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Josué 3

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1 Josué se levantó de mañana, y partieron de Sitim, y vinieron hasta el Jordán, él y todos los hijos de Israel, y reposaron allí antes que pasasen.

2 Y pasados tres días, los oficiales atravesaron por medio del campamento,

3 y mandaron al pueblo, diciendo: Cuando viereis el arca del pacto del SEÑOR vuestro Dios, y los sacerdotes y levitas que la llevan, vosotros partiréis de vuestro lugar, y marcharéis en pos de ella.

4 Pero entre vosotros y ella haya distancia como de la medida de dos mil codos; y no os acercaréis a ella, a fin de que sepáis el camino por donde habéis de ir; por cuanto vosotros no habéis pasado antes de ahora por este camino.

5 Y Josué dijo al pueblo: Santificaos, porque el SEÑOR hará mañana entre vosotros maravillas.

6 Y habló Josué a los sacerdotes, diciendo: Tomad el arca del pacto, y pasad delante del pueblo. Y ellos tomaron el arca del pacto, y fueron delante del pueblo.

7 Entonces el SEÑOR dijo a Josué: Desde este día comenzaré a hacerte grande delante de los ojos de todo Israel, para que entiendan que como fui con Moisés, así seré contigo.

8 Tú, pues, mandarás a los sacerdotes que llevan el arca del pacto, diciendo: Cuando hubiereis entrado hasta el borde del agua del Jordán, pararéis en el Jordán.

9 Y Josué dijo a los hijos de Israel: Llegaos acá, y escuchad las palabras del SEÑOR vuestro Dios.

10 Y añadió Josué: En esto conoceréis que el Dios viviente está en medio de vosotros, y que él echará de delante de vosotros al cananeo, y al heteo, y al heveo, y al ferezeo, y al gergeseo, y al amorreo, y al jebuseo.

11 He aquí, el arca del pacto del Señoreador de toda la tierra pasa el Jordán delante de vosotros.

12 Tomad, pues, ahora doce hombres de las tribus de Israel, de cada tribu uno.

13 Y cuando las plantas de los pies de los sacerdotes que llevan el arca del SEÑOR Señoreador de toda la tierra, fueren asentadas sobre las aguas del Jordán, las aguas del Jordán se partirán; porque las aguas que descienden de arriba se detendrán en un montón.

14 Y aconteció, que partiendo el pueblo de sus tiendas para pasar el Jordán, y los sacerdotes delante del pueblo llevando el arca del pacto,

15 cuando los que llevaban el arca entraron en el Jordán, así como los pies de los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca fueron mojados a la orilla del agua, (porque el Jordán suele reverter sobre todos sus bordes todo el tiempo de la siega,)

16 Las aguas que descendían de arriba, se pararon como en un montón bien lejos de la ciudad de Adam, que está al lado de Saretán; y las que descendían al mar de los llanos, al mar Salado, se acabaron y fueron partidas; y el pueblo pasó en derecho de Jericó.

17 Mas los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca del pacto del SEÑOR, estuvieron en seco, firmes en medio del Jordán, hasta que todo el pueblo hubo acabado de pasar el Jordán; y todo Israel pasó en seco.

   

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7111.'To the taskmasters over the people and to their officers, saying' means those in the nearest position to molest, and those in the nearest position to receive. This is clear from the meaning of 'the taskmasters' as those who compel people to serve, dealt with in 6852, and since they do so by means of molestations, 'the taskmasters' also means those who molest, but those in the nearest position to carry it out, who are dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the officers' as those in the nearest position to receive. For the officers came from the children of Israel, but the taskmasters from the Egyptians, as is evident from what follows. Thus in the internal sense 'the officers' are those in the nearest position to receive, and 'the taskmasters' those in the nearest position to molest.

[2] Who exactly are meant may be recognized from those in the next life who molest, introducing falsities and evils, and those who receive these and pass them on. Those who molest, introducing falsities and evils, are the hells. But to achieve their purpose they send out from themselves emissaries through whom they act; and these make their appearance no great distance away from those who are molested. This is done for the reason that the thoughts and intentions of many may by focused through them; otherwise such thoughts and intentions would become diffuse. Those emissaries appear in particular places of their own in the world of spirits, and from the actual places where they appear one can recognize which hell they come from. Some appear overhead at varying heights and angles; others alongside the head, to the right or left as well as behind it; and others again below the head, on various levels in relation to the body, from the head right down to the soles of the feet. They flow in with the kinds of things that are emitted from hell, but a spirit or man can only feel them, and therefore only know of them, as things that are inside himself, as things that he himself thinks and intends. Those emissaries are called 'subordinates', see what has already been shown from experience regarding them in 4403, 5856, 5983-5989. Since these are in the nearest position to molest they are meant by 'the taskmasters'. But those who receive things from them and pass them on are 'the officers'; they are also intermediary spirits. For as stated above, the officers came from the children of Israel, but the taskmasters came from the Egyptians.

[3] Among the Israelite and Jewish people 'officers was a name given to those who were required to tell the people what they had to do, and who were to give orders. For this reason they also sat with the judges and elders in the gates, and told the people the judgements that had been made as well as the commands issued by the leader, as becomes clear from the following places: In Moses,

You shall appoint 1 judges and officers in all your gates according to your tribes, who will judge the people with righteous judgement. 2 Deuteronomy 16:18.

In the same author,

When they go out to war the priest shall speak to the people and warn them that they should not be afraid. After that the officers shall say that he who has built a house should go back, and also the fearful. Deuteronomy 20:1-3, 5, 8, 9.

In Joshua,

Joshua gave orders to the officers to say to the people that they should prepare provisions for the journey, before they crossed the Jordan. Joshua 1:10-11.

In the same book,

At the end of three days it happened, when the officers passed through the middle of the camp, that they gave orders [to the people, saying] that when they saw the ark of the covenant of Jehovah they too were to set out. Joshua 8:33.

The officers' were overseers of the people, distinct and separate from the princes or leaders of the people, see Deuteronomy 1:15. They were distinct and separate from the elders too, Deuteronomy 31:28, and also from the judges, Joshua 8:33.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, give

2. literally, the judgement of righteousness

  
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