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1. Samuelova 5

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1 A Filisteji uzeše kovčeg Božji, i odnesoše iz Even-Ezera u Azot.

2 I uzevši Filisteji kovčeg Božji unesoše ga u dom Dagonov, i namestiše ga do Dagona.

3 A sutradan kad ustaše Azoćani rano, a to Dagon ležaše ničice na zemlji pred kovčegom Gospodnjim; i oni uzeše Dagona i metnuše ga opet na njegovo mesto.

4 A kad sutradan rano ustaše, gle, opet Dagon ležaše ničice na zemlji pred kovčegom Gospodnjim, a glava Dagonu i obe ruke odsečene behu na pragu; samo trup od Dagona beše ostao.

5 Zato sveštenici Dagonovi i koji god ulaze u dom Dagonov ne staju na prag Dagonov u Azotu do danas.

6 Tada oteža ruka Gospodnja Azoćanima, i moraše ih i udaraše ih šuljevima u Azotu i međama njegovim.

7 A kad Azoćani videše šta je, rekoše da ne stoji kod nas kovčeg Boga Izrailjevog; jer je ruka Njegova teška nad nama i nad Dagonom bogom našim.

8 I poslaše, te sabraše k sebi sve knezove filistejske, i rekoše im: Šta ćemo činiti s kovčegom Boga Izrailjevog? A oni rekoše: Da se prenese u Gat kovčeg Boga Izrailjevog. I prenesoše kovčeg Boga Izrailjevog.

9 A kad ga prenesoše, bi ruka Gospodnja na gradu s mukom vrlo velikom, i stade biti građane od malog do velikog, i dođoše na njih tajni šuljevi.

10 Zato poslaše kovčeg Božji u Akaron; a kad dođe kovčeg Božji u Akaron, povikaše Akaronjani govoreći: Donesoše k nama kovčeg Boga Izrailjevog da pomori nas i naš narod.

11 Zato poslaše, te sabraše sve knezove filistejske, i rekoše: Pošljite kovčeg Boga Izrailjevog neka se vrati na svoje mesto, da ne pomori nas i narod naš. Jer beše smrtan strah po celom gradu, i vrlo teška beše ruka Gospodnja onde.

12 Jer ljudi koji ostajahu živi bolovahu od šuljeva tako da se vika u gradu podizaše do neba.

   

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Doctrine of Faith # 52

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52. That people whose faith is divorced from charity were represented by the Philistines can be seen not only from their wars with the children of Israel, but also from many other things related about them in the Word. For example, what is related about their idol Dagon, about the hemorrhoids and mice with which they were smitten and infested after they put the Ark in the shrine with their idol, and from everything that then eventuated from that, as described in 1 Samuel 5, 6. Likewise what is related about Goliath, a Philistine whom David slew, as described in For the upper half of their idol Dagon was like that of a man, while the lower half was like that of a fish. This represented their religion, which because of their faith was seemingly spiritual, but, lacking any charity, was merely natural.

The hemorrhoids with which they were smitten symbolized their filthy loves. The mice with which they were infested symbolized the devastation of their church by their falsifications of truth. And Goliath, smitten by David, represented their conceit in their own intelligence.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.