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1 Kaj Bileam diris al Balak:Konstruu al mi cxi tie sep altarojn, kaj pretigu al mi cxi tie sep bovidojn kaj sep virsxafojn.

2 Kaj Balak faris, kiel diris Bileam; kaj Balak kaj Bileam oferis po unu bovido kaj po unu virsxafo sur cxiu altaro.

3 Kaj Bileam diris al Balak:Staru cxe via brulofero, kaj mi iros; eble la Eternulo venos al mi renkonte, kaj kion Li montros al mi, tion mi diros al vi. Kaj li iris sur la altajxon.

4 Kaj Dio renkontigxis al Bileam, kaj cxi tiu diris al Li:La sep altarojn mi pretigis, kaj mi oferis po unu bovido kaj po unu virsxafo sur cxiu altaro.

5 Kaj la Eternulo enmetis vorton en la busxon de Bileam, kaj diris:Reiru al Balak kaj parolu tiel.

6 Kaj li revenis al tiu, kaj jen tiu staras cxe sia brulofero, li kaj cxiuj cxefoj de Moab.

7 Kaj li komencis sian inspiritajxon, kaj diris: El Aram venigis min Balak, Regxo de Moab, el la montoj orientaj: Venu, malbenu al mi Jakobon, Kaj venu, malbondiru kontraux Izrael.

8 Kiel mi tiun malbenos, kiun ne malbenas Dio? Kiel mi tiun malbondiros, kiun ne malbondiras la Eternulo?

9 De la supro de rokoj mi vidas lin, Kaj de altajxoj mi rigardas lin; Jen la popolo logxas aparte Kaj ne estas kalkulata inter la nacioj.

10 Kiu kalkulis la polvon de Jakob Kaj la nombron de kvarono de Izrael? Mortu mia animo per la morto de justuloj, Kaj mia fino estu simila al ilia!

11 Tiam Balak diris al Bileam:Kion vi faris al mi? por malbeni miajn malamikojn mi prenis vin, kaj jen vi ilin benas.

12 Kaj li respondis kaj diris:CXu ne tion, kion la Eternulo metas en mian busxon, mi devas precize diri?

13 Kaj Balak diris al li:Venu do kun mi al alia loko, de kiu vi ilin vidos; nur ilian parton vi vidos, la tutan vi ilin ne vidos; kaj malbenu ilin al mi de tie.

14 Kaj li prenis lin sur la kampon de cxirkauxrigardantoj, sur la supron de Pisga, kaj li konstruis sep altarojn kaj oferis po unu bovido kaj unu virsxafo sur cxiu altaro.

15 Kaj li diris al Balak:Staru cxi tie cxe via brulofero, kaj mi iros renkonte tien.

16 Kaj la Eternulo renkontigxis al Bileam kaj metis vorton en lian busxon, kaj diris:Reiru al Balak kaj parolu tiel.

17 Kaj li venis al li, kaj jen li staras cxe sia brulofero, kaj kun li la cxefoj de Moab. Kaj Balak diris al li:Kion parolis la Eternulo?

18 Kaj li komencis sian inspiritajxon, kaj diris: Levigxu, Balak, kaj auxskultu; Atentu min, filo de Cipor.

19 Dio ne estas homo, ke Li mensogus, Kaj ne homido, ke Li pentus. CXu Li dirus kaj ne farus, Parolus kaj ne plenumus?

20 Jen beno estas komisiita al mi; Li benas, kaj mi ne povas tion sxangxi.

21 Li ne vidis pekon cxe Jakob, Kaj Li ne rimarkis malpiecon cxe Izrael; La Eternulo, lia Dio, estas kun li, Kaj regxa aklamado estas cxe li.

22 Dio, kiu elkondukis ilin el Egiptujo, Estas por ili kiel la forto de bubalo.

23 CXar ne ekzistas sorcxado en Jakob, Nek auxgurado en Izrael; Siatempe estas dirate al Jakob kaj al Izrael, kion faras Dio.

24 Jen la popolo starigxas kiel leonino Kaj levigxas kiel leono; GXi ne kusxigxos, antaux ol gxi mangxos rabakiron Kaj antaux ol gxi trinkos sangon de mortigitoj.

25 Kaj Balak diris al Bileam:Nek per malbeno malbenu ilin, nek per beno benu ilin.

26 Sed Bileam respondis kaj diris al Balak:CXu mi ne diris al vi, ke cxion, kion diros la Eternulo, tion mi faros?

27 Kaj Balak diris al Bileam:Venu, mi prenos vin sur alian lokon; eble placxos al Dio, kaj vi malbenos ilin al mi de tie.

28 Kaj Balak prenis Bileamon sur la supron de Peor, kiu estas turnita al la dezerto.

29 Kaj Bileam diris al Balak:Konstruu al mi cxi tie sep altarojn, kaj pretigu al mi cxi tie sep bovidojn kaj sep virsxafojn.

30 Kaj Balak faris, kiel diris Bileam, kaj oferis po unu bovido kaj po unu virsxafo sur cxiu altaro.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#6442

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6442. 'He will seize in the morning, he will devour the spoil' means that the deliverance takes place when the Lord is present. This is clear from the meaning of 'the morning' in the highest sense as the Lord, dealt with in 2405, 2780 - therefore 'he will seize in the morning' means that the rescue and deliverance of the good takes place when the Lord is present; and from the meaning of 'devouring the spoil' as taking to Himself those He rescued and delivered. For the meaning of 'devouring' as taking and joining to oneself, see 3168, 3513 (end), 3596, 5643; and as for the meaning of 'the spoil' as those who have been rescued and delivered, this is self-evident. Because the Lord is spoken of in the Word as One who rescues and delivers the good, the expressions to seize, prey, spoil, and plunder are also used in reference to Him. This is clear from what was stated above in verse 9 about Judah, 'A lion's cub is Judah; from the plunder you have gone up, my son', meaning that from the Lord through the celestial comes deliverance from hell, see 6368. It is also clear from other places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah's roaring is like that of a lion, He roars like young lions, and growls, and lays hold of the plunder so that no one rescues it. Isaiah 5:29.

In the same prophet,

As a lion roars, and a young lion over his prey, so Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion. Isaiah 31:4.

In Jeremiah,

I will rescue you on that day, I will surely rescue you; but let your life 1 be as spoil to you, for the reason that you have put your trust in Me. Jeremiah 39:17-18.

In Zephaniah,

Wait for Me, said Jehovah, until the day I rise up to the plunder. Zephaniah 3:8.

In Isaiah,

I will divide for Him among many, so that He may divide the spoil with the strong. Isaiah 53:12.

The whole chapter in which this verse appears refers to the Lord.

[2] The meaning of 'devouring the prey (or spoil)' as taking to oneself good things that have been seized by the evil is clear in Balaam's prophetic utterance in Moses,

See, a people will rise up like an old lion, and like a young lion will lift itself up. He will not rest until he has devoured the prey. Numbers 23:24.

From all these quotations it is evident that 'prey', 'spoil', and 'plunder mean the rescue and deliverance of the good by the Lord. The truth that 'Benjamin' represents is said to be what rescues and delivers, because power is an attribute of truth, 3091, 4931, though it derives such power from good, 6344, 6423.

脚注:

1. literally, soul

  
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Arcana Coelestia#1458

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1458. 'Towards the south' means into goods and truths, thus into a state that is bright as regards interior things. This is clear from the meaning of 'the south'. That 'the south' means a state that is bright arises from the fact that the four quarters, as with periods of time, do not actually exist in the next life, only the states meant by the four quarters and periods of time. The successive states of ideas in the understanding are like the states that belong to the times of the day and to the seasons of the year, and also to those of the four quarters. The successive states of a day are evening, night, morning, and midday; the states of the year are autumn, winter, spring, and summer; and the states of the four quarters are those of the sun in relation to west, north, east, and south. Similar to these are the successive states of ideas in the understanding. And what is remarkable, in heaven those whose state is one of wisdom and intelligence are in light. The intensity of that light is in exact proportion to their state, with those in the greatest light whose state is one of highest wisdom and intelligence; but the wisdom there is that which goes with love and charity, and the intelligence that which goes with faith in the Lord. That there is light in the next life to which the light of the world scarcely stands comparison is to me evident from much experience, and this will in the Lord's Divine mercy be presented later on. And because there exists in heaven such a correspondence between light and things of the understanding, nothing else is meant in the internal sense here and elsewhere in the Word by 'the south'. Here 'the south' means intelligence acquired through cognitions. Cognitions are celestial and spiritual truths, which are just so many radiations of light in heaven and which present themselves visibly by means of the light, as has been stated. Because the Lord was now to be endowed with cognitions so that He might become the Light itself of heaven as regards His Human Essence as well, it is here said that 'he travelled, going on and travelling, towards the south'.

[2] That 'the south' means those things becomes clear from similar examples in the Word, as 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. Isaiah 43:6.

'The north' stands for those without knowledge, 'the south' for those who possess cognitions, 'sons' stands for truths, and 'daughters' for goods. In the same prophet,

If you bring food out of store for the hungry 1 and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your thick darkness will be as the noonday. 2 Isaiah 58:10.

'Bringing food out of store for the hungry and satisfying the afflicted soul' stands for good deeds of charity in general. 'Your light will rise in the darkness' stands for the fact that truth has made them intelligent, and 'your thick darkness will be as the noonday' 2 that good has made them wise. 'The south' means good by virtue of its warmth, and truth by virtue of its light.

[3] In Ezekiel,

In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain, on which there was so to speak the structure of a city on the south. Ezekiel 40:2.

This refers to the new Jerusalem or the Lord's kingdom, which because it is bathed in the light of wisdom and intelligence is 'on the south'. In David,

Jehovah will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgement as the noonday. 2 Psalms 37:6.

In the same author,

You will not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the arrow that flies by day, of the pestilence that walks in thick darkness, of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. 2 Psalms 91:5-6

'Not being afraid of the destruction that lays waste at noonday' 2 stands for not fearing the condemnation which comes upon those who possess cognitions but pervert them. In Ezekiel,

Son of man, set your face 3 towards the south and drop [your words] to the south and prophesy towards the forest of the field in the south; and you shall say to the forest of the south, All faces in it from south to north will be scorched in it. Ezekiel 20:46-47

'The forest of the south' stands for those who possess the light of truths but extinguish it, and so stands for those within the Church who are such as these.

[4] In Daniel,

Out of one of them there came forth a little horn, and it grew much towards the south, and towards the east, and towards the glorious [land]. And it grew even towards the host of heaven. Daniel 8:9-10.

This stands for people who assail goods and truths. In Jeremiah,

Give glory to Jehovah your God before He causes darkness and before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and you look for light and He turns it into the shadow of death and places it in thick darkness. The cities of the south will be shut up, with none opening them. Jeremiah 13:16, 19.

'Cities of the south' stands for cognitions of truth and good. In Obadiah,

Those carried away from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will inherit the cities of the south. Obad. verse 20.

Here similarly 'the cities of the south' stands for truths and goods, and so for the truths and goods themselves to which they are heirs. The subject here is the Lord's kingdom.

[5] As regards 'Abram travelled, going on and travelling, towards the south' meaning, as has been stated, the Lord's advance into goods and truths, thus into a state that is bright as regards interiors, cognitions are what open up the path to seeing celestial and spiritual things. By means of cognitions a path is opened up from the internal man to the external man in which recipient vessels reside, as many as there are cognitions of good and truth. It is into the latter as their own particular vessels that celestial things flow.

脚注:

1. literally, bring out for the hungry your soul

2. literally, the south

3. literally, faces

  
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