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5 Mosebog 7

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1 Når HE EN din Gud fører dig ind i det Land, du skal ind og tage i Besiddelse, og driver store Folk bort foran dig, Hetiterne, Girgasjiterne, Amoriterne, Kana'anæerne, Periiterne, Hivviterne og Jebusiterne, syv Folk, der er større og mægtigere end du,

2 og når HE EN din Gud giver dem i din Magt, og du overvinder dem, så skal du lægge Band på dem. Du må ikke slutte Pagt med dem eller vise dem Skånsel.

3 Du må ikke besvogre dig med dem, du må hverken give en af deres Sønner din datter eller tage en af deres Døtre til din Søn;

4 thi så vil de få din Søn til at falde fra HE EN, så han dyrker andre Guder, og HE ENs Vrede vil blusse op imod eder, og han vil udrydde dig i Hast.

5 Men således skal I gøre ved dem: Deres Altre skal I nedbryde, deres Stenstøtter skal I sønderslå, deres Asjerastøtter skal I omhugge, og deres Gudebilleder skal I opbrænde.

6 Thi du er et Folk, der er helliget HE EN din Gud; dig har HE EN din Gud udvalgt til sit Ejendomsfolk blandt alle Folk på Jorden.

7 Det er ikke, fordi I er større end alle de andre Folk, at HE EN har fattet Velbehag til eder og udvalgt eder, thi I er det mindste af alle Folk;

8 men fordi HE EN elskede eder, og fordi han vilde holde den Ed, han tilsvor eders Fædre, derfor var det, at HE EN med stærk Hånd førte eder ud og udløste dig af Trællehuset, af Ægypterkongen Faraos Hånd;

9 så skal du vide, at HE EN din Gud er den sande Gud, den trofaste Gud, der i tusinde Slægtled holder fast ved sin Pagt og sin Miskundhed mod dem, der elsker ham og holder hans Bud,

10 men bringer Gengældelse over den, der hader ham, så han udrydder ham, og ikke tøver over for den, der hader ham, men bringer Gengældelse over ham.

11 Derfor skal du omhyggeligt handle efter det Bud, de Anordninger og Lovbud, jeg i Dag giver dig!

12 Når I nu hører disse Lovbud og holder dem og handler efter dem, så skal HE EN din Gud til Løn derfor holde fast ved den Pagt og den Miskundhed, han tilsvor dine Fædre.

13 Han skal elske dig, velsigne dig og gøre dig mangfoldig, han skal velsigne Frugten af dit Moderliv og Frugten af din Jord, dit Korn, din Most og din Olie, Tillægget af dine Okser og dine Fårs Yngel i det Land, han tilsvor dine Fædre at ville give dig!

14 Velsignet skal du være fremfor alle andre Folk; ingen Mand eller Kvinde hos dig skal være ufrugtbar, ej heller noget af dit Kvæg;

15 og HE EN vil holde alle Sygdomme fra dig; ingen af Ægyptens onde Farsoter, som du jo kender, vil han påføre dig, men han vil lægge dem på alle dem, der hader dig.

16 Og alle de Folk, som HE EN din Gud giver dig, skal du fortære uden Skånsel; du må ikke dyrke deres Guder, thi det vilde blive en Snare for dig.

17 Og skulde du sige ved dig selv: "Disse Folk er større end jeg, hvor kan jeg drive dem bort?"

18 frygt ikke for dem, men kom i Hu, hvad HE EN din Gud gjorde ved Farao og hele Ægypten,

19 de store Prøvelser, du selv så, Tegnene og Underne, den stærke Hånd og den udstrakte Arm, hvormed HE EN din Gud førte dig ud; således vil HE EN din Gud gøre ved alle de Folkeslag, du frygter for.

20 Ja, også Gedehamse vil HE EN din Gud sende imod dem, indtil de, der er tilbage og holder sig skjult for dig, er udryddet.

21 Vær ikke bange for dem, thi HE EN din Gud er i din Midte, en stor og frygtelig Gud.

22 HE EN din Gud skal lidt efter lidt drive disse Folkeslag bort foran dig. Det går ikke an, at du udrydder dem i Hast, thi så bliver Markens vilde Dyr dig for talrige.

23 Men HE EN din Gud skal give dem i din Magt, og han skal slå dem med stor ædsel, indtil de er udryddet.

24 Og han skal give deres Konger i din Hånd, og du skal udrydde deres Navn under Himmelen; ingen skal kunne holde Stand over for dig, til du har udryddet dem.

25 Deres Gudebilleder skal I opbrænde; du må ikke lade dig friste til at tage Sølvet eller Guldet på dem, for at du ikke skal lokkes i en Snare derved, thi det er HE EN din Gud en Vederstyggelighed,

26 og du må ikke føre nogen Vederstyggelighed ind i dit Hus, for at du ikke skal hjemfalde til Band ligesom den, nej, du skal nære Afsky og Gru for den, thi den er hjemfaldet til Band!

   


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3024.'That you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites' means that the Divine Rational should not be joined to any affection incompatible with truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking a woman' as being joined by means of the marriage covenant; from the meaning of 'my son', namely Isaac, as the Lord's Divine Rational, dealt with in 1893, 2066, 2083, 2630; from the meaning of 'daughters' as affections, dealt with in 489-491, 568, 2362; and from the meaning of 'the Canaanites' as evil, dealt with in 1444, 1573, 1574. Consequently 'the daughters of the Canaanites' are affections incompatible with truth. The subject here is Divine truth which was to be allied to the Divine good of the Lord's Rational, as may be seen in 3013 under 'Contents'. 'A woman' who was to be associated by means of a marriage covenant is used to mean that truth itself which is summoned from the natural man in the normal manner. 'My son' is used to mean the Lord's Rational as regards the good with which it was to be allied or associated. From this one may recognize that the command not to take a wife for his son from the daughters of the Canaanites means that the Divine Rational should not be joined to any affection incompatible with truth. All joining of truth to good is effected by means of affection, for no truth ever enters the rational part of a person's mind or is joined to it except by means of affection, for affection has within it the good that flows from love, which good alone effects the joining together, 1895, as also anyone may know who stops to reflect on it.

[2] As regards 'the daughters of the Canaanites' meaning affections incompatible with truth, that is, affections for what is false, this becomes clear from the meaning of 'daughters'. For the noun 'daughters' occurs in many places in the Word, and in these anyone may see that it is not used to mean daughters. By such expressions as 'the daughter of Zion', 'the daughter of Jerusalem', 'the daughter of Tarshish', 'the daughter of My people', affections for good and truth are meant, as shown in the paragraphs referred to above. And since affections for good and truth are meant so also are Churches, for Churches are Churches by virtue of these affections. Consequently 'the daughter of Zion' means the celestial Church, and means this by virtue of the affection for good, whereas 'the daughter of Jerusalem' means the spiritual Church from the affection for truth, 2362. And it is the same with 'the daughter of My people' in Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 6:14, 26; 8:19, 21-22; 9:1; 14:17; Lamentations 2:11; 4:6; Ezekiel 13:17.

[3] This shows what is meant by the daughters of the nations, such as by the daughters of the Philistines, the daughters of Egypt, the daughters of Tyre and Sidon, the daughters of Edom, the daughters of Moab, the daughters of the Chaldeans and Babel, and the daughters of Sodom. They mean affections for evil and falsity, from which their varieties of religion sprang, and so mean those varieties themselves. That this is the meaning of 'daughters' becomes clear from the following places: In Ezekiel,

The daughters of the nations will lament over Egypt. Wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send her down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the lower earth, together with those who go down to the pit. Ezekiel 32:16, 18.

'The daughters of majestic nations' stands for affections for evil. In Samuel,

Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult. 2 Samuel 1:20.

In Ezekiel,

You committed whoredom with the sons of Egypt. I delivered you to those who hated you, the daughters of the Philistines. Before your badness was revealed, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all round about her, the daughters of the Philistines who despise you from round about. Ezekiel 16:26-27, 57.

Anyone may see that not daughters were meant here but the varieties of religion among such people as are meant by the Philistines - those who speak repeatedly of faith yet do not at all pursue the life taught by faith, see 1197, 1198. This also explains why they are called 'the uncircumcised', that is, devoid of charity.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! Make for yourself vessels of migration, O inhabitant daughter of Egypt. The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame; she has been delivered into the hand of the people from the north. Jeremiah 46:11, 19, 24.

'The daughter of Egypt' stands for the affection for reasoning from facts about whether truths of faith really are true, and so stands for the variety of religion which springs from this, the nature of which is to believe nothing except that grasped by the senses, and so to believe nothing of the truth of faith, see 215, 232, 233, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1385, 2196, 2203, 2209, 2568, 2588. In Isaiah,

He said, You will no more exult, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Isaiah 23:12.

In David,

The daughter of Tyre with an offering, the rich of the people will entreat your face. Psalms 45:12.

What 'the daughter of Sidon' and 'the daughter of Tyre' mean is evident from the meaning of Sidon and Tyre, dealt with in 1201. In Jeremiah,

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom. Your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is at an end. He will no more cause you to migrate; your iniquity will be punished, O daughter of Edom. Lamentations 4:21-22.

In Isaiah,

Like a wandering bird, a scattered nest, will the daughters of Moab be. Isaiah 16:2.

In the same prophet,

Come down and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babel; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. Sit quietly and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for no more will they call you the mistress of kingdoms. Isaiah 47:1, 5.

In Jeremiah,

A people coming from the north, arrayed as a man for war against you, O daughter of Babel. Jeremiah 50:41-42.

In the same prophet,

The daughter of Babel is like the threshing-floor; it is time to thresh her. Jeremiah 51:33

In Zechariah,

Ho, Zion! escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babel. Zechariah 2:7.

In David,

The daughter of Babel has been laid waste. Psalms 137:8.

In Ezekiel,

Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters will return to their condition as of old, and Samaria and her daughters will return to their condition as of old. Ezekiel 16:55.

[5] Anyone may see that in these places 'daughters' is not used to mean daughters but affections incompatible with truth, and so the varieties of religion that spring from them. But which particular varieties they are is evident from the meaning of those peoples - from the meaning of Edom, Moab, the Chaldeans, Babel, Sodom, Samaria, all of which have been dealt with in various places in the explanations to previous chapters of Genesis. From this what is meant in the present chapter by 'the daughters of the Canaanites' becomes clear.

[6] This command not to contract marriages with the daughters of the Canaanites also had regard to the spiritual requirements that good should not be joined to falsity, nor evil to truth, for the result of any such joining together is profanation. The prohibition was also a representative of the matter referred to in Deuteronomy 7:3, and in Malachi,

Judah has profaned the holiness of Jehovah, in that he loved and married the daughter of a foreign god. Malachi 2:11.

  
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