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Josue 3

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1 At bumangong maaga si Josue sa kinaumagahan; at sila'y umalis sa Sittim at napasa Jordan, siya at ang lahat na mga anak ni Israel; at sila'y tumigil doon bago sila tumawid.

2 At nangyari pagkatapos ng tatlong araw, na ang mga pinuno ay napasa gitna ng kampamento;

3 At sila'y nagutos sa bayan, na sinasabi, Pagka inyong nakita ang kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, at dinadala ng mga saserdote na Levita, ay kikilos nga kayo sa inyong dako at susunod doon.

4 Gayon ma'y magkakapagitan sa inyo at sa kaban ng may dalawang libong siko ang sukat: huwag ninyong lapitan, upang alamin ang daan na inyong marapat paroonan; sapagka't hindi pa ninyo nararaanan ang daang ito ng una.

5 At sinabi ni Josue sa bayan, Magpakabanal kayo; sapagka't bukas ay gagawa ng mga kababalaghan ang Panginoon sa inyo.

6 At nagsalita si Josue sa mga saserdote, na sinasabi, Buhatin ninyo ang kaban ng tipan at magpauna kayo sa bayan. At kanilang binuhat ang kaban ng tipan, at nagpauna sa bayan.

7 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Josue, Sa araw na ito ay pasisimulan kong padakilain ka sa paningin ng buong Israel, upang kanilang makilala, na kung paanong ako'y suma kay Moises ay gayon ako sasaiyo.

8 At iyong uutusan ang mga saserdote na nagdadala ng kaban ng tipan, na iyong sasabihin, Pagka kayo'y dumating sa tabi ng tubig ng Jordan, ay tumigil kayo sa Jordan.

9 At sinabi ni Josue sa mga anak ni Israel, Magsilapit kayo at dinggin ninyo ang mga salita ng Panginoon ninyong Dios.

10 At sinabi ni Josue, Sa ganito ay inyong makikilala na ang buhay na Dios ay nasa gitna ninyo, at walang pagsalang kaniyang itataboy sa harap ninyo ang Cananeo, at ang Hetheo, at ang Heveo, at ang Pherezeo, at ang Gergeseo, at ang Amorrheo, at ang Jebuseo.

11 Narito, ang kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon ng buong lupa ay nagpapauna sa inyo sa Jordan.

12 Ngayon nga ay kumuha kayo ng labing dalawang lalake sa mga lipi ni Israel, na isang lalake sa bawa't lipi.

13 At mangyayari, na pagka ang mga talampakan ng mga paa ng mga saserdote na nagdadala ng kaban ng Panginoon, ng Panginoon ng buong lupa, ay titigil sa tubig ng Jordan, na ang tubig ng Jordan ay mahahawi, sa makatuwid baga'y ang tubig na bumababang mula sa itaas; at magiisang bunton.

14 At nangyari nang umalis ang bayan sa kanilang mga tolda, upang tumawid sa Jordan, ay nasa unahan ng bayan ang mga saserdote na nagdadala ng kaban ng tipan;

15 At nang dumating sa Jordan ang mga may dala ng kaban, at ang mga paa ng mga saserdote na nagdadala ng kaban ay nabasa sa gilid ng tubig, (sapagka't inaapawan ng Jordan ang lahat niyang pangpang sa buong panahon ng pagaani,)

16 Na ang tubig na bumababang mula sa itaas ay tumigil, at nagisang bunton na malayo sa kanila, sa Adam, na bayang nasa tabi ng Sarethan: at yaong nagsisibaba sa dagat ng Araba, na Dagat na Alat ay lubos na nahawi: at ang bayan ay tumawid sa tapat ng Jerico.

17 At ang mga saserdote na nagdadala ng kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon ay tumayong panatag sa tuyong lupa sa gitna ng Jordan; at ang buong Israel ay dumaan sa tuyong lupa, hanggang sa nakatawid na lubos sa Jordan ang buong bansa.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 1444

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1444. 'And the Canaanite was at that time in the land' means the hereditary evil from the mother, in His external man. This becomes clear from what has been stated already about the Lord's heredity; for He was born as any other is born and from the mother acquired evils which He fought against and overcame. It is well known that the Lord underwent and endured very severe temptations - which will in the Lord's Divine mercy be described further on - temptations so great in fact that He fought by Himself and from His own power against the whole of hell. Nobody can undergo temptation unless he has evil clinging to him. The person who has no evil cannot experience the smallest temptation, for it is evil that spirits from hell stir up.

[2] With the Lord no evil of His own doing or that was His own was present, as there is with all human beings, only hereditary evil from the mother, which is here called 'the Canaanite at that time in the land'. For this matter see what has been stated above in verse 1, in 1414, to the effect that people are born with two heredities in them, the first from the father, the second from the mother. What comes from the father remains for ever, but what comes from the mother is dispelled by the Lord when the person is being regenerated. The Lord's heredity from His Father however was Divine, while the heredity from the mother was the hereditary evil referred to here, through which He underwent temptations. Regarding His temptations, see Mark 1:12-13; Matthew 4:1; Luke 4:1-2. But, as has been stated, He had no evil of His own doing or which was His own, nor did He have any hereditary evil from the mother after He had overcome hell by means of temptations. It is for this reason that the expression at that time occurs here, that is to say, 'the Canaanite was at that time in the land'.

[3] The Canaanites were people who dwelt by the sea and by the bank of the Jordan, as is clear in Moses,

The spies returned and said, We came into the land to which you sent us, and it is indeed flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Nevertheless the people dwelling in the land are powerful and the cities are very strongly fortified, and also we saw the descendants of Anak there. The Amalekite dwells in the south, and the Hittite, Jebusite, and Amorite dwell in the mountains, and the Canaanite dwells by the sea and by the bank of the Jordan. Numbers 13:27-29.

'The Canaanite dwelt by the sea and by the bank of the Jordan' meant evil consequently residing with the external man, such as that acquired by heredity from the mother, for the sea and the Jordan were boundaries.

[4] That this kind of evil is meant by 'the Canaanite' is clear also in Zechariah,

And there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah Zebaoth on that day. Zechariah 14:21.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom. It means that the Lord overcame the evil meant by 'the Canaanite' and drove it out of His kingdom. Evils of every kind are meant by the idolatrous nations in the land of Canaan, among which were the Canaanites, Genesis 15:19-21; Exodus 3:8, 17; 23:23, 28; 33:2; 34:11; Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Joshua 3:10; 24:11; Judges 3:5. Which evil is meant by each nation specifically will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated elsewhere.

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