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Brojevi 2

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1 Potom reče Gospod Mojsiju i Aronu govoreći:

2 Sinovi Izrailjevi neka staju u oko svaki kod svoje zastave sa znakom doma otaca svojih, prema šatoru od sastanka unaokolo.

3 S istoka neka staje u oko zastava vojske Judine po četama svojim s vojvodom sinova Judinih Nasonom sinom Aminadavovim;

4 A u vojsci njegovoj sedamdeset i četiri hiljade i šest stotina izbrojanih.

5 A do njega neka staje u logor pleme Isaharovo s vojvodom sinova Isaharovih Natanailom, sinom Sogarovim;

6 A u vojsci njegovoj pedeset i četiri hiljade i četiri stotine izbrojanih.

7 Pa onda pleme Zavulonovo s vojvodom sinova Zavulonovih Elijavom, sinom Helonovim;

8 A u vojsci njegovoj pedeset i sedam hiljada i četiri stotine izbrojanih.

9 Svega izbrojanih u vojsci Judinoj sto i osamdeset i šest hiljada i četiri stotine po četama njihovim. Oni neka idu napred.

10 A zastava vojske Ruvimove po četama svojim neka bude s juga, s vojvodom sinova Ruvimovih Elisurom sinom Sedijurovim;

11 A u vojsci njegovoj četrdeset i šest hiljada i pet stotina izbrojanih.

12 A do njega neka staje u logor pleme Simeunovo s vojvodom sinova Simeunovih Salamilom sinom Surisadajevim;

13 A u vojsci njegovoj pedeset i devet hiljada i tri stotine izbrojanih.

14 Pa onda pleme Gadovo s vojvodom sinova Gadovih Elisafom, sinom Raguilovim;

15 A u vojsci njegovoj četrdeset i pet hiljada i šest stotina i pedeset izbrojanih.

16 A svega izbrojanih u vojsci Ruvimovoj sto i pedeset i jedna hiljada i četiri stotine i pedeset po četama njihovim. I oni neka idu drugi.

17 Potom neka ide šator od sastanka s vojskom sinova Levijevih usred ostale vojske; kako u logor staju tako neka i idu, svaki svojim redom pod svojom zastavom.

18 Zastava vojske Jefremove po četama svojim neka bude sa zapada, s vojvodom sinova Jefremovih Elisamom sinom Emijudovim;

19 A u vojsci njegovoj četrdeset hiljada i pet stotina izbrojanih.

20 A do njega pleme Manasijino s vojvodom sinova Manasijinih, Gamalilom, sinom Fadasurovim;

21 A u njegovoj vojsci trideset i dve hiljade i dvesta izbrojanih.

22 Pa onda pleme Venijaminovo s vojvodom sinova Venijaminovih, Avidanom sinom Gadeonijevim;

23 A u vojsci njegovoj trideset i pet hiljada i četiri stotine izbrojanih.

24 A svega izbrojanih u vojsci Jefremovoj sto i osam hiljada i sto po četama njihovim. I oni neka idu treći.

25 Zastava vojske Danove po četama svojim neka bude sa severa s vojvodom sinova Danovih Ahijezerom, sinom Amisadajevim;

26 A u vojsci njegovoj šezdeset i dve hiljade i sedam stotina izbrojanih.

27 A do njega neka staje u logor pleme Asirovo s vojvodom sinova Asirovih Fagailom, sinom Ehranovim;

28 A u vojsci njegovoj četrdeset i jedna hiljada i pet stotina izbrojanih.

29 Za njima pleme Neftalimovo s vojvodom sinova Neftalimovih Ahirejem, sinom Enanovim;

30 A u njegovoj vojsci pedeset i tri hiljade i četiri stotine izbrojanih.

31 A svega izbrojanih u vojsci Danovoj sto i pedeset i sedam hiljada i šest stotina. I oni neka idu najposle uza zastave svoje.

32 To su sinovi Izrailjevi koji biše izbrojani po domovima otaca svojih. Svega izbrojanih u celoj vojsci po četama njihovim šest stotina i tri hiljade i pet stotina i pedeset.

33 Ali Leviti ne biše brojani među sinove Izrailjeve, kao što Gospod beše zapovedio Mojsiju.

34 I učiniše sinovi Izrailjevi sve; kako zapovedi Gospod Mojsiju, tako stajahu u logor, i tako iđahu svaki po porodici svojoj i po domu otaca svojih.

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #10038

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10038. Shalt thou burn with fire without the camp. That this signifies that those things were to be committed to hell, and to be defiled with the evils of the love of self, is evident from the signification of “burning with fire,” as being to consume with the evils of the love of self; for by “burning” is signified consuming, and by “fire” the evil of the love of self (see n. 1297, 5071, 5215, 6314, 6832, 7324, 7575, 9141, 9434); and from the signification of “the camp,” as being heaven and the church, and in the opposite sense where heaven and the church are not, thus hell (of which in what follows). That “to be burned with fire” denotes to be consumed by the evils of the love of self, is because this love consumes all the goods and truths of faith. That the love of self does this is known to scarcely anyone at this day, and consequently neither is it known that this love is hell with man, and that it is meant by “hell fire.”

[2] For there are two fires of life with man; one is the love of self, the other is love to God. They who are in the love of self cannot be in love to God, because these loves are opposite. They are opposite because the love of self produces all evils, which are contempt for others in comparison with self, enmity against those who do not favor, and finally hatreds, revenges, ferocities, cruelties; which evils wholly resist the Divine influx, and consequently extinguish the truths and goods of faith and of charity, for these are what flow in from the Lord. Anyone who reflects is able to know that everyone’s love is the fire of his life; for without love there is no life, and such as the love is such is the life; and from this it can be known that the love of self produces evils of every kind, and that it so far produces them as it is regarded as the end, that is, so far as it reigns. The worst kind of the love of self is the love of ruling for the sake of self, that is, solely for the sake of honor and self-advantage. They who are in this love are indeed able to make a profession of faith and charity; but they do this with the mouth, and not with the heart; nay, the worst of them regard the things of faith and charity, thus the holy things of the church, as means to attain their ends. But of the Lord’s Divine mercy I will speak specifically of the love of self, and its various kinds, and the evils that spring from it, and of the state of such in the other life. These things have been said that it may be known what is denoted by being “burnt with fire without the camp.”

[3] That the camp where the sons of Israel encamped represented heaven and the church, and hence that “without the camp” denotes where heaven and the church are not, thus hell, can be seen from what is related in the Word about the camp and the encamping of the sons of Israel in the wilderness, as from these words in Moses:

The sons of Israel shall encamp, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their armies; and the Levites shall encamp around the Habitation of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the sons of Israel (Numbers 1:52-53; 2:2).

The tribes of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun encamped to the east; the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad to the south; the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin to the west; and the tribes of Dan, Asher, and Naphtali to the north; but the Levites in the midst of the camp (Numbers 2:10). The like applied when they set out on their journeys, Numbers 2:17, 10:1 to the end. 1

Their encampments were so ordered that they might represent heaven and the church (n. 9320); by the tribes also, according to which they encamped, were represented all the goods and truths of heaven and the church in the complex (n. 3858, 3926, 3939, 4060, 6335, 6337, 6397, 6640, 7836, 7891, 7996-7997); hence it is said that “Jehovah dwelt in the midst of the camp” (Numbers 5:3), and that “He walketh in the midst of them, and therefore they shall be holy” (Deuteronomy 23:14); and in the prophetic utterance of Balaam it is said, “when he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, he said, How good are thy tabernacles, O Jacob, and thy habitations, O Israel” (Numbers 24:2-3, 5).

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1. [Editor’s note, 2014: The sentence marked was accidentally skipped in the Potts translation. The missing text has been supplied from the Elliott translation.]

[4] As by the camp was represented heaven and the church, it follows that by “without the camp” was signified where heaven and the church are not, thus hell; and therefore everyone that was unclean and also that was guilty was sent forth thither, as can be seen from the following passages:

Ye shall send forth out of the camp every leper, and everyone that suffereth with an issue, everyone unclean on account of a soul, from a male even to a female, ye shall send them abroad out of the camp, that they pollute not the camp, in the midst of which Jehovah dwelleth (Numbers 5:2-3; Leviticus 13:45-46).

A man that is not clean by chance of the night shall go abroad out of the camp, and shall not come into the midst of the camp; when he shall wash himself in waters, and the sun hath set, he shall enter into the camp. Thou shalt have a space without the camp, whither thou mayest go forth abroad, and thou shall cover thine excrement with a paddle, because Jehovah walketh in the midst of the camp; therefore the camp shall be holy (Deuteronomy 23:10-15).

It was also commanded that persons should be stoned “without the camp” (Leviticus 24:14; Numbers 15:35-36). From all this it is now evident that by “burning with fire the flesh, skin, and dung of the bullock without the camp,” is signified that the evils which are signified by these things were to be committed to hell.

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

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Numbers 2

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1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

2 "The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses: at a distance from the Tent of Meeting shall they encamp around it."

3 Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

4 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

5 Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.

6 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

7 The tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.

8 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

9 All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.

10 "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

11 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

12 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

13 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

14 "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

15 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

16 "All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. They shall set out second.

17 "Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.

18 "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

19 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty thousand five hundred.

20 "Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

21 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

22 "The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

23 His army, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

24 "All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out third.

25 "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

26 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

27 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.

28 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.

29 "The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

30 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

31 "All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards."

32 These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses. All who were numbered of the camps according to their armies were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

34 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers' houses.