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4 Mosebok 2

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1 Og Herren talte til Moses og Aron og sa:

2 Israels barn skal leire sig, hver ved sitt banner, ved sin families hærmerke; de skal leire sig midt imot sammenkomstens telt, rundt omkring det.

3 På fremsiden, mot øst, skal Juda leire sig under sitt banner, hær for hær; og høvdingen for Judas barn er Nahson, Amminadabs sønn,

4 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er fire og sytti tusen og seks hundre.

5 Ved siden av ham skal Issakars stamme leire sig; og høvdingen for Issakars barn er Netanel, Suars sønn,

6 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er fire og femti tusen og fire hundre.

7 Likeså Sebulons stamme; og høvdingen for Sebulons barn er Eliab, Helons sønn,

8 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er syv og femti tusen og fire hundre.

9 Alle som er mønstret av Judas leir, hær for hær, er hundre og seks og åtti tusen og fire hundre; de skal være den første fylking som bryter op.

10 Mot syd skal uben leire sig under sitt banner, hær for hær; og høvdingen for ubens barn er Elisur, Sede'urs sønn,

11 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er seks og firti tusen og fem hundre.

12 Ved siden av ham skal Simeons stamme leire sig; og høvdingen for Simeons barn er Selumiel, Surisaddais sønn,

13 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er ni og femti tusen og tre hundre.

14 Likeså Gads stamme; og høvdingen for Gads barn er Eljasaf, e'uels sønn,

15 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er fem og firti tusen, seks hundre og femti.

16 Alle som er mønstret av ubens leir, hær for hær, er hundre og en og femti tusen, fire hundre og femti; de skal være den annen fylking som bryter op.

17 Så skal sammenkomstens telt bryte op, levittenes leir i midten av leirene; de skal bryte op efter som de har leiret sig, hver på sin plass under sine banner.

18 Mot vest skal Efra'im leire sig under sitt banner, hær for hær; og høvdingen for Efra'ims barn er Elisama, Ammihuds sønn,

19 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er firti tusen og fem hundre.

20 Ved siden av ham Manasse stamme; og høvdingen for Manasses barn er Gamliel, Pedasurs sønn,

21 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er to og tretti tusen og to hundre.

22 Likeså Benjamins stamme; og høvdingen for Benjamins barn er Abidan, Gideonis sønn,

23 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er fem og tretti tusen og fire hundre.

24 Alle som er mønstret av Efra'ims leir, hær for hær, er hundre og åtte tusen og et hundre; de skal være den tredje fylking som bryter op.

25 Mot nord skal Dan leire sig under sitt banner, hær for hær; og høvdingen for Dans barn er Akieser, Ammisaddais sønn,

26 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er to og seksti tusen og syv hundre.

27 Ved siden av ham skal Asers stamme leire sig; og høvdingen for Asers barn er Pagiel, Okrans sønn,

28 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er en og firti tusen og fem hundre.

29 Likeså Naftali stamme; og høvdingen for Naftalis barn er Akira, Enans sønn,

30 og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er tre og femti tusen og fire hundre.

31 Alle som er mønstret av Dans leir, er hundre og syv og femti tusen og seks hundre; de skal være den siste fylking som bryter op under sine banner.

32 Dette var de av Israels barn som blev mønstret, efter sine familier; i alt var det seks hundre og tre tusen, fem hundre og femti mann som blev mønstret i leirene, hær for hær.

33 Men levittene blev ikke mønstret sammen med de andre Israels barn, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

34 Og Israels barn gjorde så; de leiret sig under sine banner og brøt op, enhver efter sin ætt og sin familie, i alle deler således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

   

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445. Of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand sealed, signifies faith and salvation. This is evident from the representation and consequent signification of "Issachar" and his tribe, as being that which makes heaven and salvation with man, for "Issachar" in the original means reward, and love and faith are what make heaven and salvation with man, consequently both are signified by "the tribe of Issachar." "Reward" is frequently spoken of in the Word, as "that reward is to be received," and by it is understood eternal life, salvation, and by many, heavenly joy; and in the nearest sense this is the signification of "reward." If a man is living according to the Lord's commandments, it is permissible for him to think of eternal life, salvation, and heavenly joy; but it is not permissible for him to keep his mind intent upon reward, for if he does so he has reward as an end, and easily falls into the thought that by his life he deserves heaven and salvation, and this thought causes him to have regard to self in every particular, and such regard to self removes him from heaven; for so far as man looks to self in what he does, he does not look to heaven. Because of this, "reward" signifies in the Word that in which heaven and salvation are, that is, in general, love and faith, and thence intelligence and wisdom, for in these are salvation and heaven, and consequently heavenly joy, so far as man does not think about reward. From this the signification of "Issachar" and his tribe can be seen.

[2] Here faith is signified, because "the tribe of Simeon" signifies obedience, and "the tribe of Levi" signifies good works, and they who are in good works from obedience are in faith; while such as are in the goods of life from the spiritual affection of truth and good are in charity, and they who are in the goods of life from celestial affection are in love to the Lord. This, too, is the way in which angels are distinguished in the heavens: those who are in the goods of life from a celestial affection are in the inmost or third heaven; those who are in the goods of life from a spiritual affection are in the middle or second heaven; and those who are in good works from obedience are in the lowest or first heaven, and these also are said to have faith, for the things they hear from the sense of the letter of the Word and from preachers they believe according to their apprehension, but they neither see nor perceive whether they are true, therefore their thought about what is to be believed is called faith; for that is properly called faith which is believed without intellectual sight and perception as to its being so, consequently such persons can believe falsity equally with truth. But when what is believed is seen and perceived this is not called faith, but apperception and perception; for the understanding illustrated by the Lord sees, and the will is affected, and action flows from the two.

[3] "Issachar" and his tribe here signify faith, because these three tribes, from each of which were twelve thousand sealed, mean all who are in the lowest or first heaven; and they who are in that heaven are said to be in good works from obedience, and in faith. Moreover, many of these call faith alone the essential of salvation, and yet do not separate faith from good works, for they say that faith is bestowed upon them by the Lord because they are in good works, and that if they were not in good works faith would not be given. But those who separate faith from good works, and declare it to be the sole means of salvation, and that they are saved by it howsoever they live, confirming this by their life, such are not in the lowest heaven but are in hell.

[4] Those who have regard to reward on account of the good works they do, and thus place merit in works, are meant by "Issachar" in the prophecy of Israel respecting his sons:

Issachar is a bony ass couching down between the burdens. And he shall see rest that it is good, and the land that it is pleasant; and he shall bow his shoulder to bear burdens, [and shall be one who serves for hire] (Genesis 49:14, 15).

Here "Issachar" signifies reward or recompense on account of works; "a bony ass" signifies the lowest servitude; "couching down between the burdens" signifies life among works; "and he shall see rest that it is good" signifies works of good without recompense full of felicity; "and the land that it is pleasant" signifies that those who are in the Lord's kingdom are in such felicity; "and he shall bow his shoulder to bear burdens" signifies that they, nevertheless, labor in every work; "and shall be one who serves for hire" signifies with a view to merit. (For further explanation of this see Arcana Coelestia 6387-6394.)

[5] But those who do not place merit in the good works they perform, by having regard for reward, but place heaven and the felicity of eternal life in thinking and willing well, and thence in acting well, and are in the spiritual affection of truth and good, which is with those who are in the heavenly marriage, that is, in the marriage of good and truth; such are meant by these words in Moses:

Of Zebulun he said, Be glad, Zebulun, in thy going out; and Issachar in thy tents. They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall sacrifice sacrifices of righteousness; for they shall suck the abundance of the seas, and the hidden things of the secret things of the sand (Deuteronomy 33:18, 19).

This is said of those who are in the marriage of good and truth, that is, in truths in respect to the understanding and thought, and in goods in respect to the will and affection. "Zebulun" signifies that marriage, and "Issachar" the affection of truth and good; "to be glad in thy going out" signifies to have delight in all genuine truths and goods, "going out" signifying all things, because it signifies the ultimate, the effect, and the conclusion; "to be glad in the tents" signifies in all worship; "to call the peoples unto the mountain" signifies, because such are in heaven, where there is the good of love; "to sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness" signifies worship from truths that are from good; "to suck the abundance of the sea" signifies to imbibe the truths of doctrine from the Word, and thus intelligence; and "to suck the hidden things of the secret things of the sand" signifies the spiritual things that lie concealed in the sense of the letter of the Word.

[6] Because "the tribes of Judah, of Issachar, and of Zebulun," signified the heaven where the good of love is, "the tribe of Judah" that good itself, "the tribe of Issachar" its affection, and "Zebulun" its conjunction with truths:

These three tribes pitched to the east of the tent of meeting (Numbers 2:3-9);

for in heaven those dwell to the east who are in the good of love and thus in the affection of good and truth, and in the marriage or conjunction of these, that is, in truths in respect to doctrine and in goods in respect to life.

  
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