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Josue 19

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1 At ang ikalawang kapalaran ay napasa Simeon, sa lipi ng mga anak ng Simeon ayon sa kanilang mga angkan: at ang kanilang mana ay nasa gitna ng mana ng mga anak ni Juda.

2 At kanilang tinamo na pinakamana ang Beerseba, o Seba, at Molada;

3 At Hasar-sual, at Bala, at Esem;

4 At Heltolad, at Betul, at Horma;

5 At Siclag, at Beth-marchaboth, at Hasarsusa,

6 At Beth-lebaoth, at Saruhen: labing tatlong bayan pati ng mga nayon niyaon:

7 Ain, Rimmon, at Eter, at Asan, apat na bayan pati ng mga nayon niyaon:

8 At ang lahat ng mga nayon na nasa palibot ng mga bayang ito hanggang sa Baalathbeer, Ramat ng Timugan. Ito ang mana ng lipi ng mga anak ni Simeon ayon sa kanilang mga angkan.

9 Mula sa bahagi ng mga anak ni Juda ang mana ng mga anak ni Simeon: sapagka't ang bahagi ng mga anak ni Juda ay totoong marami sa ganang kanila; kaya't ang mga anak ni Simeon ay nagkaroon ng mana sa gitna ng kanilang mana.

10 At ang ikatlong kapalaran ay napasa mga anak ni Zabulon ayon sa kanilang mga angkan. At ang hangganan ng kanilang mana ay hanggang sa Sarid:

11 At ang kanilang hangganan ay pasampa sa dakong kalunuran sa Merala, at abot sa Dabbeseth at mula roo'y abot sa batis na nasa harap ng Jocneam,

12 At paliko mula sa Sarid sa dakong silanganan na dakong sinisikatan ng araw hanggang sa hangganan ng Chisiloth-tabor, at palabas sa Dabrath, at pasampa sa Japhia;

13 At mula roon ay patuloy sa dakong silanganan sa Gith-hepher, sa Ittakazin; at palabas sa Rimmon na luwal hanggang sa Nea:

14 At ang hangganan ay paliko sa hilagaan na patungo sa Hanaton: at ang labasan niyaon ay sa libis ng Iphta-el;

15 At sa Catah, at sa Naalal, at sa Simron, at sa Ideala, at sa Bethlehem: labing dalawang bayan pati ng mga nayon ng mga yaon.

16 Ito ang mana ng mga anak ni Zabulon ayon sa kanilang mga angkan, ang mga bayang ito pati ng mga nayon ng mga ito.

17 Ang ikaapat na kapalaran ay napasa Issachar, sa mga anak ni Issachar ayon sa kanilang mga angkan.

18 At ang kanilang hangganan ay hanggang sa Izreel, at Chesulloth, at Sunem,

19 At Hapharaim, at Sion, at Anaarath,

20 At Rabbit, at Chision, at Ebes,

21 At Rameth, at En-gannim, at En-hadda, at Beth-passes,

22 At ang hangganan ay abot sa Tabor, at Sahasim, at sa Beth-semes; at ang mga labasan ng hangganan ng mga yaon ay sa Jordan: labing anim na bayan pati ng mga nayon ng mga yaon.

23 Ito ang mana ng lipi ng mga anak ni Issachar ayon sa kanilang mga angkan, ang mga bayan pati ng mga nayon ng mga yaon.

24 At ang ikalimang kapalaran ay napasa lipi ng mga anak ni Aser ayon sa kanilang mga angkan.

25 At ang kanilang hangganan ay Helchat, at Hali, at Beten, at Axaph,

26 At Alammelec, at Amead, at Miseal; at abot sa Carmel na dakong kalunuran at sa Sihorlibnath;

27 At paliko sa dakong sinisikatan ng araw sa Beth-dagon, at abot sa Zabulon, at sa libis ng Iphta-el na dakong hilagaan sa Beth-emec at Nehiel; at palabas sa Cabul sa kaliwa.

28 At Hebron, at Rehob, at Hammon, at Cana, hanggang sa malaking Sidon,

29 At ang hangganan ay paliko sa Rama, at sa bayang nakukutaan ng Tiro; at ang hangganan ay paliko sa Hosa, at ang mga labasan niyaon ay sa dagat mula sa lupain ni Achzib;

30 Gayon din ang Umma, at Aphek, at Rehob: dalawang pu't dalawang bayan pati ng mga nayon ng mga yaon.

31 Ito ang mana ng lipi ng mga anak ni Aser ayon sa kanilang mga angkan, ang mga bayang ito pati ng mga nayon ng mga ito.

32 Ang ikaanim na kapalaran ay napasa mga anak ni Nephtali, sa mga anak ni Nephtali ayon sa kanilang mga angkan.

33 At ang kanilang hangganan ay mula sa Heleph, mula sa encina sa Saananim, at sa Adamineceb, at sa Jabneel, hanggang sa Lacum; at ang mga labasan niyaon ay sa Jordan;

34 At ang hangganan ay paliko sa dakong kalunuran sa Aznot-tabor, at palabas sa Hucuca mula roon; at abot sa Zabulon sa timugan, at abot sa Aser sa kalunuran, at sa Juda sa Jordan na dakong sinisikatan ng araw.

35 At ang mga bayang nakukutaan ay Siddim, Ser, at Hamath, Raccath, at Cinneret,

36 At Adama, at Rama, at Asor,

37 At Cedes, at Edrei, at En-hasor,

38 At Iron, at Migdalel, Horem, at Beth-anath, at Beth-semes: labing siyam na bayan pati ng mga nayon ng mga yaon.

39 Ito ang mana ng lipi, ng mga anak ni Nephtali ayon sa kanilang mga angkan, ang mga bayan pati ng mga nayon ng mga yaon.

40 Ang ikapitong kapalaran ay napasa lipi ng mga anak ni Dan ayon sa kanilang mga angkan.

41 At ang hangganan ng kanilang mana ay Sora, at Estaol, at Ir-semes,

42 At Saalabin, at Ailon, at Jeth-la,

43 At Elon, at Timnath, at Ecron,

44 At Elteche, at Gibbethon, at Baalat,

45 At Jehul, at Bene-berac, at Gatrimmon,

46 At Me-jarcon, at Raccon pati ng hangganan sa tapat ng Joppa.

47 At ang hangganan ng mga anak ni Dan ay palabas sa dako roon ng mga yaon; sapagka't ang mga anak ni Dan ay sumampa at bumaka laban sa Lesem, at sinakop at sinugatan ng talim ng tabak, at inari at tumahan doon, at tinawag ang Lesem, na Dan, ayon sa pangalan ni Dan, na kanilang ama.

48 Ito ang mana ng lipi ng mga anak ni Dan ayon sa kanilang mga angkan, ang mga bayang ito pati ng mga nayon ng mga yaon.

49 Gayon kanilang tinapos ang pagbabahagi ng lupain na pinakamana ayon sa mga hangganan niyaon; at binigyan ng mga anak ni Israel ng mana si Josue na anak ni Nun sa gitna nila:

50 Ayon sa utos ng Panginoon ay kanilang ibinigay sa kaniya ang bayang kaniyang hiningi, ang Timnath-sera sa lupaing maburol ng Ephraim: at kaniyang itinayo ang bayan at tumahan doon.

51 Ito ang mga mana na binahagi ni Eleazar na saserdote at ni Josue na anak ni Nun, at ng mga pangulo ng mga sangbahayan ng mga magulang ng mga lipi ng mga anak ni Israel na pinakamana, sa pamamagitan ng pagsasapalaran sa Silo sa harap ng Panginoon sa pintuan ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan. Gayon nila niwakasan ang pagbabahagi ng lupain.

   

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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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Heaven and Hell # 390

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390. This enables us to determine what rankings in the heavens are like, namely that we love, value, and respect the functionaries the way we love, value, and respect the functions that are associated with them, and also that these functionaries are loved, valued, and respected to the extent that they do not attribute their use to themselves but to the Lord. To that extent they are wise, and to that extent they fulfill their uses from good motives. Spiritual love, value, and respect are nothing but love, value, and respect for the use in the role, respect for the role because of the use and not for the use because of the role. If we look at people from a spiritually true perspective, this is the only way to see them. Then we see one person as much like another, whether their rank is great or small. The only difference we see is a difference in wisdom, and wisdom is loving use, which means loving the welfare of our fellow citizens, our community, our country, and the church.

This is also what constitutes love for the Lord, since everything good that is effectively good comes from the Lord. It also constitutes love for our neighbor, since our neighbor is the welfare that is to be loved in our fellow citizens, our community, our country, and our church, and that is to be fostered for their sakes. 1

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1. [Swedenborg's footnote] Loving our neighbor is loving not the role but what is in our neighbor and is the source of our neighbor: 5025, 10336. People who love the role rather than the substance and source of the person love the evil just as much as the good: 3820; and help evil and good people equally even though helping evil people is hurting good ones, which is not loving one's neighbor: 3820, 6703, 8120. Judges who punish evildoers in order to correct them and to keep them from corrupting and harming good people are loving their neighbor: 3820, 8120-8121. Every individual and community, the country and the church, and in the widest sense the Lord's kingdom, are all "our neighbor," and helping them out of a love for their welfare and according to their state is loving our neighbor: this means that their welfare, which is to be focused on, is our neighbor: 6818-6824, 8123.

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