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1 Den lodd som tilfalt Judas barns stamme efter deres ætter, strakte sig bortimot Edoms landemerke, til ørkenen Sin, lengst mot syd.

2 Og deres grense mot syd gikk ut fra enden av Salthavet, fra den bukt som vender mot syd,

3 bøide syd om Akrabbim-skaret, tok så over til Sin og opefter i syd for Kades-Barnea, gikk så over til Hesron og op til Adar; der svinget den bort til Karka,

4 tok så bortefter til Asmon, gikk frem til Egyptens bekk og endte ute ved havet. Dette [sa Herren] skal være eders grense mot syd.

5 Grensen mot øst var Salthavet inntil Jordans utløp. På nordsiden gikk grensen fra den bukt av Salthavet hvor Jordan løper ut.

6 Derfra drog den sig op til Bet-Hogla og videre i nord for Bet-Ha'araba, op til den sten som har navn efter Bohan, ubens sønn.

7 Så gikk grensen fra Akor-dalen op til Debir og vendte sig nordover til Gilgal, som ligger midt imot Adummim-skaret sønnenfor bekken, og gikk så over til vannet ved En-Semes og frem til En- ogel.

8 Derfra gikk grensen op til Hinnoms sønns dal, til sydsiden av Jebus, det er Jerusalem, og gikk så op til toppen av det fjell som ligger rett i vest for Hinnoms dal ved nordenden av efa'im-dalen.

9 Fra denne fjelltopp strakte grensen sig bort til Neftoah-vannets kilde og holdt frem til byene i Efrons fjellbygd, og tok så bortefter til Ba'ala, det er Kirjat-Jearim.

10 Fra Ba'ala svinget den vestover til Se'ir-fjellet, tok over til nordsiden av Jearim-fjellet, det er Kesalon, og gikk så ned til Bet-Semes og frem til Timna.

11 Derefter gikk grensen nordover til Ekrons fjellrygg; der svinget den bort til Sikron, tok så over til Ba'ala-fjellet, gikk frem til Jabne'el og endte ute ved havet.

12 Grensen mot vest var det store hav og landet langsmed det. Dette var Judas barns grense efter deres ætter, på alle sider.

13 Men Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, fikk sin del midt iblandt Judas barn efter Herrens ord til Josva; det var Anaks far Arbas by, som nu kalles Hebron.

14 Og Kaleb drev bort derfra de tre anakitter Sesai og Akiman og Talmai, efterkommere av Anak.

15 Derfra drog han op mot innbyggerne i Debir - Debirs navn var før Kirjat-Sefer.

16 Og Kaleb sa: Den som vinner over Kirjat-Sefer og inntar det, ham vil jeg gi min datter Aksa til hustru.

17 Og kenisitten Otniel, Kalebs bror, inntok det; og han gav ham sin datter Aksa til hustru.

18 Og da hun kom [til sin manns hus], egget hun ham til å be hennes far om en jordeiendom, og hun sprang ned av asenet. Da sa Kaleb til henne: Hvad vil du?

19 Hun svarte: Gi mig en avskjedsgave! Du har giftet mig bort til dette tørre sydlandet, Gi mig nu vannkilder! Så gav han henne de øvre og de nedre kilder.

20 Dette er Judas barns stammes arv efter deres ætter:

21 Byene ved den ytterste grense av Judas barns stamme mot Edoms landemerke, i sydlandet, var: Kabse'el og Eder og Jagur

22 og Kina og Dimona og Adada

23 og Kedes og Hasor og Jitnan,

24 Sif og Telem og Bealot

25 og Hasor-Hadatta og Kerijot, Hesron, det er Hasor,

26 Amam og Sema og Molada

27 og Hasur-Gadda og Hesmon og Bet-Pelet

28 og Hasar-Sual og Be'erseba og Bisjotja,

29 Ba'ala og Ijim og Esem

30 og Eltolad og Kesil og Horma

31 og Siklag og Madmanna og Sansanna

32 og Lebaot og Silhim og Ajin og immon - i alt ni og tyve byer med tilhørende landsbyer.

33 I lavlandet: Estaol og Sora og Asna

34 og Sanoah og En-Gannim, Tappuah og Haenam.

35 Jarmut og Adullam, Soko og Aseka

36 og Sa'ara'im og Adita'im og Haggedera og Gederota'im - fjorten byer med tilhørende landsbyer;

37 Senan og Hadasa og Migdal-Gad

38 og Dilan og Mispe og Jokte'el,

39 Lakis og Boskat og Eglon

40 og Kabbon og Lahmas og Kitlis

41 og Gederot, Bet-Dagon og Na'ama og Makkeda - seksten byer med tilhørende landsbyer;

42 Libna og Eter og Asan

43 og Jiftah og Asna og Nesib

44 og Ke'ila og Aksib og Maresa - ni byer med tilhørende landsbyer;

45 Ekron med tilhørende byer og landsbyer;

46 fra Ekron og vestover alt som lå på Asdod-siden, med tilhørende landsbyer;

47 Asdod med tilhørende byer og landsbyer, Gasa med tilhørende byer og landsbyer, inntil Egyptens bekk og det store hav og landet langsmed det.

48 Og i fjellbygdene: Samir og Jattir og Soko

49 og Danna og Kirjat-Sanna, det er Debir,

50 og Anab og Estemo og Anim

51 og Gosen og Holon og Gilo - elleve byer med tilhørende landsbyer;

52 Arab og Duma og Esan

53 og Janim og Bet-Tappuah og Afeka

54 og Humta og Kirjat-Arba, det er Hebron, og Sior - ni byer med tilhørende landsbyer;

55 Maon, Karmel og Sif og Juta

56 og Jisre'el og Jokdeam og Sanoah,

57 Hakka'in, Gibea og Timna - ti byer med tilhørende landsbyer;

58 Halhul, Bet-Sur og Gedor

59 og Ma'arat og Bet-Anot og Eltekon - seks byer med tilhørende landsbyer;

60 Kirjat-Ba'al, det er Kirjat-Jearim, og Harabba - to byer med tilhørende landsbyer.

61 I ørkenen: Bet-Ha'araba, Middin og Sekaka

62 og Hannibsan og Ir-Hammelah og En-Gedi - seks byer med tilhørende landsbyer.

63 Men jebusittene, som bodde i Jerusalem, kunde Judas barn ikke drive bort; og jebusittene blev boende sammen med Judas barn i Jerusalem og der bor de den dag idag.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2909

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2909. 'In Kiriath Arba, which is Hebron in the land of Canaan' means within the Church. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'Kiriath Arba' as the Church as regards truth, and from the meaning of 'Hebron in the land of Canaan' as the Church as regards good. In the Word, especially the prophetical part, whenever truth is the subject, good also is included, on account of the heavenly marriage that exists in every detail of the Word, see 683, 793, 801, 2173, 2516, 2712. Here therefore when Kiriath Arba is mentioned, so also is 'Hebron in the land of Canaan'. The land of Canaan is the Lord's kingdom, 1413, 1437, 1607, and locations in that land were in varying ways representative, 1585, 1866.

[2] As regards 'Kiriath Arba, which is Hebron', this was a region where Abraham, Isaac and Jacob dwelt. Abraham's dwelling there is evident from what has gone before,

Abraham came and dwelt in [the oak-groves of] Mamre, which are in Hebron. Genesis 13:18.

And Isaac and Jacob's dwelling there too is evident from what comes further on, Jacob came to Isaac his father in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. Genesis 35:27.

Joseph was sent by Jacob his father to his brothers, from the Valley of Hebron. Genesis 37:14.

From the representation dealt with already of those three personages it is clear that 'Kiriath Arba, which is Hebron' represented the Church before Jerusalem did so.

[3] In the course of time every Church deteriorates until it ceases to possess any faith or charity at all, at which point it is destroyed. This too was represented by 'Kiriath Arba, which is Hebron', that is to say, when this place was occupied by the Anakim, by whom dreadful false persuasions were meant, 581, 1673, regarding which occupation by the Anakim, see Numbers 13:21-22; Joshua 11:21; 14:15; 15:13-14; Judges 1:10. As regards the end or close of the Church and its destruction, this was represented by Joshua's utterly destroying everything in that place, Joshua 10:36-37; 11:21, and by Judah and Caleb's smiting the Anakim, Judges 1:10; Joshua 14:13-15; 15:13-14. The establishment again of a new Church was represented by the allotment of its fields and villages to Caleb as his inheritance, Joshua 21:12. The city itself however became a city of refuge, Joshua 20:7; 21:13, and a city for priests, for the sons of Aaron, Joshua 21:10-11, within the inheritance of Judah, Joshua 15:54.

[4] From this it is evident that Hebron represented the Lord's spiritual Church in the land of Canaan. For the same reason also David was ordered by Jehovah's command to go to Hebron and was there anointed king over the house of Judah; and after he had reigned there for seven years and six months he went to Jerusalem and took possession of Zion, see 2 Samuel 2:1-11; 5:5; 1 Kings 2:11, at which point the Lord's spiritual Church now began to be represented by Jerusalem, and His celestial Church by Zion.

  
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1607. That 'for all the land which you see I will give to you' means the heavenly kingdom which was to be the Lord's is clear from the meaning of 'land' - the land of Canaan in this context since the words used are 'the land which you see' - as the heavenly kingdom. Indeed the land of Canaan represented the Lord's kingdom in the heavens, which is heaven, and also the Lord's kingdom on earth, which is the Church. This meaning of 'land' has been discussed frequently already. That the kingdom in heaven and on earth was given to the Lord is clear from various places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

A Boy is born, a Son is given to us; and the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6.

In Daniel,

I saw in the night visions, and behold with the clouds of the heavens One like the Son of Man was coming, and He came even to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. And to Him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages will serve Him. His dominion is an eternal dominion which will not pass away, and His kingdom one that will not perish. Daniel 7:13-14.

The Lord Himself also says the same: in Matthew,

All things have been delivered to Me by My Father. Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22.

Elsewhere in Matthew,

[All] power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matthew 28:18.

In John,

You have given to the Son power over all flesh in order that all You have given Him, to them He may give eternal life. John 17:2-3.

And 'sitting on the right hand' has the same meaning, as in Luke,

From now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

[2] As regards all power in heaven and on earth being given to the Son of Man, it should be recognized that the Lord already had power over all things in heaven and on earth before He came into the world, for He was God from eternity and He was Jehovah, as He Himself plainly declares in John,

Now, Father, glorify Me in Your Own Self with the glory I had with You before the world was. John 17:5.

And in the same gospel,

Truly, Truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. 1 John 8:58.

In fact He was Jehovah and God to the Most Ancient Church which existed before the Flood, and was seen by them. He was also Jehovah and God to the Ancient Church which existed after the Flood; and He was the One whom all the religious observances of the Jewish Church represented, and the One they worshipped. The reason the Lord says that all power in heaven and on earth has been given to Him, as though it had not been His till then, is that 'the Son of Man' is used to mean His Human Essence which became Jehovah as well after it had been united to His Divine Essence. Power was given to Him at that point, which would not have been possible until He was glorified, that is, until His Human Essence as well, through union with the Divine Essence, had life in Itself and likewise became Divine and Jehovah, as He Himself declares in John,

As the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. John 5:26.

[3] It is His Human Essence or External Man that is named 'the Son of Man' in the passage quoted from Daniel, and 'a Boy born, a Son given to us' in the passage quoted from Isaiah. The fact that the heavenly kingdom would be given to Him, and all power in heaven and on earth, was shown and promised to Him then, and is the meaning of the statement 'all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your seed after you for ever'. This was before His Human Essence had been united to His Divine Essence, a union which took place when He had overcome the devil and hell, that is to say, when by His own strength and powers He had cast out all evil, which alone causes the severance.

Voetnoten:

1. The Latin means I was, but the Greek means I am, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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