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Numbers 26

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1 26:19 And it was, after the striking, 1 that Jehovah said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

2 Take·​·up the sum of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, from a son of twenty years and upward, according·​·to the house of their fathers, all who go·​·out with the army in Israel.

3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the deserts of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying,

4 Take the sum of the people, from a son of twenty years and upward; as Jehovah commanded Moses and the sons of Israel, who went·​·forth from the land of Egypt.

5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: Enoch, of whom comes the family of the Enochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

6 of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

7 These are the families of the Reubenites; and they who were numbered of them were three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

8 And the sons of Pallu, Eliab.

9 And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. He is that Dathan, and Abiram, who were called·​·upon of the congregation, who quarreled against Moses and against Aaron in the congregation of Korah, when they quarreled against Jehovah,

10 and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed· them ·up together with Korah, when that congregation died, when the fire devoured fifty and two·​·hundred men; and they were for an example*.

11 But the sons of Korah died not.

12 The sons of Simeon according·​·to their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

13 of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

14 These are the families of the Simeonites, two and twenty thousand and two·​·hundred.

15 The sons of Gad according·​·to their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

16 of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;

17 of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

18 These are the families of the sons of Gad according·​·to those who were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

20 And the sons of Judah according·​·to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Pharzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

21 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Chamul, the family of the Chamulites.

22 These are the families of Judah according·​·to those who were numbered of them, six and seventy thousand and five hundred.

23 The sons of Issachar according·​·to their families: Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Pua, the family of the Punites;

24 of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

25 These are the families of Issachar according·​·to those who were numbered of them, four and sixty thousand and three hundred.

26 The sons of Zebulun according·​·to their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according·​·to those who were numbered of them, sixty thousand and five hundred.

28 The sons of Joseph according·​·to their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

30 These are the sons of Gilead: Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

31 and Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

32 and Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

34 These are the families of Manasseh, and they who were numbered of them, two and fifty thousand and seven hundred.

35 These are the sons of Ephraim according·​·to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites; of Becher, the family of the Bachrites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according·​·to those who were numbered of them, two and thirty thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph according·​·to their families.

38 The sons of Benjamin according·​·to their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

39 of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: the family of the Ardites, and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

41 These are the sons of Benjamin according·​·to their families; and they who were numbered of them were five and forty thousand and six hundred.

42 These are the sons of Dan according·​·to their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according·​·to their families.

43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according·​·to those who were numbered of them, were four and sixty thousand and four hundred.

44 Of the sons of Asher according·​·to their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites; of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Cheber, the family of the Cheberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.

47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according·​·to those who were numbered of them, three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

48 The sons of Naphtali according·​·to their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

49 of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

50 These are the families of Naphtali according·​·to their families; and they who were numbered of them were five and forty thousand and four hundred.

51 These were the numbered of the sons of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

52 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

53 To these the land shall be parted for an inheritance according to the number of names.

54 For many thou shalt multiply their inheritance, and for few thou shalt make· their inheritance ·less; to each·​·man shall his inheritance be given according to those who were numbered of them.

55 Surely the land shall be parted by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

56 according to the lot shall its inheritance of it be parted between many to a few.

57 And these are they who were numbered of the Levites according·​·to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram.

59 And the name of the wife of Amram was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, to whom her mother gave·​·birth for Levi in Egypt; and for Amram she gave·​·birth·​·to Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

60 And to Aaron was·​·born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah.

62 And those who were numbered of them were three and twenty thousand, all males from a son of a month and upward; for they were not numbered in the midst of the sons of Israel, for an inheritance was not given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.

63 These are those who were numbered of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the deserts of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

65 For Jehovah had said of them, Dying they shall die in the wilderness. And there remained not a man of them, other·​·than Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

   


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Moab

  

In Numbers 22:4, 7 and Jeremiah 48:38, Moab signifies people in natural good who easily permit themselves to be led astray. (Arcana Coelestia 3242[3], 10184[2]) In an opposite sense, it signifies people who adulterate what is good. 'Moab and Ammon' signify people with whom good is adulterated and truth falsified.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3242)


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Arcana Coelestia # 10184

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10184. 'Its roof' means what is inmost. This is clear from the meaning of 'the roof' as what is inmost. One reason why 'the roof' has this meaning is that it is the uppermost or highest part, and that which is uppermost or highest means what is inmost, in accord with what has been shown above in 10181; and another reason is that 'the roof' has the same meaning as the head on a person's body. For all representatives on the natural level resemble the human form and carry the same meaning as the parts of it they resemble, 9496. For the meaning of 'the head' as what is inmost, see 5328, 6436, 7859, 9656, 9913, 9914. What is inmost meant here by 'the roof of the altar of incense' is the inmost component of worship. Within worship there are levels similar to those within the person offering it, namely an inmost level, a middle level, and an outward level. The inmost is called celestial, the middle is called spiritual, and the outward is called natural, 4938, 4939, 9992, 10005, 10017, 10068. These degrees are by virtue of correspondence meant by the head, breast, and feet, and in like manner by the roof, walls, and horns of the altar of incense.

[2] Since 'the roof' means that which is celestial, which is what is inmost, it also means good, for in all places good is inmost, while truth emanates from it just as, to use a comparison, light does from a flame. This is what should be understood by 'the roof' in Matthew,

Then let him who is on the roof of the house not go down to take anything out of his house. Matthew 24:17; Mark 13:15; Luke 17:31.

This refers to the last times of the Church. 'Being on the roof' means the state of a person in whom good is present, and 'going down to take anything out of the house' means going back to a previous state, see 3652 and the places referred to in 9274. And in Jeremiah,

On all the roofs of Moab and in its streets there is mourning everywhere. Jeremiah 48:38.

'Mourning on all roofs' means the ruination of all forms of good among those meant in the representative sense by Moab, that is, those in whom natural good is present, who easily allow themselves to be led astray, 2468; and 'mourning in the streets' means the ruination of all truths, truths being meant by 'streets', see 2336.

[3] Since 'the roof' meant good the houses of the ancients had roofs on which they used to walk and on which they also used to worship, as becomes clear from 1 Samuel 9:25-26; 2 Samuel 11:2; Zephaniah 1:5. In Moses,

When you build a new house you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring blood 1 on your house if someone falls from it. You shall not sow your vineyard with mixed seed, lest the yield from the seed which you have sown and from the produce of your vineyard be forfeited 2 . You shall not plough with an ox and an ass together. You shall not wear a garment made of wool and flax mixed together 3 . Deuteronomy 22:8-11.

[4] From these quotations it is again evident that 'the roof' means the good of love, for the commands in them each embody similar meanings which only the internal sense can make evident. That is, they mean that one who is governed by good, which is the state of a person who has been regenerated, must not return to the state of truth, which was that person's previous state, or his state when being regenerated. During this state the person is led by means of truth towards good, that is, partly from self; but in the state which comes after it, that is to say, when the person has been regenerated, he is led by good, that is, by the Lord by means of good.

[5] This is the arcanum that lies within each of those commands, and so is akin to that which occurs in the Lord's words in Matthew,

Then let him who is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his clothes. Matthew 24:17-18.

In Mark,

Let him who is on the roof not go down into the house, nor go in to fetch anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not turn back again to fetch his garment. Mark 13:15-16.

And in Luke,

On that day, whoever will be on the housetop with his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and whoever is in the field, let him likewise not return to the things behind him. Remember Lot's wife. Luke 17:31-32.

[6] Who can fail to see that these places contain the arcana of heaven? For if they did not contain them, what point would there be to telling people not to come down from the housetop, not to turn back from the field and return to their house, and to remember Lot's wife? Such arcana are in like manner contained in those laws in Moses which declare that they should make a parapet around their roof, so that there would be no blood 1 if they fell, and immediately after that the field should not be sown with a mixture of seed and the produce of the vineyard, that it should not be ploughed with an ox and an ass together, and that they should not wear a garment made of wool and flax mixed together. 'The roof' means good, and 'to be on the housetop' or on the roof means a person's state when that person is governed by good. 'Falling' from the roof means sinking back into the previous state, while 'blood' means the violence done then to goodness and truth, 374, 1005, 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326. 'The vineyard' means the Church among mankind; 'the produce of the vineyard' means the state of truth, 9139; and 'the seed' of wheat or barley means the state of good, 3941, 7605. 'An ox' also means good, and 'ploughing with an ox' the state of good, 2781, 9135; and 'wool' and 'wearing a garment made of wool' have the same meanings, 9470. 'An ass' means truth, 2781, 5741, and so too does 'flax' or 'linen', 7601, 9959. But for anything more about the nature of this arcanum, see the explanations in the places referred to in 9274.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. i.e. guilt on account of bloodshed or injury caused by negligence

2. literally, become holy i.e. be devoted to the sanctuary

3. literally, a garment mixed, with wool and flax together

  
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