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4 Mose 31

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1 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

2 Übe Rache für die Kinder Israel an den Midianitern; danach sollst du zu deinen Völkern versammelt werden.

3 Und Mose redete zu dem Volke und sprach: Rüstet von euch Männer zum Heere aus, daß sie wider Midian ziehen, um die Rache Jehovas an Midian auszuführen.

4 Je tausend vom Stamme, von allen Stämmen Israels, sollt ihr zum Heere absenden.

5 Und es wurden aus den Tausenden Israels tausend von jedem Stamme ausgehoben: zwölftausend zum Heere Gerüstete.

6 Und Mose sandte sie, tausend von jedem Stamme, zum Heere ab, sie und Pinehas, den Sohn Eleasars, des Priesters, zum Heere; und die heiligen Geräte, die Trompeten zum Lärmblasen, waren in seiner Hand.

7 Und sie stritten wider Midian, so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte, und töteten alles Männliche.

8 Und sie töteten die Könige von Midian, samt ihren Erschlagenen: Ewi und Rekem und Zur und Hur und Reba, fünf Könige von Midian; und auch Bileam, den Sohn Beors, töteten sie mit dem Schwerte.

9 Und die Kinder Israel führten die Weiber der Midianiter und ihre Kinder gefangen hinweg, und erbeuteten all ihr Vieh und alle ihre Herden und alle ihre Habe;

10 und alle ihre Städte in ihren Wohnsitzen und alle ihre Gehöfte verbrannten sie mit Feuer.

11 Und sie nahmen alle Beute und allen Raub an Menschen und an Vieh,

12 und brachten die Gefangenen und den Raub und die Beute zu Mose und zu Eleasar, dem Priester, und zu der Gemeinde der Kinder Israel ins Lager, in die Ebenen Moabs, die am Jordan von Jericho sind.

13 Und Mose und Eleasar, der Priester, und alle Fürsten der Gemeinde gingen ihnen entgegen außerhalb des Lagers.

14 Und Mose ward zornig über die Vorgesetzten des Heeres, die Obersten über tausend und die Obersten über hundert, die von dem Kriegszuge kamen;

15 und Mose sprach zu ihnen: Habt ihr alle Weiber am Leben gelassen?

16 Siehe, sie sind ja auf den Rat Bileams den Kindern Israel ein Anlaß geworden in der Sache des Peor eine Untreue gegen Jehova zu begehen, so daß die Plage über die Gemeinde Jehovas kam.

17 So tötet nun alles Männliche unter den Kindern, und tötet alle Weiber, die einen Mann im Beischlaf erkannt haben;

18 aber alle Kinder, alle Mädchen, welche den Beischlaf eines Mannes nicht gekannt haben, laßt euch am Leben.

19 Ihr aber lagert euch außerhalb des Lagers sieben Tage; ein jeder, der einen Menschen getötet, und ein jeder, der einen Erschlagenen angerührt hat, ihr sollt euch entsündigen am dritten Tage und am siebten Tage, ihr und eure Gefangenen.

20 Und alle Kleider und alles Gerät von Fell und alle Arbeit von Ziegenhaar und alles Gerät von Holz sollt ihr entsündigen.

21 Und Eleasar, der Priester, sprach zu den Kriegsleuten, die in den Streit gezogen waren: Dies ist die Satzung des Gesetzes, das Jehova dem Mose geboten hat:

22 Nur das Gold und das Silber, das Erz, das Eisen, das Zinn und das Blei,

23 alles, was das Feuer verträgt, sollt ihr durchs Feuer gehen lassen, und es wird rein sein; nur soll es mit dem Wasser der Reinigung entsündigt werden; und alles, was das Feuer nicht verträgt, sollt ihr durchs Wasser gehen lassen.

24 Und am siebten Tage sollt ihr eure Kleider waschen, und ihr werdet rein sein; und danach möget ihr ins Lager kommen.

25 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

26 Nimm auf die Summe der weggeführten Beute, an Menschen und an Vieh, du und Eleasar, der Priester, und die Häupter der Väter der Gemeinde;

27 und teile die Beute zur Hälfte zwischen denen, welche den Krieg geführt haben, die ins Feld gezogen sind, und der ganzen Gemeinde.

28 Und erhebe von den Kriegsleuten, die ins Feld gezogen sind, eine Abgabe für Jehova: eine Seele von fünfhundert, von den Menschen und von den Rindern und von den Eseln und vom Kleinvieh;

29 von ihrer Hälfte sollt ihr sie nehmen, und du sollst sie Eleasar, dem Priester, geben als ein Hebopfer Jehovas.

30 Und von der Hälfte der Kinder Israel sollst du eines nehmen, von fünfzig herausgegriffen, von den Menschen, von den Rindern, von den Eseln und vom Kleinvieh, von allem Vieh; und du sollst es den Leviten geben, welche der Hut der Wohnung Jehovas warten.

31 Und Mose und Eleasar, der Priester, taten, so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte.

32 Und das Erbeutete, was von der Beute übrigblieb, welche das Kriegsvolk gemacht hatte, war: sechshundertfünfundsiebzig tausend Stück Kleinvieh,

33 und zweiundsiebzigtausend Rinder,

34 und einundsechzigtausend Esel;

35 und was die Menschenseelen betrifft, so waren der Mädchen, welche den Beischlaf eines Mannes nicht gekannt hatten, insgesamt zweiunddreißigtausend Seelen.

36 Und die Hälfte, der Anteil derer, welche zum Heere ausgezogen waren, die Zahl des Kleinviehes, war: dreihundertsiebenunddreißig tausend und fünfhundert Stück,

37 und die Abgabe vom Kleinvieh für Jehova war sechshundertfünfundsiebzig Stück;

38 und die Zahl der Rinder sechsunddreißigtausend, und die Abgabe davon für Jehova zweiundsiebzig;

39 und der Esel dreißigtausend und fünfhundert, und die Abgabe davon für Jehova einundsechzig;

40 und der Menschenseelen sechzehntausend, und die Abgabe davon für Jehova zweiunddreißig Seelen.

41 Und Mose gab die Abgabe des Hebopfers Jehovas Eleasar, dem Priester, so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte.

42 Und von der Hälfte der Kinder Israel, welche Mose von den zum Heere ausgezogenen Männern abgeteilt hatte,

43 (die Hälfte der Gemeinde war nämlich: dreihundertsiebenunddreißig tausend und fünfhundert Stück Kleinvieh,

44 und sechsunddreißigtausend Rinder,

45 und dreißigtausend und fünfhundert Esel,

46 und sechzehntausend Menschenseelen)

47 und von der Hälfte der Kinder Israel nahm Mose das Herausgegriffene, eines von fünfzig, von den Menschen und von dem Vieh, und gab sie den Leviten, welche der Hut der Wohnung Jehovas warteten; so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte.

48 Und es traten zu Mose die Vorgesetzten über die Tausende des Heeres, die Obersten über tausend und die Obersten über hundert,

49 und sprachen zu Mose: Deine Knechte haben die Summe der Kriegsleute aufgenommen, die unter unserer Hand waren, und es fehlt von uns nicht ein Mann.

50 Und so bringen wir eine Opfergabe für Jehova dar, ein jeder, was er an goldenem Geschmeide gefunden hat: Armspangen und Handspangen, Fingerringe, Ohrringe und Spangen, um für unsere Seelen Sühnung zu tun vor Jehova.

51 Und Mose und Eleasar, der Priester, nahmen das Gold von ihnen, allerlei verarbeitetes Geschmeide.

52 Und alles Gold des Hebopfers, das sie für Jehova hoben, war sechzehntausend siebenhundertfünfzig Sekel, von den Obersten über tausend und von den Obersten über hundert.

53 (Die Kriegsleute aber hatten ein jeder für sich geplündert.)

54 Und Mose und Eleasar, der Priester, nahmen das Gold von den Obersten über tausend und über hundert und brachten es in das Zelt der Zusammenkunft, als ein Gedächtnis der Kinder Israel vor Jehova.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4117

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4117. 'And he set his face towards mount Gilead' means good within it. This is clear from the meaning of 'mount' as the celestial element of love, which is good, dealt with in 795, 1430, to which the good meant by 'Jacob' was joined - 'Gilead' meaning the essential nature of it. Since the river was the boundary and, as has been stated, meant the first phase of the joining together, 'mount Gilead', which lay in this part away from the Jordan, means the good involved in that first stage of the joining together.

[2] The land of Gilead where the mountain was situated lay within the confines of the land of Canaan understood in a wide sense. It was situated on this side of the Jordan, and was granted as an inheritance to the Reubenites and the Gadites, and in particular to the half-tribe of Manasseh. And since the inheritances stretched out that far, it is said that it was situated within the confines of the land of Canaan understood in a wide sense. The fact that this territory was granted as an inheritance to those tribes is clear in Moses, Numbers 32:1, 26-41; Deuteronomy 3:8, 10-16; Joshua 13:24-31. For this reason when the land of Canaan was envisaged in its entirety it was said to stretch from Gilead even to Dan, and in another sense from Beersheba even to Dan, for Dan also was a boundary, 1710, 3923. Regarding its stretching from Beersheba even to Dan, see 2858, 2859; and reference to its doing so from Gilead to Dan occurs in Moses,

Moses went up from the plains of Moab onto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is in the direction of Jericho. There Jehovah showed him the whole land, Gilead even to Dan. Deuteronomy 34:1.

And in the Book of Judges,

Gilead dwelling at the crossing of the Jordan; and Dan, why will he fear ships? Judges 5:17.

[3] Because it was a boundary, 'Gilead' in the spiritual sense means the good that comes first, which is that of the bodily senses, for it is the good or delight of the senses that a person who is being regenerated is introduced into first of all. This is the sense in which 'Gilead' is taken in the Prophets, as in Jeremiah 8:22; 22:6; 46:11; 50:19; Ezekiel 47:18; Obad. verse 19; Micah 7:14; Zechariah 10:10; Psalms 60:7; and in the contrary sense, in Hosea 6:8; 12:11.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 3923

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3923. 'Therefore she called his name Dan' means the essential nature of it. 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, 3421. The particular nature is contained in the name Dan, for he was so called from the verb 'to judge'. But although he was given this name from that verb, it nevertheless includes those things meant in the whole of Rachel's utterance 'God has judged me, and also has heard my voice'. That is, the name Dan holds within it the good of life and the holiness of faith, and also in the highest sense the Lord's righteousness and mercy. This general essential of the Church is meant by Dan and represented by the tribe named after Dan, and it is the first that has to be affirmed and acknowledged before a person can be regenerated or become the Church. Unless such goodness and holiness are affirmed and acknowledged, all the other qualities constituting faith and life cannot possibly be received, nor therefore affirmed, still less acknowledged. For anyone whose affirmation does not go beyond faith to the holiness of faith, which is charity - for charity is the holiness of faith - and does not affirm that holiness of faith through the good of life, that is, through charitable works, can no longer have any enthusiasm for the essence of faith since he rejects it. Acknowledgement as well as affirmation is the first general attainment in a person who is being regenerated but the last with one who has been regenerated. This explains why Dan comes first with one who is to be regenerated and Joseph last, for Joseph is the spiritual man himself, but why Joseph comes first with one who has been regenerated and Dan last. The reason for this is that one who is to be regenerated is at the point of beginning to affirm that these qualities - the holiness of faith and the good of life - are truly such. But one who is regenerate - a spiritual man - has arrived at spiritual good itself, and from here he sees the affirmation of those qualities as that which comes last, because the things that constitute the holiness of faith and the good of life have become firmly established in him.

[2] That 'Dan' means this affirmative attitude which must exist first when a person is being regenerated may also be seen from other places in the Word where Dan is mentioned, for example from the prophecy of Jacob, who by then was Israel, concerning his own sons, Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan will be a serpent on the road, an asp on the path, biting the horse's heels; and its rider falls backwards. I am awaiting Your salvation, O Jehovah. Genesis 49:16-18.

'Dan' in this case stands for an affirmative attitude to truth. This attitude is spoken of as a serpent which will be on the road and an asp on the path when someone reasoning about truth does so from sensory evidence. 'Biting the horse's heels' means when that person resorts to the lowest level of the understanding - namely factual knowledge - and bases his conclusions on this. And the fact that when he does so he is drawn away from the truth is meant by 'its rider falls backwards', as a consequence of which it is said that 'I am awaiting Your salvation, O Jehovah'. For 'a serpent' means one who reasons from sensory evidence and from factual knowledge about Divine arcana, see 195-197; 'road' and 'path' mean truth, 627, 2333; 'the horse's heels' means the lowest level of the understanding, which is factual knowledge, 259 - 'a horse' meaning the understanding, 2761, 2762, the lowest level of which is meant by 'the heel'.

[3] In Moses' prophecy regarding the twelve tribes,

To Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp; he leaps out from Bashan. Deuteronomy 33:22.

'A lion' in the internal sense of the Word means the truth of the Church, on account of its strength, truth being that which fights and overcomes. 'A lion's whelp' therefore stands for the first stage truth passes through, which is one of affirmation and acknowledgement. The phrase 'from Bashan' is used because these begin in the good of the natural. In Jeremiah,

Wash your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved. How long are you causing your iniquitous thoughts to lodge within you? For there is a voice of one declaring from Dan, and of one causing iniquity to be heard from Mount Ephraim. Jeremiah 4:14-15.

'From Dan' stands for truth that is to be affirmed, 'from Mount Ephraim' for this being done from the affection for it.

[4] In the same prophet,

Await peace, and no good comes; for a time of healing, and behold, terror! From Dan the snorting of his horses was heard; at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land quaked. And they came and devoured the land and the fulness of it, the city and those dwelling in it. For behold, I am sending into you poisonous serpents which do not respond to charming; and they will bite you. Jeremiah 8:15-17.

'From Dan the snorting of horses was heard' stands for reasoning about truth from an unaffirmative attitude. 'The land which quaked' and 'they devoured the fulness of it' stand for the Church and all things constituting the Church. For people who reason about truth from an unaffirmative or negative attitude destroy everything that is part of faith. 'Poisonous serpents' stands for reasonings, as above.

[5] In Ezekiel,

Dan and Javan came and exchanged wrought iron at your fairs, cassia and calamus were in your trading. Ezekiel 27:19.

This refers to Tyre, which means cognitions of truth and good, 1201. 'Dan' stands for the first truths that are affirmed, 'fairs and tradings' for acquisitions of truth and good, 2967, 'wrought iron' stands for natural truth, which is primary, 425, 426, 'cassia and calamus' for the same, but natural truth from which good flows.

[6] In Amos,

On that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst. Those swearing to the offence of Samaria, who say, Your God lives, O Dan, and the way of Beersheba lives, they will both fall and not rise again. Amos 8:13-14.

'Your God lives, O Dan, and the way of Beersheba lives' stands for their negative attitude towards everything that constitutes faith and its doctrine - 'way' meaning truth, 627, 2333, and 'Beersheba' doctrine, 2723, 2858, 2859, 3466. The reason a negative attitude towards everything constituting faith is meant is that Dan was the last boundary of the land of Canaan, and Beersheba the first; that is, it was situated in the middle or inmost part of the land. For the land of Canaan represented and meant the Lord's kingdom, and so the Church, 1607, 3038, 3481, and therefore every detail of love and faith, since these constitute the Lord's kingdom and Church. Consequently everything in the land of Canaan was representative, being determined by the distances, positions, and boundaries there, 1585, 1866, 3686.

[7] The first - that is, the central or inmost - point of reference to the land, before Jerusalem became such, was Beersheba; for this was where Abraham and also Isaac lived. But the outermost point of reference or the last boundary was Dan. Consequently when everything in its entirety was meant the phrase 'Dan even to Beersheba' was used, as in the second Book of Samuel,

To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. 2 Samuel 3:10:.

In the same book,

David said to Joab, Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan even to Beersheba. 2 Samuel 24:2, 15.

In the first Book of Kings,

Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba. 1 Kings 4:25.

This phrase is used in the historical sense to mean every part of the land of Canaan, but in the internal sense everything constituting the Lord's kingdom, and also everything constituting the Church.

[8] Dan means the first boundary, and also - as stated above - the last boundary, for the reason that the affirmative attitude towards truth and good is the first requirement of all when faith and charity begin to be present in a person, but the last when charity and consequently faith are established in him. This is also why the last lot fell to Dan when the land of Canaan was divided up for inheritance, Joshua 19:40 and following verses; for the lot was cast before Jehovah, Joshua 18:6.

[9] That lot fell therefore according to what each tribe represented. And since the lot to Dan did not fall among the inheritances of all the other tribes but beyond their boundaries, Judges 18:1, that tribe was also left out of the description in John, in Revelation 7:5-8, concerning each twelve thousand who had been sealed. For those who merely affirm truth and also good, but go no further, are not within the Lord's kingdom, that is, among those who have been sealed. Even very wicked people may know truths and goods, and may also affirm them; but the true nature of their affirming is recognized from the life they lead.

[10] Dan is also referred to as a boundary in Genesis 14:14, in which verse it is said that Abraham pursued his enemies as far as there, and in which verse Dan has a similar meaning. The city called Dan, it is true, had yet to be built by Dan's descendants at a later time, Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:29; but even at that time it was referred to as the first boundary when one was entering the land of Canaan but the last when one was leaving it, the inmost part of the land being Hebron, and later on Beersheba, where Abraham and Isaac lived.

  
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