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1 Народ стал роптать вслух ГосподаГосподь услышал, и воспламенился гнев Его, и возгорелся у них огоньГосподень, и начал истреблять край стана.

2 И возопил народ к Моисею; и помолился Моисей Господу, и утих огонь.

3 И нарекли имя месту сему: Тавера, потому что возгорелся у них огонь Господень.

4 Пришельцы между ними стали обнаруживать прихоти; а с ними и сыныИзраилевы сидели и плакали и говорили: кто накормит нас мясом?

5 Мы помним рыбу, которую в Египте мы ели даром, огурцы и дыни, и лук, и репчатый лук и чеснок;

6 а ныне душа наша изнывает; ничего нет, только манна в глазах наших.

7 Манна же была подобна кориандровому семени, видом, как бдолах;

8 народ ходил и собирал ее, и молол в жерновах или толок в ступе, и варил в котле, и делал из нее лепешки; вкусже ее подобен был вкусу лепешек с елеем.

9 И когда роса сходила на стан ночью, тогда сходила на него и манна.

10 Моисей слышал, что народ плачет в семействах своих, каждый у дверей шатра своего; и сильно воспламенился гнев Господень, и прискорбно было для Моисея.

11 И сказал Моисей Господу: для чего Ты мучишь раба Твоего? и почему я не нашел милости пред очами Твоими, что Ты возложил на меня бремя всего народа сего?

12 разве я носил во чреве весь народ сей, и разве я родил его, что Ты говоришь мне: неси его на руках твоих, как нянька носитребенка, в землю, которую Ты с клятвою обещал отцам его?

13 откуда мне взять мяса, чтобы дать всему народу сему? ибо они плачут предо мноюи говорят: дай нам есть мяса.

14 Я один не могу нести всего народа сего, потому что он тяжел для меня;

15 когда Ты так поступаешь со мною, то лучше умертви меня, если я нашел милостьпред очами Твоими, чтобы мне не видеть бедствия моего.

16 И сказал Господь Моисею: собери Мне семьдесят мужей из старейшин Израилевых, которых ты знаешь, что они старейшины и надзиратели его, и возьми их к скинии собрания, чтобы они стали там с тобою;

17 Я сойду, и буду говорить там с тобою, и возьму от Духа, Который на тебе, и возложу на них, чтобы они несли с тобою бремя народа, а не один тыносил.

18 Народу же скажи: очиститесь к завтрашнему дню, ибудете есть мясо; так как вы плакали вслух Господа и говорили: кто накормит нас мясом? хорошо нам было в Египте, – то и даст вам Господь мясо, и будете есть.

19 не один день будете есть, не два дня, не пять дней, не десять дней и не двадцать дней,

20 но целый месяц, пока не пойдет оно из ноздрей ваших и не сделается для вас отвратительным, за то, что вы презрели Господа, Который среди вас, и плакали пред Ним, говоря: для чего было нам выходить из Египта?

21 И сказал Моисей: шестьсот тысяч пеших в народе сем, среди которого я нахожусь ; а Ты говоришь: Я дам им мясо, и будут есть целый месяц!

22 заколоть ли всех овец и волов, чтобы им было довольно? или вся рыба морская соберется, чтобы удовлетворить их?

23 И сказал Господь Моисею: разве рука Господня коротка? ныне тыувидишь, сбудется ли слово Мое тебе, или нет?

24 Моисей вышел и сказал народу слова Господни, и собрал семьдесят мужей из старейшин народа и поставил их около скинии.

25 И сошел Господь в облаке, и говорил с ним, и взял от Духа, Который на нем, и дал семидесяти мужам старейшинам. И когда почил на них Дух, они стали пророчествовать, но потом перестали.

26 Двое из мужей оставались в стане, одному имя Елдад, а другому имя Модад; но и на них почил Дух, и они пророчествовали в стане.

27 И прибежал отрок и донес Моисею, и сказал: Елдад и Модад пророчествуют в стане.

28 В ответ на это Иисус, сын Навин, служитель Моисея, один из избранных его, сказал: господин мой Моисей! запрети им.

29 Но Моисей сказал ему: не ревнуешь ли ты за меня? о, если бы все в народе Господнем были пророками, когда бы Господь послал Духа Своего на них!

30 И возвратился Моисей в стан, он и старейшины Израилевы.

31 И поднялся ветер от Господа, и принес от моря перепелов, и набросал их около стана, на путь дня по одну сторону и на путь дня по другую сторону около стана, на два почти локтя от земли.

32 И встал народ, и весь тот день, и всю ночь, и весь следующий день собирали перепелов; и кто мало собирал, тот собрал десять хомеров; и разложили их для себя вокруг стана.

33 Мясо еще было в зубах их и не было еще съедено, какгнев Господень возгорелся на народ, и поразил Господь народ весьма великою язвою.

34 И нарекли имя месту сему: Киброт-Гаттаава, ибо там похоронили прихотливый народ.

35 От Киброт-Гаттаавы двинулся народ в Асироф, и остановился в Асирофе.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#5215

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5215. 'And scorched by an east wind' means full of evil desires. This is clear from the meaning of 'being scorched by an east wind' as being consumed by the fire of evil desires. For an east wind' and the east' in the genuine sense mean love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour, lot, 1250, 3249, 3708, 3762, and therefore in the contrary sense self-love and love of the world, and so cravings and evil desires since these spring from those loves. The word 'fire' is used to refer to such desires for the reason dealt with in 5071, and therefore 'being scorched' is used also.

[2] There are two sources of heat, as there are also two sources of light, the one source of heat being the sun of this world, the other source of heat being the sun of heaven, which is the Lord. It is a well known fact that the sun of this world pours out heat into its own world and onto everything there, but it is a less well known fact that the sun of heaven pours out heat into the whole of heaven. Yet this too may become an equally well known fact if one reflects merely on the heat which exists intrinsically in the human being but which has nothing in common with the heat of the world, that is, if one reflects on what is called vital heat. From this one could know that this heat is of a different nature from the world's heat. That is to say, the former is a living heat but the latter is not at all a living one; also the former, being a living one, fires a person interiorly, namely his will and understanding, imparting to him desires and loves, and affections too. This also explains why desires, loves and affections are spiritual forms of heat, and are also called such. The fact that they are forms of heat is quite evident, for heat is radiated from all parts of the bodies of live persons, even where it is intensely cold. More than that, when desires and affections, that is, when loves, increase, the body grows correspondingly warmer. This kind of heat is what is meant in the Word by 'heat', 'fire', and 'flame'; in the genuine sense celestial and spiritual love is meant, in the contrary sense bodily and earthly love. From this it becomes clear that here 'being scorched by an east wind' means being consumed by the fire of evil desires, and that when used in reference to known facts meant by 'heads' that are 'thin', facts full of evil desires are meant.

[3] 'The east wind' means the blasts of evil desires and of derivative false notions, as is clear from places in the Word where that wind is mentioned, for example, in David,

He caused an east wind to blow 1 in the heavens, and by His power He brought forth the south wind; and He caused flesh to rain onto them like the dust, winged birds like the sand of the sea. Psalms 78:26-27.

'The flesh' which that wind brought meant cravings, and 'winged birds' resulting false notions, as is evident in Numbers 11:31-35, where it is said that the name of the place where the people were struck down for eating flesh was called 'the graves of craving, for there they buried the people who had the craving'.

[4] In Ezekiel,

Behold, the vine that was planted, will it thrive? When the east wind strikes it, will it not wither completely? It will wither on the small spaces where it began to grow. Ezekiel 17:10.

And in the same prophet,

The vine has been plucked up in anger, it has been cast down onto the ground, and the east wind has dried its fruit. They have been plucked out and have withered, each rod of its strength; fire has consumed each one. For fire has gone out from a rod of its branches and has consumed its fruit, so that there is no rod of strength in it, a sceptre for dominion. Ezekiel 19:12, 14.

Here 'the east wind' stands for the blasts of evil desires. In Isaiah,

He gave thought to His rough wind, on the day of the east wind. Isaiah 17:8.

[5] In Hosea,

An east wind will come, Jehovah's wind rising up from the desert, and his spring will become dry, and his fountain dried up. It will strip his treasury of every precious vessel. Hosea 13:15.

Here also 'an east wind' stands for blasts of evil desires. Similarly in Jeremiah,

Like an east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. Jeremiah 18:17.

[6] In David,

By means of an east wind You will shatter the ships of Tarshish. Psalms 48:7.

In Isaiah,

You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, because they have been filled from the east wind, and they are diviners like the Philistines. Isaiah 2:6.

In Hosea,

Ephraim feeds the wind, and pursues the east wind. All the day long he multiplies lies and devastation. Hosea 11:1.

'The wind' here stands for false notions, and 'the east wind' for evil desires. Something similar is also meant in the internal sense by 'an east wind' by means of which 'locusts were brought forth' and by means of which 'the locusts were cast into the sea', 2 Exodus 10:13, 19, and also by means of which 'the waters of the sea Suph' were divided, Exodus 14:21.

脚注:

1. literally, set out

2. According to Exodus 10:19 a west wind cast the locusts into the sea.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#3242

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3242. 'And the sons of Midian, Ephah and Epher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldaah' means the derivatives from the third division. This becomes clear from the representation of 'Midian' as those governed by the truth of faith, to be dealt with below; and since those governed by the truth of faith are 'Midian', it follows that 'sons' are derivatives from it. With regard to those governed by the truth of faith the position is that no one is admitted into the Lord's kingdom except him with whom the good of faith is present since the good of faith is the life of faith. The life of faith remains, but not the doctrine of faith except insofar as it makes one with life. Nevertheless people governed by the truth of faith, that is, who profess faith and refer to it as the essential thing because they have been taught that it is, but who, in spite of that teaching have goodness of life, that is, who are Christians in their hearts and not just on their lips, are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom. For anyone can easily be made to believe that faith is the essential thing if such an idea is handed on to him by teachers and at an early age he becomes steeped in that way of thinking. He is also made to believe because those who are reputed to be very learned, even church-leaders, say the same, some of whom are afraid to talk about the good of life because when life is the criterion they stand condemned, and also - in addition - because matters of faith, when they display themselves, are perceptible, whereas matters of charity are less so. Those therefore who are governed by the truth of faith, and yet also by the good of life are called Midian. But the truths which govern their lives are 'the sons of Midian'.

[2] Just as those in whom the truth of faith is joined to the good of that faith are meant by Midian so also in the contrary sense Midian means those under the influence of falsity because the good of life is lacking in them - as becomes clear from the following: In Isaiah,

A drove of camels will cover you, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Jehovah. Isaiah 60:6.

This refers to the Lord's spiritual kingdom. 'Dromedaries of Midian and Ephah' stands for matters of doctrine. Matters of doctrine concerning good are meant by 'gold', those concerning truth by 'frankincense'; and both by 'the praises of Jehovah'. From this also it is evident what 'Ephah' means. 'The Midianites' who pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him to Ishmaelites, and to Potiphar in Egypt, Genesis 37:28, 36, means people governed by truth coupled to simple good, as will in the Lord's Divine mercy be seen later on when those verses are dealt with.

[3] As regards 'Midian' also meaning those under the influence of falsity because the good of life is lacking in them, this may be seen from what is said about Midian in Moses,

The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian with deceptions in their hand came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak. Numbers 22:4, 7, and following verses.

In the good sense 'Moab' stands for people with whom natural good exists and who easily allow themselves to be misled, but in the contrary sense stands for those who adulterate goods, 2468. 'Midian' in the good sense, as has been stated, stands for those who are governed by truth coupled to simple good, and so who are easily led to believe things, but in the contrary sense, as here, stands for those who falsify truths. Falsifications are meant by 'deceptions in their hand', and deeds which are the product of falsities by their sending to Balaam to act against the children of Israel, who are the goods, and from these the truths, of faith.

[4] The acts of whoredom committed by the sons of Israel with Midianite women which brought about the plague that Phinehas checked by running through with his spear the Midianite woman and the Israelite man in the brothel, Numbers 25:6-8, and following verses, has a similar meaning, for acts of whoredom represented falsifications of truth, 2466, 2729. And because falsifications of truth are what are meant in the internal sense by acts of whoredom, therefore by command twelve thousand of the children of Israel assailed them, killed their kings, all the males, and the women they had taken captive who had had carnal knowledge of a man, and divided the booty among themselves, Numbers 25:16-17; 31:1-end. The reason why 'twelve thousand' were involved was that 'twelve' means all things of faith, 577, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end), by means of which falsities are destroyed. 'The kings' they killed are falsities, as also are 'the males', 'the women who had had carnal knowledge of a man' are affections for falsity, and 'the booty' which consisted of gold, silver, and cattle, are truths that have been falsified. From this it is evident that every single thing mentioned there is representative of the punishment and destruction of falsity by means of truths.

[5] The same is meant by the facts related about the Midianites in the Book of Judges,

Because the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of Jehovah they were given into the hand of Midian for seven years.

On account of Midian the children of Israel made dens for themselves in the mountains, also caves, and strongholds. And whenever Israel put in seed, Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east came up and destroyed the produce of their land.

After that they were liberated by Gideon by means of the three hundred who had lapped water with their tongue like a dog, whereas those who had sunk down on their knees to drink had been sent home.

Further references to them, in addition to these, are made in Genesis 6 Chapters-8.

Here too every single detail is representative of the falsification of truth, and on that account of punishment even to the point of their being destroyed by the kind of things meant by 'lapping water with their tongue like a dog'. But what each detail means in the internal sense would take too long to explain here. All this will in the Lord's Divine mercy be dealt with in its proper place. In Habakkuk,

He looked and scattered the nations, and the mountains of time were dissolved, and the hills of old sank down. Below Aven I saw the tents of Cushan, the curtains of the land of Midian trembled. Habakkuk 3:6-7.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. 'The tents of Cushan' stands for a religion raised up out of evil, 'the curtains of the land of Midian' for a religion raised up out of falsity.

  
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