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1 Tada Josif pade na lice ocu svom, i plaka nad njim celujući ga.

2 I zapovedi Josif slugama svojim lekarima da mirisima pomažu oca njegovog; i lekari pomazaše mirisima Izrailja.

3 I navrši mu se četrdeset dana, jer toliko dana treba onim koje pomažu mirisima; i plakaše za njim Misirci sedamdeset dana.

4 A kad prođoše žalosni dani, reče Josif domašnjima Faraonovim govoreći: Ako sam našao milost pred vama, govorite Faraonu i recite:

5 Otac me je moj zakleo govoreći: Evo, ja ću skoro umreti; u grobu mom, koji iskopah u zemlji hananskoj, onde me pogrebi. Pa sada da idem da pogrebem oca svog, a posle ću opet doći.

6 A Faraon mu reče: Idi, pogrebi oca svog kako te je zakleo.

7 I otide Josif da pogrebe oca svog; i s njim pođoše sve sluge Faraonove, starešine od doma njegovog i sve starešine od zemlje misirske.

8 I sav dom Josifov i braća njegova i dom oca njegovog; samo decu svoju i ovce svoje i goveda svoja ostaviše u zemlji gesemskoj.

9 A pođe s njim kola i konjanika toliko da beše vojska vrlo velika.

10 A kad dođoše na gumno Atadovo, koje je s one strane Jordana, plakaše onde mnogo i vrlo tužno; i Josif učini žalost za ocem svojim za sedam dana.

11 A ljudi iz one zemlje, Hananejci, kad videše plač na gumnu Atadovom, rekoše: U velikoj su žalosti Misirci. Zato prozvaše ono mesto s one strane Jordana Žalost misirska.

12 I učiniše mu sinovi njegovi kako im beše zapovedio.

13 Odnesoše ga sinovi njegovi u zemlju hanansku, i pogreboše ga u pećini na njivi makpelskoj, koju kupi Avram da ima svoj grob u Efrona Hetejina prema Mamriji.

14 I pogrebavši oca svog vrati se Josif u Misir i braća njegova i svi koji behu izašli s njim da pogrebu oca njegovog.

15 A braća Josifova videći gde im otac umre, rekoše: Može biti da se Josif srdi na nas, pa će nam se osvetiti za sve zlo što mu učinismo.

16 Zato poručiše Josifu: Otac tvoj zapovedi na samrti i reče:

17 Ovako kažite Josifu: Molim te, oprosti braći svojoj bezakonje i greh, što ti pakostiše; sada oprosti bezakonje slugama Boga oca tvog. A Josif zaplaka se kad mu to rekoše.

18 Posle dođoše i braća njegova i padoše pred njim i rekoše: Evo smo sluge tvoje.

19 A Josif im reče: Ne bojte se, zar sam ja mesto Boga?

20 Vi ste mislili zlo po me, ali je Bog mislio dobro, da učini šta se danas zbiva, da se sačuva u životu mnogi narod.

21 Ne bojte se dakle; ja ću hraniti vas i vašu decu. Tako ih uteši i oslobodi.

22 Tako življaše Josif u Misiru s domom oca svog, i požive sto i deset godina.

23 I vide Josif sinove Jefremove do trećeg kolena; i sinovi Mahira sina Manasijinog rodiše se i odrastoše na kolenima Josifovim.

24 I reče Josif braći svojoj: Ja ću skoro umreti; ali će vas zacelo Bog pohoditi, i izvešće vas iz ove zemlje u zemlju za koju se zakleo Avramu, Isaku i Jakovu.

25 I zakle Josif sinove Izrailjeve i reče: Zaista će vas pohoditi Bog; a vi onda odnesite kosti moje odavde.

26 Potom umre Josif, a beše mu sto i deset godina; i pomazavši ga mirisima metnuše ga u kovčeg u Misiru.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #378

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378. "And have washed their robes." This symbolically means, who have cleansed their religious beliefs of the evils accompanying falsity.

Washing in the Word symbolizes a cleansing oneself of evils and falsities, and robes symbolize general truths (no. 328). General truths are concepts of goodness and truth drawn from the literal sense of the Word, in accordance with which these people have lived, so that they are religious beliefs. And because every matter of religion has relation to goodness and truth, therefore robes are mentioned twice - "have washed their robes" and "have made their robes white."

Robes or religious beliefs are cleansed only in the case of people who fight against evils and so reject falsities, who thus undergo temptations or trials, which are symbolically meant by "the great tribulation" (no. 377).

That to be washed means, symbolically, to be cleansed of evils and falsities, and so to be reformed and regenerated, can be seen from the following passages:

When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and rinsed away the blood of Jerusalem... by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of purification... (Isaiah 4:4)

Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from My eyes. Cease to do evil... (Isaiah 1:16)

Wash your heart of its wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved. (Jeremiah 4:14)

Wash me clean of my iniquity..., and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psalms 51:2, 7)

...if you wash yourself with soda, and use much soap, your iniquity will still retain its spots. (Jeremiah 2:22)

If I wash myself with melted snow, and cleanse my hands with soap..., yet... my own clothes will abhor me. (Job 9:30-31)

Who... has washed his clothing in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes. (Genesis 49:11)

This is said of the celestial church, from which come people prompted by love toward the Lord, and in the highest sense it is said of the Lord Himself. Wine and the blood of grapes are spiritual and celestial Divine truth.

I washed you with water, and rinsed off your blood from upon you... (Ezekiel 16:9)

This is said of Jerusalem. Water is truth, and blood is an adulteration of truth.

[2] It can be seen from this what washing in the Israelite Church represented and thus symbolized. As, for example, that Aaron was to wash himself before he put on the vestments of his ministry (Leviticus 16:4, 24), and before he approached the altar to minister (Exodus 30:18-21; 40:30-31).

[3] It can be seen from this that among the children of Israel washing represented a spiritual washing, which is a cleansing from evils and falsities, and thus reformation and regeneration.

It is apparent also from the aforesaid what baptism by John in the Jordan symbolized (Matthew 3, Mark 1:4-13), and what the symbolic meaning of the following words by John regarding the Lord is, that He baptized with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Luke 3:16, John 1:33), and regarding himself, that he baptized with water (John 1:26). The meaning is that the Lord washes or purifies a person by Divine truth and Divine goodness, and that John by his baptism represented this. For the Holy Spirit is Divine truth, the fire is Divine goodness, and the water is representative of these. For water symbolizes the truth in the Word, which becomes goodness by one's living in accordance with it (no. 50).

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Exodus 30:18-21

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18 "You shall also make a basin of brass, and its base of brass, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

19 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.

20 When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations."