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Josvas 11

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1 Da Jabin, kongen i Hasor, hørte dette, sendte han bud til Jobab, kongen i Madon, og til kongen i Simron og til kongen i Aksaf

2 og til de konger som bodde mot nord, i fjellbygdene og på ødemarken sønnenfor Kinneret og i lavlandet og på Dor-høidene ved havet,

3 til kana'anittene i øst og i vest og til amorittene og hetittene og ferisittene og jebusittene i fjellbygdene og hevittene ved foten av Hermon i Mispa-landet.

4 Og de drog ut med alle sine hærer, en mengde så tallrik som sanden på havets bredd, og hester og vogner i hopetall.

5 Alle disse konger satte hverandre stevne; og de kom og leiret sig sammen ved Merom-vannet for å stride mot Israel.

6 Da sa Herren til Josva: Vær ikke redd dem! For imorgen ved denne tid legger jeg dem alle sammen ihjelslått for Israels åsyn; deres hester skal du skjære hasene over på, og deres vogner skal du brenne op med ild.

7 Og Josva med alt sitt krigsfolk kom brått på dem ved Meromvannet og overfalt dem.

8 Og Herren gav dem i Israels hånd; de slo dem og forfulgte dem like til det store Sidon og til Misrefot-Ma'im og i øst like til Mispe-dalen; de slo dem og lot ingen bli i live eller slippe unda.

9 Og Josva gjorde med dem som Herren hadde sagt til ham; deres hester skar han hasene over på, og deres vogner brente han op med ild.

10 Straks efter vendte Josva tilbake og inntok Hasor, og kongen der slo han ihjel med sverdet; for Hasor var fordum hovedstaden for alle disse kongeriker.

11 Og hver sjel som var der, slo de med sverdets egg og slo byen med bann; det blev ikke igjen nogen som drog ånde, og Hasor brente han op med ild.

12 Og alle de andre kongebyer med alle deres konger tok Josva og slo dem med sverdets egg; han slo dem med bann, således som Moses, Herrens tjener, hadde befalt.

13 Men ingen av byene som lå der på sine hauger, brente Israel op; det var bare Hasor Josva brente op.

14 Og alt hærfanget i disse byer og feet tok Israels barn for sig selv; men alt folket slo de med sverdets egg inntil de hadde utryddet dem; de lot ingen som drog ånde, bli igjen.

15 Det som Herren hadde pålagt Moses, sin tjener, det hadde Moses pålagt Josva, og det gjorde Josva; han lot ikke noget ugjort av alt det Herren hadde pålagt Moses.

16 Således inntok Josva hele dette land, både fjellbygdene og hele sydlandet og hele Gosen-landet* og lavlandet og ødemarken og fjellbygdene i Israel og lavlandet der, / {* JOS 10, 41.}

17 fra det nakne fjell som strekker sig op imot Se'ir, til Ba'al-Gad i Libanon-dalen ved foten av Hermon-fjellet; og alle kongene der tok han til fange og hugg dem ned og drepte dem.

18 I lang tid førte Josva krig med alle disse konger.

19 Det var ikke nogen by som med det gode overgav sig til Israels barn, uten hevittene som bodde i Gibeon; de tok alt sammen i strid;

20 for Herren laget det så at de forherdet sitt hjerte og drog i krig mot Israel, forat de skulde bli slått med bann og ingen nåde få, men ødelegges, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

21 På samme tid kom Josva og utryddet anakittene i fjellbygdene, i Hebron, i Debir, i Anab og i alle fjellbygdene både i Juda og i Israel; Josva slo dem og deres byer med bann.

22 Det blev ingen anakitter igjen i Israels barns land; bare i Gasa, i Gat og i Asdod blev nogen levnet.

23 Således inntok Josva hele landet, aldeles som Herren hadde sagt til Moses, og Josva gav Israel det til arv efter deres ættegrener i deres stammer. Og landet hadde nu ro for krig.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2913

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2913. And spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying. That this signifies those with whom there was to be a new spiritual church, is evident from the signification of “Heth,” and of the “Hittites.” There were many inhabitants of the land of Canaan, who are enumerated in various places in the Word, and among them the Hittites (see Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 23:23 Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Josh. 3:10; 11:1, 3; 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kings 9:20; and other places). Most of these were from the Ancient Church (that this extended through many lands, and likewise through the land of Canaan, may be seen above, n. 1238, 2385). All who were of that church acknowledged charity as the principal, and all their doctrinal things were of charity or of life. Those who elaborated doctrinal things of faith were called “Canaanites,” and were separated from the other inhabitants of the land of Canaan (Numbers 13:29; see n. 1062-1063, 1076).

[2] Among the better inhabitants of the land of Canaan were the Hittites, as is evident from the fact that Abraham dwelt among them, and afterwards Isaac and Jacob, and had their burial place there; also from their bearing themselves piously and modestly toward Abraham, as is very plain from what is related of them in this chapter (particularly in verses 5-6, 10-11, 14-15). And thus by the Hittites, as by a well-disposed nation, is represented and signified the spiritual church, or the truth of the church. But with these, as with the rest of the Ancient church, it came to pass that in course of time they declined from charity or the good of faith; and consequently the falsity of the church is afterwards signified by them (as in Ezekiel 16:3, 45, and other places). That still the Hittites were among the more honored, is evident from the fact that there were Hittites with David, as Abimelech (1 Samuel 26:6), and Uriah, who was a Hittite (2 Samuel 11:3, 6, 17, 21), whose wife was Bathsheba, of whom Solomon was born to David (2 Samuel 12:24). (That “Heth” signifies the more external knowledges regarding life, which are the external truths of the spiritual church, may be seen above, n. 1203)

[3] This verse treats of the new church that the Lord sets up anew when the former church expires; and the verses that follow treat of the reception of faith with them. A church among the sons of Heth is not treated of; but the raising up by the Lord of the spiritual church in general, after the former ceases or is consummated; the sons of Heth are merely those who represent and signify this. See what has been said above concerning churches, namely: That in process of time a church decreases and is contaminated (n. 494, 501, 1327, 2422): That it recedes from charity, and produces evils and falsities (n. 1834, 1835): That then the church is said to be laid waste and desolate (n. 407-411, 2243): That a church is set up anew with the Gentiles, and why (n. 1366). That in the church which is being vastated, there is always preserved something of the church as a nucleus (n. 468, 637, 931, 2422): That unless there were a church on earth, the human race would perish (n. 468, 637, 931, 2422): That the church is as the heart and lungs in the grand body, that is, in the human race (n. 637, 931, 2054, 2853): The quality of the spiritual church (n. 765, 2669): That charity constitutes the church, not faith separate (n. 809, 916): That if all had charity, the church would be one, although they should differ as to doctrinal things and worship (n. 1285, 1316, 1798, 1799, 1834, 1844, 2385): That all men on earth who are in the Lord’s church, though scattered through the world, still as it were make a one, as in the heavens (n. 2853): That every church is internal and external, and both together constitute one church (n. 409, 1083, 1098, 1100, 1242): That the external church is nothing, if there is no internal church (n. 1795): That the church is compared to the rising and the setting of the sun, also to the seasons of the year, and the times of the day (n. 1837): That the Last Judgment is the last time of the church (n. 900, 931, 1850, 2117, 2118).

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2669

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2669. Also the son of the handmaid I will make a nation. That this signifies the spiritual church which was to receive the good of faith, is evident from the signification of the “son of the handmaid,” and also of a “nation.” The son of the handmaid, or Ishmael, when he was in Abraham’s house, or with Abraham, represented the Lord’s first rational, as shown above (n. 2652, 2653, 2657, 2658); but now, when separated, he puts on another representation, namely, that of the spiritual church (n. 2666); in the same manner as did Lot before, who while with Abraham represented the Lord’s external man (n. 1428, 1429, 1434, 1547, 1597, 1598, 1698); but when separated from Abraham represented the external church, and the many states of that church (n. 2324, 2371, 2399, 2422, 2459; and in the whole of the nineteenth chapter of Genesis). That a “nation” signifies good may be seen above (n. 1159, 1258-1260, 1416, 1849); here the good of faith, because it is predicated of the spiritual church. Hence now “also the son of the handmaid I will make a nation” signifies the spiritual church which was to receive the good of faith, that is, charity.

[2] The Lord’s kingdom in the heavens and on earth is celestial and spiritual; and the angels are therefore distinguished into celestial and spiritual (see n. 202, 337). To the celestial angels the Lord appears as a Sun, and to the spiritual as a Moon (n. 1053, 1521, 1529-1531). In the same manner are men distinguished into celestial and spiritual. They who were of the Most Ancient Church, which was before the flood, were celestial (treated of n. 607, 608, 780, 895, 920, 1114-1125); but they who were of the Ancient Church, which was after the flood, were spiritual (treated of n. 609, 640, 641, 765). What the difference between these churches was, may be seen above (n. 597, 607); also what the difference is between what is celestial and what is spiritual (n. 81, 1155, 1577, 1824, 2048, 2069, 2088, 2227, 2507).

[3] The celestial are they of whom the Lord says:

He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out; and when He hath led out His own sheep, He goeth before them, and the sheep follow Him, for they know His voice (John 10:3-4).

But the spiritual are they of whom He says:

And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, and one shepherd (John 10:1 (John 10:3-4)10:16).

The good of love is what makes the celestial church, but the good of faith is what makes the spiritual church. The truth of faith does not make, but introduces.

  
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