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Josué 1

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1 Depois da morte de Moisés, servo do Senhor, falou o Senhor a Josué, filho de Num, servidor de Moisés, dizendo:

2 Moisés, meu servo, é morto; levanta-te pois agora, passa este Jordão, tu e todo este povo, para a terra que eu dou aos filhos de Israel.

3 Todo lugar que pisar a planta do vosso , vo-lo dei, como eu disse a Moisés.

4 Desde o deserto e este Líbano, até o grande rio, o rio Eufrates, toda a terra dos heteus, e até o grande mar para o poente do sol, será o vosso termo.

5 Ninguém te poderá resistir todos os dias da tua vida. Como fui com Moisés, assim serei contigo; não te deixarei, nem te desampararei.

6 Esforça-te, e tem bom ânimo, porque tu farás a este povo herdar a terra que jurei a seus pais lhes daria.

7 Tão-somente esforça-te e tem mui bom ânimo, cuidando de fazer conforme toda a lei que meu servo Moisés te ordenou; não te desvies dela, nem para a direita nem para a esquerda, a fim de que sejas bem sucedido por onde quer que andares.

8 Não se aparte da tua boca o livro desta lei, antes medita nele dia e noite, para que tenhas cuidado de fazer conforme tudo quanto nele está escrito; porque então farás prosperar o teu caminho, e serás bem sucedido.

9 Não to mandei eu? Esforça-te, e tem bom ânimo; não te atemorizes, nem te espantes; porque o Senhor teu Deus está contigo, por onde quer que andares.

10 Então Josué deu esta ordem aos oficiais do povo:

11 Passai pelo meio do arraial, e ordenai ao povo, dizendo: Provede-vos de mantimentos, porque dentro de três dias haveis de atravessar este Jordão, a fim de que entreis para tomar posse da terra que o Senhor vosso Deus vos para a possuirdes.

12 E disse Josué aos rubenitas, aos gaditas, e à meia tribo de Manassés:

13 Lembrai-vos da palavra que vos mandou Moisés, servo do Senhor, dizendo: O Senhor vosso Deus vos descanso, e vos esta terra.

14 Vossas mulheres, vossos pequeninos e vosso gado fiquem na terra que Moisés vos deu desta banda do Jordão; porém vós, todos os homens valorosos, passareis armados adiante de vossos irmãos e os ajudareis;

15 até que o Senhor tenha dado descanso: a vossos irmãos, assim como vo-lo deu a vós, e eles também tenham possuído a terra que o Senhor vosso Deus lhes ; então tornareis para a terra da vossa herança, e a possuireis, terra que Moisés, servo do Senhor, vos deu além do Jordão, para o nascente do sol.

16 Então responderam a Josué, dizendo: Tudo quanto nos ordenaste faremos, e aonde quer que nos enviares iremos.

17 Como em tudo ouvimos a Moisés, assim te ouviremos a ti; tão-somente seja o Senhor teu Deus contigo, como foi com Moisés.

18 Quem quer que se rebelar contra as tuas ordens, e não ouvir as tuas palavras em tudo quanto lhe mandares, será morto. Tão-somente esforça-te, e tem bom ânimo.

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'Hittites' can also signify what is false, and 'Amorites' what is evil, as in Ezekiel 16:45.

'Hittites, Perizzites, and Rephaim,' as mentioned in Genesis 15:20, signify persuasions of false ideas.

'A Hittite' in a good sense, signifies the spiritual church, or the truth of the church. The Hittites were among the upright Gentiles in the land of Canaan.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2913, 3470)


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3470. 'And he took for a wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite' means the wedding to it of natural truth from a source other than genuine truth itself. This is clear from the meaning of 'a wife' as truth wedded to good, dealt with where Sarah and where Rebekah are the subject, 1468, 1901, 2063, 2065, 2172, 2173, 2198, 2507, 2904, 3012, 3013, 3077, here natural truth wedded to the natural good that is the subject here; and from the representation of 'Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite' as truth from a source other than genuine truth itself. The Hittites were one of the upright nations in the land of Canaan, among whom Abraham dwelt and from whom he bought as a grave the cave of Machpelah, Genesis 23:3-end. The Hittites also represent the spiritual Church among the nations in that land, see 2913, 2986. And because that Church does not possess truth that is from the Word the same persons mean truth not derived from genuine truth itself. For a nation which represents a Church also means truth and good, as these exist with that Church, since it is by virtue of truth and good that a Church is a Church. When therefore a Church is spoken of, its truth and good are meant, and vice versa.

[2] The implications of this are that natural good of truth is not spiritual good, that is, it is not the good of faith nor the good of charity until it has been reformed. Natural good comes from parents, as stated immediately above in 3469, but spiritual good comes from the Lord. To receive spiritual good therefore a person has to undergo regeneration. At first, while this is taking place truths from a source other than genuine truth itself are allied to him, such as do not remain permanently with him but merely serve as the means by which genuine truths are brought in. Once these have been brought in, truths that are not genuine are separated. It is akin to the stages through which children pass: At first they learn very many things, including those that are childish - games and so on - not to make them wise but to prepare the way for them to receive the useful things that lead to wisdom. Once they have received the latter the former things are separated, indeed they are put away. Or it is like fruit which at first is filled with sour juice before it is able to receive sweet. The sour juice, which is not the genuine, is the means by which the sweet is brought in. As the latter comes in the former is dispelled.

[3] So it is with the natural part of man's mind when this is being regenerated, for natural good is such that of itself it is unwilling to obey and serve the rational as a slave does his master but wishes to take command. To render it submissive and subservient however it is chastened by means of states of vastation and temptation to the point when its cravings die down. At that point it is moderated by means of an influx from the Lord, by way of the internal man, of the good of faith and charity, even to the point where good acquired by heredity is gradually rooted out and a new good implanted in place of it. Into this new good truths of faith are introduced, like new fibres into the human heart, along which fibres new fluid is borne in, until a new heart has slowly been developed. The truths that are borne in at first cannot come from the genuine fount of truth because evils and falsities exist within the good present previously, which is natural good. Instead they are the kind of seeming truths or appearances of truth that have some affinity with genuine truths, and through which little by little the opportunity and place for those genuine truths to insert themselves is provided. Genuine good is like the blood in blood vessels or the fluid in fibres, bringing truths along and giving them shape. The good which takes shape in this way in the natural or external man is general, structured or joined together so to speak from particular and individual facets of spiritual good coming by way of the rational or internal man from the Lord, who alone forms and creates things anew. This explains why so many times in the Word the Lord is called One who forms and Creator.

  
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