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4 Mose 36

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1 Und es traten herzu die Häupter der Väter vom Geschlecht der Söhne Gileads, des Sohnes Makirs, des Sohnes Manasses, aus den Geschlechtern der Söhne Josephs; und sie redeten vor Mose und vor den Fürsten, den Häuptern der Väter der Kinder Israel, und sprachen:

2 Jehova hat meinem Herrn geboten, den Kindern Israel das Land durchs Los als Erbteil zu geben; und meinem Herrn ist von Jehova geboten worden, das Erbteil Zelophchads, unseres Bruders, seinen Töchtern zu geben.

3 Werden sie nun einem von den Söhnen der anderen Stämme der Kinder Israel zu Weibern, so wird ihr Erbteil dem Erbteil unserer Väter entzogen und zu dem Erbteil des Stammes hinzugefügt werden, welchem sie angehören werden; und dem Lose unseres Erbteils wird es entzogen werden.

4 Und auch wenn das Jubeljahr der Kinder Israel kommt, wird ihr Erbteil zu dem Erbteil des Stammes hinzugefügt werden, welchem sie angehören werden; und ihr Erbteil wird dem Erbteil des Stammes unserer Väter entzogen werden.

5 Da gebot Mose den Kindern Israel, nach dem Befehle Jehovas, und sprach: Der Stamm der Kinder Joseph redet recht.

6 Dies ist das Wort, welches Jehova betreffs der Töchter Zelophchads geboten hat, indem er sprach: Sie mögen dem, der in ihren Augen gut ist, zu Weibern werden; nur sollen sie einem aus dem Geschlecht des Stammes ihres Vaters zu Weibern werden,

7 damit nicht ein Erbteil der Kinder Israel von Stamm zu Stamm übergehe; denn die Kinder Israel sollen ein jeder dem Erbteil des Stammes seiner Väter anhangen.

8 Und jede Tochter, die ein Erbteil aus den Stämmen der Kinder Israel besitzt, soll einem aus dem Geschlecht des Stammes ihres Vaters zum Weibe werden, damit die Kinder Israel ein jeder das Erbteil seiner Väter besitzen,

9 und nicht ein Erbteil von einem Stamme auf einen anderen Stamm übergehe. Denn die Stämme der Kinder Israel sollen ein jeder seinem Erbteil anhangen.

10 So wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte, also taten die Töchter Zelophchads.

11 Und Machla, Tirza und Chogla und Milka und Noa, die Töchter Zelophchads, wurden den Söhnen ihrer Oheime zu Weibern.

12 Männern aus den Geschlechtern der Kinder Manasse, des Sohnes Josephs, wurden sie zu Weibern. Und so verblieb ihr Erbteil bei dem Stamme des Geschlechts ihres Vaters.

13 Das sind die Gebote und die Rechte, welche Jehova in den Ebenen Moabs, am Jordan von Jericho, den Kindern Israel durch Mose geboten hat.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4433

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4433. 'And he took her, and lay with her, and ravished her' means that there was no other way in which it could be joined to the affection for truth meant by the sons of Jacob, her brothers. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking her, lying with her, and ravishing her' as being joined together, though not in the rightful way, which is through betrothal. But the meaning these words carry, that there was no other way in which they could be joined together, cannot be seen by anyone unless he knows the fuller implications of them. Interior truth received from the Ancients, which is meant by 'Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite', is the truth which among the Ancients had served the internal dimension of the Church, and so had been the internal dimension of their statutes, judgements, and laws, in short of their religious observances and the like. Those truths were their matters of doctrine on which they based their lives, which were in fact matters of doctrine concerning charity; for in ancient times those who belonged to the genuine Church had no other kind of doctrine. These same truths may be called, in relation to doctrine, the interior truths of faith, but in relation to life, goods. If a Church was to be established among the nation descended from Jacob it was necessary for them to be introduced into those truths and goods. For unless internal things are present within external ones, that is, unless people have internal things in mind when involved with external ones - and unless at the same time they feel an affection for internal things or at least unless they feel an affection for external things on account of internal ones, nothing of the Church is there. Internal things constitute the Church, for the Lord is present within these; that is to say, spiritual and celestial things originating in Him are present within them.

[2] But the nation descended from Jacob, that is, the Israelitish and Jewish nation, was unable to be introduced in the rightful way which is through betrothal, for the reason that their external worship did not correspond [to anything internal]. For they received from their fore-fathers - from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - the worship established by Eber, which was different externally from the worship of the Ancient Church, see 1238, 1241, 1343, 2180. And because that worship was different, interior truths which existed among the Ancients were not able to be joined to it in the rightful way through betrothal, only in the way described in this chapter. This enables one to understand what is involved in the assertion that there was no other way in which it could be joined to the affection for truth meant by 'the sons of Jacob, Dinah's brothers'.

[3] But although a joining together could have been effected in this way, in accordance with the law, also known to the Ancients, which is set out in Exodus 22:16; Deuteronomy 22:28-29, the character of that nation was nevertheless such that it would by no means allow any joining of interior truth received from the Ancients to the external forms of worship that existed among the descendants of Jacob, 4281, 4290, 4293, 4307, 4314, 4316, 4317. Among that nation therefore no Church could be established, but instead merely that which was a representative of the Church, see 4281, 4288, 4307. The character of that nation, which was such that it was not only unable to receive interior truths but also completely annihilated them among themselves, is represented in this chapter by the sons of Jacob answering Shechem and Hamor deceitfully, verse 13; and after that by Simeon and Levi's smiting the city with the edge of the sword and killing Shechem and Hamor, verses 25-26; and by the rest of the sons coming upon the slain and plundering the city, and taking away the flocks, the herds, and whatever there was in the city, in the field, and in the houses, verses 27-29. This shows what is meant by the prophetical utterances of Jacob, who by then was Israel,

Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of violence are their swords. Into their secret place let my soul not come; in their congregation let not my glory be united; for in their anger they killed a man, and in their pleasure they hamstrung an ox. Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their fury, for it is severe. I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel. Genesis 49:5-7.

  
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