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1 Da sa Bileam til Balak: Bygg syv alter for mig her, og la mig få hit syv okser og syv værer!

2 Balak gjorde som Bileam sa; og Balak og Bileam ofret en okse og en vær på hvert alter.

3 sa Bileam til Balak: Bli stående her ved ditt brennoffer, så vil jeg gå bort en stund; kanskje Herren kommer mig i møte, og hvad han lar mig skue, det skal jeg la dig få vite. Så gikk han op på en bar høide.

4 Der kom Gud Bileam i møte, og Bileam sa til ham: Nu har jeg stelt til syv alter og ofret en okse og en vær på hvert alter.

5 Da la Herren et ord i Bileams munn og sa: Vend tilbake til Balak og tal som jeg har sagt dig!

6 Da han kom tilbake, så han Balak stå ved sitt brennoffer sammen med alle Moabs høvdinger.

7 Da tok han til å kvede og sa: Fra Aram henter mig Balak, fra Østens fjell Moabs konge: Kom og forbann for mig Jakob! Kom og tal ondt over Israel!

8 Hvorledes skal jeg forbanne den Gud ikke forbanner? Hvorledes skal jeg tale ondt over den Herren ikke taler ondt over?

9 For fra fjellets tinde ser jeg ham, og fra høidene skuer jeg ham: Se, det er et folk som bor for sig selv, og blandt hedningefolkene regner det sig ikke.

10 Hvem teller Jakobs ætt, tall-løs som støvet, eller endog bare fjerdedelen av Israel? Min sjel de opriktiges død, og mitt endelikt vorde som deres!

11 Da sa Balak til Bileam: Hvad har du gjort mot mig? Til å forbanne mine fiender hentet jeg dig, og se, du har velsignet!

12 Men han svarte: Skulde jeg ikke akte på det Herren legger i min munn, og tale det?

13 Da sa Balak til ham: Kjære, kom og vær med mig til et annet sted, hvorfra du kan se dem - dog vil du bare få se den ytterste del av folket, det hele folk får du ikke se - og forbann dem for mig derfra!

14 Så tok han ham med sig til speider-haugen på toppen av Pisga og bygget der syv alter og ofret en okse og en vær på hvert alter.

15 Og Bileam sa til Balak: Bli stående her ved ditt brennoffer mens jeg går der bort for å få en åpenbaring.

16 Og Herren kom Bileam i møte og la et ord i hans munn og sa: Vend tilbake til Balak og tal som jeg har sagt dig!

17 Da han kom til ham, så han ham stå ved sitt brennoffer sammen med Moabs høvdinger; og Balak sa til ham: Hvad har Herren talt?

18 Da tok han til å kvede og sa: Stå op, Balak, og hør! Lytt til mig, du Sippors sønn!

19 Gud er ikke et menneske at han skulde lyve, ei heller et menneskes barn at han skulde angre; skulde han si noget og ikke gjøre det, skulde han tale og ikke sette det i verk?

20 Se, å velsigne blev mig gitt; han har velsignet, og jeg kan ikke omstøte det.

21 Ei skuer han urett i Jakob, ei ser han elendighet i Israel; Herren hans Gud er med ham, og kongejubel lyder der.

22 Gud førte dem ut av Egypten; styrke har de som en villokse.

23 For ikke finnes det trolldom i Jakob, og ikke spådomskunster i Israel; når tiden er der, blir det sagt til Jakob og til Israel hvad Gud vil gjøre.

24 Se - et folk som reiser sig som en løvinne, springer op som en løve; ei legger det sig før det har mettet sig med rov og drukket dreptes blod.

25 Da sa Balak til Bileam: Du skal hverken forbanne det eller velsigne det.

26 Men Bileam svarte Balak: Har jeg ikke allerede sagt dig at jeg i ett og alt må gjøre som Herren sier?

27 Da sa Balak til Bileam: Kjære, kom, så vil jeg ta dig med til et annet sted; kanskje Gud vil tillate at du forbanner dem for mig derfra.

28 Så tok Balak Bileam med op på toppen av Peor, hvorfra en skuer ut over ørkenen.

29 Da sa Bileam til Balak: Bygg syv alter for mig her og la mig få syv okser og syv værer!

30 Og Balak gjorde som Bileam sa, og ofret en okse og en vær på hvert alter.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 241

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241. The first living creature was like a lion. (4:7) This symbolizes the Divine truth of the Word in respect to its power.

A lion symbolizes truth in its power, here the Divine truth of the Word in respect to its power, as can be seen from the power of the lion, which surpasses that of every other animal on the earth. It can be seen as well from lions in the spiritual world and the fact that they are images representative of the power of Divine truth. And it can be seen, too, from the Word, in which lions symbolize Divine truth in its power. The nature of the power of Divine truth in the Word may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture 49, and in the book Heaven and Hell, nos. 228-233.

So it is that Jehovah or the Lord is likened to a lion, and also called a lion, as in the following passages:

A lion has roared! Who does not fear? The Lord Jehovih has spoken! Who does not prophesy? (Amos 3:8)

I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim... They shall walk after Jehovah. He roars like a lion. (Hosea 11:9-10)

As a lion roars, and a young lion..., so Jehovah... will come down to fight upon Mount Zion... (Isaiah 31:4)

Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed... (Revelation 5:5)

Judah is a lion's whelp... He bowed down, he lay down... as an old lion. Who rouses him? (Genesis 49:9)

[2] A lion in these passages describes the power of the Divine truth emanating from the Lord. Roaring symbolizes His speaking and acting with power against the hells, which try to carry off a person as a lion does its prey, but from which the Lord rescues him. To bow down means to put Himself into a condition of power. Judah, in the highest sense, symbolizes the Lord (nos. 96, 266).

(The angel) cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. (Revelation 10:3)

He bows down, he lies down... as an old lion. Who rouses him? (Numbers 24:9)

Lo, the people rises like an old lion, and like a young lion lifts itself up. (Numbers 23:24)

This last declaration is said of Israel, which symbolizes the church, whose power, which lies in Divine truths, is thus described.

So likewise:

The remnant of Jacob shall be... in the midst of... peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep... (Micah 5:7-8)

And so on in many other places, as in Isaiah 11:6; 21:6-9; 35:9; Jeremiah 2:15; 4:7; 5:6; 12:8; 50:17; 51:38; Ezekiel 19:3, 5-6; Deuteronomy 33:20.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Deuteronomy 33

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1 This is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

2 He said, "Yahweh came from Sinai, And rose from Seir to them. He shone forth from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

3 Yes, he loves the people. All his saints are in your hand. They sat down at your feet; [Everyone] shall receive of your words.

4 Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

5 He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.

6 "Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few."

7 This is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, "Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries."

8 Of Levi he said, "Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you strove at the waters of Meribah;

9 who said of his father, and of his mother, 'I have not seen him;' Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he know his own children: For they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.

10 They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.

11 Yahweh, bless his substance. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again."

12 Of Benjamin he said, "The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell in safety by him. He covers him all the day long. He dwells between his shoulders."

13 Of Joseph he said, "His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath,

14 for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

15 for the chief things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

16 for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. Let [the blessing] come on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

17 The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh."

18 Of Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and Issachar, in your tents.

19 They shall call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall draw out the abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand."

20 Of Gad he said, "He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.

21 He provided the first part for himself, for there was the lawgiver's portion reserved. He came [with] the heads of the people. He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His ordinances with Israel."

22 Of Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's cub that leaps out of Bashan."

23 Of Naphtali he said, "Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of the blessing of Yahweh, Possess the west and the south."

24 Of Asher he said, "Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil.

25 Your bars shall be iron and brass. As your days, so your strength will be.

26 "There is none like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, In his excellency on the skies.

27 The eternal God is [your] dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, 'Destroy!'

28 Israel dwells in safety; the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.

29 You are happy, Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you. You shall tread on their high places."