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1 και-C κτηνος-N3E-NPN πληθος-N3E-NSN ειμι-V9--IAI3S ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *ρουβην-N---GSM και-C ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *γαδ-N---GSM πληθος-N3E-ASN σφοδρα-D και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3P ο- A--ASF χωρα-N1A-ASF *ιαζηρ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--ASF χωρα-N1A-ASF *γαλααδ-N---GS και-C ειμι-V9--IAI3S ο- A--NSM τοπος-N2--NSM τοπος-N2--NSM κτηνος-N3E-DPN

2 και-C προςερχομαι-VB--AAPNPM ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ρουβην-N---GSM και-C ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *γαδ-N---GSM ειπον-VAI-AAI3P προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM και-C προς-P *ελεαζαρ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM ιερευς-N3V-ASM και-C προς-P ο- A--APM αρχων-N3--APM ο- A--GSF συναγωγη-N1--GSF λεγω-V1--PAPNPM

3 *αταρωθ-N---NSM και-C *δαιβων-N---NSM και-C *ιαζηρ-N---NSM και-C *ναμβρα-N---NSM και-C *εσεβων-N---NSM και-C *ελεαλη-N---NSM και-C *σεβαμα-N---NSM και-C *ναβαυ-N---NSM και-C *βαιαν-N---NSM

4 ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ος- --ASF παραδιδωμι-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ενωπιον-P ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM γη-N1--NSF κτηνοτροφος-A1--NSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S και-C ο- A--DPM παις-N3D-DPM συ- P--GS κτηνος-N3E-APN υποαρχω-V1--PAI3S

5 και-C λεγω-V1I-IAI3P ει-C ευρισκω-VB--AAI1P χαρις-N3--ASF ενωπιον-P συ- P--GS διδωμι-VC--APD3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF ουτος- D--NSF ο- A--DPM οικετης-N1M-DPM συ- P--GS εν-P κατασχεσις-N3I-DSF και-C μη-D διαβιβαζω-VA--AAS2S εγω- P--AP ο- A--ASM *ιορδανης-N1M-ASM

6 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *γαδ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *ρουβην-N---GSM ο- A--NPM αδελφος-N2--NPM συ- P--GP πορευομαι-V1--PMI3P εις-P πολεμος-N2--ASM και-C συ- P--NP καταιημι-VF--FMI2P αυτος- D--GSM

7 και-C ινα-C τις- I--ASN διαστρεφω-V1--PAI2P ο- A--APF διανοια-N1A-APF ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM μη-D διαβαινω-VZ--AAN εις-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ος- --ASF κυριος-N2--NSM διδωμι-V8--PAI3S αυτος- D--DPM

8 ου-D ουτως-D ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM πατηρ-N3--NPM συ- P--GP οτε-D αποστελλω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--APM εκ-P *καδης-N---GSM *βαρνη-N---GSM κατανοεω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF

9 και-C αναβαινω-VZI-AAI3P *φαραγξ-N3G-ASF βοτρυς-N3U-GSM και-C κατανοεω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C αποιστημι-VHI-AAI3P ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM οπως-C μη-D ειςερχομαι-VB--AAS3P εις-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ος- --ASF διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--DPM

10 και-C οργιζω-VSI-API3S θυμος-N2--DSM κυριος-N2--NSM εν-P ο- A--DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF εκεινος- D--DSF και-C ομνυμι-VAI-AAI3S λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

11 ει-C οραω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--NPM ανθρωπος-N2--NPM ουτος- D--NPM ο- A--NPM αναβαινω-VZ--AAPNPM εκ-P *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF απο-P εικοσαετης-A3H-GSM και-C επανω-D ο- A--NPM επισταμαι-V6--PMPNPM ο- A--ASN κακος-A1--ASN και-C ο- A--ASN αγαθος-A1--ASN ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ος- --ASF ομνυμι-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM και-C *ισαακ-N---DSM και-C *ιακωβ-N---DSM ου-D γαρ-X συν επιακολουθεω-VAI-AAI3P οπισω-P εγω- P--GS

12 πλην-D *χαλεβ-N---NSM υιος-N2--NSM *ιεφοννη-N---GSM ο- A--NSM διαχωριζω-VT--XMPNSM και-C *ιησους-N---NSM ο- A--NSM ο- A--GSM *ναυη-N---GSM οτι-C συν επιακολουθεω-VAI-AAI3S οπισω-P κυριος-N2--GSM

13 και-C οργιζω-VSI-API3S θυμος-N2--DSM κυριος-N2--NSM επι-P ο- A--ASM *ισραηλ-N---ASM και-C καταρομβευω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM εν-P ο- A--DSF ερημος-N2--DSF τεσσαρακοντα-M ετος-N3E-APN εως-C εκ ανααλισκω-VCI-API3S πας-A1S-NSF ο- A--NSF γενεα-N1A-NSF ο- A--NPM ποιεω-V2--PAPNPM ο- A--APN πονηρος-A1A-APN εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM

14 ιδου-I αναιστημι-VHI-AAI2P αντι-P ο- A--GPM πατηρ-N3--GPM συ- P--GP συστρεμμα-N3M-NSN ανθρωπος-N2--GPM αμαρτωλος-A1B-GPM προςτιθημι-VE--AAN ετι-D επι-P ο- A--ASM θυμος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSF οργη-N1--GSF κυριος-N2--GSM επι-P *ισραηλ-N---ASM

15 οτι-C αποστρεφω-VD--FPI2P απο-P αυτος- D--GSM προςτιθημι-VE--AAN ετι-D καταλειπω-VB--AAN αυτος- D--ASM εν-P ο- A--DSF ερημος-N2--DSF και-C ανομεω-VF--FAI2P εις-P ολος-A1--ASF ο- A--ASF συναγωγη-N1--ASF ουτος- D--ASF

16 και-C προςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P αυτος- D--DSM και-C λεγω-V1I-IAI3P επαυλις-N3I-APF προβατον-N2N-GPN οικοδομεω-VA--AAS1P ωδε-D ο- A--DPN κτηνος-N3E-DPN εγω- P--GP και-C πολις-N3I-APF ο- A--DPF αποσκευη-N1--DPF εγω- P--GP

17 και-C εγω- P--NP ενοπλιζω-VA--AMPNPM προφυλακη-N1--NSF προτερος-A1A-NPMC ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM εως-C αν-X αγω-VB--AAS1P αυτος- D--APM εις-P ο- A--ASM εαυτου- D--GPM τοπος-N2--ASM και-C καταοικεω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--NSF αποσκευη-N1--NSF εγω- P--GP εν-P πολις-N3I-DPF τειχιζω-VT--XMPDPF δια-P ο- A--APM καταοικεω-V2--PAPAPM ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF

18 ου-D μη-D αποστρεφω-VD--APS1P εις-P ο- A--APF οικια-N1A-APF εγω- P--GP εως-C αν-X καταμεριζω-VC--APS3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM εκαστος-A1--NSM εις-P ο- A--ASF κληρονομια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GSM

19 και-C ουκετι-D κληρονομεω-VA--AAS1P εν-P αυτος- D--DPM απο-P ο- A--GSM περαν-D ο- A--GSM *ιορδανης-N1M-GSM και-C επεκεινα-D οτι-C αποεχω-V1--PAI1P ο- A--APM κληρος-N2--APM εγω- P--GP εν-P ο- A--DSM περαν-D ο- A--GSM *ιορδανης-N1M-GSM εν-P ανατολη-N1--DPF

20 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--APM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM εαν-C ποιεω-VA--AAS2P κατα-P ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN ουτος- D--ASN εαν-C ενοπλιζω-VA--AMS2P εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM εις-P πολεμος-N2--ASM

21 και-C παραερχομαι-VF--FMI3S συ- P--GP πας-A3--NSM οπλιτης-N1M-NSM ο- A--ASM *ιορδανης-N1M-ASM εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM εως-C αν-X εκτριβω-VD--APS3S ο- A--NSM εχθρος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GSM απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN αυτος- D--GSM

22 και-C κατακυριευω-VC--APS3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM και-C μετα-P ουτος- D--APN αποστρεφω-VD--FPI2P και-C ειμι-VF--FMI2P αθωος-A1A-NPM εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM και-C απο-P *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF ουτος- D--NSF συ- P--DP εν-P κατασχεσις-N3I-DSF εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM

23 εαν-C δε-X μη-D ποιεω-VA--AAS2P ουτως-D αμαρτανω-VF--FMI2P εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI2P ο- A--ASF αμαρτια-N1A-ASF συ- P--GP οταν-D συ- P--AP καταλαμβανω-VB--AAS3S ο- A--APN κακος-A1--APN

24 και-C οικοδομεω-VF--FAI2P συ- P--DP αυτος- D--DPM πολις-N3I-APF ο- A--DSF αποσκευη-N1--DSF συ- P--GP και-C επαυλις-N3I-APF ο- A--DPN κτηνος-N3E-DPN συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--ASN εκπορευομαι-V1--PMPASN εκ-P ο- A--GSN στομα-N3M-GSN συ- P--GP ποιεω-VF--FAI2P

25 και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ρουβην-N---GSM και-C ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *γαδ-N---GSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNPM ο- A--NPM παις-N3D-NPM συ- P--GS ποιεω-VF--FAI3P καθα-D ο- A--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GP εντελλομαι-V1--PMI3S

26 ο- A--NSF αποσκευη-N1--NSF εγω- P--GP και-C ο- A--NPF γυνη-N3K-NPF εγω- P--GP και-C πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN κτηνος-N3E-NPN εγω- P--GP ειμι-VF--FMI3P εν-P ο- A--DPF πολις-N3I-DPF *γαλααδ-N---GS

27 ο- A--NPM δε-X παις-N3D-NPM συ- P--GS παραερχομαι-VF--FMI3P πας-A3--NPM ενοπλιζω-VT--XMPNPM και-C εκτασσω-VK--XMPNPM εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM εις-P ο- A--ASM πολεμος-N2--ASM ος- --ASM τροπος-N2--ASM ο- A--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM λεγω-V1--PAI3S

28 και-C συνιστημι-VHI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM *ελεαζαρ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM ιερευς-N3V-ASM και-C *ιησους-N---ASM υιος-N2--ASM *ναυη-N---GSM και-C ο- A--APM αρχων-N3--APM πατρια-N1A-GPF ο- A--GPF φυλη-N1--GPF *ισραηλ-N---GSM

29 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--APM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM εαν-C διαβαινω-VZ--AAS3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ρουβην-N---GSM και-C ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *γαδ-N---GSM μετα-P συ- P--GP ο- A--ASM *ιορδανης-N1M-ASM πας-A3--NSM ενοπλιζω-VT--XMPNSM εις-P πολεμος-N2--ASM εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM και-C κατακυριευω-VA--AAS2P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF απεναντι-P συ- P--GP και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI2P αυτος- D--DPM ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF *γαλααδ-N---GS εν-P κατασχεσις-N3I-DSF

30 εαν-C δε-X μη-D διαβαινω-VZ--AAS3P ενοπλιζω-VT--XMPNPM μετα-P συ- P--GP εις-P ο- A--ASM πολεμος-N2--ASM εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM και-C διαβιβαζω-VF--FAI2P ο- A--ASF αποσκευη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--APF γυνη-N3K-APF αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN αυτος- D--GPM προτερος-A1A-APN συ- P--GP εις-P γη-N1--ASF *χανααν-N---GS και-C συν κατακληρονομεω-VC---APS2S εν-P συ- P--DP εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF *χανααν-N---DS

31 και-C αποκρινω-VCI-API3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ρουβην-N---GSM και-C ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *γαδ-N---GSM λεγω-V1--PAPNPM οσος-A1--APN ο- A--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM λεγω-V1--PAI3S ο- A--DPM θεραπων-N3--DPM αυτος- D--GSM ουτως-D ποιεω-VF--FAI1P

32 εγω- P--NP διαβαινω-VF--FMI1P ενοπλιζω-VT--XMPNPM εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM εις-P γη-N1--ASF *χανααν-N---GS και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI2P ο- A--ASF κατασχεσις-N3I-ASF εγω- P--DP εν-P ο- A--DSM περαν-D ο- A--GSM *ιορδανης-N1M-GSM

33 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *γαδ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *ρουβην-N---GSM και-C ο- A--DSM ημισυς-A3U-DSM φυλη-N1--GSF *μανασση-N---GSM υιος-N2--GPM *ιωσηφ-N---GSN ο- A--ASF βασιλεια-N1A-ASF *σηων-N---GSM βασιλευς-N3V-GSM *αμορραιος-N2--GPM και-C ο- A--ASF βασιλεια-N1A-ASF *ωγ-N---GSM βασιλευς-N3V-GSM ο- A--GSF *βασαν-N---GSF ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C ο- A--APF πολις-N3I-APF συν-P ο- A--DPM οριον-N2N-DPN αυτος- D--GSF πολις-N3I-NPF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF κυκλος-N2--DSM

34 και-C οικοδομεω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *γαδ-N---GSM ο- A--ASF *δαιβων-N---ASF και-C ο- A--ASF *αταρωθ-N---ASF και-C ο- A--ASF *αροηρ-N---ASF

35 και-C ο- A--ASF *σωφαρ-N---ASF και-C ο- A--ASF *ιαζηρ-N---ASF και-C υψοω-VA--AAI3P αυτος- D--APF

36 και-C ο- A--ASF *ναμβραν-N---ASF και-C ο- A--ASF *βαιθαραν-N---ASF πολις-N3I-APF οχυρος-A1A-APF και-C επαυλις-N3I-APF προβατον-N2N-GPN

37 και-C ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ρουβην-N---GSM οικοδομεω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--ASF *εσεβων-N---ASF και-C *ελεαλη-N---ASF και-C *καριαθαιμ-N---ASM

38 και-C ο- A--ASF *βεελμεων-N---ASF περικυκλοω-VM--XMPAPF και-C ο- A--ASF *σεβαμα-N---ASF και-C επιονομαζω-VAI-AAI3P κατα-P ο- A--APN ονομα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GPM ο- A--APN ονομα-N3M-APN ο- A--GPM πολις-N3I-GPF ος- --APF οικοδομεω-VAI-AAI3P

39 και-C πορευομαι-VCI-API3S υιος-N2--NSM *μαχιρ-N---GSM υιος-N2--GSM *μανασση-N---GSM εις-P *γαλααδ-N---AS και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASF και-C αποολλυω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM *αμορραιος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM καταοικεω-V2--PAPASM εν-P αυτος- D--DSF

40 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--ASF *γαλααδ-N---ASF ο- A--DSM *μαχιρ-N---DSM υιος-N2--DSM *μανασση-N---GSM και-C καταοικεω-VAI-AAI3S εκει-D

41 και-C *ιαιρ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM ο- A--GSM *μανασση-N---GSM πορευομαι-VCI-API3S και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--APF επαυλις-N3I-APF αυτος- D--GPM και-C επιονομαζω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APF επαυλις-N3--APF *ιαιρ-N---GSM

42 και-C *ναβαυ-N---NSM πορευομαι-VCI-API3S και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF *κανααθ-N---ASF και-C ο- A--APF κωμη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GSF και-C επιονομαζω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APF *ναβωθ-N---NSM εκ-P ο- A--GSN ονομα-N3M-GSN αυτος- D--GSM

   

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10225. 'From a son of twenty years and over' means the state in which the understanding of truth and good exists. This is clear from the meaning of the word 'twenty', when it refers to a person's age, as the state in which the understanding of truth and good exists. The reason why 'twenty' means the state in which the understanding of truth and good exists is that when a person attains twenty years he starts to think for himself. For from earliest childhood to extreme old age a person passes inwardly through a number of states, which are those of understanding (or intelligence) and wisdom. The first state lasts from birth to the person's fifth year. It is a state of ignorance and of innocence within ignorance; and it is called early childhood. The second state lasts from the fifth to the twentieth year. This is a state in which instruction is received and knowledge is acquired; and it is called later childhood. The third state lasts from the twentieth to the sixtieth year, which is a state in which understanding exists; and it is called adulthood, maturity, or full manhood. The fourth or last state lasts from the sixtieth year onwards, which is a state of wisdom and of innocence within wisdom.

[2] These consecutive states of a person's life are meant in Moses by the numbers five, twenty, and sixty, used in Moses to describe the following age-groups,

When anyone makes a particular vow, the valuation for a male from a son of twenty years to a son of sixty years shall be fifty shekels of silver; if it is a female the valuation shall be thirty shekels. But from a son of five years to a son of twenty years the valuation shall be, if a male, twenty shekels; if a female, ten shekels. But from the son of a month to a son of five years the valuation of a male shall be five shekels, of a female three shekels. But from a son of sixty years onwards the valuation [of a male] shall be fifteen shekels, of a female ten shekels. Leviticus 27:2-7.

[3] The fact that the first state is a state of ignorance and also of innocence within ignorance is self-evident. While this state exists the inner levels of the mind are being put into shape for the use they will serve, and consequently are not yet opened up. Only the most external levels, those of the senses, are open; and when these alone are open ignorance exists. For a person's understanding and perception of anything at all springs from those inner levels. From this it also becomes clear that the innocence which exists at this time and is called the innocence of young childhood is of a most external nature.

[4] The fact that the second state is one in which instruction is received and knowledge is acquired is also self-evident. This is not yet a state in which understanding exists because the young person does not arrive at any conclusion by himself; neither by himself does he draw any distinction between one truth and another, nor even between truth and falsity, only with the help of others. His thought and speech consist purely of matters contained in his memory, thus solely of acquired knowledge; nor does he see or perceive whether something is true unless he takes it on trust from his teacher, consequently because another says it is.

[5] The third state however is called a state in which understanding exists because the person now thinks for himself, drawing distinctions and arriving at conclusions; and the conclusions are his, not another's. At this time belief begins; for belief is not a person's own until he has confirmed what he believes with ideas that are the product of his own thinking. Till then the belief is not his but another's within him; for till then he trusts in the person, not in the matter of belief. From this it becomes clear that the state in which understanding exists begins with a person when not his teacher's but his own ideas constitute what he thinks, which does not happen until inner levels of the mind are opened towards heaven. It should be remembered that the outer levels of the human mind exist in the world and the inner ones in heaven, and that the amount of light flowing from heaven into ideas derived from the world determines how much understanding and wisdom a person has. This comes about according to how far and in what kind of way the inner levels have been opened; and how far they are open depends on how far the person leads a life looking to heaven and not to the world.

[6] The last state however is one of wisdom and of innocence within wisdom, which exists when a person is no longer concerned just to gain an understanding of truths and forms of good, but is concerned to make them part of his will and life; for then the person has wisdom. And how far that person is able to make them part of his will and life depends on how much innocence he has, that is, on how far he believes that left to himself he has no wisdom at all, but that whatever wisdom he has is derived from the Lord, and also on how far he loves this to be so. So it is that this state is also one of innocence within wisdom.

[7] From the way in which these states follow one another the person possessing wisdom can also see the marvels of Divine Providence, namely these: An earlier state serves as the basis for those following on continuously; and, The opening up or unclosing of inner levels advances in consecutive stages from the outermost right through to the inmost ones, till at length they have been so opened up that what existed initially on outermost levels - that is to say, ignorance and innocence - also exists finally on inmost levels. For anyone who knows that by himself he is ignorant of everything and that whatever he knows is derived from the Lord has the ignorance of wisdom and also the innocence of wisdom within him. All this now makes clear what the state of understanding is, meant by 'twenty' when this number is used in reference to a person's age.

[8] This number is used with a similar meaning elsewhere in the Word, for example in Moses,

Take the sum of all the congregation, from a son of twenty years and over - every [male] going into the army in Israel. Numbers 1:2-3, 18ff.

This refers to the encampment and journeying of the children of Israel according to their tribes, which too means the arrangement in order by the Lord of the truths and forms of the good of faith and love, this arrangement in order being meant by the encampment of them, 4236, 8103 (end), 8130, 8131, 8155, and the forms of good and the truths of faith in their entirety by their tribes, 3858, 3926, 3939, 4060, 6335, 6337, 6397. Consequently 'a son of twenty years and over' is used to mean those who are in the state when understanding exists, because in their case truths and forms of the good of faith and love are able to be arranged and set in order by the Lord. For the Lord flows into their understanding and will, where He arranges and sets those things in order, and also removes and casts aside falsities and evils. This explains why it says 'from a son of twenty years and over, every [male] going into the army; for 'the army' means truths drawn up in order, in such a way that they may have no fear of falsities and evils, but may drive them back if they attack. The fact that such truths are meant in the internal sense by 'the army', see 3448, 7236, 7988, 8019.

[9] But in the case of those who are in the state of early childhood or that of later childhood, thus those who are under twenty years old, truths and forms of good are not so well arranged that they can go into the army and perform military service. They cannot do so because, as has been stated above, they do not as yet draw distinctions or arrive at conclusions by themselves, and cannot therefore as yet use reason to banish any falsity or evil at all; and those who cannot do this are not sent into battle, either. This is why a person is not allowed to undergo temptations, which are spiritual conflicts against falsities and evils, until he has entered the state in which understanding exists, that is, when he can judge things for himself, 3928, 4248, 4249, 8963.

[10] Twenty years of age and over is used with the same meaning elsewhere in Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses and Eleazar, Take the sum of the whole assembly of the children of Israel from a son of twenty years and over - everyone going into military service in Israel. Numbers 26:1, 2.

In the spiritual sense 'going into military service' means going into battles against falsities and evils which come from hell.

[11] Anyone who does not know that 'a son of twenty years and over' means the state in which understanding exists, or those who are in that state, cannot know either why it was declared, when the people grumbled against Jehovah, that all who came up from Egypt, from a son of twenty years and over, would die in the wilderness, Numbers 14:29; 32:10-11. For those who are in the state of understanding, in which they are able to draw distinctions, arrive at conclusions, and make judgements for themselves, are guilty of the wrong they do, but not so those who are not as yet in that state. From this also it is evident that 'twenty years', used in reference to an age, means the state in which understanding or judgement exists. But the number 'twenty' has a different meaning when used in reference to any other subject, see above in 10222.

  
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