas, y al heveo debajo de Hermón en tierra de Mizpa.

4 Estos salieron, y con ellos todos sus ejércitos, pueblo muy grande, como la arena que está a la orilla del mar, con gran muchedumbre de caballos y carros.

5 Todos estos reyes se juntaron, y viniendo reunieron los campamentos junto a las aguas de Merom, para pelear contra Israel.

6 Mas el SEÑOR dijo a Josué: No tengas temor de ellos, que mañana a esta hora yo entregaré a todos éstos, muertos delante de Israel; a sus caballos desjarretarás, y sus carros quemarás al fuego.

7 Y vino Josué, y con él todo el pueblo de guerra, contra ellos, y dio de repente sobre ellos junto a las aguas de Merom.

8 Y los entregó el SEÑOR en mano de Israel, los cuales los hirieron y siguieron hasta Sidón la grande, y hasta las aguas calientes, y hasta el llano de Mizpa al oriente, hiriéndolos hasta que no les dejaron ninguno.

9 Y Josué hizo con ellos como el SEÑOR le había mandado: desjarretó sus caballos, y sus carros quemó al fuego.

10 Y volviendo Josué, tomó en el mismo tiempo a Hazor, e hirió a cuchillo a su rey: la cual Hazor había sido antes cabeza de todos estos reinos.

11 E hirieron a cuchillo todo cuanto en ella había vivo, destruyendo y no dejando cosa con vida; y a Hazor pusieron a fuego.

12 Asimismo tomó Josué todas las ciudades de aquellos reyes, y a todos los reyes de ellas, y los hirió a cuchillo, y los destruyó, como Moisés siervo del SEÑOR lo había mandado.

13 Pero todas las ciudades que estaban en sus colinas, no las quemó Israel, sacando sólo a Hazor, la cual quemó Josué.

14 Y los hijos de Israel tomaron para sí todos los despojos y bestias de aquellas ciudades; pero a todos los hombres hirieron a cuchillo hasta destruirlos, sin dejar alguno con vida.

15 De la manera que el SEÑOR lo había mandado a Moisés su siervo, así Moisés lo mandó a Josué; y así Josué lo hizo, sin quitar palabra de todo lo que el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés.

16 Tomó pues Josué toda esta tierra, las montañas, y toda la región del mediodía, y toda la tierra de Gosén, y los bajos y los llanos, y la montaña de Israel y sus valles.

17 Desde el monte de Halac, que sube hasta Seir, hasta Baal-gad en la llanura del Líbano, a las raíces del monte Hermón; tomó asimismo todos sus reyes, los cuales hirió y mató.

18 Por muchos días tuvo guerra Josué con estos reyes.

19 No hubo ciudad que hiciese paz con los hijos de Israel, sacados los heveos, que moraban en Gabaón; todo lo tomaron por guerra.

20 Porque esto vino del SEÑOR, que endurecía el corazón de ellos para que resistiesen con guerra a Israel, para destruirlos, y que no les fuese hecha misericordia, antes fuesen desarraigados, como el SEÑOR lo había mandado a Moisés.

21 También en el mismo tiempo vino Josué y destruyó a los anaceos de los montes, de Hebrón, de Debir, y de Anab, y de todos los montes de Judá, y de todos los montes de Israel; Josué los destruyó a ellos y a sus ciudades.

22 Ninguno de los anaceos quedó en la tierra de los hijos de Israel; solamente quedaron en Gaza, en Gat, y en Asdod.

23 Tomó, pues, Josué toda la tierra, conforme a todo lo que el SEÑOR había dicho a Moisés; y Josué la entregó a los israelitas por herencia, conforme a sus repartimientos de sus tribus; y la tierra reposó de la guerra.

  

Exploring the Meaning of Josué 11      

Joshua 11: Joshua conquers the entire land.

In this chapter, the Canaanite kings of the north, east and west heard that Israel had conquered all of the southern Canaanite territories. Jabin, king of Hazor, called upon the other Canaanite kingdoms to join forces and attack Israel with a great army.

The Lord reassured Joshua, “Be not afraid because of them: for tomorrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel” (verse 6). So Joshua counterattacked, and Israel defeated the Canaanites just as the Lord had said.

The rest of the chapter is an account of Joshua’s victories, now here, now there. Israel destroyed each of the Canaanite cities and territories and not one of them was left undefeated (See Swedenborg’s work, The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 161-164). In all of Canaan, only the Gibeonites were spared because they had made a peace treaty with Israel. The chapter closes with these words: “So Joshua took the whole land according to all that the Lord had said to Moses, and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land had rest from war” (verse 23).

Now we turn to the spiritual meaning of all this, and its meaning for us. Because of our inherited, human nature, each of us has internal things we have to contend with in our natural life. These Canaanites - the faults we must overcome - are described by the compass points: north, south, east and west. Here are the spiritual meanings of the four cardinal directions (see Swedenborg’s work, Heaven and Hell 141-153):

West = less love

East = greater love

North = less light and wisdom

South = greater light and wisdom

Swedenborg tells us that heaven is organized by this principle. Angels with the clearest perception of love live in the eastern region of heaven, while those with a more hazy understanding live in the west. The same thing applies to the north/south axis; those in a “clear light of wisdom” live in the south, and those in a “dim light of wisdom” live in the north (Heaven and Hell 148). These poles represent angels’ states of love and wisdom, and their use. Just like people on earth, angels experience varying states of love and wisdom - sometimes more, sometimes less - but with angels this leads to them turning again to the Lord to acknowledge that he is their God.

The same pattern exists in hell, but instead of love and wisdom there is self-love (or even hatred) and false thinking from this distorted love. In hell, the degree of intensity in these states is between the rage to dominate and the exhaustion of failing.

In our life on earth, we experience states of both heaven and hell. As we are only partly regenerated, we rapidly switch between these states because of our emotions and the upheavals of life in this world. This chapter about the conflict between Israel and the Canaanites represents our own, personal decisions about what will be the ruling influence in our lives - heaven or hell (See Swedenborg’s work, Arcana Caelestia 5982).

The end of this chapter offers two important statements describing the conflict between heaven and hell. The first one (in verse 20) says the Lord hardened the hearts of Israel’s enemies so that they came to attack, and consequently were destroyed. This tells us that we have to see our evils for what they are in order to turn away from them (See Swedenborg’s unpublished work, Charity 179-180).

The second statement (verses 21-22) says that Joshua completely destroyed the Anakim, except beyond the borders of the land. The Anakim were giants, and they stand for those enormous tensions and rages which evil spirits from hell bring us at times. This (reassuringly) helps us see that we are not like that ourselves, but we could be if we let those evil spirits make a home in our hearts and minds (Arcana Caelestia 2909[3]).

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Exploring the Meaning of Joshua 11      

Joshua 11: Joshua conquers the entire land.

In this chapter, the Canaanite kings of the north, east and west heard that Israel had conquered all of the southern Canaanite territories. Jabin, king of Hazor, called upon the other Canaanite kingdoms to join forces and attack Israel with a great army.

The Lord reassured Joshua, “Be not afraid because of them: for tomorrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel” (verse 6). So Joshua counterattacked, and Israel defeated the Canaanites just as the Lord had said.

The rest of the chapter is an account of Joshua’s victories, now here, now there. Israel destroyed each of the Canaanite cities and territories and not one of them was left undefeated (See Swedenborg’s work, The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 161-164). In all of Canaan, only the Gibeonites were spared because they had made a peace treaty with Israel. The chapter closes with these words: “So Joshua took the whole land according to all that the Lord had said to Moses, and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land had rest from war” (verse 23).

Now we turn to the spiritual meaning of all this, and its meaning for us. Because of our inherited, human nature, each of us has internal things we have to contend with in our natural life. These Canaanites - the faults we must overcome - are described by the compass points: north, south, east and west. Here are the spiritual meanings of the four cardinal directions (see Swedenborg’s work, Heaven and Hell 141-153):

West = less love

East = greater love

North = less light and wisdom

South = greater light and wisdom

Swedenborg tells us that heaven is organized by this principle. Angels with the clearest perception of love live in the eastern region of heaven, while those with a more hazy understanding live in the west. The same thing applies to the north/south axis; those in a “clear light of wisdom” live in the south, and those in a “dim light of wisdom” live in the north (Heaven and Hell 148). These poles represent angels’ states of love and wisdom, and their use. Just like people on earth, angels experience varying states of love and wisdom - sometimes more, sometimes less - but with angels this leads to them turning again to the Lord to acknowledge that he is their God.

The same pattern exists in hell, but instead of love and wisdom there is self-love (or even hatred) and false thinking from this distorted love. In hell, the degree of intensity in these states is between the rage to dominate and the exhaustion of failing.

In our life on earth, we experience states of both heaven and hell. As we are only partly regenerated, we rapidly switch between these states because of our emotions and the upheavals of life in this world. This chapter about the conflict between Israel and the Canaanites represents our own, personal decisions about what will be the ruling influence in our lives - heaven or hell (See Swedenborg’s work, Arcana Caelestia 5982).

The end of this chapter offers two important statements describing the conflict between heaven and hell. The first one (in verse 20) says the Lord hardened the hearts of Israel’s enemies so that they came to attack, and consequently were destroyed. This tells us that we have to see our evils for what they are in order to turn away from them (See Swedenborg’s unpublished work, Charity 179-180).

The second statement (verses 21-22) says that Joshua completely destroyed the Anakim, except beyond the borders of the land. The Anakim were giants, and they stand for those enormous tensions and rages which evil spirits from hell bring us at times. This (reassuringly) helps us see that we are not like that ourselves, but we could be if we let those evil spirits make a home in our hearts and minds (Arcana Caelestia 2909[3]).

Swedenborg

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Arcana Coelestia 2799, 2909, 2913, 3527, 4240, 4431, 6860

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Hazor
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reyes
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del Norte
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norte
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montañas
The Writings tell us that the Lord's love is the sun of heaven, and it is natural for us to look above ourselves to the...

Mediodía
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heteo
'A Hittite' in a good sense, signifies the spiritual church, or the truth of the church. The Hittites were among the upright Gentiles who were...

debajo
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Tierra
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Mizpa
'Mizpah,' as in Genesis 31:49, signifies the quality of the Lord’s presence with people who are principled in the goods of works, or with the...

arena
'Sand,' as in Matthew 7:27, signifies faith separate from charity.

mar
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caballos
'A horse' signifies knowledges or understanding of the Word. In an opposite sense it signifies the understanding of the Word falsified by reasonings, and likewise...

Viniendo
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las aguas
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aguas
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Israel
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señor
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dijo
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Josué
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Mañana
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hora
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de israel
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fuego
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vino
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guerra
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mano
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Cuchillo
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cabeza
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Ciudades
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Moisés
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siervo
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del señor
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mandado
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hijos
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palabra
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montaña
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la tierra
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Gosén
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monte
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Seir
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Líbano
'Lebanon' signifies spiritual good. 'Lebanon' signifies the church regarding the perception of truth from the rational self.

muchos
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Ciudad
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Gabaón
sun standing still upon Gibeon signifies total vastation of the church.

corazón
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montes
The Writings tell us that the Lord's love is the sun of heaven, and it is natural for us to look above ourselves to the...

Hebrón
'Hebron' represents the Lord's spiritual church in the land of Canaan. 'Hebron' represents the church as to good.

Judá
City of Judah,' as in Isaiah 40:9, signifies the doctrine of love towards the Lord and love towards our neighbor in its whole extent.

Gaza
Gaza (or Azzah) signifies things revealed concerning charity.

gat
Gath, a city of the Philistines, signifies the spiritual principle of the church.

israelitas
'Israel,' in Jeremiah 23:8, signifies the spiritual natural church. The children of Israel dispersed all the literal sense of the Word by falsities. 'The children...

herencia
In Biblical times, possessions passed from fathers to sons, a patriarchal system that would not be accepted in today's society – but one that is...

tribus
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