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4 Mose 21

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1 Und da der Kanaaniter, der König Arad, der gegen Mittag wohnete, hörete, daß Israel hereinkommt durch den Weg der Kundschafter, stritt er wider Israel und führete etliche gefangen.

2 Da gelobte Israel dem HERRN ein Gelübde und sprach: Wenn du dies Volk unter meine Hand gibst, so will ich ihre Städte verbannen.

3 Und der HERR erhörete die Stimme Israels und gab die Kanaaniter und verbannete sie samt ihren Städten; und hieß die Stätte Horma.

4 Da zogen sie von Hor am Gebirge auf dem Wege vom Schilfmeer, daß sie um der Edomiter Land hinzögen. Und das Volk ward verdrossen auf dem Wege

5 und redete wider Gott und wider Mose: Warum hast du uns aus Ägypten geführet, daß wir sterben in der Wüste? Denn es ist kein Brot noch Wasser hie, und unsere Seele ekelt über dieser losen Speise.

6 Da sandte der HERR feurige Schlangen unter das Volk; die bissen das Volk, daß ein groß Volk in Israel starb.

7 Da kamen sie zu Mose und sprachen: Wir haben gesündiget, daß wir wider den HERRN und wider dich geredet haben. Bitte den HERRN, daß er die Schlangen von uns nehme! Mose bat für das Volk.

8 Da sprach der HERR zu Mose: Mache dir eine eherne Schlange und richte sie zum Zeichen auf; wer gebissen ist und siehet sie an, der soll leben.

9 Da machte Mose eine eherne Schlange und richtete sie auf zum Zeichen; und wenn jemanden eine Schlange biß, so sah er die eherne Schlange an und blieb leben.

10 Und die Kinder Israel zogen aus und lagerten sich in Oboth.

11 Und von Oboth zogen sie aus und lagerten sich in Ijim, am Gebirge Abarim, in der Wüste gegen Moab über, gegen der Sonnen Aufgang.

12 Von dannen zogen sie und lagerten sich am Bach Sared.

13 Von dannen zogen sie und lagerten sich diesseit am Arnon, welcher ist in der Wüste und herausreicht von der Grenze der Amoriter. Denn Arnon ist die Grenze Moabs zwischen Moab und den Amoritern.

14 Daher spricht man in dem Buch von den Streiten des HERRN: Das Vaheb in Supha und die Bäche am Arnon

15 und die Quelle der Bäche, welche reichet hinan zu der Stadt Ar und lenket sich und ist die Grenze Moabs.

16 Und von dannen zogen sie zum Brunnen. Das ist der Brunnen, davon der HERR zu Mose sagte: Sammle das Volk, ich will ihnen Wasser geben.

17 Da sang Israel dieses Lied, und sangen umeinander über dem Brunnen:

18 Das ist der Brunnen, den die Fürsten gegraben haben; die Edlen im Volk haben ihn gegraben durch den Lehrer und ihre Stäbe. Und von dieser Wüste zogen sie gen Mathana;

19 und von Mathana gen Nahaliel; und von Nahaliel gen Bamoth;

20 und von Bamoth in das Tal, das im Felde Moab liegt, zu dem hohen Berge Pisga, der gegen die Wüste siehet.

21 Und Israel sandte Boten zu Sihon, dem Könige der Amoriter, und ließ ihm sagen:

22 Laß mich durch dein Land ziehen; wir wollen nicht weichen in die Acker noch in die Weingärten, wollen auch des Brunnenwassers nicht trinken; die Landstraße wollen wir ziehen, bis wir durch deine Grenze kommen.

23 Aber Sihon gestattete den Kindern Israel den Zug nicht durch seine Grenze, sondern sammelte all sein Volk und zog aus Israel entgegen in die Wüste; und als er gen Jahza kam, stritt er wider Israel.

24 Israel aber schlug ihn mit der Schärfe des Schwerts und nahm sein Land ein von Arnon an bis an den Jabbok und bis an die Kinder Ammon; denn die Grenzen der Kinder Ammon waren fest.

25 Also nahm Israel alle diese Städte und wohnete in allen Städten der Amoriter, zu Hesbon und allen ihren Töchtern.

26 Denn Hesbon, die Stadt, war Sihons, des Königs der Amoriter, und er hatte zuvor mit dem Könige der Moabiter gestritten und ihm all sein Land angewonnen bis gen Arnon.

27 Daher sagt man im Sprichwort: Kommt gen Hesbon, daß man die Stadt Sihon baue und aufrichte;

28 denn Feuer ist aus Hesbon gefahren, eine Flamme von der Stadt Sihon, die hat gefressen Ar der Moabiter und die Bürger der Höhe Arnon.

29 Wehe dir, Moab, du Volk Kamos bist verloren; man hat seine Söhne in die Flucht geschlagen und seine Töchter gefangen geführt Sihon, dem Könige der Amoriter.

30 Ihre HERRLIchkeit ist zunichte worden, von Hesbon bis gen Dibon; sie ist verstöret bis gen Nophah, die da langet bis gen Medba.

31 Also wohnete Israel im Lande der Amoriter.

32 Und Mose sandte aus Kundschafter gen Jaeser; und gewannen ihre Töchter und nahmen die Amoriter ein, die drinnen waren;

33 und wandten sich und zogen hinauf des Weges zu Basan. Da zog aus ihnen entgegen Og, der König zu Basan, mit all seinem Volk, zu streiten in Edrei.

34 Und der HERR sprach zu Mose: Fürchte dich nicht vor ihm; denn ich habe ihn in deine Hand gegeben mit Land und Leuten, und sollst mit ihm tun, wie du mit Sihon, dem Könige der Amoriter, getan hast, der zu Hesbon wohnete.

35 Und sie schlugen ihn und seine Söhne und all sein Volk, bis daß keiner überblieb; und nahmen das Land ein.

   

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2686. That 'a bow' is the doctrine of faith is clear from its meaning. In the Word, wherever wars are the subject and wherever wars are mentioned, none but spiritual wars are meant in the internal sense, 1664. There were also in the Ancient Word 1 books that were entitled The Wars of Jehovah, as is clear in Moses, in Numbers 21:14-16. These, which were written in the prophetical style, possessed an internal sense and had as their subject the Lord's conflicts and temptations, and also the Church's conflicts and temptations, and those of members of the Church. This is evident from the fact that some things were selected by Moses from those books, as well as from other books of that Church which were called The Books of the Utterers of Prophecies, 2 referred to in Numbers 21:27-30, where almost the same words occur as in Jeremiah; compare Numbers 21:28 with Jeremiah 48:45. From this it may also be concluded that the Ancient Church had writings, historical and also prophetical, which were Divine and inspired and which in the internal sense had the Lord and His kingdom as their subject, and that for those people these writings were the Word as the historical and the prophetical books are for us, which in the sense of the letter have to do with the Jews and Israelites but in the internal sense with the Lord and with the things which are His.

[2] As in the Word, and also in the books of the Ancient Church, 'war' meant spiritual warfare, so all weapons such as the sword, spear, buckler, shield, arrows, shafts, and bows meant such things specifically as belong to the warfare that is meant in the spiritual sense. What is meant specifically by particular kinds of weapons will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated elsewhere. Here the meaning of 'the bow', namely the doctrine of truth, will be shown, and how this meaning is derived from arrows, shafts, or darts, which mean the things of doctrine from which and with which those in particular who are spiritual fight, who in former times were therefore called 'archers'.

[3] That 'the bow' means the doctrine of truth becomes clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

The arrows of Jehovah are sharp, and all His bows are bent. His horses' hoofs are considered as flint, and His wheels as the whirlwind. Isaiah 5:28.

This refers to the truths of doctrine. 'arrows' are spiritual truths, 'bows' doctrine, 'horses' hoofs' natural truths, 'wheels' their doctrine. It is because such things are meant by them that those objects are attributed to Jehovah, to whom they cannot be attributed except in the spiritual sense, otherwise they would be words that are empty and not appropriate. In Jeremiah,

The Lord has bent His bow like an enemy, He has stood with His right hand like a foe, and has slain all things pleasant to the eye in the tent of the daughter of Zion, He has poured out His anger like fire. Lamentations 2:4.

'Bow' stands for the doctrine of truth, which is seen by those immersed in falsities as a foe and hostile. No other kind of bow can be spoken of in reference to the Lord. In Habakkuk,

O Jehovah, You ride on Your horses, Your chariots are salvation, Your bow will be made quite bare. Habakkuk 3:8-9.

Here also 'bow' means the doctrine of good and truth. In Moses,

The archers will exasperate him and shoot at him and hate him. He will sit in the strength of his bow, and the arms of his hands will be made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob; from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel. Genesis 49:23-24.

This refers to Joseph, 'bow' standing for the doctrine of good and truth.

[4] In John,

I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; to him a crown was given. Revelation 6:2.

'A white horse' stands for wisdom, 'he who sat on it' for the Word, as is made explicit in Revelation 19:13, where the white horse is referred to again. And because 'he who sat on it' is the Word it is clear that 'a bow' means the doctrine of truth. In Isaiah,

Who stirred up righteousness from the east, called him to be His follower, gave nations before Him, and caused Him to have dominion over kings? He made them as dust to His sword, as driven stubble to His bow. Isaiah 41:2.

This refers to the Lord, 'sword' standing for truth, 'bow' for doctrine derived from Him. In the same prophet,

I will set a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan. Isaiah 66:19.

'Those who draw the bow' stands for teachers of doctrine. For what Tarshish means, see 1156; Lud, 1195, 1231; Tubal, 1151; Javan, 1152, 1153, 1155.

[5] In Jeremiah, At the noise of the horseman and of him who wields the bow the whole city takes to flight. They have entered clouds and climbed up on rocks. The whole city has been forsaken. Jeremiah 4:29.

'The horseman' stands for those who declare the truth, 'the bow' for the doctrine of truth, which they flee from or fear who are immersed in falsities. In the same prophet,

Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about; O all you who bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrow, for she has sinned against Jehovah. Jeremiah 50:14, 29; 51:2-3.

Here 'those who shoot and bend the bow' stands for declarers and teachers of the doctrine of truth.

[6] In Zechariah,

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be cut off, and He will speak peace to the nations. Zechariah 9:10.

'Ephraim' stands for the Church's understanding of truth, 'bow' for doctrine. In Samuel,

David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan, his son, and told [them] to teach the children of Judah the bow. 2 Samuel 1:17-18.

Here 'the bow' is not the subject but doctrinal matters regarding faith. In Ezekiel,

The Lord Jehovih has said, This is the day of which I have spoken, and those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, and they will make fires of and burn the weapons, both shield and buckler, bow and arrows, both hand-staff and spear; and they will make a fire of them for seven years. Ezekiel 39:8-9.

The weapons mentioned here are all weapons for spiritual war. 'Bow and arrows' stands for doctrine and its truths. Furthermore when truths themselves separated from goods are represented visually in the next life they are seen as arrows.

[7] Just as 'the bow' means the doctrine of truth, so in the contrary sense it means the doctrine of falsity. In the Word things like these nearly always have a contrary sense, as stated and shown in various places; as in Jeremiah,

Behold, a people coming from the land in the north, and a mighty nation will be stirred up from the furthest parts of the earth. They lay hold on bow and spear; it is cruel and they will have no pity. Their voice will roar like the sea, they will ride upon horses, every one set in array as a man for battle, against you, O daughter of Zion! Jeremiah 6:22-23.

Here 'bow' stands for the doctrine of falsity. In the same prophet,

Behold, a people coming from the north, a mighty nation, and many kings will be stirred up from the furthest parts of the earth. They have hold of bow and spear; they are cruel and have no pity. Jeremiah 50:41-42.

Here the meaning is similar. In the same prophet,

They bend their tongue; their bow is a bow of lies and not used for truth. They grow strong in the land, for they have gone on from evil to evil and do not know Me. Jeremiah 9:2-3.

'A bow', it is quite evident, means the doctrine of falsity, for it is said that 'they bend their tongue, their bow is a bow of lies and not for truth'.

[8] In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth has said, Behold, I am breaking the bow of Elam, the chief of its might. Jeremiah 49:35.

In David,

Come, behold the works of Jehovah who makes desolations in the earth, making wars cease even to the end of the earth, He breaks the bow, shatters the spear, and burns the chariots 3 with fire. Psalms 46:8-9.

In the same author,

In Judah God is known, in Israel His name is great, and in Salem will His tabernacle be, and His dwelling-place in Zion. There He broke the bow's fiery darts, the shield and the sword, and war. Psalms 76:1-3.

In the same author;

Behold, the wicked bend the bow, they prepare their shafts upon the string to shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart. Psalms 11:2.

Here 'bow and shafts' plainly stands for matters of doctrine concerning falsity.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The text has Church, but the Latin is clearly Word.

2. or The Books of Prophetic Utterances. But see 2897.

3. literally, carts or wagons

  
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