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1 Aga rahvas nurises ja see oli Issanda kõrvus paha. Kui Issand seda kuulis, siis ta viha süttis põlema: nende keskel süttis Issanda tuli ja põletas leeri äärt.

2 Siis rahvas kisendas Moosese poole. Mooses palus Issandat ja tuli kustus.

3 Sellele paigale pandi nimeks Tabeera, sellepärast et Issanda tuli oli põlenud nende keskel.

4 Aga segarahval, kes oli nende hulgas, tekkis himu, ja Iisraeli lapsed hakkasid ka jälle nutma ning ütlesid: 'Kes annaks meile liha süüa?

5 Meil on meeles kala, mida me sõime Egiptuses muidu, kurgid, melonid, laugud, sibulad ja küüslaugud.

6 Aga nüüd kuivetub meie hing, ei ole enam midagi kõigest sellest. Meie silme ees on ainult see manna!'

7 Manna oli nagu koriandri seeme, välimuselt otsekui pedolavaik.

8 Rahvas uitas ringi ja korjas, jahvatas käsikivil või tampis uhmris, keetis potis või valmistas sellest kooke. See maitses nagu õliga küpsetatud maiuspala.

9 Kui öösel langes kaste leeri peale, siis langes ka manna selle peale.

10 Ja Mooses kuulis rahvast nutvat oma suguvõsade kaupa, igaüks oma telgi ukse ees. Siis Issanda viha süttis väga põlema ja see oli Moosese silmis paha.

11 Ja Mooses ütles Issandale: 'Miks oled teinud paha oma sulasele? Miks ei ole ma leidnud armu sinu silma ees, et paned kogu selle rahva koormaks minu peale?

12 Kas olen mina kogu selle rahva pärast olnud lapseootel või olen mina tema sünnitanud, et sa ütled mulle: Kanna teda süles, nagu hoidja kannab imikut, maale, mille sa vandega tõotasid anda tema vanemaile?

13 Kus on mul liha anda kogu sellele rahvale? Sest nad nutavad mu ees, öeldes: Anna meile liha süüa!

14 Ei jaksa mina üksi kanda kogu seda rahvast, sest see on mulle liiga raske.

15 Kui sa tahad mind kohelda nõnda, siis parem tapa mind, kui ma leian armu su silmis, et ma ei näeks oma viletsust!'

16 Aga Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Kogu mulle seitsekümmend meest Iisraeli vanemaist, kellest sa tead, et nad on tõesti rahvavanemad ja ülevaatajad; too need kogudusetelgi juurde ja nad seisku seal koos sinuga!

17 Siis ma astun alla ja räägin seal sinuga, ja ma võtan sinu peal oleva Vaimu, ja panen nende peale, et nad koos sinuga kannaksid rahva koormat ja sul ei oleks vaja üksinda kanda.

18 Aga rahvale ütle: Pühitsege endid homseks, siis te saate liha süüa, sest te olete nutnud Issanda kõrva ees, öeldes: Kes annaks meile liha süüa? Egiptuses oli meil ju hea olla! Issand annab teile nüüd liha süüa.

19 Te ei söö seda mitte üks päev, ka mitte kaks päeva, viis päeva, kümme päeva ega kakskümmend päeva,

20 vaid terve kuu, kuni see tuleb teil ninast välja ja muutub teile vastikuks, sellepärast et te olete põlanud Issandat, kes on teie keskel, ja olete nutnud ta palge ees, öeldes: Miks tulime siis Egiptusest ära?'

21 Aga Mooses ütles: 'Kuussada tuhat jalameest on seda rahvast, kelle keskel ma olen, ja sina ütled: Ma annan neile liha süüa terveks kuuks!

22 Ons lambaid, kitsi ja veiseid tapmiseks, nõnda et neile jätkuks? Või tuleks neile koguda kõik mere kalad, et neile jätkuks?'

23 Aga Issand vastas Moosesele: 'Kas Issanda käsi on jäänud lühemaks? Nüüd sa saad näha, kas mu sõna sulle tõestub või mitte!'

24 Ja Mooses tuli välja ning andis rahvale edasi Issanda sõnad; ta kogus seitsekümmend meest rahva vanemaist ja pani need seisma ümber telgi.

25 Siis Issand astus alla pilve sees ja rääkis temaga ning võttis tema peal oleva Vaimu, ja pani nende seitsmekümne mehe peale, kes olid vanemad. Ja kui Vaim oli nende peal, siis nad rääkisid prohveti viisil, aga pärast seda mitte enam.

26 Kaks meest aga oli jäänud leeri, ühe nimi oli Eldad ja teise nimi Meedad; nendegi peal oli Vaim, sest nad olid üleskirjutatute hulgast, kuid nad ei olnud läinud telgi juurde, vaid nad rääkisid leeris prohveti viisil.

27 Siis jooksis üks poiss ja kuulutas Moosesele ning ütles: 'Eldad ja Meedad räägivad leeris prohveti viisil!'

28 Siis võttis sõna Joosua, Nuuni poeg, Moosese teener oma noorusest alates, ja ütles: 'Mooses, mu isand, keela neid!'

29 Aga Mooses vastas temale: 'Kas sa ägestud minu eest? Kes küll annaks, et kogu Issanda rahvas saaks prohveteiks, et Issand paneks oma Vaimu nende peale!'

30 Ja Mooses läks tagasi leeri, tema ja Iisraeli vanemad.

31 Siis tõusis tuul Issanda juurest ja ajas mere poolt vutte, paisates need üle leeri, päevateekond siit- ja päevateekond sealtpoolt ümber leeri, ligi kahe küünra kõrguselt üle maapinna.

32 Ja rahvas võttis kätte kogu selle päeva, kogu öö ja kogu järgmise päeva, ja nad korjasid vutte. Kes korjas pisut, sai viiskümmend vakka, ja nad laotasid need endile kuivama ümber leeri.

33 Liha oli neil alles hammaste vahel, see ei olnud veel ära söödud, kui Issanda viha süttis põlema rahva vastu ja Issand lõi rahvast väga suure nuhtlusega.

34 Siis pandi sellele paigale nimeks Kibrot-Hattaava, sest sinna maeti rahvas, kes oli olnud himukas.

35 Kibrot-Hattaavast läks rahvas teele Haserotti; ja nad jäid Haserotti.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 146

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146. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the hidden manna, signifies that those who conquer in temptations will have the delight of heavenly love from the Lord's Divine Human. This is evident from the signification of "overcoming," as being those who conquer in temptations (for it is these that are treated of in what is written to the angel of this church, see above, n. 130; from the signification of "giving to eat," as being to be appropriated and to be conjoined by love and charity (See Arcana Coelestia 2187, 2343, 3168, 3513, 5643) and as it is said "of the hidden manna," which means the Lord in respect to His Divine Human, the "eating" of this here signifies the delight of heavenly love, for this is appropriated by the Lord's Divine Human to those who receive Him in love and faith; also from the signification of the "hidden manna," as being the Lord in respect to His Divine Human. That this is "manna" is manifest from the Lord's own words in John:

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. The bread of God is He who cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world. I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they are dead. This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die. I am the living bread which came down out of heaven; if any man eat of this bread he shall live forever. The bread that I will give is My flesh (John 6:31-58).

That it is the Lord Himself who is meant by "manna" and by "bread," He plainly teaches, for He says, "I am the bread of life which came down out of heaven." That it is the Lord in respect to the Divine Human, He also teaches when He says, "The bread that I will give is My flesh."

[2] The Lord taught the same when He instituted the Holy Supper:

Jesus took bread and blessed it, and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is My body (Matthew 26:26; Mark 14:22; Luke 22:19).

"To eat of this bread" is to be conjoined to the Lord by love, for "to eat" signifies to be appropriated and to be conjoined (as above), and love is spiritual conjunction. The same is signified by "eating in the kingdom of God," in Luke:

Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdom of God (Luke 14:15).

Ye shall eat and drink at My table in My kingdom (Luke 22:30).

In Matthew:

Many shall come from the east and the west, and shall recline to eat with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of God (Matthew 8:11).

(That by "Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob," the Lord is meant, see Arcana Coelestia 1893, 4615, 6098, 6185, 6276, 6804, 6847) In John:

Work not for the food which perisheth; but for the food which abideth, which the Son of man shall give unto you (John 6:27).

That the "Son of man" is the Lord in respect to the Divine Human, see above, n. 63.

[3] It is called "hidden manna," because the delight of heavenly love, which those receive who are conjoined to the Lord through love, is wholly unknown to those that are in a love not heavenly; and this delight no one is able to receive except he that acknowledges the Lord's Divine Human; for from this the delight proceeds. Because this delight was unknown to the children of Israel in the wilderness, they called it "manna," as appears in Moses:

Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, I will cause bread to rain from heaven itself for you. And in the morning the dew lay round about the camp. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing; and when they saw it, they said, This is manna? (what is this)? Moses said unto them, this is the bread which Jehovah giveth you to eat. And the house of Israel called the name thereof manna (Exodus 16:3-36).

In the same:

Jehovah fed thee with manna which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by all that is uttered by the mouth of Jehovah doth man live (Deuteronomy 8:3).

This delight, which is meant by "manna," was unknown to the sons of Israel, because they were in corporeal delight more than other nations, and those who are in that delight are altogether incapable of knowing anything of heavenly delight. (That the sons of Israel were such, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 248.) The term "delight" is used, and the delight of love is meant, for every delight of life is of love.

[4] As it is the delight of heavenly love that is signified by "eating of the hidden manna," therefore it is called "the bread of the heavens" in David:

Jehovah commanded the skies from above, and opened the doors of the heavens; and He rained down upon them manna for food, and gave them corn of the heavens (Psalms 78:23, 24).

In another place:

Jehovah satisfied them with the bread of the heavens (Psalms 105:40).

It is called the "bread of the heavens," because it rained down from heaven with the dew, but in the spiritual sense it is called the "bread of the heavens" because it flows down from the Lord through the angelic heaven. In that case no other heaven is meant, and no other bread than that which nourishes the soul of man. That it is in this sense that "bread" is to be understood here is evident from the words of the Lord Himself in John:

That He is the manna, or bread, that came down out of heaven (John 6:31-58).

And in Moses:

That Jehovah fed them with manna, that He might make them to know that man doth not live by bread only, but by all that is uttered by the mouth of Jehovah (Deuteronomy 8:3).

"What is uttered by the mouth of Jehovah" is everything that proceeds from the Lord, and this, in a special sense, is Divine truth united with Divine good (See the work on Heaven and Hell 13, 133, 139, 140, 284-290).

[5] This delight is also described by the correspondences in Moses:

The manna appeared like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like cakes made with honey (Exodus 16:31).

And in another place in the same:

They made cakes of it; and the taste of it was as the taste of the juice of oil (Numbers 11:7, 8).

The appearance and taste of the manna was such because "coriander seed, white," signifies truth from a heavenly origin; "cake," the good of heavenly love; "honey" its external delight; "oil" that love itself; and its "juice," from which was the taste, its internal delight: and the "rain with dew," in which the manna was, the influx of Divine truth in which that delight is. (That "seed" signifies truth from a heavenly origin, seeArcana Coelestia 3038, 3373, 10248, 10249; that "white" is predicated of that truth, n. 3301, 3993, 4007, 5319; that "cake" signifies the good of heavenly love, n. 7978, 9992, 9993; that "oil" signifies that love itself, n. 886, 3728, 9780, 9954, 10261, 10269; its "juice," therefore, signifies the delight of that love, because the taste is therefrom, and the taste is the delight and pleasantness, see n. 3502, 4791-4805. But more about these matters may be seen in the explanation of chapter 16 of Exodus in The Arcana Coelestia.)

[6] The delight of heavenly love is signified by "eating of the hidden manna," when yet by "the hidden manna" the Lord in respect to the Divine Human is signified, because it is the same whether you say the Lord's Divine Human, or the Divine Love, for the Lord is Divine Love itself, and what proceeds from Him is Divine good united to Divine truth; both are of love, and are also the Lord in heaven; consequently "to eat of Him" is to be conjoined to Him, and this by love from Him. (But these things may be better understood from what is said and shown in the work on Heaven and Hell 13-19, 116-125, 126-140; also in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 210-222, 307)

  
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