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民數記 25

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1 以色列人在什亭,百姓與摩押女子行起淫亂。

2 因為這女子百姓來,一同給他們的獻祭,百姓就他們的祭物,跪拜他們的

3 以色列人與巴力毘珥連合,耶和華的怒氣就向以色列人發作。

4 耶和華吩咐摩西:將百姓中所有的族長在我面前對著日懸掛,使我向以色列人所發的怒氣可以消了。

5 於是摩西吩咐以色列的審判官:凡屬你們的,有與巴力毘珥連合的,你們各要把他們殺了。

6 摩西以色列會眾正在會幕前哭泣的時候,誰知,有以色列中的一個,當他們眼前,著一個米甸女到他弟兄那裡去。

7 祭司亞倫的孫子,以利亞撒的兒子非尼哈見了,就從會中起來裡拿著槍,

8 跟隨那以色列人進亭子裡去,便將以色列人和那女人由腹中刺透。這樣,在以色列人中瘟疫就止息了。

9 那時遭瘟疫的,有二萬人。

10 耶和華曉諭摩西

11 祭司亞倫的孫子,以利亞撒的兒子非尼哈,使我向以色列人所發的怒消了;因他在他們中間,以我的忌邪為心,使我不在忌邪中把他們除滅。

12 因此,你要:我將我平安的約賜他。

13 這約要給他和他的裔,作為永遠祭司職任的約;因他為有忌邪的心,為以色列人贖罪。

14 那與米甸女一同被殺的以色列,名叫心利,是撒路的兒子,是西緬一個宗族的首領。

15 那被殺的米甸女人,名叫哥斯比,是蘇珥的女兒;這蘇珥是米甸.一個宗族的首領。

16 耶和華曉諭摩西

17 你要擾害米甸人,擊殺他們;

18 因為他們用詭計擾害你們,在毘珥的事上和他們的姊妹、米甸首領的女兒哥斯比的事上,用這詭計誘惑了你們;這哥斯比,當瘟疫流行的日子,因毘珥的事被殺了。

   

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Door

  
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Generally, doors in the Bible represent the initial desires for good and concepts of truth that introduce us to new levels of love and understanding, and even to the Lord Himself. Since a “house” represents a person’s desires, affections and passions, the door serves to introduce true ideas that can put those desires into action.

In John 10:7, the door signifies the Lord, who is good itself and truth itself. (Arcana Coelestia 2356[2])

In Revelation 3:8; 4:1, the door signifies admission to the arcana of heaven revealed. (Apocalypse Explained 260[2])

The meaning depends on context, of course. For example, references to doorposts and lintels are making a distinction between introductory goods and introductory truths. And, in Sodom, Lot's house had two doors -- an inner one and an outer one. When, in Genesis 19:6, Lot tried to convince the men of Sodom not to attack the angels visiting him, he went outside the inner door, but stayed inside the outer door. There, the outer door represents a desire for good that is resistant to the falsity represented by the men of Sodom; the inner door represents true ideas springing from that desire for good. Someone nurturing a desire for good could be admitted through the first door, but would have to learn the truth about how to express that desire before being admitted through the second.

(Odkazy: Genesis 19)