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1 I dođe anđeo Gospodnji od Galgala u Vokim i reče: Izveo sam vas iz Misira i doveo vas u zemlju za koju sam se zakleo ocima vašim; i rekoh: Neću pokvariti zavet svoj s vama doveka.

2 A vi ne hvatajte veru sa stanovnicima te zemlje, oltare njihove raskopajte. Ali ne poslušaste glas moj. Šta ste to učinili?

3 Zato i ja rekoh: Neću ih odagnati ispred vas, nego će vam biti kao trnje, i bogovi njihovi biće vam zamka.

4 A kad izgovori anđeo Gospodnji ove reči svim sinovima Izrailjevim, narod podiže glas svoj i plaka.

5 Zato prozvaše ono mesto Vokim; i onde prinesoše žrtve Gospodu.

6 A Isus raspusti narod, i raziđoše se sinovi Izrailjevi svaki na svoje nasledstvo, da naslede zemlju.

7 I služi narod Gospodu svega veka Isusovog i svega veka starešina koji živeše dugo iza Isusa koje behu videle sva velika dela Gospodnja što učini Izrailju.

8 Ali umre Isus sin Navin sluga Gospodnji, kad mu beše sto i deset godina.

9 I pogreboše ga u međama nasledstva njegovog u Tamnat-Aresu u gori Jefremovoj sa severa gori Gasu.

10 I sav onaj naraštaj pribra se k ocima svojim, i nasta drugi naraštaj iza njih, koji ne poznavaše Gospoda ni dela koja je učinio Izrailju.

11 I sinovi Izrailjevi, činiše što je zlo pred Gospodom, i služiše Valima.

12 I ostaviše Gospoda Boga otaca svojih, koji ih je izveo iz zemlje misirske, i pođoše za drugim bogovima između bogova onih naroda koji behu oko njih, i klanjaše im se, i razgneviše Gospoda.

13 I ostaviše Gospoda, i služiše Valu i Astarotama.

14 I razgnevi se Gospod na Izrailja, i dade ih u ruke ljudima koji ih plenjahu, i prodade ih u ruke neprijateljima njihovim unaokolo, i ne mogaše se više držati pred neprijateljima svojim.

15 Kud god polažahu, ruka Gospodnja beše protiv njih na zlo, kao što beše rekao Gospod i kao što im se beše zakleo Gospod; i behu u velikoj nevolji.

16 Tada im Gospod podizaše sudije, koji ih izbavljahu iz ruku onih što ih plenjahu.

17 Ali ni sudija svojih ne slušaše, nego činiše preljubu za drugim bogovima, i klanjaše im se; brzo zađoše s puta kojim idoše oci njihovi slušajući zapovesti Gospodnje; oni ne činiše tako.

18 I kad im Gospod podizaše sudije, beše Gospod sa svakim sudijom, i izbavljaše ih iz ruku neprijatelja njihovih svega veka sudijinog; jer se sažali Gospod radi njihovog uzdisanja na one koji im krivo činjahu i koji ih cveljahu.

19 A kad sudija umre, oni se vraćahu opet i bivahu gori od otaca svojih idući za bogovima drugim i služeći im i klanjajući im se; ne ostavljahu se dela svojih niti puteva svojih opakih.

20 Zato se raspali gnev Gospodnji na Izrailja, i reče: Kad je taj narod prestupio moj zavet koji sam zapovedi ocima njihovim, i ne poslušaše glas moj,

21 Ni ja neću više nijednoga goniti ispred njih između naroda koje ostavi Isus kad umre,

22 Da njima kušam Izrailja hoće li se držati puta Gospodnjeg hodeći po njemu, kao što su se držali oci njihovi, ili neće.

23 I Gospod ostavi te narode i ne izagna ih odmah ne predavši ih u ruke Isusu.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10062

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10062. 'And on the thumb of their right hand' means the resulting power of understanding in the middle heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'the thumb' as the power of good exercised through truth, or truth in its power springing from good, and the resulting power of understanding, dealt with below. The reason why the power of understanding in the middle heaven is meant is that 'the blood' which was put on the thumb means Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good in the heavens, dealt with above in 10060, at this point therefore the resulting power of understanding. For 'the blood on the tip of the right ear' means the power of perception in the inmost heaven; as a result 'the blood on the thumb of the right hand' means the power of understanding in the middle heaven, while [that on] 'the big toe of the right foot' means the power of understanding in the last and lowest heaven. For the things that belong to the inmost heaven are meant by the head and parts of the head, and therefore this heaven's power of perception is meant here by 'the right ear', since the ear is part of the head. The things that belong to the middle heaven are meant by the body and parts of the body, and therefore the power of understanding is meant here by 'the right hand', while those things that belong to the lowest heaven are meant by the feet and parts of the feet. Regarding such correspondence of the heavens with the human being, see above in 10030 and the places referred to there. In the inmost heaven furthermore exists the ability to perceive truth springing from good; in the middle heaven however no ability to perceive truth exists, only the ability to understand it. And the like is so in the lowest heaven, see the places referred to in 9277, 9596, 9684.

[2] 'The thumb of the right hand' - which means truth in its power springing from good, and the resulting power of understanding in the middle heaven - seems, it is true, to be something too small and insignificant to mean heaven; for how, it may be asked, can the thumb come to have so great and significant a meaning? But it should be remembered that the last and lowest or outermost part of any member of the body has the same meaning as the whole member. 'The hand' means the whole power of the body, and the power which the body possesses is exercised through the arms and hands. Regarding what is last or outermost, that it means all or the whole, in the same way as what is first and highest, see above in 10044.

[3] For the meaning of 'the hands' as power and the fact that all power belongs to truth springing from good, see the places referred to in 10019; and for the meaning of 'the right hand' as the power of truth springing from good, and 'the left hand' as truth through which comes good, 10061. The reason why the power of understanding is what should be understood is that all the power of understanding is composed of truths, whereas all the power of will is composed of forms of good. For everything in the world and in heaven has connection with truth and with good, and the human understanding has been provided for truths and the will for forms of good. Therefore since truth in its power is meant by 'the hands', the understanding as well is meant by them.

[4] Because the thumb, like the hands, meant the power that belongs to truth springing from good, it was the practice in ancient times among the nations, and also among the Israelite people, to cut off the thumbs and big toes of their enemies, Judges 1:6-7; this represented the removal of all power from them. In the thumb furthermore resides the main power of the hand, for when the thumb has been cut off the hand no longer has the strength to fight in battle. Just as the thumb means power, so do 'the fingers', as in David,

Jehovah trains my hands for conflicts, and my fingers for war. Psalms 144:1.

In the same author,

When I look at the heavens, the work of Your fingers ... Psalms 8:3.

In Luke,

Jesus said, If I cast out demons by the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come to you. Luke 11:20.

  
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Psalms 144:1

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1 Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle: