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Exodus第28章

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1 και-C συ- P--NS προςαγω-VB--AMD2S προς-P σεαυτου- D--ASM ο- A--ASM τε-X *ααρων-N---ASM ο- A--ASM αδελφος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSM εκ-P ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ιερατευω-V1--PAN εγω- P--DS *ααρων-N---ASM και-C *ναδαβ-N---ASM και-C *αβιουδ-N---ASM και-C *ελεαζαρ-N---ASM και-C *ιθαμαρ-N---ASM υιος-N2--APM *ααρων-N---GSM

2 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S στολη-N1--ASF αγιος-A1A-ASF *ααρων-N---DSM ο- A--DSM αδελφος-N2--DSM συ- P--GS εις-P τιμη-N1--ASF και-C δοξα-N1S-ASF

3 και-C συ- P--NS λαλεω-VA--AAD2S πας-A3--DPM ο- A--DPM σοφος-A1--DPM ο- A--DSF διανοια-N1A-DSF ος- --APM ενπιμπλημι-VAI-AAI1S πνευμα-N3M-GSN αισθησις-N3I-GSF και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--ASF στολη-N1--ASF ο- A--ASF αγιος-A1A-ASF *ααρων-N---DSM εις-P ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN εν-P ος- --DSF ιερατευω-VF--FAI3S εγω- P--DS

4 και-C ουτος- D--NPF ο- A--NPF στολη-N1--NPF ος- --APF ποιεω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--ASN περιστηθιον-N2N-ASN και-C ο- A--ASF επωμις-N3D-ASF και-C ο- A--ASM ποδηρης-A3--ASM και-C χιτων-N3W-ASM κοσυμβωτος-A1--ASM και-C κιδαρις-N3I-ASF και-C ζωνη-N1--ASF και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI3P στολη-N1--APF αγιος-A1A-APF *ααρων-N---DSM και-C ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GSM εις-P ο- A--ASN ιερατευω-V1--PAN εγω- P--DS

5 και-C αυτος- D--NPM λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--ASN χρυσιον-N2N-ASN και-C ο- A--ASF υακινθος-N2--ASF και-C ο- A--ASF πορφυρα-N1A-ASF και-C ο- A--ASN κοκκινος-A1--ASN και-C ο- A--ASF βυσσος-N2--ASF

6 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--ASF επωμις-N3D-ASF εκ-P βυσσος-N2--GSF κλωθω-VT--XMPGSF εργον-N2N-ASN υφαντος-A1--ASN ποικιλτης-N1M-GSM

7 δυο-M επωμις-N3D-NPF συνεχω-V1--PAPNPF ειμι-VF--FMI3P αυτος- D--DSM ετερος-A1A-NSF ο- A--ASF ετερος-A1A-ASF επι-P ο- A--DPN δυο-M---DP μερος-N3E-DPN εκαρταω-VM--XPPNPF

8 και-C ο- A--NSN υφασμα-N3T-NSN ο- A--GPF επωμις-N3D-GPF ος- --NSN ειμι-V9--PAI3S επι-P αυτος- D--DSM κατα-P ο- A--ASF ποιησις-N3I-ASF εκ-P αυτος- D--GSN ειμι-VF--FMI3S εκ-P χρυσιον-N2N-GSN και-C υακινθος-N2--GSF και-C πορφυρα-N1A-GSF και-C κοκκινος-A1--GSN διανηθω-VT--XMPGSN και-C βυσσος-N2--GSF κλωθω-VT--XMPGSF

9 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI2S ο- A--APM δυο-M λιθος-N2--APM λιθος-N2--APM σμαραγδος-N2--GSF και-C γλυφω-VF--FAI2S εν-P αυτος- D--DPM ο- A--APN ονομα-N3M-APN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

10 εξ-M ονομα-N3M-APN επι-P ο- A--ASM λιθος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM εις-A3--ASM και-C ο- A--APN εξ-M ονομα-N3M-APN ο- A--APN λοιπος-A1--APN επι-P ο- A--ASM λιθος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM δευτερος-A1A-ASM κατα-P ο- A--APF γενεσις-N3I-APF αυτος- D--GPM

11 εργον-N2N-ASN λιθουργικος-A1--GSF τεχνη-N1--GSF γλυμμα-N3M-ASN σφραγις-N3D-GSF διαγλυφω-VF--FAI2S ο- A--APM δυο-M λιθος-N2--APM επι-P ο- A--DPN ονομα-N3M-DPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

12 και-C τιθημι-VF--FAI2S ο- A--APM δυο-M λιθος-N2--APM επι-P ο- A--GPM ωμος-N2--GPM ο- A--GSF επωμις-N3D-GSF λιθος-N2--NPM μνημοσυνον-N2N-GSN ειμι-V9--PAI3P ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C αναλαμβανω-VF--FMI3S *ααρων-N---NSM ο- A--APN ονομα-N3M-APN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM επι-P ο- A--GPM δυο-M ωμος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GSM μνημοσυνον-N2N-ASN περι-P αυτος- D--GPM

13 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S ασπιδισκη-N1--APF εκ-P χρυσιον-N2N-GSN καθαρος-A1A-GSN

14 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S δυο-M κροσσωτος-A1--APN εκ-P χρυσιον-N2N-GSN καθαρος-A1A-GSN καταμιγνυμι-VK--XPPAPN εν-P ανθος-N3E-DPN εργον-N2N-ASN πλοκη-N1--GSF και-C επιτιθημι-VF--FAI2S ο- A--APN κροσσωτος-A1--APN ο- A--APN πλεκω-VK--XPPAPN επι-P ο- A--APF ασπιδισκη-N1--APF κατα-P ο- A--APF παρωμις-N3D-APF αυτος- D--GPM εκ-P ο- A--GPN εμπροσθιος-A1B-GPN

15 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S λογειον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GPF κρισις-N3I-GPF εργον-N2N-ASN ποικιλτης-N1M-GSM κατα-P ο- A--ASM ρυθμος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSF επωμις-N3D-GSF ποιεω-VF--FAI2S αυτος- D--ASN εκ-P χρυσιον-N2N-GSN και-C υακινθος-N2--GSF και-C πορφυρα-N1A-GSF και-C κοκκινος-A1--GSN κλωθω-VT--XMPGSN και-C βυσσος-N2--GSF κλωθω-VT--XMPGSF ποιεω-VF--FAI2S αυτος- D--ASN

16 τετραγωνος-A1B-NSN ειμι-VF--FMI3S διπλους-A1C-NSN σπιθαμη-N1--GSF ο- A--ASN μηκος-N3E-ASN και-C σπιθαμη-N1--GSF ο- A--ASN ευρος-N2--ASN

17 και-C καταυφαινω-VF2-FAI2S εν-P αυτος- D--DSN υφασμα-N3M-ASN καταλιθος-A1B-ASN τετραστιχος-A1B-ASN στιχος-N2--NSM λιθος-N2--GPM ειμι-VF--FMI3S σαρδιον-N2N-NSN τοπαζιον-N2N-NSN και-C σμαραγδος-N2--NSF ο- A--NSM στιχος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM εις-A3--NSM

18 και-C ο- A--NSM στιχος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM δευτερος-A1A-NSM ανθραξ-N3K-NSM και-C σαπφειρος-N2--NSF και-C ιασπις-N3D-NSF

19 και-C ο- A--NSM στιχος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM τριτος-A1--NSM λιγυριον-N2N-NSN αχατης-N1M-NSM και-C αμεθυστος-N2--NSF

20 και-C ο- A--NSM στιχος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM τεταρτος-A1--NSM χρυσολιθος-N2--NSM και-C βηρυλλιον-N2N-NSN και-C ονυχιον-N2N-NSN περικαλυπτω-VM--XPPNPN χρυσιον-N2N-DSN συνδεω-VM--XPPNPN εν-P χρυσιον-N2N-DSN ειμι-V9--PAD3P κατα-P στιχος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GPM

21 και-C ο- A--NPM λιθος-N2--NPM ειμι-V9--PAD3P εκ-P ο- A--GPN ονομα-N3M-GPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM δεκα-M δυο-M κατα-P ο- A--APN ονομα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GPM γλυφη-N1--NPF σφραγις-N3D-GPF εκαστος-A1--NSM κατα-P ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN ειμι-V9--PAD3P εις-P δεκα-M δυο-M φυλη-N1--APF

22 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S επι-P ο- A--ASN λογειον-N2N-ASN κροσος-N2--APM συνπλεκω-VK--XMPAPM εργον-N2N-ASN αλυσιδωτος-A1--ASN εκ-P χρυσιον-N2N-GSN καθαρος-A1A-GSN

29 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S *ααρων-N---NSM ο- A--APN ονομα-N3M-APN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM επι-P ο- A--GSN λογειον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSF κρισις-N3I-GSF επι-P ο- A--GSN στηθος-N3E-GSN ειςειμι-V9--PAPDSM εις-P ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN μνημοσυνον-N2N-ASN εναντι-P ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM

29a και-C τιθημι-VF--FAI2S επι-P ο- A--ASN λογειον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSF κρισις-N3I-GSF ο- A--APM κροσος-N2--APM ο- A--APN αλυσιδωτος-A1--APN επι-P αμφοτεροι-A1A-GPN ο- A--GPN κλιτος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GSN λογειον-N2N-GSN επιτιθημι-VF--FAI2S και-C ο- A--APF δυο-M ασπιδισκη-N1--APF επιτιθημι-VF--FAI2S επι-P αμφοτεροι-A1A-APM ο- A--APM ωμος-N2--APM ο- A--GSF επωμις-N3D-GSF κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN

30 και-C επιτιθημι-VF--FAI2S επι-P ο- A--ASN λογειον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSF κρισις-N3I-GSF ο- A--ASF δηλωσις-N3I-ASF και-C ο- A--ASF αληθεια-N1A-ASF και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S επι-P ο- A--GSN στηθος-N3E-GSN *ααρων-N---GSM οταν-D ειςπορευομαι-V1--PMS3S εις-P ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM και-C φερω-VF--FAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM ο- A--APF κρισις-N3I-NPF ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM επι-P ο- A--GSN στηθος-N3E-GSN εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM δια-P πας-A3--GSM

31 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S υποδυτης-N1M-ASM ποδηρης-A3--ASM ολος-A1--ASM υακινθινος-A1--ASM

32 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSN περιστομιον-N2N-NSN εκ-P αυτος- D--GSM μεσος-A1--ASN ωα-N1A-ASF εχω-V1--PAPASN κυκλος-N2--DSM ο- A--GSN περιστομιον-N2N-GSN εργον-N2N-ASN υφαντης-N1M-GSM ο- A--ASF συμβολη-N1--ASF συνυφαινω-VT--XMPASF εκ-P αυτος- D--GSN ινα-C μη-D ρηγνυναι-VD--APS3S

33 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S επι-P ο- A--ASN λωμα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GSM υποδυτης-N1M-GSM κατωθεν-D ωσει-D εκανθεω-V2--PAPGSF ροα-N1--APF ροισκος-N2--APM εκ-P υακινθος-N2--GSF και-C πορφυρα-N1A-GSF και-C κοκκινος-A1--GSN διανηθω-VT--XMPGSN και-C βυσσος-N2--GSF κλωθω-VT--XMPGSF επι-P ο- A--GSN λωμα-N3M-GSN ο- A--GSM υποδυτης-N1M-GSM κυκλος-N2--DSM ο- A--ASN αυτος- D--ASN δε-X ειδος-N3E-ASN ροισκος-N2--APM χρυσους-A1C-APM και-C κωδων-N3--APM ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ουτος- D--GPM περικυκλω-D

34 παρα-P ροισκος-N2--ASM χρυσους-A1C-ASM κωδων-N3--ASM και-C ανθινος-A1--ASN επι-P ο- A--GSN λωμα-N3M-GSN ο- A--GSM υποδυτης-N1M-GSM κυκλος-N2--DSM

35 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S *ααρων-N---NSM εν-P ο- A--DSN λειτουργεω-V2--PAN ακουστος-A1--NSF ο- A--NSF φωνη-N1--NSF αυτος- D--GSM ειςειμι-V9--PAPDSM εις-P ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM και-C εκειμι-V9--PAPDSM ινα-C μη-D αποθνησκω-VB--AAS3S

36 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S πεταλον-N2N-ASN χρυσους-A1C-ASN καθαρος-A1A-ASN και-C εκτυποω-VF--FAI2S εν-P αυτος- D--DSN εκτυπωμα-N3M-ASN σφραγις-N3D-GSF αγιασμα-N3M-NSN κυριος-N2--GSM

37 και-C επιτιθημι-VF--FAI2S αυτος- D--ASN επι-P υακινθος-N2--GSF κλωθω-VT--XMPGSF και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S επι-P ο- A--GSF μιτρα-N1A-GSF κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSF μιτρα-N1A-GSF ειμι-VF--FMI3S

38 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S επι-P ο- A--GSN μετωπον-N2N-GSN *ααρων-N---GSM και-C εκαιρω-VF2-FAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM ο- A--APN αμαρτημα-N3M-APN ο- A--GPN αγιος-A1A-GPN οσος-A1--APN αν-X αγιαζω-VA--AAS3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM πας-A3--GSN δομα-N3M-GSN ο- A--GPN αγιος-A1A-GPN αυτος- D--GPM και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S επι-P ο- A--GSN μετωπον-N2N-GSN *ααρων-N---GSM δια-P πας-A3--GSM δεκτος-A1--ASN αυτος- D--DPM εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM

39 και-C ο- A--NPM κοσυμβος-N2--NPM ο- A--GPM χιτων-N3W-GPM εκ-P βυσσος-N2--GSF και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S κιδαρις-N3I-ASF βυσσινος-A1--ASF και-C ζωνη-N1--ASF ποιεω-VF--FAI2S εργον-N2N-ASN ποικιλτης-N1M-GSM

40 και-C ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *ααρων-N---GSM ποιεω-VF--FAI2S χιτων-N3W-APM και-C ζωνη-N1--APF και-C κιδαρις-N3I-APF ποιεω-VF--FAI2S αυτος- D--DPM εις-P τιμη-N1--ASF και-C δοξα-N1S-ASF

41 και-C ενδυω-VF--FAI2S αυτος- D--APN *ααρων-N---ASM ο- A--ASM αδελφος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSM μετα-P αυτος- D--GSM και-C χριω-VF--FAI2S αυτος- D--APM και-C ενπιμπλημι-VF--FAI2S αυτος- D--GPM ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF και-C αγιαζω-VF--FAI2S αυτος- D--APM ινα-C ιερατευω-V1--PAS3P εγω- P--DS

42 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S αυτος- D--DPM περισκελης-A3--APN λινους-A1C-APN καλυπτω-VA--AAN ασχημοσυνη-N1--ASF χρως-N3T-GSM αυτος- D--GPM απο-P οσφυς-N3U-GSF εως-P μηρος-N2--GPM ειμι-VF--FMI3S

43 και-C εχω-VF--FAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM αυτος- D--APN και-C ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM αυτος- D--GSM ως-C αν-X ειςπορευομαι-V1--PMS3P εις-P ο- A--ASF σκηνη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSN μαρτυριον-N2N-GSN η-C οταν-D προςπορευομαι-V1--PMS3P λειτουργεω-V2--PAN προς-P ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSN αγιος-A1A-GSN και-C ου-D επιαγω-VF--FMI3P προς-P εαυτου- D--APM αμαρτια-N1A-ASF ινα-C μη-D αποθνησκω-VB--AAS3P νομιμος-A1--NSN αιωνιος-A1B-NSN αυτος- D--DSM και-C ο- A--DSN σπερμα-N3M-DSN αυτος- D--GSM μετα-P αυτος- D--ASM

   

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39. And all the tribes of the earth shall wail over him. That this signifies that the falsities of the church will resist, is evident from the signification of wailing, as denoting to lament, to grieve, to be indignant, to be angry, to be averse from, thus also to resist; and from the signification of tribes, as denoting all truths and goods in the aggregate, and, in the opposite sense, all falsities and evils in the aggregate, concerning which we shall speak in what follows; and from the signification of the earth, as being the church (on which see above, n. 29). By all the tribes of the earth, therefore, is signified the whole church, and by their wailing over Him, is signified that truths and goods are no more, because falsities and evils are about to dominate and resist. For what the state of the church will be at its end is treated of in general in this verse, when there will be no longer any faith because no charity; that is, that the Lord will then reveal Himself, and that all will acknowledge Him who are in truths from good, and that those also shall see Him who are in falsities from evil, but that the falsities of the church will resist. (That the Apocalypse does not treat of the successive states of the church, but of its last state, or when it is at its end, may be seen above, n. 5; and that its end is when there is no faith because no charity, may be seen in the small work, The Last Judgment 33-39, and following numbers. When there is no faith because no charity, then falsities from evil reign, which offer opposition to truths from good.)

[2] Tribes are often mentioned in the Word, because the Israelitish people were divided into twelve tribes; and he who is ignorant of the internal sense of the Word supposes, that by tribes are meant the tribes of Israel; nevertheless, by tribes are not meant tribes, nor is Israel meant by Israel; but tribes mean all those who are in truths from good, and Israel means the church of the Lord. He who does not know this, will easily accept the common belief that the children of Israel were chosen before all others on the whole earth, and also that they will be introduced at last into the land of Canaan. Indeed, he will believe that heaven will consist chiefly of them; although, by the names of those tribes in the Word they are not meant, but those who are in truths from good, that is, those who belong to the church; by the twelve tribes, all, and by each one of them, some special truth and good pertaining to those who belong to the church.

[3] These things being understood, it is evident what is meant by these words in the Apocalypse:

"I heard the number of them which were sealed; and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the sons of Israel. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand" (7:4-8).

In this passage those who belonged to the Israelitish nation are not meant, but all those, however many they may be, who are in truths from good; for all these are sealed for heaven. The numbers one hundred and forty-four thousand and twelve thousand, also signify all, and each tribe signifies all those who are in that truth or good which is signified by its name.

(As may be evident from what is shown in Arcana Coelestia in regard to the following: what good and truth are signified by Judah, n. 3881, 6363; what by Reuben, n. 3861, 3866, 4605, 4731, 4734, 4761, 6342-6345; what by Gad, n. 3934, 3935; what by Asher, n. 3938, 3939, 6408; what by Naphtali, n. 3927, 3928 what by Manasseh, n. 3969, 5354, 6222, 6231, 6238, 6267, 6296 what by Simeon, n. 3869-3872, 4197, 4502, 4503, 5482, 5626, 5630; what by Levi, n. 3875, 3877, 4497, 4502, 4503; what by Issachar, n. 3956, 3957; what by Zebulun, n. 3960, 3961, 6383; what by Joseph, n. 3969, 3971, 4669, 6417; and what by Benjamin, n. 3969, 4592, 5411, 5413, 5443, 5639, 5686, 5688, 5689, 6440.

That all numbers in the Word signify things, see n. 482, 487, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 6175, 9488, 9659, 10217, 10253.

That twelve signifies all, and all things as to truths from good, see n. 577, 2089, 2129, 2130, 3272, 3858, 3913; also, the numbers 72, 144, 12,000, 144,000, because they arise from the number 12 by multiplication, n. 7973.

That numbers multiplied signify the same as the simple numbers from which they are produced by multiplication, see n. 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973.)

[4] He who does not know that numbers signify things, what the numbers twelve, one hundred and forty-four, and twelve thousand signify, and also what tribes and apostles signify, cannot know what is signified by those passages in the Apocalypse, where it is said, that the holy city, New Jerusalem,

"had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the gates twelve angels, and names written which are the names of the twelve tribes of Israel; and the wall had twelve foundations, in which were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The wall was a hundred and forty and four cubits, and the length and the breadth of the city twelve thousand furlongs" (21:12, 14, 16, 17).

The signification of all these things may be seen explained in the little work, The New Jerusalem and its Doctrine, n. 1; where it is shown, that by Jerusalem is signified the church as to doctrine; by the wall, its truths of defence; by the gates, introductory truths; by the foundations, the knowledges upon which doctrine is founded; by twelve angels, and by twelve tribes, all truths and goods collectively; the same by the twelve apostles; and by the numbers twelve, one hundred and forty-four, and twelve thousand, all things and all persons.

[5] Moreover, he who knows that such things are signified by the twelve tribes may see the mystery involved in the names of the twelve tribes being engraved upon the precious stones of the Urim and Thummim, and also the signification of the breast-plate (Exodus 28:21; 39:10-15). (This arcanum may be seen unfolded in Arcana Coelestia 3858, 6335, 6640, 9863, 9865, 9873, 9874, 9905.) He may also see what is the signification of the twelve apostles sitting upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel (Matthew 19:28), namely, that the Lord alone will judge every one by truths from good (n. 2129, 6397); also what things are meant by the predictions of Israel the father, concerning his sons (Gen. 49); and also the meaning of many other passages in the Word where the tribes are mentioned (as in Isaiah 19:13; 49:6; 63:17; Jeremiah 10:16; Ezekiel 48:1, and following verses; Psalm 122:3-5; Deuteronomy 32:8; Numbers 24:2; Apoc. 5:9; 7:4-9; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6; and elsewhere).

[6] And again, the meaning of the Lord's words about the consummation of the age and His coming, may be seen:

"After the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and much glory" (Matthew 14:29, 30).

(These words may be seen explained in detail in the work, Heaven and Hell 1; and in the following passages in Arcana Coelestia, where it is shown that the twelve tribes of Israel represented, and thence signified, all truths and goods collectively, thus all things of faith and love, n. 3858, 3926, 4060, 6335; that similar things are signified by the twelve apostles, n. 2129, 3354, 3488, 3858, 6397; and that they have various significations according to the order in which they are named, n. 3862, 3926, 3939, 4603, 6337, 6640, 10335.)

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.