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Josuo 23

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1 Longan tempon post kiam la Eternulo donis al Izrael ripozon kontraux cxiuj iliaj malamikoj cxirkauxe, Josuo maljunigxis, atingis profundan agxon.

2 Tiam Josuo alvokis la tutan Izrael, iliajn plejagxulojn kaj cxefojn kaj jugxistojn kaj observistojn, kaj diris al ili:Mi maljunigxis, mi atingis profundan agxon.

3 Kaj vi vidis cxion, kion faris la Eternulo, via Dio, al cxiuj tiuj popoloj antaux vi; cxar la Eternulo, via Dio, mem batalis por vi.

4 Vidu, mi dividis por vi lote tiujn restintajn popolojn, kiel posedajxon por viaj triboj, komencante de Jordan, kaj cxiujn popolojn, kiujn mi ekstermis, gxis la Granda Maro, kie subiras la suno.

5 Kaj la Eternulo, via Dio, forpusxos ilin de antaux vi kaj forpelos ilin de antaux vi; kaj vi ekposedos ilian landon, kiel diris al vi la Eternulo, via Dio.

6 Penu do bone, ke vi observu kaj plenumu cxion, skribitan en la libro de instruo de Moseo, ne forklinigxante de gxi dekstren nek maldekstren,

7 ne komunikigxante kun tiuj popoloj, kiuj restis kun vi; kaj la nomon de iliaj dioj ne citu, kaj ne jxuru per ili, kaj ne servu al ili, kaj ne adoru ilin;

8 nur al la Eternulo, via Dio, alfortikigxu, kiel vi faris gxis la nuna tago.

9 Kaj la Eternulo forpelis de antaux vi popolojn grandajn kaj fortajn; kaj neniu rezistis antaux vi gxis la nuna tago.

10 Unu el vi forpelas milon; cxar la Eternulo, via Dio, mem batalas por vi, kiel Li diris al vi.

11 Gardu do bone viajn animojn, por ami la Eternulon, vian Dion.

12 CXar se vi forklinigxos, kaj aligxos al tiuj restintaj popoloj, kiuj restis kun vi, kaj vi boparencigxos kun ili, kaj vi iros al ili kaj ili al vi:

13 tiam sciu, ke la Eternulo, via Dio, ne plu forpelos tiujn popolojn de antaux vi; kaj ili farigxos por vi kaptilo kaj reto, kaj vipo por viaj flankoj, kaj pikilo por viaj okuloj, gxis vi forpereos de sur tiu bona tero, kiun donis al vi la Eternulo, via Dio.

14 Nun mi ekiras hodiaux la vojon de la tuta mondo; kaj vi sciu per via tuta koro kaj per via tuta animo, ke ne restis neplenumita ecx unu vorto el cxiuj bonaj vortoj, kiujn la Eternulo, via Dio, diris pri vi; cxio plenumigxis por vi, ne mankis el gxi ecx unu vorto.

15 Sed kiel plenumigxis por vi cxiuj bonaj vortoj, kiujn la Eternulo, via Dio, diris al vi, tiel la Eternulo venigos sur vin cxion malbonan, gxis Li ekstermos vin de sur tiu bona tero, kiun donis al vi la Eternulo, via Dio.

16 Se vi malobeos la interligon de la Eternulo, via Dio, kiun Li starigis kun vi, kaj vi iros kaj servos al aliaj dioj kaj adoros ilin:tiam ekflamos kontraux vin la kolero de la Eternulo, kaj vi forpereos rapide de sur la bona tero, kiun Li donis al vi.

   

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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 # 737

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737. 'Noah was a son of six hundred years' means his initial state of temptation. This is clear from the fact from here down to Eber in Chapter 11 nothing else is meant by numbers, years of age, or names than real things, as was the case also with the ages and names of all those mentioned in Chapter 5. Here 'six hundred years' means the initial state of temptation. This becomes clear from its prime factors which are ten and six multiplied again by ten. When the same factors are involved it makes no difference whether the number arrived at is large or small. As for ten, this has been shown already at 6:3 to mean remnants, while the meaning of six here as labour and conflict is clear from places throughout the Word. For the situation is this: What has gone before dealt with man's preparation for temptation, that is to say, he was supplied by the Lord with truths of the understanding and with goods of the will. These truths and goods are remnants, but they are not brought forth so as to be acknowledged until man is being regenerated. In the case of those who are being regenerated by means of temptations the remnants existing with any man are for the angels present with him. From these remnants they draw out those things with which they protect him against the evil spirits who activate falsities with him and in this way attack him. It is because remnants are meant by 'ten' and conflict by 'six' that six hundred years are spoken of, a number in which ten and six are the prime factors and which means a state of temptation.

[2] As regards conflict being the particular meaning of 'six', this is clear from Genesis 1, which describes the six days of man's regeneration prior to his becoming celestial. During those six days there was constant conflict, but on the seventh day came rest. Consequently there are six days of labour, and the seventh is the sabbath, a word which means rest. This also is why a Hebrew slave was to serve for six years and in the seventh was to go free, Exodus 21:2; Deuteronomy 15:12; Jeremiah 34:14, and why for six years they were to sow the land and gather in the produce, but in the seventh they were to leave it alone, Exodus 23:10-12. The same applied to a vineyard. It is also the reason why in the seventh year the land was to have a sabbath of rest, a sabbath to Jehovah, Leviticus 25:3-4. Because 'six' means labour and conflict it also means the dispersion of falsity, as in Ezekiel,

Behold, six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which looks towards the north, every man with a weapon of dispersion in his hand. Ezekiel 9:2.

And in the same prophet, against Gog,

I will cause you to turn about, and I will split you into six, and cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north. Ezekiel 39:2.

Here 'six' and 'splitting into six' stand for dispersion, 'the north' for falsities, and 'Gog' for people who seize on doctrinal matters based on things of an external nature with which they destroy internal worship. From Job,

He will deliver you in six troubles, and in a seventh no evil will touch you. Job 5:19.

This stands for the conflict that constitutes temptations.

[3] 'Six' occurs in other parts of the Word where it does not mean labour, conflict, or the dispersion of falsity, but the holiness of faith. In these instances it is related to twelve, which means faith and all things of faith in their entirety, and to three which means that which is holy. Consequently there is also a genuine derivative meaning to the number six, as in Ezekiel 40:5, where the man's measuring rod with which he measured the holy city of Israel was six cubits long; and in other places. The reason for this derivative is that in the conflict of temptation the holiness of faith is present, and also that six days of labour and conflict look forward to the holy seventh day.

  
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