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1 I videvši Valam da je Božja volja da blagosilja Izrailja, ne hte više ni ići kao pre po vračanje, nego se okrete licem k pustinji,

2 I podigavši oči svoje ugleda Izrailja gde stoji po plemenima svojim; i duh Božji dođe na nj.

3 I otvori priču svoju, i reče: Kaže Valam, sin Veorov; Kaže čovek kome su otvorene oči.

4 Kaže onaj koji čuje reči Božje, koji vidi utvaru Svemogućeg, koji kad padne otvorene su mu oči:

5 Kako su lepi šatori tvoji, Jakove, i kolibe tvoje, Izrailju!

6 Pružili su se kao potoci, kao vrtovi kraj reke, kao mirisava drveta koja je posadio Gospod, kao kedri na vodi.

7 Poteći će voda iz vedra njegovog, i seme će njegovo biti među velikim vodama, i car će se njegov podignuti svrh Agaga, i carstvo će se njegovo uzvisiti.

8 Bog ga je izveo iz Misira, i On mu je kao snaga jednorogova; poješće narode koji su mu neprijatelji, i kosti će njegove potrti, i strelama svojim postreljati ih.

9 Spustio se, leži kao lavići kao ljuti lav; ko će ga probuditi? Ko tebe blagosilja, biće blagosloven; a ko tebe kune, biće proklet.

10 Tada se razgnevi Valak na Valama, i pljesnu se rukama, i reče Valak Valamu: Dozvah te da prokuneš neprijatelje moje, a ti si ih blagoslovio eto većtri puta.

11 Odlazi u svoje mesto; rekoh da ću te darivati, a eto Gospod ne da ti dara.

12 A Valam reče Valaku: Nisam li i poslanicima tvojim koje si poslao k meni rekao govoreći:

13 Da mi da Valak kuću svoju punu srebra i zlata, ne bih mogao prestupiti reči Gospodnje da učinim šta dobro ili zlo od sebe; šta kaže Gospod ono ću kazati.

14 Ja sada evo idem k narodu svom, ali da ti kažem šta će taj narod učiniti narodu tvom najposle.

15 Potom otvori priču svoju, i reče: Kaže Valam sin Veorov, Kaže čovek kome su otvorene oči,

16 Kaže koji čuje reči Božje, i zna znanje o Višnjem, i koji vidi utvaru Svemogućeg i kad padne otvorene su mu oči.

17 Vidim Ga, ali ne sad; gledam Ga, ali ne izbliza; izaći će zvezda iz Jakova i ustaće palica iz Izrailja, koja će razbiti knezove moavske i razoriti sve sinove sitove.

18 I Edoma će osvojiti i Sira će osvojiti neprijatelji njegovi; jer će Izrailj raditi junački.

19 I vladaće koji je od Jakova, i zatrće ostatak od grada.

20 A ugleda Amalika, otvori priču svoju, i reče: Amalik je početak narodima, ali će najposle propasti.

21 A ugledavši Keneja, otvori priču svoju, i reče: Tvrd ti je stan, i na steni si savio gnezdo svoje;

22 Ali će biti izagnan Kenej; Asur će ga zarobiti.

23 I opet otvori priču svoju, i reče: Jaoh! Ko će biti živ kad to učini Bog!

24 I lađe iz zemlje Kitimske doploviće i dosadiće Asircima i dosadiće Jevrejima; ali će i sami propasti.

25 Potom ustavši Valam otide, i vrati se u svoje mesto; i Valak otide svojim putem.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7097

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7097. 'I do not know Jehovah' means that they have no interest in the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'not knowing' as having no interest in, for a person who has no interest in something says that he knows nothing about it; and 'Jehovah' is used to mean the Lord, see above in 7091. The implications of this, of Pharaoh's saying that he does not know Jehovah, are as follows: The Egyptians had known Jehovah since ancient times, the reason being that the Ancient Church had existed in Egypt also, as may be plainly recognized from the fact that they were in possession of the representatives and meaningful signs of that Church. Egyptian hieroglyphics are nothing else, for these served to denote spiritual realities; and people knew that they did in actual fact correspond to those realities. But because they began to use such representatives and signs in their sacred worship, to treat them as objects of worship and also at length to turn them into magic, and in so doing to become linked to the devil's crew in hell, they completely destroyed the Ancient Church among themselves. This is why in the Word 'the Egyptians' means facts known to the Church that have been perverted, and also falsities that are opposed to the truths of the Church.

[2] Once the worship of God had become perverted in this way in Egypt, then they were no longer allowed to worship Jehovah either, or at length even to know that Jehovah had been the God of the Ancient Church; and the reason why this happened was to prevent them from profaning the name of Jehovah. The fact that the name of Jehovah was also known at that time, before it was revealed once again to Abraham's descendants through Moses on Mount Horeb, is plainly evident from Balaam, who was from Syria. He not only knew Jehovah but also worshipped Him and offered sacrifice to Him, Numbers 22-24. From all this one may now see why Pharaoh said, 'Who is Jehovah whose voice I am to hear, [telling me] to send the people away? I do not know Jehovah.'

[3] But since 'Pharaoh' represents those in hell who are steeped in falsities and molest those belonging to the spiritual Church, what is involved in all this needs to be stated. Those in hell who molest members of the spiritual Church consist for the most part of the kind of people who have said that faith alone saves and yet have led a life contrary to faith. And since the life they have led, thus the evil which they have contemplated, planned, and carried out, remains after death of the body, therefore to defend the evils assimilated into their life they either employ the things which they have said were matters of faith or else reject them altogether. But to prevent them from misusing the truths of faith, these are taken away from them. And when those truths have been taken they seize on falsities, which are completely contrary to the truths of faith, and then use the falsities to molest those guided by truths. Doing this is then for them the delight of life. Quite a number of them, to acquire power, also learn magic. This is done by those who used various tricks which they devised in the world to deceive their neighbour, and being successful then attributed everything to their own prudence.

[4] Those who have become like this acknowledge the Father as the Creator of all things, but they do not acknowledge the Lord. Regarding the Lord they use similar words to Pharaoh's here regarding Jehovah, 'Who is Jehovah? I do not know Jehovah'. Indeed just as the whole sphere pervading heaven is full of an acknowledgement of and love for the Lord, so the whole sphere pervading the hells is full of a denial of the Lord and of hatred towards Him. Nor can they bear to hear His name mentioned. Those in hell are by nature such that admonitions and threats do not make them leave off, so great is the delight of their life to molest the upright and draw them away from their acknowledgement of the Lord and faith in Him. That delight is intensified by the admonitions they receive to leave off, for they lead them to imagine that those whom they molest will shortly be done for. These are the ones whom 'Pharaoh' and 'the Egyptians' are used to mean specifically.

  
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