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Potom otidoše. A strah Božji dođe na gradove koji behu oko njih, te se ne digoše u poteru za sinovima Izrailjevim.
Postanak 35:5
Arcana Coelestia # 1616
1616. That 'Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt in the oak groves of Mamre which are in Hebron' means that the Lord arrived at a perception more interior still is clear from the meaning of 'moving one's tent', that is, moving it and pitching it once again, as the process of being joined together; for 'a tent' is the holiness of worship, as shown already in 414, 1452, by which the external man is joined to the internal. It is also clear from the meaning of 'an oak-grove' as perception, dealt with already in 1442, 1443, where the phrase that occurred was 'the oak-grove of Moreh', meaning a first perception, whereas here the plural 'the oak-groves of Mamre' is used, which means a fuller, that is, more interior perception. This perception is called 'the oak-groves of Mamre which are in Hebron'. Mamre is also mentioned elsewhere in the Word, as in Genesis 14:13; 18:1; 23:17-19; 35:27; and Hebron too, in Genesis 35:27; 37:14; Joshua 10:36, 39; 14:13-15; 15:13, 54; 20:7; 21:11, 13; Judges 1:10, 20; and elsewhere. But what Mamre and Hebron mean where they are so mentioned will in the Lord's Divine mercy be seen when these other parts of the Word are explained.
[2] The implications of 'the oak-groves of Mamre which are in Hebron' meaning perception more interior still are as follows: To the extent that those things belonging to the external man are joined to celestial things belonging to the internal man perception grows and becomes more interior. Conjunction with celestial things confers perception, for within the celestial things that belong to love to Jehovah dwells the life itself of the internal man, or what amounts to the same, within celestial things which belong to love, that is, within celestial love, Jehovah is present. This presence is not perceived in the external man however until the conjunction has taken place. All perception is the result of conjunction.
[3] From the internal sense here it is clear what the situation was in the Lord's case: His External Man, or Human Essence, was joined step by step to the Divine Essence as cognitions multiplied and became fruitful. No one can ever, insofar as he is human, be joined to Jehovah, or the Lord, except by means of cognitions, for it is by means of cognitions that a person is made human. This applied to the Lord too since He was born as any other is born, and received instruction as any other does. Yet in the cognitions He had as receptacles celestial things were being instilled continually, with the result that His cognitions were constantly being made into the recipient vessels of celestial things; and these vessels also were themselves made celestial.
[4] Constantly the Lord advanced in this manner towards the celestial things of infancy, for, as stated already, the celestial things which belong to love are being instilled in a person from earliest infancy to childhood and on into adolescence as well. Since he is a human being, at that time and later on he is endowed with knowledge and cognitions. If a person is such that he can be regenerated, that knowledge and those cognitions are filled with celestial things that belong to love and charity, and are accordingly implanted within the celestial things he was endowed with from infancy through to childhood and adolescence, and in this way his external man is joined to his internal. First of all they are implanted in the celestial things he was endowed with in adolescence, then in those he was endowed with in childhood, and finally in those he was endowed with in infancy. At that point he is 'the little child' regarding whom the Lord said 'of such is the kingdom of God'. This implanting is done by the Lord alone, and therefore nothing celestial with man either does or can exist with man that does not come from, and belong to, the Lord.
[5] The Lord however from His own power joined His External Man to His Internal Man and filled His cognitions with celestial things, and He implanted them in celestial things, doing so according to Divine Order. First of all He implanted them in the celestial things of childhood, then in the celestial things of the age of childhood and back to infancy, and finally in the celestial things of His infancy. In this way He at the same time became as regards the Human Essence Innocence itself and Love itself, from which derive all innocence and all love in heaven and on earth. Such Innocence is true Infancy because it is simultaneously Wisdom. But the innocence of infancy is of no use at all unless by means of cognitions it becomes the innocence of wisdom, and this is why little children in the next life are endowed with cognitions. As the Lord implanted cognitions in celestial things, so He had perception, for, as stated, all perception is the result of conjunction. He had His first perception when He implanted the facts acquired in childhood, a perception meant by 'the oak-grove of Moreh'; and He had His second, which is the subject here, and which is more interior, when He implanted cognitions, a perception meant by 'the oak-groves of Mamre which are in Hebron'.
Joshua 15
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The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
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Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
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and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea, and passed along by Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
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and it passed along to Azmon, went out at the brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.
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The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the Sea at the end of the Jordan.
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The border went up to Beth Hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
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The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.
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The border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the farthest part of the valley of Rephaim northward.
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The border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath Jearim);
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and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
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and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
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The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.
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To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).
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Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
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He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
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Caleb said, "He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife."
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Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
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It happened, when she came, that she had him ask her father fore a field. She got off of her donkey, and Caleb said, "What do you want?"
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She said, "Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, Give me also springs of water." He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
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The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
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Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
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Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
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Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (the same is Hazor),
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Amam, Shema, Moladah,
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Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,
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Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
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Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
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Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
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Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.
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In the lowland, Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
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Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
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Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
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Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim); fourteen cities with their villages.
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Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad,
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Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
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Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
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Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish,
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Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
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Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
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Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
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Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
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Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
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from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
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Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.
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In the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
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Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (which is Debir),
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Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
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Goshen, Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
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Arab, Dumah, Eshan,
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Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,
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Humtah, Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
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Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
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Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
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Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,
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Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
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Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
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In the wilderness, Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,
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Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities with their villages.
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As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah couldn't drive them out; but the Jebusites live with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
