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2 Samuel 6

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1 Und (1. Chron 13) David versammelte wiederum alle Auserlesenen in Israel, 30000 Mann.

2 Und David machte sich auf und zog hin, und alles Volk, das bei ihm war, nach (Im hebr. Text steht: von) Baale-Juda, um von dannen die Lade Gottes heraufzubringen, welche nach dem Namen, dem Namen Jehovas der Heerscharen, der zwischen (O. über) den Cherubim thront, genannt wird.

3 Und sie stellten die Lade Gottes auf einen neuen Wagen, und brachten sie aus dem Hause Abinadabs weg, das auf dem Hügel war; (1. Sam. 7,1) und Ussa und Achjo, die Söhne Abinadabs, führten den neuen Wagen.

4 Und sie brachten sie aus dem Hause Abinadabs weg, das auf dem Hügel war, indem sie die Lade Gottes begleiteten; (W. mit (oder bei) der Lade Gottes; viell. ist zu l.: und Ussa war bei der Lade Gottes) und Achjo ging vor der Lade her.

5 Und David und das ganze Haus Israel spielten vor Jehova mit allerlei Instrumenten von Cypressenholz, (Viell. ist zu lesen wie 1. Chron. 13,8) und mit Lauten und mit Harfen und mit Tamburinen und mit Sistren (Instrumente von Metallstäben, mit ingen behängt) und mit Cymbeln.

6 Und als sie zur Tenne Nakons kamen, da langte Ussa nach der Lade Gottes und faßte sie an, denn die inder hatten sich losgerissen. (O. waren ausgelitten)

7 Da entbrannte der Zorn Jehovas wider Ussa, und Gott schlug ihn daselbst wegen des Vergehens; und er starb daselbst bei der Lade Gottes.

8 Und David entbrannte (Vergl. die Anm. zu 1. Sam. 15,11) darüber, daß Jehova einen Bruch an Ussa gemacht hatte; und er nannte jenen Ort Perez-Ussa, (Bruch Ussas) bis auf diesen Tag.

9 Und David fürchtete sich vor Jehova an selbigem Tage und sprach: Wie soll die Lade Jehovas zu mir kommen?

10 Und David wollte die Lade Jehovas nicht zu sich einkehren lassen in die Stadt Davids; und David ließ sie beiseite bringen in das Haus Obed-Edoms, des Gathiters.

11 Und die Lade Jehovas blieb in dem Hause Obed-Edoms, des Gathiters, drei Monate. Und Jehova segnete Obed-Edom und sein ganzes Haus.

12 Und (1. Chron. 15,2 usw.) es wurde dem König David berichtet und gesagt: Jehova hat das Haus Obed-Edoms und alles, was sein ist, gesegnet um der Lade Gottes willen. Da ging David hin und holte die Lade Gottes aus dem Hause Obed-Edoms herauf in die Stadt Davids mit Freuden.

13 Und es geschah, wenn die Träger der Lade Jehovas sechs Schritte gegangen waren, so opferte er ein ind und ein Mastvieh.

14 Und David tanzte mit aller Kraft vor Jehova, und David war mit einem leinenen Ephod (Eig. einem Ephod von Weißzeug) umgürtet.

15 Und David und das ganze Haus Israel brachten die Lade Jehovas hinauf mit Jauchzen und mit Posaunenschall.

16 Und es geschah, als die Lade Jehovas in die Stadt Davids kam, da schaute Michal, die Tochter Sauls, durchs Fenster; und sie sah den König David vor Jehova hüpfen und tanzen, und sie verachtete ihn in ihrem Herzen.

17 Und (1. Chron. 16) sie brachten die Lade Jehovas hinein und stellten sie an ihren Ort innerhalb des Zeltes, das David für sie aufgeschlagen hatte. Und David opferte Brandopfer und Friedensopfer vor Jehova.

18 Und als David das Opfern der Brandopfer und der Friedensopfer beendigt hatte, segnete er das Volk im Namen Jehovas der Heerscharen.

19 Und er verteilte an das ganze Volk, an die ganze Menge Israels, vom Manne bis zum Weibe, an einen jeden einen Brotkuchen und einen Trunk Wein (And.: eine Fleischspende) und einen osinenkuchen. Und das ganze Volk ging hin, ein jeder nach seinem Hause.

20 Und als David zurückkehrte, um sein Haus zu segnen, (O. zu begrüßen) ging Michal, die Tochter Sauls, hinaus, David entgegen, und sprach: Wie hat sich heute der König von Israel verherrlicht, da er sich heute vor den Augen der Mägde seiner Knechte entblößt hat, wie sich nur einer der losen Leute entblößt!

21 Da sprach David zu Michal: Vor Jehova, der mich Vor deinem Vater und Vor seinem ganzen Hause erwählt hat, um mich als Fürst zu bestellen über das Volk Jehovas, über Israel, ja, Vor Jehova will ich spielen; (And.: habe ich gespielt)

22 und ich will noch geringer (O. geringer geachtet) werden denn also, und will niedrig sein in meinen Augen; aber bei den Mägden, von denen du sprichst, bei ihnen werde ich geehrt sein. (O. mich verherlichen)

23 Michal aber die Tochter Sauls, hatte kein Kind bis zum Tage ihres Todes.

   

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7601. 'And the flax' means the truth of the exterior natural. This is clear from the meaning of' the flax' as truth, but the truth of the exterior natural, dealt with below. The natural is exterior and interior, see 4570, 5118, 5497, 5649, and therefore the truth and good there are interior and exterior, 3293, 3294. The truth and good of the exterior natural are meant by 'the flax and the barley', and the good and truth of the interior natural by 'the wheat and the spelt'.

[2] This verse and the next deal with the truths and forms of good that were destroyed and laid waste, and the forms of good and truths that were not destroyed or laid waste. Thus they deal with the truths and forms of good that were stored away and placed in safe keeping for [future] use, and those which were not stored away and placed in safe keeping. For when those who are evil undergo vastation, that is, when they are being separated from truths and forms of good and are left with their own evils and falsities, those truths and forms of good that are present in the exterior natural - where they have become linked to falsities and evils - are what are laid waste. These truths and forms of good look downwards and cannot for that reason be safely stored away, as will be seen below in 7604, 7607. But the truths and forms of good of the interior natural are not laid waste but are taken to an even more interior position, where they are held in safe keeping for [future] use. Communication between the interior natural and the exterior is then closed to such an extent that no good or truth at all can pass from there into the exterior natural, apart from just a general kind of communication of them which enables those people to engage in reasoning and put together arguments to lend support to falsities and evils. Those forms of good and truths that are placed in safe keeping are meant in the Word by 'the remnant', dealt with in 468, 530, 560, 561, 576, 661, 798, 1738, 1906, 2284, 5135, 5342, 5344, 5897-5899, 6156, 7556. These then are the things which the two present verses deal with and which are meant by 'the flax and the barley were struck; for the barley was a ripening ear, and the flax a stem', and by 'the wheat and the spelt were not struck because they were hidden'.

[3] The meaning of 'flax' or 'linen' as truth has its origin in representatives in heaven. In heaven those who are guided by the truth of the natural are seen clothed in white, like the whiteness of linen. The actual truth of the natural is also represented there as fabric made from the finer kind of flaxen threads. These threads have the appearance of silken ones, and clothing made from them has a similar appearance - brilliant, wonderfully translucent, and soft - if the truth represented in that way is rooted in good. But on the other hand those threads which look flaxen do not have a translucent, brilliant, or soft appearance, but a hard and brittle appearance, though they are still white, if the truth that is represented in that way is not rooted in good.

[4] From all this one may now recognize what is meant when it says that the angels whom people saw appeared in garments of flax or linen, such as those referred to in John,

Out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in linen, white and splendid, and girded around their breasts with golden girdles. Revelation 15:6.

In Daniel,

I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a man clothed in linen whose loins were girded with gold of Uphaz. Daniel 10:5.

In Ezekiel,

Behold, six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, each with a weapon of dispersion in his hand. But one man in the midst of them was clothed in linen and had a writer's inkhorn at his side. 1 Ezekiel 9:2.

More is said about this angel [clothed in linen] in verses 3 and 4 of the same chapter and in Chapter 10:2-7. The same prophet also says, in reference to the angel who measured the new temple, that he had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, Ezekiel 40:ff. Also, the angels who were seen in the Lord's tomb appeared clothed in white, splendid and flashing like lightning, Matthew 28:3; Mark 16:5; Luke 14:4; John 20:11-12.

[5] Since 'linen' or 'flax' meant the truth of the exterior natural, and the exterior natural is what clothes things more internal, that truth is what was represented by the linen garments with which angels were seen to be clothed. It is also meant by the linen garments worn by Aaron whenever he ministered in the Holy Place, spoken of in Moses as follows, When Aaron comes into the Holy Place, he shall put on the holy linen tunic, and gird himself with a linen sash, and place the linen turban on himself. These are holy garments. Leviticus 16:3-4.

Similarly in Ezekiel,

The priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, when they enter the gates of the inner court they shall put on the linen garments, and no wool shall come upon them. When they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within, the linen turbans shall be on their heads, the linen under garments shall be over their loins. Ezekiel 44:17-18.

This is referring to the new temple and the New Jerusalem, which mean the Lord's kingdom. For the same reason also the priests wore linen ephods, 1 Samuel 22:18; when the boy Samuel ministered before the Lord he wore a linen ephod, 1 Samuel 1:18; and David too wore a linen ephod when the ark was brought into his city, 2 Samuel 6:14.

[6] From all this one can also see why the Lord girded Himself with a linen towel when He washed the disciples' feet, and wiped their feet with the linen towel with which He was girded, John 13:4-5. Washing of the feet was a sign of purification from sins, which is accomplished by the truths of faith, since these teach a person how he ought to live.

[7] 'Linen' means truth in the following places too: In Jeremiah,

Jehovah said to the prophet, Go, buy yourself a linen girdle, and place it over your loins; but you are not to pass it through water. Take the girdle, and arise, go away to the Euphrates, and hide it in the cleft of a rock. At the end of many days, when he took the girdle from where he had hidden it, behold, the girdle was spoiled; it was profitable for nothing. Jeremiah 13:1-7.

'The linen girdle over the loins' represented truth arising from good, as it is in the beginning when the Church is established by the Lord, and as it becomes subsequently, when around the end it is has become spoiled and profitable for nothing. In Isaiah,

Those that make linen out of silk threads, and the weavers of curtains, will blush. Isaiah 19:9.

This refers to Egypt. 'Making linen out of silk threads' stands for counterfeiting truths.

[8] In Moses,

You shall not plough with an ox and an ass together. You shall not put on a mingled garment made of wool and linen together. Deuteronomy 22:10-11.

'Ox' means the good of the natural, 'ass' its truth; and much the same is meant by 'wool and linen'. Their being forbidden to plough with an ox and ass together or to put on a mingled garment made of wool and linen together meant that they were forbidden to be in two states at the same time, that is to say, in a state of good from which they looked to truth and at the same time in a state of truth from which they looked to good. These prohibitions embody much the same as those declared by the Lord in Matthew,

Let him who is on the roof of the house not go down to take anything out of his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back to get his clothing. Matthew 24:17-18.

Regarding these prohibitions see 3652 (end). For those who look from good to truth are in the inner part of heaven, whereas those who look from truth to good are in the outer part. The latter look from the world towards heaven, the former from heaven towards the world. Consequently they are in a kind of inverse ratio to each other, and therefore if they were put together the one would destroy the other.

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1. literally, on his loins

  
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