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1 Čuj, Izrailju! Ti danas prelaziš preko Jordana da uđeš i naslediš narode veće i jače od sebe, gradove velike i ograđene do neba.

2 Velik i visok narod, sinove Enakove, koje znaš i za koje si slušao:

3 Znaj dakle danas da je Gospod Bog tvoj, koji ide pred tobom, oganj koji spaljuje; On će ih istrebiti i On će ih oboriti pred tobom, i izgnaćeš ih i istrebiti brzo, kao što ti je kazao Gospod.

4 Kad ih Gospod Bog tvoj otera ispred tebe, nemoj da kažeš u srcu svom: Za pravdu moju uvede me Gospod u ovu zemlju da je nasledim; jer Gospod tera one narode ispred tebe za nevaljalstvo njihovo!

5 Ne ideš za pravdu svoju ni za čistotu srca svog da naslediš tu zemlju; nego za nevaljalstvo tih naroda Gospod Bog tvoj otera ih ispred tebe, i da održi reč za koju se zakleo ocima tvojim, Avramu, Isaku i Jakovu.

6 Znaj, dakle, da ti Gospod Bog tvoj ne daje te dobre zemlje za pravdu tvoju da je naslediš, jer si tvrdovrat narod.

7 Pamti i ne zaboravi kako si gnevio Gospoda Boga svog u pustinji; od onog dana kad iziđoste iz zemlje misirske pa dokle dođoste na ovo mesto, nepokorni bejaste Gospodu.

8 I kod Horiva razgneviste Gospoda, i od gneva htede vas Gospod da istrebi.

9 Kad iziđoh na goru da primim ploče kamene, ploče zaveta, koji s vama učini Gospod, tada stajah na gori četrdeset dana i četrdeset noći hleba ne jedući ni vode pijući.

10 I dade mi Gospod dve ploče kamene, ispisane prstom Gospodnjim, na kojima behu reči sve koje vam izgovori Gospod na gori isred ognja na dan zbora vašeg.

11 Posle četrdeset dana i četrdeset noći dade mi Gospod dve ploče kamene, ploče zavetne.

12 I reče mi Gospod: Ustani, siđi brže odavde; jer se pokvari narod tvoj koji si izveo iz Misira, siđoše brzo s puta koji im zapovedih, i načiniše sebi liven lik.

13 Još mi reče Gospod govoreći: Pogledah ovaj narod, i eto je narod tvrdog vrata.

14 Pusti me da ih istrebim i ime njihovo zatrem pod nebom; a od tebe ću učiniti narod jači i veći nego što je ovaj.

15 I ja se vratih i siđoh s gore, a gora ognjem goraše, i dve ploče zavetne behu mi u rukama.

16 I pogledah, a to zgrešiste Gospodu Bogu svom salivši sebi tele, i brzo siđoste s puta koji vam beše zapovedio Gospod.

17 Tada uzeh one dve ploče i bacih ih iz ruku svojih, i razbih ih pred vama.

18 Potom padoh i ležah pred Gospodom kao pre, četrdeset dana i četrdeset noći, hleba ne jedući ni vode pijući, radi svih greha vaših, kojima se ogrešiste učinivši što je zlo pred Gospodom i razgnevivši Ga.

19 Jer se bojah gneva i jarosti, kojom se beše Gospod razljutio na vas da vas istrebi; i usliši me Gospod i tada.

20 Beše se Gospod i na Arona razgnevio veoma da ga htede ubiti; ali se molih tada i za Arona.

21 I uzeh greh vaš koji učiniste, tele, i sažegoh ga ognjem, i razbih ga i satrh ga u prah, i prosuh prah njegov u potok, koji teče s one gore.

22 I u Taveri i u Masi i u Kivrot-Atavi gneviste Gospoda.

23 I kad vas posla Gospod u Kadis-Varniju govoreći: Idite i uzmite tu zemlju koju sam vam dao, opet se suprotiste reči Gospoda Boga svog, i ne verovaste Mu i ne poslušaste glas Njegov.

24 Nepokorni bejaste Gospodu od kad vas poznah.

25 Zato padoh i ležah pred Gospodom četrdeset dana i četrdeset noći, jer beše rekao Gospod da će vas potrti.

26 I molih se Gospodu i rekoh: Gospode, Gospode! Nemoj potrti narod svoj i nasledstvo svoje, koje si izbavio veličanstvom svojim, koje si izveo iz Misira krepkom rukom.

27 Opomeni se sluga svojih Avrama, Isaka i Jakova, ne gledaj na tvrđu naroda ovog, na nevaljalstvo njegovo i na grehe njegove;

28 Da ne kažu koji žive u zemlji odakle si nas izveo: Nije ih mogao Gospod uvesti u zemlju koju im obeća, ili mrzeo je na njih, zato ih izvede da ih pobije u pustinji.

29 Jer su Tvoj narod i Tvoje nasledstvo, koje si izveo silom svojom velikom i mišicom svojom podignutom.

   

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9320. 'For you shall utterly destroy them' means that evils must be completely removed. This is clear from the meaning of 'destroying' - when it has reference to evils and falsities, meant by the nations of the land of Canaan and their gods - as removing. The reason why 'destroying' means removing is that those governed by goodness and truth never destroy those ruled by evil and falsity, but merely move them away. This they do because good, not evil, governs their actions, and good comes from the Lord, who never destroys anyone. Those ruled by evil however and consequently by falsity try to destroy, and so far as they can they do destroy those governed by good. This they do because evil rules their actions. But since, when they try to do so, they make their attack on good which comes from the Lord, thus on what is of God, they destroy themselves, that is, they hurl themselves into damnation and into hell. Such is the law of order. And why it is such, see 4299, 7643, 7679, 7710, 7926, 7989, 8137, 8146, 8265, 8945, 8946.

[2] The reason why the Israelites and Jews were to destroy the nations of the land of Canaan was that they themselves represented spiritual and heavenly realities, while the nations represented hellish and devilish things, which can never exist together with those realities since they are opposites. The reason why they were allowed to destroy the nations was that no Church existed among them, only a representative of the Church, so that the Lord was not present among them either except through things of a representative nature, 4307. For they were interested in outward forms but not their inner substances, that is, in the worship that represented goodness and truth but not goodness and truth themselves. People like this are allowed to destroy, kill, and consign to slaughter and complete destruction. But people who are interested in outward forms and at the same time in their inner substance are not allowed to do those things, since their actions must be governed by good, and good comes from the Lord.

[3] The fact that the Jews and Israelites were such is declared explicitly by Moses,

Do not say in your heart, when Jehovah your God has thrust out the nations before you, Because of my righteousness Jehovah has brought me in to possess this land. It is not because of your righteousness and because of the uprightness of your heart; for you are a stiff-necked people. Deuteronomy 9:4-6.

And elsewhere,

They are a nation from whom counsel has perished, nor is there intelligence in them. From the vine of Sodom comes their vine, and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison, they have clusters of bitterness. The poison of snakes (draco) is their wine, and the cruel poison of asps. Is not this hidden away with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? Deuteronomy 32:28, 32-34.

'The vine' in the internal sense means the Church, 1069, 5113, 6375, 6376, 9277; 'grapes' and 'clusters' mean the internal forms and the external forms of that Church's good, 1071, 5117, 6378; and 'wine' means that Church's internal truth, 1071, 1798, 6377. From this one may see what is meant by the assertions that their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah, that their grapes are grapes of poison and clusters of bitterness, and that their wine is the poison of snakes and the cruel poison of asps. The fact that all this was known to Jehovah, that is, to the Lord, is meant by the remarks about its being hidden away with Him and sealed up in His treasuries.

[4] In John,

Jesus said to the Jews, You are from your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth. John 8:44.

This is why they are called a wicked and adulterous generation, Matthew 12:39, as well as a brood of vipers, Matthew 3:7; 12:34; 23:33; Luke 3:7. That they were like this is also described by the Lord in His parables in Matthew 21:33-45; Mark 12:1-9; Luke 14:16-24; 20:9ff.

Regarding that nation, that it was the worst nation; that in their worship they were interested in outward forms but not their inner substance; that no Church existed among them, only a representative of the Church; but that nevertheless they were able to represent the internal realities of the Church, see 3398, 3479, 3480, 3732 (end), 3881 (end), 4208, 4281, 4288-4290, 4293, 4307, 4314, 4316, 4317, 4429, 4433, 4444, 4500, 4503, 4680, 4815, 4818, 4820, 4825, 4832, 4837, 4844, 4847, 4865, 4868, 4874, 4899, 4903, 4911-4913, 5057, 5998, 6304, 6832, 6877, 7048, 7051, 7248, 7401, 7439, 8301, 8588, 8788, 8806, 8814, 8819, 8871, 8882, 9284.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.