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Josua 19

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1 Och den andra lotten föll ut för Simeon, för Simeons barns stam, efter deras släkter; och de fingo sin arvedel inom Juda barns arvedel.

2 De fingo inom dessas arvedel Beer-Seba, Seba, Molada,

3 Hasar-Sual, Bala, Esem,

4 Eltolad, Betul, Horma,

5 Siklag, Bet-Hammarkabot, Hasar-Susa,

6 Bet-Lebaot och Saruhen -- tretton städer med deras byar;

7 Ain, Rimmon, Eter och Asan -- fyra städer med deras byar;

8 därtill alla de byar som lågo runt omkring dessa städer, ända till Baalat-Beer, det sydliga Rama. Detta var Simeons barns arvedel, efter deras släkter.

9 Ur Juda barns skifte fingo Simeons barn sin arvedel, ty Juda barns lott var för stor för dem; därför fingo Simeons barn sin arvedel inom deras arvedel.

10 Den tredje lotten drogs ut för Sebulons barn, efter deras släkter; och gränsen för deras arvedel gick ända till Sarid.

11 Därifrån drog sig deras gräns västerut uppåt till Mareala och träffade Dabbeset och träffade vidare dalen som ligger gent emot Jokneam.

12 På andra sidan från Sarid, österut mot solens uppgång, vände den sig åt Kislot-Tabors område och gick vidare till Dobrat och upp till Jafia.

13 Därifrån gick den fram österut mot solens uppgång till Gat-Hefer och Et-Kasin och vidare till det Rimmon som sträcker sig till Nea.

14 Härförbi böjde sig gränsen i norr till Hannaton och gick så ut vid Jifta-Els dal.

15 Och den omfattade Kattat, Nahalal, Simron, Jidala och Bet-Lehem -- tolv städer med deras byar.

16 Detta var Sebulons barns arvedel, efter deras släkter, de nämnda städerna med sina byar.

17 För Isaskar föll den fjärde lotten ut, för Isaskars barn, efter deras släkter.

18 Och deras gräns omfattade Jisreel, Kesullot, Sunem,

19 Hafaraim, Sion, Anaharat,

20 Rabbit, Kisjon, Ebes,

21 Remet, En-Gannim, En-Hadda och Bet-Passes;

22 och gränsen träffade Tabor, Sahasuma och Bet-Semes; och deras gräns gick ut vid Jordan -- sexton städer med deras byar.

23 Detta var Isaskars barns stams arvedel, efter deras släkter, städerna med sina byar.

24 Den femte lotten föll ut för Asers barns stam, efter deras släkter.

25 Och deras gräns omfattade Helkat, Hali, Beten, Aksaf,

26 Alammelek, Amead och Miseal; och vid havet träffade den Karmel och Sihor-Libnat.

27 Därefter vände den sig åt öster till Bet-Dagon och träffade Sebulon och Jifta-Els dal i norr, vidare Bet-Haemek och Negiel och gick så ut till Kabul i norr.

28 Och den omfattade Ebron, Rehob, Hammon och Kana, ända upp till Stora Sidon.

29 Och gränsen vände sig till Rama och gick fram till den befästa staden Tyrus; sedan vände sig gränsen till Hosa och gick så ut vid havet där landsträckan vid Aksib begynner.

30 Och den omfattade Umma, Afek och Rehob -- tjugutvå städer med deras byar.

31 Detta var Asers barns stams arvedel, efter deras släkter, de nämnda städerna med sina byar.

32 För Naftali barn föll den sjätte lotten ut, för Naftali barn, efter deras släkter.

33 Och deras gräns gick från Helef, från terebinten i Saanannim till Adami-Hannekeb och Jabneel, ända till Lackum, och gick så ut vid Jordan.

34 Och gränsen vände sig västerut till Asnot-Tabor och gick vidare därifrån till Huckok; den träffade Sebulon i söder, och Aser träffade den i väster och Juda med Jordan i öster.

35 Och den omfattade de befästa städerna Siddim, Ser och Hammat, Rackat och Kinneret,

36 Adama, Rama, Hasor,

37 Kedes, Edrei, En-Hasor,

38 Jireon och Migdal-El, Horem, Bet-Anat och Bet-Semes -- nitton städer med deras byar.

39 Detta var Naftali barns stams arvedel efter deras släkter, städerna med sina byar.

40 För Dans barns stam, efter deras släkter, föll den sjunde lotten ut.

41 Och gränsen för deras arvedel omfattade Sorga, Estaol, Ir-Semes,

42 Saalabbin, Ajalon, Jitla,

43 Elon, Timna, Ekron,

44 Elteke, Gibbeton, Baalat,

45 Jehud, Bene-Berak, Gat-Rimmon,

46 Me-Hajarkon och Harackon, tillika med området framför Jafo.

47 (Men när sedan Dans barns område gick förlorat för dem, drogo Dans barn upp och belägrade Lesem och intogo det och slogo dess invånare med svärdsegg; och sedan de så hade tagit det i besittning, bosatte de sig där och kallade Lesem för Dan, efter Dans, sin faders, namn.)

48 Detta var Dans barns stams arvedel, efter deras släkter, de nämnda städerna med sina byar.

49 När Israels barn så hade utskiftat landet efter dess gränser, gåvo de åt Josua, Nuns son, en särskild arvedel ibland sig.

50 Efter HERRENS befallning gåvo de honom nämligen den stad som han begärde, Timnat-Sera i Efraims bergsbygd; och han bebyggde staden och bosatte sig där.

51 Dessa voro de arvslotter som prästen Eleasar och Josua, Nuns son, och huvudmännen för familjerna inom Israels barns stammar utskiftade genom lottkastning i Silo inför HERRENS ansikte, vid ingången till uppenbarelsetältet. Så avslutade de nu fördelningen av landet.

   

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Exploring the Meaning of Joshua 19

Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff, Julian Duckworth

Joshua 19: The last six tribes receive their territories, and Joshua his inheritance.

This chapter is the last of seven chapters detailing the division of the land of Canaan among the tribes. In this chapter, the remaining six tribes receive their portions.

Simeon received land very much in the south, below that of Judah, and Simeon’s territory was made a part of Judah. Simeon means ‘to hear’. To hear the Lord, and to hear the truth, means wanting to live in obedience with what the Lord teaches. Simeon was important in earlier biblical events, but is rarely mentioned later on; obeying the Lord can and should be a quiet affair (see Swedenborg’s work, Apocalypse Revealed 87).

The area given to Zebulun was modest and towards the north, between the Sea of Galilee and the coast. Zebulun’s name means ‘place of exaltation and honor’, and its spiritual meaning is just as glorious: it refers to honoring the Lord through the way we live our lives, both inwardly and outwardly (see Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell 390).

Issachar’s territory was a small, fertile area in the north, next to the Jordan. The name “Issachar” means ‘a man of hire’ or ‘a hired man’. Spiritually, this is about wanting to serve the Lord, and dedicating our lives to this. Then we are ‘employed’ as servants of the Lord, and we are rewarded with spiritual strength, joy, and blessings (see Swedenborg’s Arcana Caelestia 6388).

Asher means ‘happy’ - a delightful name - and its territory was along the northern coastline, extending inland. It included Mount Carmel and the Plain of Sharon, which were both beautiful places. Spiritual happiness is quite deep, and is really a feeling of joy, contentment, and well-being. When we are spiritually happy, we feel glad to be alive, to know the Lord, and to do what is good because of God (Arcana Caelestia 6408).

Naphtali had territory going up from the Sea of Galilee to the northern border. Naphtali means ‘crafty and cunning’, which does not sound very heavenly. However, the idea is that we use our intelligence to bring heavenly results from the countless decisions we make each and every day. Earlier in the Bible, Naphtali is blessed and called ‘a deer let loose’, which would then be free to bound away (see Genesis 49:21, Arcana Caelestia 3928).

Dan had two small territories: one in the centre on the coast, and one in the far north near the source of the River Jordan. Dan means ‘to judge well’, and it stands for our need to treat people fairly because of our relationship with the Lord. Perhaps there are two territories because one is our mind (north), and the other is in life (center) (Arcana Caelestia 3923).

Finally, Joshua himself is given his inheritance, a place in Ephraim called Timnath Serah. The name means ‘an extra portion’, and this suggests that beyond everything Joshua has done, he is to be given something further. Spiritually, this could be the unexpected delight we get when we devote ourselves to serving the Lord (Arcana Caelestia 995[3]).

The spiritual meaning of receiving a portion of land is that we are able to experience blessings and goodness from the Lord, but only after we have ‘conquered the land’. This means working through our temptations and overcoming weaknesses during our natural life.

Since the land of Canaan stands for heaven – and also for the growth of heaven in us – each of the twelve tribes represent a part of heavenly life that needs to be active in us. We must learn hear the word of the Lord, judge well in our daily actions, and honor His name by the way we live.

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Arcana Coelestia # 995

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995. 'Will be food for you' means the accompanying delight which people were to enjoy. This becomes clear from the fact that any pleasure not only stirs a person's emotion but also sustains him, like food. Pleasure without delight is not pleasure but something lifeless. It is from the delight that a pleasure has its being and gets its name. The nature of the delight however determines that of the pleasure. In themselves things of the body and of the senses are wholly material, lifeless and dead; but from the delights that spring from interior things ranged in order they receive life. From this it is clear that the nature of the life of interior things determines the nature of the delight inherent in pleasures, for delight has life within it. No other kind of delight has life except that which contains good from the Lord, for in that case it does so from the life of good itself. Hence the wording here - 'every creeping thing that is living will be food for you', that is, will be an enjoyment. Some people are of the opinion that anyone who wishes to be happy in the next life ought never to indulge in bodily and sensory pleasures, but ought to renounce all such things. They say that such bodily and worldly pursuits are what deter and withhold men from spiritual and heavenly life. But people who think in this way and who willingly reduce themselves during their lifetime to a miserable standard of living are ill-informed of the truth of the matter.

[2] Nobody is in any way forbidden to enjoy bodily and sensory pleasures, namely the pleasures of possessing land and wealth; the pleasures of positions of honour and of service to the state; the pleasures of conjugial love, and of love of infants and children; the pleasures of friendship and of social intercourse; the pleasures of the ear - the sweet sounds of music and song; the pleasures of seeing - things of beauty, which are manifold, such as nice clothes, attractive homes together with their furniture, beautiful gardens, and things of a like nature which as they blend together give delight; pleasures of smell - the pleasant odours; pleasures of taste - all the delicious and nourishing qualities of food and drink; and the pleasures of touch. Indeed, as stated, all of these are most external or bodily affections having their origin in interior affections.

[3] Interior affections, which are living, all derive their delight from good and truth, while good and truth derive theirs from charity and faith, and these in turn do so from the Lord, and so from Life itself. This is why affections and pleasures from this source are living. And because that is where genuine pleasures have their origins they are in no way denied to anybody. Indeed when this is their source, the delight that accompanies them is immeasurably greater than delight that is not from that source. The latter delight in comparison is filthy. Take for example the pleasure that goes with conjugial love; when its origins lie in truly conjugial love it is immeasurably greater than the pleasure that is not from that source - indeed, so much greater that people who dwell in truly conjugial love dwell in delight and happiness such as is heavenly, since it comes down from heaven. People also who belonged to the Most Ancient Church declared the same. The delight which adulterers gain from acts of adultery was to those people so detestable that even the thought of it filled them with horror. This makes clear the nature of any delight that does not come down from the true fount of life, which is the Lord.

[4] That the pleasures mentioned above are in no way denied anyone - indeed, far from being denied they are for the first time pleasures when they flow from their true origin - is also made clear by the fact that very many people who during their lifetime had power, position, and wealth, and enjoyed in abundance all pleasures of the body and the senses, are now in heaven among the blessed and happy. And with them now interior delights and happiness are living because they have had their origin in goods that stem from charity and in truths of faith in the Lord. And since these have originated in charity and faith in the Lord, they have looked upon all their pleasures from the point of view of use, which has been their end in view. To them the use itself has been exceedingly delightful, and from this has come the delight inherent in their pleasures. See what has been stated from experience in 945.

  
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