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1 HE EN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

2 "Send nogle Mænd af Sted for at undersøge Kana'ans Land, som jeg vil give Israeliterne; een Mand af hver Fædrenestamme skal I sende, og kun Mænd, der er Øverster iblandt dem!"

3 Da udsendte Moses dem fra Parans Ørken på HE ENs Bud, Mænd, der allevar Overhovederfor Israeliterne.

4 Deres Navne var følgende: Af ubens Stamme Sjammua, Zakkurs Søn,

5 af Simeons Stamme Sjafat, Horis Søn,

6 af Judas Stamme Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn,

7 af Issakars Stamme Jigal, Josefs Søn,

8 af Efraims Stamme Hosea, Nuns Søn,

9 af Benjamins Stamme Palti, afus Søn,

10 af Zebulons Stamme Gaddiel, Sodis Søn,

11 af Josefs Slamme, det er Manasses Stamme, Gaddi, Susis Søn,

12 af Dans Stamme Ammiel, Gmallis Søn,

13 af Asers Stamme Setur, Mikaels Søn,

14 af Naftalis Stamme Nabi, Vofsis Søn,

15 af Gads Stamme Geuel, Mtakis Søn.

16 Det var Navnene på de Mænd, Moses udsendte for at undersøge Landet. Men Moses gav Hosea, Nuns Søn, Navnet Josua.

17 Og Moses sendte dem af Sted for at undersøge Kana'ans Land. Og han sagde til dem: "Drag herfra op i Sydlandet og drag op i Bjergene

18 og se, hvordan Landet er, og om Folket, som bor der, er stærkt eller svagt, fåtalligt eller talrigt,

19 om Landet, de bor i, er godt eller dårligt, og om Byerne, de bor i, er Teltlejre eller Fæstninger,

20 og om Landet er fedt eller magert, om der findes Træer deri eller ej. Vær ved godt Mod og tag noget af Landets Frugt med tilbage!" Det var netop ved den Tid, de første Druer var modne.

21 Så drog de af Sted og undersøgte Landet lige fra Zins Ørken til ehob, Egnen hen imod Hamat.

22 Så begav de sig op i Sydlandet og kom til Hebron; der boede Ahiman, Sjesjaj og Talmaj, Anaks Efterkommere. Men Hebron var grundlagt syv År før Zoan i Ægypten.

23 Da de nåede Esjkoldalen, afskar de en anke med en Drueklase, som der måtte to Mand til at bære på en Bærestang, og plukkede nogle Granatæbler og Figener.

24 Man kaldte dette Sted Esjkoldalen med Hentydning til den Drueklase, Israeliterne der skar af.

25 Efter fyrretyve Dages Forløb vendte de tilbage efter at have undersøgt Landet;

26 og de kom til Moses og Aron og hele Israeliternes Menighed i Parans Ørken i Kadesj og aflagde Beretning for dem og hele Menigheden og viste dem Landets Frugt.

27 De fortalte ham: "Vi kom til landet, du sendte os til; det er virkelig et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning, og her er Flugt derfra;

28 men stærkt er Folket, som bor i Landet, og Byerne er befæstede og meget store; ja, vi så også Efterkommere af Anak der.

29 Amalek bor i Sydlandet, Hetiterte, Jebusiteme og Amoriterne i Bjerglandet og Kana'anæerne ved Havet og langs Jordan."

30 Da søgte Kaleb at bringe Folket til Tavshed over for Moses og sagde: "Lad os kun drage op og underlægge os det, thi vi kan sikkert tage det!"

31 Men de Mænd, der havde været med ham deroppe, sagde: "Vi kan ikke drage op imod dette Folk, thi det er stærkere end vi!"

32 Og de talte nedsættende til Israeliterne om Landet, som de havde undersøgt, og sagde: "Landet, som vi har rejst igennem og undersøgt, er et Land, der fortærer sine Indbyggere, og alle de Folk, vi så der, var kæmpestore.

33 Vi så der Kæmperne Anaks Sønner, der er af Kæmpeslægten og vi forekom både os selv og dem som Græshopper!"

   


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2913. 'And spoke to the sons of Heth, saying' means those with whom a new spiritual Church was to exist. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'Heth' and of Hittite. Many were the nations inhabiting the land of Canaan who are mentioned one by one in various places in the Word, among them the Hittites, see Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 23:23; Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Joshua 3:10; 11:1, 3; 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kings 9:20; and elsewhere. Most of them belonged to the Ancient Church which was spread through many lands, including the land of Canaan, see 1238, 2385. All who belonged to that Church acknowledged charity as the chief thing, and everything they taught was about charity or life. People who cultivated teachings about faith were called Canaanites and were separate from the rest of the inhabitants in the land of Canaan, Numbers 13:29 - see 1062, 1063, 1076.

[2] The Hittites belonged among those in the land of Canaan who were more acceptable. This is also made clear by the fact that Abraham, and subsequently Isaac and Jacob, dwelt among them and had a burial-place there, and also by the fact that they treated Abraham with greatest respect, as is quite clear from what is recorded about them in this chapter, especially verses 5-6, 10-11, 14-15. Since they were an upright nation they therefore represent and mean the spiritual Church, or the truth of the Church. But it happened that like all the others who belonged to the Ancient Church the Hittites fell away in the course of time from charity or good that goes with faith; and this explains why later on they mean the falsity of the Church, as in Ezekiel 16:3, 45, and elsewhere. Yet the Hittites did belong among those who were more honourable, as may be seen from the fact that David had Hittites with him, such as Ahimelech, 1 Samuel 26:6, and Uriah, who was a Hittite, 2 Samuel 11:3, 6, 17, 21 - by whose wife Bathsheba David begot Solomon, 2 Samuel 12:24. 'Heth' means exterior cognitions that have regard to life and which constitute the external truths of the spiritual Church, 1 see 1203.

[3] The subject in the present verse is a new Church which the Lord establishes when the previous one breathes its last, and in the verses which follow the subject is the reception of faith among those people. The subject is not some particular Church among the sons of Heth but in general the re-establishment by the Lord of a spiritual Church after its predecessor fades away and approaches its end. The sons of Heth are simply those who represent and carry a spiritual meaning. Please see what has been stated already about Churches in the following places:

In course of time a Church goes into decline and decay, 494, 501, 1327, 2422.

It departs from charity, and brings forth evils and falsities, 1834, 1835.

At that point the Church is said to be vastated and made desolate, 407-411, 2243.

The Church is established among gentiles; the reason why, 1366.

Within a Church undergoing vastation something of the Church is always preserved as a nucleus, 468, 637, 931, 2422.

If the Church did not exist in the world the human race would perish, ibid.

The Church is like the heart and lungs in that vast body, of which every member of the human race is a part, 637, 931, 2054, 2853.

The nature of the spiritual Church, 765, 2669.

Charity constitutes the Church, not faith separated from charity, 809, 916.

If all possessed charity the Church would be one even though they differ in matters of doctrine and in forms of worship, 1285, 1316, 1798, 1799, 1834, 1844, 2385.

All people on earth who belong to the Lord's Church, though they are scattered throughout the entire world, still so to speak make a single whole, as is the case in heaven, 2853.

Every Church is internal and external, and both together constitute a single Church, 409, 1083, 1098, 1100, 1242.

The external Church is valueless if there is no internal Church, 1795.

The Church is compared to the rise and the setting of the sun, to the seasons of the year, and also to the periods of the day, 1837.

The Last Judgement is the final period of the Church, 900, 931, 1850, 2117, 2118.

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1. Or, reading what Swedenborg has in his rough draft the truths of the external spiritual Church

  
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