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1 Kad odeš na vojsku na neprijatelja svog i vidiš konje i kola i narod veći od sebe, nemoj se uplašiti od njih, jer je s tobom Gospod Bog tvoj, koji te je izveo iz zemlje misirske.

2 I kad pođete da se pobijete, neka pristupi sveštenik i progovori narodu,

3 I neka im kaže: Slušaj Izrailju! Vi polazite danas u boj na neprijatelje svoje, neka ne trne srce vaše, ne bojte se i ne plašite se, niti se prepadajte od njih.

4 Jer Gospod Bog vaš ide s vama i biće se za vas s neprijateljima vašim da vas sačuva.

5 Potom i vojvode neka progovore narodu, i kažu: Ko je sagradio novu kuću a nije počeo sedeti u njoj? Neka ide nek se vrati kući svojoj, da ne bi poginuo u boju, i drugi počeo sedeti u njoj.

6 I ko je posadio vinograd a još ga nije brao? Neka ide, nek se vrati kući svojoj, da ne bi poginuo u boju, i drugi ga brao.

7 I ko je isprosio devojku a još je nije odveo? Neka ide, nek se vrati kući svojoj, da ne bi poginuo u boju, i drugi je odveo.

8 Još i ovo neka kažu vojvode narodu: Ko je strašljiv i trne mu srce? Neka ide, nek se vrati kući svojoj, da ne bi trnulo srce braći njegovoj kao njemu.

9 I kad vojvode izgovore narodu, onda neka nameste glavare od četa pred narod.

10 Kad dođeš pod koji grad da ga biješ, prvo ga ponudi mirom.

11 Ako ti odgovori mirom i otvori ti vrata, sav narod koji se nađe u njemu neka ti plaća danak i bude ti pokoran.

12 Ako li ne učini mira s tobom nego se stane biti s tobom tada ga bij.

13 I kad ga Gospod Bog tvoj preda u ruke tvoje, pobij sve muškinje u njemu mačem.

14 A žene i decu i stoku i šta god bude u gradu, sav plen u njemu, otmi, i jedi plen od neprijatelja svojih, koji ti da Gospod Bog tvoj.

15 Tako čini sa svim gradovima, koji su daleko od tebe i nisu od gradova ovih naroda.

16 A u gradovima ovih naroda, koje ti Gospod Bog tvoj daje u nasledstvo, ne ostavi u životu nijednu dušu živu.

17 Nego ih zatri sasvim, Heteje i Amoreje i Hananeje i Ferezeje i Jeveje i Jevuseje, kao što ti je zapovedio Gospod Bog tvoj.

18 Da vas ne nauče činiti gadna dela koja činiše bogovima svojim, i da ne zgrešite Gospodu Bogu svom.

19 Kad opkoliš kakav grad i budeš dugo pod njim bijući ga da bi ga uzeo, ne kvari drveta njegova sekirom; jer možeš s njih jesti, zato ih ne seci; jer drvo poljsko je li čovek da uđe u grad ispred tebe?

20 Nego drveta koja znaš da im se rod ne jede, njih obaljuj i seci i gradi zaklon od grada koji se bije s tobom, dokle ne padne.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7111

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7111.'To the taskmasters over the people and to their officers, saying' means those in the nearest position to molest, and those in the nearest position to receive. This is clear from the meaning of 'the taskmasters' as those who compel people to serve, dealt with in 6852, and since they do so by means of molestations, 'the taskmasters' also means those who molest, but those in the nearest position to carry it out, who are dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the officers' as those in the nearest position to receive. For the officers came from the children of Israel, but the taskmasters from the Egyptians, as is evident from what follows. Thus in the internal sense 'the officers' are those in the nearest position to receive, and 'the taskmasters' those in the nearest position to molest.

[2] Who exactly are meant may be recognized from those in the next life who molest, introducing falsities and evils, and those who receive these and pass them on. Those who molest, introducing falsities and evils, are the hells. But to achieve their purpose they send out from themselves emissaries through whom they act; and these make their appearance no great distance away from those who are molested. This is done for the reason that the thoughts and intentions of many may by focused through them; otherwise such thoughts and intentions would become diffuse. Those emissaries appear in particular places of their own in the world of spirits, and from the actual places where they appear one can recognize which hell they come from. Some appear overhead at varying heights and angles; others alongside the head, to the right or left as well as behind it; and others again below the head, on various levels in relation to the body, from the head right down to the soles of the feet. They flow in with the kinds of things that are emitted from hell, but a spirit or man can only feel them, and therefore only know of them, as things that are inside himself, as things that he himself thinks and intends. Those emissaries are called 'subordinates', see what has already been shown from experience regarding them in 4403, 5856, 5983-5989. Since these are in the nearest position to molest they are meant by 'the taskmasters'. But those who receive things from them and pass them on are 'the officers'; they are also intermediary spirits. For as stated above, the officers came from the children of Israel, but the taskmasters came from the Egyptians.

[3] Among the Israelite and Jewish people 'officers was a name given to those who were required to tell the people what they had to do, and who were to give orders. For this reason they also sat with the judges and elders in the gates, and told the people the judgements that had been made as well as the commands issued by the leader, as becomes clear from the following places: In Moses,

You shall appoint 1 judges and officers in all your gates according to your tribes, who will judge the people with righteous judgement. 2 Deuteronomy 16:18.

In the same author,

When they go out to war the priest shall speak to the people and warn them that they should not be afraid. After that the officers shall say that he who has built a house should go back, and also the fearful. Deuteronomy 20:1-3, 5, 8, 9.

In Joshua,

Joshua gave orders to the officers to say to the people that they should prepare provisions for the journey, before they crossed the Jordan. Joshua 1:10-11.

In the same book,

At the end of three days it happened, when the officers passed through the middle of the camp, that they gave orders [to the people, saying] that when they saw the ark of the covenant of Jehovah they too were to set out. Joshua 8:33.

The officers' were overseers of the people, distinct and separate from the princes or leaders of the people, see Deuteronomy 1:15. They were distinct and separate from the elders too, Deuteronomy 31:28, and also from the judges, Joshua 8:33.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, give

2. literally, the judgement of righteousness

  
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