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Ezekiel 47

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1 At ibinalik niya ako sa pintuan ng bahay; at, narito, ang tubig ay lumalabas sa ilalim ng pasukan sa bahay sa dakong silanganan (sapagka't ang harapan ng bahay ay sa dakong silanganan); at ang tubig ay umaagos sa ilalim, mula sa dakong kanan ng bahay, sa timugan ng dambana.

2 Nang magkagayo'y inilabas niya ako sa daan ng pintuang-daang hilagaan, at pinatnubayan niya ako sa palibot ng daan sa labas, sa lalong labas ng pintuang-daan, sa daan ng pintuang-daan na nakaharap sa dakong silanganan; at, narito, doo'y lumalabas ang tubig sa dakong kanan.

3 Nang ang lalake ay lumabas sa dakong silanganan na may pising panukat sa kaniyang kamay, siya'y sumukat ng isang libong siko, at pinaraan niya ako sa tubig, sa tubig na hanggang bukongbukong.

4 Muling sumukat siya ng isang libo, at pinaraan niya ako sa tubig, sa tubig na hanggang mga tuhod. Muli siyang sumukat ng isang libo, at pinaraan niya ako sa tubig, sa tubig na hanggang sa mga balakang.

5 Pagkatapos ay sumukat siya ng isang libo; at isang ilog na hindi ko naraanan; sapagka't ang tubig ay sumasampa, tubig upang languyan, ilog na hindi mararaanan.

6 At sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, nakita mo baga ito? Nang magkagayo'y dinala niya ako, at pinabalik niya ako sa pangpang ng ilog.

7 Nang ako nga'y makabalik, narito, sa pangpang ng ilog, ay may totoong maraming puno ng kahoy sa magkabilang dako.

8 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Ang tubig na ito ay lumalabas sa dakong silanganang lupain, at bababa sa Araba; at huhugos sa dagat; sa dagat ay huhugos ang tubig na pinalabas; at ang tubig ay mapagagaling.

9 At mangyayari, na bawa't likhang may buhay na dumadami, saan mang dako umaagos ang tubig, ay mabubuhay; at magkakaroon ng totoong napakaraming isda; sapagka't ang tubig na ito ay dumarating diyan at ang tubig ng dagat ay mapagagaling, at bawa't may buhay ay mabubuhay saan man dumating ang ilog.

10 At mangyayari, na ang mga mangingisda ay magsisitayo sa tabi niyaon: mula sa En-gedi hanggang sa En-eglaim ay magiging dako na ladlaran ng mga lambat; ang mga isda ng mga yaon ay magiging ayon sa pagkakaisda ng mga yaon, gaya ng isda sa malaking dagat, na totoong marami.

11 Nguni't ang kaniyang mga dakong maburak, at ang mga lumbak niyaon, ay hindi mapapagaling; magiging asinan nga.

12 At sa pangpang ng ilog sa tabi niyaon, sa dakong ito at sa dakong yaon, tutubo ang sarisaring punong kahoy na pinakapagkain, na ang dahon ay hindi matutuyo, ni magkukulang man ang bunga niyaon: magbubunga ng bago buwan-buwan, sapagka't ang tubig niyaon ay lumalabas sa santuario; at ang bunga niyaon ay magiging pagkain at ang dahon niyaon ay pangpagaling.

13 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Ito ang magiging hangganan, na inyong pagbabahagihan ng lupain na pinakamana ayon sa labing dalawang lipi ng Israel: ang Jose ay magkakaroon ng dalawang bahagi.

14 At inyong mamanahin, ng isa na gaya ng iba; sapagka't aking isinumpa na ibigay ito sa inyong mga magulang: at ang lupaing ito ay mahuhulog sa inyo na pinakamana.

15 At ito ang magiging hangganan ng lupain: Sa dakong hilagaan, mula sa malaking dagat, sa daang Hethlon, hanggang sa pasukan sa Sedad;

16 Hamath, Berotha, Sibrahim, na nasa pagitan ng hangganan ng Damasco at ng hangganan ng Hamath; Haser-hatticon na nasa tabi ng hangganan ng Hauran.

17 At ang hangganang mula sa dagat ay magiging ang Hazar-enon sa hangganan ng Damasco, at nasa hilagaan na dakong hilagaan ang hangganan ng Hamath. Ito ang dakong hilagaan.

18 At ang dakong silanganan, ang pagitan ng Hauran at ng Damasco at ng Galaad, at ang lupain ng Israel, ay siyang magiging Jordan; mula sa hilagaang hangganan hanggang sa silanganang dagat ay inyong susukatin. Ito ang dakong silanganan.

19 At ang timugang dako na gawing timugan ay magiging mula sa Tamar hanggang sa tubig ng Meribot-cades, sa batis ng Egipto, hanggang sa malaking dagat. Ito ang timugang dako na gawing timugan.

20 At ang dakong kalunuran ay magiging ang malaking dagat, mula sa hangganang timugan hanggang sa tapat ng pasukan sa Hamath. Ito ang dakong kalunuran.

21 Gayon ninyo hahatiin ang lupaing ito sa inyo ayon sa mga lipi ng Israel.

22 At mangyayari na inyong hahatiin sa sapalaran na pinakamana sa inyo at sa mga taga ibang lupa na makikipamayan sa gitna ninyo, na magkakaanak sa gitna ninyo; at sila'y magiging sa inyo'y gaya ng ipinanganak sa gitna ng mga anak ni Israel; sila'y magkakaroon ng mana na kasama ninyo sa gitna ng mga lipi ng Israel.

23 At mangyayari, na kung saang lipi nakipamayan ang taga ibang lupa, doon ninyo bibigyan siya ng mana, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9659

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9659. 'And there shall be eight boards and their bases [made] from silver' means support in every respect from good and through truth that springs from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'eight' as what is so in every respect, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'boards' as good that lends support, dealt with in 9634; and from the meaning of 'bases [made] from silver' as support provided through truth from good, dealt with in 9643.

[2] 'Eight' means in every respect because this number has the same meaning as two and four, being the product of these when multiplied together. 'Two' and 'four' mean being joined together, completely so, 5194, 8423, 8877, and consequently also mean what is complete, 9103, and therefore what is so in every respect; for what exists in completeness does so in every respect. Another reason why 'eight' means what exists in completeness and in every respect is that since 'a week' means a whole period from beginning to end, 2044, 3845, 'the eighth day' means a complete state, from which a new beginning then commences. This explains why males had to be circumcised on the eighth day, Genesis 17:12; 21:4, for circumcision was a sign of purification from foul kinds of love by means of the truth of faith, 2039, 2046 (end), 2799, 3412, 3413, 4462. The foreskin corresponded to the defilement of good by those kinds of love, 4462, 7045, 7225, and the knife of flint with which circumcision was carried out was a sign of the truth of faith by means of which purification was accomplished, 2039 (end), 2046 (end), 2799, 7044.

[3] What exists in completeness and in every respect is also meant by 'eight' following 'seven' in Micah,

When Asshur comes into our land and treads our palaces we will set up over him seven shepherds and eight princes of men (homo), and they will feed 1 the land of Asshur with the sword; and he will deliver [us] from Asshur. Micah 5:5-6.

'Asshur' stands for reasoning on the basis of one's own intelligence about the Church's forms of good and its truths. Deliverance totally or in every respect from consequent falsity is meant by 'eight princes of men' who will bring destruction, 'princes of men' being the leading truths that rise out of good.

[4] The fact that 'eight' means completeness and in every respect is also clear from an experience I had involving the admission and reception of some communities into heaven, about which see 2130. I saw as many as twelve communities received first, and after them as many as eight more; for people admitted and received into heaven are those who have been purified from earthly things, that is, from all love of them, and have gone on to receive instruction. The number eight on that occasion was a sign of that which was complete.

[5] 'Eight' has a similar meaning elsewhere in the Word, for example where it says that the portico of the gateway was 'eight cubits' long from the house, and that there were 'eight steps' up to the house, in Ezekiel 40:9, 31, 41. The description there is of the new house, by which the Lord's New Church is meant, truths leading to good and from good back to truths being meant by 'the portico' and 'the steps'.

[6] Anyone who does not know that spiritual realities or real things are implied by the numbers used in the Word cannot possibly see any such reality nor thus anything holy in the measures and numbers where the tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and after these the new house, new temple, and new land in Ezekiel, are described, when yet not a syllable in the Word is devoid of spiritual meaning. Let all who have intelligence weigh up in their mind what the measures and numbers in Chapters 40-48 of Ezekiel really mean, also the measures and numbers in John, at Revelation 21:17, where it says that the angel measured the wall of the new Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, and that this measure was that of a man (homo), that is, of an angel, and also in the following, besides many other places,

Let him who has intelligence reckon the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man (homo), that is, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18.

For more about all numbers in the Word, that they mean spiritual realities or real things, see 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 5291, 5335, 5708, 6175, 7973, and places where the specific meaning of certain numbers has been shown.

Footnotes:

1. i.e. destroy

  
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Genesis 17

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1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

4 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

5 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.

11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.

12 He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.

13 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."

15 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

17 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"

18 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"

19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

21 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.

24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.

27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.