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1 HE EN talede til Moses og, Aron og sagde:

2 Israeslitene skal lejre sig hver under sit Felttegn, under sit Fædrene hus's Mærke; i en Kreds om Åbenbaringsteltet skal de lejre sig.

3 På Forsiden mod Øst skal Juda lejre sig under sin Lejrs Felttegn, Hærafdeling for Hærafdeling, med Nahasjon, Amminadabs Søn, som Øverste over Judæerne;

4 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op til 74600 Mand.

5 Ved Siden af ham skal Issakars Stamme lejre sig med Netanel, Zuars Søn, som Øverste over Issakariterne;

6 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op til 54 400 Mand.

7 Dernæst Zebulons Stamme med Eliab, Helons Søn, som Øverste over Zebuloniterne;

8 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op til 57 400 Mand.

9 De mønstrede i Judas Lejr udgør i alt 186 400 Mand, Hærafdeling for Hærafdeling. De skal bryde op først.

10 uben skal lejre sig under sin Lejrs Felttegn mod Syd, Hærafdeling for Hærafdeling, med Elizur, Sjedeurs Søn, som Øverste over ubeniterne;

11 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op til 46 500 Mand.

12 Ved Siden af ham skal Simeons Stamme lejre sig med Sjelumiel, Zurisjaddajs Søn, som Øverste over Simeoniterne;

13 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op til 59300 Mand.

14 Dernæst Gads Stamme med Eljasaf, euels Søn, som Øverste over Gadiferne;

15 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op til 45 650 Mand.

16 De mønstrede i ubens Lejr udgør i alt 151 450 Mand, Hærafdeling for Hærafdeling. De skal bryde op i anden ække.

17 Derpå skal Åbenbaringsteltet, Leviternes Lejr, bryde op midt imellem de andre Lejre; i den ækkefølge, de lejrer sig, skal de bryde op, hver på sin Plads, Felttegn for Felttegn.

18 Efraim skal lejre sig under sin Lejrs Felttegn mod Vest med Elisjama, Ammihuds Søn, som Øverste over Efraimiterne;

19 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op til 40 500 Mand.

20 Ved Siden af ham skal Manasses Stamme lejre sig med Gamliel, Pedazurs Søn, som Øverste over Manassiterne;

21 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op til 32 200 Mand.

22 Dernæst Benjamins Stamme med Abidan, Gidonis Søn, som Øverste over Benjaminiterne;

23 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op til 35 400 Mand.

24 De mønstrede i Efraims Lejr udgør i alt 108 100 Mand, Hærafdeling for Hærafdeling. De skal bryde op i tredje ække.

25 Dan skal lejre sig under sin Lejrs Felttegn mod Nord, Hærafdeling for Hærafdeling, med Ahiezer, Ammisjaddajs Søn, som Øverste over Daniterne;

26 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op til 62 700 Mand.

27 Ved Siden af ham skal Asers Stamme lejre sig med Pagiel, Okrans Søn, som Øverste over Aseriterne;

28 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op til 41 500 Mand.

29 Dernæst Naftalis Stamme med Ahira, Enans Søn, som Øverste over Naftaliterne;

30 de mønstrede, som udgør hans Hærafdeling, løber op fil 53 400 Mand.

31 De mønstrede i Dans Lejr udgør i alt 157600 Mand. De skal bryde op sidst, Felttegn for Felttegn.

32 Det var de mønstrede af Israeliterne efter deres Fædrenehuse, alle de mønstrede i Lejrene, Hærafdeling for Hærafdeling, 603 550 Mand.

33 Men Leviterne mønstredes ikke sammen med de andre Israelitter, således som HE EN havde pålagt Moses.

34 Og ganske som HE EN havde pålagt Moses, slog Israeliterne Lejr, Felttegn for Felttegn, og i den ækkefølge brød de op, enhver med sine Slægter, med sit Fædrenehus.

   


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350. Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed. (7:5) This symbolizes celestial love, which is love toward the Lord, and this in all those people who will be in the Lord's New Heaven and New Church.

In the highest sense Judah symbolizes the Lord in relation to celestial love; in the spiritual sense, the Lord's celestial kingdom and the Word; and in the natural sense, the doctrine of a celestial church drawn from the Word. Here, however, Judah symbolizes celestial love, which is love toward the Lord; and because it is named first in the series, it symbolizes that love in all those people who will be in the New Heaven and in the Lord's New Church. For the tribe named first is everything in the rest, being to them as though their head and serving as a universal property entering into all those that follow, tying them together, qualifying them and affecting them. This property is love toward the Lord.

To be shown that twelve thousand symbolizes all who possess that love, see no. 348 above.

[2] People know that after the death of Solomon the twelve tribes of Israel were divided into two kingdoms: the kingdom of Judah and the kingdom of Israel. The kingdom of Judah represented the celestial kingdom or the Lord's priestly kingdom, while the kingdom of Israel represented the spiritual kingdom or the Lord's royal kingdom. But the latter was destroyed when the people had nothing spiritual left in them, whereas the kingdom of Judah was preserved, for the sake of the Word, and because the Lord would be born there. However, when the people adulterated the Word completely, and thus could not recognize the Lord, then their kingdom was destroyed.

It can be seen from this that the tribe of Judah symbolizes celestial love, which is love toward the Lord. But because the people were of the character they were with respect to the Word and with respect to the Lord, the tribe of Judah symbolizes also the opposite love, which is love of self - properly speaking, a love of dominating springing from a love of self - a love which we call diabolical love.

[3] The fact that Judah and his tribe symbolize the celestial kingdom and its love, which is love toward the Lord, follows from these passages:

Judah, your brothers shall praise you... The scepter shall not be taken from Judah... until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people. Binding his donkey's foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he washes his garment in wine... His eyes are redder than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. (Genesis 49:8-12)

...David shall be their prince forever, and I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them..., and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. (Ezekiel 37:25-26)

Exult and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! ...Jehovah will make Judah an inheritance for Himself, His portion on the holy land. (Zechariah 2:10-12)

O Judah, celebrate your feasts, perform your vows. For Belial 1 shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off. (Nahum 1:15)

The Lord... will suddenly come to His temple... Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be sweet to Jehovah as in the days of old... (Malachi 3:1, 4)

Judah shall abide forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. (Joel 3:20)

Behold, the days are coming..., that I will raise to David a righteous Branch... In His days Judah will be saved... (Jeremiah 23:5-6)

I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, and from Judah an heir of My mountains, that My elect may possess it... (Isaiah 65:9)

Judah became His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. (Psalms 114:2)

Behold, the days are coming..., when I will make a new covenant... with the house of Judah... ...this will be the covenant...: I will put My law within them, and write it on their heart... (Jeremiah 31:27, 31, 33-34)

In those days ten men... shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, "We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you." (Zechariah 8:23)

...as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me..., so shall your offspring and your name remain.

Kings (of the nations) shall be your foster fathers, their princesses your nursing mothers. They shall bow down to you, their faces to the ground, and lick the dust of your feet. (Isaiah 66:22; 49:23)

[4] From these and many other passages, which we do not have the space to cite because of their number, it can be clearly seen that Judah means not Judah but the church. We are told, for example, that the Lord would make a new and eternal covenant with that nation, that He would make it His heir and His sanctuary forevermore, and that kings of the nations and their princesses would bow down to them, licking the dust of their feet, and so on.

[5] That the tribe of Judah, regarded in itself, means the diabolic kingdom, which is one of a love of dominating springing from a love of self, can be seen from the following passages:

I will hide My face from them, I will see what their posterity will be. ...they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faith... ...they are a nation void of counsel... ...their vine is of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah; its grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter. Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. Is this not laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? (Deuteronomy 32:20-34)

(Know that) it is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart... that Jehovah... is... giving you (the land of Canaan)..., for you are a stiff-necked people. (Deuteronomy 9:5-6)

...according to the number of your cities have been your gods, O Judah... ...according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars... to burn incense to Baal. (Jeremiah 2:28; 11:13)

You are of your father the devil, and you choose to do the desires of your father. (John 8:44)

Jews are said to be full of hypocrisy, iniquity, and uncleanness (Matthew 23:27-28.

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1. In the Old Testament, the personification of wickedness and destruction, originally conceived perhaps as some sort of spirit demon.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.