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5 Mosebog 20

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1 Når du drager i Krig mod din Fjende og får Øje på Heste, Vogne og Krigsfolk, der er talrigere end du selv skal du ikke blive bange for dem; thi HE EN din Gud er med dig, han, som førte dig op fra Ægypten

2 Når I rykker ud til Kamp, skal Præsten træde frem og tale til Folket,

3 og han skal sige til dem: "Hør, Israel! I rykker i Dag ud til Kamp mod eders Fjender, lad ikke eders Hjerte være forsagt, frygt ikke, forfærdes ikke og vær ikke bange for dem!

4 Thi HE EN eders Gud drager med eder for at stride for eder mod eders Fjender og give eder Sejr."

5 Og Tilsynsmændene skal tale således til Folket: "Er der nogen, som har bygget et nyt Hus og endnu ikke indviet det, må han have Lov at vende hjem til sit Hus, for at ikke en anden skal indvie det, om han falder i Slaget.

6 Og er der nogen, som har plantet en Vingård og ikke taget den i Brug, må han have Lov at vende hjem til sit Hus, for at ikke en anden skal tage den i Brug, om han falder i Slaget.

7 Og er der nogen, som har trolovet sig med en kvinde, men endnu ikke taget hende til Hustru, må han have Lov at vende hjem til sit Hus, for at ikke en anden skal tage hende til Hustru, om han falder i Slaget."

8 Og Tilsynsmændene skal fremdeles tale til Folket og sige: "Er der nogen, som er bange og forsagt, må han have Lov at vende hjem til sit Hus, for at ikke hans Brødre skal blive forsagte, som han selv er det!"

9 Når så Tilsynsmandene er færdige med at tale til Folket, skal der sættes Høvedsmænd i Spidsen for Folket.

10 Når du rykker frem til Angreb på en By, skal du først tilbyde den Fred.

11 Hvis den da tager mod Fredstilbudet og åbner sine Porte for dig, skal alle Folk, som findes i den, være dine livegne og trælle for dig

12 Vil den derimod ikke slutte Fred, men kæmpe med dig, da skal du belejre den,

13 og når HE EN din Gud giver den i din Hånd, skal du hugge alle af Mandkøn ned med Sværdet.

14 Men Kvinderne, Børnene, Kvæget og alt, hvad der er i Byen, alt, hvad der røves i den, må du tage som Bytte, og du må gøre dig til gode med det, som røves fra dine Fjender, hvad HE EN din Gud giver dig.

15 Således skal du bære dig ad med alle de Byer, som ligger langt fra dig og ikke hører til disse Folkeslags Byer her;

16 men i disse Folks Byer, som HE EN din Gud giver dig i Eje, må du ikke lade en eneste Sjæl i Live.

17 På dem skal du lægge Band, på Hetiterne, Amoriterne, Kanånæerne, Periiterne, Hiiterne og Jebusiteme, som HE EN din Gud har pålagt dig,

18 for at de ikke skal lære eder at efterligne alle deres Vederstyggeligheder, som de øver til Ære for deres Guder, så I forsynder eder mod HE EN eders Gud.

19 Når du ved Belejringen af en By må holde den indesluttet i lang Tid for at indtage den, må du ikke ødelægge de Træer, der hører til den, ved at svinge Øksen imod dem; fra dem får du Føde ; dem må du ikke hugge om; thi mon Markens Træer er Mennesker, at de også skulde rammes af Belejringen?

20 Kun Træer, du ved, ikke bærer spiselig Frugt, må du ødelægge og fælde for at bygge Belejringsværker mod den By, som er i Krig med dig, til den falder.

   


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Apocalypse Explained # 110

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110. Which is in the midst of the paradise of God, signifies that all the knowledges of good and truth in heaven and in the church look thereto and proceed therefrom. This is evident from the signification of "the midst," as being the center to which all things that are round about look and from which they proceed (of which above, n. 97 [1-2]) and from the signification of "paradise," as being the knowledges of good and truth and intelligence therefrom (Arcana Coelestia 100, 108, 1588, 2702, 3220); and because these are signified by "paradise," therefore by the "paradise of God" heaven is signified, and as heaven, so also the church is signified, for the church is the Lord's heaven on the earth. Heaven and the church are called the "paradise of God," because the Lord is in the midst of them, and from Him is all intelligence and wisdom. Since it has not been known heretofore that all things in the Word are written by correspondences, consequently that there are spiritual things in every particular that is mentioned therein, it is believed that by the "paradise" treated of in the second chapter of Genesis, a paradisal garden is meant. But no earthly paradise is there meant, but the heavenly paradise which those possess who are in intelligence and wisdom from the knowledges of good and truth (See above, n. 109); and in the work on Heaven and Hell 176, 185).

[2] From this it can be seen not only what is signified by the "paradise" or "garden in Eden," but also by the "paradises" or "gardens of God" elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah:

Jehovah shall comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places, even that He may make her wilderness into Eden, and her desert into a garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found therein (Isaiah 51:3).

In Ezekiel:

Thou hast been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering (Ezekiel 28:13).

These things are said of Tyre, because by "Tyre" in the Word a church that is in the knowledges of truth and good and in intelligence therefrom is signified (See Arcana Coelestia 1201); its intelligence therefrom is "Eden, the garden of God," likewise "the precious stone" from which is its "covering" (See n. 114, 9863, 9865, 9868, 9873). In the same:

Behold Asshur a cedar in Lebanon. The cedars have not hid it in the garden of God; nor was any tree in the garden of God equal to it in beauty. I have made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches; and all the trees of Eden in the garden of God envied it (Ezekiel 31:3, 8, 31:8-9).

By "Asshur" in the Word those who have become rational by the knowledges of good and truth, thus whose minds are illustrated from heaven, are meant. (That "Asshur" is the rational of man, see Arcana Coelestia 119, 1186.)

[3] Something shall now be said to explain how it is to be understood that all knowledges of good and truth look to the good of love to the Lord and proceed therefrom, which is the significance of these words: "To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life which is in the midst of the paradise of God." The good of love to the Lord is the Lord Himself, since the Lord is in the good of His love with man, spirit, and angel. That all knowledges of good and truth look thereto, or to the Lord, is known in the Christian church; for the doctrine of the church teaches that there is no salvation apart from the Lord, and also that all salvation is in the Lord.

The knowledges of good and truth, or doctrinals from the Word, teach how man can come to God and be conjoined to Him. (That no one can be conjoined to God except from the Lord and in the Lord, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 283, 296.) From this it can be seen that all things taught by the church from the Word look to the Lord and to love to Him, as the end to which [ad quem]. That all knowledges of good and truth, or all doctrinals from the Word, proceed from the Lord is also known in the church, for it is there taught that everything of love and everything of faith is from heaven, and that nothing is from man; and that no one can love God and believe in Him from himself. To love God and to believe in Him involve all things that the church teaches, called doctrinals and knowledges, since from these is God loved and believed in. There is no love and faith without previous knowledges; for without knowledges man would be empty.

[4] From this it follows that as everything of love and of faith proceeds from the Lord, so do all knowledges of good and truth which make and form love and faith. Because all knowledges of good and truth look to the Lord, and proceed from Him, and this is what is signified by "the tree of life in the midst of the paradise of God," therefore all the trees in paradise are called "trees of life" and "trees of Jehovah;" in Revelation "trees of life":

In the midst of the street and of the river (flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb) on this side and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits (Revelation 22:2).

In David they are called "trees of Jehovah":

The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon which He hath planted (Psalms 104:16).

From this also it is clear that by the "tree of life in the midst of paradise" is meant every tree there, in other words, every man in the midst of whom, that is, in whom is the Lord. From what has been shown here and in the preceding article, what is signified by the words, "The Lord will give to him that overcometh to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God," may be learned.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.