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1 A sinovi Ruvimovi i sinovi Gadovi imahu vrlo mnogo stoke, i videše zemlju jazirsku i zemlju galadsku da je dobra za stoku.

2 I došavši sinovi Gadovi i sinovi Ruvimovi rekoše Mojsiju i Eleazaru svešteniku i knezovima od zbora govoreći:

3 Atarot i Devon i Jazir i Namra i Esevon i Elealija i Sevama i Navav i Vean,

4 Ta je zemlja, koju Gospod pokori zboru izrailjskom, dobra za stoku, a sluge tvoje imaju stoke.

5 Ako smo, rekoše, našli milost pred tobom, neka se ta zemlja dade slugama tvojim u nasledstvo, nemoj nas voditi preko Jordana.

6 A Mojsije reče sinovima Gadovim i sinovima Ruvimovim: Braća će vaša ići na vojsku, a vi hoćete ovde da ostanete?

7 Zašto obarate srce sinovima Izrailjevim da ne pređu u zemlju koju im je dao Gospod?

8 Tako su učinili oci vaši, kad ih poslah iz Kadis-Varnije da uhode zemlju;

9 I otidoše do potoka Eshola, i uhodiše zemlju; i oboriše srce sinovima Izrailjevim da ne idu u zemlju koju im dade Gospod;

10 I razgnevi se onda Gospod, i zakle se govoreći:

11 Neće ti ljudi koji izađoše iz Misira, od dvadeset godina i više, videti zemlje za koju se zakleh Avramu, Isaku i Jakovu, jer se ne držaše mene sasvim,

12 Osim Haleva, sina Jefonijinog Kenezeja i Isusa sina Navinog, jer se sasvim držaše Gospoda.

13 I razgnevi se Gospod na Izrailja, i učini te se potucaše po pustinji četrdeset godina, dokle ne pomre sav onaj naraštaj koji činjaše zlo pred Gospodom.

14 A vi sada izađoste na mesto otaca svojih, rod grešnih ljudi, da umnožavate žestinu gneva Gospodnjeg na Izrailja.

15 Ako se odvratite od njega, On će ga još ostaviti u pustinji, i tako ćete upropastiti sav onaj narod.

16 A oni pristupiše opet k njemu, i rekoše mu: Mi smo radi samo torove načiniti ovde za stada svoja i gradove za decu svoju.

17 A sami ćemo naoružani junački poći pred sinovima Izrailjevim, dokle ih ne odvedemo na njihovo mesto; a naša deca neka stoje u gradovima tvrdim radi stanovnika te zemlje.

18 Nećemo se vratiti kućama svojim dokle sinovi Izrailjevi ne prime svaki svoje nasledstvo.

19 Niti ćemo uzeti nasledstvo s njima s one strane Jordana ni dalje, ako nam dopadne nasledstvo s ove strane Jordana prema istoku.

20 Tada im reče Mojsije; ako ćete učiniti tako i ići pod oružjem pred Gospodom na vojsku,

21 Ako svaki od vas pod oružjem pređe preko Jordana pred Gospodom, dokle ne otera ispred sebe neprijatelja svojih,

22 I dokle se ne pokori zemlja pred Gospodom, pa se onda vratite i ne zgrešite Gospodu ni Izrailju, onda će ova zemlja pripasti vama u nasledstvo pred Gospodom.

23 Ako li ne učinite tako, gle, zgrešićete Gospodu, i znajte da će vas greh vaš stići.

24 Gradite sebi gradove za decu svoju i torove za stoku svoju; i šta je izašlo iz usta vaših, učinite.

25 I rekoše Mojsiju sinovi Gadovi i sinovi Ruvimovi govoreći: Sluge će tvoje učiniti kako gospodar naš zapoveda.

26 Deca naša i žene naše, stada naša i sva stoka naša ovde će ostati u gradovima galadskim;

27 A sluge će tvoje preći svaki naoružan, da se bije pred Gospodom, kao što govori gospodar naš.

28 Tada Mojsije zapovedi za njih Eleazaru svešteniku i Isusu sinu Navinom i glavarima od domova otačkih među sinovima Izrailjevim,

29 I reče im: Ako pređu sinovi Gadovi i sinovi Ruvimovi s vama preko Jordana, svi oružani, da se biju pred Gospodom, i kad vam bude zemlja pokorena, onda podajte njima zemlju galadsku u nasledstvo.

30 Ako li ne pređu s vama pod oružjem, onda neka im bude nasledstvo među vama u zemlji hananskoj.

31 I odgovoriše sinovi Gadovi i sinovi Ruvimovi govoreći: Kako je Gospod kazao slugama tvojim tako ćemo učiniti.

32 Preći ćemo pod oružjem pred Gospodom u zemlju hanansku, a naše nasledstvo da bude s ove strane Jordana.

33 I dade Mojsije sinovima Gadovim i sinovima Ruvimovim i polovini plemena Manasije sina Josifovog carstvo Siona, cara amorejskog i carstvo Oga, cara vasanskog, zemlju i gradove po međama njenim, gradove one zemlje unaokolo.

34 I sagradiše sinovi Gadovi Devon i Atarot i Aroir.

35 I Atrot-Sofan i Jazir i Jogveju,

36 I Vet-Nimru i Vet-Aran, gradove tvrde, i torove za stoku.

37 A sinovi Ruvimovi sagradiše Esevon i Elealiju i Kirijatajim,

38 I Navon i Valmeon predenuvši im imena, i Sivmu; i nadeše druga imena gradovima koje sagradiše.

39 A sinovi Mahira, sina Manasijinog otidoše u Galad, i uzeše ga, i izagnaše Amoreje koji behu onde.

40 I Mojsije dade Galad Mahiru sinu Manasijinom, koji se onde naseli.

41 I Jair, sin Manasijin otide i uze sela njihova i prozva ih sela Jairova.

42 I Navav otide i uze Kenat sa selima njegovim, i prozva ga Navav po imenu svom.

   

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730. 'Forty days and nights' means the duration of temptation. This is quite clear from the Word of the Lord. The reason 'forty' means the duration of temptation is the fact that the Lord allowed Himself to be tempted for forty days, as is clear in Matthew 4:1-2; Luke 4:2; Mark 1:13. And because every single requirement in the Jewish Church and in all other representative Churches before the Lord's Coming was merely a type and shadow of Him, so too were forty days and nights. In general they represented and meant all temptation, and in particular however long its duration. And since anyone undergoing temptation experiences vastation of all things that belong to the proprium and of things that are bodily - for things of the proprium and those that are bodily have to die, doing so indeed through conflict and temptation, before he is reborn a new man, that is, before he becomes spiritual and celestial - 'forty days and nights' therefore also means the duration of vastation. The same applies here where the subject is both the temptation of the member of the new Church called Noah and also the destruction of those who lived before the Flood.

[2] That 'forty' means not only the duration of temptation but also of vastation, whether long or short, is clear in Ezekiel,

You shall lie on your right side and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days, a day for each year I assign you. Ezekiel 4:6.

This stands for the duration of the vastation of the Jewish Church and also for a representation of the Lord's temptation, for it is said that he was 'to bear the iniquity of the house of Judah'. In the same prophet,

I will make the land of Egypt waste places, an utter desolation. The foot of man will not pass through it, and the foot of beast will not pass through it, and it will be uninhabited for forty years. And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated lands, and her cities in the midst of devastated cities will be a lonely place for forty years. Ezekiel 29:10-11.

This too stands for the duration of vastation and desolation. Here the meaning in the internal sense is not forty years but solely the desolation of faith in general, whether within a short or a long period of time. In John,

The court outside the Temple, leave that out and do not measure it, for it has been given over to the nations 1 who will trample over the holy city for forty-two months. Revelation 11:2.

[3] And in the same author,

The beast was given a mouth uttering great things and blasphemies, and it was given power to act for forty-two months. Revelation 13:5.

This stands for the duration of vastation, for a period of forty-two months is not meant at all, as anyone may see. In these quotations the number is in fact forty-two, but this has the same meaning as forty. It is obtained from 'seven days' meaning the finish of vastation and a new beginning, and from 'six' meaning labour because of the six days of labour or conflict. Consequently seven multiplied by six, which produces the number 'forty-two', means the duration of vastation and the duration of temptation, that is, the labour and conflict of someone who is to be regenerated, which period of time involves holiness. The round number forty however has been adopted instead of the less round number forty-two, as is clear in these quotations from the Book of Revelation.

[4] The people of Israel's being led about in the wilderness for forty years before being brought into the land of Canaan in a similar way represented and meant the duration of temptation, and also the duration of vastation - the duration of temptation by the fact that they were subsequently brought into the Holy Land, and the duration of vastation by the fact that, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb, all who were more than twenty years old when they left Egypt died in the wilderness. And temptations are also meant by the things they grumbled about so often, and vastations by the plagues and destruction they suffered so often. The fact that temptations and vastations are meant will in the Lord's Divine mercy be shown in their proper places. They are referred to in Moses as follows,

You shall remember all the way that Jehovah your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness to afflict you, to tempt you, to know what is in your heart, whether you will keep His commandments or not. Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 16.

Moses' forty days and forty nights on Mount Sinai similarly mean the duration of temptation - that is, the temptation of the Lord - as is clear in Moses,

He was on Mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights, eating no bread, drinking no water, pleading for the people not to be destroyed. Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 18, Deuteronomy 9:25-end; Deuteronomy 10:10.

[See also]Numbers 14:33-35; 32:8-14

[5] The reason 'forty days' means the duration of temptation is, as has been stated, that the Lord allowed Himself to be tempted by the devil for forty days. Consequently in the days when all things were representatives of the Lord, whenever the idea of temptation existed with angels, that idea was represented in the world of spirits by such things as exist in the world - as happens with all angelic ideas when they come down into the world of spirits and manifest themselves there in a representative fashion. The same accordingly applies to the number forty, for the Lord was to be tempted for forty days. With the Lord, and consequently in the angelic heaven, the future and the present are one and the same, for what is future is already present, or what is to take place has taken place. This is the origin of the representation of temptations and also of vastations by forty in the representative Church. But these matters cannot as yet be understood satisfactorily because people do not know about the influx of the angelic heaven into the world of spirits or the nature of it.

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