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4 Mosebok 31

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1 Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:

2 Ta hevn over midianittene for det de har gjort mot Israels barn! Derefter skal du samles til dine fedre.

3 Da talte Moses til folket og sa: La nogen av eder ruste sig til strid! De skal kjempe mot midianittene og føre Herrens hevn over Midian;

4 tusen av hver stamme, av alle Israels stammer, skal I sende ut til strid.

5 Så blev der av Israels tusener tatt ut tusen av hver stamme - tolv tusen, rustet til strid.

6 Dem sendte Moses ut i striden - tusen av hver stamme - og med dem Pinehas, sønn av Eleasar, presten; han hadde med sig helligdommens redskaper og larmtrompetene.

7 Og de stred mot Midian, som Herren hadde befalt Moses, og de slo alt mannkjønn ihjel.

8 Og blandt dem de slo ihjel, var også Midians konger, Evi og ekem og Sur og Hur og eba, Midians fem konger; også Bileam, Beors sønn, slo de ihjel med sverdet.

9 Og Israels barn førte Midians kvinner og deres barn bort som fanger, og alle deres kløvdyr og all deres buskap og alt deres gods gjorde de til bytte.

10 Og alle deres byer overalt hvor de bodde, og alle deres teltleire brente de op med ild.

11 Og de tok alt byttet og alt det de hadde røvet, både folk og fe,

12 og de førte fangene og byttet og det de hadde røvet, til Moses og Eleasar, presten, og til Israels barns menighet, til leiren på Moabs ødemarker ved Jordan, midt imot Jeriko.

13 Og Moses og Eleasar, presten, og alle menighetens høvdinger gikk dem i møte utenfor leiren.

14 Men Moses blev vred på dem som var satt over hæren, på høvdingene over tusen og høvdingene over hundre, da de kom tilbake fra krigstoget.

15 Og Moses sa til dem: Har I latt alle kvinner leve?

16 Det var jo de som på Bileams råd forførte Israels barn til troløshet mot Herren for Peors skyld, så sotten kom over Herrens menighet.

17 Så slå nu ihjel alle guttebarn og alle kvinner som har hatt samleie med menn.

18 Men alle unge piker som ikke har hatt samleie med menn, skal I la leve, og de skal høre eder til.

19 Og så skal I holde eder utenfor leiren i syv dager! Enhver av eder som har slått nogen ihjel, og enhver som har rørt ved en som er slått ihjel, skal rense sig på den tredje og på den syvende dag - både I og eders fanger .

20 Og alle klær og alt som er gjort av skinn eller av gjetehår, og alle trekar skal I rense.

21 Og Eleasar, presten, sa til stridsmennene som hadde vært med i krigen: Dette er det lovbud som Herren har gitt Moses:

22 Gull og sølv, kobber, jern, tinn og bly,

23 alt som tåler ild, skal I la gå gjennem ilden, så blir det rent; men det skal også renses med renselsesvannet. Men alt som ikke tåler ild, skal I la gå gjennem vann.

24 Og den syvende dag skal I tvette eders klær, så blir I rene; og derefter kan I komme inn i leiren.

25 Og Herren sa til Moses:

26 Ta tall på hele det bortførte bytte, både folk og fe, du og Eleasar, presten, og overhodene for menighetens familier.

27 Og du skal dele byttet i to deler mellem krigsfolket som drog ut i striden, og hele menigheten.

28 Og du skal ta en avgift til Herren av krigsfolket som drog ut i striden, ett liv av hvert fem hundre, både av mennesker og av storfeet og asenene og småfeet.

29 Dette skal I ta av den halvdel som tilfaller krigsfolket; og du skal gi det til Eleasar, presten, som en gave til Herren.

30 Og av den halvdel som tilfaller Israels barn, skal du ta ut ett liv av hvert femti, både av mennesker og av storfeet og asenene og småfeet - av alt feet; og du skal gi dem til levittene, som tar vare på det som er å vareta ved Herrens tabernakel.

31 Og Moses og Eleasar, presten, gjorde således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

32 Og byttet - det som var tilovers av alt det som stridsfolket hadde røvet - var: av småfe seks hundre og fem og sytti tusen

33 og av storfe to og sytti tusen

34 og av asener en og seksti tusen.

35 Og av mennesker - kvinner som ikke hadde hatt samleie med menn - var det i alt to og tretti tusen.

36 Halvdelen av dette - den del som falt på stridsmennene - var: av småfeet tre hundre og syv og tretti tusen og fem hundre,

37 så avgiften til Herren av småfeet blev seks hundre og fem og sytti,

38 og av storfeet seks og tretti tusen, og avgiften derav til Herren to og sytti,

39 og av asener tretti tusen og fem hundre, og avgiften derav til Herren en og seksti,

40 og av mennesker seksten tusen, og avgiften derav til Herren to og tretti.

41 Og Moses gav avgiften til Eleasar, presten, som en gave til Herren, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

42 Den halvdel som tilfalt Israels barn, og som Moses hadde skilt ut fra stridsmennenes del -

43 den halvdel som tilfalt menigheten - var: av småfe tre hundre og syv og tretti tusen og fem hundre

44 og av storfe seks og tretti tusen

45 og av asener tretti tusen og fem hundre

46 og av mennesker seksten tusen.

47 Av denne halvdel - den som tilfalt Israels barn - tok Moses ut ett liv for hvert femti, både av mennesker og av dyr, og gav dem til levittene, som tok vare på det som er å vareta ved Herrens tabernakel, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

48 Så gikk de som var satt over hærens tusener, høvdingene over tusen og høvdingene over hundre, frem for Moses

49 og sa til ham: Dine tjenere har tatt tall på krigsfolkene som stod under vår befaling, og det fattedes ikke én mann av oss.

50 Derfor bærer vi frem som gave til Herren hvad enhver av oss har tatt av gullsaker, armkjeder og armbånd, fingerringer, ørenringer og kulekjeder; det skal være til soning for oss for Herrens åsyn.

51 Og Moses og Eleasar, presten, tok imot gullet av dem, alle slags fint arbeidede ting.

52 Og hele den gave av gull som høvdingene over tusen og høvdingene over hundre avgav til Herren, var seksten tusen, syv hundre og femti sekel.

53 Men stridsmennene hadde og hver for sig vunnet bytte.

54 Da Moses og Eleasar, presten, hadde tatt imot gullet av høvdingene over tusen og over hundre, bar de det inn i sammenkomstens telt, forat det skulde minne om Israels barn for Herrens åsyn.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4236

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4236. 'And Jacob said [when he saw them], This is God's camp' means heaven. 'God's camp' means heaven, for the reason that 'an army' means truths and goods, 3448, and goods and truths are arranged by the Lord in conformity with heavenly order. Hence the arrangement of them like armies when arrayed is meant by 'an encampment', and the heavenly order itself, which is heaven, by 'a camp'. This camp or order is such that it cannot in any way be broken apart by hell, despite the constant effort from hell to break it apart. This also is why this order, which is heaven, is referred to as 'a camp', and why truths and goods, that is, angels, who are arranged in conformity with that order are called 'armies'. From all this it is now evident how 'God's camp' comes to mean heaven. It is that actual order, and so heaven itself, which was represented by the encampments of the children of Israel in the wilderness; and their actual dwelling together there according to their tribes was referred to as 'the camp'. The Tabernacle pitched in the middle and around which they encamped represented the Lord Himself. Regarding the children of Israel's encampment in this manner, see Numbers 1:1-end, and 33:2-56; and regarding their encampment around the Tabernacle according to their tribes - Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun to the east; Reuben, Simeon, and Gad to the south; Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin to the west; Dan, Asher, and Naphtali to the north; and the Levites in the middle next to the Tabernacle - Numbers 2:2 and following verses.

[2] The tribes' means all goods and truths in their entirety, see 3858, 3862, 3926, 3939, 4060. Consequently when Balaam saw Israel dwelling according to tribes and the Spirit of God came upon him, he delivered the utterance,

How good your tabernacles are, O Jacob; your dwelling-places, O Israel! They are like valleys that are planted, like gardens beside a river. Numbers 24:2-3, 5-6.

It is quite plain that this prophecy did not mean the people named Jacob and Israel but that it was the Lord's heaven which was represented. This also is why in other places in the Word their ordered settlements in the wilderness, or encampments according to tribes, are called camps, and in those places 'a camp' in the internal sense means heavenly order and 'encampment' an arrangement in conformity with that order, that is to say, with the order in which goods and truths exist in heaven - as in Leviticus 4:12; 8:17; 13:46; 14:8; 16:26, 28; 24:14, 23; Numbers 3; 4:4 and following verses; 5:2-4; Numbers 9:17-end; 10:1-10, 28; 11:31-32; 12:14-15; 31:19-24; Deuteronomy 23:9-14.

[3] The meaning of 'God's camp' as heaven may also be seen in Joel,

The earth quaked before Him, the heavens trembled. The sun and the moon were darkened, and the stars gathered back their shining; and Jehovah gave voice before His army, for His camp is exceedingly many; for that which executes His word is uncountable. Joel 2:10-11.

In Zechariah,

I will encamp by My house with an army set against anyone passing through and against anyone leaving, so that the oppressor passes over them no more. Zechariah 9:8.

In John,

Gog and Magog went up over the breadth 1 of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city; but fire came down 2 from God and consumed them. Revelation 20:9.

'Gog and Magog' stands for people whose worship is external separated from internal - worship that has become idolatrous, 1151. 'The breadth of the earth' stands for truth possessed by the Church - 'breadth', or a plain, meaning truth that constitutes doctrinal teaching, 2450, and 'earth' the Church, 556, 662, 1066, 1067, 1850, 2117, 2118, 3355. 'The camp of the saints' stands for heaven or the Lord's kingdom on earth, which is the Church.

[4] Since most things in the Word also have a contrary sense, so too does the word 'camp'. In this case it means evils and falsities, and consequently hell, as in David,

Though the evil pitch camp against me, my heart will not fear. Psalms 27:3.

In the same author,

God has scattered the bones of those encamping against you; 3 you have put them to shame, for God has rejected them. Psalms 53:5.

The camp of Asshur in which the angel of Jehovah smote a hundred and eighty-five thousand, Isaiah 37:36, does not have any other meaning, nor likewise does the camp of the Egyptians, Exodus 14:19-20.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, the plain

2. The Latin means went up, but the Greek means came down, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

3. The Latin means me, but the Hebrew means you.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2813

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2813. 'He bound Isaac his son' means the state of the Divine rational which, in this condition as regards truth, was about to undergo the last degrees of temptation. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'binding', and also of 'Isaac his son' - of 'binding' as the assuming of a state for undergoing the last degrees of temptation, as may become clear from the consideration that anyone in a state of temptation is altogether like one who has been bound or fettered; and from the meaning of 'Isaac his son' as the Lord's Divine Rational, here as regards truth, see 2802, 2803. The whole genuine rational part of the mind consists of good and of truth. The Lord's Divine Rational as regards good could not suffer, nor undergo temptations, for no genius or spirit initiating temptations is able to get near Divine good, as this stands above their every endeavour to tempt. But Divine truth once it had been bound was that which could be tempted, for illusions, and still more falsities, are what invade it and so tempt it. Indeed some idea of Divine truth can be formed, but not of Divine good except by beings who have perception and are celestial angels. It was Divine truth that people no longer acknowledged at the time of the Lord's Coming into the world, and therefore it was Divine truth from which the Lord underwent and suffered temptations. Divine truth within the Lord is that which is called the Son of Man, whereas Divine good within Him is that which is called the Son of God. Speaking of the Son of Man the Lord many times says that He is to suffer, but He never says this when He refers to the Son of God. The fact that He speaks of the Son of Man, or Divine truth, having to suffer, is clear in Matthew,

Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn Him and deliver Him to the gentiles to mock and scourge Him, and to crucify [Him]. Matthew 20:18-19.

In the same gospel,

Jesus said to His disciples, Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of sinners. Matthew 26:45.

In Mark,

Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, but after three days rise again. Mark 8:31.

In the same gospel,

It is written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt. And the Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men who will kill Him; but when He has been killed He will rise again on the third day. Mark 9:12, 31.

In the same gospel,

Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes who will condemn Him to death, and deliver Him to the heathens. They will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him; but on the third day He will rise again. Mark 10:33-34.

In the same gospel,

The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of sinners. Mark 14:41.

In Luke,

The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day rise again. Luke 9:22, 44.

In the same gospel,

We are going up to Jerusalem where everything will be accomplished that has been written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man. He will be delivered to the gentiles, and will be mocked, and suffer insults, and be spat upon. And they will scourge and kill Him, but on the third day He will rise again. Luke 18:31-33.

In the same gospel,

The angel said to the women, Remember what He told you while He was still in Galilee, saving that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again. Luke 24:6-7.

[2] In all these places 'the Son of Man' is used to mean the Lord as regards Divine truth - that is, as regards the Word in its internal sense - which was to be rejected by the chief priests and the scribes, suffer insults, be scourged, spat on, and crucified. This is made quite clear by the fact that the Jews took every single thing literally, applying and misappropriating it to themselves, and had no wish to know anything whatever about the spiritual sense of the Word and about a heavenly kingdom. They believed, as they do even today, that when He came the Messiah would raise up their kingdom above all the kingdoms of the earth. From this it is evident that it was Divine truth which was rejected, insulted, scourged, and crucified by them. Whether you speak of Divine truth or of the Lord as regards Divine truth it amounts to the same, for the Lord is Truth itself just as He is the Word itself, 2011, 2016, 2533 (end).

[3] Also implied in the Lord's rising again on the third day is the fact that Divine truth, or the Word as to its internal sense - as it was understood in the Ancient Church - will be brought back to life again at the close of the age, which also is 'the third day', 1825, 2788. And this is the reason why it is said that the Son of Man, that is, Divine truth, will appear at that time, Matthew 24:30, 37, 39, 44; Mark 13:26; Luke 17:22, 24-26, 30; 21:27, 36.

[4] The fact that the Son of Man is the Lord as regards Divine truth is clear from the places quoted already and further still from the following: In Matthew,

He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world. At the close of the age the Son of Man will send His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all offences. Matthew 13:37, 41-42.

Here 'the good seed' means truth, 'the world' men, 'he who sows it' the Son of Man, and 'offences' falsities. In John,

The crowd said, We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains for ever. Why therefore do you say, The Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man? Jesus answered them, The Light is with you for a brief while. Walk, as long as you have the Light, lest the darkness overtakes you, for he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. As long as you have the Light believe in the Light, that you may be sons of the Light. John 12:34-36.

Here, when the crowd ask, 'Who is the Son of Man?' Jesus speaks in His reply about the Light, which is truth, and says that He Himself is the Light or Truth in which they ought to believe. Regarding the Light which comes from the Lord, and which is Divine Truth, see 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 1619-1632.

[5] But as for the truth that the Son of God, or the Lord as to the Good within His Divine human, could not be tempted, as stated above, this is evident also from the Lord's reply to the tempter, in the gospels,

The tempter said, If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down, for it is written, He will give His angels charge regarding you, lest you strike your foot against a stone. Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not tempt the Lord your God. Matthew 4:6-7; Luke 4:9-12.

  
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