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Ezekiel 48

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1 Ang mga ito nga ang mga pangalan ng mga lipi: Mula sa dulong hilagaan, sa tabi ng daan ng Hethlon hanggang sa pasukan sa Hamath, Hasar-enan, sa hangganan ng Damasco, na dakong hilagaan sa gawing yaon ng Hamath; (at mga magkakaroon ng mga dakong silanganan at kalunuran), ang Dan, isang bahagi.

2 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Dan, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Aser, isang bahagi.

3 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Aser, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Nephtali, isang bahagi.

4 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Nephtali, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Manases, isang bahagi.

5 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Manases, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Ephraim, isang bahagi.

6 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Ephraim, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Ruben, isang bahagi.

7 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Ruben, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Juda, isang bahagi.

8 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Juda, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, malalagay ang alay na inyong ihahandog, dalawang pu't limang libong tambo ang luwang, at ang haba ay gaya ng isa sa mga bahagi, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran; at ang santuario ay malalagay sa gitna niyaon.

9 Ang alay na inyong ihahandog sa Panginoon ay magiging dalawang pu't limang libong tambo ang haba, at sangpung libo ang luwang.

10 At magiging sa mga ito, sa makatuwid baga'y sa mga saserdote, ang banal na alay; sa dakong hilagaan ay dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba, at sa dakong kalunuran ay sangpung libo ang luwang, at sa dakong timugan ay dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba: at ang santuario ng Panginoon ay maglalagay sa gitna niyaon.

11 Ito'y magiging sa mga saserdote na mga pinapaging banal sa mga anak ni Sadoc, na nagsisiganap ng katungkulan sa akin na hindi nangagpakaligaw nang mangagpakaligaw ang mga anak ni Israel, na gaya ng mga Levita na nangagpakaligaw.

12 At sa kanila'y magiging alay na mula sa alay ng lupain, bagay na kabanalbanalan sa tabi ng hangganan ng mga Levita.

13 At ayon sa hangganan ng mga saserdote, ang mga Levita ay mangagkakaroon ng dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba, at sangpung libo ang luwang: ang buong haba ay magiging dalawang pu't limang libo, at ang luwang ay sangpung libo.

14 At hindi nila ipagbibili, o ipagpapalit man, o ipagkakaloob sa iba man ang mga unang bunga ng lupain; sapagka't ito'y banal sa Panginoon.

15 At ang limang libo na naiwan sa naluwangan, sa tapat ng dalawang pu't limang libo, magiging sa karaniwang kagamitan na ukol sa bayan, sa tahanan at sa mga nayon; at ang bayan ay malalagay sa gitna niyaon.

16 At ang mga ito ang magiging mga sukat niyaon: sa dakong hilagaan ay apat na libo at limang daan, at sa dakong timugan ay apat na libo at limang daan, at sa dakong silanganan ay apat na libo at limang daan, at sa dakong kalunuran ay apat na libo at limang daan.

17 At ang bayan ay magkakaroon ng mga nayon: sa dakong hilagaan ay dalawang daan at limang pu, at sa dakong timugan ay dalawang daan at limang pu, at sa dakong silanganan ay dalawang daan at limang pu, at sa dakong kalunuran ay dalawang daan at limang pu.

18 At ang labis sa haba, na nauukol sa banal na alay, magiging sangpung libo sa dakong silanganan, at sangpung libo sa dakong kalunuran; at magiging ukol sa banal na alay; at ang bunga niyaon ay magiging pinakapagkain sa nagsisigawa sa bayan.

19 At tatamnan nilang nagsisigawa sa bayan sa lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel.

20 Buong alay ay magiging dalawang pu't limang libong tambo at dalawang pu't limang libo: inyong ihahandog na parisukat ang banal na alay, sangpu ng pag-aari ng bayan.

21 At ang labis ay magiging sa prinsipe, sa isang dako at sa kabilang dako ng banal na alay at sa pag-aari ng bayan; sa tapat ng dalawang pu't limang libo sa alay sa dako ng silanganang hangganan, at sa dakong kalunuran sa tapat ng dalawang pu't limang libo sa dako ng kalunurang hangganan, na ukol sa mga bahagi, magiging sa prinsipe: at ang banal na alay at ang santuario ng bahay ay malalagay sa gitna niyaon.

22 Bukod dito'y mula sa pag-aari ng mga Levita, at mula sa pag-aari ng bayan na nasa gitna ng sa prinsipe, sa pagitan ng hangganan ng Juda at ng hangganan ng Benjamin, magiging sa prinsipe.

23 At tungkol sa nalabi sa mga lipi: mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Benjamin, isang bahagi.

24 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Benjamin, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Simeon, isang bahagi.

25 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Simeon, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Issachar, isang bahagi.

26 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Issachar, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Zabulon, isang bahagi.

27 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Zabulon mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Gad, isang bahagi.

28 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Gad, sa dakong timugan na gawing timugan, ang hangganan ay magiging mula sa Tamar hanggang sa tubig ng Meribat-cades sa batis ng Egipto, hanggang sa malaking dagat.

29 Ito ang lupain na inyong babahagihin sa sapalaran sa mga lipi ng Israel na pinakamana, at ang mga ito ang kanilang mga iba't ibang bahagi, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

30 At ang mga ito ang mga labasan sa bayan: Sa dakong hilagaan ay apat na libo at limang daang tambo sa sukat;

31 At ang mga pintuang-daan ng bayan ay magiging ayon sa mga pangalan ng mga lipi ng Israel, tatlong pintuang-daan sa dakong hilagaan: ang pintuang-daan ng Ruben, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Juda, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Levi, isa.

32 At sa dakong silanganan ay apat na libo at limang-daang tambo, at tatlong pintuang-daan: ang pintuang-daan ng Jose, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Benjamin, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Dan, isa:

33 At sa dakong timugan ay apat na libo at limang daang tambo sa sukat, at tatlong pintuang-daan: ang pintuang-daan ng Simeon, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Issachar, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Zabulon, isa:

34 Sa dakong kalunuran ay apat na libo at limang daang tambo, na may kanilang tatlong pintuang-daan: ang pintuang-daan ng Gad, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Aser, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Nephtali, isa.

35 Magkakaroon ng labing walong libong tambo ang sukat sa palibot: at ang magiging pangalan ng bayan mula sa araw na yaon ay, Ang Panginoon ay naroroon.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3861

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3861. 'And she called his name Reuben' means the essential nature of it, which is described. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' and 'calling the name' as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006, 3421. That nature itself is described by the statement, 'Because Jehovah has seen my affliction, for now my husband will love me', the literal meaning of the name Reuben. Spiritually however all names in the Word mean real things, as has been shown often, see 1224, 1264, 1876, 1888; and among me ancients when a name was given it meant some state, 340, 1946, 2643, 3422. Here it will be seen that the names of all the sons of Jacob mean the universal attributes of the Church. Also one specific universal attribute has been combined within each name, but what that attribute is no one can possibly know unless he knows the internal sense embodied in the words from which each son's name is derived. That is, he needs to know the internal sense embodied in 'has seen' from which Reuben is derived, and in 'has heard' from which Simeon is derived, and in 'has clung to' from which Levi is derived, and in 'to confess' from which Judah is derived, and so on with all the other sons.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #2441

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2441. That 'the sun had gone forth over the earth' means the final period which is called the Last Judgement is clear from the meaning of 'sunrise' when the subject is the times and states of the Church. That the times of the day, like the seasons of the year also, in the internal sense mean the consecutive states of the Church has been shown already in 2323, and that 'the dawn' or 'the morning' means the coming of the Lord or approach of His kingdom, in 2405. Thus 'sunrise' or its going forth over the earth is His actual arrival or presence, the reason being that both the sun and the east where it rises mean the Lord - 'the sun', see 31, 32, 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 2120, and 'the east', 101.

[2] The reason the Lord's arrival or presence coincides with the final period called the judgement is that His presence separates the good from the evil, and leads on to the good being raised into heaven and the evil casting themselves down into hell. For in the next life the Lord is the Sun of the whole of heaven, see 1053, 1521, 1529-1531. Actually it is the Divine celestial manifestation of His Love which appears before their very eyes as the sun and produces the light itself of heaven. To the extent therefore that those in the next life abide in celestial love they are raised up into that celestial light which comes from the Lord. But to the extent they are remote from celestial love they cast themselves away from that light into the darkness of hell.

[3] This then is the reason why 'sunrise' which means the Lord's arrival or presence entails both the salvation of the good and the condemnation of the evil; and why at this point it is first stated that 'Lot came to Zoar', that is, that people represented here by Lot were saved, and immediately after this that 'Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire', that is, the evil were condemned.

[4] To those there who are immersed in the evils of self-love and love of the world, that is, who hate all things to do with love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, the light of heaven actually appears as thick darkness. This is why it is said in the Word that to those people the sun was darkened, which means that they rejected everything to do with love and charity and accepted everything contrary to these, as in Ezekiel,

When I have blotted you out I will cover the heavens and darken their stars, I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. All the bright lights in the heavens I will make dark over you, and I will put darkness over your land. Ezekiel 32:7-8.

Anyone may see that 'covering the heavens', 'darkening the stars', 'covering the sun', and 'making the bright lights dark' mean different things from these.

[5] Similarly in Isaiah,

The sun will be darkened in its going forth and the moon will not give its light. Isaiah 13:9-10.

And in Joel,

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. Joel 2:2, 10.

This therefore shows what is meant by these words spoken by the Lord when He was describing the final period of the Church which is called the judgement, in Matthew,

Immediately after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven. Matthew 24:29.

'The sun' is not used to mean the sun, nor 'the moon' the moon, nor 'stars' the stars, but 'the sun' is used to mean love and charity, 'the moon' faith derived from these, and 'the stars' cognitions of good and truth, which are said to have been darkened, to lose their light, and to fall from heaven when the acknowledgement of the Lord, and love to Him and charity towards the neighbour, cease to exist any longer. And when these have become non-existent self-love together with falsities deriving from it take possession of man; for the one thing results as a consequence of the other.

[6] This also explains the following in John,

The fourth angel poured out his bowl into the sun and it was allowed to scorch men with fire; therefore men were burned by the fierce heat, and they blasphemed the name of God. Revelation 16:8-9.

This too refers to the last times of the Church when all love and charity is being annihilated, or to express it in ordinary language, when no faith exists any longer. The annihilation of love and charity is meant by the statement that the bowl was poured out into the sun; consequently it is in that case self-love and its desires that are meant by the statement that men were scorched with fire and that they were burned by a fierce heat; and this led to their blaspheming the name of God.

[7] By 'the sun' the Ancient Church understood nothing other than the Lord and the Divine celestial manifestation of His love. It was their custom when praying therefore to turn towards the rising of the sun - yet without giving any thought at all to the sun itself. Later on however when their descendants had lost even this together with every other representative and meaningful sign they began to worship the sun and moon themselves. This kind of worship spread to very many nations, so much so that they dedicated temples to the sun and to the moon, and erected pillars. And because the sun and moon now assumed an opposite meaning they mean self-love and love of the world, which are the complete reverse of celestial and spiritual love.

[8] In the Word therefore worshipping the sun and moon is used to mean worship of self and of the world, as in Moses,

Lest you lift your eyes to heaven and you see the sun and moon and stars, all the host of heaven, and you are drawn away and bow down to them and serve them. Deuteronomy 4:19.

And in the same author,

If anyone has gone and served other gods, and bowed down to them, and to the sun or moon, or to all the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, you shall stone them with stones, and they shall die. Deuteronomy 17:3, 5.

People turned the worship of old into such idolatry when they no longer believed that anything internal was meant in the religious observances of the Church, only that which is external.

[9] Similarly in Jeremiah,

At that time the bones of the kings of Judah, of the princes, of the priests, of the prophets, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, they will spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven which they have loved and which they have served. Jeremiah 8:1-2.

'The sun' stands for self-love and its desires. 'Spreading out the bones' means the hellish things which such people possess. In the same prophet,

He will break down the pillars of the house of the sun that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire. Jeremiah 43:13.

'The pillars of the house of the sun' stands for worship of self.

  
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