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1 Så fikk Manasse stamme sin arvelodd, for han var Josefs førstefødte. Makir, Manasses førstefødte sønn, gileadittenes stamfar, fikk Gilead og Basan, fordi han var en stridsmann.

2 Manasses andre* barn fikk og arvelodd efter sine ætter: Abiesers barn og Heleks barn og Asriels barn og Sekems barn og Hefers barn og Semidas barn; dette var Manasses, Josefs sønns barn på mannssiden, efter sine ætter. / {* 4MO 26, 29 fg.}

3 Men Selofhad, en sønn av Hefer, som var sønn av Gilead og sønnesønn av Makir, Manasses sønn, hadde ikke sønner, men bare døtre; og dette var navnene på hans døtre: Mahla og Noa, Hogla, Milka og Tirsa.

4 De gikk frem for Eleasar, presten, og for Josva, Nuns sønn, og høvdingene og sa: Herren bød Moses at han skulde gi oss arv midt iblandt våre brødre. Så fikk de efter Herrens ord arv midt iblandt sin fars brødre.

5 Således falt det ti deler på Manasse, foruten Gilead- og Basan-landet på hin side* Jordan. / {* østenfor.}

6 For Manasses døtre fikk arv midt iblandt hans sønner, og Gilead-landet hadde Manasses andre* barn fått. / {* JOS 13, 29 fg. 17, 1.}

7 Og Manasses grense gikk fra Aser til Mikmetat, som ligger midt imot Sikem; så tok grensen til høire til En-Tappuah-bygden.

8 Manasse fikk Tappuah-landet, men Tappuah selv på grensen av Manasse tilfalt Efra'ims barn.

9 Så gikk grensen ned til Kana-bekken, sønnenfor bekken; men byene der tilfalt Efra'im, enda de lå mellem Manasses byer. Derfra gikk Manasses grense nordenfor bekken og endte ute ved havet.

10 Alt som lå sønnenfor, tilfalt Efra'im, og det som lå nordenfor, tilfalt Manasse, og havet blev hans grense; og i nord støtte de op til Aser og i øst til Issakar.

11 I Issakar og i Aser fikk Manasse Bet-Sean med tilhørende småbyer og Jibleam med tilhørende småbyer og innbyggerne i Dor med tilhørende småbyer og innbyggerne i En-Dor med tilhørende småbyer og innbyggerne i Ta'anak med tilhørende småbyer og innbyggerne i Megiddo med tilhørende småbyer, de tre høidedrag.

12 Men Manasses barn maktet ikke å innta disse byer, og det lyktes kana'anittene å bli boende der i landet.

13 Da Israels barn siden blev sterkere, gjorde de kana'anittene arbeidspliktige, men de drev dem ikke bort.

14 Og Josefs barn talte til Josva og sa: Hvorfor har du gitt mig bare én lodd og én arvedel, enda jeg er et stort folk, fordi Herren hittil har velsignet mig?

15 Da sa Josva til dem: Er du så stort et folk, så gå op i skogen og rydd dig jord der i ferisittenes og refa'ittenes land, siden Efra'ims fjellbygd er for trang for dig.

16 Men Josefs barn sa: Fjellbygden strekker ikke til for oss, og kana'anittene som bor i dalbygdene, har alle sammen jernvogner, både de som bor i Bet-Sean med tilhørende småbyer, og de som bor i Jisre'els dal.

17 Da sa Josva til Josefs hus, til Efra'im og Manasse: Du er et stort folk og har stor styrke; du skal ikke ha bare én lodd,

18 men en fjellbygd skal du få, og da det er skog der, skal du hugge den ned, så endog dens utkanter skal tilhøre dig; for du skal drive bort kana'anittene, om de enn har jernvogner og er sterke.

   

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9338. And inherit the land. That this signifies until in good, and thus regenerate, is evident from the signification of “inheriting,” as being to receive as an heir (of which in what follows); and from the signification of “the land,” here the land of Canaan, as being the kingdom of the Lord, thus heaven (see n. 1413, 1437, 1607, 1866, 3038, 3481, 3686, 3705, 4240, 4447). Therefore by “inheriting the land” is signified receiving heaven as an heir. By “an heir,” when said of heaven, is especially meant a man who has the Lord’s life (n. 2658, 2851, 3672, 7212), thus one who is in good from the Lord, and consequently who is regenerate. (That when a man is in good from the Lord, he is in heaven, thus regenerate, see n. 9274, and the passages there cited.)

[2] That this is signified by “inheriting,” when said of heaven, is plain in Matthew:

Then shall the King say to those on His right hand, Come ye blessed of My Father, possess as an inheritance the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and ye gave Me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave Me to drink. Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye did it unto Me (Matthew 25:34-35, 40);

here “to possess as an inheritance the kingdom of the Lord,” that is, heaven, is said of those who are in good; the very goods of charity are also enumerated in their order; and finally it is said, “inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye did it unto Me.” Those are called the Lord’s “brethren” who are in good (n. 6756); thus also those who do what is good, for good is the Lord with man. Therefore it is said, “inasmuch as ye did it unto one of [the least] of these brethren;” but not “to one of the brethren.”

[3] In Revelation:

He that overcometh shall receive by inheritance all things; and I will be his God, and be shall be My son (Revelation 21:7);

speaking of those who overcome it is said they “shall receive by inheritance all things,” and they are called “sons,” because heirs; “to overcome” denotes to fight from good and truth; for evil is overcome by means of good; and falsity by means of truth.

[4] In David:

God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it by inheritance. The seed also of His servants shall inherit it; and they that love His name shall dwell therein (Psalms 69:35-36); where “to possess by inheritance” is predicated of those who are in celestial good; and “to inherit” of those who are in spiritual good. Celestial good is the good of love to the Lord, and spiritual good is the good of charity toward the neighbor (n. 9277).

In Isaiah:

He that confideth in Me shall inherit the land, and shall possess by inheritance the mountain of My holiness (Isaiah 57:13).

[5] From all this it is evident what is signified by the land of Canaan being distributed into twelve inheritances for the twelve tribes of Israel (Josh. 14 to 19; and Ezekiel 47:13-22; also Ezekiel 48); for by “the land of Canaan” was signified the kingdom of the Lord, or heaven (n. 1413, 1437, 1607, 1866, 3038, 3481, 3686, 3705, 4240, 4447); by the “twelve tribes” were signified all goods and truths in general and in particular (n. 3858, 3862, 3926, 3939, 4060, 6335, 6337, 6397, 6640); thus by the twelve inheritances was signified heaven with all the heavens and the societies therein, distinct in respect to the goods of love and the derivative truths of faith (n. 7836, 7891, 7996); thus in the abstract sense the goods themselves which are from the Lord, consequently which are the Lord in heaven.

[6] For heaven is nothing else than the Divine truth which proceeds from the Lord’s Divine good. The angels of heaven are recipients of truth in good; and insofar as they receive this, so far they make heaven. And-this is a secret-the Lord does not dwell with an angel except in His own with him. In like manner He dwells with a man; for the Divine must be in what is Divine, and not in what belongs to any man. This is meant by the words of the Lord concerning the union of Himself with those who are in the good of love, in John:

In that day ye shall know that I am in the Father, and ye in Me, and I in you. He that loveth Me keepeth My word, and We will come unto him, and make our abode with him (John 14:20, 23).

The glory which Thou hast given Me I have given them; that they may be one; as We are one; that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them (John 17:22, 26).

  
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