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1 Kui Aradi kuningas, kaananlane, kes elas Lõunamaal, kuulis, et Iisrael tuli Atarimi teed mööda, siis ta sõdis Iisraeli vastu ja võttis neilt vange.

2 Siis Iisrael andis Issandale tõotuse, öeldes: 'Kui sa tõesti annad selle rahva minu kätte, siis ma hävitan nende linnad sootuks.'

3 Ja Issand kuulis Iisraeli häält ja loovutas kaananlased ning nad hävitasid need ja nende linnad sootuks. Ja sellele paigale pandi nimeks Horma.

4 Hoori mäe juurest läksid nad ära Kõrkjamere teed mööda, et minna ümber Edomimaa; aga rahvas tüdines teekonnal.

5 Ja rahvas rääkis vastu Jumalale ja Moosesele: 'Miks olete meid toonud Egiptusest kõrbe surema? Sest ei ole leiba ega vett ja meie hing tülkab seda viletsat toitu.'

6 Siis Issand läkitas rahva sekka mürgiseid madusid ja need salvasid rahvast ning Iisraelis suri palju rahvast.

7 Siis rahvas tuli Moosese juurde ja nad ütlesid: 'Me tegime pattu, et rääkisime vastu Jumalale ja sinule. Palu Issandat, et ta võtaks meilt ära need maod!' Ja Mooses palvetas rahva eest.

8 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Tee enesele madu ja pane see ridva otsa, siis jääb elama iga salvatu, kes seda vaatab!'

9 Ja Mooses tegi vaskmao ning pani selle ridva otsa. Kui siis madu oli salvanud kedagi, aga too vaatas vaskmadu, siis ta jäi elama.

10 Ja Iisraeli lapsed läksid teele ja lõid leeri üles Obotisse.

11 Ja nad läksid teele Obotist ja lõid leeri üles Ijje-Abarimi, Moabi ees olevasse kõrbe päikesetõusu pool.

12 Sealt nad läksid teele ja lõid leeri üles Seredi nõkku.

13 Sealt nad läksid teele ja lõid leeri üles teisele poole Arnoni jõge, mis on kõrbes ja mis lähtub emorlaste maa-alalt, sest Arnon on piiriks Moabi ja emorlaste vahel.

14 Seepärast öeldakse 'Issanda sõdade raamatus': 'Vaaheb Suufas ja Arnoni orud

15 ja orgude nõlvakud, mis laskuvad Aari maa-alale ja naalduvad Moabi piirile.'

16 Ja sealt nad läksid kaevu juurde. See oli see kaev, mille puhul Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Kogu rahvas kokku, siis ma annan neile vett!'

17 Tol korral laulis Iisrael seda laulu: 'Kee üles, kaev! Laulgem temast!

18 Kaev, mille vürstid kaevasid, mida rahva parimad süvendasid valitsuskepiga, oma karjasekeppidega.' Ja kõrbest läksid nad Mattanasse

19 ja Mattanast Nahalieli ja Nahalielist Baamotti

20 ja Baamotist sinna orgu, mis on Moabimaal Pisgaa mäetipu juures, mis vaatab alla kõrbepinnale.

21 Ja Iisrael läkitas käskjalad Siihoni, emorlaste kuninga juurde ütlema:

22 'Luba mind oma maast läbi minna! Me ei põika põldudele ega viinamägedele, me ei joo kaevuvett. Me läheme kuningateed mööda, kuni oleme läbinud su maa-ala.'

23 Aga Siihon ei lubanud Iisraeli oma maa-alast läbi minna, vaid Siihon kogus kokku kogu oma rahva ja läks välja kõrbe Iisraeli vastu; ta tuli Jaasasse ja sõdis Iisraeli vastu.

24 Aga Iisrael lõi teda mõõgateraga ja vallutas tema maa Arnonist kuni Jabbokini, kuni ammonlasteni, sest ammonlaste piir oli kindlustatud.

25 Ja Iisrael võttis kõik need linnad ja elas kõigis emorlaste linnades, Hesbonis ja kõigis selle tütarlinnades.

26 Sest Hesbon oli Siihoni, emorlaste kuninga linn ja tema oli sõdinud endise Moabi kuninga vastu ning oli tolle käest ära võtnud kogu tema maa kuni Arnonini.

27 Seepärast ütlevad pilkelaulikud: 'Tulge Hesboni! Ehitatagu üles ja rajatagu Siihoni linn!

28 Sest tuli läks välja Hesbonist, leek Siihoni linnast. See põletas Moabi Aari, Arnoni küngaste isandad.

29 Häda sulle, Moab! Kadunud oled, Kemosi rahvas! Ta tegi oma pojad põgenikeks ja oma tütred vangideks emorlaste kuningale Siihonile.

30 Aga meie ambusime neid, Hesbon on hävinud kuni Diibonini; me laastasime, kuni sai süüdatud tuli, mis ulatus Meedebani.'

31 Ja Iisrael jäi elama emorlaste maale.

32 Siis Mooses läkitas uurima Jaaserit ja nad vallutasid selle tütarlinnad; emorlased, kes seal olid, aeti ära.

33 Siis nad pöördusid ja läksid üles mööda Baasani teed. Aga Baasani kuningas Oog läks välja nende vastu, tema ja kogu ta rahvas, taplusesse Edreis.

34 Aga Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Ära karda teda, sest ma annan su kätte tema ja kogu ta rahva ja maa! Ja talita temaga, nagu sa talitasid Siihoniga, emorlaste kuningaga, kes elas Hesbonis!'

35 Ja nad lõid maha tema ja ta pojad ja kogu ta rahva, laskmata põgeneda ainsatki. Ja nad vallutasid ta maa.

   

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True Christian Religion # 279

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279. The third experience.

Seven years ago, when I was collecting the passages which Moses wrote drawing on the two books called The Wars of Jehovah and The Utterances (Numbers 21), some angels were present who told me that those books were the ancient Word; its historical parts are called The Wars of Jehovah, the prophetical parts The Utterances. They said that this Word was still preserved in heaven and was used by the ancients there, whose Word it had been when they were in the world. The ancients, among whom this Word is still in use in heaven, were in part from the land of Canaan and the neighbouring countries, for instance, Syria, Mesopotamia, Arabia, Chaldaea, Assyria, Egypt, Sidon, Tyre and Niniveh. The inhabitants of all these kingdoms had a representative form of worship, and thus a knowledge of correspondences. The wisdom of those times came from that knowledge, which endowed them with inward perception and communication with the heavens. Those who knew the correspondences of that Word were called wise and intelligent, and in later times soothsayers and sorcerers.

[2] But because that Word was full of the sort of correspondences which conveyed celestial and spiritual ideas distantly, so that many people began to falsify it, therefore by the Lord's Divine providence in course of time it vanished, and another Word was given written by correspondences not so distant; this was done through the prophets among the Children of Israel. This Word retains many place names, not only in the land of Canaan, but also in the adjacent parts of Asia; all of these meant matters concerning the church and its states. But these meanings were taken over from the ancient Word. That was the reason why Abram was ordered to go into that land, and his descendants through Jacob were brought into it.

[3] I am allowed to report this new piece of information about the ancient Word, which was in Asia before the Israelite Word existed. It is still preserved there among the peoples who live in Great Tartary. I have spoken with spirits and angels in the spiritual world who came from there. They said that they possess the Word, and have done so from ancient times; and they conduct their Divine worship in accordance with that Word. It is composed purely of correspondences. They said that it also contains the book of Jashar mentioned in Joshua (Joshua 10:12-13), and in the Second Book of Samuel (2 Samuel 1:17-18); they also have the books called The Wars of Jehovah and The Utterances, which are mentioned by Moses (Numbers 21:14-15, 27-30). When I read in their presence the words which Moses took from this source, they looked to see whether they were there, and they found them. This made it clear to me that they still have the ancient Word. During our conversation they mentioned that they worship Jehovah, some of them as an invisible God, and some as visible.

[4] They went on to say that they do not allow foreigners to enter their territory, except the Chinese, with whom they have peaceful relations, because the Chinese Emperor comes from there. 1 They added that they are so populous that they do not believe any region in all the world is more so. This too is plausible when one considers the wall so many miles long, which the Chinese in former times constructed as a defence against invasion by them.

Moreover I was told by angels that the first chapters of Genesis, dealing with creation, Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, their sons and descendants down to the flood, as well as Noah and his sons, are also found in that Word, and were copied from it by Moses. Angels and spirits from Great Tartary are to be seen in the southern quarter towards the east. They are separated from others by living on a higher level. They do not allow anyone from Christian countries to visit them, and if any do go up, they put them under guard to prevent them leaving. The reason for this isolation is that they possess a different Word.

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1. This may refer to the Yuan dynasty (13th-14th centuries) who were of Mongol origin; but perhaps the reference is to the non-Chinese Manchu dynasty who ruled China from 1644.

  
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