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Exodus 31

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1 And the Lord said to Moses,

2 I have made selection of Bezalel, the son of Uri, by name, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

3 And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,

4 To do all sorts of delicate work in gold and silver and brass;

5 In cutting stones for framing, and to do every form of woodwork.

6 And I have made selection of Oholiab with him, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are wise I have put the knowledge to make whatever I have given you orders to have made;

7 The Tent of meeting, and the ark of the law, and the cover which is on it, and all the things for the Tent,

8 And the table with its vessels, and the holy light-support with all its vessels, and the altar for the burning of spices,

9 And the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the washing-vessel with its base,

10 And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,

11 And the holy oil, and the perfume of sweet spices for the holy place; they will do whatever I have given you orders to have done.

12 And the Lord said to Moses,

13 Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.

14 So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people.

15 Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

16 And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.

17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.

18 And when his talk with Moses on Mount Sinai was ended, he gave him the two stones of the law, two stones on which was the writing made by the finger of God.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10353

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10353. Verses 12-18 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, And you, speak to the children of Israel, saying, Surely you shall keep My sabbaths; for it is a sign between Me and you [throughout] your generations, that you may know that I Jehovah am sanctifying you. And you shall keep the sabbath, for it is holy to you. He who profanes it must certainly die; for everyone who does work on that [day], that soul will be cut off from the midst of his people. Work shall be done for six days, and on the seventh day there is the sabbath of rest 1 , holy to Jehovah; whoever does any work on the sabbath day must certainly die. And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, observing the sabbath [throughout] their generations, the covenant of an age 2 . This is a sign between Me and the children of Israel into an age 3 ; for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested and recovered His breath. And He gave to Moses, when He had finished talking to him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the Testimony, the tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

'And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means enlightenment and perception from the Lord through the Word. 'And you, speak to the children of Israel, saying' means information provided by means of the Word to those who belong to the Church. 'Surely you shall keep My sabbaths' means thought which is holy and goes on unceasingly regarding the union of Divinity itself to the Lord's Human. 'For it is a sign between Me and you' means that it is the chief means by which those who belong to the Church are recognized in heaven. '[Throughout your generations' means within every single thing of the Church. 'That you may know that I Jehovah am sanctifying you' means the Lord's Divine Human, which all things of heaven and the Church look to as their one and only Source.] 'And you shall keep the sabbath' means that the Lord's Divine Human is to be worshipped. 'For it is holy to you' means the Source of all the goodness and truth which compose the Church. 'He who profanes it' means being led by self and one's own loves, and not by the Lord. 'Must certainly die' means being separated from heaven, and spiritual death. 'Everyone who does work on that day' means those who turn away from heavenly loves to bodily and worldly loves. 'That soul will be cut off from the midst of his people' means that not heaven and the Church but hell resides with that person. 'Work shall be done for six days' means the state which comes before and is preparatory to the heavenly marriage. 'And on the seventh day there is the sabbath of rest' means the state of good that has been the end in view, thus the state when a person becomes an embodiment of the Church and enters heaven. 'Holy to Jehovah' means the Divine. 'Whoever does any work on the sabbath day must certainly die' means being led by self and by one's own loves, and not by the Lord, [and spiritual death is the result.] 'And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, observing the sabbath [throughout] their generations' means that the truly essential thing of the Church is the acknowledgement of the union of the Divine itself within the Lord's Human, and that this acknowledgement must be present in every single part of worship. 'The covenant of an age' means being joined to the Lord to eternity. 'This is a sign between Me and the children of Israel into an age' means that this is the means by which those who belong to the Church are distinguished from those who do not belong to the Church. 'For in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth' means the state of conflict and labour while the Church is being established. 'And on the seventh day He rested and recovered His breath' means the state of good when the Church has been established, or when a person has been regenerated. 'And He gave to Moses, when He had finished talking to him from Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the Testimony' means a joining of the Lord to a person by means of the Word. 'The tablets of stone, written with the finger of God' means the Divine Truth there, coming from the Lord Himself.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, sabbath of sabbath

2. i.e. a perpetual covenant

3. i.e. forever

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.