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1 και-C ειμι-V9--IAI3P *δεββωρα-N---NSF και-C *βαρακ-N---NSM υιος-N2--NSM *αβινεεμ-N---GSM εν-P ο- A--DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF εκεινος- D--DSF λεγω-V1--PAPNPM

2 αποκαλυπτω-VVI-API3S αποκαλυμμα-N3M-NSN εν-P *ισραηλ-N---DSM εν-P ο- A--DSN εκουσιαζομαι-VS--APN λαος-N2--ASM ευλογεω-V2--PAD2P κυριος-N2--ASM

3 ακουω-VA--AAD2P βασιλευς-N3V-VPM και-C ενωτοζομαι-V1--PMD2P σατραπης-N1M-VPM εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S ο- A--DSM κυριος-N2--DSM εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S αδω-VF--FMI1S ψαλλω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--DSM κυριος-N2--DSM ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

4 κυριος-N2--VSM εν-P ο- A--DSF εξοδος-N2--DSF συ- P--GS εν-P *σηιρ-N---DS εν-P ο- A--DSN αποαιρω-V1--PAN συ- P--AS εκ-P αγρος-N2--GSM *εδωμ-N---GS γη-N1--NSF σειω-VCI-API3S και-C ο- A--NSM ουρανος-N2--NSM σταζω-VAI-AAI3S δροσος-N2--APF και-C ο- A--NPF νεφελη-N1--NPF σταζω-VAI-AAI3P υδωρ-N3--ASN

5 ορος-N3E-NPN σαλευω-VCI-API3P απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN κυριος-N2--GSM *ελωι-N---GSM ουτος- D--ASN *σινα-N---NS απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN κυριος-N2--GSM θεος-N2--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

6 εν-P ημερα-N1A-DPF *σαμεγαρ-N---GSM υιος-N2--GSM *αναθ-N---GSM εν-P ημερα-N1A-DPF *ιαηλ-N---GSF εκλειπω-VBI-AAI3P οδος-N2--APF και-C πορευομαι-VCI-API3P ατραπος-N2--APF πορευομαι-VCI-API3P οδος-N2--APF διαστρεφω-VP--XMPAPF

7 εκλειπω-VBI-AAI3P δυνατος-A1--NPM εν-P *ισραηλ-N---DSM εκλειπω-VBI-AAI3P εως-P ος- --GSM αναιστημι-VH--AAS3S *δεββωρα-N---NSF εως-P ος- --GSM αναιστημι-VH--AAS3S μητηρ-N3--NSF εν-P *ισραηλ-N---DSM

8 εκλεγω-VAI-AMI3P θεος-N2--APM καινος-A1--APM τοτε-D πολεμεω-VAI-AAI3P πολις-N3I-NPF αρχων-N3--GPM θυρεος-N2--NSM εαν-C οραω-VV--APS3S και-C λογχη-N1--NSF εν-P τεσσαρακοντα-M χιλιας-N3D-DPF εν-P *ισραηλ-N---DSM

9 ο- A--NSF καρδια-N1A-NSF εγω- P--GS εις-P ο- A--APN διατασσω-VK--XMPAPN ο- A--DSM *ισραηλ-N---DSM ο- A--NPM εκουσιαζομαι-V1--PMPNPM εν-P λαος-N2--DSM ευλογεω-V2--PAI2P κυριος-N2--ASM

10 επιβαινω-VX--XAPNPM επι-P ονος-N2--GSM θηλυς-A3U-GSF μεσημβρια-N1A-GSF καταημαι-V5--PMPNPM επι-P κριτηριον-N2N-GSN και-C πορευομαι-V1--PMPNPM επι-P οδος-N2--APF συνδραω-V3I-IAI3P επι-P οδος-N2--DSF

11 διαηγεομαι-V2--PMD2P απο-P φωνη-N1--GSF ανακρουω-V1--PMPGPM ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN υδρευω-V1--PMPGPM εκει-D διδωμι-VF--FAI3P δικαιοσυνη-N1--APF κυριος-N2--DSM δικαιοσυνη-N1--APF αυξανω-VA--AAD2S εν-P *ισραηλ-N---DSM τοτε-D καταβαινω-VZI-AAI3S εις-P ο- A--APF πολις-N3I-APF λαος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM

12 εκεγειρω-V1--PMD2S εκεγειρω-V1--PMD2S *δεββωρα-N---VSF εκεγειρω-V1--PMD2S εκεγειρω-V1--PMD2S λαλεω-VA--AAD2S ωδη-N1--ASF αναιστημι-VH--AAD2S *βαρακ-N---VSM και-C αιχμαλωτιζω-VA--AAD2S αιχμαλωσια-N1A-ASF συ- P--GS υιος-N2--NSM *αβινεεμ-N---GSM

13 τοτε-D καταβαινω-VZI-AAI3S καταλειμμα-N3M-NSN ο- A--DPM ισχυρος-A1A-DPM λαος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM καταβαινω-VZI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM εν-P ο- A--DPM κραταιος-A1A-DPM

14 εκ-P εγω- P--GS *εφραιμ-N---NSM εκριζω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM εν-P ο- A--DSM *αμαληκ-N---DSM οπισω-P συ- P--GS *βενιαμιν-N---VSM εν-P ο- A--DPM λαος-N2--DPM συ- P--GS εν-P εγω- P--DS *μαχιρ-N---DS καταβαινω-VZI-AAI3P εκερευναω-V3--PAPNPM και-C απο-P *ζαβουλων-N---GSM ελκω-V1--PAPNPM εν-P ραβδος-N2--DSF διηγησις-N3I-DSF γραμματευς-N3V-GSM

15 και-C αρχηγος-N2--NPM εν-P *ισσαχαρ-N---DSM μετα-P *δεββωρα-N---GSF και-C *βαρακ-N---GSM ουτως-D *βαρακ-N---NSM εν-P κοιλας-N3D-DPF αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S εν-P πους-N3D-DPM αυτος- D--GSM εις-P ο- A--APF μερις-N3D-APF *ρουβην-N---GSM μεγας-A1--NPM εκικνεομαι-V2--PMPNPM καρδια-N1A-ASF

16 εις-P τις- I--ASN καταιζω-VAI-AAI3P ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ο- A--GSF διγομια-N1A-GSF ο- A--GSN ακουω-VA--AAN συρισμος-N2--GSM αγγελος-N2--GPM εις-P διαιρεσις-N3I-APF *ρουβην-N---GSM μεγας-A1--NPM εξετασμος-N2--NPM καρδια-N1A-GSF

17 *γαλααδ-N---NSM εν-P ο- A--DSM περαν-P ο- A--GSM *ιορδανης-N1M-GSM σκηνοω-VAI-AAI3S και-C *δαν-N---NSM εις-P τις- I--ASN παραοικεω-V2--PAI3S πλοιον-N2N-DPN *ασηρ-N---NSM καταιζω-VAI-AAI3S παραλιος-A1A-ASF θαλασσα-N1S-GPF και-C επι-P διεξοδος-N2--DPF αυτος- D--GSM σκηνοω-VF--FAI3S

18 *ζαβουλων-N---NSM λαος-N2--NSM ονειδιζω-VAI-AAI3S ψυχη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GSM εις-P θανατος-N2--ASM και-C *νεφθαλι-N---NSM επι-P υψος-N3E-APN αγρος-N2--GSM

19 ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P αυτος- D--GPM βασιλευς-N3V-NPM παρατασσω-VAI-AMI3P τοτε-D πολεμεω-VAI-AAI3P βασιλευς-N3V-NPM *χανααν-N---GS εν-P *θανααχ-N---DS επι-P υδωρ-N3T-DSN *μεγεδδω-N---GS δωρον-N2N-ASN αργυριον-N2N-GSN ου-D λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3P

20 εκ-P ουρανος-N2--GSM παρατασσω-VAI-AMI3P ο- A--NPM αστηρ-N3--NPM εκ-P τριβος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GPM παρατασσω-VAI-AMI3P μετα-P *σισαρα-N---GSM

21 χειμαρρους-N2--APM *κισων-N---NSM εκσυρω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM χειμαρρους-N2--APM αρχαιος-A1A-GPM χειμαρρους-N2--NSM *κισων-N---NSM κατααπαταω-VF--FAI3S αυτος- D--ASM ψυχη-N1--NSF εγω- P--GS δυνατος-A1--NSF

22 τοτε-D ενποδιζω-VSI-API3P πτερνα-N1--NPF ιππος-N2--GSM σπουδη-N1--DSF σπευδω-VAI-AAI3P ισχυρος-A1A-NPM αυτος- D--GSM

23 κατααραομαι-V3--PMD2P *μηρωζ-N---ASF ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM κατααραομαι-V3--PMD2P επικαταρατος-A1B-NSM πας-A3--NSM ο- A--NSM καταοικεω-V2--PAPNSM αυτος- D--ASF οτι-C ου-D ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P εις-P βοηθεια-N1A-ASF κυριος-N2--GSM εις-P βοηθεια-N1A-ASF εν-P δυνατος-A1--DPM

24 ευλογεω-VC--APO3S εν-P γυνη-N3K-DPF *ιαηλ-N---NSF γυνη-N3K-NSF *χαβερ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM *κιναιος-N---GSM απο-P γυνη-N3K-GPF εν-P σκηνη-N1--DPF ευλογεω-VC--APO3S

25 υδωρ-N3--ASN αιτεω-VAI-AAI3S γαλα-N3--ASN διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S εν-P λεκανη-N1--DSF υπερεχω-V1--PAPGPM προςφερω-VAI-AAI3S βουτυρον-N2N-ASN

26 χειρ-N3--ASF αυτος- D--GSF αριστερος-A1A-ASF εις-P πασσαλος-N2--ASM εκτεινω-VAI-AAI3S και-C δεξιος-A1A-ASF αυτος- D--GSF εις-P σφυρα-N1A-ASF κοπιαω-V3--PAPGPM και-C σφυροκοπεω-VAI-AAI3S *σισαρα-N---ASM διαηλοω-VAI-AAI3S κεφαλη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GSM και-C πατασσω-VAI-AAI3S διαηλοω-VAI-AAI3S κροταφος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM

27 ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ο- A--GPM πους-N3D-GPM αυτος- D--GSF κατακυλιω-VSI-API3S πιπτω-VAI-AAI3S και-C κοιμαω-VCI-API3S ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ο- A--GPM πους-N3D-GPM αυτος- D--GSF κατακλινω-VC--APPNSM πιπτω-VAI-AAI3S καθως-D κατακλινω-VCI-API3S εκει-D πιπτω-VAI-AAI3S εκοδευω-VC--APPNSM

28 δια-P ο- A--GSF θυρις-N3D-GSF παρακυπτω-VAI-AAI3S μητηρ-N3--NSF *σισαρα-N---GSM εκτος-P ο- A--GSM τοξικος-A1--GSM διοτι-C αισχυνω-VCI-API3S αρμα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM διοτι-C χρονιζω-VAI-AAI3P πους-N3D-NPM αρμα-N3M-GPN αυτος- D--GSM

29 ο- A--NPF σοφος-A1--NPF αρχω-V1--PAPNPF αυτος- D--GSF αποκρινω-VCI-API3P προς-P αυτος- D--ASF και-C αυτος- D--NSF αποστρεφω-VAI-AAI3S λογος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSF εαυτου- D--DSF

30 ου-D ευρισκω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--ASM διαμεριζω-V1--PAPASM σκυλον-N2N-APN οικτιρμων-A3N-NSM οικτειρω-VF--FAI3S εις-P κεφαλη-N1--ASF ανηρ-N3--GSM σκυλον-N2N-APN βαμμα-N3M-GPN ο- A--DSM *σισαρα-N---DSM σκυλον-N2N-APN βαμμα-N3M-GPN ποικιλια-N1A-GSF βαμμα-N3M-APN ποικιλτης-N1M-GPM αυτος- D--APN ο- A--DSM τραχηλος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--GSM σκυλον-N2N-APN

31 ουτως-D αποολλυω-VB--AMO3P πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM εχθρος-N2--NPM συ- P--GS κυριος-N2--VSM και-C ο- A--NPM αγαπαω-V3--PAPNPM αυτος- D--ASM ως-C εξοδος-N2--NSF ηλιος-N2--GSM εν-P δυναμις-N3I-DSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ησυχαζω-VA--AAI3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF τεσσαρακοντα-M ετος-N3E-APN

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8753

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8753. 'They came to the wilderness of Sinai' means, they entered a state of good in which the truths of faith were to be implanted. This is clear from the meaning of 'the wilderness of Sinai' as a state of good in which the truths of faith are to be implanted. Here 'wilderness' is good in which truths have not as yet been implanted, and 'Sinai' is actual truths. For 'wilderness' has a number of meanings, 3900, in general what is uninhabited and uncultivated, 2708, so that in the spiritual sense it means good which as yet has no truths in it; for good without truths is spiritually uncultivated. Consequently 'wilderness' means a new will which has not as yet been formed by means of the truths of faith, 8457.

[2] As regards 'Mount Sinai', in the highest sense it means Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good, Divine Good being meant by 'mountain' and Divine Truth by 'Sinai'. In the internal sense it means the truth of faith springing from good, in this instance the truth of faith that is to be implanted in good since the Law had not as yet been declared from there. The reason why 'Mount Sinai' has these meanings is that the Law was declared from there by the Lord, and the Law is Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good, and also is the truth of faith springing from good, 6752, 7463, 8695. This explains why the children of Israel encamped in the wilderness beside this mountain; for not only the Ten Commandments, which are the Law in a restricted sense, were declared from there, but also all the statutes of the Church, which, being representative, held within themselves the spiritual and celestial truths and forms of good of the Lord's kingdom. The fact that the Law was declared from that mountain is clear from Chapter Exodus 20 below; and the fact that the statutes of the Church were as well is clear from Exodus 21 and following chapters; and Leviticus 7:37-38; 27:34. 'Sinai' has the same meaning in David,

O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched in the wilderness, the earth trembled; the heavens also dropped [rain] before God. This Sinai [trembled] before God. the God of Israel. You cause a rain of blessings to drop down, O God. Psalms 68:7-9.

Here 'Sinai' stands for truth which springs from good, for these are meant by 'the heavens dropped [rain] before God' and by 'God dropped a rain of blessings'.

[3] In the Book of Judges,

O Jehovah, when You went forth from Seir, when You set out from the field of the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, the clouds indeed dropped water, the mountains flowed down before Jehovah, Sinai itself before Jehovah God of Israel. In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the roads ceased to be, and those who went along by pathways kept to twisting roads; the streets in Israel ceased to be. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose a mother in Israel. Judges 5:4-7.

Here also 'Sinai' stands for the Law or Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good, from which the truths of faith were implanted in the good of faith, those truths also being meant by 'the heavens dropped, and the clouds dropped water'. A lack of the truths of faith and the perversion of them is meant by 'the roads ceased to be, and those who went along by pathways kept to twisting roads', truths being meant by 'roads' or 'ways', 'pathways', and 'streets', see 627, 2333, 3123, 3477. For the theme of this prophetic song, which is the Song of Deborah and Barak, is the perversion of the Church's truth and the renewal of it.

[4] In Moses,

Jehovah came from Sinai, He dawned from Seir upon them; He shone from Mount Paran, and came out of myriads of holiness. From His right hand came a fiery law for them. Deuteronomy 33:2.

Here the children of Jacob are blessed by Moses before his death. He begins the prophetic utterance in his blessing with Jehovah came from Sinai, and in this instance 'Sinai' means the truths of faith in their entirety. The reason why he begins with these words is that all the truths and forms of the good of faith are meant by 'the children of Jacob', 3858, 3862, 3926, 3939, 6335, and in a similar way by 'the children of Israel', 5414, 5951, 5879.

  
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3862. In 3858 above it was shown that 'the twelve tribes' meant all things forming part of truth and good, or of faith and love. In this present paragraph, now that the sons of Jacob individually after whom the tribes were named are the subject, a second arcanum is to be brought to light, namely the meaning which each son carries. In heaven all celestial and spiritual warmth, or love and charity, is in its external form felt as the glow from the sun, and in heaven all celestial and spiritual light, or faith, is in its external form seen as the light from the sun. Also that celestial and spiritual warmth holds wisdom within itself, and the light from that source holds intelligence, and they do so because they flow from the Lord, who is the Sun of heaven, see 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2441, 2495, 2776, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3338, 3339, 3341, 3413, 3485, 3636, 3643.

These paragraphs show that all good is a product of the warmth which flows from the Lord as the Sun, and that all truth is a product of the light from that source. They also show that all affections which go with love or good are variations of that celestial and spiritual warmth flowing from the Lord, and that this is the origin of changes of state. They show too that all thoughts which go with truth or faith are variations of that celestial and spiritual light which flows from the Lord, and that this is the origin of intelligence. All angels in heaven are bathed in that warmth and light. Their affections and thoughts have no other source, nor are they anything else. This is evident from the different forms of communication employed by the angels, in that because those forms of communication have their origin in heavenly warmth and light, they consist of variations and modifications of heavenly light containing heavenly warmth, and are therefore indescribable and so varying and complete as to be quite beyond one's comprehension, 3342, 3344, 3345.

[2] So that these things might be manifested in a representative way in the world names were given to each of the sons of Jacob which meant the universal divisions of good and truth, or of love and faith, and so the universal manifestations of variation in celestial and spiritual warmth and of variation in light from that source. What determines the intensity of the flame and the brightness from it is the actual order of those universal manifestations. When love comes first in such order, everything which follows within genuine order from that love is flaming, but when faith comes first everything which follows within genuine order is full of light, yet with all the differences that the things which follow entail. If however they do not follow according to genuine order everything is obscure, and in ever differing ways. But this order and resulting differences will in the Lord's Divine mercy be discussed later on. This then is how the Lord gave answers by means of the Urim and Thummim and how according to the state of the actual thing in question they received answers by means of lights and their flashes from the precious and transparent stones on which the names of the twelve tribes had been inscribed. For as has been stated, inscribed on the names were the universal divisions of love and faith which exist in the Lord's kingdom and so the universal manifestations of flame and light by which those divisions of love and faith are represented in heaven.

[3] First therefore let evidence from the Word be presented to confirm that the order of the names in which the tribes are mentioned varies in the Word, and that each variation of their order is determined by the particular state of the subject under discussion there. And from such evidence one may see that the answers from the Lord given by means of the Urim and Thummim were radiations of light determined by the particular states of the thing - such variations being due to the order of all that was involved. For the entire light of heaven is made to vary by the different states which that thing passes through, and those states are made to vary by the order in which good and truth come. But which aspect of truth or good is meant by each name will be evident from the explanation that is being given. That is to say, Reuben means faith from the Lord; Simeon faith possessed by the will which is received from the Lord; Levi spiritual love, which is charity; Judah the Divinity of love, and the Lord's heavenly kingdom. What the other eight mean will be stated in the next chapter. Described here is the order in which they were born, which was as follows: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin - see verses 32-35 of the present chapter, and then Genesis 30:6, 8, 11, 13, 18, 20, 24; 35:18. This order is determined by the state of the subject that is being dealt with at this point, which is that of the regeneration of man, for this starts with the truth of faith, meant by 'Reuben', progresses from this towards the willing of truth, meant by 'Simeon', and from this to charity, meant by 'Levi', and so on to the Lord, who is meant in the highest sense by 'Judah'. The progression of spiritual conception and birth, or regeneration, from what is external to what is internal has been stated immediately above in 3860; that is, the progression is from the truth of faith to the good of love.

[4] Before Jacob came to Isaac his father in Mamre, or Kiriath Arba, his sons are mentioned in Genesis 35:23-26 in the following order: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher. In this case those by Leah and Rachel come first, and those by the servant-girls last, this being determined by the state of the subject dealt with at that point. They are listed in yet another order when they travelled and came into Egypt, in Genesis 46:9-19; in another when before his death they were blessed by Jacob, who by then was Israel, in Genesis 49:3-27; and in another again when blessed by Moses, in Deuteronomy 33:6-24. And when they encamped around the Tent of Meeting they did so in the following order: To the east Judah, Issachar, Zebulun; to the south Reuben, Simeon, Gad; to the west Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin; to the north Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Numbers 2:1-end. In what order they stood on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, or on Mount Ebal to curse them, see Deuteronomy 27:12-13. When the princes chosen from each tribe were sent to spy out the land they are listed in Numbers 13:4-16 in the following order: Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Issachar, Ephraim, Benjamin, Zebulun, Joseph or Manasseh, Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Gad. But there is a different order to the princes who were to divide the land for inheritance, Numbers 34:19-29. In what order the lot fell when it was cast, at the time that the land was divided for inheritance, see Chapters 13 - 19 of Joshua.

[5] When the boundaries of the new or holy land which the tribes were to inherit are referred to in Ezekiel the tribes are mentioned in the following order: Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, Judah, Benjamin, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, Gad. All are described from the corner pointing east to the corner pointing to the sea or west, except Gad which was situated at the south corner pointing towards the south, Ezekiel 48:1-7, 23-26. And where the gates of the new or holy city are referred to they are mentioned in the following order: Facing north the three gates of Reuben, Judah, and Levi; facing east the three gates of Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan; facing south the three gates of Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun; facing west the three gates of Gad, Asher, and Naphtali, Ezekiel 48:31-34. For the order of those sealed, twelve thousand from each tribe, see Revelation 7:5-8. In all these places the listing of the tribes depends completely on the state of the subject dealt with, to which the order corresponds. That particular state is evident from what comes before and after.

[6] The order of the precious stones in the Urim and Thummim is mentioned and described in the Word, but which tribes individual stones corresponded to is not mentioned. For those stones represented all things belonging to the light shed by heavenly flame, that is, all aspects of truth originating in good, or of faith originating in charity. And because they represented these things heavenly light itself shone through them in a miraculous way in accordance with the state of the subject concerning which a question was asked and an answer was given. Flashing and bright light stood for a positive answer concerning good and truth, which light was accompanied by variations of the stones' colours according with the differences of the state of good and truth, as in heaven where all celestial and spiritual things are expressed by means of lights and their differences, and in a way beyond description and completely incomprehensible to man. For as has been shown frequently, heavenly light includes life from the Lord, and so includes wisdom and intelligence. Consequently the differences in light include everything that constitutes the life, that is, everything that constitutes wisdom and intelligence, while the differences in flaming, flashing, and shining include everything that constitutes the life of good and the life of truth received from good, that is, of love to the Lord and of faith derived from that love. Such then were the Urim and Thummim which were on the breastplate of the ephod and were over Aaron's heart. The nature of them is also evident from the fact that the terms Urim and Thummim mean lights and perfections, and that the breastplate in which they were set is called the breastplate of judgement, because judgement consists in intelligence and wisdom, 2235. The reason it was worn over Aaron's heart was that 'the heart' means Divine love, see 3635 and the section at the end of the present chapter. For this reason also those precious stones were placed in settings of gold, for 'gold' in the internal sense means good which is an attribute of love, 113, 1551, 1552, and 'precious stone' truth which shines through from good, 114.

[7] The Urim and Thummim are spoken of in Moses as follows,

You shall make the breastplate of judgement, the work of designing, like the work of the ephod you shall make it; out of gold, violet, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and of fine-twined linen you shall make it. It shall be square when doubled. And you shall set within it stone-settings, four rows of stones shall there be. There shall be sockets of gold in their settings. And the stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names. The engravings of a signet, each one according to its name, there shall be for the twelve tribes. Exodus 28:15-21; 39:8-14.

Which stones had to be set in each row is also specified in those chapters. And further,

The breastplate shall not come away from the ephod. And Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgement over his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a remembrance before Jehovah continually. And you shall put into the breastplate of judgement the Urim and Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before Jehovah. And Aaron shall bear the judgement of the sons of Israel over his heart before Jehovah continually. Exodus 28:28-30; Leviticus 8:7-8.

The fact that Jehovah or the Lord was inquired of and gave answers by means of the Urim is seen in Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun. You shall place some of your glory on him, so that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, and he shall inquire for him in the judgement of the Urim before Jehovah. Numbers 27:18, 20-21.

And in Samuel,

Saul inquired of Jehovah, but Jehovah did not answer him by dreams, or by the Urim, or by prophets. 1 Samuel 28:6.

  
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