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1 Ja Herra puhui Moosekselle sanoen:

2 "Kosta israelilaisten puolesta midianilaisille. Senjälkeen sinut otetaan pois heimosi tykö."

3 Niin Mooses puhui kansalle sanoen: "Varustakaa joukostanne miehiä sotaan, ja lähtekööt he Midiania vastaan toimittamaan Herran koston Midianille.

4 Tuhat miestä jokaisesta sukukunnasta, kaikista Israelin sukukunnista, lähettäkää sotaan."

5 Silloin annettiin Israelin heimoista tuhat miestä jokaisesta sukukunnasta, yhteensä kaksitoista tuhatta sotaan varustettua miestä.

6 Ja Mooses lähetti heidät, tuhat miestä jokaisesta sukukunnasta, sotaan sekä heidän kanssaan Piinehaan, pappi Eleasarin pojan; tällä oli mukanaan pyhät esineet ja hälytystorvet.

7 Niin he lähtivät sotimaan Midiania vastaan, niinkuin Herra oli Moosekselle käskyn antanut, ja surmasivat kaikki miehenpuolet.

8 Muiden mukana, jotka kaatuivat, he surmasivat Midianin kuninkaat Evin, Rekemin, Suurin, Huurin ja Reban, Midianin viisi kuningasta. Myös Bileamin, Beorin pojan, he surmasivat miekalla.

9 Mutta israelilaiset ottivat vangiksi midianilaisten vaimot ja lapset ja ryöstivät kaikki heidän juhtansa ja kaiken heidän karjansa ja kaiken heidän tavaransa.

10 Ja kaikki heidän asumansa kaupungit ja kaikki heidän leiripaikkansa he polttivat tulella.

11 Ja he ottivat kaiken ryöstettävän ja kaiken otettavan, sekä ihmiset että karjan.

12 Ja he toivat Moosekselle ja pappi Eleasarille sekä Israelin kansalle vangit ja ottamansa ja ryöstämänsä saaliin leiriin Mooabin arolle, joka on Jordanin luona, Jerikon kohdalla.

13 Silloin Mooses ja pappi Eleasar ja kaikki kansan päämiehet lähtivät heitä vastaan leirin ulkopuolelle.

14 Ja Mooses vihastui sotajoukon johtajiin, tuhannen-ja sadanpäämiehiin, kun he palasivat sotaretkeltä.

15 Ja Mooses sanoi heille: "Oletteko siis jättäneet henkiin kaikki naiset?

16 Katso, nehän ne olivat, jotka Bileamin neuvosta saivat israelilaiset antautumaan uskottomuuteen Herraa vastaan Peorin vuoksi, niin että vitsaus kohtasi Herran seurakuntaa.

17 Niin surmatkaa siis kaikki poikalapset ja surmatkaa myös jokainen vaimo, joka on yhtynyt mieheen.

18 Mutta jokainen tyttö, joka ei ole yhtynyt mieheen, jättäkää itsellenne henkiin.

19 Mutta itse oleskelkaa leirin ulkopuolella seitsemän päivää. Jokainen teistä, joka on jonkun surmannut, ja jokainen teistä, joka on koskenut surmattuun, puhdistautukoon kolmantena ja seitsemäntenä päivänä, sekä te että teidän vankinne.

20 Ja puhdistettakoon jokainen vaate ja jokainen nahkaesine ja kaikki, mikä on tehty vuohen karvoista, ja jokainen puuesine."

21 Ja pappi Eleasar sanoi sotamiehille, jotka olivat menneet sotaan: "Tämä on lakisäädös, jonka Herra antoi Moosekselle:

22 Vain kulta, hopea, vaski, rauta, tina ja lyijy,

23 kaikki, mikä tulta kestää, käyttäkää tulessa, niin se puhdistuu; puhdistettakoon se kuitenkin vielä puhdistusvedellä. Mutta mikä ei tulta kestä, käyttäkää se vedessä.

24 Ja peskää vaatteenne seitsemäntenä päivänä, niin te puhdistutte; ja sitten tulkaa leiriin."

25 Ja Herra puhui Moosekselle sanoen:

26 "Laskekaa, sinä ja pappi Eleasar ja kansan perhekuntien päämiehet, otetun saaliin määrä, ihmiset ja karja.

27 Ja pane saalis kahtia soturien, sotaan lähteneiden, ja kaiken muun kansan kesken.

28 Ja ota Herralle verona sotamiehiltä, sotaan lähteneiltä, yksi viidestäsadasta, ihmisiä, raavaita, aaseja ja lampaita.

29 Ota se heille tulevasta puoliskosta ja anna se pappi Eleasarille antina Herralle.

30 Ja israelilaisille tulevasta puoliskosta ota yksi viidestäkymmenestä, ihmisiä, raavaita, aaseja, lampaita ja kaikkia karjaeläimiä, ja anna ne leeviläisille, joiden on hoidettava tehtävät Herran asumuksessa."

31 Ja Mooses ja pappi Eleasar tekivät, niinkuin Herra oli Moosekselle käskyn antanut.

32 Ja saalis, jäännös siitä, mitä sotajoukko oli ryöstänyt, oli: lampaita kuusisataa seitsemänkymmentäviisi tuhatta

33 ja raavaita seitsemänkymmentäkaksi tuhatta

34 ja aaseja kuusikymmentäyksi tuhatta

35 ja ihmisiä, tyttöjä, jotka eivät olleet yhtyneet mieheen, kaikkiaan kolmekymmentäkaksi tuhatta.

36 Ja puolet siitä eli se osa, joka tuli sotaan lähteneille, oli: lampaita kolmesataa kolmekymmentäseitsemän tuhatta viisisataa,

37 ja Herralle tuleva vero lampaista oli kuusisataa seitsemänkymmentä viisi;

38 ja raavaita kolmekymmentäkuusi tuhatta sekä niistä Herralle tuleva vero seitsemänkymmentä kaksi;

39 ja aaseja kolmekymmentä tuhatta viisisataa sekä niistä Herralle tuleva vero kuusikymmentä yksi;

40 ja ihmisiä kuusitoista tuhatta sekä niistä Herralle tuleva vero kolmekymmentä kaksi.

41 Ja Mooses antoi Herran antiveron pappi Eleasarille, niinkuin Herra oli Moosekselle käskyn antanut.

42 Ja israelilaisille tuleva puolisko, jonka Mooses oli erottanut sotamiesten osasta,

43 tämä seurakunnalle tuleva puolisko oli: lampaita kolmesataa kolmekymmentäseitsemän tuhatta viisisataa

44 ja raavaita kolmekymmentäkuusi tuhatta

45 ja aaseja kolmekymmentä tuhatta viisisataa

46 sekä ihmisiä kuusitoista tuhatta.

47 Tästä israelilaisille tulevasta puoliskosta Mooses otti yhden viidestäkymmenestä, ihmisiä ja karjaa, sekä antoi ne leeviläisille, joiden oli hoidettava tehtävät Herran asumuksessa, niinkuin Herra oli Moosekselle käskyn antanut.

48 Silloin tulivat sotajoukon osastojen johtajat, tuhannen-ja sadanpäämiehet, Mooseksen luo

49 ja sanoivat Moosekselle: "Palvelijasi ovat laskeneet niiden sotamiesten luvun, jotka ovat olleet hallussamme, eikä meistä puutu yhtäkään.

50 Sentähden me tuomme nyt Herralle lahjaksi, mitä kukin on saanut kultakaluja: käätyjä, rannerenkaita, sormuksia, korvarenkaita ja kaulakoristeita, saadaksemme itsellemme sovituksen Herran edessä."

51 Niin Mooses ja pappi Eleasar ottivat heiltä kullan, kaikkinaiset taidokkaasti valmistetut esineet.

52 Ja anniksi annettua kultaa, jonka he antoivat Herralle tuhannen-ja sadanpäämiesten puolesta, oli kaikkiaan kuusitoista tuhatta seitsemänsataa viisikymmentä sekeliä.

53 Sotamiehet olivat ottaneet saalista kukin itselleen.

54 Ja Mooses ja pappi Eleasar ottivat kullan tuhannen-ja sadanpäämiehiltä ja veivät sen ilmestysmajaan, että se johdattaisi israelilaiset Herran muistoon.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3255

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3255. 'He was gathered to his peoples' means that these things involving Abraham [were completed]. This is clear from the meaning of 'being gathered to his peoples' as his ceasing to be the subject any longer. In fact being gathered to his peoples means taking leave of those among whom he had been until then, passing over to his own, and so here ceasing to represent. Among the ancients it was customary when somebody was dying to speak of his being gathered to his fathers or to his peoples. By this they meant that he was in the process of going to his parents, blood relatives, and relatives by marriage in the next life. This saying had come down to them from the most ancient people who were celestial, for while they were living on earth they were simultaneously present with angels in heaven and so knew all about this. That is to say, they knew that all who are governed by the same good meet and remain together in the next life, as do all who are governed by the same truth. They spoke of the former as being 'gathered to their fathers', but of the latter as being 'gathered to their peoples'; for with them 'fathers' meant goods, 2803, and 'peoples' truths, 1259, 1260. Furthermore because a like good was present in those who belonged to the Most Ancient Church they now live together in heaven, 1115; and so too do many of those live together who belonged to the Ancient Church and in whom a like truth dwelt, 1125, 1127.

[2] What is more, while he lives in the body a person's soul is always present in some community of spirits in the next life, 1277, 2379 - one who is evil in a community of hellish spirits, one who is good in a community of angels. Accordingly, everyone is present in a community consisting of the kind of people with whom he agrees so far as good and truth, or evil and falsity, are concerned. And into that same community a person comes when he dies, 687. These are the things that were meant among the ancients by their being gathered to their fathers, or gathered to their peoples, as is said here of Abraham when he breathed his last, and of Ishmael in verse 17 of this same chapter, of Isaac in Genesis 35:29, of Jacob in Genesis 49:29, 33, of Aaron in Numbers 20:24, 26, of Moses in Numbers 27:13; 31:2; Deuteronomy 32:50, and of the first generation which entered the land of Canaan, Judges 2:10. But in the internal sense of the Word when the subject has to do with anyone's life being representative, 'being gathered to his peoples', as stated above, in that case means that he ceases to be dealt with any longer.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1259

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1259. There is something further to be said about 'nations' meaning goods and evils within worship: In most ancient times people dwelt distinguished into separate nations, families, and houses, as stated already, in order that the Church on earth might represent the Lord's kingdom where all people are distinguished into communities, those communities into larger ones, and these into still larger, all these distinctions existing according to general and specific differences of love and faith, about which see 684, 685. Thus the Lord's kingdom is similarly distinguished so to speak into houses, families, and nations. This is why 'houses, families, and nations' in the Word means the goods that stem from love and its derivative faith, where also a careful distinction is made between nations and people. 'Nation' means good or evil, but 'people' truth or falsity. And this distinction is preserved so consistently as never to vary, as becomes clear from the following places:

[2] In Isaiah,

There will be on that day the root of Jesse which is standing as an ensign of the peoples; towards that root the nations will seek to go, and his rest will be glory. On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to acquire the remnants of His people, who remain from Asshur, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And He will raise an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah. Isaiah 11:10-12.

Here 'peoples' stands for the truths of the Church, 'nations' for its goods, between which a clear distinction is made. The subject here is the Lord's kingdom and the Church, and in the universal sense every regenerate person. The names mentioned mean the things that have been described already. 'Israel' means the spiritual things of the Church, 'Judah' its celestial things. In the same prophet,

This people walking in darkness have seen a great light. You have multiplied the nation, You have increased its joy. Isaiah 9:2-3.

Here 'people' stands for truths, hence the reference to 'their walking in darkness and seeing a [great] light'. 'Nation' stands for goods.

[3] In the same prophet,

What will one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah has founded Zion, and in her the wretched members of His people will put their trust. Isaiah 14:32.

Here likewise 'nation' stands for good, 'people' for truth. In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth will swallow up on this mountain the face 1 of the covering, of the covering over all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations. Isaiah 25:7.

This refers to a new Church, that is, the Church of the nations. 'People' stands for its truths, 'nations' for its goods. In the same prophet,

Open the gates that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. Isaiah 26:2.

Here 'nation' plainly stands for goods. In the same prophet,

All the nations will be gathered together, and the peoples will be assembled. Isaiah 43:9

This too refers to the Church of the nations. 'Nations' stands for its goods, and 'peoples' for its truths. And since the two are distinct and separate from each other, both are dealt with; otherwise it would be a pointless repetition. In the same prophet,

The Lord Jehovih said, Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations and raise My ensign to the peoples; and they will bring your sons in their bosom and carry your daughters on their shoulder. Isaiah 49:22.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom, 'nations' again standing for goods, and 'peoples' for truths.

[4] In the same prophet,

You will break out to the right and to the left, and your seed will inherit the nations, and they will dwell in the desolate cities. Isaiah 54:3.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom and to the Church called the Church of the nations. That 'the nations' stands for goods that stem from charity, or what amounts to the same, for people with whom the goods of charity exist, is clear from the promise that their 'seed', or faith, 'will inherit them'. 'Cities' stands for truths. In the same prophet,

Lo, I have given Him as a witness to the peoples, a Prince and Lawgiver to the peoples Lo, you will call a nation you do not know, and a nation that knew you not will run to you. Isaiah 55:4-5.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom. 'Peoples' stands for truths, 'nations' for goods. In the Church those who are endowed with goods that stem from charity are 'nations' while those who are endowed with truths of faith are 'peoples'. For goods and truths are attributes of the subjects to which they apply. In the same prophet,

Nations will walk to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Then you will see and overflow, and your heart will be astounded and enlarged, because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, the armies of the nations will come to you. Isaiah 60:3, 5.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom and the Church of the nations. 'Nations' stands for goods, while 'kings', who go together with 'peoples', stands for truths.

[5] In Zephaniah,

The remnants of My people will plunder them, and the residue of My nation will inherit them. Zephaniah 2:9.

In Zechariah,

Many peoples and numerous nations will come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem. Zechariah 8:22.

'Jerusalem' stands for the Lord's kingdom and for the Church, 'peoples' those with whom the truths of faith predominate, 'nations' for those with whom the goods of charity do so, and therefore they are mentioned separately. In David,

You will deliver me from the strivings of the people; You will set me as the head of nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me. Psalms 18:43.

Here similarly 'people' stands for those with whom truths predominate, 'nations' for those with whom good does so. And because these are what constitute the member of the Church, both are mentioned. In the same author,

The peoples will confess You, O God, all the peoples will confess You; the nations will be glad and exultant, for You will judge the peoples with uprightness, and You will guide the nations into the land. Psalms 67:3-4.

'Peoples' clearly stands for those with whom truths of faith predominate, and 'nations' for those with whom the good of charity predominates.

[6] In Moses,

Remember the days of old, understand the years of generation after generation; ask your father and he will show you, and your elders and they will tell you, When the Most High gave to the nations an inheritance and separated the sons of man, He fixed the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. Deuteronomy 32:7-8.

This refers to the Most Ancient Church and the Ancient Churches, which are respectively 'the days of old' and 'the years of generation after generation'. Those with whom the good of charity predominated were called 'the nations' to whom an inheritance was given. 'The sons of man' and in the next sentence 'the peoples' mean those with whom the truths of faith deriving from charity predominated. Since 'the nations' means the goods of the Church and 'the peoples' its truths, it was therefore said of Esau and Jacob when they were still in the womb,

Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from your bowels. Genesis 25:23.

These places now make clear what the Church of the nations is in the genuine sense. The Most Ancient Church was the true Church of the nations, as was the Ancient Church after that.

[7] Since those governed by charity are called 'nations' and those governed by faith are called 'peoples', the Lord's priesthood is therefore associated with 'nations' because it has reference to celestial things, which are goods, while His kingship is associated with 'peoples' because it has reference to spiritual things, which are truths This distinction was also represented in the Jewish Church in which they were 'a nation' before they had kings, but became 'a people' after they received them.

Mga talababa:

1. literally, the faces

  
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