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1 Валаамъ, видя, что Господу угодно благословлять Израиля, не пошелъ, какъ прежде, для гаданія, но обратился лицемъ своимъ къ пустынј.

2 И взглянулъ Валаамъ очами своими и увидјлъ Израиля, стоявшаго станомъ по колјнамъ своимъ, и былъ на немъ Духъ Божій.

3 И произнесъ онъ притчу свою, и сказалъ: Говоритъ Валаамъ, сынъ Веоровъ, говоритъ мужъ съ открытымъ окомъ.

4 Говоритъ слышащій слова Божіи, который видитъ видјнія Вседержителя, падаетъ, но открыты очи его.

5 Какъ прекрасны шатры твои, Іаковъ, жилища твои, Израиль!

6 Разстилаются какъ долины, какъ сады при рјкј, какъ алойныя дерева, насажденныя Господомъ, какъ кедры при водахъ.

7 Польется вода изъ ведръ его, и сјмя его будетъ какъ великія воды; Превзойдетъ Агага царь его и возвысится царство его.

8 Богъ ведетъ ихъ изъ Египта; Онъ быстръ, какъ буйволъ, пожираетъ народы враждебные ему, раздробляетъ кости ихъ, и стрјлами своими разитъ.

9 Преклонился, лежитъ какъ левъ, и какъ львица, кто возбудитъ его? Благословляющій тебя благословенъ, и проклинающій тебя проклятъ.

10 И воспламенился гнјвъ Валака на Валаама, и всплеснулъ руками своими, и сказалъ Валакъ Валааму: я призвалъ тебя проклясть враговъ моихъ, а ты благословляешь ихъ вотъ уже въ третій разъ.

11 Итакъ бјги въ свое мјсто; я хотјлъ почтить тебя, но вотъ Господь лишаетъ тебя чести.

12 И сказалъ Валаамъ Валаку: не говорилъ ли я и посламъ твоимъ, которыхъ ты посылалъ ко мнј:

13 хотя бы давалъ мнј Валакъ полный свой домъ серебра и золота, не могу преступить повелјнія Господня, и дјлать что либо доброе или худое по своему произволу: что скажетъ Господь, то и буду говорить.

14 Итакъ, вотъ я иду къ народу своему; поди, я возвјщу тебј, что сдјлаетъ народъ сей съ народомъ твоимъ въ послјдствіи времени.

15 И произнесъ притчу свою, и сказалъ: Говоритъ Валаамъ, сынъ Веоровъ, говоритъ мужъ съ открытымъ окомъ.

16 Говоритъ слышащій слова Божіи, имјющій вјдјніе отъ Всевышняго, который видитъ видјнія Вседержителя, падаетъ, но открыты очи его.

17 Вижу его, но нынј еще нјтъ; Зрю его, но не близко. Восходитъ звјзда отъ Іакова, и возстаетъ жезлъ отъ Израиля, и разитъ князей Моава, и сокрушаетъ всјхъ сыновъ Сиѕовыхъ.

18 Едомъ будетъ подъ владјніемъ, Сеиръ будетъ подъ владјніемъ враговъ своихъ, а Израиль явитъ силу свою. [ (Numbers 25:19) Произшедшій отъ Іакова овладјетъ и погубитъ оставшееся отъ города. ] [ (Numbers 25:20) Потомъ, увидјвъ Амалика, произнесъ притчу свою, и сказалъ: Первый изъ народовъ Амаликъ, но конецъ его гибель! ] [ (Numbers 25:21) Потомъ, увидјвъ Кенеевъ, произнесъ притчу свою, и сказалъ: крјпко жилище твое и на скалј положено гнјздо твое; ] [ (Numbers 25:22) Но разоренъ будетъ Каинъ, и наконецъ Ассуръ уведетъ тебя въ плјнъ. ] [ (Numbers 25:23) И произнесъ притчу свою и сказалъ: Горе, кто уцјлјетъ, когда наведетъ сіе Богъ! ] [ (Numbers 25:24) Придутъ корабли отъ Киттима, и смирятъ Ассура, и смирятъ Евера, и ему гибель. ] [ (Numbers 25:25) И всталъ Валаамъ и пошелъ обратно въ свое мјсто, а Валакъ пошелъ своею дорогой. ]

   

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3242. And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. That this signifies the derivations from the third class, can be seen from the representation of Midian, as being those who are in the truth of faith (concerning which below); and as those who are in the truth of faith are “Midian,” it follows that his “sons” are the derivations therefrom. With those who are in the truth of faith the case is this: No one is admitted into the Lord’s kingdom unless he is in the good of faith, for the good of faith is of the life, and the life of faith remains, but not the doctrine of faith, except insofar as it makes one with the life; nevertheless they who are in the truth of faith (that is, who profess faith and call it essential, because they have so learned) and yet are in the good of life (that is, who are Christians in heart and not in profession only), are in the Lord’s spiritual kingdom. For anyone may easily be persuaded that faith is the essential when he has been so taught by his instructors and has imbibed this opinion in his childhood, and because they who are reputed most learned and the heads of the church say so, some of whom are afraid to speak of the good of life because their life condemns them; moreover the things that belong to faith flow in perceptibly, but not so those which belong to charity.

[2] They therefore who are in the truth of faith and yet in the good of life, are they who are called Midian;” and the truths according to which they live are the “sons of Midian;” and as those who are in the truth of faith conjoined with its good are “Midian,” so also in the opposite sense are those who are in falsity from not having the good of life, as can be seen from the following passages.

In Isaiah:

The abundance of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and they shall proclaim the praises of Jehovah (Isaiah 60:6); where the Lord’s spiritual kingdom is treated of. The “dromedaries of Midian and Ephah” denote doctrinal things; doctrinal things of good are “gold;” those of truth are “frankincense;” both are the “praises of Jehovah;” hence also it is manifest what “Ephah” signifies. (That by the “Midianites” who drew Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites, and into Egypt to Potiphar, Genesis 37:28, 36, are signified those who are in the truth of simple good, will be seen, of the Lord’s Divine mercy, in the explication of these verses hereafter.)

[3] That by “Midian” are also signified those who are in falsity because they have not the goods of life, can be seen from what is said concerning Midian in Moses:

The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian, with the rewards of divination in their hand, went to Balaam, and spake to him the words of Balak (Numbers 22:4, 7, etc.).

In a good sense “Moab” denotes those who are in natural good and suffer themselves to be easily led astray; but in the opposite sense, those who adulterate goods (n. 2468). In a good sense “Midian” denotes those who are in the truth of simple good, as before said, and who thus allow themselves to be easily persuaded; in the opposite sense, as here, those who falsify truths. The falsifications are signified by “the rewards of divination in their hand;” and the deeds from these falsities, by their sending to Balaam in hostility to the sons of Israel, who denote the goods and derivative truths of faith.

[4] The like was signified by the whoredoms of the sons of Israel with the women of the Midianites, resulting in a plague, which was stayed by Phinehas thrusting his spear through the Midianitish woman and the man of Israel in the brothel (Numbers 25:6-8); for by whoredoms were represented the falsifications of truth (n. 2466, 2729). And because falsifications of truth are what in the internal sense are signified by whoredoms, therefore by command twelve thousand of the sons of Israel smote the Midianites, slew their kings, and every male, and the women whom they had led captive that had known a man, and divided the spoil among themselves (Numbers 25:16-17; 31:1-54 the end). The reason why there were twelve thousand, was that “twelve” signified all things of faith (n. 577, 2089, 2129, 2130), by which falsities are destroyed; the “kings” whom they killed are falsities, and so is “every male;” the “women that had known a man” are the affections of falsity; the “spoil” (as gold, silver, cattle) are the truths that were falsified; from all which it is evident that each and all of the things there mentioned are representative of the punishment and destruction of what is false by means of truths.

[5] It is similar in regard to what is said of the Midianites in the book of Judges, namely, that the sons of Israel, because they did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, were given into the hand of Midian seven years; and that the sons of Israel, by reason of Midian, made for themselves caves in the mountains, and also dens, and fortified places; and when Israel had sown, that Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east came up and ravaged the produce of their land; and afterwards that they were delivered by Gideon with three hundred men who lapped water with the tongue like a dog, and that those were sent home who bowed upon the knees and drank, besides other particulars (chapters 6, 7, 8). Here also the things mentioned each and all are representative of the falsification of truth, and of punishment on this account, even to their being destroyed by such things as are signified by lapping water with the tongue like a dog; but what each particular signifies in the internal sense it would be too tedious to unfold here; yet of the Lord’s Divine mercy it shall be told in its place.

In Habakkuk:

He beheld, and dispersed the nations; and the eternal mountains 1 were scattered, the everlasting hills did bow. I saw the tents of Cushan under Aven, the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble (Hab. 3:6-7); where the advent of the Lord is treated of. The “tents of Cushan” denote a religiosity from evil; the “curtains of the land of Midian,” one from falsity.

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1. Literally, “the mountains of time.”

  
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