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Joshua 11

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1 Kui Jaabin, Haasori kuningas, seda kuulis, siis ta läkitas sõna Maadoni kuningale Joobabile ja Simroni kuningale ja Aksafi kuningale,

2 ja kuningaile, kes olid põhja pool mäestikus ja lagendikul Kinneretist lõunas, ja madalikul ja Doori mäeseljakuil lääne pool,

3 kaananlastele ida ja lääne pool, ja emorlastele, hettidele, perislastele ja jebuuslastele mäestikus, ja hiivlastele Hermoni jalamil Mispamaal.

4 Need läksid välja ja koos nendega kõik nende sõjaleerid, palju rahvast, nii palju nagu liiva mererannas, ja väga palju hobuseid ja sõjavankreid.

5 Kõik need kuningad kogunesid ja tulid ning lõid üheskoos leeri üles Meeromi vee äärde, et sõdida Iisraeli vastu.

6 Aga Issand ütles Joosuale: 'Ära karda neid, sest homme sel ajal annan ma need kõik lööduina Iisraeli kätte; raiu katki nende hobuste õndlad ja põleta tulega nende sõjavankrid!'

7 Ja Joosua ning koos temaga kõik ta sõjamehed tulid ootamatult nende vastu Meeromi vee ääres ja tungisid neile kallale.

8 Ja Issand andis nad Iisraeli kätte, ja nemad lõid neid ning ajasid taga kuni suure Siidonini, ja kuni Misrefot-Maimini, ja kuni Mispa oruni ida pool; ja nad lõid neid, kuni neile ei jäänud ainsatki pääsenut.

9 Ja Joosua talitas nendega nõnda, nagu Issand temale oli öelnud: ta raius katki nende hobuste õndlad ja põletas tulega nende sõjavankrid.

10 Ja Joosua läks selsamal ajal tagasi ning vallutas Haasori ja lõi selle kuninga mõõgateraga maha, sest Haasor oli varem kõigi nende kuningriikide pealinn.

11 Ja nad lõid mõõgateraga maha kõik hingelised, kes seal olid, hävitades need sootuks; ühtegi elavat olendit ei jäänud järele, ja ta põletas Haasori tulega.

12 Ja kõik nende kuningate linnad ja kõik nende kuningad sai Joosua oma valdusesse ja ta lõi neid mõõgateraga, hävitades need sootuks, nõnda nagu Mooses, Issanda sulane, oli käskinud.

13 Ühtegi neist linnadest, mis asusid mägedes, Iisrael ei põletanud, peale Haasori, mille Joosua põletas.

14 Ja kõik neist linnadest saadava saagi ja karjad riisusid Iisraeli lapsed endile, lüües mõõgateraga maha ainult kõik inimesed, kuni nad olid need hävitanud; nad ei jätnud alles ainsatki hinge.

15 Nõnda nagu Issand oli käskinud oma sulast Moosest, nõnda oli Mooses käskinud Joosuat ja nõnda Joosua tegi; ta ei kaotanud sõnagi kõigest, milleks Issand oli Moosesele käsu andnud.

16 Nõnda võttis Joosua kogu selle maa mäestiku ja kogu Lõunamaa, ja kogu Goosenimaa, ja madalmaa ja lagendiku, ja Iisraeli mäestiku ja madaliku,

17 alates Paljasmäest, mis tõuseb Seiri suunas, kuni Baal-Gaadini Liibanoni orus Hermoni mäe all; ja kõik nende kuningad sai ta oma valdusesse, lõi neid ja surmas nad.

18 Kaua aega pidas Joosua sõda kõigi nende kuningatega.

19 Ei olnud muud linna, kes oleks teinud rahu Iisraeli lastega, peale hiivlastega asustatud Gibeoni; nad võitsid kõiki sõjaga.

20 Sest see olenes Issandast, kes tegi nende südamed kangeks, nõnda et nad tulid sõdima Iisraeli vastu, et neid hävitataks sootuks, ilma et neile armu antaks, vaid just hävitataks, nagu Issand oli Moosesele käsu andnud.

21 Ja sel ajal tuli Joosua ning hävitas anaklased mäestikust, Hebronist, Debirist, Anabist, kogu Juuda mäestikust; ja kogu Iisraeli mäestikust; Joosua hävitas nad sootuks koos nende linnadega.

22 Iisraeli laste maale ei jäänud anaklasi; neid jäi ainult Assasse, Gatti ja Asdodisse.

23 Ja Joosua võttis kogu maa, just nagu Issand oli Moosesele öelnud; ja Joosua andis selle Iisraelile pärisosaks osade viisi, vastavalt nende suguharudele. Ja maa puhkas sõjast.

   

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2913. And spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying. That this signifies those with whom there was to be a new spiritual church, is evident from the signification of “Heth,” and of the “Hittites.” There were many inhabitants of the land of Canaan, who are enumerated in various places in the Word, and among them the Hittites (see Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 23:23 Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Josh. 3:10; 11:1, 3; 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kings 9:20; and other places). Most of these were from the Ancient Church (that this extended through many lands, and likewise through the land of Canaan, may be seen above, n. 1238, 2385). All who were of that church acknowledged charity as the principal, and all their doctrinal things were of charity or of life. Those who elaborated doctrinal things of faith were called “Canaanites,” and were separated from the other inhabitants of the land of Canaan (Numbers 13:29; see n. 1062-1063, 1076).

[2] Among the better inhabitants of the land of Canaan were the Hittites, as is evident from the fact that Abraham dwelt among them, and afterwards Isaac and Jacob, and had their burial place there; also from their bearing themselves piously and modestly toward Abraham, as is very plain from what is related of them in this chapter (particularly in verses 5-6, 10-11, 14-15). And thus by the Hittites, as by a well-disposed nation, is represented and signified the spiritual church, or the truth of the church. But with these, as with the rest of the Ancient church, it came to pass that in course of time they declined from charity or the good of faith; and consequently the falsity of the church is afterwards signified by them (as in Ezekiel 16:3, 45, and other places). That still the Hittites were among the more honored, is evident from the fact that there were Hittites with David, as Abimelech (1 Samuel 26:6), and Uriah, who was a Hittite (2 Samuel 11:3, 6, 17, 21), whose wife was Bathsheba, of whom Solomon was born to David (2 Samuel 12:24). (That “Heth” signifies the more external knowledges regarding life, which are the external truths of the spiritual church, may be seen above, n. 1203)

[3] This verse treats of the new church that the Lord sets up anew when the former church expires; and the verses that follow treat of the reception of faith with them. A church among the sons of Heth is not treated of; but the raising up by the Lord of the spiritual church in general, after the former ceases or is consummated; the sons of Heth are merely those who represent and signify this. See what has been said above concerning churches, namely: That in process of time a church decreases and is contaminated (n. 494, 501, 1327, 2422): That it recedes from charity, and produces evils and falsities (n. 1834, 1835): That then the church is said to be laid waste and desolate (n. 407-411, 2243): That a church is set up anew with the Gentiles, and why (n. 1366). That in the church which is being vastated, there is always preserved something of the church as a nucleus (n. 468, 637, 931, 2422): That unless there were a church on earth, the human race would perish (n. 468, 637, 931, 2422): That the church is as the heart and lungs in the grand body, that is, in the human race (n. 637, 931, 2054, 2853): The quality of the spiritual church (n. 765, 2669): That charity constitutes the church, not faith separate (n. 809, 916): That if all had charity, the church would be one, although they should differ as to doctrinal things and worship (n. 1285, 1316, 1798, 1799, 1834, 1844, 2385): That all men on earth who are in the Lord’s church, though scattered through the world, still as it were make a one, as in the heavens (n. 2853): That every church is internal and external, and both together constitute one church (n. 409, 1083, 1098, 1100, 1242): That the external church is nothing, if there is no internal church (n. 1795): That the church is compared to the rising and the setting of the sun, also to the seasons of the year, and the times of the day (n. 1837): That the Last Judgment is the last time of the church (n. 900, 931, 1850, 2117, 2118).

  
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