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Ezekijel 47

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1 Zatim me odvede natrag k vratima Doma. I gle: voda izvirala ispod praga Doma, prema istoku - jer pročelje Doma bijaše prema istoku - i voda otjecaše ispod desne strane Doma, južno od žrtvenika.

2 Zatim me izvede na sjeverna vrata i provede me uokolo vanjskim putem k vanjskim vratima koja gledaju na istok. I gle, voda izvirala s desne strane.

3 Čovjek pođe prema istoku s užetom u ruci, izmjeri tisuću lakata i prevede me preko vode, a voda mi sezaše do gležanja.

4 Ondje opet izmjeri tisuću lakata i provede me preko vode, a voda bijaše do koljena. I opet izmjeri tisuću lakata i prevede me preko vode što bijaše do bokova.

5 Opet izmjeri tisuću lakata, ali ondje bijaše potok koji ne mogoh prijeći jer je voda nabujala te je trebalo plivati: bijaše to potok koji se ne može prijeći.

6 I upita me: "Vidiš li, sine čovječji?" I odvede me natrag, na obalu potoka.

7 I kad se vratih, gle, na obali s obje strane mnoga stabla.

8 I reče mi: "Ova voda teče u istočni kraj, spušta se u Arabu i teče u more; a kad se u more izlije, vode mu ozdrave.

9 I kuda god potok protječe, sve živo što se miče oživi; i bit će vrlo mnogo riba, jer kamo god dođe ova voda, sve ozdravi i oživi - kuda god protječe ovaj potok.

10 I ribari će ribariti duž mora: od En Gedija do En Eglajima sušit će se mreže; i bit će vrlo mnogo svakovrsnih riba kao u Velikom moru.

11 A močvare onoga mora i njegove bare neće ozdraviti: bit će za sol.

12 Duž potoka na obje strane rast će svakovrsne voćke: lišće im neće otpadati i s njih neće nestajati ploda; svakog će mjeseca roditi novim plodom jer im voda dotječe iz Svetišta. Plod će njihov biti za jelo, a lišće za lijek'.

13 Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Ovo su granice u kojima ćete podijeliti zemlju u baštinu među dvanaest plemena Izraelovih - Josipu dva dijela.

14 Svakom će od vas pripasti podjednako od zemlje koju se zakleh dati vašim ocima, a vama će pripasti u baštinu.

15 Ovo su, dakle, granice zemlje: na sjeveru, od Velikoga mora put Hetlona do Ulaza u Hamat: Sedad,

16 Berota, Sibrajim, između kraja damaščanskog i hamatskoga, i Haser Enon, prema granici hauranskoj.

17 Granica će se, dakle, protezati od mora do Haser Enona, kojemu je na sjeveru kraj damaščanski i hamatski - sjeverna strana.

18 Istočna strana: između Haurana i Damaska, između Gileada i zemlje izraelske, pa Jordanom kao granicom prema istočnomu moru do Tamara - istočna strana.

19 Južna strana: prema jugu od Tamara do Meripskih voda i Kadeša pa potokom prema Velikomu moru - južna strana, prema jugu.

20 A zapadna strana: granica je Veliko more pa do nadomak Ulaza u Hamat - zapadna strana.

21 Tu zemlju razdijelite među sobom po plemenima Izraelovim.

22 Razdijelit ćete je ždrijebom u baštinu između sebe i između došljaka koji žive među vama i koji među vama djecu narodiše: i njih ćete smatrati domorocima među Izraelovim sinovima, da i oni dobiju ždrijebom baštinu među Izraelovim sinovima.

23 Svakome tom došljaku dodijelite baštinu u plemenu u kojem živi - riječ je Jahve Gospoda.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1679

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1679. 'And they smote all the territory of the Amalekites' means kinds of falsities. This is clear from the representation and meaning of the 'Amalekite' nation, for all the nations that were in the land of Canaan represented kinds of falsities and evils, as will be clear, in the Lord's Divine mercy, from what follows. 'The Amalekites' means falsities, 'the Amorites in Hazezon-tamar' evils deriving from falsities. That 'the Amalekites' means falsities which assail truths becomes clear from what is mentioned regarding the Amalekites in Exodus 17:13-end; Numbers 13:29; 24:20; Deuteronomy 25:17-19; Judges 5:14; 1 Samuel 15:1-end; 1 Samuel 27:8; Psalms 83:7-8.

[2] The Rephaim, Zuzim, Emim, and Horites, referred to in verses 5-6, mean false persuasions that have their origins in desires for evil, that is, in evils, whereas here 'the Amalekites and the Amorites in Hazezon-tamar' means falsities from which evils derive. Falsity deriving from evil is one thing, falsity and evil deriving from that falsity another. Falsities spring either from evil desires which belong to the will or from accepted ideas which belong to the understanding. Falsities that spring from evil desires belonging to the will are foul and do not easily allow themselves to be rooted out, for they cling to a person's life itself. A person's life itself is that which desires, that is, which loves. As long as he is making that life firm within himself, that is, confirming that desire or love, all things of a confirmatory nature are false and are implanted in his life. Such were the people before the Flood.

[3] Falsities however which spring from accepted ideas belonging to the understanding cannot be rooted in the same way in the will part of man's mind. Like false or heretical doctrines, these have their origin outside of the will, coming instead from the absorption of such matters in early childhood, and after that from the confirmation of them in adult years. Yet because they are false they inevitably produce evils of life. For example, when anyone believes that he merits salvation through works and confirms himself in that belief, a sense of merit, of his own righteousness, and of assurance [of salvation] are the evils that result from it. On the other hand, when anyone believes that a truly devout life is not possible unless merit is attached to works, the evil which results from that belief is that he destroys all such devoutness in himself and gives himself up to evil desires and pleasures. It is the same with many other examples that could be taken. Such are the falsities and derivative evils dealt with in this verse.

  
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Numbers 20:13

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13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.