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4 Mose 21

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1 Und da die Kanaaniter, der König von Arad, der gegen Mittag wohnte, hörte, daß Israel hereinkommt durch den Weg der Kundschafter, stritt er wider Israel und führte 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 erhörte die Stimme Israels und gab die Kanaaniter, und sie verbannten sie samt ihren Städten und hießen die Stätte Horma.

4 Da zogen sie von dem Berge Hor auf dem Wege gegen das 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 geführt, daß wir sterben in der Wüste? Denn es ist kein Brot noch Wasser hier, und unsre Seele ekelt vor dieser mageren Speise.

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

7 Da kamen sie zu Mose und sprachen: Wir haben gesündigt, daß wir 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 sieht 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 Ije-Abarim, in der Wüste Moab, gegenüber gegen der Sonne Aufgang.

12 Und von da zogen sie und lagerten sich am Bach Sered.

13 Von da zogen sie und lagerten sich diesseits am Arnon, der in der Wüste ist und herauskommt von der Grenze der Amoriter; denn der Arnon ist die Grenze Moabs zwischen Moab und den Amoritern.

14 Daher heißt es in dem Buch von den Kriegen des HERRN: "Das Vaheb in Supha und die Bäche Arnon

15 und die Quelle der Bäche, welche reicht hinan bis zur Stadt Ar und lenkt sich und ist die Grenze Moabs."

16 Und von da 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 das Lied: "Brunnen, steige auf! Singet von ihm!

18 Das ist der Brunnen, den die Fürsten gegraben haben; die Edlen im Volk haben ihn gegraben mit dem Zepter, mit ihren Stäben." Und von dieser Wüste zogen sie gen Matthana;

19 und von Matthana gen Nahaliel; und von Nahaliel gen Bamoth;

20 und von Bamoth in das Tal, das im Felde Moabs liegt, zu dem hohen Berge Pisgas, der gegen die Wüste sieht.

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

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

23 Aber Sihon gestattete den Kindern Israel nicht den Zug durch sein Gebiet, 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 vom 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 wohnte in allen Städten der Amoriter, zu Hesbon und in allen seinen Ortschaften.

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

27 Daher sagt man im Lied: "Kommt gen Hesbon, daß man die Stadt Sihons baue und aufrichte;

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

29 Weh dir, Moab! Du Volk des Kamos bist verloren; man hat seine Söhne in die Flucht geschlagen und seine Töchter gefangen geführt Sihon, dem König der Amoriter.

30 Ihre Herrlichkeit ist zunichte worden von Hesbon bis gen Dibon; sie ist verstört bis gen Nophah, die da langt bis gen Medeba."

31 Also wohnte Israel im Lande der Amoriter.

32 Und Mose sandte aus Kundschafter gen Jaser, und sie gewannen seine Ortschaften und nahmen die Amoriter ein, die darin waren,

33 und wandten sich und zogen hinauf den Weg nach Basan. Da zog aus, ihnen entgegen, Og, der König von Basan, mit allem 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 du sollst mit ihm tun, wie du mit Sihon, dem König der Amoriter, getan hast, der zu Hesbon wohnte.

35 Und sie schlugen ihn und seine Söhne und all sein Volk, bis daß keiner übrigblieb, 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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