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Sudije 17

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1 A beše jedan čovek iz gore Jefremove po imenu Miha.

2 On reče materi svojoj: Hiljadu i sto srebrnika, što su ti ukradeni, za koje si klela i govorila preda mnom, evo, to je srebro u mene, ja sam ga uzeo. A mati mu reče: Gospod da te blagoslovi, sine!

3 A kad vrati hiljadu i sto srebrnika materi svojoj, reče mati njegova: To sam srebro posvetila Gospodu iz svoje ruke za tebe, sine moj, da se načini od njega lik rezan i liven; zato ti ga sada dajem natrag.

4 Ali on opet dade srebro materi svojoj, a mati uze dvesta srebrnika i dade zlataru, a on načini od njega lik rezan i liven, te beše u kući Mišinoj.

5 I taj Miha imaše kuću za bogove, i načini, oplećak i likove, i posveti jednog između sinova svojih da mu bude sveštenik.

6 U to vreme ne beše cara u Izrailju: svaki činjaše šta mu drago.

7 A beše jedan mladićiz Vitlejema Judinog, od porodice Judine, koji beše Levit i onde boravljaše.

8 On otide iz tog grada, Vitlejema Judinog, da se nastani gde može; i idući svojim putem dođe u goru Jefremovu do kuće Mišine.

9 A Miha mu reče: Otkuda ideš? Odgovori mu Levit: Iz Vitlejema Judinog, idem da se nastanim gde mogu.

10 A Miha mu reče: Ostani kod mene, i budi mi otac i sveštenik, a ja ću ti dati deset srebrnika na godinu i dvoje haljine i hranu. I otide Levit k njemu.

11 I Levitu bi po volji da ostane kod njega, i bi mu taj mladićkao da mu je sin.

12 I Miha posveti Levita da mu je sveštenik taj mladić, i osta u kući Mišinoj.

13 Tada reče Miha: Sada znam da će mi Gospod učiniti dobro zato što imam Levita sveštenika.

   

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Ten

  

In most places in the Word, "ten" represents "all," or in some cases "many" or "much." The Ten Commandments represent all the guidance we get from the Lord in life; the ten horns on the beast of Revelation represent all power of falsity; the ten virgins with lamps in Matthew 25 represent all people of the church.

Yet in other places, ten, or especially a "tenth," signifies representing remnants, or tiny scraps of goodness preserved for the future. These can be the remnants of a church -- a few good people that can be built up into a new church. Or they can be tiny subconscious memories of love and joy which the Lord stores in each of us in early childhood, feelings He can use later to draw us toward a life of goodness and affection.

These two meanings seem nearly opposite, but they're actually not. Love is whole and indivisible, so that the tiniest feeling buried inside someone contains all the elements of the love it can become. In a similar way, a remnant of a church that has preserved that church's knowledge has everything it needs to grow into a new church. In a sense, then, those remnants are indeed "all," they're just a version of "all" that is still in a state of potential.