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5 Mose 31

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1 Und Mose ging hin und redete diese Worte zu dem ganzen Israel.

2 Und er sprach zu ihnen: Hundertzwanzig Jahre bin ich heute alt, ich vermag nicht mehr aus-und einzugehen; und Jehova hat zu mir gesagt: Du sollst nicht über diesen Jordan gehen.

3 Jehova, dein Gott, er zieht hinüber vor dir her; er selbst wird diese Nationen vor dir vertilgen, daß du sie austreibest. Josua, er zieht hinüber vor dir her, wie Jehova geredet hat.

4 Und Jehova wird an ihnen tun, wie er an Sihon und an Og, den Königen der Amoriter, und an ihrem Lande getan, die er vertilgt hat.

5 Und wenn Jehova sie vor euch dahingibt, so sollt ihr ihnen tun nach dem ganzen Gebot, das ich euch geboten habe.

6 Seid stark und mutig, fürchtet euch nicht und erschrecket nicht vor ihnen! Denn Jehova, dein Gott, er ist es, der mit dir geht; er wird dich nicht versäumen und dich nicht verlassen.

7 Und Mose rief Josua und sprach zu ihm vor den Augen des ganzen Israel: Sei stark und mutig! Denn du, du wirst mit diesem Volke in das Land kommen, welches Jehova ihren Vätern geschworen hat, ihnen zu geben; und du du wirst es ihnen als Erbe austeilen.

8 Und Jehova, er ist es, der vor dir herzieht; er selbst wird mit dir sein, er wird dich nicht versäumen und dich nicht verlassen; fürchte dich nicht und erschrick nicht!

9 Und Mose schrieb dieses Gesetz nieder; und er gab es den Priestern, den Söhnen Levis, welche die Lade des Bundes Jehovas trugen, und allen Ältesten von Israel.

10 Und Mose gebot ihnen und sprach: Am Ende von sieben Jahren, zur Zeit des Erlaßjahres,

11 am Feste der Laubhütten, wenn ganz Israel kommt, um vor Jehova, deinem Gott, zu erscheinen an dem Orte, den er erwählen wird, sollst du dieses Gesetz vor dem ganzen Israel lesen, vor ihren Ohren.

12 Versammle das Volk, die Männer und die Weiber und die Kindlein, und deinen Fremdling, der in deinen Toren ist; auf daß sie hören, und auf daß sie lernen, und Jehova, euren Gott, fürchten und darauf achten, alle Worte dieses Gesetzes zu tun.

13 Und ihre Kinder, die es nicht wissen, sollen es hören, damit sie Jehova, euren Gott, fürchten lernen alle Tage, die ihr in dem Lande lebet, wohin ihr über den Jordan ziehet, um es in Besitz zu nehmen.

14 Und Jehova sprach zu Mose: Siehe, deine Tage sind herangenaht, daß du sterben sollst; rufe Josua, und stellet euch in das Zelt der Zusammenkunft, daß ich ihm Befehl erteile. Und Mose und Josua gingen hin, und sie stellten sich in das Zelt der Zusammenkunft.

15 Und Jehova erschien in dem Zelte, in der Wolkensäule; und die Wolkensäule stand über dem Eingang des Zeltes.

16 Und Jehova sprach zu Mose: Siehe, du wirst dich zu deinen Vätern legen; und dieses Volk wird sich aufmachen und den fremden Göttern des Landes nachhuren, in dessen Mitte es kommt; und es wird mich verlassen und meinen Bund brechen, den ich mit ihnen gemacht habe.

17 Und mein Zorn wird an jenem Tage wider dasselbe entbrennen, und ich werde sie verlassen und mein Angesicht vor ihnen verbergen; und es wird verzehrt werden, und viele Übel und Drangsale werden es treffen. Und es wird an jenem Tage sagen: Haben nicht darum diese Übel mich getroffen, weil mein Gott nicht in meiner Mitte ist?

18 Ich aber, ich werde an jenem Tage mein Angesicht gänzlich verbergen um all des Bösen willen, das es getan, weil es sich zu anderen Göttern hingewandt hat.

19 Und nun, schreibet euch dieses Lied auf, und lehre es die Kinder Israel, lege es in ihren Mund, auf daß dieses Lied mir zum Zeugen sei gegen die Kinder Israel.

20 Denn ich werde sie in das Land bringen, welches ich ihren Vätern zugeschworen habe, das von Milch und Honig fließt; und sie werden essen und satt und fett werden; und sie werden sich zu anderen Göttern wenden und ihnen dienen, und mich verachten und meinen Bund brechen.

21 Und es wird geschehen, wenn viele Übel und Drangsale sie treffen, so wird dieses Lied Zeugnis gegen sie ablegen; denn es wird nicht vergessen werden aus dem Munde ihrer Nachkommen. Denn ich kenne ihr Sinnen, womit sie schon heute umgehen, ehe ich sie in das Land bringe, von dem ich geschworen habe.

22 Und Mose schrieb dieses Lied an selbigem Tage auf, und er lehrte es die Kinder Israel.

23 Und er gebot Josua, dem Sohne Nuns, und sprach: Sei stark und mutig! Denn du, du sollst die Kinder Israel in das Land bringen, das ich ihnen zugeschworen habe; und ich will mit dir sein.

24 Und es geschah, als Mose geendigt hatte, die Worte dieses Gesetzes in ein Buch zu schreiben bis zu ihrem Schlusse,

25 da gebot Mose den Leviten, welche die Lade des Bundes Jehovas trugen, und sprach:

26 Nehmet dieses Buch des Gesetzes und leget es zur Seite der Lade des Bundes Jehovas, eures Gottes, daß es daselbst zum Zeugen gegen dich sei.

27 Denn ich kenne deine Widerspenstigkeit und deinen harten Nacken wohl. Siehe, während ich heute noch bei euch lebe, seid ihr widerspenstig gegen Jehova gewesen; und wieviel mehr nach meinem Tode!

28 Versammelt zu mir alle Ältesten eurer Stämme und eure Vorsteher, daß ich diese Worte vor ihren Ohren rede und den Himmel und die Erde gegen sie zu Zeugen nehme.

29 Denn ich weiß, daß ihr euch nach meinem Tode ganz und gar verderben und von dem Wege abweichen werdet, den ich euch geboten habe; und es wird euch das Unglück begegnen am Ende der Tage, weil ihr tun werdet, was böse ist in den Augen Jehovas, ihn zu reizen durch das Werk eurer Hände.

30 Und Mose redete vor den Ohren der ganzen Versammlung Israels die Worte dieses Liedes bis zu ihrem Schlusse:

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6377

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6377. 'He washes his clothing in wine' means that His Natural consists in Divine Truth from His Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'washing' as purifying, dealt with in 3147; from the meaning of 'wine' as the good of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith, and in the highest sense as Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'clothing' as the exterior which covers the interior, dealt with in 5248, thus the natural since this is exterior and covers the rational, which is interior. Therefore 'clothing' also means truth since this is exterior and covers good, which is interior, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5319, 5954.

[2] The fact that 'wine' means love towards the neighbour and the good of faith may be recognized from what has been shown regarding the bread and wine in the Holy Supper, in 2165, 2177, 3464, 4581, 5915. These paragraphs show that 'bread' is the good of celestial love, and that 'wine' is the good of spiritual love. The same may also be recognized from the minchah and the drink-offering in sacrifices. The minchah in them meant the good of love, and the drink-offering the good of faith. The minchah consisted of the kinds of things that meant the good of love, while the drink-offering consisted of wine that meant the good of faith. The sacrifices themselves were also called 'bread', 2165. For the use in sacrifices of a drink-offering consisting of wine, see Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19; Numbers 15:2-15; 28:6-7, 18-end; 29:1-7 and following verses.

[3] The meaning that 'wine' has of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith is also evident in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! And come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1.

No one can fail to see that they did not have to buy wine and milk, but that they were to acquire what is meant by 'wine and milk', which is love towards the neighbour and faith. These gifts come from the Lord 'without money and without price'.

[4] In Hosea,

Threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her. 1 Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean. They will not pour libations of wine to Jehovah, their sacrifices will not be pleasing to Him. Hosea 9:1-4.

Here also in the internal sense reference is made to the good of love and the good of faith, to the demise of them. The good of love is meant by 'threshing-floor' by virtue of the grain there and the bread made from it, while the good of faith is meant by 'winepress', 'new wine', and 'libation of wine'. 'Ephraim will return to Egypt' stands for the fact that the understanding would resort to factual knowledge for advice concerning the arcana of faith; 'in Assyria they will eat what is unclean' stands for that which is the outcome of consequent false reasoning - 'Ephraim' being the area of understanding in the Church, see 5754, 6112, 6238, 6267; 'Egypt' the area of factual knowledge, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 5702; and 'Assyria' that of reasoning, 1186. The line of thought in this passage also shows that the words used here contain something more than what one sees in the letter. For everything hangs together in the internal sense, but not so in the external sense, for example when it says that 'threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her', immediately followed by 'Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean'. Moreover, without the internal sense what meaning would Ephraim's return to Egypt and their eating in Assyria what is unclean have?

[5] 'Winepress' and 'wine' are also used in Jeremiah to describe the demise of mutual love and the good of faith,

He who lays waste has fallen on your vintage, therefore joy and gladness have been plucked from Carmel, and from the land of Moab, for I have made the wine cease from the winepresses; none will tread the headed. 2 Jeremiah 48:32-33.

[6] The fact that 'wine' means the good of mutual love and of faith is also evident in John,

I heard a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, Do no harm to oil and wine. Revelation 6:6.

[7] 'Oil' stands for the good of celestial love, and 'wine' for the good of spiritual love.

'Oil' and 'wine' have a similar meaning in the Lord's parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke,

A certain Samaritan was journeying, and seeing him who had been wounded by the robbers was moved with compassion for him; going therefore to him, he bandaged his wounds, and poured on oil and wine. Luke 10:33-34.

'He poured on oil and wine' means that he performed the works of love and charity, 'oil' being the good of love, see 886, 3728. A like meaning was involved in the practice of the ancients, who poured oil and wine onto a pillar when they consecrated it, Genesis 35:14, 4581, 4582.

[8] The fact that 'wine' means the good of love and faith is evident from the words the Lord used when He instituted the Holy Supper. He said then regarding the wine,

I tell you that I shall not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom. Matthew 26:29; Luke 22:17-18.

Anyone can see that He was not about to drink wine in that kingdom, but that the good of love and faith is meant, which He was about to impart to those who belonged to His kingdom. Much the same is meant by 'wine' in Isaiah 24:9, 11; Lamentations 2:11-12; Hosea 14:7; Amos 9:13-14; Zechariah 9:15-16; Luke 5:37-39.

[9] Since 'wine' means the good of love and faith, Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good is therefore meant in the highest sense, for that Truth, when it flows into a person and is accepted by him, brings him the good of love and faith.

[10] Since most things in the Word also have a contrary meaning, so too does 'wine', the contrary meaning of which is falsity from evil, as in Isaiah,

Woe to those who rise in the morning around dawn, and then follow strong drink, who continue into dusk, so that wine may inflame them! Woe to heroes at drinking wine, and to valiant men in mixing strong drink! Isaiah 5:11, 22

In the same prophet,

Also these err through wine, and go astray through strong drink. The priest and the prophet err through strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine, they go astray through strong drink. They err among the seers, they are tottery in judgement. Isaiah 28:7.

In the same prophet,

The shepherds know no understanding, they all look to their own way. Come, I will get wine, and we will be drunken from strong drink; and let there be tomorrow, as there is this day, great abundance. Isaiah 56:11-12.

In addition to these places 'wine' is used with the contrary meaning in Jeremiah 13:12; Hosea 4:11; 7:5; Amos 2:8; Micah 2:11; Psalms 75:8; Deuteronomy 32:33.

Falsity from evil is also meant by the cup of the wine of wrath in Jeremiah 25:15-16; Revelation 14:8, 10; 16:19; the winepress of the wrath of God's anger, Revelation 19:15; and the wine of whoredom, Revelation 17:2; 18:3.

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1. The Latin means them but the Hebrew means her, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse, as well as possibly here in his rough draft.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 5915

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5915. 'And I will sustain you there' means a constant influx of spiritual life from the internal celestial. This is clear from the meaning of 'sustaining', when spoken by Joseph, who represents the internal celestial, as an influx of spiritual life from the internal celestial. In the internal sense 'sustainment' is nothing else than the influx of goodness and truth from the Lord by way of heaven. This is how angels are sustained, and it is how a person's soul, that is, his internal man, is sustained. This sustainment is what the sustaining of the external man by means of food and drink corresponds to; and for this reason good is meant by 'food' and truth by 'drink'. The nature of this correspondence is also such that when a person is eating food the angels present with him think of goodness and truth; and, what is amazing, their ideas vary according to the different kinds of food that he eats. When therefore in the Holy Supper a person receives bread and wine the angels present with him think about the good of love and the good of faith, 3464, 3735, for the reason that 'bread' corresponds to the good of love and 'wine' to the good of faith. And because they correspond to them they also carry the same meanings in the Word.

[2] The fact that a person's soul, that is, his internal man, is sustained by spiritual food and drink, which are goodness and truth, is clear from the Lord's words in Moses,

Man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every utterance of the mouth of Jehovah. Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4.

'Utterance of the mouth of Jehovah' is goodness and truth that go forth from Him. In John,

Do not labour for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. John 6:27.

In the same gospel,

The disciples asked Jesus, saying, Master, eat. He said to them, I have food to eat of which you do not know. John 4:31-32.

And regarding drink, in the same gospel,

Jesus said, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow out from within him. 1 John 7:37-38.

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1. literally, out of his abdomen

  
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