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1 Nang magkagayo'y lumabas ang lahat ng mga anak ni Israel, at ang kapisanan ay nagpisang gaya ng isang tao sa Panginoon sa Mizpa, mula sa Dan hanggang sa Beer-seba, na kalakip ng lupain ng Galaad.

2 At nagsiharap ang mga pinuno ng buong bayan, sa makatuwid baga'y ng lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel, sa kapulungan ng bayan ng Dios, na apat na raang libong lalake na humahawak ng tabak.

3 (Nabalitaan nga ng mga anak ni Benjamin na umahon ang mga anak ni Israel sa Mizpa.) At sinabi ng mga anak ni Israel, Saysayin ninyo sa amin kung bakit ang kasamaang ito ay nangyari?

4 At ang Levita, ang asawa ng babaing pinatay, ay sumagot at kaniyang sinabi, Ako'y naparoon sa Gabaa na ukol sa Benjamin, ako at ang aking babae upang tumigil.

5 At bumangon ang mga lalake sa Gabaa laban sa akin, at kinubkob ang bahay sa palibot laban sa akin nang kinagabihan; ako'y kanilang pinagakalaang patayin, at kanilang dinahas ang aking babae, at siya'y namatay.

6 At aking kinuha ang aking babae, at aking pinagputolputol, at ipinadala ko sa buong lupain ng mana ng Israel: sapagka't sila'y nagkasala ng kalibugan at ng kaululan sa Israel.

7 Narito, kayong mga anak ni Israel, kayong lahat, ibigay ninyo rito ang inyong payo at pasiya.

8 At ang buong bayan ay bumangong parang isang tao, na nagsasabi, Hindi na babalik ang sinoman sa amin sa kaniyang tolda, ni uuwi man ang sinoman sa amin sa kaniyang bahay.

9 Kundi ngayo'y ito ang bagay na aming gagawin sa Gabaa; magsisiahon kami laban sa kaniya na aming pagsasapalaran;

10 At magsisikuha kami ng sangpung lalake sa isang daan, sa lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel, at isang daan sa isang libo, at isang libo sa sangpung libo, upang ipagbaon ng pagkain ang bayan, upang kanilang gawin pagparoon nila sa Gabaa ng Benjamin ang ayon sa buong kaululang kanilang ginawa sa Israel.

11 Sa gayo'y nagpipisan ang lahat ng mga lalake ng Israel laban sa bayang yaon, na nagtibay na magkakapisang parang isang tao.

12 At nagsugo ang mga lipi ng Israel ng mga lalake sa buong lipi ng Benjamin, na sinasabi, Anong kasamaan ito na nangyari sa gitna ninyo?

13 Ngayon nga'y ibigay ninyo ang mga lalake, ang mga hamak na tao, na nasa Gabaa, upang aming patayin sila, at alisin ang kasamaan sa Israel. Nguni't hindi dininig ng mga anak ni Benjamin ang tinig ng kanilang mga kapatid na mga anak ni Israel.

14 At nagpisan ang mga anak ni Benjamin sa mga bayang patungo sa Gabaa, upang lumabas na makibaka laban sa mga anak ni Israel.

15 At ang mga anak ni Benjamin ay binilang nang araw na yaon sa mga bayan, na dalawang pu't anim na libong lalake na humahawak ng tabak, bukod pa ang mga tumatahan sa Gabaa na binilang, na pitong daang piling lalake.

16 Sa kabuoan ng bayang ito ay may pitong daang piling lalake na kaliwete: na bawa't isa'y nakapagpapahilagpos ng pagpapatama ng bato sa isang buhok, at hindi sumasala.

17 At binilang ang mga lalake sa Israel, bukod pa ang sa Benjamin, ay apat na raang libong lalake na humahawak ng tabak: lahat ng mga ito ay mga lalaking mangdidigma.

18 At bumangon ang mga anak ni Israel, at nagsiahon sa Beth-el upang sumangguni sa Dios; at kanilang sinabi, Sino ang unang aahon sa amin upang makibaka laban sa mga anak ni Benjamin? At sinabi ng Panginoon, Ang Juda ang unang aahon.

19 At nagsibangon ang mga anak ni Israel sa kinaumagahan, at humantong laban sa Gabaa.

20 At lumabas ang mga lalake ng Israel upang makibaka laban sa Benjamin; at humanay ang mga lalake ng Israel sa Gabaa, sa pakikibaka laban sa kanila.

21 At lumabas ang mga anak ni Benjamin sa Gabaa at ibinuwal sa lupa sa mga Israelita sa araw na yaon ay dalawang pu't dalawang libong lalake.

22 At ang bayan, ang mga lalake ng Israel, ay nagpakatapang, at humanay uli sa pakikibaka sa dakong kanilang hinanayan nang unang araw.

23 At nagsiahon ang mga anak ni Israel, at nagsiiyak sa harap ng Panginoon hanggang sa kinahapunan; at sila'y sumangguni sa Panginoon, na sinasabi, Lalapit ba uli ako upang makibaka laban sa mga anak ni Benjamin na aking kapatid? At sinabi ng Panginoon. Umahon ka laban sa kanila.

24 At lumapit uli ang mga anak ni Israel laban sa mga anak ni Benjamin nang ikalawang araw.

25 At lumabas ang sa Benjamin sa Gabaa laban sa kanila nang ikalawang araw, at nabuwal uli sa lupa sa mga anak ni Israel ay labing walong libong lalake; lahat ng mga ito ay humahawak ng tabak.

26 Nang magkagayo'y nagsiahon ang lahat ng mga anak ni Israel, at ang buong bayan, at nagsiparoon sa Bethel, at nagsiiyak, at nagsiupo roon sa harap ng Panginoon, at nagsipagayuno nang araw na yaon hanggang sa kinahapunan; at sila'y naghandog ng mga handog na susunugin at ng mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan sa harap ng Panginoon.

27 At itinanong ng mga anak ni Israel sa Panginoon (sapagka't ang kaban ng tipan ng Dios ay nandoon nang mga araw na yaon,

28 At si Phinees, na anak ni Eleazar, na anak ni Aaron, ay tumayo sa harap niyaon nang mga araw na yaon,) na sinasabi, Lalabas ba ako uli upang makibaka laban sa mga anak ni Benjamin na aking kapatid, o magtitigil ako? At sinabi ng Panginoon, Umahon ka; sapagka't bukas ay ibibigay ko siya sa iyong kamay.

29 At bumakay ang Israel laban sa Gabaa, sa buong palibot.

30 At nagsiahon ang mga anak ni Israel laban sa mga anak ni Benjamin nang ikatlong araw, at humanay laban sa Gabaa, gaya ng dati.

31 At ang mga anak ni Benjamin ay nagsilabas laban sa bayan, na ipinalayo sa bayan; at kanilang pinasimulang sinaktan at pinatay ang bayan gaya ng dati, sa mga lansangan, na ang isa'y umahon sa Beth-el, at ang isa'y sa Gabaa, sa bukid, na may tatlong pung lalake ng Israel.

32 At sinabi ng mga anak ni Benjamin, Sila'y nangasaktan sa harap natin, gaya ng una. Nguni't sinabi ng mga anak ni Israel, Tayo'y tumakas, at palabasin natin sila mula sa bayan hanggang sa mga lansangan.

33 At lahat ng mga lalake sa Israel ay bumangon sa kanilang dako, at nagsihanay sa Baal-tamar: at ang mga bakay ng Israel ay nagsilabas mula sa kanilang dako, sa makatuwid baga'y mula sa Maare-Gabaa.

34 At nagsidating laban sa Gabaa ang sangpung libong piling lalake sa buong Israel, at ang pagbabaka ay lumala: nguni't hindi nila naalaman na ang kasamaan ay malapit na sa kanila.

35 At sinaktan ng Panginoon ang Benjamin sa harap ng Israel: at pinatay ng mga anak ni Israel sa Benjamin nang araw na yaon ay dalawang pu't limang libo at isang daang lalake: lahat ng mga ito'y humahawak ng tabak.

36 Sa gayo'y nakita ng mga anak ni Benjamin na sila'y nasaktan: sapagka't binigyang kaluwagan ng mga lalake ng Israel ang Benjamin, sapagka't sila'y umaasa sa mga bakay na kanilang inilagay laban sa Gabaa.

37 At nangagmadali ang mga bakay at nagsidaluhong sa Gabaa, at nangagpatuloy ang mga bakay, at sinugatan ang buong bayan ng talim ng tabak.

38 Nagkaroon nga ng palatandaan ang mga anak ng Israel at ang mga bakay, na sila'y gagawa ng alapaap na usok na pauusukin mula sa bayan.

39 At nang ang mga lalake ng Israel ay nagsipihit mula sa pagbabaka, at pinasimulang sinaktan at pinatay ng Benjamin ang mga lalake ng Israel na may tatlong pung lalake: sapagka't kanilang sinabi, Walang pagsalang sila'y nasaktan sa harap natin gaya ng unang pagbabaka.

40 Nguni't nang ang alapaap ay magpasimulang umilanglang mula sa bayan, sa isang haliging usok, ang mga Benjaminita ay lumingon sa likuran, at, narito, ang apoy ng buong bayan ay napaiilanglang sa langit.

41 At nangagbalik ang mga lalake ng Israel, at ang mga lalake ng Benjamin ay nangabalisa: sapagka't kanilang nakita na ang kasamaan ay dumating sa kanila.

42 Kaya't kanilang itinalikod ang kanilang likod sa harap ng mga lalake ng Israel, na nangagsitungo sa ilang; nguni't hinabol silang mainam ng pakikibaka; at yaong nangagsilabas sa mga bayan, ay nagsilipol sa kanila sa gitna ng ilang.

43 Kanilang kinubkob ang mga Benjamita sa palibot, at kanilang hinabol, at kanilang inabutan sa pahingahang dako hanggang sa tapat ng Gabaa, sa dakong sinisikatan ng araw.

44 At nabuwal sa Benjamin, ay labing walong libong lalake; lahat ng mga ito ay mga lalaking may tapang.

45 At sila'y nagsiliko at nagsitakas sa dakong ilang sa malaking bato sa Rimmon. At hinabol nila sa mga lansangan ang limang libong lalake; at hinabol silang mainam hanggang sa Gidom, at pumatay sa kanila ng dalawang libong lalake.

46 Na ano pa't lahat na nabuwal nang araw na yaon sa Benjamin ay dalawang pu't limang libong lalake na humawak ng tabak; lahat ng mga ito ay mga lalaking may tapang.

47 Nguni't anim na raang lalake ay nagsiliko at nagsitakas sa dakong ilang sa malaking bato ng Rimmon, at nagsitahan sa malaking bato ng Rimmon na apat na buwan.

48 At binalikan ng mga lalake ng Israel ang mga anak ni Benjamin, at sinugatan nila ng talim ng tabak, ang buong bayan, at gayon din ang kawan, at yaong lahat na kanilang nasumpungan: bukod dito'y yaong lahat ng mga bayan na kanilang nasumpungan ay kanilang sinilaban.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9396

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9396. 'And he took the book of the covenant' means the Word in the letter to which the Word in heaven was joined. This is clear from the meaning of 'the book' as the Word in its entirety, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the covenant' as a joining together, dealt with in 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 6804, 8767, 8778. 'The book of the covenant' is used here to mean everything the Lord spoke from Mount Sinai, for verse 4 just above says, And Moses wrote all Jehovah's words. In a restricted sense therefore 'the book of the covenant' is used to mean the Word revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai, and in a broad sense to mean the Word in its entirety since this is the Divine Truth revealed by the Lord. And since it is through this Truth that the Lord joins Himself to a member of the Church, that Truth too is meant by 'the book of the covenant'; for 'a covenant' is a joining together.

[2] But the nature of the Lord's being joined to a member of the Church through the Word is unknown at the present day because heaven at the present day is closed. Scarcely anyone today talks to angels or spirits and therefore knows the way in which they understand the Word. But this was well known to the ancients, and especially to the most ancients; for talking to spirits and angels was common among them. The reason for this was that people in ancient and especially in most ancient times were more internal, for they thought in the spirit virtually separated from the body, whereas people today are more external and think in the body virtually separated from the spirit. So it is that heaven has seemingly forsaken mankind, for heaven's contact is with the internal man when this can be unshackled from the body, but not directly with the external man. This explains why the nature of the Lord's being joined to a person through the Word is unknown at the present day.

[3] Those whose thought is based on what the body perceives with the senses and not on what the spirit perceives with the senses cannot possibly do other than think that the meaning the Word has in heaven is like the meaning it has in the world, that is, in the letter. If it were said that the meaning the Word has in heaven is like the thought of the internal man, which is free from material ideas, that is, from worldly, bodily, and earthly ideas, this would be considered an absurdity at the present day, especially if it were said that the meaning the Word has in heaven is as different from the meaning it has in the world or in the letter as a heavenly paradise is from an earthly paradise, or as heavenly food and drink are from earthly food and drink. How great that difference is may be seen from the consideration that the heavenly paradise consists in intelligence and wisdom, heavenly food in every good of love and charity, and heavenly drink in every truth of faith rooted in that good. Is there anyone at the present day who would not be astounded to hear that when a paradise, garden, or vineyard is mentioned in the Word those in heaven do not perceive a paradise, garden, or vineyard but instead such things as are attributes of intelligence and wisdom coming from the Lord? Or that when food and drink are mentioned, for instance bread, flesh, wine, or water, those in heaven perceive instead such things as are aspects of the good of love and the truth of faith received from the Lord? Or that this perception of the Word comes about not as a result of interpretations of its statements nor by seeing them as comparisons, but that it is due to correspondences and is their actual and real perception of it? For the heavenly virtues of wisdom, intelligence, the good of love, and the truth of faith correspond in actual reality to those worldly objects. In the same way the internal man has been created to correspond to the external man, and so therefore has heaven, which resides in the internal man, to correspond to the world, which resides in the external man. The same is so with everything generally. The truth that the Word is understood and perceived in heaven according to correspondences, and that this level of meaning is the internal sense, has been shown everywhere in the explanations prior to this.

[4] Anyone who grasps what has just been stated is capable of knowing and in some manner perceiving that a person is joined by means of the Word to heaven and through heaven to the Lord, and that without the Word no such joining together would be possible. See what has been shown many times about these matters, in 2143, 7153, 7381, 8920, 9094 (end), 9212 (end), 9216 (end), 9357, and elsewhere. From all this it is now clear why Moses took the book of the covenant and read it in front of the people, and then sprinkled the blood over the people and said, Behold, the blood of the covenant. And the reason why all this was done was that in heaven 'the blood of a sacrifice' is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, which on our planet is the Word, see 9393. Since 'the covenant' means a joining together, and since Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, that is, the Word, is the means by which the joining together is accomplished, everything that belongs to Divine Truth from the Lord or belongs to the Word is called 'the covenant', such as the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written, also the judgements, statutes, and all else that is contained in the Books of Moses, and in general that is contained both in the Old Testament Word and in the New.

[5] The Tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written [were called the Covenant].

This may be seen in Moses,

Jehovah wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten words. Exodus 34:28.

In the same author,

I went up into the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which Jehovah made with you. Jehovah gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. I came down from the mountain, when the mountain was burning with fire; the two tablets of the covenant however were on my two hands. Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 15.

And in the same author,

Jehovah declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the ten words which He wrote on tablets of stone. Take care, lest you forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He made with you. Deuteronomy 4:13, 23.

Because the two tablets had been laid up in the ark, which was in the middle or inmost part of the tabernacle, the ark was called the ark of the covenant, Numbers 10:33; 14:44; Deuteronomy 10:8, 31:9, 25-26; Joshua 3:3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17; 4:7, 9, 18; 6:6, 8; 8:33; Judges 20:27; 1 Samuel 4:3-5; 2 Samuel 15:24; 1 Kings 3:15; 6:19; 8:1, 6; Jeremiah 3:16.

[6] The Books of Moses were called the Book of the Covenant

This is clear from the ones found in the temple by Hilkiah the [high] priest, about which the following things are said in the second Book of Kings,

Hilkiah the high priest found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah.

And they read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant found in the house of Jehovah. 2 Kings 22:8; 23:2.

[7] The Old Testament Word was called the Covenant

This may be seen in Isaiah,

To those holding fast to My covenant I will give in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters. Isaiah 56:4-5.

In Jeremiah,

Hear the words of this covenant. Cursed is the man who will not hear the words of this covenant which I commanded your fathers. Obey My voice, and do those things, according to all that I command you. Jeremiah 11:2-4.

In David,

All the ways of Jehovah are mercy and truth to those keeping His covenant and His testimonies. Psalms 25:10.

In the same author,

The mercy of Jehovah is from eternity to eternity on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to those keeping His covenant, and to those remembering His commandments. Psalms 103:17-18.

And in the same author,

They did not keep God's covenant and refused to walk in His law. Psalms 78:10.

Here 'God's covenant' is called God's law. 'The law' is used in a broad sense to mean the whole Word, in a narrower sense to mean the historical section of the Word, in a restricted sense the Word that was written through Moses, and in a very restricted sense the Ten Commandments, see 6752.

[8] The New Testament Word too is the Covenant

This may be seen in Jeremiah,

Behold, the days are coming in which I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant. This is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days: I will put My law in the midst of them, and will write it on their heart. Jeremiah 31:31-33.

'The house of Israel' stands for the spiritual Church, and 'the house of Judah' for the celestial Church. And in David,

I will also make Him the Firstborn, supreme over the kings of the earth; and My covenant will stand fast with Him. I will not profane 1 My covenant, and the utterance of My lips I will not alter. Psalms 89:27-28, 34.

This refers to the Lord. 'My covenant will stand fast with Him' stands for the union of the Divine Himself and the Divine Human, thus also for the Word since the Lord's Divine Human was the Word made flesh, that is, made man (homo), John 1:1-3, 14.

[9] The reason why Divine Truth or the Word is a covenant or joining together is that the Word is the Divine from the Lord, thus is the Lord Himself; and this being so, when the Word is received by a person the Lord Himself is received. From this it is evident that it is through the Word that the Lord is joined to a person; and since the Lord is joined to the person, so too is heaven joined to that person. For heaven is called heaven by virtue of the Divine Truth emanating from the Lord and therefore from the Divine. This explains why those in heaven are said to be 'in the Lord'. Regarding the truth that the Divine joins Himself to those who love the Lord and keep His Word, see John 14:23.

[10] From all this it becomes clear that 'the blood of the covenant' means the Lord joined through heaven to a person by means of the Word, as also in Zechariah,

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be cut off; on the other hand He will speak peace to the nations; His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. As for you also, through the blood of your covenant I will let out your bound ones from the pit in which there is no water. Zechariah 9:10-11.

[11] A person with no knowledge at all of the internal sense cannot see in these verses anything other than such things as are implied in their literal meaning, that is to say, that the chariot from Ephraim, horse from Jerusalem, and battle bow were going to be cut off, and in the final words that through 'the blood of the covenant' - meaning the Lord's blood - those buried in sins were going to be delivered, various ways being used to explain who exactly are meant by 'bound ones in the pit in which there is no water'. But a person who knows the internal sense of the Word sees that these verses refer to Divine Truth, and that after it has been laid waste, that is, is no longer received in belief and heart by anyone, it will be restored through God's truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Human, and that those who believe and do it will be joined by means of it to the Lord Himself. All this becomes clearer still from the inner meaning of individual words in these verses, for example from the meaning of 'chariot' as doctrine taught by the Church, 2760, 5321, 5945, 8215, and of 'Ephraim' as the Church's enlightened understanding, 5354, 6222, 6238; from the meaning of 'horse' as an understanding of the Word, 2760-2762, 3217, 5321, 6125, 6534, 8029, 8146, 8148, 2 and of 'Jerusalem' as the spiritual Church, 2117, 3654, 9166; from the meaning of 'bow' as the doctrine of truth, 2686, 2709, and of 'battle' or 'war' as conflict involving truths, 1664, 2686, 8295.

[12] From these meanings it is evident that 'cutting off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow' means God's truth laid waste so far as any understanding of it in the Church is concerned, and that 'through the blood of the covenant those bound in the pit in which there is no water were going to be let out' means a restoration effected through Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Human. The meaning of 'blood' as Divine Truth and of 'the covenant' as a joining together has been shown above; and for the meaning of 'those bound in the pit' as members of the spiritual Church who were saved by the Lord's Coming into the world, see 6854. The description 'pit where there is no water' is used because 'water' means truth, 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 5668, 7307, 8137, 8138, 8568, 9323.

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1. literally, make vile

28146, 8148 refer mainly to the meaning of chariot.

  
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