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1 Potom sabra Isus sva plemena Izrailjeva u Sihem, i sazva starešine Izrailjeve i poglavare njegove i sudije njegove i upravitelje njegove, i staše pred Bogom.

2 I reče Isus svom narodu: Ovako veli Gospod Bog Izrailjev: S one strane reke živeše nekada oci vaši, Tara otac Avramov i otac Nahorov, i služiše drugim bogovima.

3 Ali uzeh oca vašeg Avrama ispreko reke i provedoh ga kroz svu zemlju hanansku i umnožih seme njegovo davši mu Isaka.

4 A Isaku dadoh Jakova i Isava, i dadoh Isavu goru Sir da je njegova; a Jakov i sinovi njegovi siđoše u Misir.

5 I poslah Mojsija i Arona, i mučih Misir, kako učinih usred njega, potom vas izvedoh.

6 A kad izvedoh iz Misira oce vaše, dođoše na more, a Misirci goniše oce vaše s kolima i s konjicima do Crvenog mora.

7 Tada zavapiše ka Gospodu, i postavih tamu između vas i Misiraca, i navedoh na njih more koje ih zatrpa, i oči vaše videše šta učinih od Misiraca; potom ostaste u pustinji dugo vremena.

8 Iza toga dovedoh vas u zemlju Amoreja koji življahu s one strane Jordana; i oni se pobiše s vama, ali ih dadoh vama u ruke, te naslediste zemlju njihovu, i istrebih ih ispred vas.

9 A Valak sin Seforov, car moavski, podiže se da se bije s Izrailjem, i posla te dozva Valama sina Veorovog da vas prokune.

10 Ali ne hteh poslušati Valama, te vas on još blagoslovi, i izbavih vas iz ruke njegove.

11 Potom pređoste preko Jordana, i dođoste pod Jerihon, i biše se s vama Jerihonjani, Amoreji i Ferezeji i Hananeji i Heteji i Gergeseji i Jeveji i Jevuseji; i dadoh ih vama u ruke.

12 I poslah pred vama stršljenove, koji ih izagnaše ispred vas, dva cara amorejska; ne mačem tvojim ni lukom tvojim.

13 I dadoh vam zemlju, koju ne radiste, i gradove, koje ne gradiste, i u njima živite; iz vinograda i iz maslinika, kojih niste sadili, jedete.

14 Zato sada bojte se Gospoda i služite Mu verno i istinito; i povrzite bogove, kojima su služili oci vaši s one strane reke i u Misiru, pa služite Gospodu.

15 Ako li vam nije drago služiti Gospodu, izaberite sebi danas kome ćete služiti: ili bogove kojima su služili oci vaši s one strane reke, ili bogove Amoreja u čijoj zemlji živite; a ja i dom moj služićemo Gospodu.

16 A narod odgovori i reče: Ne daj Bože da ostavimo Gospoda da služimo drugim bogovima.

17 Jer Gospod Bog naš, On je izveo nas i oce naše iz zemlje misirske, iz doma ropskog, i On je učinio pred našim očima one znake velike, i čuvao nas celim putem kojim idosmo, i po svim narodima kroz koje prođosmo.

18 I Gospod je isterao ispred nas sve narode i Amoreje, koji življahu u ovoj zemlji; i mi ćemo služiti Gospodu, jer je Bog naš.

19 A Isus reče narodu: Ne možete služiti Gospodu, jer je svet Bog, Bog revnitelj, neće podnositi vaše nevere i vaše grehe.

20 Kad ostavite Gospoda i stanete služiti tuđim bogovima, okrenuće se i zlo će vam učiniti, i istrebiće vas, pošto vam je dobro činio.

21 A narod reče Isusu: Ne, nego ćemo Gospodu služiti.

22 A Isus reče narodu: Sami ste sebi svedoci da ste izabrali sebi Gospoda da Mu služite. I oni rekoše: svedoci smo.

23 Povrzite dakle bogove tuđe što su među vama, i privijte srce svoje ka Gospodu Bogu Izrailjevom.

24 A narod reče Isusu: Gospodu Bogu svom služićemo i glas Njegov slušaćemo.

25 Tako učini Isus zavet s narodom onaj dan i postavi im uredbe i zakone u Sihemu.

26 I zapisa Isus ove reči u knjigu zakona Božjeg; i uzevši kamen velik podiže ga onde pod hrastom koji beše kod svetinje Gospodnje.

27 I reče Isus svom narodu: Evo, kamen ovaj neka vam bude svedočanstvo; jer je čuo sve reči Gospodnje, koje nam je govorio; i neka vam bude svedočanstvo da ne biste slagali Bogu svom.

28 Potom raspusti Isus narod, svakog na njegovo nasledstvo.

29 A posle ovih stvari umre Isus sin Navin sluga Gospodnji, kad mu beše sto i deset godina.

30 I pogreboše ga u međama nasledstva njegovog u Tamnat-Sarahu, koji je u gori Jefremovoj, sa severa gori Gasu.

31 I služi Izrailj Gospodu svega veka Isusovog i svega veka starešina, koje dugo živeše iza Isusa i koji su znali sva dela Gospodnja, koja učini Izrailju.

32 I kosti Josifove, koje donesoše sinovi Izrailjevi iz Misira, pogreboše u Sihemu, u delu polja koje je kupio Jakov od sinova Emora oca Sihemovog za sto novaca; i biše u sinova Josifovih u nasledstvu njihovom.

33 I Eleazar sin Aronov umre, i pogreboše ga na brdu Finesa sina njegovog, koje mu beše dano u gori Jefremovoj.

   

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2913. 'And spoke to the sons of Heth, saying' means those with whom a new spiritual Church was to exist. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'Heth' and of Hittite. Many were the nations inhabiting the land of Canaan who are mentioned one by one in various places in the Word, among them the Hittites, see Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 23:23; Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Joshua 3:10; 11:1, 3; 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kings 9:20; and elsewhere. Most of them belonged to the Ancient Church which was spread through many lands, including the land of Canaan, see 1238, 2385. All who belonged to that Church acknowledged charity as the chief thing, and everything they taught was about charity or life. People who cultivated teachings about faith were called Canaanites and were separate from the rest of the inhabitants in the land of Canaan, Numbers 13:29 - see 1062, 1063, 1076.

[2] The Hittites belonged among those in the land of Canaan who were more acceptable. This is also made clear by the fact that Abraham, and subsequently Isaac and Jacob, dwelt among them and had a burial-place there, and also by the fact that they treated Abraham with greatest respect, as is quite clear from what is recorded about them in this chapter, especially verses 5-6, 10-11, 14-15. Since they were an upright nation they therefore represent and mean the spiritual Church, or the truth of the Church. But it happened that like all the others who belonged to the Ancient Church the Hittites fell away in the course of time from charity or good that goes with faith; and this explains why later on they mean the falsity of the Church, as in Ezekiel 16:3, 45, and elsewhere. Yet the Hittites did belong among those who were more honourable, as may be seen from the fact that David had Hittites with him, such as Ahimelech, 1 Samuel 26:6, and Uriah, who was a Hittite, 2 Samuel 11:3, 6, 17, 21 - by whose wife Bathsheba David begot Solomon, 2 Samuel 12:24. 'Heth' means exterior cognitions that have regard to life and which constitute the external truths of the spiritual Church, 1 see 1203.

[3] The subject in the present verse is a new Church which the Lord establishes when the previous one breathes its last, and in the verses which follow the subject is the reception of faith among those people. The subject is not some particular Church among the sons of Heth but in general the re-establishment by the Lord of a spiritual Church after its predecessor fades away and approaches its end. The sons of Heth are simply those who represent and carry a spiritual meaning. Please see what has been stated already about Churches in the following places:

In course of time a Church goes into decline and decay, 494, 501, 1327, 2422.

It departs from charity, and brings forth evils and falsities, 1834, 1835.

At that point the Church is said to be vastated and made desolate, 407-411, 2243.

The Church is established among gentiles; the reason why, 1366.

Within a Church undergoing vastation something of the Church is always preserved as a nucleus, 468, 637, 931, 2422.

If the Church did not exist in the world the human race would perish, ibid.

The Church is like the heart and lungs in that vast body, of which every member of the human race is a part, 637, 931, 2054, 2853.

The nature of the spiritual Church, 765, 2669.

Charity constitutes the Church, not faith separated from charity, 809, 916.

If all possessed charity the Church would be one even though they differ in matters of doctrine and in forms of worship, 1285, 1316, 1798, 1799, 1834, 1844, 2385.

All people on earth who belong to the Lord's Church, though they are scattered throughout the entire world, still so to speak make a single whole, as is the case in heaven, 2853.

Every Church is internal and external, and both together constitute a single Church, 409, 1083, 1098, 1100, 1242.

The external Church is valueless if there is no internal Church, 1795.

The Church is compared to the rise and the setting of the sun, to the seasons of the year, and also to the periods of the day, 1837.

The Last Judgement is the final period of the Church, 900, 931, 1850, 2117, 2118.

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