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1 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

2 Ipanghiganti mo ang mga anak ni Israel sa mga Madianita; pagkatapos nito'y malalakip ka sa iyong bayan.

3 At sinalita ni Moises sa bayan, na sinasabi, Magsipagsakbat kayong mga lalake na humanda sa pakikibaka, upang magsiyaon sila laban sa Madian, upang isagawa ang panghihiganti ng Panginoon sa Madian.

4 Sa bawa't lipi ay isang libo, sa lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel, ang susuguin ninyo sa pakikibaka.

5 Sa gayo'y sinugo sa libolibong Israelita, ang isang libo sa bawa't lipi, na labing dalawang libo ngang nasasakbatan sa pakikibaka.

6 At sinugo sila ni Moises, sa pakikibaka, isang libo sa bawa't lipi, sila at si Phinees na anak ni Eleazar na saserdote, sa pakikibaka, na may mga kasangkapan ng santuario, at may mga pakakak na panghudyat sa kaniyang kamay.

7 At binaka nila ang Madian, gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises; at kanilang pinatay ang bawa't lalake.

8 At pinatay nila ang mga hari sa Madian na kasama ng mga napatay: si Evi at si Recem, at si Zur, at si Hur, at si Reba, limang hari sa Madian: si Balaam man na anak ni Beor ay kanilang pinatay ng tabak.

9 At binihag ng mga anak ng Israel ang mga babae sa Madian at ang kanilang mga bata; at ang lahat nilang mga hayop at ang lahat nilang mga kawan, at ang lahat nilang pag-aari ay kanilang sinamsam.

10 At ang lahat nilang mga bayan sa mga dakong kanilang tinatahanan at ang lahat nilang mga tolda ay kanilang sinunog sa apoy.

11 At kanilang dinala ang lahat ng kanilang nakuha, at ang lahat ng kanilang nasamsam, maging sa tao at maging sa hayop.

12 At kanilang dinala ang mga bihag, ang nasamsam at ang nahuli, kay Moises, at kay Eleazar na saserdote, at sa kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel, na nasa kampamento sa mga kapatagan ng Moab, na nasa tabi ng Jordan sa Jerico.

13 At si Moises at si Eleazar na saserdote, at ang lahat ng mga prinsipe sa kapisanan, ay nagsilabas na sinalubong sila sa labas ng kampamento.

14 At si Moises ay nag-init sa mga pinuno ng hukbo, sa mga kapitan ng libolibo at sa mga kapitan ng daandaan, na nagsipanggaling sa pakikipagbaka.

15 At sinabi ni Moises sa kanila, Iniligtas ba ninyo na buhay ang lahat ng mga babae?

16 Narito, sila'y naging sanhi, sa payo ni Balaam, upang ang mga anak ni Israel ay sumalangsang laban sa Panginoon sa bagay ng Peor, at kaya't nagkasalot sa kapisanan ng Panginoon.

17 Ngayon nga ay patayin ninyo ang lahat ng mga batang lalake at patayin ninyo ang bawa't babae na nasipingan ng lalake.

18 Nguni't ang lahat ng batang babae na hindi pa nasisipingan ng lalake ay buhayin ninyo upang mapasa inyo.

19 At matira kayo sa labas ng kampamento na pitong araw: sinoman sa inyo na nakamatay ng sinomang tao, at sinoman sa inyo na nakahipo ng anomang pinatay, ay maglilinis kayo sa ikatlong araw at sa ikapitong araw, kayo at ang inyong mga bihag.

20 At tungkol sa bawa't kasuutan, at sa lahat ng yari sa balat, at sa lahat ng yari sa balahibo ng kambing, at sa lahat ng bagay na yari sa kahoy, ay pakalinisin ninyo.

21 At sinabi ni Eleazar na saserdote sa mga lalake ng hukbo na nagsiparoon sa pakikipagbaka, Ito ang palatuntunan ng kautusan na iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises:

22 Gayon ma'y ang ginto at ang pilak, ang tanso, ang bakal, ang lata, at ang tingga,

23 Bawa't bagay na hindi naaano sa apoy, ay inyong pararaanin sa apoy, at magiging malinis; gayon ma'y inyong lilinisin ng tubig para sa karumihan: at ang lahat na hindi nakatatagal sa apoy, ay inyong pararaanin sa tubig.

24 At inyong lalabhan ang inyong mga damit sa ikapitong araw, at kayo'y magiging malinis, at pagkatapos nito'y makapapasok kayo sa kampamento.

25 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

26 Bilangin mo ang samsam na nakuha sa tao at gayon din sa hayop, ninyo at ni Eleazar na saserdote, at ng mga pangulo ng mga sangbahayan ng mga magulang ng kapisanan:

27 At hatiin mo ang samsam ng dalawa; sa mga lalaking mangbabaka na nagsilabas sa pakikipagbaka, at sa buong kapisanan:

28 Bigyan mo ng buwis ang Panginoon sa mga lalaking mangdidigma na nagsilabas sa pakikipagbaka: isang tao sa bawa't limang daan, sa mga tao at gayon din sa mga hayop, at sa mga asno at sa mga kawan:

29 Sa kalahating nauukol sa kanila, ay kukunin mo at ibibigay mo kay Eleazar na saserdote na pinakahandog na itinaas sa Panginoon.

30 At sa kalahati na nauukol sa mga anak ni Israel, ay kunin mo ang isang nakuha sa bawa't limang pu, sa mga tao, sa mga bata, sa mga asno, at sa mga kawan, sa lahat ng hayop at ibigay mo sa mga Levita, na namamahala sa tabernakulo ng Panginoon.

31 At ginawa ni Moises at ni Eleazar na saserdote, gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises.

32 Ang nabihag nga bukod pa sa nasamsam ng mga taong nakipagbaka, ay anim na raan at pitong pu't limang libong tupa,

33 At pitong pu't dalawang libong baka,

34 Anim na pu't isang libong asno,

35 At tatlong pu't dalawang libong tao sa lahat, sa mga babae na hindi pa nasisipingan ng lalake.

36 At ang kalahati, na siyang bahagi niyaong mga nagsilabas sa pakikipagbaka ay umaabot sa bilang na tatlong daan at tatlong pu't pitong libo at limang daang tupa:

37 At ang buwis na tupa sa Panginoon, ay anim na raan at pitong pu't lima.

38 At ang mga baka ay tatlong pu't anim na libo; na ang buwis sa Panginoon ay pitong pu't dalawa.

39 At ang mga asno ay tatlong pung libo at limang daan; na ang buwis sa Panginoon ay anim na pu't isa.

40 At ang mga asno ay labing anim na libo; na ang buwis sa Panginoon ay tatlong pu't dalawang tao.

41 At ibinigay ni Moises ang buwis, na ukol sa handog na itinaas sa Panginoon, kay Eleazar na saserdote, gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises.

42 At ang kalahati ay sa mga anak ni Israel, na inihiwalay ni Moises sa mga taong nakipagbaka

43 (Siya ngang kalahati na nauukol sa kapisanan ay tatlong daan at tatlong pu't pitong libo at limang daang tupa,

44 At tatlong pu't anim na libong baka,

45 At tatlong pung libo't limang daang asno,

46 At labing anim na libong tao),

47 At sa kalahati nga na nauukol sa mga anak ni Israel, ay kinuha ni Moises ang isa sa bawa't limang pu, sa tao at gayon din sa hayop, at ibinigay sa mga Levita, na namamahala sa tabernakulo ng Panginoon; gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises.

48 At ang mga pinuno na namamahala sa libolibo ng hukbo, ang mga kapitan ng libolibo, at ang mga kapitan ng daandaan ay nangagsilapit kay Moises:

49 At sinabi nila kay Moises, Binilang ng iyong mga lingkod ang mga lalaking mangdidigma na nasa aming kapangyarihan, at walang kulang kahit isa man sa amin.

50 At aming dinala na pinakaalay sa Panginoon, ang nakuha ng bawa't lalake, na mga hiyas na ginto, mga tanikala sa bukongbukong, at mga pulsera, mga singsing na pinaka tanda, mga hikaw, at mga kuwintas sa leeg upang itubos sa aming mga kaluluwa sa harap ng Panginoon.

51 At kinuha ni Moises at ni Eleazar na saserdote ang ginto nila, lahat ng hiyas na dalisay.

52 At ang buong gintong handog na itinaas, na kanilang inihandog sa Panginoon, ng mga kapitan ng libolibo, at ng mga kapitan ng daandaan, ay labing anim na libo at pitong daan at limang pung siklo.

53 (Sapagka't ang mga lalake na nakipagbaka ay naguwi ng samsam, na bawa't isa ay may sariling dala.)

54 At kinuha ni Moises at ni Eleazar na saserdote ang ginto ng mga kapitan ng libolibo at ng daandaan, at isinilid sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan, pinakaalaala sa mga anak ni Israel sa harap ng Panginoon.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 243

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243. And white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, signifies genuine truths and intelligence therefrom. This is evident from the signification of "white garments," as being genuine truths, for garments signify truths (See above, n. 195), and "white" signifies what is genuine, and is predicated of truths (See above, n. 196); also from the signification of "to clothe," as being to acquire intelligence for oneself therefrom, for by means of genuine truths all intelligence is acquired; for the human understanding is formed to receive truths, therefore it becomes such as the truths are out of which it is formed. It is supposed that understanding is also the ability to reason from thought and to speak from falsities, and to confirm falsities by many arguments; but this is not understanding, it is only a faculty granted to man with the memory to which it is adjoined, and of which it is an activity. Yet by means of this faculty the understanding is born and formed, so far as man receives truths from affection; but genuine truths it is not possible for any man to receive from affection except only from the Lord, since they are from Him; consequently, to receive understanding, or to become intelligent, is not given to any man, except only from the Lord, but it is given to everyone who applies himself to receive (according to what was said above, n. 239. This, therefore, is signified by "I counsel thee to buy of Me white garments, that thou mayest be clothed."

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1551

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1551. That 'silver' means truths is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth. The most ancient people compared the goods and truths present in man to metals. Innermost or celestial goods which flow from love to the Lord they compared to gold, truths deriving from these to silver. Goods of a lower or natural kind however they compared to bronze, and truths of a lower kind to iron. Nor did they just compare them; they also called them such. This was the origin of periods of time being likened to those same metals and being called the golden, silver, bronze, and iron ages, for these followed in that order one after another. The golden age was the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial man. The silver age was the time of the Ancient Church, which was spiritual man. The bronze age was the time of the Church that followed, and the iron age came after that. Similar things were also meant by the statue which Nebuchadnezzar saw in a dream, whose head was of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, and shins of iron, Daniel 2:32-33. That periods of the Church were to follow one another in that order, and actually did so, is clear in that very chapter of the same prophet.

[2] That 'silver' in the internal sense of the Word wherever it is mentioned means truth, or in the contrary sense falsity, is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment, and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:17.

Here it is evident what each metal means. The subject is the Lord's Coming, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. 'Instead of bronze, gold' is celestial good in place of natural good; 'instead of iron, silver' is spiritual truth in place of natural truth; 'instead of wood, bronze' is natural good in place of bodily good; 'instead of stone, iron' is natural truth in place of truth acquired through the senses. In the same prophet,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water, and he who has no money, 1 come, buy and eat! Isaiah 55:1.

'He who has no money' 1 is the person who does not know the truth but who nevertheless possesses the good that stems from charity, as is the case with many people inside the Church, and with gentiles outside it.

[3] In the same prophet,

The islands will wait for Me, the ships of Tarshish at their head, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of Jehovah your God, and to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:9.

This refers specifically to a new Church, or a Church among gentiles, and in general to the Lord's kingdom. 'Ships from Tarshish' stands for cognitions, 'silver' for truths, and 'gold' for goods, which are those things they 'will bring to the name of Jehovah'. In Ezekiel,

For your adornment you took vessels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourselves figures of the male. Ezekiel 16:17.

Here 'gold' stands for cognitions of celestial things, 'silver' of spiritual things. In the same prophet,

You were adorned with gold and silver, and your raiment was fine linen and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:13.

This refers to Jerusalem, by which the Lord's Church is meant, whose adornment is being described in this manner. In the same prophet,

Behold, you who are wise, there is no secret they have hidden from you; by your wisdom and by your intelligence you have acquired riches for yourself, and you have acquired gold and silver in your treasuries. Ezekiel 28:3-4.

Here, in what is said in reference to Tyre, 'gold' is plainly identified with the riches of wisdom, and 'silver' with the riches of intelligence.

[4] In Joel,

You have taken My silver and My gold, and My good and desirable treasures you have carried into your temples. Joel 3:5.

This refers to Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia, which mean cognitions, and these are 'the silver and the gold they took into their temples'. In Haggai,

The elect of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory. Mine is the silver, and Mine is the gold. The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former. Haggai 2:7-9.

This refers to the Lord's Church to which 'gold and silver' have reference. In Malachi,

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi. Malachi 3:3.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. In David,

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver refined in an earthen crucible, poured seven times. Psalms 12:6.

'Silver purified seven times' stands for Divine truth. At the time of their exodus out of Egypt the children of Israel were commanded that every woman should ask of her neighbour, and of her who sojourned in her house, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, and that they should put them on their sons and on their daughters, and so despoil the Egyptians, Exodus 3:22; 11:2-3; 12:35-36. Anyone may see from this that the children of Israel would never have been ordered to steal and despoil the Egyptians of those possessions in that way if these did not represent some arcana. But what those arcana are may become clear from the meaning of 'silver and gold, garments, and Egypt', and from the fact that what these possessions represented is similar to the words here 'rich in the silver and gold from Egypt', used in reference to Abram.

[5] Just as 'silver' means truth so in a contrary sense it means falsity, for people under the influence of falsity imagine falsity to be the truth, as is also clear in the Prophets. In Moses,

You shall not covet the silver and the gold of the nations, nor take it for yourself, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God. You shall utterly detest it. Deuteronomy 7:25-26.

'The gold of the nations' stands for evils, and 'their silver' for falsities. In the same author,

You shall not make gods of silver to be with Me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. Exodus 20:23.

In the internal sense these words mean nothing other than falsities and evil desires, falsities being meant by 'gods of silver', and evil desires by 'gods of gold'. In Isaiah,

On that day everyone will spurn his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you - a sin. Isaiah 31:7.

'Idols of silver and idols of gold' stands for similar things that are false and evil 'Which your hands have made' stands for what is a product of the proprium. In Jeremiah,

They are foolish and stupid; that wood is a way of learning vanities! Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the smith and of the hands of the moulder. Their clothing is violet and purple These are all the work of the wise. Jeremiah 10:8-9.

Here 'silver' and 'gold' quite clearly stand for similar things that are false and evil.

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