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1 και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--ASN πονηρος-A1A-ASN ενωπιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM κυριος-N2--NSM εν-P χειρ-N3--DSF *μαδιαμ-N---GSF επτα-M ετος-N3E-APN

2 και-C ισχυω-VAI-AAI3S χειρ-N3--NSF *μαδιαμ-N---GSF επι-P *ισραηλ-N---ASM και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P εαυτου- D--DPM ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN *μαδιαμ-N---GSF ο- A--APF τρυμαλια-N1A-APF ο- A--APF εν-P ο- A--DPN ορος-N3E-DPN και-C ο- A--APN σπηλαιον-N2N-APN και-C ο- A--APN κρεμαστος-A1--APN

3 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εαν-C σπειρω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C αναβαινω-VAI-AAI3P *μαδιαμ-N---NSF και-C *αμαληκ-N---NSM και-C ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM ανατολη-N1--GPF συν αναβαινω-V1I-IAI3P αυτος- D--DPM

4 και-C παρα ενβαλλω-VBI-AAI3P εις-P αυτος- D--APM και-C καταφθειρω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--APM καρπος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM εως-P ερχομαι-VB--AAN εις-P *γαζα-N1A-ASF και-C ου-D καταλειπω-VBI-AAI3P υποστασις-N3I-ASF ζωη-N1--GSF εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF *ισραηλ-N---GSM ουδε-C εν-P ο- A--DPN ποιμνιον-N2N-DPN ταυρος-N2--ASM και-C ονος-N2--ASM

5 οτι-C αυτος- D--NPM και-C ο- A--NPF κτησις-N3I-NPF αυτος- D--GPM αναβαινω-V1I-IAI3P και-C ο- A--NPF σκηνη-N1--NPF αυτος- D--GPM παραγιγνομαι-V1I-IMI3P καθως-D ακρις-N3D-NSF εις-P πληθος-N3E-ASN και-C αυτος- D--DPM και-C ο- A--DPM καμηλος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GPM ου-D ειμι-V9--IAI3S αριθμος-N2--NSM και-C αρχω-V1I-IMI3P εις-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C διαφθειρω-V1I-IAI3P αυτος- D--ASF

6 και-C πτωχευω-VAI-AAI3S *ισραηλ-N---NSM σφοδρα-D απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN *μαδιαμ-N---NSF και-C βοαω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM

7 απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN *μαδιαμ-N---GSF

8 και-C εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ανηρ-N3--ASM προφητης-N1M-ASM προς-P ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S ος- --NSM ανααγω-VBI-AAI1S συ- P--AP εκ-P γη-N1--GSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF και-C εκαγω-VBI-AAI1S συ- P--AP εκ-P οικος-N2--GSM δουλεια-N1A-GSF συ- P--GP

9 και-C ρυομαι-VAI-AMI1S συ- P--AP εκ-P χειρ-N3--GSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF και-C εκ-P χειρ-N3--GSF πας-A3--GPM ο- A--GPM θλιβω-V1--PAPGPM συ- P--AP και-C εκβαλλω-VBI-AAI1S αυτος- D--APM εκ-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN συ- P--GP και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI1S συ- P--DP ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GPM

10 και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI1S συ- P--DP εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GP ου-D φοβεω-VC--FPI2P ο- A--APM θεος-N2--APM ο- A--GSM *αμορραιος-N2--GSM εν-P ος- --DPM συ- P--NP καταιημι-VF--FMI2P εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF αυτος- D--GPM και-C ου-D ειςακουω-VAI-AAI2P ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF εγω- P--GS

11 και-C ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM και-C καταιζω-VAI-AAI3S υπο-P ο- A--ASF τερεμινθος-N2--ASF ο- A--ASF εν-P *εφραθα-N---DS ο- A--ASF *ιωας-N---GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM ο- A--GSM *εσδρι-N---GSM και-C *γεδεων-N---NSM υιος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GSM ραβδιζω-V1--PAPNSM σιτος-N2--ASM εν-P ληνος-N2--DSF εις-P εκφευγω-VB--AAN απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSM *μαδιαμ-N---GSF

12 και-C οραω-VVI-API3S αυτος- D--DSM ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM κυριος-N2--NSM μετα-P συ- P--GS ισχυρος-A1A-NSM ο- A--GPF δυναμις-N3I-GPF

13 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM *γεδεων-N---NSM εν-P εγω- P--DS κυριος-N2--VSM εγω- P--GS και-C ει-X ειμι-V9--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM μετα-P εγω- P--GP εις-P τις- I--ASN ευρισκω-VB--AAI3S εγω- P--AP ο- A--NPN κακος-A1--NPN ουτος- D--NPN και-C που-D ειμι-V9--PAI3S πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN θαυμασιος-A1A-NPN αυτος- D--GSM ος- --APN διαηγεομαι-VAI-AMI3P εγω- P--DP ο- A--NPM πατηρ-N3--NPM εγω- P--GP λεγω-V1--PAPNPM μη-D ου-D εκ-P *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF ανααγω-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--AP κυριος-N2--NSM και-C νυν-D εκριπτω-VAI-AAI3S εγω- P--AP και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S εγω- P--AP εν-P χειρ-N3--DSF *μαδιαμ-N---GSF

14 και-C επιστρεφω-VAI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S πορευομαι-V1--PMD2S εν-P ισχυς-N3U-DSF συ- P--GS ουτος- D--DSF και-C σωζω-VF--FAI2S ο- A--ASM *ισραηλ-N---ASM εκ-P χειρ-N3--GSF *μαδιαμ-N---GSF ιδου-I εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI1S συ- P--AS

15 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM *γεδεων-N---NSM εν-P εγω- P--DS κυριος-N2--VSM εγω- P--GS εν-P τις- I--DSN σωζω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASM *ισραηλ-N---ASM ιδου-I ο- A--NSF χιλιας-N3D-NSF εγω- P--GS ασθενεω-VAI-AAI3S εν-P *μανασση-N---DSM και-C εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S ο- A--NSM μικρος-A1A-NSMC εν-P οικος-N2--DSM πατηρ-N3--GSM εγω- P--GS

16 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM κυριος-N2--NSM ειμι-VF--FMI3S μετα-P συ- P--GS και-C πατασσω-VF--FAI2S ο- A--ASF *μαδιαμ-N---ASF ωσει-D ανηρ-N3--ASM εις-A3--ASM

17 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM *γεδεων-N---NSM ει-X δε-X ευρισκω-VB--AAI1S ελεος-N3E-NSN εν-P οφθαλμος-N2--DPM συ- P--GS και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S εγω- P--DS σημερον-D πας-A3--ASN ος- --ASN τις- I--ASN λαλεω-VAI-AAI2S μετα-P εγω- P--GS

18 μη-D χωριζω-VS--APS2S εντευθεν-D εως-P ο- A--GSN ερχομαι-VB--AAN εγω- P--AS προς-P συ- P--AS και-C εκφερω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASF θυσια-N1A-ASF και-C τιθημι-VF--FAI1S ενωπιον-P συ- P--GS και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S καθιομαι-V1--PMI1S εως-P ο- A--GSN επιστρεφω-VA--AAN συ- P--AS

19 και-C *γεδεων-N---NSM ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S εριφος-N2--ASM αιξ-N3G-GPM και-C οιφι-N---ASN αλευρον-N2N-GSN αζυμος-A1B-APN και-C ο- A--APN κρεας-N3--APN τιθημι-VAI-AAI3S εν-P ο- A--DSM κοφινος-N2--DSM και-C ο- A--ASM ζωμος-N2--ASM βαλλω-VBI-AAI3S εν-P ο- A--DSF χυτρα-N1A-DSF και-C εκφερω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APN προς-P αυτος- D--ASM υπο-P ο- A--ASF τερεμινθος-N2--ASF και-C προςεγγιζω-VAI-AAI3S

20 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--APN κρεας-N3--APN και-C ο- A--APN αζυμος-A1B-APN και-C τιθημι-VE--AAD2S προς-P ο- A--ASF πετρα-N1A-ASF εκεινος- D--ASF και-C ο- A--ASM ζωμος-N2--ASM εχω-V1--PMPAPN εκχεω-V2--PAD2S και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ουτως-D

21 και-C εκτεινω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--ASN ακρος-A1A-ASN ο- A--GSF ραβδος-N2--GSF ο- A--GSF εν-P χειρ-N3--DSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C απτομαι-VAI-AMI3S ο- A--GPN κρεας-N3--GPN και-C ο- A--GPM αζυμος-A1B-GPM και-C αναβαινω-VZI-AAI3S πυρ-N3--NSN εκ-P ο- A--GSF πετρα-N1A-GSF και-C καταεσθιω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--APN κρεας-N3--APN και-C ο- A--APM αζυμος-A1B-APM και-C ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM πορευομαι-VCI-API3S απο-P οφθαλμος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GSM

22 και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S *γεδεων-N---NSM οτι-C αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM ουτος- D--NSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *γεδεων-N---NSM α-I α-I κυριος-N2--VSM εγω- P--GS κυριος-N2--VSM οτι-C οραω-VBI-AAI1S αγγελος-N2--ASM κυριος-N2--GSM προσωπον-N2N-ASN προς-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN

23 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM κυριος-N2--NSM ειρηνη-N1--NSF συ- P--DS μη-D φοβεω-V2--PMD2S ου-D μη-D αποθνησκω-VB--AAS2S

24 και-C οικοδομεω-VAI-AAI3S εκει-D *γεδεων-N---NSM θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--DSM κυριος-N2--DSM και-C επικαλεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM ειρηνη-N1--NSF κυριος-N2--GSM εως-P ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF ουτος- D--GSF ετι-D αυτος- D--GSM ειμι-V9--PAPGSM εν-P *εφραθα-N---DS πατηρ-N3--GSM ο- A--GSM *εσδρι-N---GSM

25 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εν-P ο- A--DSF νυξ-N3--DSF εκεινος- D--DSF και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM κυριος-N2--NSM λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--ASM μοσχος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM ταυρος-N2--ASM ος- --NSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S ο- A--DSM πατηρ-N3--DSM συ- P--GS και-C μοσχος-N2--ASM δευτερος-A1A-ASM επταετης-A3H-ASM και-C κατααιρεω-VF2-FAI2S ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSM *βααλ-N---GSM ος- --ASN ειμι-V9--PAI3S ο- A--DSM πατηρ-N3--DSM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--ASN αλσος-N3E-ASN ο- A--ASN επι-P αυτος- D--ASN ολεθρευω-VF--FAI2S

26 και-C οικοδομεω-VF--FAI2S θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN κυριος-N2--DSM ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM συ- P--GS επι-P κορυφη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSM *μαουεκ-N---GSM ουτος- D--GSM εν-P ο- A--DSF παραταξις-N3I-DSF και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI2S ο- A--ASM μοσχος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM δευτερος-A1A-ASM και-C αναφερω-VF--FAI2S ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-ASN εν-P ο- A--DPN ξυλον-N2N-DPN ο- A--GSN αλσος-N3E-GSN ος- --GSM εκολεθρευω-VF--FAI2S

27 και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S *γεδεων-N---NSM δεκα-M ανηρ-N3--APM απο-P ο- A--GPM δουλος-N2--GPM εαυτου- D--GSM και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ος- --ASM τροπος-N2--ASM λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM κυριος-N2--NSM και-C γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S ως-C φοβεω-VCI-API3S ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--APM ανηρ-N3--APM ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF ο- A--GSN ποιεω-VA--AAN ημερα-N1A-GSF και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S νυξ-N3--GSF

28 και-C ορθριζω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM ανηρ-N3--NPM ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF ο- A--ASN πρωι-D και-C ιδου-I κατααιρεω-V2I-IPI3S ο- A--NSN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-NSN ο- A--GSM *βααλ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--NSN αλσος-N3E-NSN ο- A--NSN επι-P αυτος- D--DSM ολεθρευω-V1I-IPI3S και-C οραω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--ASM μοσχος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM δευτερος-A1A-ASM ος- --ASM αναφερω-VAI-AAI3S επι-P ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--ASN οικοδομεω-VM--XPPASN

29 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ανηρ-N3--NSM προς-P ο- A--ASM πλησιον-D αυτος- D--GSM τις- I--NSM ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN ουτος- D--ASN και-C επιζητεω-VAI-AAI3P και-C ερευναω-VAI-AAI3P και-C γιγνωσκω-VZI-AAI3P οτι-C *γεδεων-N---NSM υιος-N2--NSM *ιωας-N---GSM ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN ουτος- D--ASN

30 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM ανηρ-N3--NPM ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF προς-P *ιωας-N---ASM εκφερω-VAI-AAD2S ο- A--ASM υιος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS και-C αποθνησκω-VB--AAD3S οτι-C κατααιρεω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSM *βααλ-N---GSM και-C οτι-C ολεθρευω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN αλσος-N3E-ASN ο- A--ASN επι-P αυτος- D--DSM

31 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *ιωας-N---NSM ο- A--DPM ανηρ-N3--DPM πας-A3--DPM ος- --NPM επι αναιστημι-VHI-AAI3P αυτος- D--DSM μη-D συ- P--NP νυν-D δικαζω-V1--PMI2P υπερ-P ο- A--GSM *βααλ-N---GSM η-C συ- P--NP σωζω-VF--FAI2P αυτος- D--ASM ος- --NSM εαν-C δικαζω-VA--AMS3S αυτος- D--DSM θανατοω-VC--APD3S εως-P πρωι-D ει-X θεος-N2--NSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S δικαζω-V1--PMD3S αυτος- D--DSM οτι-C κατααιρεω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GSM

32 και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASN εν-P ο- A--DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF εκεινος- D--DSF *ιαρβααλ-N---NSM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM δικαζω-VA--AMD3S εν-P αυτος- D--DSM ο- A--NSM *βααλ-N---NSM οτι-C κατααιρεω-VCI-API3S ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GSM

33 και-C πας-A1S-NSF *μαδιαμ-N---NSF και-C *αμαληκ-N---NSM και-C υιος-N2--NPM ανατολη-N1--GPF συναγω-VQI-API3P επι-P ο- A--ASN αυτος- D--ASN και-C παρα ενβαλλω-VBI-AAI3P εν-P κοιλας-N3D-DSF *εζερεελ-N---GSM

34 και-C πνευμα-N3M-NSN κυριος-N2--GSM ενδυναμοω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM *γεδεων-N---ASM και-C σαλπιζω-VAI-AAI3S εν-P κερατινη-N1--DSF και-C φοβεω-VCI-API3S *αβιεζερ-N---ASM οπισω-P αυτος- D--GSM

35 και-C αγγελος-N2--APM αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S εις-P πας-A3--ASM *μανασση-N---ASM και-C εν-P *ασηρ-N---DSM και-C εν-P *ζαβουλων-N---DSM και-C *νεφθαλι-N---DSM και-C αναβαινω-VZI-AAI3S εις-P συναντησις-N3I-ASF αυτος- D--GPM

36 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *γεδεων-N---NSM προς-P ο- A--ASM θεος-N2--ASM ει-X συ- P--NS σωζω-V1--PAI2S εν-P χειρ-N3--DSF εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASM *ισραηλ-N---ASM καθως-D λαλεω-VAI-AAI2S

37 ιδου-I εγω- P--NS τιθημι-V7--PAI1S ο- A--ASM ποκος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSN εριον-N2N-GSN εν-P ο- A--DSF αλων-N3W-DSF εαν-C δροσος-N2--NSF γιγνομαι-VB--AMS3S επι-P ο- A--ASM ποκος-N2--ASM μονον-D και-C επι-P πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ξηρασια-N1A-NSF γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI1S οτι-C σωζω-VF--FAI2S εν-P χειρ-N3--DSF εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASM *ισραηλ-N---ASM καθως-D λαλεω-VAI-AAI2S

38 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ουτως-D και-C ορθριζω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--DSF επαυριον-D και-C εκ επιιαομαι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM ποκος-N2--ASM και-C σταζω-VAI-AAI3S δροσος-N2--NSF απο-P ο- A--GSM ποκος-N2--GSM πληρης-A3H-NSF λεκανη-N1--NSF υδωρ-N3T-GSN

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Exploring the Meaning of Judges 6

Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff, Julian Duckworth

Judges 6: The Midianites oppress Israel; the call of Gideon.

Chapters 6-8 of Judges tell the story of Gideon, who led the people of Israel against the Midianites. The Lord allowed the Midianites to oppress the children of Israel for seven years, because they had disobeyed His commandments once again. Israel fled to the mountain caves, and Midian starved the Israelites by destroying their crops and taking their livestock. When Israel cried out to the Lord for help, a prophet delivered the Lord’s message that He had always been with them, but they had kept disobeying.

Then the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, who was threshing wheat in the winepress to hide this from the Midianites. The angel brought news that he would lead the fight against the Midianites. Gideon was stunned, and replied that his family was the least important in the tribe of Manasseh, and that he was the least in his family. Even so, the Lord assured him would be victorious, because the Lord was with him.

Gideon asked for a sign to be given him, and then went to prepare an offering of food. When he came back, the angel told him to place the meat and unleavened bread upon a rock. When the angel touched it with his staff, fire came up from the rock and burned up the food. The angel then departed.

The Lord told Gideon to break down his father’s altars to Baal, and to build an altar to the Lord on top of it, which he did by night. In the morning, the men of the city discovered what Gideon had done, and demanded that he be killed. But Gideon’s father, Joash, replied that Baal himself would take action, if he were really a god.

The Midianites and their allies gathered for battle, and Gideon called on his tribe of Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, to prepare to fight. Before the battle took place though, Gideon asked for another sign from God. He put a woolen fleece on the threshing floor, and if God would use him to save Israel, the fleece would have dew on it, while the ground around it would be dry. And so it was the next morning. Once again, Gideon asked for a sign, this time with dew on the ground, but not on the fleece. And again, this came to pass.

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The spiritual meaning of the Midianites is understanding spiritual truths, but leading a life of sensory pleasure anyway, rather than one built on genuine goodness (see Swedenborg’s work, Arcana Caelestia 7602). This is portrayed by the Midianites destroying all the crops which could be made into food, or spiritually, into what is good.

Threshing wheat and pressing wine are very similar processes; threshing wheat frees grain from the beaten husk, and pressing wine squeezes juice from a crushed grape. Both of these activities represent our spiritual determination to do what is good – the wheat for bread – because of the truth we have come to understand – the wine. Gideon’s name, meaning “to break apart”, and this passage are meant to show us that his strongest quality was determination to do good (Divine Providence 227[2]).

Gideon’s claim to be the least important of all demonstrates the place of genuine humility in our spiritual life. Acknowledging that the Lord brings about all good things is a sign of strength, not weakness (see Swedenborg’s work, Heaven and Hell 408).

The spiritual meaning of asking God for a sign – which Gideon did several times – is to confirm the validity of what we intend or understand. Paying attention to our internal state will show us the quality of our inner thoughts if we dare to listen, but ultimately, confirmation comes from the Word (see Swedenborg’s work, True Christian Religion 508[5]). The fire from the rock, which burned the meat, represents the power of love and truth to consume and sustain us.

The fascinating double sign involving the fleece has several layers of spiritual meaning: the threshing floor stands for the ground of our daily life and activity; the fleece, with its warmth and softness, stands for the principle of goodness; and the dew (water) stands for divine influx of truth into us from the Lord. These build the framework of the spiritual meaning. The dewy fleece on the dry ground means that we need to have the Lord’s truth in our mind, so we know how to lead a good life. Then, this needs to be reversed so that we feel the desire to do good, and then apply this in daily life (Arcana Caelestia 3579).

This sign is closely related to the spiritual meaning of the Midianites, the enemy to be overthrown. Simply knowing the Lord’s truths does not guarantee a good life; we must put these truths into practice.

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Arcana Coelestia # 3579

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3579. 'And God will give to you of the dew of heaven' means from Divine Truth; 'and of the fatness of the land' means from Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the dew of heaven' as truth, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'fatness' as good, dealt with in 353. In the highest sense in which they have reference to the Lord both are Divine. As for the multiplication of truth and the fruitfulness of good, they involve this: When the rational flows into the natural its own good presented by it in the natural appears in a general form. Through this good it produces truths there, almost in the way that life develops tissues in man and organizes them into different forms according to the functions they perform. By means of these truths organized into a heavenly order, this good produces further good, and through this further truths, which are derivatives. It is possible to have a natural idea such as this concerning the formation of truth from good, and of further good through that truth, through which yet again truth is formed. But it is not possible for anyone to have a spiritual idea except those in the next life, for in that life ideas are formed from the light of heaven, which light holds intelligence within it.

[2] As regards 'the dew' meaning truth, this too is clear from other places in the Word, as in Zechariah,

The seed of peace, the vine will give its fruit, and the land will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew. Zechariah 8:12.

This refers to a new Church. 'The vine will give its fruit' stands for the fact that the spiritual element of the Church, which is the truth of faith, will yield good, while 'the land will give its increase' stands for the fact that the celestial element of the Church, which is the good of charity, will yield truth, 'the dew which the heavens will give' being that good and truth. In Haggai,

Because of My house which lies waste the heavens above you have withheld their dew, and the earth has withheld its increase. Haggai 1:9-10.

'The dew of the heavens' and 'the increase of the earth' which were held back stand for similar things.

[3] In David,

From the womb of the dawn You have the dew of Your nativity. Psalms 110:3-4.

This refers to the Lord. 'The dew of nativity' stands for the celestial element of love. In Moses,

Blessed by Jehovah is his land, of the precious things of heaven, of the dew, of the deep also Lying below. Deuteronomy 33:13.

This refers to Joseph. 'The precious things of heaven' are spiritual things, 3166, which are 'the dew', 'the deep Lying below' being natural things. In the same author,

Israel dwelt securely. alone at Jacob's spring, in a land of grain and new wine; even his heavens distilled dew. Deuteronomy 33:28.

Here 'even his heavens distilled dew' stands for spiritual things, which are those of truth.

[4] 'Dew' in the genuine sense is the truth of good which is the product of a state of innocence and peace, for by 'the morning' or dawn when the dew comes down are meant those states of innocence and peace, 2333, 2405, 2540, 2780. This also was why the manna from heaven accompanied the dew which used to come down in the morning time, as becomes clear in Moses,

In the morning there was a deposit of dew around the camp, and when the deposit of dew went up, behold, on the face of the wilderness a round congealed thing, a congealed thing like hoar frost on the earth. Exodus 16:13-14.

When the dew came down over the camp at night, the manna came down on it. Numbers 11:9.

Because 'the manna' was heavenly bread it meant in the highest sense the Lord as regards Divine Good, and consequently with men the celestial element of love, for this originates in the Lord's Divine, 276, 680, 1798, 2165, 2177, 3464, 3478. 'The dew' on which and with which the manna came down stands in the highest sense for Divine Truth, and in the relative sense for spiritual truth with men. 'The morning time' is the state of peace in which those goods and truths are present, 92, 93, 1726, 2780, 3170.

[5] Because 'the dew' means truth which comes from good, or what amounts to the same, that which is spiritual originating in that which is celestial, spiritual truth is for that reason also compared in the Word to the dew, for the objects used as signs of spiritual things are also used as comparisons with those same things, as in Isaiah,

Thus said Jehovah to me, I will be still and I will behold in My dwelling-place; like clear warmth on the light, like a cloud of dew when the harvest is warm. Isaiah 18:4.

In Hosea,

What shall I do to you, O Ephraim? What shall I do to you, O Judah? For your holiness - like a dawn cloud, and like the dew that falls in the morning - [is going away]. Hosea 6:4; 13:3.

In the same prophet,

I will be as the dew to Israel, he will blossom 1 as the lily, and strike root like Lebanon. Hosea 14:5.

In Micah,

The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from Jehovah, like raindrops on the grass. Micah 5:7.

In David,

It is like the good oil upon the head, that runs down over the collar 2 of Aaron's robes. It is like the dew of Hermon which runs down over the mountains of Zion, for there Jehovah has commanded the blessing of life even for evermore. Psalms 133:2-3.

In Moses,

My doctrine will flow down like the rain, My word will distill like the dew, like showers on the tender grass, and like raindrops on the grass. Deuteronomy 32:2.

Here 'the dew' stands for the multiplication of truth that comes from good, and for the fruitfulness of good through truth. And because the dew is that which every morning causes field and vineyard to be fruitful, good and truth themselves are meant by the grain and new wine referred to next in this verse.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, sprout

2. literally, the mouth

  
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