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1 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

2 "Napravi sebi dvije trube; napravi ih od kovana srebra. Neka ti služe za sazivanje zajednice i za pokretanje tabora.

3 Kad se u njih zatrubi, neka se sva zajednica skupi k tebi na ulazu u Šator sastanka.

4 Ako li se zatrubi u jednu, neka se k tebi skupe glavari izraelski, tisućnici.

5 Kad popratite trubljenje bojnim poklikom, neka krenu logori utaboreni na istočnoj strani.

6 Kad popratite trubljenje bojnim poklikom po drugi put, neka krenu logori utaboreni s južne strane: neka se trubljenje poprati bojnim poklikom da oni krenu.

7 Trubite i da skupite zajednicu, ali bez bojnog poklika.

8 Neka u trube trube svećenici, sinovi Aronovi. Neka vam to bude trajnom uredbom za vaše naraštaje.

9 Kad u svojoj zemlji pođete u rat na neprijatelja koji vas pritisne, zaorite na trube s bojnim poklikom, i Jahve, Bog vaš, sjetit će se vas i bit ćete izbavljeni od svojih neprijatelja.

10 Na dan svoje svečanosti, svojih blagdana ili svojih mjesečevih mlađaka, dok prinosite svoje paljenice i pričesnice, trubite u trube. Neka to za vas bude spomen pred Bogom vašim. Ja sam Jahve, Bog vaš."

11 Druge godine drugoga mjeseca dvadesetog dana u mjesecu diže se oblak iznad Prebivališta svjedočanstva.

12 Tada se Izraelci zapute iz Sinajske pustinje na svoja putovanja. Oblak se zaustavi u pustinji Paranu.

13 Tako na Jahvinu zapovijed danu Mojsiju krenuše prvi put.

14 Prva je krenula zastava tabora Judinih sinova u svojim četama. Nad njihovom vojskom bijaše Nahšon, sin Aminadabov;

15 nad vojskom plemena Jisakarovaca stajaše Netanel, sin Suarov,

16 a nad vojskom plemena Zebulunovaca bijaše Eliab, sin Helonov.

17 Zatim, pošto je rastavljeno Prebivalište, krenuše Geršonovci i Merarijevci noseći Prebivalište.

18 Potom krenu zastava tabora Rubenova u svojim četama. Nad njihovom vojskom bijaše Elisur, sin Šedeurov;

19 nad vojskom plemena Šimunovaca stajao je Šelumiel, sin Surišadajev;

20 nad vojskom plemena Gadovaca bio je Elijasaf, sin Deuelov.

21 Potom krenuše Kehatovci noseći posvećene predmete. Tako je Prebivalište bilo podignuto prije njihova dolaska.

22 Onda krenu zastava tabora Efrajimovaca u svojim četama. Nad njihovom vojskom bijaše Elišama, sin Amihudov,

23 nad vojskom plemena Manašeovaca stajaše Gamliel, sin Pedahsurov;

24 nad vojskom plemena Benjaminovaca bijaše Abidan, sin Gidonijev.

25 A kao zalazna straža za sve tabore krenu, u svojim četama, zastava tabora Danovaca. Nad njihovom je vojskom stajao Ahiezer, sin Amišadajev.

26 Nad vojskom plemena Ašerovaca bio je Pagiel, sin Okranov;

27 a nad vojskom plemena Naftalijevaca bio je Ahira, sin Enanov.

28 Takav je bio red putovanja Izraelaca svrstanih u svoje čete. Tako su putovali.

29 Mojsije reče Hobabu, sinu Midjanca Reuela, Mojsijeva tasta: "Zaputili smo se u kraj o kojemu je Jahve rekao: 'Dat ću vam ga!' Pođi s nama i dobro ćemo ti činiti, jer je Jahve obećao sreću Izraelu."

30 "Ne idem", odgovori mu, "nego se vraćam u svoju zemlju; k svojima se vraćam."

31 "Molim te, ne ostavljaj nas!" - reče. "Budući da znaš gdje nam se treba u pustinji utaboriti, valjat ćeš nam kao oči.

32 Ako s nama pođeš, dobročinstva koja nam Jahve bude udijelio s tobom ćemo dijeliti."

33 Od Jahvina brda putovali su tri dana hoda. Kovčeg Jahvina saveza išao je pred njima ta tri dana hoda da im potraži mjesto odmora.

34 Danju je opet Jahvin oblak bio nad njima, kako bi se iz tabora zaputili.

35 Kad bi Kovčeg polazio, Mojsije bi rekao: "Ustani, Jahve! Neprijatelji tvoji neka se rasprše! Koji tebe mrze nek' bježe pred tobom!"

36 A kad bi se zaustavljao, popratio bi: "Vrati se, o Jahve! Izraelu ti si tisuće bezbrojne!"

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 862

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862. We have said that the nations' surrounding the camp of the saints and the beloved city means, symbolically, that these people attempted to destroy everything connected with the New Church, both its truths and goods and its fundamental doctrine regarding the Lord and life, as stated in the preceding number. This is the symbolic meaning because the camp of the saints symbolizes all the truths and goods of the church which is the New Jerusalem.

That a camp in the spiritual sense symbolizes everything connected with the church with respect to its truths and goods can be seen from the following passages:

The sun and moon grew dark, and the stars diminished their brightness. Jehovah uttered His voice before His army, for His camp is very great; for numberless are those who obey His Word. (Joel 2:10-11)

I will encamp for My house some of the army... (Zechariah 9:8)

...God has scattered the bones of them who encamp against you..., because God has rejected them. (Psalms 53:5)

The angel of Jehovah encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. (Psalms 34:7)

(An angel of God met Jacob, and said to Jacob,) "This is God's camp." Therefore he called the name of that place Mahanaim (Two Camps). (Genesis 32:1-2)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 29:3, Ezekiel 1:24, Psalms 27:3.

That an army or host in the Word symbolizes the church's truths and goods, and also its falsities and evils, may be seen in nos. 447, 826, 833; and so, too, does a camp.

[2] Since the children of Israel and their twelve tribes symbolize the church in respect to all its truths and goods (nos. 349, 350), they were therefore called the armies or hosts of Jehovah (Exodus 7:4; 12:41, 51), and the places where they stopped and assembled were called camps, as in Leviticus 4:12; 8:17; 13:46; 14:8; 16:26, 28; 24:14, 23; Numbers 1; 2; 3; 4:5 ff., 5:2-4; 9:17-23; 10:1-10, 11-28; 11:31-32; 12:14-15; 21:10-15; 33:1-49; Deuteronomy 23:9-14; Amos 4:10.

It is apparent from this now that the nations' surrounding the camp of the saints and the beloved city means, symbolically, that these people tried to destroy all the truths and goods of the New Church, which is the New Jerusalem, and also its doctrine regarding the Lord and life.

The same symbolism is found in these verses in Luke:

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near... (At length) Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 21:20, 24)

This is said in reference to the end of the age, which is the final period of the church. Jerusalem here also symbolizes the church.

That Gog and Magog, that is, people who engage in external worship divorced from any internal worship, will then invade the church and try to destroy it, is something we are told also in Ezekiel 38:8-9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 39:2, and that the New Church will then be established by the Lord, Ezekiel 39:17-29.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.