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1 Siis terve kogudus tõstis valjusti häält ja rahvas nuttis sel ööl.

2 Kõik Iisraeli lapsed nurisesid Moosese ja Aaroni vastu ja terve kogudus ütles neile: 'Oleksime ometi surnud Egiptusemaal või siin kõrbes! Oleksime ometi surnud!

3 Miks Issand viib meid sellele maale, kus me langeme mõõga läbi ja meie naised ja lapsed jäävad saagiks? Kas meil ei oleks parem minna tagasi Egiptusesse?'

4 Ja nad ütlesid üksteisele: 'Valigem pealik ja mingem tagasi Egiptusesse!'

5 Siis Mooses ja Aaron heitsid silmili maha kogu Iisraeli laste kokkutulnud koguduse ees,

6 Joosua, Nuuni poeg, ja Kaaleb, Jefunne poeg, maakuulajate hulgast aga käristasid oma riided lõhki

7 ja rääkisid kogu Iisraeli laste kogudusele, öeldes: 'Maa, mille me läbi käisime, et seda uurida, on väga hea Maa.

8 Kui Issandal on meist hea meel, siis ta viib meid sellele maale ja annab selle meile, maa, mis piima ja mett voolab.

9 Ärge ainult pange vastu Issandale ja ärge kartke maa rahvast, sest nad on meile parajaks palaks: nende kaitsja on nad maha jätnud, aga Issand on meiega! Ärge kartke neid!'

10 Siis ütles terve kogudus, et nad tuleks kividega surnuks visata! Aga Issanda auhiilgus ilmutas ennast kogudusetelgis kõigile Iisraeli lastele.

11 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Kui kaua see rahvas põlgab mind ja kui kaua nad ei usu mind hoolimata kõigist tunnustähtedest, mis ma nende keskel olen teinud?

12 Ma löön teda katkuga ja hävitan tema, aga sinust ma teen suurema ja vägevama rahva kui tema!'

13 Siis Mooses ütles Issandale: 'Egiptlased on muidugi kuulnud, et sa oma rammuga oled selle rahva ära toonud nende keskelt,

14 ja nad on seda rääkinud selle maa elanikele. Nemadki on siis kuulnud, et sina, Issand, oled selle rahva keskel, sina, Issand, kes ennast ilmutad silmast silma, ja et sinu pilv seisab nende kohal ning et sa käid nende ees päeval pilvesambas ja öösel tulesambas.

15 Aga kui sa nüüd surmad selle rahva nagu üheainsa mehe, siis räägivad rahvad, kes sinu kuulsusest on kuulnud, ja ütlevad:

16 Sellepärast et Issand ei suutnud viia seda rahvast maale, mille ta neile oli vandega tõotanud, tappis ta nad kõrbes.

17 Nüüd aga saagu Issanda ramm suureks, nagu sa oled tõotanud, öeldes:

18 Issand on pika meelega ja rikas heldusest, ta annab andeks patu ja üleastumise, aga kes ei jäta süüdlast karistamata, vaid nuhtleb vanemate patu laste kätte kolmanda ja neljanda põlveni.

19 Anna siis andeks selle rahva patt oma suure helduse pärast ja nagu sa sellele rahvale oled andeks andnud Egiptusemaalt kuni siiani!'

20 Ja Issand vastas: 'Ma annan andeks, nagu oled palunud!

21 Aga nii tõesti kui ma elan ja kogu maailm on täis Issanda auhiilgust:

22 ükski neist meestest, kes on näinud mu auhiilgust ja tunnustähti, mis ma tegin Egiptuses ja kõrbes, aga kes sellest hoolimata on mind kiusanud kümme korda ega ole võtnud kuulda mu häält,

23 ei saa näha maad, mille ma vandega olen tõotanud anda nende vanemaile; ükski, kes mind on põlanud, ei saa seda näha!

24 Aga oma sulase Kaalebi viin ma sellele maale, kus ta on käinud, ja tema sugu pärib selle, sellepärast et temas on teistsugune vaim ja tema on kõiges mulle järgnenud!

25 Amalekid ja kaananlased elavad ju orus. Homme pöörduge ümber ja minge teele kõrbe poole mööda Kõrkjamere teed!'

26 Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega ja Aaroniga, öeldes:

27 'Kui kaua peab mul olema kannatust selle halva kogudusega, kes nuriseb mu vastu? Iisraeli laste nurinaid, kuidas nad nurisevad mu vastu, ma olen kuulnud.

28 Ütle neile: Nii tõesti kui ma elan, on Issanda sõna, et nõnda nagu te minu kuuldes olete rääkinud, nõnda ma teen teiega!

29 Siia kõrbe langevad teie kehad, kõik teie äraloetud, nii palju kui teid on, kahekümneaastased ja üle selle, kes on nurisenud mu vastu.

30 Ükski teist ei pääse sellele maale, mille pärast ma oma käe olen vandudes üles tõstnud, et ma asustan teid sinna, peale Kaalebi, Jefunne poja, ja Joosua, Nuuni poja.

31 Aga teie lapsed, kelle kohta te ütlesite, et nad jäävad riisutavaiks, ma viin ja nad õpivad tundma maad, mida teie olete põlanud.

32 Kuid teie kehad langevad siia kõrbe

33 ja teie lapsed peavad olema kõrbes karjased nelikümmend aastat ja kandma teie uskmatuse süüd, kuni teie kehad on kõrbes hävinud.

34 Vastavalt päevade arvule, mis te uurisite seda maad, nelikümmend päeva, iga päeva kohta aasta, peate te kandma oma pattu nelikümmend aastat ja tundma minu vastupanu.

35 Mina, Issand, olen rääkinud! Tõesti, seda ma teen kogu selle halva kogudusega, kes on kogunenud mu vastu: nad peavad hukkuma selles kõrbes ja surema seal!'

36 Ja need mehed, keda Mooses oli läkitanud maad kuulama ja kes olid tagasi tulles ässitanud terve koguduse nurisema tema vastu, levitades maa kohta laimu,

37 need mehed, kes olid levitanud maa kohta halba laimu, surid Issanda ees äkitselt.

38 Aga Joosua, Nuuni poeg, ja Kaaleb, Jefunne poeg, jäid elama neist meestest, kes olid käinud maad kuulamas.

39 Kui Mooses rääkis needsamad sõnad kõigile Iisraeli lastele, siis rahvas kurvastas väga.

40 Aga järgmisel hommikul tõusid nad vara ja läksid üles mäestikku, öeldes: 'Vaata, siin me oleme ja me läheme paika, millest Issand on rääkinud, sest me oleme pattu teinud.'

41 Aga Mooses ütles: 'Miks te siis astute üle Issanda käsust? See ei õnnestu!

42 Ärge minge sinna üles, sest Issand ei ole teie keskel, et te ei kannaks kaotust oma vaenlaste ees!

43 Sest amalekid ja kaananlased on seal teie ees ja te langete mõõga läbi; sellepärast et te olete taganenud Issanda järelt, ei ole ka Issand teiega.'

44 Aga nad olid ülemeelsed minema üles mäestikku, kuigi Issanda seaduselaegas ja Mooses ei läinud leerist välja.

45 Amalekid ja kaananlased, kes elasid seal mäestikus, tulid siis alla ja lõid neid ning ajasid nad kuni Hormani.

   

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6367. 'A lion's cub is Judah' means innocence with innate strength. This is clear from the meaning of 'a lion' as the good of love and the truth from that good in their power, dealt with below, so that 'a lion's cub' is innocence with strength. The reason why with innate strength is meant is that here 'Judah' represents the celestial element of love, and the celestial element of love resides in the will part of the mind, 895, 917, 4493, 5117, and thus possesses innate strength. For a person is born into things that belong to the will part. That being so, members of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial, were born into the good of love, in the measure that good was present in their will. This then is why the strength is said to be innate. The reason 'a lion's cub' means innocence is that 'a lion' is the good of celestial love, and 'a cub', being so to speak its young child, accordingly means innocence.

[2] 'A lion' means the good of celestial love and the truth from that love in their power, and also in the contrary sense the evil of self-love in its power, as is clear from places in the Word where 'a lion' is mentioned. The good of celestial love is meant in John,

Behold, the Lion which is from the Tribe of Judah, the root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose its seven seals. Revelation 5:5.

Here the Lord is called 'the Lion' by virtue of the almighty power which His Divine Love and Divine Truth from that Love possess. There are also other places in the Word where Jehovah or the Lord is compared to a lion, as in Hosea,

They will go after Jehovah; He will roar like a lion, for He will roar, and respectfully [His] sons from the west 1 will draw near. Hosea 11:10.

[3] Also in Isaiah,

Thus said Jehovah to me, As a lion roars, and a young lion over its prey, when there come up against him a full number of shepherds, by whose voice he is not dismayed, and by whose tumult he is not distressed, so Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill. Isaiah 31:4.

Here the almighty power of Divine Good is compared to 'a lion', and the almighty power of Divine Truth from that Good is compared to 'a young lion'. For it says that 'Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill', and 'Mount Zion' means the Good of Divine Love and 'its hill' the Divine Truth from that Good, 795, 796, 1430, 4210.

[4] For the same reason the four living creatures in Ezekiel and in John, meaning cherubs, had the faces of a human being, lion, ox, and eagle: In Ezekiel,

The likeness of the faces of the four living creatures - [each of] the four had the face of a human being, and the face of a lion on the right side, and [each of] the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and [each of] the four had the face of an eagle. Ezekiel 1:10; 10:14.

And in John,

Around 2 the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. And the first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like a calf; the third living creature had a face like a human being; the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. Revelation 4:6-7.

The fact that the living creatures were cherubs is stated in Ezekiel to, which fact is also evident from the description of them in John, in which he says that they had 'eyes in front and behind'. The Lord's foresight and providence are meant by 'the cherubs', 308; and they had the face of a lion by virtue of the almighty power belonging to providence that Divine Truth from Divine Good possesses. So also with the cherubs around the new temple in Ezekiel 41:19.

[5] Celestial people in possession of the power supplied by the good and the truth from good which come from the Lord are meant by 'lions', as is evident in David,

There is no want to those fearing Jehovah. The young lions will lack and suffer hunger, but those seeking Jehovah will not lack any good thing. Psalms 34:9-10.

In the same author,

The [young] lions are roaring for plunder, and to seek from God their food. The sun rises, they are gathered together, and lie down in their dwelling-places. Psalms 104:21-22.

In Balaam's prophetic utterance,

At that time it will be said to Jacob and to Israel, What has God been doing? See, a people will rise up like an old lion, and like a young lion will lift itself up. He will not rest until he has devoured the prey. Numbers 23:23-24.

[6] And further on,

When Balaam saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, he said, He crouches, he lies down like a lion, and like an old lion; who will rouse him? Numbers 24:2, 9.

The celestial is what is described here because celestial order is what the tribes represented by their encampments and was what Balaam saw in the spirit when he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, 6335. That order originates in Divine Good coming through Divine Truth from the Lord; and within that order resides all power, meant here by a crouching and recumbent lion.

[7] In Micah,

The remnant of Jacob will be with the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will tread down and tear in pieces, 3 and there is no deliverer. Your hand will be lifted up over your enemies, and all your adversaries will be cut off. Micah 5:8-9.

Here 'a lion' and a young lion stand for celestial good and celestial truth, which are 'the remnant of Jacob'. They also stand for that good and truth in Isaiah 21:8; Jeremiah 25:38; Ezekiel 38:13; Zechariah 11:3. And that same good and truth were also represented by the lions at Solomon's ivory throne, two next to the armrests 4 and twelve on the six steps, 1 Kings 10:18-20, and by the lions on the panels of the ten pedestals made of bronze, 1 Kings 7:29, 36.

[8] In the contrary sense 'a lion' means the evil of self-love in its power, as is evident from the following places: In Isaiah,

There will not be any lion there, and the savage of the wild animals will not go up on it; it will not be found there. But they will go free; thus the redeemed of Jehovah will return, and will come to Zion with song. Isaiah 35:9-10.

In Jeremiah,

Why has Israel become plunder? The young lions roar at him, they sound their voice; they turn his land into a waste. Jeremiah 2:14-15.

In the same prophet,

A lion has risen up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out; he has come from his place to turn the land into a waste. Jeremiah 4:7.

In the same prophet,

They did not know the way of Jehovah, the judgement of their God, therefore a lion from the forest has struck them down, and a wolf of the plains will devastate them. Jeremiah 5:4, 6.

In Nahum,

Where is the dwelling-place of lions, and the feeding-place 5 of the young lions, where the lion walked, the old lion, the lion's cub, and there is no one making them afraid? The lion tears in pieces enough for the cubs, and strangles for his old lionesses, and fills his caves with plunder, and his dwelling places with what he has pounced on. Behold, I am against you, said Jehovah Zebaoth, and I will burn her chariot in the smoke; but the sword will devour your young lions, and I will cut off your plunder from the earth. Nahum 2:11-13.

This refers to Nineveh.

In all these places 'a lion' stands for the power that the evil of self-love possesses, when it destroys and lays waste. 'A lion' has a like meaning in Jeremiah 12:8; 49:19; 50:17, 44; 51:38; Ezekiel 19:2-9; 32:2; Joel 1:6; Zephaniah 3:3; Psalms 57:4; 58:6; 91:13; Revelation 13:2.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, sons from the sea

2. The Latin means Before but the Greek means Around, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

3. Reading discerpet (will tear to pieces), which Swedenborg has in his rough draft, for disperget (will scatter)

4. literally, the hands of the throne

5. literally, pasture or grazing ground

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.