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1 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, nel deserto di Sinai, il primo mese del secondo anno da che furono usciti dal paese d’Egitto, dicendo:

2 "I figliuoli d’Israele celebreranno la pasqua nel tempo stabilito.

3 La celebrerete nel tempo stabilito, il quattordicesimo giorno di questo mese, sull’imbrunire; la celebrerete secondo tutte le leggi e secondo tutte le prescrizioni che vi si riferiscono".

4 E Mosè parlò ai figliuoli d’Israele perché celebrassero la pasqua.

5 Ed essi celebrarono la pasqua il quattordicesimo giorno del primo mese, sull’imbrunire, nel deserto di Sinai; i figliuoli d’Israele si conformarono a tutti gli ordini che l’Eterno avea dati a Mosè.

6 Or v’erano degli uomini che, essendo impuri per aver toccato un morto, non potevan celebrare la pasqua in quel giorno. Si presentarono in quello stesso giorno davanti a Mosè e davanti ad Aaronne;

7 e quegli uomini dissero a Mosè: "Noi siamo impuri per aver toccato un morto; perché ci sarebb’egli tolto di poter presentare l’offerta dell’Eterno, al tempo stabilito, in mezzo ai figliuoli d’Israele?"

8 E Mosè rispose loro: "Aspettate, e sentirò quel che l’Eterno ordinerà a vostro riguardo".

9 E l’Eterno parlò a Mosè, dicendo:

10 "Parla ai figliuoli d’Israele, e di’ loro: Se uno di voi o de’ vostri discendenti sarà impuro per il contatto con un morto o sarà lontano in viaggio, celebrerà lo stesso la pasqua in onore dell’Eterno.

11 La celebreranno il quattordicesimo giorno del secondo mese, sull’imbrunire; la mangeranno con del pane senza lievito e con delle erbe amare;

12 non ne lasceranno nulla di resto fino al mattino, e non ne spezzeranno alcun osso. La celebreranno secondo tutte le leggi della pasqua.

13 Ma colui ch’è puro e che non è in viaggio, se s’astiene dal celebrare la pasqua, quel tale sarà sterminato di fra il suo popolo; siccome non ha presentato l’offerta all’Eterno nel tempo stabilito, quel tale porterà la pena del suo peccato.

14 E se uno straniero che soggiorna tra voi celebra la pasqua dell’Eterno, si conformerà alle leggi e alle prescrizioni della pasqua. Avrete un’unica legge, per lo straniero e per il nativo del paese".

15 Or il giorno in cui il tabernacolo fu eretto, la nuvola coprì il tabernacolo, la tenda della testimonianza; e, dalla sera fino alla mattina, aveva sul tabernacolo l’apparenza d’un fuoco.

16 Così avveniva sempre: la nuvola copriva il tabernacolo, e di notte avea l’apparenza d’un fuoco.

17 E tutte le volte che la nuvola s’alzava di sulla tenda, i figliuoli d’Israele si mettevano in cammino; e dove la nuvola si fermava, quivi i figliuoli d’Israele si accampavano.

18 I figliuoli d’Israele si mettevano in cammino all’ordine dell’Eterno, e all’ordine dell’Eterno si accampavano; rimanevano accampati tutto il tempo che la nuvola restava sul tabernacolo.

19 E quando la nuvola rimaneva per molti giorni sul tabernacolo, i figliuoli d’Israele osservavano la prescrizione dell’Eterno e non si movevano.

20 E se avveniva che la nuvola rimanesse pochi giorni sul tabernacolo, all’ordine dell’Eterno rimanevano accampati, e all’ordine dell’Eterno si mettevano in cammino.

21 E se la nuvola si fermava dalla sera alla mattina, e s’alzava la mattina, si mettevano in cammino; o se dopo un giorno e una notte la nuvola si alzava, si mettevano in cammino.

22 Se la nuvola rimaneva ferma sul tabernacolo due giorni o un mese o un anno, i figliuoli d’Israele rimanevano accampati e non si moveano; ma, quando s’alzava, si mettevano in cammino.

23 All’ordine dell’Eterno si accampavano, e all’ordine dell’Eterno si mettevano in cammino; osservavano le prescrizioni dell’Eterno, secondo l’ordine trasmesso dall’Eterno per mezzo di Mosè.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 862

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862. We have said that the nations' surrounding the camp of the saints and the beloved city means, symbolically, that these people attempted to destroy everything connected with the New Church, both its truths and goods and its fundamental doctrine regarding the Lord and life, as stated in the preceding number. This is the symbolic meaning because the camp of the saints symbolizes all the truths and goods of the church which is the New Jerusalem.

That a camp in the spiritual sense symbolizes everything connected with the church with respect to its truths and goods can be seen from the following passages:

The sun and moon grew dark, and the stars diminished their brightness. Jehovah uttered His voice before His army, for His camp is very great; for numberless are those who obey His Word. (Joel 2:10-11)

I will encamp for My house some of the army... (Zechariah 9:8)

...God has scattered the bones of them who encamp against you..., because God has rejected them. (Psalms 53:5)

The angel of Jehovah encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. (Psalms 34:7)

(An angel of God met Jacob, and said to Jacob,) "This is God's camp." Therefore he called the name of that place Mahanaim (Two Camps). (Genesis 32:1-2)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 29:3, Ezekiel 1:24, Psalms 27:3.

That an army or host in the Word symbolizes the church's truths and goods, and also its falsities and evils, may be seen in nos. 447, 826, 833; and so, too, does a camp.

[2] Since the children of Israel and their twelve tribes symbolize the church in respect to all its truths and goods (nos. 349, 350), they were therefore called the armies or hosts of Jehovah (Exodus 7:4; 12:41, 51), and the places where they stopped and assembled were called camps, as in Leviticus 4:12; 8:17; 13:46; 14:8; 16:26, 28; 24:14, 23; Numbers 1; 2; 3; 4:5 ff., 5:2-4; 9:17-23; 10:1-10, 11-28; 11:31-32; 12:14-15; 21:10-15; 33:1-49; Deuteronomy 23:9-14; Amos 4:10.

It is apparent from this now that the nations' surrounding the camp of the saints and the beloved city means, symbolically, that these people tried to destroy all the truths and goods of the New Church, which is the New Jerusalem, and also its doctrine regarding the Lord and life.

The same symbolism is found in these verses in Luke:

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near... (At length) Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 21:20, 24)

This is said in reference to the end of the age, which is the final period of the church. Jerusalem here also symbolizes the church.

That Gog and Magog, that is, people who engage in external worship divorced from any internal worship, will then invade the church and try to destroy it, is something we are told also in Ezekiel 38:8-9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 39:2, and that the New Church will then be established by the Lord, Ezekiel 39:17-29.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Numbers 33:1-49

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1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

2 Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Yahweh: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.

3 They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,

4 while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom Yahweh had struck among them: on their gods also Yahweh executed judgments.

5 The children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.

6 They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

7 They traveled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon: and they encamped before Migdol.

8 They traveled from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.

9 They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there.

10 They traveled from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.

11 They traveled from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

12 They traveled from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

13 They traveled from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

14 They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

15 They traveled from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.

16 They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth Hattaavah.

17 They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth.

18 They traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.

19 They traveled from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon Perez.

20 They traveled from Rimmon Perez, and encamped in Libnah.

21 They traveled from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah.

22 They traveled from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.

23 They traveled from Kehelathah, and encamped in Mount Shepher.

24 They traveled from Mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah.

25 They traveled from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth.

26 They traveled from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath.

27 They traveled from Tahath, and encamped in Terah.

28 They traveled from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah.

29 They traveled from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah.

30 They traveled from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.

31 They traveled from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan.

32 They traveled from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in Hor Haggidgad.

33 They traveled from Hor Haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah.

34 They traveled from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah.

35 They traveled from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber.

36 They traveled from Ezion Geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh).

37 They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

38 Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.

39 Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor.

40 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

41 They traveled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.

42 They traveled from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.

43 They traveled from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.

44 They traveled from Oboth, and encamped in Iye Abarim, in the border of Moab.

45 They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad.

46 They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.

47 They traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

48 They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

49 They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.