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1 Und Jehova redete zu Mose in den Ebenen Moabs, am Jordan von Jericho, und sprach:

2 Gebiete den Kindern Israel, daß sie von ihrem Erbbesitztum den Leviten Städte zum Wohnen geben; und zu den Städten sollt ihr einen Bezirk rings um dieselben her den Leviten geben.

3 Und die Städte seien ihnen zum Wohnen, und deren Bezirke seien für ihr Vieh und für ihre Habe und für alle ihre Tiere.

4 Und die Bezirke der Städte, welche ihr den Leviten geben sollt, sollen von der Stadtmauer nach außen hin tausend Ellen betragen ringsum;

5 und ihr sollt außerhalb der Stadt auf der Ostseite zweitausend Ellen abmessen, und auf der Südseite zweitausend Ellen, und auf der Westseite zweitausend Ellen und auf der Nordseite zweitausend Ellen, daß die Stadt in der Mitte sei; das sollen die Bezirke ihrer Städte sein.

6 Und die Städte, die ihr den Leviten geben sollt: sechs Zufluchtstädte sind es, die ihr ihnen geben sollt, damit dahin fliehe, wer einen Totschlag begangen hat; und zu diesen hinzu sollt ihr zweiundvierzig Städte geben.

7 Alle die Städte, die ihr den Leviten geben sollt, sie und ihre Bezirke, sollen achtundvierzig Städte sein.

8 Und was die Städte betrifft, die ihr von dem Eigentum der Kinder Israel geben sollt, von dem Stamme, der viel hat, sollt ihr viel nehmen, und von dem, der wenig hat, sollt ihr wenig nehmen; jeder Stamm soll nach Verhältnis seines Erbteils, das er erben wird, von seinen Städten den Leviten geben.

9 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

10 Rede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Wenn ihr über den Jordan in das Land Kanaan ziehet,

11 so sollt ihr euch Städte bestimmen: Zufluchtstädte sollen sie für euch sein, daß dahin fliehe ein Totschläger, der einen Menschen aus Versehen erschlagen hat.

12 Und die Städte sollen euch zur Zuflucht sein vor dem Rächer, daß der Totschläger nicht sterbe, bis er vor der Gemeinde gestanden hat zum Gericht.

13 Und die Städte, die ihr geben sollt, sollen sechs Zufluchtstädte für euch sein.

14 Drei Städte sollt ihr geben diesseit des Jordan, und Drei Städte sollt ihr geben im Lande Kanaan; Zufluchtstädte sollen sie sein.

15 Den Kindern Israel und dem Fremdling und dem Beisassen in ihrer Mitte sollen diese sechs Städte zur Zuflucht sein, daß dahin fliehe ein jeder, der einen Menschen aus Versehen erschlagen hat.

16 Wenn er ihn aber mit einem eisernen Werkzeug geschlagen hat, daß er gestorben ist, so ist er ein Mörder; der Mörder soll gewißlich getötet werden.

17 Und wenn er ihn mit einem Stein, den er in der Hand führte, wodurch man sterben kann, geschlagen hat, daß er gestorben ist, so ist er ein Mörder; der Mörder soll gewißlich getötet werden.

18 Oder wenn er ihn mit einem hölzernen Werkzeug, das er in der Hand führte, wodurch man sterben kann, geschlagen hat, daß er gestorben ist, so ist er ein Mörder; der Mörder soll gewißlich getötet werden.

19 Der Bluträcher, der soll den Mörder töten; wenn er ihn antrifft, soll er ihn töten.

20 Und wenn er ihn aus Haß gestoßen oder mit Absicht auf ihn geworfen hat, daß er gestorben ist,

21 oder ihn aus Feindschaft mit seiner Hand geschlagen hat, daß er gestorben ist, so soll der Schläger gewißlich getötet werden; er ist ein Mörder; der Bluträcher soll den Mörder töten, wenn er ihn antrifft.

22 Wenn er aber von ungefähr, nicht aus Feindschaft, ihn gestoßen, oder unabsichtlich irgend ein Werkzeug auf ihn geworfen hat,

23 oder, ohne es zu sehen, irgend einen Stein, wodurch man sterben kann, auf ihn hat fallen lassen, daß er gestorben ist, er war ihm aber nicht feind und suchte seinen Schaden nicht:

24 so soll die Gemeinde zwischen dem Schläger und dem Bluträcher nach diesen Rechten richten;

25 und die Gemeinde soll den Totschläger aus der Hand des Bluträchers erretten, und die Gemeinde soll ihn in seine Zufluchtstadt zurückbringen, wohin er geflohen ist; und er soll darin bleiben bis zum Tode des Hohenpriesters, den man mit dem heiligen Öle gesalbt hat.

26 Wenn aber der Totschläger über die Grenze seiner Zufluchtstadt, wohin er geflohen ist, irgend hinausgeht,

27 und der Bluträcher findet ihn außerhalb der Grenze seiner Zufluchtstadt, und der Bluträcher tötet den Totschläger, so hat er keine Blutschuld.

28 Denn er soll in seiner Zufluchtstadt bleiben bis zum Tode des Hohenpriesters; und nach dem Tode des Hohenpriesters darf der Totschläger in das Land seines Eigentums zurückkehren. -

29 Und dies soll euch zu einer Rechtssatzung sein bei euren Geschlechtern in allen euren Wohnsitzen.

30 Jeder, der einen Menschen erschlägt: auf die Aussage von Zeugen soll man den Mörder töten; aber ein einzelner Zeuge kann nicht wider einen Menschen aussagen, daß er sterbe.

31 Und ihr sollt keine Sühne annehmen für die Seele eines Mörders, der schuldig ist zu sterben, sondern er soll gewißlich getötet werden.

32 Auch sollt ihr keine Sühne annehmen für den in seine Zufluchtstadt Geflüchteten, daß er vor dem Tode des Priesters zurückkehre, um im Lande zu wohnen.

33 Und ihr sollt das Land nicht entweihen, in welchem ihr seid; denn das Blut, das entweiht das Land; und für das Land kann keine Sühnung getan werden wegen des Blutes, das darin vergossen worden, außer durch das Blut dessen, der es vergossen hat.

34 Und du sollst nicht das Land verunreinigen, in welchem ihr wohnet, in dessen Mitte ich wohne; denn ich, Jehova, wohne inmitten der Kinder Israel.

   

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4197. 'And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you today; therefore he called its name Galeed' means that it will be so for ever - hence the nature of it is described a second time. This is clear from the meaning of 'a heap' as good, dealt with above in 4192, and from the meaning of 'a witness' as the confirmation of good by means of truth, and of truth derived from good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'today' as for ever, dealt with in 2838, 3998; and from the meaning of 'calling the name' as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 2009, 2724, 3421. The particular nature of that good is contained in the name Galeed; for in ancient times when a name was given to anything the name contained the essential nature of that thing, 340, 1946, 2643, 3422. From this one may see what is meant by 'Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you today; therefore he called its name Galeed', namely this: A testimony that the good meant here by 'Laban' was joined to the Divine good of the Lord's Natural, and therefore that the Lord was joined to the gentiles through good, it being this good that 'Laban' represents now, 4189. The truths belonging to this good are what bear witness to that conjunction; but as long as gentiles are living in this world their good is 'out of line' because they do not possess Divine truths. Nevertheless although those who are governed by that good, that is, who lead charitable lives with one another, do not have Divine truths straight from the Divine source, that is, from the Word, the good they have is not closed up but such as can be opened. What is more, it is opened in the next life when they receive instruction there in the truths of faith, and about the Lord. With Christians it is different. With those of them who lead charitable lives with one another, more so with those who are governed by love to the Lord, good straight from the Divine source is present even while they live in this world because they are in possession of Divine truths. For this reason they enter heaven without undergoing such instruction, provided that their truths have not contained falsities which must first be dispelled. But Christians who have not led charitable lives close heaven against themselves, very many doing so to such an extent that it cannot be opened. For they know truths but deny them and also harden themselves against them, if not with the lips nevertheless in their hearts.

[2] Why Laban first of all called the heap Jegar Sahadutha, its name in his own language, and after that Galeed, its name in the Canaanite language, when in fact the two have practically the same meaning, is for the sake of a bringing together and thereby a joining together. Speaking in the language or 'lip' of Canaan means responding to what is Divine, for 'Canaan' means the Lord's kingdom, and in the highest sense the Lord, 1607, 3038, 3705, as is evident in Isaiah,

On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak in the lip of Canaan and swear by Jehovah Zebaoth. On that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to Jehovah at its border; and it will be for a sign and a witness to Jehovah Zebaoth in the land of Egypt. Isaiah 19:18-20.

[3] The meaning of 'a witness' as the confirmation of good by means of truth, and of truth derived from good, and the consequent meaning of 'a testimony' as good in which truth is rooted, and truth which arises out of good, may be seen from other parts of the Word. 'A witness' is seen to mean the confirmation of good by means of truth, and of truth derived from good, from the following places: In Joshua,

Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Jehovah, to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses. Then put away the foreigner's gods which are in the midst of you, and incline your heart to Jehovah the God of Israel. And the people said to Joshua, Jehovah our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey. And Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and set them a statute and a judgement in Shechem. And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone and set it up there under the oak that was in the sanctuary of Jehovah. And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone will be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of Jehovah which He spoke to us; and it will be a witness to you, lest you deny your God. Joshua 24:22-27.

'A witness' in this passage clearly means a confirming - a confirming of the covenant and therefore of their being joined [to Jehovah]; for a covenant means a joining together, 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021. And since being joined to Jehovah or the Lord is not possible except through good, and since no good effecting that conjunction is possible apart from that which gains its true nature from truth, 'a witness' consequently means the confirmation of good by means of truth. The good meant in this passage consisted in being joined to Jehovah or the Lord, which came about through their choosing Him, to serve Him; and the truth by which it was confirmed was meant by 'the stone'; for 'a stone' means truth, see 643, 1298, 3720. In the highest sense 'the stone' is the Lord Himself since He is the source of all truth, and for that reason is also called 'the Stone of Israel' in Genesis 49:24, and in what is said here in Joshua, 'Behold, this stone will be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of Jehovah which He spoke to us'.

[4] In John,

I will grant My two witnesses to prophesy 1260 days, clothed in sackcloth. The are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which are standing before the God of the earth. And if anyone wishes to harm them, fire will come out of their mouth and devour their enemies. These have power to shut heaven. But when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends from the abyss will make war with them and conquer them and kill them. But after three and a half days the spirit of life from God entered them, so that they stood up on their feet. Revelation 11:3-7, 11.

'The two witnesses' in this case are good and truth - that is, good in which truth is present and truth arising out of good - when both of these have been confirmed in people's hearts, as is evident from the statement that the two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands. For 'an olive tree' means that kind of good, see 886, and 'the two olive trees' stands for celestial good and for spiritual good. Celestial good is essentially love to the Lord, spiritual good is essentially charity towards the neighbour. 'The lampstands' are the truths that belong to those two kinds of good, as will be clear when, in the Lord's Divine mercy, the lampstands are the subject. And it is these - forms of goodness and truth - which have the power to close heaven or to open it; see the Preface to Chapter 22. 'The beast out of the abyss, which is hell, will kill them' means the vastation of good and truth within the Church, and 'the spirit of life from God entered them, so that they stood up on their feet' means a new Church.

[5] Just as heaps in ancient times were set up to serve as witnesses, so later on were altars, as is clear in Joshua,

The Reubenites and the Gadites said, See the replica of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice, but to be a witness between us and you. And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called it The Altar - a witness between us that Jehovah is God. Joshua 22:28, 34.

'An altar' means the good of love, and in the highest sense the Lord Himself, 921, 2777, 2811. 'A witness' stands in the internal sense for the confirmation of good by means of truth.

[6] Since 'a witness' means the confirmation of good by means of truth, and of truth derived from good, 'a witness' in the highest sense therefore means the Lord, for He Himself is the Divine Truth that confirms, as in Isaiah,

I will make with you an eternal covenant, even the true mercies of David. Lo, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a prince and teacher to the peoples. Isaiah 55:3-4.

In John,

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Revelation 1:5.

In the same book,

These things says the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. Revelation 3:14.

[7] The requirement in the representative Church that the truth must always be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses, not on that of one, Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6-7; 19:15; Matthew 18:16, originates in the Divine Law that one truth does not make good firm but many truths do so. For one truth unconnected to others does not confirm it only a number together, because from one truth it is possible to see another. One by itself does not give any form to good, and so does not manifest any essential quality possessed by good; but many in a connected series do so. For just as one musical note by itself does not constitute the melody, still less the full harmony, neither does one truth achieve anything. This is where the law requiring two or three witnesses originates, though to outward appearance it seems to have its origin in secular legislation. The one however is not contrary to the other, as is also the case with the Ten Commandments, dealt with in 2609.

[8] As regards 'a testimony' meaning good in which truth is rooted, and truth which arises out of good, this follows from what has just been said. It is also clear from the fact that the Ten Commandments written on tablets of stone are referred to by the single expression 'the Testimony', as in Moses,

Jehovah gave Moses, when He had finished speaking to him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. Exodus 31:18.

In the same author,

Moses came down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand; the tablets were written from the two sides of it. Exodus 32:15.

And because those tablets were placed inside the Ark, the Ark is called 'the Ark of the Testimony'; in Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, You shall put into the Ark the Testimony which I shall give to you. Exodus 25:16, 21.

Moses took the Testimony and put it into the Ark. Exodus 40:20.

In the same author,

I will meet you, and talk to you from above the Mercy-seat, from between the two cherubs which are over the Ark of the Testimony. Exodus 25:22.

In the same author,

The cloud of incense covers the Mercy-seat which is over the Testimony. Leviticus 16:13.

In the same author,

The rods of the twelve tribes were left in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the Testimony. Numbers 17:4.

For evidence that the Ark was also called the Ark of the Testimony, see in addition to Exodus 25:22 quoted above, Exodus 31:7; Revelation 15:5.

[9] The Ten Commandments therefore were called the Testimony because they were the conditions of the covenant and so the conditions whereby God and man were joined to each other. But that joining to each other is not possible unless man keeps those commandments not only in their external form but also in their internal. What the internal form of those commandments is, see 2609; consequently it is good made firm by means of truth, and truth derived from good, that are meant by 'the Testimony'. And this being so, the tablets were also called 'the Tablets of the Covenant', and the Ark 'the Ark of the Covenant'. From this one may now see what is meant in the Word by 'the Testimony' in the genuine sense, for example in Deuteronomy 4:45; 6:17, 20; Isaiah 8:16; 2 Kings 17:15; Psalms 19:7; 25:10; 78:5, 56; 93:5; 119:2, 22, 24, 59, 79, 88, 138, 167; 122:4; Revelation 6:9; 12:17; 19:10.

  
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