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Józsué 3

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1 Felkele azért Józsué jó reggel, és elindulának Sittimbõl, és eljutának a Jordánhoz, õ és Izráel fiai mindnyájan, és meghálának ott, mielõtt általmentek volna.

2 Lõn pedig három nap mulva, hogy általmenének a vezérek a táboron;

3 És parancsolának a népnek, mondván: Mihelyt meglátjátok az Úrnak, a ti Isteneteknek frigyládáját és a Lévi [nemzetségébõl való] papokat, a kik hordozzák azt, ti is induljatok meg a ti helyetekrõl és menjetek utána.

4 Csakhogy legyen köztetek és a között mintegy kétezer singnyi távolság; közel ne menjetek ahhoz, hogy megismerhessétek az útat, a melyen mennetek kell, mert nem jártatok ezen az úton soha ez elõtt.

5 Józsué pedig monda a népnek: Tisztítsátok meg magatokat, mert holnap az Úr csudákat cselekszik köztetek.

6 A papoknak is szóla Józsué, mondván: Vegyétek fel a frigyládát, és menjetek át a nép elõtt. Felvevék azért a frigyládát, és mennek vala a nép elõtt.

7 Az Úr pedig monda Józsuénak: E napon kezdelek téged felmagasztalni az egész Izráel szemei elõtt, hogy megtudják, hogy a miképen vele voltam Mózessel, te veled is veled leszek.

8 Te azért parancsolj a papoknak, a kik a frigyládát hordozzák, mondván: Mikor bementek a Jordán vizének szélébe, álljatok meg a Jordánban.

9 Ekkor monda Józsué Izráel fiainak: Járuljatok ide, és halljátok meg az Úrnak, a ti Isteneteknek szavait!

10 És monda Józsué: Ebbõl tudjátok meg, hogy az élõ Isten van köztetek, és hogy kétség nélkül elûzi elõletek a Kananeust, a Khittheust, a Khivveust, a Perizeust, a Girgazeust, az Emoreust és a Jebuzeust:

11 Íme az egész föld Urának frigyládája elõttetek megy át a Jordánon!

12 Most azért válaszszatok magatoknak tizenkét férfiút Izráel nemzetségeibõl, egy-egy férfiút egy-egy nemzetségbõl.

13 És mihelyt megnyugosznak majd a Jordán vizében a papok talpai, a kik az Úrnak, az egész föld Urának ládáját hordozzák: a Jordán vize ketté szakad, és a felülrõl aláfolyó víz megáll egy rakásban.

14 És lõn, hogy a mint megindula a nép az õ sátraiból, hogy általmenjen a Jordánon, és a papok, a frigyládának hordozói, a nép elõtt:

15 És a mint a láda hordozói a Jordánhoz jutának, és a ládahordozó papok bemárták lábaikat a víznek szélébe (a Jordán pedig az egész aratási idõ alatt telve vala minden õ partja felett):

16 Megálla a víz, a mely felülrõl foly vala alá, és álla egy rakásban, nagy messzire Ádám városánál, a mely Czarthan mellett vala; a puszta tengere, a Sóstenger felé aláfolyó [víz] pedig egészen elfuta, és általméne a nép Jérikhó elõtt.

17 A papok pedig, az Úr frigyládájának hordozói, ott állának a szárazon a Jordán közepében bátorsággal, és az egész Izráel szárazon megy vala át, mindaddig, míg az egész nép teljesen általméne a Jordánon.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7111

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7111.'To the taskmasters over the people and to their officers, saying' means those in the nearest position to molest, and those in the nearest position to receive. This is clear from the meaning of 'the taskmasters' as those who compel people to serve, dealt with in 6852, and since they do so by means of molestations, 'the taskmasters' also means those who molest, but those in the nearest position to carry it out, who are dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the officers' as those in the nearest position to receive. For the officers came from the children of Israel, but the taskmasters from the Egyptians, as is evident from what follows. Thus in the internal sense 'the officers' are those in the nearest position to receive, and 'the taskmasters' those in the nearest position to molest.

[2] Who exactly are meant may be recognized from those in the next life who molest, introducing falsities and evils, and those who receive these and pass them on. Those who molest, introducing falsities and evils, are the hells. But to achieve their purpose they send out from themselves emissaries through whom they act; and these make their appearance no great distance away from those who are molested. This is done for the reason that the thoughts and intentions of many may by focused through them; otherwise such thoughts and intentions would become diffuse. Those emissaries appear in particular places of their own in the world of spirits, and from the actual places where they appear one can recognize which hell they come from. Some appear overhead at varying heights and angles; others alongside the head, to the right or left as well as behind it; and others again below the head, on various levels in relation to the body, from the head right down to the soles of the feet. They flow in with the kinds of things that are emitted from hell, but a spirit or man can only feel them, and therefore only know of them, as things that are inside himself, as things that he himself thinks and intends. Those emissaries are called 'subordinates', see what has already been shown from experience regarding them in 4403, 5856, 5983-5989. Since these are in the nearest position to molest they are meant by 'the taskmasters'. But those who receive things from them and pass them on are 'the officers'; they are also intermediary spirits. For as stated above, the officers came from the children of Israel, but the taskmasters came from the Egyptians.

[3] Among the Israelite and Jewish people 'officers was a name given to those who were required to tell the people what they had to do, and who were to give orders. For this reason they also sat with the judges and elders in the gates, and told the people the judgements that had been made as well as the commands issued by the leader, as becomes clear from the following places: In Moses,

You shall appoint 1 judges and officers in all your gates according to your tribes, who will judge the people with righteous judgement. 2 Deuteronomy 16:18.

In the same author,

When they go out to war the priest shall speak to the people and warn them that they should not be afraid. After that the officers shall say that he who has built a house should go back, and also the fearful. Deuteronomy 20:1-3, 5, 8, 9.

In Joshua,

Joshua gave orders to the officers to say to the people that they should prepare provisions for the journey, before they crossed the Jordan. Joshua 1:10-11.

In the same book,

At the end of three days it happened, when the officers passed through the middle of the camp, that they gave orders [to the people, saying] that when they saw the ark of the covenant of Jehovah they too were to set out. Joshua 8:33.

The officers' were overseers of the people, distinct and separate from the princes or leaders of the people, see Deuteronomy 1:15. They were distinct and separate from the elders too, Deuteronomy 31:28, and also from the judges, Joshua 8:33.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, give

2. literally, the judgement of righteousness

  
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