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1 И сказалъ Валаамъ Валаку: построй мнј здјсь семь жертвенниковъ, и представь мнј сюда семь тельцовъ и семь овновъ.

2 Валакъ сдјлалъ такъ, какъ говорилъ Валаамъ, и вознесли Валакъ и Валаамъ тельцовъ и овновъ на жертвенники.

3 И сказалъ Валаамъ Валаку: постой у всессожженія твоего, а я пойду; можетъ быть Господь выйдетъ мнј на встрјчу, и что Онъ покажетъ мнј, я объявлю тебј. И пошелъ на возвышенное мјсто.

4 И встрјтился Богъ съ Валаамомъ, и сей сказалъ ему: семь жертвенниковъ устроилъ я и вознесъ тельцовъ и овновъ на жертвенники.

5 И вложилъ Господь слово въ уста Валаамовы, и сказалъ: возвратись къ Валаку и такъ говори.

6 И возвратился къ нему, и вотъ онъ стоитъ у всесожженія своего, онъ и всј князья Моавитскіе.

7 И произнесъ онъ притчу свою, и сказалъ: Изъ Арама привелъ меня Валакъ, Царь Моава, отъ горъ восточныхъ: приди, прокляни мнј Іакова, приди, изреки зло на Израиля!

8 Какъ прокляну я? Богъ не проклинаетъ его, какъ изреку зло? Господь не изрекаетъ зла.

9 Съ вершины скалъ вижу я его, и съ холмовъ смотрю на него: се народъ живетъ отдјльно и между народами не числится.

10 Кто изчислитъ песокъ Іакова, и сочтетъ множество Израиля? Да умретъ душа моя смертію праведниковъ, и да будетъ кончина моя, какъ ихъ!

11 И сказалъ Валакъ Валааму: что ты со мною дјлаешь? Я взялъ тебя, чтобы проклясть враговъ моихъ, а ты вотъ благословляешь?

12 И отвјчалъ онъ, и сказалъ: не долженъ ли я соблюдать тј слова, которыя влагаетъ Господь во уста мои?

13 И сказалъ ему Валакъ: поди со мною на другое мјсто, съ котораго ты увидишь его, часть только увидишь, а всего его не увидишь, и прокляни мнј оттуда.

14 И взялъ его на равнину стражей, на вершину горы Фазги, и построилъ семь жертвенниковъ, и вознесъ тельцовъ и овновъ на жертвенники.

15 И сказалъ Валаамъ Валаку: постой здјсь у всесожженія твоего, а я пойду туда на встрјчу.

16 И встрјтился Господь съ Валаамомъ и вложилъ слово во уста его и сказалъ: возвратись къ Валаку и такъ говори.

17 И пришелъ къ нему, и вотъ онъ стоитъ у всесожженія своего, и съ нимъ князья Моавитскіе. И сказалъ ему Валакъ: что говоритъ Господь?

18 Онъ произнесъ притчу свою и сказалъ: Возстань, Валакъ, и послушай, внимай мнј, сынъ Сепфоровъ!

19 Богъ не человјкъ, чтобъ ему лгать, и не сынъ человјческій, чтобы перемјнять Ему мысли. Неужели Онъ что сказалъ, того не сдјлаетъ, и что говорилъ, того не совершитъ?

20 Вотъ я началъ благословлять, Онъ благословлялъ, и я не отмјняю сего.

21 Онъ не усматриваетъ порока во Іаковј и не видитъ беззаконія во Израилј; Господь Богъ его съ нимъ, и трубный царскій звукъ у него.

22 Богъ ведетъ ихъ изъ Египта, быстрота буйвола у нихъ.

23 Нјтъ волшебства на Іакова и нјтъ ворожбы противъ Израиля. Въ свое время скажутъ о Іаковј и Израилј: "А! что творитъ Богъ."

24 Се, народъ, какъ львица встаетъ И какъ левъ подымается; Не ляжетъ, пока не съјстъ добычи, и не напьется крови убитыхъ.

25 И сказалъ Валакъ Валааму: ни клясть не кляни его, ни благословлять не благословляй его. [ (Numbers 24:26) б И отвјчалъ Валаамъ, и сказалъ Валаку: не говорилъ ли я тебј, что я буду дјлать все то, что скажетъ мнј Господь? ] [ (Numbers 24:27) И сказалъ Валакъ Валааму: поди, я возьму тебя на другое мјсто; можетъ быть, угодно будетъ Богу и оттуда проклянешь мнј его. ] [ (Numbers 24:28) И взялъ Валакъ Валаама на верхъ Фегора, стоящаго лицемъ къ пустынј. ] [ (Numbers 24:29) И сказалъ Валаамъ Валаку: построй мнј здјсь семь жертвенниковъ и представь мнј сюда семь тельцовъ и семь овновъ. ] [ (Numbers 24:30) И сдјлалъ Валакъ, какъ сказалъ Валаамъ, и вознесъ тельцовъ и овновъ на жертвенники. ]

   

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1675. That 'the Horites in their Mount Seir' means false persuasions deriving from self-love is clear from the meaning of 'the Horites' and from the meaning of 'Seir'. As for the Horites, they were the people who dwelt on Mount Seir, as is clear from Genesis 36:8, 20, and following verses, where Esau, who is called Edom, is the subject. Esau or Edom in the genuine sense means the Lord as regards His Human Essence. He is also represented by Esau or Edom, as becomes clear from many places in both the historical and the prophetical sections of the Word, to be dealt with, in the Lord's Divine mercy, later on. Because 'the Horites' represented people who are under the influence of false persuasions, and because representatives at that time occurred within actual events, therefore the expulsion of the Horites from Mount Seir by the descendants of Esau had a similar representation.

[2] These are spoken of in Moses as follows,

This also is considered to be a land of Rephaim; Rephaim dwelt formerly in it, and the Ammonites called them Zamzummim; they were a people great and many and tall like the Anakim. And Jehovah destroyed them from before them; and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their place. He did the same for the sons of Esau who dwelt in Seir, in that He destroyed the Horites from before them, and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their place. Deuteronomy 2:20-22.

These things represent and mean the same as what the present verse says about Chedorlaomer, namely that 'Chedorlaomer and the kings with him smote the Horites in Mount Seir'. For, as has been stated, Chedorlaomer represents the Lord's Good and Truth during childhood, and so the Lord's Human Essence at that time as regards Good and Truth, by which He destroyed false persuasions, that is, the hells filled with so devilish a crew, which set out to destroy the world of spirits, and consequently the human race, with its false persuasions.

[3] And because Esau or Edom represented the Lord as regards the Human Essence, Mount Seir also, and Paran as well, represented those things that belonged to His Human Essence, namely the celestial things of love, as is clear from the blessing uttered by Moses,

Jehovah came from Sinai, and dawned from Seir upon them; He shone from Mount Paran, and came out of myriads of holiness. From His right hand came a fiery law for them. He indeed loves the peoples. Deuteronomy 33:2-3.

'Jehovah dawned from Mount Seir and shone from Mount Paran' means nothing else than the Lord's Human Essence. Anyone may see that 'dawning from Mount Seir and shining from Mount Paran' does not mean mountains and their inhabitants but Divine realities, thus the celestial things of the Lord's Human Essence, from which Jehovah is said to have dawned and to have shone.

[4] As for 'Seir', its meaning is clear from the Song of Deborah and Barak in the Book of Judges,

O Jehovah, when You went forth from Seir, when You set out from the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, the clouds indeed dropped water, the mountains flowed down, this Sinai before Jehovah God of Israel. Judges 5:4-5.

Here 'going forth from Seir and setting out from the field of Edom' has no other meaning.

[5] This is plainer still in Moses in the prophetic utterance of Balaam, who was one of the sons of the east, that is, he came from Syria where a residue of the Ancient Church existed,

I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star will arise out of Jacob, and a scepter will rise up out of Israel. And Edom will be an inheritance and Seir will be an inheritance of his enemies. Numbers 24:17-18.

Here 'seeing Him, but not now; beholding Him, but not near' is the Lord's Coming into the world - His Human Essence being called 'a star that would arise out of Jacob', and also 'Edom' and 'Seir'. That neither Edom nor Seir were to be the inheritance may become clear to anyone. 'Seir, the inheritance of his enemies' or 'The mountain of his enemies' has the same meaning as in many other places where it is said that enemies were to be driven out and possession was to be taken of their land.

[6] That Mount Paran, or El-paran, mentioned in this verse also has the same meaning is clear from Habakkuk as well,

God will come from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His fame has covered the heavens, and the earth has been filled with His praise. Habakkuk 3:3.

It should be realized however that mountains and lands have and take their meaning from their inhabitants, from the Horites when these dwelt there, and when they had been driven out, from those who drove them out, such as from Esau or Edom, or else from some others. Mount Paran is used therefore in both senses, the genuine and the contrary. In the genuine sense it stands for the Lord's Human Essence, in the contrary sense for self-love. The Lord's Human Essence is celestial love itself, while the contrary to celestial love is self-love. Thus 'the Horites' in this verse means false persuasions deriving from self-love.

[7] There are false persuasions that originate in self-love, and there are false persuasions that originate in love of the world. The former persuasions - those originating in self-love - are the most foul, whereas those originating in love of the world are not so foul. The former, or false persuasions originating in self-love, are the very opposite of the celestial things of love, whereas the latter, or false persuasions originating in love of the world, are the opposite of the spiritual things of love. Persuasions originating in self-love carry with them the desire to rule over all things, and insofar as the restraints placed upon them are loosened they hasten to fulfill that desire, even to the extent of desiring to rule over the entire universe, and, as has been shown, over Jehovah as well. Consequently persuasions of that kind are not tolerated at all in the next life. But persuasions originating in love of the world do not go so far. They do not go beyond the insanity of not being satisfied with their lot. They vainly strive after heavenly joy, and wish to acquire other people's goods, but are not so intent on ruling. But the differences among these persuasions are countless.

  
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