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Josua 12

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1 Dies sind die Könige des Landes, die die Kinder Israel schlugen, und nahmen ihr Land ein jenseit des Jordans gegen der Sonnen Aufgang, von dem Wasser bei Arnon an bis an den Berg Hermon und das ganze Gefilde gegen dem Morgen:

2 Sihon, der König der Amoriter, der zu Hesbon wohnete und herrschete von Aroer an, die am Ufer liegt des Wassers bei Arnon, und mitten im Wasser, und über das halbe Gilead bis an das Wasser Jabbok, der die Grenze ist der Kinder Ammon,

3 und über das Gefilde bis an das Meer Cinneroth gegen Morgen und bis an das Meer im Gefilde, nämlich das Salzmeer gegen Morgen, des Weges gen Beth-Jesimoth, und von Mittag unten an den Bächen des Gebirges Pisga.

4 Dazu die Grenze des Königs Og zu Basan, der noch von den Riesen übrig war und wohnete zu Astharoth und Edrei

5 und herrschete über den Berg Hermon, über Salcha und über ganz Basan bis an die Grenze Gesuri und Maachathi, und des halben Gilead, welches die Grenze war Sihons, des Königs zu Hesbon.

6 Mose, der Knecht des HERRN, und die Kinder Israel schlugen sie. Und Mose, der Knecht des HERRN, gab sie einzunehmen den Rubenitern, Gaditern und dem halben Stamm Manasse.

7 Dies sind die Könige des Landes, die Josua schlug und die Kinder Israel diesseit des Jordans gegen dem Abend, von Baal-Gad an auf der Breite des Berges Libanon bis an den Berg, der das Land hinauf gen Seir scheidet, und das Josua den Stämmen Israels einzunehmen gab, einem jeglichen sein Teil,

8 was auf den Gebirgen, Gründen, Gefilden, an Bächen, in der Wüste und gegen Mittag war: die Hethiter, Amoriter, Kanaaniter, Pheresiter, Heviter und Jebusiter.

9 Der König zu Jericho, der König zu Ai, die zur Seite an Bethel liegt,

10 der König zu Jerusalem, der König zu Hebron,

11 der König zu Jarmuth, der König zu Lachis,

12 der König zu Eglon, der König zu Geser,

13 der König zu Debir, der König zu Geder,

14 der König zu Horma, der König zu Arad,

15 der König zu Libna, der König zu Adullam,

16 der König zu Makeda, der König zu Bethel,

17 der König zu Tapuah, der König zu Hepher,

18 der König zu Aphek, der König zu Lasaron,

19 der König zu Madon, der König zu Hazor,

20 der König zu Simron-Meron, der König zu Achsaph,

21 der König zu Thaenach, der König zu Megiddo,

22 der König zu Kedes, der König zu Jakneam am Karmel,

23 der König zu Naphoth-Dor, der König der Heiden zu Gilgal,

24 der König zu Thirza. Das sind einunddreißig Könige.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2913

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2913. 'And spoke to the sons of Heth, saying' means those with whom a new spiritual Church was to exist. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'Heth' and of Hittite. Many were the nations inhabiting the land of Canaan who are mentioned one by one in various places in the Word, among them the Hittites, see Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 23:23; Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Joshua 3:10; 11:1, 3; 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kings 9:20; and elsewhere. Most of them belonged to the Ancient Church which was spread through many lands, including the land of Canaan, see 1238, 2385. All who belonged to that Church acknowledged charity as the chief thing, and everything they taught was about charity or life. People who cultivated teachings about faith were called Canaanites and were separate from the rest of the inhabitants in the land of Canaan, Numbers 13:29 - see 1062, 1063, 1076.

[2] The Hittites belonged among those in the land of Canaan who were more acceptable. This is also made clear by the fact that Abraham, and subsequently Isaac and Jacob, dwelt among them and had a burial-place there, and also by the fact that they treated Abraham with greatest respect, as is quite clear from what is recorded about them in this chapter, especially verses 5-6, 10-11, 14-15. Since they were an upright nation they therefore represent and mean the spiritual Church, or the truth of the Church. But it happened that like all the others who belonged to the Ancient Church the Hittites fell away in the course of time from charity or good that goes with faith; and this explains why later on they mean the falsity of the Church, as in Ezekiel 16:3, 45, and elsewhere. Yet the Hittites did belong among those who were more honourable, as may be seen from the fact that David had Hittites with him, such as Ahimelech, 1 Samuel 26:6, and Uriah, who was a Hittite, 2 Samuel 11:3, 6, 17, 21 - by whose wife Bathsheba David begot Solomon, 2 Samuel 12:24. 'Heth' means exterior cognitions that have regard to life and which constitute the external truths of the spiritual Church, 1 see 1203.

[3] The subject in the present verse is a new Church which the Lord establishes when the previous one breathes its last, and in the verses which follow the subject is the reception of faith among those people. The subject is not some particular Church among the sons of Heth but in general the re-establishment by the Lord of a spiritual Church after its predecessor fades away and approaches its end. The sons of Heth are simply those who represent and carry a spiritual meaning. Please see what has been stated already about Churches in the following places:

In course of time a Church goes into decline and decay, 494, 501, 1327, 2422.

It departs from charity, and brings forth evils and falsities, 1834, 1835.

At that point the Church is said to be vastated and made desolate, 407-411, 2243.

The Church is established among gentiles; the reason why, 1366.

Within a Church undergoing vastation something of the Church is always preserved as a nucleus, 468, 637, 931, 2422.

If the Church did not exist in the world the human race would perish, ibid.

The Church is like the heart and lungs in that vast body, of which every member of the human race is a part, 637, 931, 2054, 2853.

The nature of the spiritual Church, 765, 2669.

Charity constitutes the Church, not faith separated from charity, 809, 916.

If all possessed charity the Church would be one even though they differ in matters of doctrine and in forms of worship, 1285, 1316, 1798, 1799, 1834, 1844, 2385.

All people on earth who belong to the Lord's Church, though they are scattered throughout the entire world, still so to speak make a single whole, as is the case in heaven, 2853.

Every Church is internal and external, and both together constitute a single Church, 409, 1083, 1098, 1100, 1242.

The external Church is valueless if there is no internal Church, 1795.

The Church is compared to the rise and the setting of the sun, to the seasons of the year, and also to the periods of the day, 1837.

The Last Judgement is the final period of the Church, 900, 931, 1850, 2117, 2118.

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1. Or, reading what Swedenborg has in his rough draft the truths of the external spiritual Church

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.