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Josue 9

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1 At nangyari, nang mabalitaan ng lahat ng hari na nangasa dako roon ng Jordan sa lupaing maburol, at sa mga kapatagan, at sa lahat ng baybayin ng malaking dagat sa tapat ng Libano, ng Hetheo, at ng Amorrheo, ng Cananeo, ng Pherezeo, ng Heveo, at ng Jebuseo;

2 Ay nagpipisan upang labanan si Josue at ang Israel, na may pagkakaisa.

3 Nguni't nang mabalitaan ng mga taga Gabaon ang ginawa ni Josue sa Jerico at sa Hai,

4 Ay gumawa naman silang may katusuhan at yumaon at nagpakunwaring sila'y mga sugo, at nagpasan ng mga lumang bayong sa kanilang mga asno at mga sisidlang balat ng alak na luma, at punit at tinahi;

5 At mga tagpi-tagping pangyapak na nakasuot sa kanilang mga paa, at ng mga lumang bihisan na suot nila; at ang lahat na tinapay na kanilang baon ay tuyo at inaamag.

6 At sila'y nagsiparoon kay Josue sa kampamento sa Gilgal, at nangagsabi sa kaniya at sa mga lalake ng Israel, Kami ay mula sa malayong lupain: ngayon nga'y makipagtipan kayo sa amin.

7 At sinabi ng mga lalake ng Israel sa mga Heveo, Marahil kayo'y nananahang kasama namin; at paanong kami ay makikipagtipan sa inyo?

8 At kanilang sinabi kay Josue, Kami ay iyong mga lingkod. At sinabi ni Josue sa kanila, Sino kayo at mula saan kayo?

9 At sinabi nila sa kaniya, Mula sa totoong malayong lupain ang iyong mga lingkod, dahil sa pangalan ng Panginoon mong Dios: sapagka't aming nabalitaan ang kabantugan niya, at ang lahat niyang ginawa sa Egipto,

10 At lahat ng kaniyang ginawa sa dalawang hari ng mga Amorrheo, na nasa dako roon ng Jordan, kay Sehon na hari sa Hesbon, at kay Og, na hari sa Basan, na nasa Astaroth.

11 At ang aming mga matanda at ang lahat na tagaroon sa aming lupain ay nagsalita sa amin, na sinasabi, Magbaon kayo sa inyong kamay ng maipaglalakbay, at yumaon kayo na salubungin ninyo sila, at inyong sabihin sa kanila, Kami ay inyong mga lingkod: at ngayo'y makipagtipan kayo sa amin.

12 Itong aming tinapay ay kinuha naming mainit na pinakabaon namin mula sa aming mga bahay nang araw na kami ay lumabas na patungo sa inyo; nguni't ngayon, narito, tuyo at inaamag:

13 At ang mga sisidlang balat ng alak na ito na aming pinuno ay bago; at, narito, mga hapak: at itong aming mga bihisan at aming mga pangyapak ay naluma dahil sa totoong mahabang paglalakbay.

14 At kumuha ang mga tao sa Israel ng kanilang baon, at hindi humingi ng payo sa bibig ng Panginoon.

15 At si Josue ay nakipagpayapaan sa kanila at nakipagtipan sa kanila, na pabayaan silang mabuhay: at ang mga prinsipe ng kapisanan ay sumumpa sa kanila.

16 At nangyari, sa katapusan ng tatlong araw, pagkatapos na sila'y makapagtipanan sa kanila, na kanilang nabalitaan na sila'y kanilang kalapit bayan, at sila'y nananahang kasama nila.

17 At ang mga anak ni Israel ay naglakbay, at naparoon sa kanilang mga bayan sa ikatlong araw. Ang kanila ngang mga bayan ay Gabaon, Caphira, at Beeroth, at Kiriath-jearim.

18 At hindi sila sinaktan ng mga anak ni Israel, sapagka't ang mga prinsipe ng kapisanan ay sumumpa sa kanila sa pangalan ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel. At inupasala ng buong kapisanan ang mga prinsipe.

19 Nguni't sinabi ng lahat ng mga prinsipe sa buong kapisanan, Kami ay sumumpa sa kanila sa pangalan ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel: ngayon nga'y hindi natin magagalaw sila.

20 Ito ang ating gagawin sa kanila at sila'y ating pababayaang mabuhay; baka ang pagiinit ay sumaatin dahil sa sumpa na ating isinumpa sa kanila.

21 At sinabi ng mga prinsipe sa kanila, Pabayaan silang mabuhay: sa gayo'y sila'y naging mamumutol ng kahoy at mananalok ng tubig sa buong kapisanan; gaya ng sinalita ng mga prinsipe sa kanila.

22 At ipinatawag sila ni Josue, at nagsalita siya sa kanila, na sinasabi, Bakit kayo'y nagdaya sa amin na nagsasabi, Kami ay totoong malayo sa inyo; dangang nananahan kayong kasama namin?

23 Ngayon nga'y sumpain kayo, at hindi mawawalan sa inyo kailan man ng mga alipin, ng mamumutol ng kahoy at gayon din ng mananalok ng tubig sa bahay ng aking Dios.

24 At sila'y sumagot kay Josue, at nagsabi, Sapagka't tunay na nasaysay sa iyong mga lingkod, kung paanong iniutos ng Panginoon ninyong Dios kay Moises na kaniyang lingkod na ibibigay sa inyo ang buong lupain, at inyong lilipulin ang lahat na nananahan sa lupain sa harap ninyo; kaya't ikinatakot naming mainam ang aming buhay dahil sa inyo, at aming ginawa ang bagay na ito.

25 At ngayon, narito, kami ay nasa iyong kamay: kung ano ang inaakala mong mabuti at matuwid na gawin sa amin, ay gawin mo.

26 At gayon ang ginawa niya sa kanila, at iniligtas niya sila sa kamay ng mga anak ni Israel, na hindi sila pinatay.

27 At ginawa sila ni Josue nang araw na yaon na mga mamumutol ng kahoy at mga mananalok ng tubig sa kapisanan, at sa dambana ng Panginoon, hanggang sa araw na ito, sa dakong kaniyang pipiliin.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4431

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4431. 'The son of Hamor the Hivite' means received from the Ancients. This is clear from the meaning of 'the son', who in this case is Shechem, as interior truth, dealt with immediately above - for 'a son' means truth, see 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373, 4257; and from the representation of 'Hamor' as the father of that truth, and so truth received from the Ancients. Indeed the truth which was present interiorly within religious observances and within representatives emanated from the Church of old. This being so, Hamor was also named 'the Hivite', for the Hivites were a nation which meant that kind of truth among the Ancients, because that kind of it had existed with them since ancient times. This is the reason why at this point Hamor is called 'the Hivite'.

[2] Actually every nation in the land of Canaan had in ancient times meant some good or else truth of the Church, for the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial, had existed there, 4116. But subsequently the nations there, like every other with whom the Church existed, turned aside into idolatrous practices, and therefore these same nations also mean forms of idolatry. But because the Hivites since ancient times meant interior truth, and because they were one of the more upright nations among whom iniquity had not become so complete, that is, the truth of the Church had not been completely annihilated, as it had among others, the Lord in His Providence therefore preserved the Hivite Gibeonites by means of the covenant which Joshua and the princes made with them, Joshua 9:15. For those Gibeonites were Hivites, see Joshua 9:7; 11:19. From all this one may now see how 'Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite' comes to mean interior truth received from the Ancients.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 489

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489. 'Sons and daughters' means the truths and goods which they perceived, 'sons to be exact meaning the truths and 'daughters' the goods. This becomes clear from very many places in the Prophets. For in the Word, as happened in earliest times, conceptions and births of the Church are called 'sons and daughters', as in Isaiah,

Nations will walk to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Lift up your eyes round about and see; they all gather and they come towards you. Your sons will come from far, and your daughters will be nursed at your side. Then you will see and abound, and your heart will be astounded and enlarged. Isaiah 60:3-5.

Here 'sons' stands for truths and 'daughters' for goods.

In David,

Rescue me and snatch me from the hand of sons of the foreigner, whose mouths speak lies. Our sons are like plants made large in their youth, our daughters like corner-pillars cut in the form of the temple. Psalms 144:11-12.

'Sons of the foreigner' stands for spurious truths, which are falsities, 'our sons' for matters of doctrine concerning truth, and 'daughters' for matters of doctrine concerning good.

In Isaiah,

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not withhold. Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the end of the earth. Bring forth the blind people, and they will have eyes, and the deaf, who will have ears. Isaiah 43:6, 8.

Here 'sons' stands for truths, 'daughters' for goods, 'the blind' for people who will see truths, and 'the deaf' for those who comply with them.

In Jeremiah,

From our youth shame is devouring the work of our fathers - their flocks, their herds, their sons, and their daughters. Jeremiah 3:24.

Here 'sons and daughters' stands for truths and goods.

[2] 'Male children' and 'sons' stand for truths in the following in Isaiah,

Jacob will no more be ashamed, and no more will his face grow pale. For when he sees his male children, the work of My hands, in his midst they will sanctify My name, and they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and stand in awe of the God of Israel. Those who err in spirit will know understanding Isaiah 29:12-24.

'The Holy One of Jacob, the God of Israel' stands for the Lord, 'male children' for regenerate people who have an understanding of good and truth, as is also explicitly stated.

In the same prophet,

Sing, O barren one, who did not bear, for the sons of her that is desolate are more than the sons of her that is married. Isaiah 54:1

'The sons of her that is desolate' stands for truths of the Primitive Church, or Church among gentiles, while 'the sons of her that is married' stands for truths of the Jewish Church.

In Jeremiah,

My tent has been laid waste, and all My cords torn away; My sons have gone away from Me, and they are not. Jeremiah 10:20.

'Sons' stands for truths.

In the same prophet,

Their sons will be as they were of old, and their congregation will be established before Me. Jeremiah 30:10

Here 'sons' stands for the truths of the Ancient Church.

In Zechariah,

I will rouse your sons, O Zion, together with your sons, O Jehovah, and I will set you as the sword of one who is powerful. Zechariah 9:13.

Here 'sons' stands for truths of faith inherent in love.

  
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