Bible

 

Josue 12

Studie

   

1 Ang mga ito nga ang mga hari sa lupain na sinaktan ng mga anak ni Israel, at inari ang kanilang lupain sa dako roon ng Jordan na dakong sinisikatan ng araw mula sa libis ng Arnon hanggang sa bundok ng Hermon, at ng buong Araba na dakong silanganan:

2 Si Sehon na hari ng mga Amorrheo, na nanahan sa Hesbon at nagpuno mula sa Aroer, na nasa tabi ng libis ng Arnon at ang bayan na nasa gitna ng libis, at ang kalahati ng Galaad, hanggang sa ilog Jaboc, na hangganan ng mga anak ni Ammon;

3 At ang Araba hanggang sa dagat ng Cinneroth, na dakong silanganan, at hanggang sa dagat ng Araba, Dagat na Alat, na dakong silanganan, na daang patungo sa Beth-jesimoth; at sa timugan sa ilalim ng mga tagudtod ng Pisga:

4 At ang hangganan ni Og na hari sa Basan, sa nalabi ng mga Rephaim na nanahan sa Astaroth at sa Edrei,

5 At nagpuno sa bundok ng Hermon, at sa Salca, at sa buong Basan, hanggang sa hangganan ng mga Gessureo at ng mga Maachateo, at ng kalahati ng Galaad, na hangganan ni Sehon na hari sa Hesbon.

6 Sinaktan sila ni Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon at ng mga anak ni Israel: at ibinigay ni Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon na pinakaari sa mga Rubenita, at sa mga Gadita, at sa kalahating lipi ni Manases.

7 At ang mga ito'y ang mga hari ng lupain na sinaktan ni Josue at ng mga anak ni Israel sa dako roon ng Jordan na dakong kalunuran, mula sa Baal-gad na libis ng Libano hanggang sa bundok ng Halac, na pasampa sa Seir (at ibinigay ni Josue na pinakaari sa mga lipi ng Israel ayon sa kanilang pagkakabahagi;

8 Sa lupaing maburol, at sa mababang lupain, at sa Araba, at sa mga tagudtod, at sa ilang, at sa Timugan; ang Hatheo, ang Amorrheo, at ang Cananeo, ang Pherezeo, ang Heveo, at ang Jebuseo);

9 Ang hari sa Jerico, isa; ang hari sa Hai na nasa tabi ng Beth-el, isa;

10 Ang hari sa Jerusalem, isa; ang hari sa Hebron, isa.

11 Ang hari sa Jarmuth, isa; ang hari sa Lachis, isa;

12 Ang hari sa Eglon, isa; ang hari sa Gezer, isa;

13 Ang hari sa Debir, isa; ang hari sa Geder, isa;

14 Ang hari sa Horma, isa; ang hari sa Arad, isa;

15 Ang hari sa Libna, isa; ang hari sa Adullam, isa;

16 Ang hari sa Maceda, isa; ang hari sa Beth-el, isa;

17 Ang hari sa Tappua, isa; ang hari sa Hepher, isa;

18 Ang hari sa Aphec, isa; ang hari sa Lasaron, isa;

19 Ang hari sa Madon, isa; ang hari sa Hasor, isa;

20 Ang hari sa Simron-meron, isa; ang hari sa Achsaph, isa;

21 Ang hari sa Taanach, isa; ang hari sa Megiddo, isa;

22 Ang hari sa Chedes, isa; ang hari sa Jocneam sa Carmel, isa;

23 Ang hari sa Dor sa kaitaasan ng Dor, isa; ang hari ng mga bansa sa Gilgal, isa;

24 Ang hari sa Tirsa, isa; lahat ng hari ay tatlong pu't isa;

   

Ze Swedenborgových děl

 

Arcana Coelestia # 2913

Prostudujte si tuto pasáž

  
/ 10837  
  

2913. 'And spoke to the sons of Heth, saying' means those with whom a new spiritual Church was to exist. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'Heth' and of Hittite. Many were the nations inhabiting the land of Canaan who are mentioned one by one in various places in the Word, among them the Hittites, see Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 23:23; Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Joshua 3:10; 11:1, 3; 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kings 9:20; and elsewhere. Most of them belonged to the Ancient Church which was spread through many lands, including the land of Canaan, see 1238, 2385. All who belonged to that Church acknowledged charity as the chief thing, and everything they taught was about charity or life. People who cultivated teachings about faith were called Canaanites and were separate from the rest of the inhabitants in the land of Canaan, Numbers 13:29 - see 1062, 1063, 1076.

[2] The Hittites belonged among those in the land of Canaan who were more acceptable. This is also made clear by the fact that Abraham, and subsequently Isaac and Jacob, dwelt among them and had a burial-place there, and also by the fact that they treated Abraham with greatest respect, as is quite clear from what is recorded about them in this chapter, especially verses 5-6, 10-11, 14-15. Since they were an upright nation they therefore represent and mean the spiritual Church, or the truth of the Church. But it happened that like all the others who belonged to the Ancient Church the Hittites fell away in the course of time from charity or good that goes with faith; and this explains why later on they mean the falsity of the Church, as in Ezekiel 16:3, 45, and elsewhere. Yet the Hittites did belong among those who were more honourable, as may be seen from the fact that David had Hittites with him, such as Ahimelech, 1 Samuel 26:6, and Uriah, who was a Hittite, 2 Samuel 11:3, 6, 17, 21 - by whose wife Bathsheba David begot Solomon, 2 Samuel 12:24. 'Heth' means exterior cognitions that have regard to life and which constitute the external truths of the spiritual Church, 1 see 1203.

[3] The subject in the present verse is a new Church which the Lord establishes when the previous one breathes its last, and in the verses which follow the subject is the reception of faith among those people. The subject is not some particular Church among the sons of Heth but in general the re-establishment by the Lord of a spiritual Church after its predecessor fades away and approaches its end. The sons of Heth are simply those who represent and carry a spiritual meaning. Please see what has been stated already about Churches in the following places:

In course of time a Church goes into decline and decay, 494, 501, 1327, 2422.

It departs from charity, and brings forth evils and falsities, 1834, 1835.

At that point the Church is said to be vastated and made desolate, 407-411, 2243.

The Church is established among gentiles; the reason why, 1366.

Within a Church undergoing vastation something of the Church is always preserved as a nucleus, 468, 637, 931, 2422.

If the Church did not exist in the world the human race would perish, ibid.

The Church is like the heart and lungs in that vast body, of which every member of the human race is a part, 637, 931, 2054, 2853.

The nature of the spiritual Church, 765, 2669.

Charity constitutes the Church, not faith separated from charity, 809, 916.

If all possessed charity the Church would be one even though they differ in matters of doctrine and in forms of worship, 1285, 1316, 1798, 1799, 1834, 1844, 2385.

All people on earth who belong to the Lord's Church, though they are scattered throughout the entire world, still so to speak make a single whole, as is the case in heaven, 2853.

Every Church is internal and external, and both together constitute a single Church, 409, 1083, 1098, 1100, 1242.

The external Church is valueless if there is no internal Church, 1795.

The Church is compared to the rise and the setting of the sun, to the seasons of the year, and also to the periods of the day, 1837.

The Last Judgement is the final period of the Church, 900, 931, 1850, 2117, 2118.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Or, reading what Swedenborg has in his rough draft the truths of the external spiritual Church

  
/ 10837  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.