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1 Και ελαλησεν η Μαριαμ και ο Ααρων εναντιον του Μωυσεως ενεκα της Αιθιοπισσης την οποιαν ελαβε· διοτι γυναικα Αιθιοπισσαν ελαβε·

2 και ειπαν, Μηπως προς τον Μωυσην μονον ελαλησεν ο Κυριος; δεν ελαλησε και προς εμας; Και ηκουσε τουτο ο Κυριος.

3 Και ο ανθρωπος ο Μωυσης ητο πραυς σφοδρα υπερ παντας τους ανθρωπους τους επι της γης.

4 Και ειπε Κυριος παρευθυς προς τον Μωυσην και προς τον Ααρων και προς την Μαριαμ, Εξελθετε σεις οι τρεις προς την σκηνην του μαρτυριου. Και εξηλθον οι τρεις.

5 Και κατεβη ο Κυριος εν στυλω νεφελης και εσταθη εις την θυραν της σκηνης του μαρτυριου, και εκαλεσε τον Ααρων και την Μαριαμ· και εξηλθον αμφοτεροι.

6 Και ειπεν, Ακουσατε τωρα τους λογους μου· Εαν ηναι μεταξυ σας προφητης, εγω ο Κυριος δι' οπτασιας θελω γνωρισθη εις αυτον· καθ' υπνον θελω λαλησει προς αυτον·

7 δεν ειναι ουτως περι του θεραποντος μου Μωυσεως· εν ολω τω οικω μου ουτος ειναι πιστος·

8 στομα προς στομα θελω λαλει προς αυτον και φανερως και ουχι δι' αινιγματων, και το προσωπον του Κυριου θελει βλεπει· δια τι λοιπον δεν εφοβηθητε να λαλησητε εναντιον του θεραποντος μου Μωυσεως;

9 Και εξηφθη η οργη του Κυριου κατ' αυτων και ανεχωρησε.

10 Και η νεφελη απεμακρυνθη απο της σκηνης, και ιδου, η Μαριαμ εγεινε λεπρα ως χιων· και ειδεν ο Ααρων την Μαριαμ και ιδου, ητο λεπρα.

11 Και ειπεν ο Ααρων προς τον Μωυσην, Δεομαι, κυριε μου, μη επιθεσης την αμαρτιαν εφ' ημας, επειδη επραξαμεν ανοητως και επειδη ημαρτησαμεν·

12 ας μη ηναι αυτη ως εκτρωμα, του οποιου ειναι φαγωμενον το ημισυ της σαρκος, οτε εξερχεται εκ της μητρας της μητρος αυτου.

13 Και εβοησεν ο Μωυσης προς τον Κυριον, λεγων, Δεομαι, Θεε, ιατρευσον αυτην.

14 Και ειπε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Εαν ο πατηρ αυτης μονον επτυεν εις το προσωπον αυτης, δεν ηθελεν εισθαι κατησχυμμενη επτα ημερας; ας αποχωρισθη επτα ημερας απο του στρατοπεδου, και μετα ταυτα ας επιστρεψη.

15 Και απεχωρισθη η Μαριαμ απο του στρατοπεδου επτα ημερας· και ο λαος δεν εσηκωθη εωσου επεστρεψεν η Μαριαμ.

16 Και μετα ταυτα εσηκωθη ο λαος απο Ασηρωθ και εστρατοπεδευσαν εν τη ερημω Φαραν.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4236

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4236. 'And Jacob said [when he saw them], This is God's camp' means heaven. 'God's camp' means heaven, for the reason that 'an army' means truths and goods, 3448, and goods and truths are arranged by the Lord in conformity with heavenly order. Hence the arrangement of them like armies when arrayed is meant by 'an encampment', and the heavenly order itself, which is heaven, by 'a camp'. This camp or order is such that it cannot in any way be broken apart by hell, despite the constant effort from hell to break it apart. This also is why this order, which is heaven, is referred to as 'a camp', and why truths and goods, that is, angels, who are arranged in conformity with that order are called 'armies'. From all this it is now evident how 'God's camp' comes to mean heaven. It is that actual order, and so heaven itself, which was represented by the encampments of the children of Israel in the wilderness; and their actual dwelling together there according to their tribes was referred to as 'the camp'. The Tabernacle pitched in the middle and around which they encamped represented the Lord Himself. Regarding the children of Israel's encampment in this manner, see Numbers 1:1-end, and 33:2-56; and regarding their encampment around the Tabernacle according to their tribes - Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun to the east; Reuben, Simeon, and Gad to the south; Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin to the west; Dan, Asher, and Naphtali to the north; and the Levites in the middle next to the Tabernacle - Numbers 2:2 and following verses.

[2] The tribes' means all goods and truths in their entirety, see 3858, 3862, 3926, 3939, 4060. Consequently when Balaam saw Israel dwelling according to tribes and the Spirit of God came upon him, he delivered the utterance,

How good your tabernacles are, O Jacob; your dwelling-places, O Israel! They are like valleys that are planted, like gardens beside a river. Numbers 24:2-3, 5-6.

It is quite plain that this prophecy did not mean the people named Jacob and Israel but that it was the Lord's heaven which was represented. This also is why in other places in the Word their ordered settlements in the wilderness, or encampments according to tribes, are called camps, and in those places 'a camp' in the internal sense means heavenly order and 'encampment' an arrangement in conformity with that order, that is to say, with the order in which goods and truths exist in heaven - as in Leviticus 4:12; 8:17; 13:46; 14:8; 16:26, 28; 24:14, 23; Numbers 3; 4:4 and following verses; 5:2-4; Numbers 9:17-end; 10:1-10, 28; 11:31-32; 12:14-15; 31:19-24; Deuteronomy 23:9-14.

[3] The meaning of 'God's camp' as heaven may also be seen in Joel,

The earth quaked before Him, the heavens trembled. The sun and the moon were darkened, and the stars gathered back their shining; and Jehovah gave voice before His army, for His camp is exceedingly many; for that which executes His word is uncountable. Joel 2:10-11.

In Zechariah,

I will encamp by My house with an army set against anyone passing through and against anyone leaving, so that the oppressor passes over them no more. Zechariah 9:8.

In John,

Gog and Magog went up over the breadth 1 of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city; but fire came down 2 from God and consumed them. Revelation 20:9.

'Gog and Magog' stands for people whose worship is external separated from internal - worship that has become idolatrous, 1151. 'The breadth of the earth' stands for truth possessed by the Church - 'breadth', or a plain, meaning truth that constitutes doctrinal teaching, 2450, and 'earth' the Church, 556, 662, 1066, 1067, 1850, 2117, 2118, 3355. 'The camp of the saints' stands for heaven or the Lord's kingdom on earth, which is the Church.

[4] Since most things in the Word also have a contrary sense, so too does the word 'camp'. In this case it means evils and falsities, and consequently hell, as in David,

Though the evil pitch camp against me, my heart will not fear. Psalms 27:3.

In the same author,

God has scattered the bones of those encamping against you; 3 you have put them to shame, for God has rejected them. Psalms 53:5.

The camp of Asshur in which the angel of Jehovah smote a hundred and eighty-five thousand, Isaiah 37:36, does not have any other meaning, nor likewise does the camp of the Egyptians, Exodus 14:19-20.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, the plain

2. The Latin means went up, but the Greek means came down, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

3. The Latin means me, but the Hebrew means you.

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