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Ezékiel 48

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1 Ezek a nemzetségek nevei: az északi határon a Hetlóntól Hamáthig vezetõ út mentén Haczar-Énonig Damaskus határán, észak felé, Hamát mentén, és pedig legyen az övé a keleti [és] nyugoti oldal: Dán, egy [rész;]

2 És Dán határa mellett a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig: Áser, egy [rész;]

3 És Áser határa mellett a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig: Nafthali, egy [rész;]

4 És Nafthali határa mellett a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig: Manasse, egy [rész;]

5 És Manasse határa mellett a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig: Efraim, egy [rész;]

6 És Efraim határa mellett a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig: Rúben, egy [rész;]

7 És Rúben határa mellett a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig: Júda, egy [rész;]

8 És Júda határa mellett a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig legyen a szent áldozat, melyet [az Úrnak] szenteltek: huszonötezer [sing] széles és olyan hosszú, mint egy-egy rész a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig; és a szenthely annak közepette legyen;

9 A szent áldozat, melyet az Úrnak szenteltek, huszonötezer [sing] hosszú és tízezer [sing] széles legyen;

10 És ezeké legyen ez a szent áldozat: a papoké északra huszonötezer [sing] és nyugotra tízezer [sing] szélesség és keletre tízezer [sing] szélesség és délre huszonötezer [sing] hosszúság, és az Úr szenthelye annak közepette legyen:

11 A papoké, a kik megszenteltettek a Sádók fiai közül, a kik szolgálatomban foglalatosak voltak, a kik nem tévelyedtek el, mikor Izráel fiai eltévelyedtek, mint a hogy eltévelyedtek volt a Léviták.

12 Övék legyen ez, mint egy áldozati rész a föld áldozatából, mint igen szentséges, a Léviták határán.

13 A Lévitáké pedig legyen a papok határa mentén huszonötezer [sing] hosszúság és tízezer szélesség; az egész hosszúság legyen huszonötezer és a szélesség tízezer.

14 És semmit abból el ne adjanak, se el ne cseréljék, se [másra] át ne szálljon a földnek e zsengéje, mert az Úrnak szenteltetett.

15 És az ötezer [sing,] mely a szélességben megmaradt a huszonötezernek mentén, közhely a város számára, mint lakóhely és tágasság, és legyen a város annak a közepében.

16 És ezek legyenek annak méretei: az északi oldalon négyezerötszáz [sing] és a déli oldalon négyezerötszáz és a keleti oldalon négyezerötszáz és a nyugoti oldalon négyezerötszáz.

17 És a város alatt legyen tágasság észak felé kétszázötven [sing] és dél felé kétszázötven és keletre kétszázötven és nyugotra kétszázötven.

18 A mi pedig megmaradt a hosszaságban a szent áldozat mentén, tízezer keletre és tízezer nyugotra, az ott maradjon a szent áldozat mentén, és legyen annak termése a város szántóvetõinek eledele.

19 És a ki szántóvetõ a városban, mívelje azt Izráelnek minden nemzetségébõl.

20 Az egész huszonötezer [sing] szent áldozatot huszonötezer [sing] négyszögben adjátok szent ajándékul a város tulajdonával együtt.

21 A mi pedig megmaradt, a fejedelemé lészen; a szent áldozatnak és a város tulajdonának mind a két oldalán, szemben a huszonötezer [sing] szent áldozattal a keleti határig és nyugot felé szemben a huszonötezer [sing]gel [egészen] a nyugoti határig lészen, a [kiosztott] részek mentén, a fejedelemé; és legyen a szent áldozat és a ház szenthelye annak közepette.

22 És a Léviták tulajdonától és a város tulajdonától fogva, mely közepében van annak, a mi a fejedelemé, a Júda határa és Benjámin határa között a fejedelemé legyen.

23 És a többi nemzetségek: a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig: Benjámin, egy [rész].

24 És Benjámin határán a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig: Simeon, egy [rész].

25 És Simeon határán a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig: Issakhár, egy [rész].

26 És Issakhár határán a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig: Zebulon, egy [rész].

27 És Zebulon határán a keleti oldaltól a nyugoti oldalig: Gád, egy [rész].

28 És Gád határán a déli oldalon dél felé, legyen a határ Támártól a versengések vizéig Kádesben, a patak felé a nagy-tengerig.

29 Ez a föld, melyet sorsvetéssel örökségül eloszszatok Izráel nemzetségei közt, és ezek azoknak részei, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.

30 És ezek a város külsõ részei: Az északi oldalon négyezerötszáz [sing] mérték.

31 És a város kapui, Izráel nemzetségeinek nevei szerint, három kapu északra: Rúben kapuja egy, Júda kapuja egy, Lévi kapuja egy.

32 És a keleti oldalon négyezerötszáz [sing] és három kapu: József kapuja egy, Benjámin kapuja egy, Dán kapuja egy.

33 És a déli oldalon is négyezerötszáz [sing] mérték és három kapu: Simeon kapuja egy, Issakhár kapuja egy, Zebulon kapuja egy.

34 A nyugoti oldalon négyezerötszáz [sing] három kapuval: Gád kapuja egy, Áser kapuja egy, Nafthali kapuja egy:

35 Köröskörül tizennyolcezer [sing;] és a város neve ama naptól fogva: Ott [lakik] az Úr!

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4482

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4482. 'Behold, the land is broad and spacious before them' means extension, that is to say, of truth which is the truth of doctrine. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church, dealt with just above in 4480, and from the meaning of 'broad and spacious' as extension as regards truths, and so as regards those taught by doctrine. When in the Word the measurements of something are given, it is not those measurements that are meant in the internal sense but the essential characteristics of a state that is being described. For measurements involve spatial dimensions and in the next life there are no intervals of space, as there are no periods of time, but states which correspond to these, see 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387, 3404, 4321. That being so, lengths, breadths, and heights, which are spatial measurements, mean the aspects of a state - length meaning holiness, height good, and breadth truth, see 650, 1613, 3433, 3434. This then is why 'the land is broad and spacious' means the extension of truth which is the truth of doctrine within the Church.

[2] Anyone who does not know of the existence of anything spiritual in the Word other than that which stands out in the literal sense is bound to be amazed by the statement that 'the land is broad and specious' means the extension of truth which is the truth of doctrine within the Church. But the truth of this statement may be established from places where 'breadth' is mentioned in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Asshur will go through Judah, it will deluge it and pass through and will reach even to the neck; and the outstretchings of its wings will fill the breadth of the land. Isaiah 8:8.

In David,

O Jehovah, You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have made my feet stand in a broad place. Psalms 31:8.

In the same author,

Out of my distress I called on Jah; He answered me in a broad place. Psalms 118:5.

In Habakkuk,

I am rousing the Chaldeans, a bitter and hasty nation, marching' into the breadths of the earth. Habakkuk 1:6.

'Breadths' here means nothing other than the truth of the Church.

[3] The reason why breadth has this meaning is that in the spiritual world, that is, in heaven, the Lord is the centre of all, for He is the Sun there. Those in a state of good are more interior, their exact position towards the middle being determined by the character and the amount of the good present in them. This is why 'height' is used in reference to good. Those who are in a similar degree of good are also in a similar degree of truth, and so dwell so to speak at the same distance from the centre, or one might say, dwell on the same contour; and this is why 'breadth' is used in reference to truths. Therefore when a person reads the Word the angels present with him do not understand by 'breadth' anything other than truths. When in the Historical sections, for example, the ark, the altar, the temple, and the spaces outside cities are referred to, states of good and truth are perceived by the dimensions indicating the lengths, breadths, and heights of these. The same is so with the new earth, new Jerusalem, and new Temple - described in Chapters 40-47 of Ezekiel - by which heaven and a new Church are meant, as may be seen from the detailed descriptions in those chapters. So also in John where it is said of the New Jerusalem that it will be foursquare, 'its length being as great as its breadth', Revelation 21:16.

[4] Things which in the spiritual world are interior are described as those that are higher, while those that are exterior are described by those that are lower, 2148, for while in the world, no one can conceive of interior things and exterior ones in any other way, for the reason that he dwells within space and time, and things that belong to space and time have entered in among the ideas comprising his thought and have conditioned the majority of these. From this it is also evident that expressions which give the spatial measurements of things such as the height, length, and breadth of them, are in the spiritual sense expressions used to indicate the magnitude of affections for good and affections for truth.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 7097

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7097. 'I do not know Jehovah' means that they have no interest in the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'not knowing' as having no interest in, for a person who has no interest in something says that he knows nothing about it; and 'Jehovah' is used to mean the Lord, see above in 7091. The implications of this, of Pharaoh's saying that he does not know Jehovah, are as follows: The Egyptians had known Jehovah since ancient times, the reason being that the Ancient Church had existed in Egypt also, as may be plainly recognized from the fact that they were in possession of the representatives and meaningful signs of that Church. Egyptian hieroglyphics are nothing else, for these served to denote spiritual realities; and people knew that they did in actual fact correspond to those realities. But because they began to use such representatives and signs in their sacred worship, to treat them as objects of worship and also at length to turn them into magic, and in so doing to become linked to the devil's crew in hell, they completely destroyed the Ancient Church among themselves. This is why in the Word 'the Egyptians' means facts known to the Church that have been perverted, and also falsities that are opposed to the truths of the Church.

[2] Once the worship of God had become perverted in this way in Egypt, then they were no longer allowed to worship Jehovah either, or at length even to know that Jehovah had been the God of the Ancient Church; and the reason why this happened was to prevent them from profaning the name of Jehovah. The fact that the name of Jehovah was also known at that time, before it was revealed once again to Abraham's descendants through Moses on Mount Horeb, is plainly evident from Balaam, who was from Syria. He not only knew Jehovah but also worshipped Him and offered sacrifice to Him, Numbers 22-24. From all this one may now see why Pharaoh said, 'Who is Jehovah whose voice I am to hear, [telling me] to send the people away? I do not know Jehovah.'

[3] But since 'Pharaoh' represents those in hell who are steeped in falsities and molest those belonging to the spiritual Church, what is involved in all this needs to be stated. Those in hell who molest members of the spiritual Church consist for the most part of the kind of people who have said that faith alone saves and yet have led a life contrary to faith. And since the life they have led, thus the evil which they have contemplated, planned, and carried out, remains after death of the body, therefore to defend the evils assimilated into their life they either employ the things which they have said were matters of faith or else reject them altogether. But to prevent them from misusing the truths of faith, these are taken away from them. And when those truths have been taken they seize on falsities, which are completely contrary to the truths of faith, and then use the falsities to molest those guided by truths. Doing this is then for them the delight of life. Quite a number of them, to acquire power, also learn magic. This is done by those who used various tricks which they devised in the world to deceive their neighbour, and being successful then attributed everything to their own prudence.

[4] Those who have become like this acknowledge the Father as the Creator of all things, but they do not acknowledge the Lord. Regarding the Lord they use similar words to Pharaoh's here regarding Jehovah, 'Who is Jehovah? I do not know Jehovah'. Indeed just as the whole sphere pervading heaven is full of an acknowledgement of and love for the Lord, so the whole sphere pervading the hells is full of a denial of the Lord and of hatred towards Him. Nor can they bear to hear His name mentioned. Those in hell are by nature such that admonitions and threats do not make them leave off, so great is the delight of their life to molest the upright and draw them away from their acknowledgement of the Lord and faith in Him. That delight is intensified by the admonitions they receive to leave off, for they lead them to imagine that those whom they molest will shortly be done for. These are the ones whom 'Pharaoh' and 'the Egyptians' are used to mean specifically.

  
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