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Josue 17

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1 At ito ang kapalaran ng lipi ni Manases; sapagka't siya ang panganay ni Jose. Tungkol kay Machir na panganay ni Manases, na ama ni Galaad, sapagka't siya'y lalaking mangdidigma, ay kaniya ngang tinangkilik ang Galaad at ang Basan.

2 At ang napasa ibang mga anak ni Manases ayon sa kanilang mga angkan, sa mga anak ng Abiezer, at sa mga anak ng Helec, at sa mga anak ng Esriel, at sa mga anak ng Sichem, at sa mga anak ng Hepher, at sa mga anak ng Semida; ang mga ito ang mga anak na lalake ni Manases na anak ni Jose, ayon sa kanilang mga angkan.

3 Nguni't si Salphaad na anak ni Hepher, na anak ni Galaad na anak ni Machir, na anak ni Manases, ay hindi nagkaroon ng mga anak na lalake kundi mga babae: at ito ang mga pangalan ng kaniyang mga anak: Maala, at Noa, Hogla, Milcha, at Tirsa.

4 At sila'y lumapit sa harap ni Eleazar na saserdote at sa harap ni Josue na anak ni Nun, at sa harap ng mga prinsipe, na sinasabi, Iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises na bigyan kami ng mana sa gitna ng aming mga kapatid: kaya't ayon sa utos ng Panginoon ay binigyan niya sila ng mana sa gitna ng mga kapatid ng kanilang ama.

5 At nahulog ang sangpung bahagi kay Manases, bukod sa lupain ng Galaad at ang Basan, na nasa dako roon ng Jordan;

6 Sapagka't ang mga anak na babae ni Manases ay nagkaroon ng mana sa gitna ng kaniyang mga anak; at ang lupain ng Galaad ay ukol sa nalabi sa mga anak ni Manases.

7 At ang hangganan ng Manases ay mula sa Aser hanggang sa Michmetat, na nasa tapat ng Sichem; at ang hangganan ay patuloy sa kanan, hanggang sa mga taga En-tappua.

8 Ang lupain ng Tappua ay ukol sa Manases: nguni't ang Tappua sa hangganan ng Manases ay ukol sa mga anak ni Ephraim.

9 At ang hangganan ay pababa hanggang sa batis ng Cana, na dakong timugan ng batis: ang mga bayang ito ay ukol sa Ephraim sa gitna ng mga bayan ng Manases: at ang hangganan ng Manases ay nasa dakong hilagaan ng batis, at ang labasan niyaon ay sa dagat;

10 Ang dakong timugan ay ang sa Ephraim, at ang dakong hilagaan ay ang sa Manases, at ang dagat ay hangganan niyaon; at abot sa Aser sa hilagaan at sa Issachar sa silanganan.

11 At tinatangkilik ng Manases sa Issachar at sa Aser ang Beth-san at ang mga nayon niyaon, at ang Ibleam at ang mga nayon niyaon, at ang mga taga Dor, at ang mga nayon niyaon, at ang mga taga En-dor at ang mga nayon niyaon, at ang mga taga Taanach at ang mga nayon niyaon, at ang mga taga Megiddo, at ang mga nayon niyaon, ang tatlong kaitaasan.

12 Gayon ma'y hindi napalayas ng mga anak ni Manases ang mga taga-roon sa mga bayang yaon; kundi ang mga Cananeo ay nanahan sa lupaing yaon.

13 At nangyari, nang ang mga anak ni Israel ay lumakas, na kanilang inilagay ang mga Cananeo sa pagaatag, at hindi nila lubos na pinalayas.

14 At ang mga anak ni Jose ay nagsalita kay Josue, na sinasabi, Bakit ang ibinigay mo sa akin ay isang kapalaran at isang bahagi lamang na pinakamana, dangang malaking bayan ako, sapagka't pinagpala ako hanggang ngayon ng Panginoon?

15 At sinabi ni Josue sa kanila, Kung ikaw ay malaking bayan, sumampa ka sa gubat, at iyong malalawag doon sa iyong sarili ang lupain ng mga Pherezeo at ng mga Rephaim; yamang ang lupaing maburol ng Ephraim ay totoong makipot sa ganang iyo.

16 At sinabi ng mga anak ni Jose, Ang lupaing maburol ay hindi sukat sa amin; at ang lahat ng mga Cananeo na tumatahan sa lupain ng libis ay may mga karong bakal, sila na tumatahan sa Beth-san at sa mga nayon niyaon, at gayon din sila na nasa libis ng Jezreel.

17 At si Josue ay nagsalita sa sangbahayan ni Jose, ni Ephraim at ni Manases, na sinasabi, Ikaw ay malaking bayan, at may dakilang kapangyarihan: hindi marapat sa iyo ang isang kapalaran lamang:

18 Kundi ang lupaing maburol ay magiging iyo; sapagka't bagaman isang gubat ay iyong malalawag, at ang labasan niyaon ay magiging iyo, sapagka't iyong palalayasin ang mga Cananeo, bagaman sila'y may mga karong bakal, at bagaman sila'y matibay.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 432

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432. Verse 5. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

"Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand," signifies love to the Lord, and that all who are in that love are in heaven, and come into heaven. "Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand," signifies the light of truth from that good, and that all who are in that light are in heaven, and come into heaven. "Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand," signifies the good of life thence.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Arcana Coelestia # 1042

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1042. 'I have given My bow in the cloud' means the state of a regenerate spiritual person, who is like a rainbow. Anyone may wonder that in the Word 'the bow in the cloud', or the rainbow, is taken as a sign of the covenant, for the rainbow is nothing else than something produced by the conversion of rays of sunlight in raindrops. It is a wholly natural phenomenon, unlike other signs of the covenant in the Church mentioned just above. But the fact that 'the bow in the cloud' represents regeneration and means the state of a regenerate spiritual person, nobody is able to know unless he is allowed to see and consequently know what exactly is involved. When spiritual angels, who have all been regenerate members of the spiritual Church, are in the next life manifested visibly as such, there appears around their head a rainbow so to speak. But the rainbows which appear accord completely with their state, and from this also their characters are recognized in heaven and in the world of spirits. The reason the likeness of a rainbow appears is that their natural things corresponding to spiritual present such visible shape. It is a conversion of spiritual light from the Lord within their natural things. These angels are those said to have been 'regenerated by water and the spirit' while celestial angels are those said to have been 'regenerated with fire'.

[2] In the case of; natural things, so that colour may be produced something dark and light, or black and white, is necessary. When rays of light from the sun fall on this, depending on the varying composition of the dark and light, or black and white, colours are produced from the modification of the inflowing rays of light. Some of those colours draw more, others less, on the dark and black, and some more, or less, on the light and white; and this is what gives rise to diversity of colour. Something comparable to this exists in spiritual things. In their case the intellectual side of the proprium, or falsity, constitutes 'the dark', and the will side of the proprium, or evil, which absorbs and extinguishes rays of light constitutes 'the black'. As for the 'light and white', these are the truth or good which a person imagines he does from himself, which reflects and casts back from itself the rays of light. The rays of light which fall on those things and so to speak modify them come from the Lord as the Sun of wisdom and intelligence; for the rays of spiritual light are no other and have no other source. It is because natural things correspond to spiritual that when in the next life that which is around a regenerate spiritual person is manifested visibly, there appears that which is similar to a bow in a cloud. This bow is a representation of the spiritual things present within his natural things. With the regenerate spiritual person an intellectual side of the proprium exists into which the Lord instills innocence, charity, and mercy. As is the person's reception of these gifts so is the appearance of his rainbow when manifested visibly - the more beautiful the more that the will side of his proprium has been taken away, disciplined, and reduced to a state of obedience.

[3] When the prophets had a vision of God, a bow as if in a cloud was also seen by them, as in Ezekiel's vision,

Above the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim, in appearance like a sapphire stone, there was the likeness of a throne, and above the likeness of a throne, there was a likeness as it were of the appearance of a Man (Homo) upon it above. And I saw as it were the shape of coal burning bright, as the appearance of fire, within it round about from the appearance of His loins upwards. And from the appearance of His loins and downwards I saw as it were the appearance of fire, whose brightness was round about it, like the appearance of the bow when it is in the cloud on the day of rain; so was the appearance of brightness round about; this was the appearance of the likeness of the Glory of Jehovah. Ezekiel 1:26-28.

It may be clear to anyone that it was the Lord who was seen in this vision, and that on that occasion He represented heaven, for He Himself is heaven, that is, the All in all of heaven. He Himself is the 'Man' mentioned here, 'the throne' is heaven, 'the coal burning bright, as the appearance of fire, from the loins upwards' is the celestial element of love, 'the brightness of fire round about from the loins downwards, like the bow in the cloud' is the celestial-spiritual. In this way the celestial heaven, or heaven of celestial angels, was represented from the loins upwards, and the spiritual heaven, or heaven of spiritual angels, from the loins downwards. In fact the things that are below, from the loins down to the soles of the feet, mean in the Grand Man natural things. From this it is also clear that, when thus enlightened by spiritual light from the Lord, the natural things in man take on the appearance of 'the bow in the cloud'. The same appeased to John as well, see Revelation 4:2-3; 10:1.

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