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Joshua 23

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1 Efter længere Tids Forløb, da HE EN havde skaffet Israel o for alle dets Fjender rundt om, og Josua var blevet gammel og til Års,

2 lod Josua hele Israel, de Ældste, Overhovederne, Dommerne og Tilsynsmændene kalde til sig og sagde til dem: "Jeg er blevet gammel og til Års.

3 I har selv set alt, hvad HE EN eders Gud har gjort ved alle disse Folkeslag foran eder; thi det var HE EN eders Gud, som kæmpede for eder.

4 Se, jeg har tildelt eders Stammer som Arvelod disse Folk, som er tilbage af alle de Folkeslag, jeg udryddede fra Jordan til det store Hav vestpå;

5 og HE EN eders Gud vil trænge dem tilbage foran eder og drive dem bort foran eder, og I skal tage deres Land i Besiddelse, som HE EN eders Gud lovede eder.

6 Vær nu stærke og faste, så I giver Agt på og handler efter alt, hvad der står skrevet i Moses's Lovbog, og ikke viger derfra til højre eller venstre

7 og ikke indlader eder med disse Folk, som er tilbage iblandt eder; I må ikke påkalde deres Guders Navne eller sværge ved dem, ikke dyrke eller tilbede dem,

8 men I skal holde fast ved HE EN eders Gud som hidtil.

9 Derfor drev jo HE EN store og mægtige Folkeslag bort foran eder. Ingen har kunnet holde Stand over for eder til denne Dag;

10 een Mand iblandt eder jog tusinde på Flugt; thi det var HE EN eders Gud, som kæmpede for eder, som han havde lovet eder.

11 Våg da for eders Livs Skyld omhyggeligt over, at I elsker HE EN eders Gud!

12 Thi dersom I falder fra og slutter eder til Levningerne af disse Folk, som er tilbage iblandt eder, og, besvogrer eder med dem eller, indlader eder i Forbindelse med dem,

13 så skal I vide for vist, at HE EN eders Gud ikke mere vil drive disse Folkeslag bort fra eder, men de skal blive eder en Snare og en Fælde, en Svøbe i eders Sider og Torne i eders Øjne, indtil I selv bliver udryddet fra dette herlige Land, som HE EN eders Gud gav eder.

14 Se, jeg går nu al Støvets Gang; så betænk da med hele eders Hjerte og hele eders Sjæl, at ikke eet af alle de gode Ord, HE EN eders Gud talede til eder, faldt til Jorden; alle sammen er de gået i Opfyldelse for eder; ikke eet Ord deraf faldt til Jorden.

15 Men ligesom alle de gode Ord, HE EN eders Gud talede til eder, gik i Opfyldelse på eder, således vil HE EN også lade alle sine Trusler gå i Opfyldelse på eder, indtil han har udryddet eder fra dette herlige Land, som HE EN eders Gud gav eder.

16 Når I overtræder HE EN eders Guds Pagt, som han pålagde eder, og går hen og Dyrker andre Guder og tilbeder dem, så vil HE ENs Vrede blusse op imod eder, og I vil hastelig blive udryddet fra det herlige Land, han gav eder!"

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 2575

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2575. 'Behold, I have given a thousand pieces of silver to your brother' means an infinite abundance of rational truth joined to [celestial] good. This is clear from the meaning of 'a thousand' as much and countless, here, as infinite, or an infinite abundance, since the expression has reference to the Lord, a meaning dealt with below; from the meaning of 'silver' as rational truth, dealt with in 1551, 2048; and from the meaning of 'a brother' as celestial good joined to rational truth, like a brother to a sister, 2524, 2557. From this it is evident that 'I have given a thousand pieces of silver to your brother' means an infinite abundance of rational truth joined to [celestial] good. The reason this abundance was granted to good, meant by 'a brother', but not to truth, is that truth derives from good, not good from truth. Regarding that infinite abundance, see 2572.

[2] That 'a thousand' in the Word means much and countless, and infinite when it has reference to the Lord, is evident from the following places: In Moses,

I, Jehovah your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons, on the third and on the fourth generations of those who hate Me; and showing mercy to thousands of those who love Me and keep My commandments. Exodus 20:5-6; 34:7; Deuteronomy 5:9-10.

And in Jeremiah,

Jehovah shows mercy to thousands and He repays the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their sons after them. Jeremiah 32:18.

In these two places 'thousands' does not mean a definite number but that which is infinite, for the Lord's mercy, being Divine, is infinite. In David,

The chariots of God are myriad on myriad, thousands on thousands; 1 the Lord is within them, Sinai within holiness. Psalms 68:17.

Here 'myriads' and 'thousands' stand for things that are countless.

[3] In the same author,

A thousand will fall at your side, and a myriad at your right hand; it will not come near you. Psalms 91:7.

Here also 'a thousand' and 'a myriad' stand for things that are countless, and as it has reference to the Lord, who is meant by 'David' in the Psalms, those numbers stand for all who are His enemies. In the same author,

Our garners are full, yielding food and still more food; our flocks bring forth a thousand, and ten thousand in our streets. Psalms 144:13.

Here also 'a thousand', and 'ten thousand' or a myriad, stand for things that are countless. In the same author,

A thousand years in Your eyes are but as yesterday when it is past. Psalms 90:4.

'A thousand years' stands for that which is outside time, thus for eternity, which is infinity of time. In Isaiah,

One thousand at the rebuke of one, at the rebuke of five will you flee until you are left like a flagstaff on top of a mountain. Isaiah 30:17.

Here 'one thousand' or a chiliad stands for a large indefinite number, 'five' for few, 649. In Moses,

May Jehovah the God of your fathers add to you, as you are, a thousand times, and may He bless you. Deuteronomy 1:11.

Here 'a thousand times' stands for things that are countless, as in everyday speech in which also a thousand is an expression for many, as when one speaks of things being said thousands of times, or done in thousands of ways. Similarly in Joshua,

One man of you will chase a thousand, for Jehovah your God fights for you. Joshua 23:10.

[4] Being a definite calculable number, the word 'thousand' when used in prophetical parts, especially when these are linked together as historical descriptions, appears to mean a thousand. But in fact it means people who are many or countless - an unspecified number. For historical descriptions are of such a nature that they restrict people's ideas to the most immediate and proper meanings that the words possess, as they also do with the names that occur there, when in fact numbers in the Word, like names also, mean real things, as may become clear from what has been shown already concerning numbers in 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252. This explains why some people suppose that the thousand years referred to in Revelation 20:1-7 means a thousand years or periods of time, for the reason, as has been stated, that prophecies are declared in that book through historical descriptions. But in fact 'a thousand years' there means nothing else than that which is large and indeterminate, and elsewhere infinity of time, or eternity.

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1. literally, two myriads, thousands doubled.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 482

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482. Until now nobody has known what the years and the numbers of years occurring in this chapter mean in the internal sense. People who stay within the sense of the letter imagine that they are no more than chronological years. But none of the content from here down to Chapter 12 is history as it seems to be in the sense of the letter, for every single detail contains something of a different nature. What applies to names applies to numbers as well. In the Word the number three occurs frequently, and so does the number seven; and in every instance they mean something holy or inviolable as regards those states which the periods of time or whatever else that is mentioned embody or represent. This applies as much to the shortest as to the longest time-intervals; for just as parts makeup the whole, so do the shortest make up the longest. For a similarity must exist in order that a whole may emerge satisfactorily out of the parts, or that which is largest out of that which is smallest.

[2] As in Isaiah,

Jehovah has now spoken, saying, In three years, according to the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab will be rendered worthless. Isaiah 16:14.

In the same prophet,

The Lord said to me, Within yet a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar will be brought to an end. Isaiah 21:6.

Here both the shortest as well as the longest time-intervals are meant. In Habakkuk,

O Jehovah, I have heard Your fame; I was afraid. O Jehovah, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years do You make it known. Habakkuk 3:2.

Here 'the midst of the years' stands for the Lord's Coming. If the intervals are shorter this stands for every coming of the Lord, as when a person is being regenerated; but if longer it stands for the rising anew of the Lord's Church. It is also called in Isaiah 'the year of the redeemed', The day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redeemed has come. Isaiah 63:4.

So too 'the thousand years' for which Satan is to be bound, Revelation 20:2-3, 7, and 'the thousand years' associated with the first resurrection, Revelation 20:4-6. These in no way mean a thousand years but the states associated with them. For just as 'days, as shown 'already, are interpreted as a state, so too are 'years', and the states are described by the number of the years. From this it becomes clear that periods of time in this chapter also embody states, for every Church experienced a different state of perception from the next, according to differences of disposition resulting from inherited and acquired characteristics.

  
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