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1 Y COMO vió Balaam que parecía bien á Jehová que el bendijese á Israel, no fué, como la primera y segunda vez, á encuentro de agüeros, sino que puso su rostro hacia el desierto;

2 Y alzando sus ojos, vió á Israel alojado por sus tribus; y el espíritu de Dios vino sobre él.

3 Entonces tomó su parábola, y dijo: dijo Balaam hijo de Beor, Y dijo el varón de ojos abiertos:

4 Dijo el que oyó los dichos de Dios, El que vió la visión del Omnipotente; Caído, mas abiertos los ojos:

5 Cuán hermosas son tus tiendas, oh Jacob, Tus habitaciones, oh Israel!

6 Como arroyos están extendidas, Como huertos junto al río, Como lináloes plantados por Jehová, Como cedros junto á las aguas.

7 De sus manos destilarán aguas, Y su simiente será en muchas aguas: Y ensalzarse ha su rey más que Agag, Y su reino será ensalzado.

8 Dios lo sacó de Egipto; Tiene fuerzas como de unicornio: Comerá á las gentes sus enemigas, Y desmenuzará sus huesos, Y asaeteará con sus saetas.

9 Se encorvará para echarse como león, Y como leona; ¿quién lo despertará? Benditos los que te bendijeren, Y malditos los que te maldijeren.

10 Entonces se encendió la ira de Balac contra Balaam, y batiendo sus palmas le dijo: Para maldecir á mis enemigos te he llamado, y he aquí los has resueltamente bendecido ya tres veces.

11 Húyete, por tanto, ahora á tu lugar: yo dije que te honraría, mas he aquí que Jehová te ha privado de honra.

12 Y Balaam le respondió: ¿No lo declaré yo también á tus mensajeros que me enviaste, diciendo:

13 Si Balac me diése su casa llena de plata y oro, yo no podré traspasar el dicho de Jehová para hacer cosa buena ni mala de mi arbitrio; mas lo que Jehová hablare, eso diré yo?

14 He aquí yo me voy ahora á mi pueblo: por tanto, ven, te indicaré lo que este pueblo ha de hacer á tu pueblo en los postrimeros días.

15 Y tomó su parábola, y dijo: dijo Balaam hijo de Beor, dijo el varón de ojos abiertos:

16 Dijo el que oyó los dichos de Jehová, Y el que sabe la ciencia del Altísimo, El que vió la visión del Omnipotente; Caído, mas abiertos los ojos:

17 Verélo, mas no ahora: Lo miraré, mas no de cerca: Saldrá ESTRELLA de Jacob, Y levantaráse cetro de Israel, Y herirá los cantones de Moab, Y destruirá á todos los hijos de Seth.

18 Y será tomada Edom, Será también tomada Seir por sus enemigos, E Israel se portará varonilmente.

19 Y el de Jacob se enseñoreará, Y destruirá de la ciudad lo que quedare.

20 Y viendo á Amalec, tomó su parábola, y dijo: Amalec, cabeza de gentes; Mas su postrimería perecerá para siempre.

21 Y viendo al Cineo, tomó su parábola, y dijo: Fuerte es tu habitación, Pon en la peña tu nido:

22 Que el Cineo será echado, Cuando Assur te llevará cautivo.

23 Todavía tomó su parábola, y dijo: ­Ay! ¿quién vivirá cuando hiciere Dios estas cosas?

24 Y vendrán navíos de la costa de Cittim, Y afligirán á Assur, afligirán también á Eber: Mas él también perecerá para siempre.

25 Entonces se levantó Balaam, y se fué, y volvióse á su lugar: y también Balac se fué por su camino.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4281

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4281. 'The hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with him' means that in the descendants of Jacob that conjunction had been thoroughly damaged and the two loves pulled apart. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'wrestling' in this sense as being pulled apart and so suffering damage. It is evident from what has been stated above in 4280 that 'the hollow of the thigh' means a joining together; and that 'Jacob' in the Word means not only Jacob but also all his descendants is clear from very many places, such as Numbers 23:7, 10, 21, 23; 24:5, 17, 19; Deuteronomy 33:10; Isaiah 40:27; 43:1, 22; 44:1-2, 21; 48:12; 59:20; Jeremiah 10:16, 25; 30:7, 10, 18; 31:7, 11; 46:27-28; Hosea 10:11; Amos 7:2; Micah 2:12; 3:8; Psalms 14:7; 24:6; 59:13; 78:5; 99:4; and in other places.

[2] Jacob and his descendants were by nature such that with them celestial and spiritual love could not be joined to natural good, that is, the internal or spiritual man could not be joined to the external or natural man. This is evident from the details told in the Word concerning that nation. For they neither knew nor wished to know what the internal or spiritual man was, and therefore that matter was not revealed to them. In fact it was their belief that nothing existed with man apart from the external and natural. Nor in all their worship did they have anything else in mind, so that Divine worship with them was wholly idolatrous; for once internal worship is separated from external, it is nothing but idolatrous. The Church which was established among them was not in fact a Church but only a representative of the Church, for which reason that Church is called a representative Church. For it was possible for a representative of the Church to exist among such people, see 1361, 3670, 4208.

[3] Indeed in representations no attention is paid to the person who represents, only to the thing represented by him. Consequently not only persons represented Divine, celestial, or spiritual things, but also inanimate objects, such as Aaron's garments, the ark, the altar, the oxen and sheep which used to be sacrificed, the lampstand with its lamps, the bread of the presence on the table of gold, the oil with which they were anointed, the frankincense, and other objects like these. This was why their kings, bad ones no less than the good, represented the Lord's kingship, and why their high priests, bad ones no less than the good, represented the things that belong to the Lord's Divine priesthood, when they performed their own function in external form according to the prescribed rules and commands. In order therefore that among them a representative of the Church might come into existence they were provided through plainly visible revelation with such prescribed rules and such laws as would be entirely representative. Therefore as long as they kept to them and strictly complied with them, those people were able to play a representative role. But when they deviated from them into the prescribed rules and laws of other nations, and in particular to the worship of another god, they deprived themselves of their ability to play that representative role. For this reason they were coerced by external means - which were captivities, calamities, threats, and miracles - into obeying laws and prescribed rules that were truly representative, not by internal means, as those people are whose external worship has internal within it. These are the considerations that are meant in the internal historical sense by the words 'the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint', which sense has regard to Jacob and his descendants.

  
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