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5 Mose 33

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1 Und dies ist der Segen, womit Mose, der Mann Gottes, die Kinder Israel vor seinem Tode gesegnet hat. Und er sprach:

2 Jehova ist vom Sinai hergekommen und ist ihnen aufgegangen von Seir; er ist hervorgestrahlt von dem Berge Paran und ist gekommen von heiligen Myriaden. Aus seiner echten ging Gesetzesfeuer für sie hervor.

3 Ja, er liebt die Völker; (O. Stämme) alle seine Heiligen sind in deiner Hand; und sie lagern (O. lagerten… empfing) zu deinen Füßen, ein jeder (W. er) empfängt (O. lagerten… empfing) von deinen Worten.

4 Ein Gesetz hat uns Mose geboten, ein Erbe der Versammlung Jakobs.

5 Und er ward König in Jeschurun, als sich versammelten die Häupter des Volkes, die Stämme Israels allzumal. -

6 uben lebe und sterbe nicht, und seiner Männer sei eine Zahl!

7 Und dieses von Juda; und er sprach: Höre, Jehova, die Stimme Judas und bringe ihn zu seinem Volke; seine Hände seien mächtig für ihn, (O. mit seinen Händen sei er mächig für dasselbe) und hilf ihm von seinen Bedrängern!

8 Und von Levi sprach er: Deine Thummim und deine Urim sind für deinen Frommen, (W. den Mann, deinen Frommen) den du versucht hast zu Massa, mit dem du hadertest bei dem Wasser von Meriba;

9 der von seinem Vater und von seiner Mutter sprach: Ich sehe ihn nicht; und der seine Brüder nicht kannte und von seinen Söhnen nichts wußte. (Vergl. 2. Mose 32,26 usw.) Denn sie haben dein Wort beobachtet, und deinen Bund bewahrten sie.

10 Sie werden Jakob lehren deine echte, und Israel dein Gesetz; sie werden Weihrauch legen vor deine Nase und Ganzopfer auf deinen Altar.

11 Segne, Jehova, sein Vermögen, (O. seine Kraft) und das Werk seiner Hände laß dir wohlgefallen; zerschmettere die Lenden derer, die sich wider ihn erheben, und seiner Hasser, daß sie nicht mehr aufstehen!

12 Von Benjamin sprach er: Der Liebling Jehovas! In Sicherheit wird er bei ihm wohnen; er beschirmt ihn den ganzen Tag, und zwischen seinen Schultern wohnt er.

13 Und von Joseph sprach er: Gesegnet von Jehova sei sein Land-vom Köstlichsten des Himmels, vom Tau, und von der Tiefe, die unten lagert;

14 und vom Köstlichsten der Erträge der Sonne und vom Köstlichsten der Triebe der Monde; (Sonne und Monde sind hier wohl gleichbedeutend mit Jahr und Monaten)

15 und vom Vorzüglichsten der Berge der Urzeit und vom Köstlichsten der ewigen Hügel;

16 und vom Köstlichsten der Erde und ihrer Fülle; -und das Wohlgefallen dessen, der im Dornbusch wohnte: Es komme auf das Haupt Josephs und auf den Scheitel des Abgesonderten unter seinen Brüdern (Vergl. 1. Mose 49,26!)

17 Sein ist die Majestät des Erstgeborenen seines Stieres; und Hörner des Büffels sind seine Hörner. Mit ihnen wird er die Völker niederstoßen allzumal bis an die Enden der Erde. Und das sind die Zehntausende Ephraims, und das die Tausende Manasses.

18 Und von Sebulon sprach er: Freue dich, Sebulon, deines Auszugs, und du, Issaschar, deiner Zelte!

19 Sie werden Völker zum Berge laden; daselbst werden sie Opfer der Gerechtigkeit opfern; denn sie werden saugen die Fülle der Meere und die verborgenen Schätze des Sandes. (d. h. des Festlandes)

20 Und von Gad sprach er: Gesegnet sei, der Gad aum schafft! Wie eine Löwin lagert er und zerreißt Arm und Scheitel.

21 Und er hat das Erste des Landes sich ersehen, denn dort war der Anteil des Gesetzgebers aufbewahrt; (d. h. für ihn; oder für Mose, da Mose auf dem Gebiete Gads begraben wurde) und er ist an der Spitze (O. mit den Häuptern) des Volkes gezogen, hat ausgeführt die Gerechtigkeit Jehovas und seine Gerichte mit (And.: seine echte gegenüber) Israel. (Vergl. 4. Mose 32,29-33)

22 Und von Dan sprach er: Dan ist ein junger Löwe, der hervorspringt aus Basan.

23 Und von Naphtali sprach er: Naphtali, gesättigt mit Huld und voll des Segens Jehovas! Westen und Süden nimm in Besitz!

24 Und von Aser sprach er: Gesegnet an Söhnen sei Aser; er sei wohlgefällig seinen Brüdern, und er tauche in Öl seinen Fuß!

25 Eisen und Erz seien deine iegel, und wie deine Tage, so deine Kraft! (And.: uhe)

26 Keiner ist wie der Gott (El) Jeschuruns, der auf den Himmeln einherfährt zu deiner Hülfe, und in seiner Hoheit auf den Wolken.

27 Deine Wohnung ist der Gott der Urzeit, und unter dir sind ewige Arme; und er vertreibt vor dir den Feind und spricht: Vertilge!

28 Und Israel wohnt sicher, abgesondert der Quell Jakobs, in einem Lande von Korn und Most; und sein Himmel träufelt Tau.

29 Glückselig bist du, Israel! wer ist wie du, ein Volk, gerettet durch Jehova, den Schild deiner Hülfe, und der das Schwert deiner Hoheit ist? Und es werden dir schmeicheln (Eig. dir Gehorsam heucheln) deine Feinde, und du, du wirst einherschreiten auf ihren Höhen.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 439

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439. Of the tribe Naphtali twelve thousand sealed, signifies regeneration and temptation. This is evident from what is represented and thence signified by "Naphtali" and his tribe, as meaning temptation and the state after it; and as temptations occur for the sake of regeneration, regeneration too is signified by "Naphtali." (That those who are regenerated undergo temptations see in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 187-201.) That "Naphtali" and thence the tribe named from him, signify temptation and the state after it, and accordingly regeneration, can be seen from the words of Rachel, when Bilhah her handmaid bare him, which are these:

And Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. And Rachel said, With wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali (Genesis 30:7, 8).

"Wrestlings of God" signify spiritual temptations; and as Rachel represented the internal church, which is spiritual, and Leah the external church, which is natural, Rachel's wrestling with her sister and prevailing signifies evidently the combat between the spiritual and the natural, since every temptation is a combat between the spiritual man and the natural; for the spiritual man loves and wills the things that are of heaven, since it is in heaven, while the natural man loves and wills the things that are of the world, since it is in the world; consequently the desires of the two are opposite, which gives rise to collision and combat, and this is called temptation.

[2] That "Naphtali" signifies temptation and the state after it, and thence regeneration, is further evident from the following passages. From the blessing he received from his father Israel:

Naphtali is a hind let loose; giving sayings of elegance (Gen. 49:21).

"Naphtali" here signifies the state after temptation, which state is full of joy from affection, that the spiritual and the natural, and good and truth, have been conjoined, for these are conjoined by temptations; "a hind let loose" signifies the freedom of the natural affection; "giving sayings of elegance," signifies gladness of mind. (This is more fully explained in Arcana Coelestia, n. 6412-6414.)

[3] Again, from the blessing he received from Moses:

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with the good pleasure and full of the blessing of Jehovah; possess thou the west and the south (Deuteronomy 33:23).

This, too, describes the state after temptation, in which man is filled with every good of love and with truths therefrom; for after temptations he is filled with joy, and good bears fruit, and truth is multiplied with him; to be filled with the good of love is meant by "satisfied with the good pleasure of Jehovah;" and to be filled with truths therefrom is signified by "full of the blessing of Jehovah;" the consequent affection of truth and illustration are signified by "possess thou the west and the south," the affection of truth is signified by "the west," and illustration by "the south." It is said "possess thou the west and the south," because those who are raised up into heaven after having been instructed are carried through the west to the south, that is, through the affection of truth into the light of truth.

[4] "Naphtali" has a similar signification in the song of Deborah and Barak, in the book of Judges:

Zebulun, a people that devoted their soul to death, and Naphtali upon the heights of the field (Judges 5:18).

These were the two tribes that fought against Sisera, the captain of the host of Jabin, king of Canaan, and conquered him, the other ten tribes remaining quiet; and this represented the spiritual combat against the evils that infest the church; as is evident also from the prophetic song of Deborah and Barak, of which this is the subject. Only the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali fought, because "Zebulun" signifies the conjunction of good and truth which constitutes the church, and "Naphtali" the combat against the evils and falsities that infest it and that resist the conjunction of good and truth, consequently the two signify reformation and regeneration; "the heights of the field" signify the interiors of the church, from which combat is maintained. Again "Zebulun and Naphtali" together also signify reformation and regeneration by means of temptations (in Isaiah 8:22; 9:1, 2; also in Matthew 4:12-16).

[5] In the highest sense however "Zebulun and Naphtali" signify the uniting of the Divine and the Human in the Lord, for the highest sense treats solely of the Lord, in general of the glorification of His Human, and the subjugation of the hells, and the arranging of the heavens by Him. In this sense Zebulun and Naphtali are mentioned in David:

They have seen Thy goings, O God; the goings of my God, my King in the midst of the sanctuary. The singers went before, the minstrels after, in the midst of the maidens playing on timbrels. Bless ye God in the assemblies, the Lord from the fountain of Israel. There little Benjamin is set over them, the princes of Judah their company, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali. Thy God hath commanded thy strength; put on strength, O God; this Thou hast wrought for us out of Thy temple at Jerusalem; kings shall bring oblations to Thee. Rebuke the wild beast of the reed, the congregation of the mighty among the calves of the peoples; trampling upon the plates of silver, He hath scattered the peoples, they desire combats. Those that are fat shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hasten her hands unto God (Psalms 68:24-31).

This treats in the spiritual sense of the coming of the Lord, of the glorification of His Human, of the subjugation of the hells, and the consequent salvation. Celebration of the Lord because of His coming is described in these words: "They have seen Thy goings, O God, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. The singers went before, the minstrels after, in the midst of the maidens playing on timbrels. Bless ye God in the assemblies, the Lord from the fountain of Israel." (What the particulars here signify see explained above, n. 340.) The innocence of the Lord, by which He wrought and accomplished all things, is signified by "there little Benjamin is set over them;" Divine truth from Divine good is signified by "the princes of Judah their company;" His glorification, or the uniting of the Divine and Human by His own power, is signified by "the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali;" that from this the Lord's Human has Divine power is signified by "thy God hath commanded thy strength; put on strength, O God; this Thou hast wrought for us out of Thy temple at Jerusalem," "temple" meaning here the Lord's Divine Human, and "Jerusalem" the church for which He did this. The subjugation of the hells is signified by "rebuke the wild beast of the reed, the congregation of the mighty, among the calves of the peoples; trampling upon the plates of silver, He hath scattered the peoples, they desire combats;" "the wild beast of the reed and the congregation of the mighty" mean the knowing faculty of the natural man perverting the truths and goods of the church; "the calves of the people" mean the goods of the church; "the plates of silver" mean the truths of the church; "He hath scattered the people, they desire combats," signifies to pervert truths and reason against them.

[6] The subjugation of the hells means the subjugation of the natural man; for evils from hell are in the natural man, for in it, too, are the delights of the love of self and of the world and the knowledges [scientifica] that confirm these delights; and when these delights are regarded as ends and become dominant they are against the goods and truths of the church. That when the natural man has been subjugated it supplies accordant knowledges [scientifica)], and also cognitions of truth and good, is signified by "those that are fat shall come out of Egypt, Ethiopia shall hasten her hands unto God." "Egypt" meaning the natural man in respect to knowledges [scientifica], and "Ethiopia" the natural man in respect to cognitions of good and truth. From these few instances the signification of "Naphtali" and his tribe in the Word can be seen, namely, that it signifies in the highest sense the Lord's own power, by which He subjugated the hells and glorified His Human, in the internal sense temptation and the states after temptation, and in the external sense resistance by the natural man; therefore "Naphtali" signifies also reformation and regeneration, because these are results of temptations.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9836

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9836. 'Two shoulders joined together shall it have at its two ends, and it shall be joined together' means an everlasting preservation of good and truth on every side by all exertion and power through a total uniting together. This is clear from the meaning of 'shoulders' as all the force and power, dealt with in 1085, 4931-4937, though the expressions 'placing on the shoulders' and 'carrying on them', used below in reference to the two shoham stones on which the names of the sons of Israel were engraved, mean an everlasting preservation of good and truth (for all forms of good and truths in their entirety are meant by 'the names of the sons of Israel', a subject dealt with further on); from the meaning of 'joined together' as a total uniting; and from the meaning of 'the two ends', or to the right and to the left, as on every side, dealt with in 8613.

[2] The implications of all this are that the ephod, as has been shown above, represented the outermost part of the Lord's spiritual kingdom. Thus the shoulder-pieces, on which the two shoham stones with the names of the sons of Israel had been placed, represented the everlasting preservation of good and truth; and the joining together of the ephod on the shoulders, and also in front of the breast and behind the back, represented a total uniting. This helps to make clear what is meant by the details stated further on regarding the shoulder-pieces and the engravings on them, namely the everlasting preservation of the good and truth present by all exertion and power, thus the preservation of the heavens. The stones with the names of the sons of Israel had been placed on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, which represented the outermost part of the spiritual kingdom, because all preservation is dependent on the condition of what exists on last and lowest levels. For everything within terminates and forms a base for itself there on which to rest and remain in existence. Things on last and lowest levels resemble the soles and the upper parts of the feet on which the entire body stands; they are also like the hands and arms through which the body exercises its powers. Furthermore the strength of the body is concentrated there. This also explains why the hands and arms, the soles and feet too, correspond to the last and lowest parts of heaven. The fact that power and might reside in things which are last and lowest was represented in the Ancient Church by Nazirites and the hair on their head, in which their might resided, as is evident from Samson in Judges 14-16, and also their holiness, 3301. Regarding the hair, which on those men's heads was their Naziriteship, that it corresponds to the lowest levels of good and truth, or good and truth on lowest levels, see 3301, 5247, 6437.

[3] The residing of power in last and lowest things, and also the preservation in these of more internal ones in their proper condition, are matters which may be understood by people who know what the situation is with things in the natural order which follow one another in sequence and consequently exist together with one another. Things which follow in sequence finally come together on the last and lowest level, where they exist side-by-side in the same order. This being so, the things existing together with one another, which are last and lowest, serve those following one another in sequence, which are prior and higher, as corresponding supports on which they rest and are thereby preserved.

[4] 'The shoulders' means all the force and power exerted in offering resistance, breaking, or impelling. This is clear in Ezekiel,

You push with side and shoulder, and butt with your horns all the weak sheep, until you have scattered them abroad. Ezekiel 34:21.

In the same prophet,

Egypt has been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of you by the hand, you were broken, and you tore open their whole shoulder. 1 Ezekiel 29:6-7.

'Tearing open the whole shoulder' stands for depriving of all the power to grasp truths, 'Egypt' being the perverted factual knowledge which causes such deprivation.

[5] In Zechariah,

They refused to listen, and turned 2 a stubborn shoulder. Zechariah 7:11.

'Turning a stubborn shoulder' stands for offering resistance. In David,

They thought a wicked deed, [but] they did not prevail; for You will set a shoulder against them. Psalms 21:11-12.

'Setting a shoulder against them' too stands for offering resistance, and so stands for power. The fact that 'shoulder' means power is evident from representatives in the next life, where those who offer resistance are seen setting an opposing shoulder.

[6] Placing onto the shoulders and carrying on them means preserving everlastingly in a state of good and truth through all exertion and power. This is clear in Isaiah,

The nations will bring your sons in their bosom, and carry your daughters on their shoulder. Isaiah 49:22.

This refers to a new Church. 'Sons' means truths, and 'daughters' forms of good; and 'carrying on the shoulder' stands for preserving them. The preservation of good in its proper condition was also represented by the action of the children of Israel, who carried their dough on their shoulder when they were going out of Egypt, Exodus 12:34; and by that of the sons of Kohath, who carried holy things 3 on their shoulder, Numbers 7:9. This explains why the Lord, who spoke by means of correspondences, said that when the lost sheep was found the owner placed it on his shoulder, rejoicing, Luke 15:5. 'The sheep that was lost and found' is good as it resides with someone who comes to his senses.

[7] Since 'carrying on the shoulder' had this meaning it is also said of those who love and preserve gold and silver that they carry them on their shoulder, Isaiah 46:7. Carrying also means holding something in its proper state or condition, see 9500. All this shows what was meant by the engraving of the names of the sons of Israel on the two shoham stones and the placement of them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, and by the injunction that 'Aaron shall bear (or carry) them on his two shoulders for a remembrance', verse 12. 'Carrying on the shoulder', when it has reference to subjection, means servitude, see Genesis 49:15; Psalms 81:6; Isaiah 9:4; 10:27; Matthew 23:4; Zephaniah 3:9. But when it has reference to dominion it means supreme power, Isaiah 9:6; 22:22.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, you dug through for them all the shoulder

2. literally, gave

3. literally, the works of the holy place (or of holiness)

  
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