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1 Još reče Gospod Mojsiju u pustinji Sinajskoj u šatoru od sastanka prvi dan drugog meseca druge godine po izlasku njihovom iz zemlje misirske, govoreći:

2 Izbrojte sav zbor sinova Izrailjevih po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih i po imenima njihovim, sve muškinje, glavu po glavu,

3 Od dvadeset godina i više, sve koji mogu ići na vojsku u Izrailju, izbrojte ih po četama njihovim ti i Aron;

4 A s vama neka bude po jedan čovek od svakog plemena, koji je poglavar u domu otaca svojih.

5 A ovo su imena ljudi koji će biti s vama: od plemena Ruvimovog Elisur sin Sedijurov;

6 Od Simeunovog Salamilo sin Surisadajev;

7 Od Judinog Nason sin Aminadavov;

8 Od Isaharovog Natanailo sin Sogarov;

9 Od Zavulonovog Elijav Sin Helonov;

10 Od sinova Josifovih: od plemena Jefremovog Elisama sin Emijudov; od Manasijinog Gamalilo sin Fadasurov;

11 Od Venijaminovog Avidan sin Gadeonijev;

12 Od Danovog Ahijezer sin Amisadajev;

13 Od Asirovog Fagailo sin Ehranov;

14 Od Gadovog Elisaf sin Raguilov;

15 Od Neftalimovog Ahirej sin Enanov.

16 To su koji se sazivahu na zbor, knezovi u plemenima otaca svojih, hiljadnici Izrailjevi.

17 I uze Mojsije i Aron te ljude, koji biše imenovani.

18 I sabraše sav zbor prvi dan drugog meseca, i prepisaše ih po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih i po imenima njihovim od dvadeset godina i više, glavu po glavu.

19 Kako beše Gospod zapovedio Mojsiju, tako ih izbroja u pustinji Sinajskoj.

20 I beše sinova prvenca Izrailjevog Ruvima, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbroja po imenima s glave na glavu sve muškinje od dvadeset godina i više, što mogaše ići na vojsku,

21 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Ruvimovog četrdeset i šest hiljada i pet stotina.

22 Sinova Simeunovih, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbroja po imenima s glave na glavu sve muškinje od dvadeset godina i više, što mogaše ići na vojsku,

23 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Simeunovog pedeset i devet hiljada i tri stotine.

24 Sinova Gadovih, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbrojaše po imenima od dvadeset godina i više svi što mogahu ići na vojsku,

25 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Gadovog četrdeset i pet hiljada, šest stotina i pedeset.

26 Sinova Judinih, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbrojaše po imenima od dvadeset godina i više svi što mogahu ići na vojsku,

27 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Judinog sedamdeset i četiri hiljade i šest stotina.

28 Sinova Isaharovih, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbrojaše po imenima od dvadeset godina i više svi što mogahu ići na vojsku,

29 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Isaharovog pedeset i četiri hiljade i četiri stotine.

30 Sinova Zavulonovih, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbrojaše po imenima od dvadeset godina i više svi što mogahu ići na vojsku,

31 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Zavulonovog pedeset i sedam hiljada i četiri stotine.

32 Od sinova Josifovih: sinova Jefremovih, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbrojaše po imenima od dvadeset godina i više svi što mogahu ići na vojsku,

33 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Jefremovog četrdeset hiljada i pet stotina.

34 Sinova Manasijinih, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbrojaše po imenima od dvadeset godina i više svi što mogahu ići na vojsku,

35 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Manasijinog trideset i dve hiljade i dvesta.

36 Sinova Venijaminovih, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbrojaše po imenima od dvadeset godina i više svi što mogahu ići na vojsku,

37 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Venijaminovog trideset i pet hiljada i četiri stotine.

38 Sinova Danovih, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbrojaše po imenima od dvadeset godina i više svi što mogahu ići na vojsku,

39 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Danovog šezdeset dve hiljade i sedam stotina,

40 Sinova Asirovih, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbrojaše po imenima od dvadeset godina i više svi što mogahu ići na vojsku,

41 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Asirovog četrdeset i jedna hiljada i pet stotina.

42 Sinova Neftalimovih, roda njihovog po porodicama njihovim i po domovima otaca njihovih, kad se izbrojaše po imenima od dvadeset godina i više svi što mogahu ići na vojsku,

43 Beše ih izbrojanih od plemena Neftalimovog pedeset i tri hiljade i četiri stotine.

44 Ovo su oni koje Mojsije i Aron izbrojaše s knezovima izrailjskim, s dvanaest ljudi, koji behu po jedan za svaki dom otaca svojih.

45 I svega beše sinova Izrailjevih izbrojanih po domovima otaca svojih od dvadeset godina i više, svih što mogahu ići na vojsku,

46 Beše ih izbrojanih šest stotina i tri hiljade i pet stotina i pedeset.

47 Ali Leviti po plemenu otaca svojih ne biše brojani među njih.

48 Jer Gospod reče Mojsiju govoreći:

49 Plemena Levijevog nemoj brojati, niti broj njihov sastaviti sa sinovima Izrailjevim.

50 Nego postavi Levite nad šatorom od svedočanstva i nad svim posuđem u njemu i nad svim što pripada njemu; oni neka nose šator i sve posuđe njegovo, neka služe u njemu, i staju oko šatora.

51 I kad se šator krene, neka ga slože Leviti; i kad šator stane, onda neka ga razapnu Leviti. A ko bi drugi pristupio da se pogubi.

52 I sinovi Izrailjevi neka staju svaki u svom logoru i svaki kod svoje zastave po četama svojim.

53 A Leviti neka staju oko šatora od svedočanstva, da ne dođe gnev na zbor sinova Izrailjevih; i neka Leviti rade šta treba oko šatora od svedočanstva.

54 I učiniše sinovi Izrailjevi kako Gospod zapovedi, sve tako učiniše.

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Apocalypse Revealed # 862

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862. We have said that the nations' surrounding the camp of the saints and the beloved city means, symbolically, that these people attempted to destroy everything connected with the New Church, both its truths and goods and its fundamental doctrine regarding the Lord and life, as stated in the preceding number. This is the symbolic meaning because the camp of the saints symbolizes all the truths and goods of the church which is the New Jerusalem.

That a camp in the spiritual sense symbolizes everything connected with the church with respect to its truths and goods can be seen from the following passages:

The sun and moon grew dark, and the stars diminished their brightness. Jehovah uttered His voice before His army, for His camp is very great; for numberless are those who obey His Word. (Joel 2:10-11)

I will encamp for My house some of the army... (Zechariah 9:8)

...God has scattered the bones of them who encamp against you..., because God has rejected them. (Psalms 53:5)

The angel of Jehovah encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. (Psalms 34:7)

(An angel of God met Jacob, and said to Jacob,) "This is God's camp." Therefore he called the name of that place Mahanaim (Two Camps). (Genesis 32:1-2)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 29:3, Ezekiel 1:24, Psalms 27:3.

That an army or host in the Word symbolizes the church's truths and goods, and also its falsities and evils, may be seen in nos. 447, 826, 833; and so, too, does a camp.

[2] Since the children of Israel and their twelve tribes symbolize the church in respect to all its truths and goods (nos. 349, 350), they were therefore called the armies or hosts of Jehovah (Exodus 7:4; 12:41, 51), and the places where they stopped and assembled were called camps, as in Leviticus 4:12; 8:17; 13:46; 14:8; 16:26, 28; 24:14, 23; Numbers 1; 2; 3; 4:5 ff., 5:2-4; 9:17-23; 10:1-10, 11-28; 11:31-32; 12:14-15; 21:10-15; 33:1-49; Deuteronomy 23:9-14; Amos 4:10.

It is apparent from this now that the nations' surrounding the camp of the saints and the beloved city means, symbolically, that these people tried to destroy all the truths and goods of the New Church, which is the New Jerusalem, and also its doctrine regarding the Lord and life.

The same symbolism is found in these verses in Luke:

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near... (At length) Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 21:20, 24)

This is said in reference to the end of the age, which is the final period of the church. Jerusalem here also symbolizes the church.

That Gog and Magog, that is, people who engage in external worship divorced from any internal worship, will then invade the church and try to destroy it, is something we are told also in Ezekiel 38:8-9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 39:2, and that the New Church will then be established by the Lord, Ezekiel 39:17-29.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Apocalypse Revealed # 447

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447. Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million. (9:16) This symbolizes their reasonings concerning faith alone, with which they had filled the interiors of their minds, springing from nothing but an abundance of falsities accompanying evil.

Armies symbolize goods and truths, and in an opposite sense, evils and falsities - here falsities accompanying evil, as we will see presently. Horsemen symbolize reasonings concerning faith alone, because a horse symbolizes an understanding of the Word (no. 298) and also a destroyed understanding of the Word (nos. 305, 312, 320). Horsemen consequently symbolize reasonings based on a destroyed understanding of the Word - here reasonings concerning faith alone, because the subject is people caught up in that faith. Two hundred million does not mean two hundred million, but an abundance. The number two is used because two is said in application to goodness, and in an opposite sense, to evil (no. 322); and a hundred million, or ten thousand times ten thousand, is said in application to truths, and in an opposite sense, to falsities (no. 287).

It can be seen from this that the number of the army of horsemen being two hundred million symbolizes reasonings concerning faith alone, with which these people had filled the interiors of their minds, springing from nothing but an abundance of falsities accompanying evil.

[2] That armies in the Word symbolize the goods and truths of heaven and the church, and in an opposite sense, evils and falsities, can be seen from passages where the sun, moon and stars are called armies or hosts, and where the sun symbolizes the goodness of love, the moon the truth of faith, and stars concepts of goodness and truth, and the antithesis in an opposite sense (nos. 51, 53, 332, 413). All of these are called armies or hosts in the following passages:

Praise (Jehovah), all His hosts! Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars...! (Psalms 148:2-3)

My hands stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded. (Isaiah 45:12)

By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. (Psalms 33:6)

Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. (Genesis 2:1)

(The male goat's horn) grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground... He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host... And the host was sent under the yoke for its transgression, (because) it cast truth to the ground... Then... a holy one said..., "How long will... the sanctuary and the host be trampled under foot?" (Daniel 8:10-14)

Jehovah has given forth His voice before His army. (Joel 2:11)

...(on the roofs of the houses) they have burned incense to all the host of heaven... (Jeremiah 19:13)

(Lest you bow down to and serve) the sun, the moon, the stars, and all the host of heaven... (Deuteronomy 4:19; cf. 17:3, Jeremiah 8:2)

So, too, Isaiah 13:4; 34:4; 40:26, Jeremiah 33:22, Zechariah 9:8, Revelation 19:14.

[3] Since the hosts of heaven symbolize the goods and truths of heaven and the church, therefore the Lord is called Jehovah Zebaoth, or Jehovah of Hosts. And therefore the ministry of the Levites was called military service (Numbers 4:3, 23, 30, 39).

Moreover, we read in the book of Psalms,

Bless Jehovah, all you His hosts, you ministers of His, who do His will. (Psalms 103:21)

Evils and falsities in the church are symbolically meant by the armies of the nations in Isaiah 34:2; and by the army of the king of the north with which he came against the king of the south, in Daniel 11:13, 15, 20. The king of the north is the falsity accompanying evil in the church, and the king of the south is the truth accompanying goodness in it.

The Lord says,

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its devastation is near. (Luke 21:20)

Jerusalem there symbolizes the church, and the armies symbolize the evils and falsities that will devastate it. The subject is the end of the age, which is the final period of the church.

Evils and falsities are symbolically meant by armies in Joel,

I will restore to you the years that the locust, the beetle grub, the locust's larva, and the caterpillar has eaten, My great army which I sent among you. (Joel 2:25)

To be shown that the locust and the rest symbolize falsity of the lowest sort, see no. 424 above.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.