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1 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λογος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM προς-P *μιχαιας-N1T-ASM ο- A--ASM ο- A--GSM *μωρασθι-N---GSM εν-P ημερα-N1A-DPF *ιωαθαμ-N---GSM και-C *αχαζ-N---GSM και-C *εζεκιας-N1T-GSM βασιλευς-N3V-GPM *ιουδα-N---GSM υπερ-P ος- --GPM οραω-VBI-AAI3S περι-P *σαμαρεια-N1A-GSF και-C περι-P *ιερουσαλημ-N---GSF

2 ακουω-VA--AAD2P λαος-N2--VPM λογος-N2--APM και-C προςεχω-V1--PAD3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF και-C πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM εν-P αυτος- D--DSF και-C ειμι-V9--FMI3S κυριος-N2--NSM εν-P συ- P--DP εις-P μαρτυριον-N2N-ASN κυριος-N2--NSM εκ-P οικος-N2--GSM αγιος-A1A-GSM αυτος- D--GSM

3 διοτι-C ιδου-I κυριος-N2--NSM εκπορευομαι-V1--PMI3S εκ-P ο- A--GSM τοπος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSM και-C καταβαινω-VF--FMI3S και-C επιβαινω-VF--FMI3S επι-P ο- A--APN υψος-N3E-APN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

4 και-C σαλευω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--NPN ορος-N3E-NPN υποκατωθεν-P αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--NPF κοιλας-N3D-NPF τηκω-VF--FMI3P ως-C κηρος-N2--NSM απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN πυρ-N3--GSN και-C ως-C υδωρ-N3--NSN καταφερω-V1--PPPNSN εν-P καταβασις-N3I-DSF

5 δια-P ασεβεια-N1A-ASF *ιακωβ-N---GSM πας-A3--NPN ουτος- D--NPN και-C δια-P αμαρτια-N1A-ASF οικος-N2--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM τις- I--NSF ο- A--NSF ασεβεια-N1A-NSF ο- A--GSM *ιακωβ-N---GSM ου-D *σαμαρεια-N1A-NSF και-C τις- I--NSF ο- A--NSF αμαρτια-N1A-NSF οικος-N2--GSM *ιουδα-N---GSM ου-D *ιερουσαλημ-N---NSF

6 και-C τιθημι-VF--FMI1S *σαμαρεια-N1A-ASF εις-P οπωροφυλακιον-N2N-ASN αγρος-N2--GSM και-C εις-P φυτεια-N1A-ASF αμπελων-N3W-GSM και-C κατασπαω-VF--FAI1S εις-P χαος-N3E-ASN ο- A--APM λιθος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--APN θεμελιον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GSF αποκαλυπτω-VF--FAI1S

7 και-C πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN γλυπτος-A1--APN αυτος- D--GSF κατακοπτω-VF--FAI3P και-C πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN μισθωμα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GSF ενπιπρημι-VF--FAI3P εν-P πυρ-N3--DSN και-C πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN ειδωλον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GSF τιθημι-VF--FMI1S εις-P αφανισμος-N2--ASM διοτι-C εκ-P μισθωμα-N3M-GPN πορνεια-N1A-GSF συναγω-VBI-AAI3S και-C εκ-P μισθωμα-N3M-GPN πορνεια-N1A-GSF συνστρεφω-VAI-AAI3S

8 ενεκεν-P ουτος- D--GSM κοπτω-VF--FMI3S και-C θρηνεω-VF--FMI3S πορευομαι-VF--FMI3S ανυποδετος-A1B-NSF και-C γυμνος-A1--NSF ποιεω-VF--FMI3S κοπετος-N2--ASM ως-C δρακων-N3--GPM και-C πενθος-N3E-ASN ως-C θυγατηρ-N3--GPF σειρην-N3--GPF

9 οτι-C κατακρατεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF πληγη-N1--NSF αυτος- D--GSF διοτι-C ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εως-P *ιουδα-N---GSM και-C απτομαι-VAI-AMI3S εως-P πυλη-N1--GSF λαος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS εως-P *ιερουσαλημ-N---GSF

10 ο- A--NPM εν-P *γεθ-N---DS μη-D μεγαλυνω-V1--PMD2P ο- A--NPM εν-P *ακιμ-N---DS μη-D αναοικοδομεω-V2--PAD2P εκ-P οικος-N2--GSM κατα-P γελως-N3T-ASM γη-N1--ASF καταπασσω-VA--AMD2P κατα-P γελως-N3T-ASM συ- P--GP

11 καταοικεω-V2--PAPNSF καλως-D ο- A--APF πολις-N3I-APF αυτος- D--GSF ου-D εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S καταοικεω-V2--PAPNSF *σεννααν-N---AS κοπτω-VA--AMN οικος-N2--ASM εχω-V1--PMPASM αυτος- D--GSF λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S εκ-P συ- P--GP πληγη-N1--ASF οδυνη-N1--GSF

12 τις- I--NSM αρχω-VAI-AMI3S εις-P αγαθος-A1--APN καταοικεω-V2--PAPDSF οδυνη-N1--APF οτι-C καταβαινω-VZI-AAI3S κακος-A1--NPN παρα-P κυριος-N2--GSM επι-P πυλη-N1--APF *ιερουσαλημ-N---GSF

13 ψοφος-N2--NSM αρμα-N3M-GPN και-C ιππευω-V1--PAPGPM καταοικεω-V2--PAPNSF *λαχις-N---AS αρχηγος-N2--NSM αμαρτια-N1A-GSF αυτος- D--NSF ειμι-V9--PAI3S ο- A--DSF θυγατηρ-N3--DSF *σιων-N---GS οτι-C εν-P συ- P--DS ευρισκω-VC--API3P ασεβεια-N1A-NPF ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

14 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN διδωμι-VF--FAI2S εκ αποστελλω-V1--PMPAPM εως-P κληρονομια-N1A-GSF *γεθ-N---GS οικος-N2--APM ματαιος-A1A-APM εις-P κενος-A1--APN γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ο- A--DPM βασιλευς-N3V-DPM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

15 εως-P ο- A--APM κληρονομος-N2--APM αγω-VB--AAS1S συ- P--DS καταοικεω-V2--PAPNSF *λαχις-N---AS κληρονομια-N1A-NSF εως-P *οδολλαμ-N---AS ηκω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--NSF δοξα-N1S-NSF ο- A--GSF θυγατηρ-N3--GSF *ισραηλ-N---GSM

16 ξυραω-VA--AMD2S και-C κειρω-VA--AMD2S επι-P ο- A--APN τεκνον-N2N-APN ο- A--APN τρυφερος-A1A-APN συ- P--GS ενπλατυνω-V1--PAPASN ο- A--ASF χηρεια-N1A-ASF συ- P--GS ως-C αετος-N2--NSM οτι-C αιχμαλωτευω-VCI-API3P απο-P συ- P--GS

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Arcana Coelestia #4236

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4236. 'And Jacob said [when he saw them], This is God's camp' means heaven. 'God's camp' means heaven, for the reason that 'an army' means truths and goods, 3448, and goods and truths are arranged by the Lord in conformity with heavenly order. Hence the arrangement of them like armies when arrayed is meant by 'an encampment', and the heavenly order itself, which is heaven, by 'a camp'. This camp or order is such that it cannot in any way be broken apart by hell, despite the constant effort from hell to break it apart. This also is why this order, which is heaven, is referred to as 'a camp', and why truths and goods, that is, angels, who are arranged in conformity with that order are called 'armies'. From all this it is now evident how 'God's camp' comes to mean heaven. It is that actual order, and so heaven itself, which was represented by the encampments of the children of Israel in the wilderness; and their actual dwelling together there according to their tribes was referred to as 'the camp'. The Tabernacle pitched in the middle and around which they encamped represented the Lord Himself. Regarding the children of Israel's encampment in this manner, see Numbers 1:1-end, and 33:2-56; and regarding their encampment around the Tabernacle according to their tribes - Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun to the east; Reuben, Simeon, and Gad to the south; Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin to the west; Dan, Asher, and Naphtali to the north; and the Levites in the middle next to the Tabernacle - Numbers 2:2 and following verses.

[2] The tribes' means all goods and truths in their entirety, see 3858, 3862, 3926, 3939, 4060. Consequently when Balaam saw Israel dwelling according to tribes and the Spirit of God came upon him, he delivered the utterance,

How good your tabernacles are, O Jacob; your dwelling-places, O Israel! They are like valleys that are planted, like gardens beside a river. Numbers 24:2-3, 5-6.

It is quite plain that this prophecy did not mean the people named Jacob and Israel but that it was the Lord's heaven which was represented. This also is why in other places in the Word their ordered settlements in the wilderness, or encampments according to tribes, are called camps, and in those places 'a camp' in the internal sense means heavenly order and 'encampment' an arrangement in conformity with that order, that is to say, with the order in which goods and truths exist in heaven - as in Leviticus 4:12; 8:17; 13:46; 14:8; 16:26, 28; 24:14, 23; Numbers 3; 4:4 and following verses; 5:2-4; Numbers 9:17-end; 10:1-10, 28; 11:31-32; 12:14-15; 31:19-24; Deuteronomy 23:9-14.

[3] The meaning of 'God's camp' as heaven may also be seen in Joel,

The earth quaked before Him, the heavens trembled. The sun and the moon were darkened, and the stars gathered back their shining; and Jehovah gave voice before His army, for His camp is exceedingly many; for that which executes His word is uncountable. Joel 2:10-11.

In Zechariah,

I will encamp by My house with an army set against anyone passing through and against anyone leaving, so that the oppressor passes over them no more. Zechariah 9:8.

In John,

Gog and Magog went up over the breadth 1 of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city; but fire came down 2 from God and consumed them. Revelation 20:9.

'Gog and Magog' stands for people whose worship is external separated from internal - worship that has become idolatrous, 1151. 'The breadth of the earth' stands for truth possessed by the Church - 'breadth', or a plain, meaning truth that constitutes doctrinal teaching, 2450, and 'earth' the Church, 556, 662, 1066, 1067, 1850, 2117, 2118, 3355. 'The camp of the saints' stands for heaven or the Lord's kingdom on earth, which is the Church.

[4] Since most things in the Word also have a contrary sense, so too does the word 'camp'. In this case it means evils and falsities, and consequently hell, as in David,

Though the evil pitch camp against me, my heart will not fear. Psalms 27:3.

In the same author,

God has scattered the bones of those encamping against you; 3 you have put them to shame, for God has rejected them. Psalms 53:5.

The camp of Asshur in which the angel of Jehovah smote a hundred and eighty-five thousand, Isaiah 37:36, does not have any other meaning, nor likewise does the camp of the Egyptians, Exodus 14:19-20.

Footnotes:

1. literally, the plain

2. The Latin means went up, but the Greek means came down, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

3. The Latin means me, but the Hebrew means you.

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

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Numbers 31:19-24

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19 "Encamp outside of the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

20 As to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, you shall purify yourselves."

21 Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:

22 however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23 everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that doesn't withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.

24 You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; and afterward you shall come into the camp."

      

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