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4 Mosebok 26

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1 Da sotten var forbi, sa Herren til Moses og til Eleasar, sønn av Aron, presten:

2 Ta op manntall over hele Israels barns menighet fra tyveårsalderen og opover, efter deres familier, over alle dem i Israel som kan dra ut i strid.

3 Og Moses og Eleasar, presten, talte med dem på Moabs ødemarker ved Jordan, midt imot Jeriko, og sa:

4 Fra tyveårsalderen og opover skal de mønstres - således som Herren hadde befalt Moses og Israels barn, dem som hadde draget ut av Egyptens land.

5 uben var Israels førstefødte; ubens barn var: Fra Hanok hanokittenes ætt, fra Pallu pallu'ittenes ætt,

6 fra Hesron hesronittenes ætt, fra Karmi karmittenes ætt.

7 Dette var rubenittenes ætter, og de av dem som blev mønstret, var tre og firti tusen, syv hundre og tretti.

8 Pallus sønn var Eliab,

9 og Eliabs barn var Nemuel og Datan og Abiram. Det var den Datan og den Abiram som var utkåret av menigheten, og som yppet strid mot Moses og Aron dengang Korahs flokk satte sig op imot Herren,

10 og jorden oplot sin munn og slukte både dem og Korah, og hele flokken omkom idet ilden fortærte de to hundre og femti menn, og de blev til et tegn;

11 men Korahs barn omkom ikke.

12 Simeons barn var efter sine ætter: Fra Nemuel nemuelittenes ætt, fra Jamin jaminittenes ætt, fra Jakin jakinittenes ætt,

13 fra Serah serahittenes ætt, fra Sa'ul sa'ulittenes ætt.

14 Dette var simeonittenes ætter, to og tyve tusen og to hundre.

15 Gads barn var efter sine ætter: Fra Sefon sefonittenes ætt, fra Haggi haggittenes ætt, fra Suni sunittenes ætt,

16 fra Osni osnittenes ætt, fra Eri erittenes ætt,

17 fra Arod arodittenes ætt, fra Areli arelittenes ætt.

18 Dette var Gads barns ætter, så mange av dem som blev mønstret, firti tusen og fem hundre.

19 Judas barn var Er og Onan; men Er og Onan døde i Kana'ans land.

20 Og Judas barn var efter sine ætter: Fra Sela selanittenes ætt, fra Peres peresittenes ætt, fra Serah serahittenes ætt.

21 Peres' barn var: Fra Hesron hesronittenes ætt, fra Hamul hamulittenes ætt.

22 Dette var Judas ætter, så mange av dem som blev mønstret, seks og sytti tusen og fem hundre.

23 Issakars barn var efter sine ætter: Fra Tola tola'ittenes ætt, fra Puva punittenes ætt,

24 fra Jasub jasubittenes ætt, fra Simron simronittenes ætt.

25 Dette var Issakars ætter, så mange av dem som blev mønstret, fire og seksti tusen og tre hundre.

26 Sebulons barn var efter sine ætter: Fra Sered sardittenes ætt, fra Elon elonittenes ætt, fra Jahle'el jahle'elittenes ætt.

27 Dette var sebulonittenes ætter, så mange av dem som blev mønstret, seksti tusen og fem hundre.

28 Josefs barn var efter sine ætter: Manasse og Efra'im.

29 Manasses barn var: Fra Makir makirittenes ætt, og Makir var far til Gilead, fra Gilead gileadittenes ætt.

30 Gileads barn det var: Fra Jeser jesrittenes ætt, fra Helek helkittenes ætt

31 og fra Asriel asrielittenes ætt og fra Sekem sikmittenes ætt

32 og fra Semida semida'ittenes ætt og fra Hefer hefrittenes ætt.

33 Men Selofhad, Hefers sønn, hadde ingen sønner, bare døtre, og Selofhads døtre hette Mahla og Noa, Hogla, Milka og Tirsa.

34 Dette var Manasses ætter, og de av dem som blev mønstret, var to og femti tusen og syv hundre.

35 Efra'ims barn det var efter deres ætter: Fra Sutelah sutelahittenes ætt, fra Beker bakrittenes ætt, fra Tahan tahanittenes ætt.

36 Sutelahs barn det var: Fra Eran eranittenes ætt.

37 Dette var Efra'ims barns ætter, så mange av dem som blev mønstret, to og tretti tusen og fem hundre. Dette var Josefs barn efter deres ætter.

38 Benjamins barn var efter sine ætter: Fra Bela balittenes ætt, fra Asbel asbelittenes ætt, fra Akiram akiramittenes ætt,

39 fra Sefufam sufamittenes ætt, fra Hufam hufamittenes ætt.

40 Belas barn var: Ard og Na'aman, fra Ard ardittenes ætt, fra Na'aman na'amittenes ætt.

41 Dette var Benjamins barn efter deres ætter, og de av dem som blev mønstret, var fem og firti tusen og seks hundre.

42 Dans barn var efter sine ætter: Fra Suham suhamittenes ætt. Dette var Dans ætter efter deres ættetavle.

43 Alle suhamittenes ætter, så mange av dem som blev mønstret, var fire og seksti tusen og fire hundre.

44 Asers barn var efter sine ætter: Fra Jimna jimna'ittenes ætt, fra Jisvi jisvittenes ætt, fra Beria beriittenes ætt;

45 av Berias barn: Fra Heber hebrittenes ætt, fra Malkiel malkielittenes ætt.

46 Asers datter hette Serah.

47 Dette var Asers barns ætter, så mange av dem som blev mønstret, tre og femti tusen og fire hundre.

48 Naftalis barn var efter sine ætter: Fra Jahse'el jahse'elittenes ætt, fra Guni gunittenes ætt,

49 fra Jeser jisrittenes ætt, fra Sillem sillemittenes ætt.

50 Dette var Naftalis ætter efter deres ættetavle, og de av dem som blev mønstret, var fem og firti tusen og fire hundre.

51 Dette var de av Israels barn som blev mønstret, seks hundre og ett tusen, syv hundre og tretti.

52 Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:

53 Mellem disse skal landet skiftes ut til arv efter folketallet.

54 Den stamme som er stor, skal du gi en stor arv, og den som er liten, skal du gi en liten arv; hver stamme skal få sin arv efter tallet på dem som blev mønstret der.

55 Men ved loddkasting skal landet skiftes ut; efter navnene på sine fedrenestammer skal de ta arv.

56 Efter som loddet faller, skal hver stamme, stor eller liten, få sin arv.

57 Dette var de av levittene som blev mønstret, efter sine ætter: Fra Gerson gersonittenes ætt, fra Kahat kahatittenes ætt, fra Merari merarittenes ætt.

58 Dette var levittenes ætter: libnittenes ætt, hebronittenes ætt, mahlittenes ætt, musittenes ætt, korahittenes ætt. Kahat var far til Amram,

59 og Amrams hustru hette Jokebed; hun var datter av Levi og født i Egypten; og Amram fikk med henne Aron og Moses og deres søster Mirjam.

60 Og Aron fikk sønnene Nadab og Abihu, Eleasar og Itamar;

61 men Nadab og Abihu døde dengang de bar fremmed ild inn for Herrens åsyn.

62 Og de av levittene som blev mønstret, var tre og tyve tusen, alt mannkjønn blandt dem fra den som var en måned gammel og opover; de blev ikke mønstret sammen med de andre Israels barn, fordi det ikke var gitt dem arv blandt Israels barn.

63 Disse var det som blev mønstret av Moses og Eleasar, presten, da de mønstret Israels barn på Moabs ødemarker ved Jordan midt imot Jeriko,

64 og blandt disse var det ikke nogen av dem som blev mønstret av Moses og Aron, presten, dengang de mønstret Israels barn i Sinai ørken.

65 For Herren hadde sagt at de skulde i ørkenen. Og det var ingen tilbake av dem uten Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, og Josva, Nuns sønn.

   

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4317. In the internal historical sense 'because he touched, in the hollow of Jacob's thigh, the sinew of that which was displaced' means because of their heredity which could not be rooted out through regeneration because they would not allow that to happen. This is clear from the meaning of 'the thigh' as conjugial love, and consequently all celestial and spiritual love, dealt with in 4280, and 'the hollow of the thigh' as the place where conjugial love, and also all celestial and spiritual love, is joined to natural good, 4277, 4280. Consequently 'touching it', that is, so damaging it that limping results, means destroying the good that flows from those loves. And since it was Jacob in whom this was done, that among his descendants which had come down from him, and so was hereditary, is meant. 'The sinew of that which was displaced' means falsity, see 4303, in this case falsity which stems from hereditary evil. The fact that this heredity could not be rooted out through regeneration because they would not allow that to happen follows from this and from the whole train of thought.

[2] The possession of such a heredity and their inability to be regenerated is quite clear from all that is recorded in the Word about them, and especially from the following in Moses,

Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, You yourselves saw all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants, and to all his land; and Jehovah has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, even to this day. Deuteronomy 29:2, 4.

In the same author,

I know the people's imagination, which they are performing today, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn [to give them]. Deuteronomy 31:21.

And further on,

I will hide My face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, sons with no truth in them. I would scatter them far, I would make the memory of them cease from mankind, except that I feared the wrath of the enemy. For they are a nation from whose counsel is perishing and in whom there is no intelligence. For from the vine of Sodom comes their vine, and from the fields of Gomorrah their grapes; they have grapes of hemlock, clusters that are bitter. The poison of dragons is their wine, and the cruel head of asps. Is not this stored up with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? Deuteronomy 32:20, 26-34.

The same things are said in many other places, in particular in Jeremiah.

[3] Further evidence that their heredity is meant by the touching of Jacob's thigh and his consequently having a limp may be seen in Hosea,

The controversy of Jehovah with Judah: He will make a visitation on Jacob over his ways, and will render to him according to his deeds. In the womb he supplanted his brother; in his grief he contended with God, and contended against the angel and prevailed; he wept and appealed to him. Hosea 12:2-4.

Here 'contending with God' means, in the internal historical sense, their insistence that a representative of the Church should exist with them, 4290, 4293. From this it is evident that the kind of heredity they possessed had been derived from Jacob himself, as may be shown from further places still but must be passed over for the time being.

[4] As regards heredity specifically, the belief at the present day in the Church is that all hereditary evil is derived from the first parent and that all are therefore condemned in respect of that evil. But this is untrue. The origin of hereditary evil in everyone lies with his parents and parents' parents, that is, with successive generations of ancestors. Every evil which each of these has acquired to himself by his own actions in life, inasmuch as it becomes so to speak part of his character through regular practice or habit, is passed on to his children and becomes hereditary in them; and that evil accompanies what has been implanted in parents from grandparents and ancestors. Hereditary evil coming from the father is more internal, and hereditary evil from the mother more external. That coming from the father cannot be rooted out easily whereas that from the mother can. When a person is being regenerated the deeply-implanted hereditary evil that is received from immediate forbears is rooted out; but with those who are not being regenerated, or who are unable to be, it remains. This then is hereditary evil; see also 313, 494, 2122, 2910, 3518, 3701. This matter is also plain to anyone who reflects, as well as from the fact that every family has some evil or good characteristic by which it is distinguished from other families; and that characteristic, as is well known, is inherited from parents and ancestors. The same applies to the Jewish nation which is still in existence. It is clearly different from all other nations and may be recognized not only from its particular disposition but also from its customs, speech, and facial characteristics.

[5] But few people know what hereditary evil is. It is believed to consist in the doing of evil, when in fact it consists in the willing and therefore thinking of it. It is within the will itself and therefore within thought that hereditary evil dwells. It is the actual inclination to evil which is within them and which attaches itself even when the person does what is good. It is recognized through the kind of delight which enters in when evil befalls another. This root lies hidden deep down, for the interior form itself receiving good and truth from heaven, that is, from the Lord by way of heaven, is perverted and so to speak twisted out of shape, with the result that when good and truth flow in from the Lord these are either cast back or perverted or smothered. This is why no perception of what is good and true exists at the present day, but instead, in the case of the regenerate, conscience which acknowledges as good and true that which has been learned from parents and teachers. Hereditary evil leads to loving oneself more than others, willing evil on another if he does not promote oneself to honour, and taking delight in acts of revenge. It also leads to loving the world more than heaven and to all evil desires or evil affections, which spring from the same source. Man does not know that such things exist within him, still less that they are the opposite of heavenly affections. In the next life however he is shown plainly how much evil, hereditary in origin, he has drawn to himself through his own actions in life, and also how far he has removed himself from heaven through evil affections from the same source.

[6] The fact that hereditary evil in Jacob's descendants could not be rooted out through regeneration because they would not allow that to happen is also evident from the historical descriptions in the Word - in all their temptations in the desert they gave in, as described in Moses, which they also did subsequently in the land of Canaan as often as they did not see miracles taking place. Those temptations however were external ones, and not internal or spiritual. In spiritual things they were incapable of being tempted because they had no knowledge of internal truths nor any possession of internal goods, as shown already; and nobody is able to be tempted except in what he knows or possesses. Temptations are the actual means by which regeneration is accomplished. This is what is meant by them not allowing regeneration to happen. Concerning their state and fate in the next life, see 939-941, 3481.

  
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Genesis 34

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1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.

3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.

4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a wife."

5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.

6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.

7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; a which thing ought not to be done.

8 Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

10 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it."

11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.

12 Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."

13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

14 and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

15 Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;

16 then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

17 But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone."

18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

19 The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.

20 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

21 "These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.

23 Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."

24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

25 It happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.

26 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.

27 Jacob's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

28 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field,

29 and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.

30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."

31 They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"