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1 At ang bayan ay naging parang mapag-upasala na nagsalita ng masasama sa pakinig ng Panginoon: at nang marinig ng Panginoon ay nagningas ang kaniyang galit; at ang apoy ng Panginoon ay sumunog sa gitna nila, at sinupok ang kahulihulihang bahagi ng kampamento.

2 At ang bayan ay humibik kay Moises; at si Moises ay nanalangin sa Panginoon at ang apoy ay namatay.

3 At ang pangalan ng dakong yaon ay tinawag na Tabera: sapagka't ang apoy ng Panginoon ay sumunog sa gitna nila.

4 At ang halohalong karamihan na nasa gitna nila ay nahulog sa kasakiman: at ang mga anak ni Israel naman ay muling umiyak at nagsabi, Sino ang magbibigay sa atin ng karneng makakain?

5 Ating naaalaala ang isda, na ating kinakain sa Egipto na walang bayad; ang mga pipino, at ang mga milon, at ang mga puero, at ang mga sibuyas, at ang bawang:

6 Nguni't ngayo'y ang ating kaluluwa ay natutuyo; walang kaanoanoman: sa ating harapan ay walang anoman kundi ang manang ito.

7 At ang mana ay gaya ng butil ng culantro, at ang kulay niyaon ay gaya ng kulay ng bdelio.

8 Ang bayan ay dumadaan sa palibot, at pinupulot yaon, at kanilang ginigiling sa mga gilingan, o kanilang dinidikdik sa mga lusong, at kanilang niluluto sa mga palyok, at ginagawa nilang munting tinapay at ang lasa ay gaya ng lasa ng bagong langis.

9 At pagka ang hamog ay nahuhulog sa ibabaw ng kampamento sa gabi, ang mana ay nahuhulog.

10 At narinig ni Moises ang pag-iiyakan ng bayan sa kanikaniyang sangbahayan, na bawa't lalake ay nasa pintuan ng kaniyang tolda; at ang galit ng Panginoon ay nagningas na mainam; at sumama ang loob ni Moises.

11 At sinabi ni Moises sa Panginoon, Bakit mo ginawan ng masama ang iyong lingkod? at bakit hindi ako nakasumpong ng biyaya sa iyong paningin, na iyong iniatang sa akin ang pasan ng buong bayang ito.

12 Akin ba kayang ipinaglihi ang buong bayang ito? ipinanganak ko ba upang iyong sabihin sa akin, Kandungin mo sila sa iyong kandungan, na gaya ng nag-aalagang magulang na kinakandong ang kaniyang batang pasusuhin, sa lupain na iyong isinumpa sa kanilang mga magulang?

13 Saan ako kukuha ng karne upang ibigay sa buong bayang ito? sapagka't sila'y umiyak sa akin, na nagsisipagsabi, Bigyan mo kami ng karneng aming makain.

14 Hindi ko kayang dalhing magisa ang buong bayang ito, sapagka't totoong mabigat sa akin.

15 At kung ako'y ginagawan mo ng ganito ay patayin mo na ako, ipinamamanhik ko sa iyo, kung ako'y nakasumpong ng biyaya sa iyong paningin; at huwag ko nang makita ang aking kahirapan.

16 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Pisanin mo sa akin ang pitong pung lalake sa mga matanda sa Israel, sa iyong mga nalalaman na mga matanda sa bayan at mga nangungulo sa kanila; at dalhin mo sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan, upang sila'y makatayo roon na kasama mo.

17 At ako'y bababa at makikipag-usap sa iyo doon; at ako'y kukuha sa Espiritung sumasaiyo at aking isasalin sa kanila; at kanilang dadalhin ang pasan ng bayan na kasama mo, upang huwag mong dalhing magisa.

18 At sabihin mo sa bayan, Magpakabanal kayo, para sa kinabukasan, at kayo'y magsisikain ng karne: sapagka't kayo'y nagsisiiyak sa pakinig ng Panginoon, na sinasabi, Sinong magbibigay sa amin ng karne na aming makakain? sapagka't maigi kahit nang nasa Egipto: dahil dito bibigyan kayo ng Panginoon ng karne at kakain kayo.

19 Hindi ninyo kakaning isang araw, ni dalawang araw, ni limang araw, ni sangpung araw, ni dalawang pung araw;

20 Kundi isang buong buwan, hanggang sa lumabas sa inyong mga ilong, at inyong kasuyaan: sapagka't inyong itinakuwil ang Panginoon na nasa gitna ninyo, at kayo'y umiyak sa harap niya, na nagsasabi, Bakit kami nakaalis sa Egipto?

21 At sinabi ni Moises, Ang bayan na kinaroroonan ko, ay anim na raang libong katao na nakatayo; at iyong sinabi, Akin silang bibigyan ng karne na kanilang makakain sa buong buwan.

22 Papatayin ba kaya ang mga kawan at mga bakahan, upang magkasya sa kanila? o ang lahat ng isda sa dagat at titipunin sa kanila upang magkasya sa kanila?

23 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Umikli na ba kaya ang kamay ng Panginoon? ngayo'y makikita mo kung ang aking salita ay matutupad sa iyo o hindi.

24 At si Moises ay lumabas, at isinaysay sa bayan ang mga salita ng Panginoon: at siya'y nagpisan ng pitong pung lalake sa mga matanda sa bayan at kaniyang pinatayo sa palibot ng Tolda.

25 At ang Panginoon ay bumaba sa ulap, at nagsalita sa kaniya; at kumuha sa Espiritung sumasakaniya at isinalin sa pitong pung matanda: at nangyari, na nang sumakanila ang Espiritu, ay nanganghula, nguni't hindi na sila umulit.

26 Nguni't naiwan ang dalawang lalake sa kampamento, na ang pangalan ng isa ay Eldad, at ang pangalan ng isa ay Medad: at ang Espiritu ay sumasakanila; at sila'y kabilang sa nangasulat, nguni't hindi nagsilabas sa Tolda: at sila'y nanghula sa kampamento.

27 At tumakbo ang isang binata, at isinaysay kay Moises, at sinabi, Si Eldad at si Medad ay nanghuhula sa kampamento.

28 At si Josue na anak ni Nun, na tagapangasiwa ni Moises, na isa sa kaniyang mga piling lalake, ay sumagot at nagsabi, Panginoon kong Moises, pagbawalan mo sila.

29 At sinabi ni Moises sa kaniya, Ikaw ba'y may paninibugho sa akin? ibigin nawa na ang buong bayan ng Panginoon ay maging propeta na isakanila ng Panginoon ang kaniyang Espiritu!

30 At naparoon si Moises sa kampamento, siya at ang mga matanda sa Israel.

31 At lumabas ang isang hanging galing sa Panginoon, at nagdala ng mga pugo na mula sa dagat, at pinalapag sa kampamento na may isang araw lakarin sa dakong ito, at isang araw lakarin sa kabilang dako sa palibot ng kampamento, at nagsilipad na may dalawang siko ang taas sa balat ng lupa.

32 At ang bayan ay nangakatindig ng buong araw na yaon at ng buong gabi, at ng buong ikalawang araw, at nagsipanghuli ng mga pugo; yaong kaunti ang napisan ay nakapisan ng sangpung homer: at kanilang ikinalat para sa kanila sa buong palibot ng kampamento.

33 Samantalang ang karne ay nasa kanilang mga ngipin pa, na hindi pa nila nangunguya ay nagningas laban sa bayan ang galit ng Panginoon at sinaktan ng Panginoon ang bayan ng isang salot na di kawasa.

34 At ang pangalan ng dakong yaon ay tinawag na Kibroth-hattaavah; sapagka't doon inilibing nila ang bayang sakim.

35 Mula sa Kibroth-hattaavah ay naglakbay ang bayan na patungo sa Haseroth; at sila'y tumira sa Haseroth.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6524

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6524. 'The elders of his house' means the things that would accord with good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the elders' as the chief characteristics of wisdom, thus things that accord with good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'house' as good, dealt with in 2559, 3652, 3720, 4982. The reason why 'elders' means the chief characteristics of wisdom is that in the Word 'old people' means those who are wise, and - in a sense detached from persons - wisdom. Since 'the twelve tribes of Israel' meant all truths and forms of good in their entirety, they had princes and also elders set over them. 'Princes' meant the leading truths constituting intelligence, and 'elders' the chief characteristics of wisdom, thus those of good.

[2] For the meaning of 'princes' as the leading truths constituting intelligence, see 1482, 2089, 5044. But as regards the meaning of 'elders' as the chief characteristics of wisdom, and of 'old people' as wisdom, this is evident from the following places: In David,

They will extol Jehovah in the congregation of the people, and in the assembly of the old they will praise Him. Psalms 107:32.

'The congregation of the people' stands for those who are ruled by truths constituting intelligence, since 'congregation' is used with reference to truths, 6355, as also is 'people', 1259, 1260, 2928, 3295, 3581; 'the assembly of the old' stands for those who are ruled by good, which belongs to wisdom since wisdom is concerned with life, thus with what is good, whereas intelligence is concerned with knowing, thus with what is true, 1555. In the same author,

I am wiser than the old, because I have kept Your commands. Psalms 119:100.

'The old' plainly stands for one who is wise. Likewise in Job,

In the old there is wisdom, in length of days intelligence. Job 12:12.

In Moses,

You shall rise before grey hair and respect the face of an old person. Leviticus 19:32.

This command was given because 'old people' represented wisdom.

[3] In John,

On the thrones I saw twenty-four elders seated, clad in white garments, who had on their heads crowns of gold. Revelation 4:4.

'Elders' stands for aspects of wisdom, thus of good. That these are meant by the elders is evident from the description of the elders - they sat on thrones, were clad in white garments, and had crowns of gold on their heads. 'Thrones' are truths constituting intelligence which are derived from good belonging to wisdom, 5313. 'White garments' has a similar meaning, 'garments' being truths, 1073, 4545, 4763, 5248, 5954, and 'white' that which has reference to truth, 3301, 5319. 'Crowns of gold on their heads' are forms of the good of wisdom; for 'gold' is the good of love, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, and 'head' is the celestial, the seat of wisdom, 4938, 4939, 5328, 6436. Those who are in the third or inmost heaven, thus who are nearest the Lord, are called the wise, whereas those in the middle or second heaven, thus who are not as near the Lord, are called intelligent.

[4] In the same book,

All the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures. Revelation 7:11.

Again 'the elders' stands for aspects of wisdom, as it does in the following places: In Isaiah,

The boy will uplift himself against the old man, and the despised against the honourable. Isaiah 7:5.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders, glory. Isaiah 24:23.

In Jeremiah,

My priests and my elders breathed their last in the city, for they sought food for themselves, with which they would renew their soul. Lamentations 1:19.

In the same prophet,

Her king and her princes are among the nations; the law is no more. The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they become silent. Lamentations 2:9-10.

In the same prophet,

They have ravished women in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. Princes have been hung up by their hands, the faces of the old men have not been honoured, the elders have ceased from the gate. Lamentations 5:11-12, 14.

In Ezekiel,

Misery will come upon misery, and rumour will be upon rumour. Therefore they will seek a vision from the prophet, but the law has perished from the priest, and counsel from the elders. The king will mourn, and the prince will be wrapped in stupidity. Ezekiel 7:26-27.

In Zechariah,

Old men and women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and each one with his staff in his hand because of great age. 1 Zechariah 8:4.

So that 'the elders' might represent things that constitute wisdom, some of Moses' spirit was taken and imparted to them, by which they prophesied, Numbers 11:16 and following verses.

In the contrary sense 'elders' stands for the things that are the opposites of the aspects of wisdom, Ezekiel 8:11-12.

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1. literally, for multitude of days

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1551

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1551. That 'silver' means truths is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth. The most ancient people compared the goods and truths present in man to metals. Innermost or celestial goods which flow from love to the Lord they compared to gold, truths deriving from these to silver. Goods of a lower or natural kind however they compared to bronze, and truths of a lower kind to iron. Nor did they just compare them; they also called them such. This was the origin of periods of time being likened to those same metals and being called the golden, silver, bronze, and iron ages, for these followed in that order one after another. The golden age was the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial man. The silver age was the time of the Ancient Church, which was spiritual man. The bronze age was the time of the Church that followed, and the iron age came after that. Similar things were also meant by the statue which Nebuchadnezzar saw in a dream, whose head was of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, and shins of iron, Daniel 2:32-33. That periods of the Church were to follow one another in that order, and actually did so, is clear in that very chapter of the same prophet.

[2] That 'silver' in the internal sense of the Word wherever it is mentioned means truth, or in the contrary sense falsity, is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment, and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:17.

Here it is evident what each metal means. The subject is the Lord's Coming, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. 'Instead of bronze, gold' is celestial good in place of natural good; 'instead of iron, silver' is spiritual truth in place of natural truth; 'instead of wood, bronze' is natural good in place of bodily good; 'instead of stone, iron' is natural truth in place of truth acquired through the senses. In the same prophet,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water, and he who has no money, 1 come, buy and eat! Isaiah 55:1.

'He who has no money' 1 is the person who does not know the truth but who nevertheless possesses the good that stems from charity, as is the case with many people inside the Church, and with gentiles outside it.

[3] In the same prophet,

The islands will wait for Me, the ships of Tarshish at their head, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of Jehovah your God, and to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:9.

This refers specifically to a new Church, or a Church among gentiles, and in general to the Lord's kingdom. 'Ships from Tarshish' stands for cognitions, 'silver' for truths, and 'gold' for goods, which are those things they 'will bring to the name of Jehovah'. In Ezekiel,

For your adornment you took vessels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourselves figures of the male. Ezekiel 16:17.

Here 'gold' stands for cognitions of celestial things, 'silver' of spiritual things. In the same prophet,

You were adorned with gold and silver, and your raiment was fine linen and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:13.

This refers to Jerusalem, by which the Lord's Church is meant, whose adornment is being described in this manner. In the same prophet,

Behold, you who are wise, there is no secret they have hidden from you; by your wisdom and by your intelligence you have acquired riches for yourself, and you have acquired gold and silver in your treasuries. Ezekiel 28:3-4.

Here, in what is said in reference to Tyre, 'gold' is plainly identified with the riches of wisdom, and 'silver' with the riches of intelligence.

[4] In Joel,

You have taken My silver and My gold, and My good and desirable treasures you have carried into your temples. Joel 3:5.

This refers to Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia, which mean cognitions, and these are 'the silver and the gold they took into their temples'. In Haggai,

The elect of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory. Mine is the silver, and Mine is the gold. The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former. Haggai 2:7-9.

This refers to the Lord's Church to which 'gold and silver' have reference. In Malachi,

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi. Malachi 3:3.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. In David,

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver refined in an earthen crucible, poured seven times. Psalms 12:6.

'Silver purified seven times' stands for Divine truth. At the time of their exodus out of Egypt the children of Israel were commanded that every woman should ask of her neighbour, and of her who sojourned in her house, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, and that they should put them on their sons and on their daughters, and so despoil the Egyptians, Exodus 3:22; 11:2-3; 12:35-36. Anyone may see from this that the children of Israel would never have been ordered to steal and despoil the Egyptians of those possessions in that way if these did not represent some arcana. But what those arcana are may become clear from the meaning of 'silver and gold, garments, and Egypt', and from the fact that what these possessions represented is similar to the words here 'rich in the silver and gold from Egypt', used in reference to Abram.

[5] Just as 'silver' means truth so in a contrary sense it means falsity, for people under the influence of falsity imagine falsity to be the truth, as is also clear in the Prophets. In Moses,

You shall not covet the silver and the gold of the nations, nor take it for yourself, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God. You shall utterly detest it. Deuteronomy 7:25-26.

'The gold of the nations' stands for evils, and 'their silver' for falsities. In the same author,

You shall not make gods of silver to be with Me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. Exodus 20:23.

In the internal sense these words mean nothing other than falsities and evil desires, falsities being meant by 'gods of silver', and evil desires by 'gods of gold'. In Isaiah,

On that day everyone will spurn his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you - a sin. Isaiah 31:7.

'Idols of silver and idols of gold' stands for similar things that are false and evil 'Which your hands have made' stands for what is a product of the proprium. In Jeremiah,

They are foolish and stupid; that wood is a way of learning vanities! Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the smith and of the hands of the moulder. Their clothing is violet and purple These are all the work of the wise. Jeremiah 10:8-9.

Here 'silver' and 'gold' quite clearly stand for similar things that are false and evil.

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