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1 A potom pođe narod od Asirota, i stadoše u pustinji Faranskoj.

2 I Gospod reče Mojsiju govoreći:

3 Pošlji ljude da uhode zemlju hanansku, koju ću dati sinovima Izrailjevim; po jednog čoveka od svakog plemena otaca njihovih pošljite, sve glavare između njih.

4 I posla ih Mojsije iz pustinje Faranske po zapovesti Gospodnjoj; i svi ljudi behu glavari sinova Izrailjevih.

5 A ovo su im imena: od plemena Ruvimovog Samuilo sin Zahurov;

6 Od plemena Simeunovog Safat sin Surin;

7 Od plemena Judinog Halev sin Jefonijin;

8 Od plemena Isaharovog Igal sin Josifov;

9 Od plemena Jefremovog Avsije sin Navin;

10 Od plemena Venijaminovog Faltije sin Rafujev;

11 Od plemena Zavulonovog Gudilo sin Sudin;

12 Od plemena Josifovog, od plemena Manasijinog Gadije sin Susin;

13 Od plemena Danovog Amilo sin Gamalin.

14 Od plemena Asirovog Satur sin Mihailov;

15 Od plemena Neftalimovog Navija sin Savin;

16 Od plemena Gadovog Gudilo sin Mahilov.

17 To su imena ljudima koje posla Mojsije da uhode zemlju. I nazva Mojsije Avsija sina Navinog Isus.

18 I šaljući ih Mojsije da uhode zemlju hanansku reče im: idite ovuda na jug, pa iziđite na goru;

19 I vidite zemlju kakva je i kakav narod živi u njoj, je li jak ili slab, je li mali ili velik;

20 I kakva je zemlja u kojoj živi, je li dobra ili rđava; i kakva su mesta u kojima živi, eda li pod šatorima ili u tvrdim gradovima;

21 I kakva je sama zemlja, je li rodna ili nerodna, ima li u njoj drveta ili nema; budite slobodni, i uzmite roda one zemlje. A tada beše vreme prvom grožđu.

22 I otišavši uhodiše zemlju od pustinje sinske do Reova kako se ide u Emat.

23 I otidoše na jug, i dođoše do Hevrona, gde behu Ahiman i Sesije i Teliman, sinovi Enakovi. A Hevron beše sazidan na sedam godina pre Soana misirskog.

24 Potom dođoše do potoka Eshola, i onde odsekoše lozu s grozdom jednim, i ponesoše ga dvojica na moci; tako i šipaka i smokava.

25 I prozva se ono mesto potok Eshol od grozda, koji onde odsekoše sinovi Izrailjevi.

26 I posle četrdeset dana vratiše se iz zemlje koju uhodiše.

27 I vrativši se dođoše k Mojsiju i Aronu i ka svemu zboru sinova Izrailjevih u pustinju Faransku, u Kadis; i pripovediše njima i svemu zboru stvar, i pokazaše im rod one zemlje.

28 I pripovedajući im rekoše: Idosmo u zemlju u koju si nas poslao; doista teče u njoj mleko i med, i evo roda njenog.

29 Ali je jak narod koji živi u onoj zemlji, i gradovi su im tvrdi i vrlo veliki; a videsmo onde i sinove Enakove.

30 Amalik živi na južnoj strani; a Heteji i Jevuseji i Amoreji žive u planini, a Hananeji žive na moru i na Jordanu.

31 A Halev utišavaše narod pred Mojsijem; i govoraše: hajde da idemo da je uzmemo, jer je možemo pokoriti.

32 Ali drugi ljudi koji idoše s njim govorahu: Ne možemo ići na onaj narod, jer je jači od nas.

33 I prosuše zao glas o zemlji koju uhodiše među sinovima Izrailjevim govoreći: Zemlja koju prođosmo i uhodismo zemlja je koja proždire svoje stanovnike, i sav narod koji videsmo u njoj jesu ljudi vrlo veliki.

34 Videsmo onde i divove, sinove Enakove, roda divovskog, i činjaše nam se da smo prema njima kao skakavci, takvi se i njima činjasmo.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 349

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349. Sealed out of every tribe of Israel. This symbolizes the heaven and Lord's church formed from those people.

A tribe symbolizes religion as regards goodness of life, and every tribe symbolizes the church in respect to every good of love and every truth springing from that good, which produces goodness of life. For there are two elements which form the church: the goodness of love and doctrinal truth. The marriage of these two constitutes the church. The twelve tribes of Israel represented and so symbolized the church with respect to that marriage, and each tribe represented and so symbolized some universal truth accompanying goodness or some goodness accompanying truth present in that marriage.

But what each tribe symbolized has not been revealed previously to anyone, nor could it have been revealed, lest an ill-connected exposition profane the holiness that lies within these things when joined together, since their symbolism depends on their conjunction.

[2] They have one symbolism in the order in which they are listed according to their births (Genesis 29, 30, 35:18). The order there is: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin.

They have another symbolism in the order in which they are listed when they went into Egypt, namely, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Gad, Asher, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali (Genesis 46:8-25).

Still another symbolism in the order in which they were blessed by their father Israel, namely, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, Benjamin (Genesis 49).

Still another symbolism in the order in which they were blessed by Moses, namely, Reuben, Judah, Levi, Benjamin, Joseph, Ephraim, Manasseh, Zebulun, Gad, Dan, Naphtali, Asher (Deuteronomy 33) - Ephraim and Manasseh being listed there, and not Simeon or Issachar.

[3] Still another symbolism in the order in which they encamped and set out, namely, the tribes of Judah, Issachar and Zebulun on the east side, the tribes of Reuben, Simeon and Gad on the south side, the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin on the west side, and the tribes of Dan, Asher and Naphtali on the north side, with the tribe of Levi in the middle (Numbers 2:1-34).

And still another symbolism in the order in which they are listed elsewhere, as in Genesis 35:23-26, Numbers 1:5-16; 7:1-89; 13:4-15; 26:5-57; 34:17-28, Deuteronomy 27:12-13, Joshua 15; 16; 17; 18; 19, Ezekiel 48:1-35.

Consequently, when Balaam saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, he said, "How good are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel" (Numbers 24:1-4ff.).

[4] On the breastpiece of judgment, namely, the Urim and Thummim, containing twelve precious stones according to the names of the children of Israel (Exodus 28:15-21), the symbolism of the tribes in their arrangement depended on the inquiry to which they provided a response.

But what they symbolized in the order in which they are mentioned here in the book of Revelation, which is still another order, will be told in what follows.

Tribes symbolize religion, and the twelve tribes the church and everything pertaining to it, because "tribe" and "scepter" are, in Hebrew, the same word, 1 and a scepter means a kingdom, and the Lord's kingdom is heaven and the church.

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1. Hebrew מַטֶּה or שֵׁבֶט, and also מַשְׁעֵנָה.

  
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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.