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1 I videvši Valam da je Božja volja da blagosilja Izrailja, ne hte više ni ići kao pre po vračanje, nego se okrete licem k pustinji,

2 I podigavši oči svoje ugleda Izrailja gde stoji po plemenima svojim; i duh Božji dođe na nj.

3 I otvori priču svoju, i reče: Kaže Valam, sin Veorov; Kaže čovek kome su otvorene oči.

4 Kaže onaj koji čuje reči Božje, koji vidi utvaru Svemogućeg, koji kad padne otvorene su mu oči:

5 Kako su lepi šatori tvoji, Jakove, i kolibe tvoje, Izrailju!

6 Pružili su se kao potoci, kao vrtovi kraj reke, kao mirisava drveta koja je posadio Gospod, kao kedri na vodi.

7 Poteći će voda iz vedra njegovog, i seme će njegovo biti među velikim vodama, i car će se njegov podignuti svrh Agaga, i carstvo će se njegovo uzvisiti.

8 Bog ga je izveo iz Misira, i On mu je kao snaga jednorogova; poješće narode koji su mu neprijatelji, i kosti će njegove potrti, i strelama svojim postreljati ih.

9 Spustio se, leži kao lavići kao ljuti lav; ko će ga probuditi? Ko tebe blagosilja, biće blagosloven; a ko tebe kune, biće proklet.

10 Tada se razgnevi Valak na Valama, i pljesnu se rukama, i reče Valak Valamu: Dozvah te da prokuneš neprijatelje moje, a ti si ih blagoslovio eto većtri puta.

11 Odlazi u svoje mesto; rekoh da ću te darivati, a eto Gospod ne da ti dara.

12 A Valam reče Valaku: Nisam li i poslanicima tvojim koje si poslao k meni rekao govoreći:

13 Da mi da Valak kuću svoju punu srebra i zlata, ne bih mogao prestupiti reči Gospodnje da učinim šta dobro ili zlo od sebe; šta kaže Gospod ono ću kazati.

14 Ja sada evo idem k narodu svom, ali da ti kažem šta će taj narod učiniti narodu tvom najposle.

15 Potom otvori priču svoju, i reče: Kaže Valam sin Veorov, Kaže čovek kome su otvorene oči,

16 Kaže koji čuje reči Božje, i zna znanje o Višnjem, i koji vidi utvaru Svemogućeg i kad padne otvorene su mu oči.

17 Vidim Ga, ali ne sad; gledam Ga, ali ne izbliza; izaći će zvezda iz Jakova i ustaće palica iz Izrailja, koja će razbiti knezove moavske i razoriti sve sinove sitove.

18 I Edoma će osvojiti i Sira će osvojiti neprijatelji njegovi; jer će Izrailj raditi junački.

19 I vladaće koji je od Jakova, i zatrće ostatak od grada.

20 A ugleda Amalika, otvori priču svoju, i reče: Amalik je početak narodima, ali će najposle propasti.

21 A ugledavši Keneja, otvori priču svoju, i reče: Tvrd ti je stan, i na steni si savio gnezdo svoje;

22 Ali će biti izagnan Kenej; Asur će ga zarobiti.

23 I opet otvori priču svoju, i reče: Jaoh! Ko će biti živ kad to učini Bog!

24 I lađe iz zemlje Kitimske doploviće i dosadiće Asircima i dosadiće Jevrejima; ali će i sami propasti.

25 Potom ustavši Valam otide, i vrati se u svoje mesto; i Valak otide svojim putem.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#3761

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3761. 'Jacob lifted up his feet' means a raising up of the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'lifting up' as a raising up, and from the meaning of 'the feet' as the natural, dealt with below. The raising up meant here is the subject of the chapter itself, namely a raising up from external truth towards internal good. In the highest sense the subject is how the Lord according to order raised His Natural even up to the Divine, rising up step by step from external truth towards internal good. In the representative sense it is how the Lord according to a similar order makes man's natural new when regenerating him. The fact that a person who is being regenerated in adult life progresses according to the order described in the internal sense of this chapter and of those that follow is known to few. This fact is known to few because few stop to reflect on the matter and also because few at the present day are able to be regenerated; for the last days of the Church have arrived when no charity exists any longer, nor consequently any faith. This being so, people do not even know what faith is, even though the assertion 'men is saved by faith' is on everyone's lips; and not knowing this they therefore have even less knowledge of what charity is. And since they know no more than the terms faith and charity and have no knowledge of what these are essentially, it has therefore been stated that few are able to reflect on the order in accordance with which a person is made new or regenerated, and also that few are able to be regenerated.

[2] Because the subject here is the natural, and the latter is represented by 'Jacob', it is not said that he rose up and went to the land of the sons of the east but that 'he lifted up his feet'. Both these expressions mean a raising up. As regards 'rising up' having this meaning, see 2401, 2785, 2912, 2927, 3171; and as regards the expression 'lifting up the feet' which occurs here, this is used in reference to the natural - 'the feet' meaning the natural, see 2162, 3147. 'The feet' means the natural or natural things because of their correspondence with the Grand Man - currently the subject at the ends of chapters. In the Grand Man those belonging to the province of the feet are those who dwell in natural light and little spiritual light. This also is why the parts beneath the foot - the sole and the heel - mean the lowest natural things, see 259, and why 'a shoe', which is also mentioned several times in the Word, means the bodily-natural, which is the lowest part of all, 1748.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#3068

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3068. 'Let down now your pitcher' means submitting facts. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'letting down' as submitting, and from the meaning of 'a pitcher' as facts. The reason why a water-pot or a pitcher means facts is that 'water' means truth, 680, 739, 2702, and a pitcher is a vessel with water in it, even as factual knowledge is a vessel with truth in it. All factual knowledge is a vessel for truth, and all truth is a vessel for good. Factual knowledge without truth is an empty vessel, and so is truth without good; but factual knowledge in which truth is held is a vessel that is filled, as is truth in which good is held. Affection which is an attribute of love is what joins them together so that they may exist in order. For love is spiritual conjunction.

  
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