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Jozue 3

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1 Vstal pak Jozue velmi ráno, a hnuvše se z Setim, přišli až k Jordánu, on i všickni synové Izraelští, a přenocovali tu, prvé nežli šli přes něj.

2 I stalo se, že třetího dne správcové šli prostředkem stanů,

3 A přikazovali lidu, řkouce: Když uzříte truhlu smlouvy Hospodina Boha svého a kněží Levítské, ani ji nesou, vy také hnete se s místa svého a půjdete za ní,

4 (A však místo mezi vámi a mezi ní bude okolo dvou tisíc loket míry obecné, nepřibližujte se k ní), abyste viděli cestu, kterouž byste jíti měli; nebo nešli jste tou cestou prvé.

5 Řekl pak byl Jozue lidu: Posvěťtež se, zítra zajisté učiní Hospodin divné věci mezi vámi.

6 Potom řekl Jozue kněžím těmi slovy: Vezměte truhlu smlouvy, a jděte před lidem. I vzali truhlu smlouvy a brali se před lidem.

7 Nebo řekl byl Hospodin k Jozue: V tento den začnu tebe zvelebovati před očima všeho Izraele, aby poznali, že jakož jsem byl s Mojžíšem, tak budu s tebou.

8 Protož ty přikaž kněžím, kteříž nosí truhlu smlouvy, a rci: Když vejdete na kraj vody Jordánské, zastavte se v Jordáně.

9 Řekl také Jozue synům Izraelským: Přistupte sem, a slyšte slova Hospodina Boha vašeho.

10 I řekl Jozue: Po tomto poznáte, že Bůh silný živý jest u prostřed vás, a že konečně vyžene od tváři vaší Kananejského, Hetejského, Hevejského, Ferezejského, Gergezejského, Amorejského a Jebuzejského:

11 Aj, truhla smlouvy Panovníka vší země půjde před vámi přes Jordán.

12 Protož nyní vezměte sobě dvanácte mužů z pokolení Izraelských, po jednom muži z každého pokolení.

13 I bude, že hned jakž se zastaví kněží, nesoucí truhlu Hospodina Panovníka vší země, u vodě Jordánské, vody Jordánu rozdělí se, a vody tekoucí s vrchu zůstanou v jedné hromadě.

14 Stalo se tedy, když se bral lid z stanů svých, aby šli přes Jordán, a kněží, kteříž nesli truhlu smlouvy, před nimi,

15 A když ti, kteříž nesli truhlu, přišli až k Jordánu, a kněží, nesoucí truhlu, omočili nohy v kraji vod: (Jordán pak rozvodňuje se a vystupuje ze všech břehů svých v každý čas žně),

16 Že se zastavily vody, kteréž s hůry přicházely, a shrnuly se v hromadu jednu velmi daleko od Adam města, kteréž leží k straně Sartan, kteréž pak odcházely k moři dolů, k moři slanému sešly a sběhly, a lid přešel naproti Jerichu.

17 Stáli pak kněží, kteříž nesli truhlu smlouvy Hospodinovy na suše u prostřed Jordánu, nehýbajíce se, (a všecken Izrael šel po suše), až se lid všecken přepravil přes Jordán.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7111

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7111.'To the taskmasters over the people and to their officers, saying' means those in the nearest position to molest, and those in the nearest position to receive. This is clear from the meaning of 'the taskmasters' as those who compel people to serve, dealt with in 6852, and since they do so by means of molestations, 'the taskmasters' also means those who molest, but those in the nearest position to carry it out, who are dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the officers' as those in the nearest position to receive. For the officers came from the children of Israel, but the taskmasters from the Egyptians, as is evident from what follows. Thus in the internal sense 'the officers' are those in the nearest position to receive, and 'the taskmasters' those in the nearest position to molest.

[2] Who exactly are meant may be recognized from those in the next life who molest, introducing falsities and evils, and those who receive these and pass them on. Those who molest, introducing falsities and evils, are the hells. But to achieve their purpose they send out from themselves emissaries through whom they act; and these make their appearance no great distance away from those who are molested. This is done for the reason that the thoughts and intentions of many may by focused through them; otherwise such thoughts and intentions would become diffuse. Those emissaries appear in particular places of their own in the world of spirits, and from the actual places where they appear one can recognize which hell they come from. Some appear overhead at varying heights and angles; others alongside the head, to the right or left as well as behind it; and others again below the head, on various levels in relation to the body, from the head right down to the soles of the feet. They flow in with the kinds of things that are emitted from hell, but a spirit or man can only feel them, and therefore only know of them, as things that are inside himself, as things that he himself thinks and intends. Those emissaries are called 'subordinates', see what has already been shown from experience regarding them in 4403, 5856, 5983-5989. Since these are in the nearest position to molest they are meant by 'the taskmasters'. But those who receive things from them and pass them on are 'the officers'; they are also intermediary spirits. For as stated above, the officers came from the children of Israel, but the taskmasters came from the Egyptians.

[3] Among the Israelite and Jewish people 'officers was a name given to those who were required to tell the people what they had to do, and who were to give orders. For this reason they also sat with the judges and elders in the gates, and told the people the judgements that had been made as well as the commands issued by the leader, as becomes clear from the following places: In Moses,

You shall appoint 1 judges and officers in all your gates according to your tribes, who will judge the people with righteous judgement. 2 Deuteronomy 16:18.

In the same author,

When they go out to war the priest shall speak to the people and warn them that they should not be afraid. After that the officers shall say that he who has built a house should go back, and also the fearful. Deuteronomy 20:1-3, 5, 8, 9.

In Joshua,

Joshua gave orders to the officers to say to the people that they should prepare provisions for the journey, before they crossed the Jordan. Joshua 1:10-11.

In the same book,

At the end of three days it happened, when the officers passed through the middle of the camp, that they gave orders [to the people, saying] that when they saw the ark of the covenant of Jehovah they too were to set out. Joshua 8:33.

The officers' were overseers of the people, distinct and separate from the princes or leaders of the people, see Deuteronomy 1:15. They were distinct and separate from the elders too, Deuteronomy 31:28, and also from the judges, Joshua 8:33.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, give

2. literally, the judgement of righteousness

  
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