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1 Και ιδων ο Βαλααμ οτι ητο αρεστον ενωπιον του Κυριου να ευλογηση τον Ισραηλ, δεν υπηγε, καθως αλλοτε, να ζητηση μαντειας, αλλ' εστησε το προσωπον αυτου προς την ερημον.

2 Και ανυψωσεν ο Βαλααμ τους οφθαλμους αυτου και ειδε τον Ισραηλ κατεσκηνωμενον κατα τας φυλας αυτων· και ηλθεν επ' αυτον το πνευμα του Θεου.

3 Και αρχισας την παραβολην αυτου ειπε, Βαλααμ ο υιος του Βεωρ ειπε, και ο ανθρωπος, ο εχων ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου, ειπεν·

4 ειπεν εκεινος, οστις ηκουσε τα λογια του Θεου, Οστις ειδεν ορασιν του Παντοδυναμου, πεσων εις εκστασιν, εχων ομως ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου.

5 Ποσον ωραιαι ειναι αι κατοικιαι σου, Ιακωβ, αι σκηναι σου, Ισραηλ.

6 Ως κοιλαδες ειναι εξηπλωμεναι, ως παραδεισοι εις οχθας ποταμου, ως δενδρα αλοης τα οποια εφυτευσεν ο Κυριος, ως κεδροι πλησιον των υδατων.

7 Θελει εκχεει υδωρ εκ της αντλιας αυτου, και το σπερμα αυτου θελει εισθαι εις υδατα πολλα, και ο βασιλευς αυτου θελει εισθαι υψηλοτερος του Αγαγ, και η βασιλεια αυτου θελει μεγαλυνθη.

8 Ο Θεος εξηγαγεν αυτον εξ Αιγυπτου· εχει ως δυναμιν μονοκερωτος· θελει καταφαγει τα εθνη τους πολεμιους αυτου, και θελει συντριψει τα οστα αυτων, και θελει κατατοξευσει αυτους με τα βελη αυτου.

9 Αναπεσων, εκοιμηθη ως λεων, και ως σκυμνος λεοντος· τις θελει εξεγειρει αυτον; Ευλογημενος ο ευλογων σε και κατηραμενος ο καταρωμενος σε.

10 Και εξηφθη ο θυμος του Βαλακ εναντιον του Βαλααμ και συνεκροτησε τας χειρας αυτου· και ειπεν ο Βαλακ προς τον Βαλααμ, δια να καταρασθης τους εχθρους μου σε εκαλεσα· και ιδου, συ ευλογων ευλογησας αυτους τριτην ταυτην φοραν·

11 τωρα λοιπον φυγε εις τον τοπον σου· ελεγον να σε τιμησω με τιμας· αλλ' ιδου, ο Κυριος σε εστερησε της τιμης.

12 Και ειπεν ο Βαλααμ προς τον Βαλακ, Δεν ειπον και προς τους απεσταλμενους σου, τους οποιους απεστειλας προς εμε, λεγων,

13 Και αν μοι δωση ο Βαλακ την οικιαν αυτου πληρη αργυριου και χρυσιου, δεν δυναμαι να παραβω την προσταγην του Κυριου, ωστε να καμω καλον η κακον απ' εμαυτου, αλλ' ο, τι ο Κυριος λαληση, τουτο θελω ειπει;

14 και τωρα, ιδου, εγω υπαγω προς τον λαον μου· ελθε λοιπον να σοι φανερωσω τι θελει καμει ο λαος ουτος εις τον λαον σου εις τας εσχατας ημερας.

15 Και αρχισας την παραβολην αυτου ειπε, Βαλααμ ο υιος του Βεωρ ειπε, και ο ανθρωπος, ο εχων ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου, ειπεν·

16 ειπεν εκεινος, οστις ηκουσε τα λογια του Θεου, και ελαβε την γνωσιν του Υψιστου, οστις ειδεν ορασιν του Παντοδυναμου, πεσων εις εκστασιν, εχων ομως ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου·

17 Θελω ιδει αυτον, αλλ' ουχι τωρα· θελω θεωρησει αυτον, αλλ' ουχι εκ του πλησιον· θελει ανατειλει αστρον εξ Ιακωβ, και θελει αναστηθη σκηπτρον εκ του Ισραηλ, και θελει παταξει τους αρχηγους Μωαβ, και εξολοθρευσει παντας τους υιους του Σηθ·

18 και ο Εδωμ θελει εισθαι κληρονομια, και ο Σηειρ θελει εισθαι κληρονομια εις τους εχθρους αυτου· και ο Ισραηλ θελει πραξει εν ισχυι·

19 και θελει εξελθει εξ Ιακωβ ο εξουσιαζων, και θελει εξολοθρευσει τον διασωθεντα εκ της πολεως.

20 Και ιδων τον Αμαληκ, ηρχισε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ο Αμαληκ ειναι αρχη των εθνων· αλλ' εν τω τελει αυτου θελει αφανισθη.

21 Και ιδων τον Κεναιον, ηρχισε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ισχυρα ειναι η κατοικια σου, και θετεις την φωλεαν σου επι την πετραν·

22 πλην ο Κεναιος θελει καταπορθηθη, εωσου σε φερη αιχμαλωτον ο Ασσουρ.

23 Και επανελαβε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ω τις θελει ζησει, οταν ο Θεος καμη τουτο;

24 Και πλοια θελουσιν ελθει απο των παραλιων των Κητιαιων, και θελουσι καταθλιψει τον Ασσουρ, και θελουσι καταθλιψει τον Εβερ· αλλα και εκεινοι θελουσιν εξαφανισθη.

25 Και σηκωθεις ο Βαλααμ ανεχωρησε και επεστρεψεν εις τον τοπον αυτου· ο δε Βαλακ απηλθε και αυτος εις την οδον αυτου.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4281

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4281. 'The hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with him' means that in the descendants of Jacob that conjunction had been thoroughly damaged and the two loves pulled apart. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'wrestling' in this sense as being pulled apart and so suffering damage. It is evident from what has been stated above in 4280 that 'the hollow of the thigh' means a joining together; and that 'Jacob' in the Word means not only Jacob but also all his descendants is clear from very many places, such as Numbers 23:7, 10, 21, 23; 24:5, 17, 19; Deuteronomy 33:10; Isaiah 40:27; 43:1, 22; 44:1-2, 21; 48:12; 59:20; Jeremiah 10:16, 25; 30:7, 10, 18; 31:7, 11; 46:27-28; Hosea 10:11; Amos 7:2; Micah 2:12; 3:8; Psalms 14:7; 24:6; 59:13; 78:5; 99:4; and in other places.

[2] Jacob and his descendants were by nature such that with them celestial and spiritual love could not be joined to natural good, that is, the internal or spiritual man could not be joined to the external or natural man. This is evident from the details told in the Word concerning that nation. For they neither knew nor wished to know what the internal or spiritual man was, and therefore that matter was not revealed to them. In fact it was their belief that nothing existed with man apart from the external and natural. Nor in all their worship did they have anything else in mind, so that Divine worship with them was wholly idolatrous; for once internal worship is separated from external, it is nothing but idolatrous. The Church which was established among them was not in fact a Church but only a representative of the Church, for which reason that Church is called a representative Church. For it was possible for a representative of the Church to exist among such people, see 1361, 3670, 4208.

[3] Indeed in representations no attention is paid to the person who represents, only to the thing represented by him. Consequently not only persons represented Divine, celestial, or spiritual things, but also inanimate objects, such as Aaron's garments, the ark, the altar, the oxen and sheep which used to be sacrificed, the lampstand with its lamps, the bread of the presence on the table of gold, the oil with which they were anointed, the frankincense, and other objects like these. This was why their kings, bad ones no less than the good, represented the Lord's kingship, and why their high priests, bad ones no less than the good, represented the things that belong to the Lord's Divine priesthood, when they performed their own function in external form according to the prescribed rules and commands. In order therefore that among them a representative of the Church might come into existence they were provided through plainly visible revelation with such prescribed rules and such laws as would be entirely representative. Therefore as long as they kept to them and strictly complied with them, those people were able to play a representative role. But when they deviated from them into the prescribed rules and laws of other nations, and in particular to the worship of another god, they deprived themselves of their ability to play that representative role. For this reason they were coerced by external means - which were captivities, calamities, threats, and miracles - into obeying laws and prescribed rules that were truly representative, not by internal means, as those people are whose external worship has internal within it. These are the considerations that are meant in the internal historical sense by the words 'the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint', which sense has regard to Jacob and his descendants.

  
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