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Joshua 1

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1 Ja pärast Issanda sulase Moosese surma kõneles Issand Nuuni poja Joosuaga, Moosese teenriga, öeldes:

2 'Mooses, mu sulane, on surnud. Ja nüüd võta kätte, mine üle Jordani, sina ja kogu see rahvas, maale, mille ma annan neile, Iisraeli lastele!

3 Kõik paigad, kuhu teie jalatald astub, annan ma teile, nagu ma Moosesele olen öelnud:

4 kõrbest ja siit Liibanonist kuni suure jõeni, Frati jõeni, kogu hettide maa kuni suure mereni päikeseloojaku pool saagu teie maa-alaks.

5 Ükski ei suuda sulle vastu panna kogu su eluajal; nõnda nagu ma olin Moosesega, nõnda ma olen sinuga, ma ei lahku sinust ega jäta sind maha.

6 Ole vahva ja tugev, sest sina pead andma sellele rahvale pärisosaks maa, mille ma vandega nende vanemaile tõotasin anda neile!

7 Ole ainult vahva ja hästi tugev, tehes hoolsasti kogu Seaduse järgi, mille mu sulane Mooses sulle andis; ära kaldu sellest ei paremale ega vasakule, et sa võiksid teha targasti kõikjal, kuhu sa lähed!

8 Ärgu lahkugu see Seaduse raamat sinu suust, vaid mõtle sellele päeval ja öösel, et sa peaksid hoolsasti kõike, mis sinna on kirjutatud, sest siis õnnestub su teekond ja siis on sul kordaminek!

9 Eks ole mina sind käskinud: Ole vahva ja tugev! Ära kohku ja ära karda, sest Issand, su Jumal, on sinuga kõikjal, kuhu sa lähed!'

10 Ja Joosua andis käsu rahva ülevaatajaile, öeldes:

11 'Käige leer läbi ja andke rahvale käsk, öeldes: Valmistage enestele teemoona, sest kolme päeva pärast te lähete üle Jordani, et minna vallutama maad, mille Issand, teie Jumal, annab teile pärida!'

12 Aga ruubenlastele, gaadlastele ja Manasse poolele suguharule rääkis Joosua, öeldes:

13 'Tuletage meelde käsku, mille Issanda sulane Mooses teile andis, öeldes: Issand, teie Jumal, lubab teile rahu ja annab teile selle maa.

14 Teie naised, väetid lapsed ja karjad jäägu maale, mille Mooses teile on andnud siinpool Jordanit. Aga teie ise, kõik võitlusvõimelised, peate võitlusvalmilt minema üle jõe oma vendade eel ja aitama neid,

15 kuni Issand on andnud rahu teie vendadele nagu teilegi ja nemadki on pärinud maa, mille Issand neile annab; seejärel võite minna tagasi oma pärusmaale ja pärida, mis Issanda sulane Mooses teile on andnud siinpool Jordanit, päikesetõusu pool!'

16 Ja nad vastasid Joosuale, öeldes: 'Me teeme kõik, mida sa meid käsid, ja läheme igale poole, kuhu sa meid läkitad.

17 Nagu me kõiges kuulasime Moosest, nõnda tahame kuulata sind! Olgu ainult Issand, su Jumal, sinuga, nagu ta oli Moosesega!

18 Igaüks, kes paneb vastu su käsule ega kuula sinu sõnu kõiges, mida sa meid käsid teha, surmatagu! Ole ainult vahva ja tugev!'

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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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