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Josua 1

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1 Efter HERRENS tjänare Moses död sade HERREN till Josua, Nuns son, Moses tjänare:

2 »Min tjänare Mose är död; så stå nu upp och gå över denna Jordan, du med allt detta folk, in i det land som jag vill giva dem, giva åt Israels barn.

3 Var ort som eder fot beträder har jag givit eder, såsom jag lovade Mose.

4 Från öknen till Libanon däruppe och ända till den stora floden, floden Frat, över hetiternas land och ända till Stora havet västerut skall edert område sträcka sig.

5 Ingen skall kunna stå dig emot i alla dina livsdagar; såsom jag har varit med Mose, så skall jag ock vara med dig; jag skall icke lämna dig eller övergiva dig.

6 Var frimodig och oförfärad; ty du skall utskifta åt detta folk såsom arv det land som jag med ed har lovat deras fäder att giva dem.

7 Allenast må du vara helt frimodig och oförfärad till att i alla stycken hålla den lag som min tjänare Mose har givit dig och göra efter den; vik icke av därifrån vare sig till höger eller till vänster; på det att du må hava framgång i allt vad du företager dig.

8 Låt icke denna lagbok vara skild från din mun; tänk på den både dag och natt, så att du i alla stycken håller det som är skrivet i den och gör därefter; ty då skola dina vägar vara lyckosamma, och då skall du hava framgång.

9 Se, jag har bjudit dig att vara frimodig och oförfärad; så var nu icke förskräckt eller försagd. Ty HERREN, din Gud, är med dig i allt vad du företager dig.»

10 Då bjöd Josua folkets tillsyningsmän och sade:

11 »Gån igenom lägret och bjuden folket och sägen: 'Reden till reskost åt eder; ty om tre dagar skolen I gå över denna Jordan, för att komma in i och taga i besittning det land som HERREN, eder Gud, vill giva eder till besittning.'»

12 Men till rubeniterna och gaditerna och ena hälften av Manasse stam sade Josua:

13 »Tänken på det som HERRENS tjänare Mose bjöd eder, när han sade: 'HERREN, eder Gud, vill låta eder komma till ro och giva eder detta land.'

14 Edra hustrur, edra barn och eder boskap må nu stanna kvar i det land som Mose har givit eder här på andra sidan Jordan; men I själva, så många av eder som äro tappra stridsmän, skolen draga väpnade åstad i spetsen för edra bröder och hjälpa dem,

15 till dess att HERREN har låtit edra bröder komma till ro såväl som eder, när också de hava tagit i besittning det land som HERREN, eder Gud, vill giva dem. Sedan mån I vända tillbaka till det land som skall vara eder besittning; det mån I då taga i besittning, det land som HERRENS tjänare Mose har givit eder här på andra sidan Jordan, på östra sidan.»

16 svarade de Josua och sade: »Allt vad du har bjudit oss vilja vi göra, och varthelst du sänder oss, dit vilja vi gå.

17 Såsom vi i allt hava lytt Mose, så vilja vi ock lyda dig; allenast må HERREN, din Gud, vara med dig, såsom han var med Mose.

18 Var och en som är gensträvig mot dina befallningar och icke lyssnar till dina ord, vadhelst du bjuder honom, han skall bliva dödad. Allenast må du vara frimodig och oförfärad.»

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Arcana Coelestia # 7111

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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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