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Josué 18

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1 Y toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel se juntó en Silo, y asentaron allí el Tabernáculo del Testimonio, después que la tierra les fue sujeta.

2 Mas habían quedado en los hijos de Israel siete tribus, a las cuales aún no habían partido su posesión.

3 Y Josué dijo a los hijos de Israel: ¿Hasta cuándo seréis negligentes para venir a poseer la tierra que os ha dado el SEÑOR el Dios de vuestros padres?

4 Señalad tres varones de cada tribu, para que yo los envíe, y que ellos se levanten, y anden la tierra, y la dibujen conforme a sus heredades, y se tornen a mí.

5 Y la repartirán en siete partes; y Judá estará en su término al mediodía, y los de la casa de José estarán en el suyo al norte.

6 Vosotros, pues, dibujaréis la tierra en siete partes, y me traeréis la descripción aquí, y yo os echaré las suertes aquí delante del SEÑOR nuestro Dios.

7 Pero los levitas ninguna parte tienen entre vosotros; porque el sacerdocio del SEÑOR es la heredad de ellos; Gad también y Rubén, y la media tribu de Manasés, ya han recibido su heredad del otro lado del Jordán al oriente, la cual les dio Moisés siervo del SEÑOR.

8 Levantándose pues aquellos varones, fueron; y mandó Josué a los que iban para dibujar la tierra, diciéndoles: Id, recorred la tierra, y dibujadla, y tornad a mí, para que yo os eche las suertes aquí delante del SEÑOR en Silo.

9 Fueron pues aquellos varones y pasearon la tierra, dibujándola por ciudades en siete partes en un libro, y tornaron a Josué al campo en Silo.

10 Y Josué les echó las suertes delante del SEÑOR en Silo; y allí repartió Josué la tierra a los hijos de Israel por sus porciones.

11 Y subió la suerte de la tribu de los hijos de Benjamín por sus familias; y salió el término de su suerte entre los hijos de Judá y los hijos de José.

12 Y fue el término de ellos al lado del norte desde el Jordán; y sube aquel término al lado de Jericó al norte; sube después al monte hacia el occidente, y viene a salir al desierto de Bet-avén;

13 y de allí pasa aquel término a Luz, por el lado de Luz (ésta es Bet-el) hacia el mediodía. Y desciende este término de Atarot-adar al monte que está al mediodía de Bet-horón la de abajo.

14 Y torna este término, y da vuelta al lado del mar, al mediodía hasta el monte que está delante de Bet-horón al mediodía; y viene a salir a Quiriat-baal, que es Quiriat-jearim, ciudad de los hijos de Judá. Este es el lado del occidente.

15 Y el lado del mediodía es desde el cabo de Quiriat-jearim, y sale el término al occidente, y sale a la fuente de las aguas de Neftoa;

16 y desciende este término al cabo del monte que está delante del valle del hijo de Hinom, que está en la campiña de los gigantes hacia el norte; desciende luego al valle de Hinom, al lado del jebuseo al mediodía, y de allí desciende a la fuente de Rogel;

17 y del norte torna y sale a En-semes, y de allí sale a Gelilot, que está delante de la subida de Adumín, y descendía a la piedra de Bohán, hijo de Rubén;

18 y pasa al lado que está delante de la campiña del norte, y desciende a los llanos;

19 y torna a pasar este término por el lado de Bet-hogla hacia el norte, y viene a salir el término a la lengua del mar Salado al norte, al cabo del Jordán al mediodía. Este es el término de hacia el mediodía.

20 Y el Jordán acaba este término al lado del oriente. Esta es la heredad de los hijos de Benjamín por sus términos alrededor, conforme a sus familias.

21 Las ciudades de la tribu de los hijos de Benjamín, por sus familias, fueron Jericó, Bet-hogla, y el valle de Casis,

22 Bet-arabá, Zemaraim, y Bet-el;

23 y Avim, y Pará, y Ofra,

24 y Quefar-haamoni, Ofni, y Geba; doce ciudades con sus aldeas:

25 Gabaón, Ramá, Beerot,

26 y Mizpa, Cafira, y Mozah,

27 Requem, Irpeel y Tarala,

28 y Zela, Elef, Jebús, que es Jerusalén, Gabaa, y Quiriat; catorce ciudades con sus aldeas. Esta es la heredad de los hijos de Benjamín, conforme a sus familias.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2723

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2723. As regards Beersheba however, 'Beersheba' means the state and the essential nature of the doctrine, that is to say, it is Divine doctrine to which merely human rational ideas have been allied. This becomes clear from the train of thought in verse 22 to the present verse, 2613, 2614, and also from the meaning of the actual expression in the original language as 'the well of the oath' and 'the well of seven'. 'A well' means the doctrine of faith, see 2702, 2720, 'an oath' means a joining together, 2720, as does 'the covenant established with an oath', 1996, 2003, 2021, 2037; and 'seven' means that which is holy and so that which is Divine, 395, 433, 716, 881. From these meanings it may become clear that 'Beersheba' means doctrine which in itself is Divine together with merely human rational ideas or appearances allied to it.

[2] The fact that this is how the name Beersheba was derived is evident from Abraham's words,

Abraham said, Because you will take the seven ewe-lambs from my hand, that they may be a witness for me that I dug this well. Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath. And they made a covenant in Beersheba (verses 30-32).

Similarly from Isaac's words recorded in Chapter 26,

So it was on that day, that Isaac's servants came and pointed out to him the reasons for the well which they had dug, and they said to him, We have found water. And he called it Shibah ('an oath' and 'seven'); therefore the name of the city is Beersheba even to this day. Genesis 26:32-33.

This too has to do with wells, about which there was disagreement with Abimelech, and with a covenant made with him. 'Beersheba' means merely human rational ideas which were again allied to the doctrine of faith, and because they were allied to it again and the doctrine was in that way made such that the human mind could grasp it, it is called 'a city' - 'a city' being doctrine in its entirety, see 402, 2268, 2449, 2451. What is more, the name Beersheba is used with a similar meaning in the internal sense in Genesis 22:19; 26:23; 28:10; 46:1, 5; Joshua 15:28; 19:1-2; 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Kings 19:3, and in the contrary sense in Amos 5:5; 8:13-14. The whole range of celestial and spiritual things taught by doctrine is meant in the internal sense where the land of Canaan is said to range from 'Dan even to Beersheba'; for the land of Canaan means the Lord's kingdom, also the Church, and therefore means the celestial and spiritual things taught by doctrine, as in the Book of Judges.

All the children of Israel came out, and the congregation assembled as one man from Dan even to Beersheba. Judges 20:1.

In the Book of Samuel,

All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba. 1 Samuel 3:20.

Elsewhere in Samuel,

To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba, 2 Samuel 3:10.

Elsewhere in Samuel,

Hushai said to Absalom, Let all Israel be assembled together, from Dan even to Beersheba. 2 Samuel 17:11.

Elsewhere in Samuel, David told Joab to go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan even to Beersheba. 2 Samuel 24:2, 7.

Elsewhere in Samuel,

There died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. 2 Samuel 24:15.

In the Book of Kings,

Judah dwelt under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 1 Kings 4:25.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2449

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2449. That 'He overthrew those cities' means that all truths were separated from them so that they might possess falsities alone is clear from the meaning of 'cities' as matters of doctrine, and so as truths, for truths make up matters of doctrine, dealt with in 402, 2268, 2428. These are said to be 'overthrown' when falsities stand in place of truths, here when all truths have been separated from them, as well as all goods - goods too being dealt with in this verse, since the subject is the final state of those inside the Church who are governed by falsities and evils.

[2] This also is what their state comes to be, which, so that the nature of it may be known, must be described briefly. All who enter the next life are taken back to a life similar to that which they were leading during their lifetime., Then in the case of the good evils and falsities are separated so that the Lord may raise these people up by means of goods and truths into heaven; but in the case of the evil goods and truths are separated so that those evil ones may be carried away by means of evils and falsities into hell, see 2119, in exact accord with the Lord's words in Matthew,

To him who has, it will be given, so that he may have more abundantly; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Matthew 13:12.

And elsewhere in the gospel,

To everyone who has, it will be given, so that he may have in abundance; but from him who has not, it will be taken away. Matthew 25:29; Luke 8:18; 19:24-26; Mark 4:24-25.

The same is meant by the following words which appear in Matthew,

Let both grow together until the harvest; and at the time of harvest I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn. The harvest is the close of the age. Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. Matthew 13:30, 39-40.

The same point is made in the description of the net thrown into the sea gathering fish of various kinds, and how after that the good were sorted into vessels while the bad were thrown away; and this is how it will be at the close of the age, Matthew 13:47-50. What 'the close' is and that for the Church it entails events like these, see 1857, 2243.

[3] The reason why evils and falsities are separated in the case of people who are good is that the latter may not be left suspended between evils and goods and so that they may be raised up by means of goods into heaven. And the reason why goods and truths are separated in the case of the evil is so that they do not lead the upright astray by means of any goods present with them, and so that by means of their evils they may withdraw to the evil in hell. For in the next life such is the communication of all ideas comprising thought, and of all affections, that goods are communicated with the good, and evils with the evil, 1388-1390. Consequently unless separation took place countless harmful things would result, in addition to the fact that association together would not otherwise be possible. Yet all things are associated together in a very wonderful way, in heaven according to all the variations of love to the Lord and of mutual love, and consequently of faith, 685, 1394, and in hell according to all the variations of evil desires and of delusions resulting from these, 695, 1322. It should be recognized however that separation does not mean complete removal, for nothing anybody has once possessed is totally removed from him.

  
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