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出埃及記 28

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1 你要從以色列人中,使你的哥哥亞倫和他的兒子拿答、亞比戶、以利亞撒、以他瑪一同就近你,給我供祭司的職分。

2 你要給你哥哥亞倫衣為榮耀,為華美。

3 又要吩咐一切中有智慧的,就是我用智慧的靈所充滿的,給亞倫衣服,使他分別為,可以給我供祭司的職分。

4 所要做的就是胸牌、以弗得、外袍、雜色的內袍、冠冕、腰帶,使你哥哥亞倫和他兒子穿這服,可以給我供祭司的職分。

5 要用線和藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並細麻去做。

6 他們要拿線和藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻,用巧匠的手工做以弗得。

7 以弗得當有兩條帶,接上兩頭,使他相連。

8 其上巧工織的帶子,要和以弗得一樣的做法,用以束上,與以弗得接連一塊,要用線和藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻做成。

9 要取兩塊紅瑪瑙,在上面刻以色列兒子名字

10 名字在這塊寶上,名字在那塊寶上,都照他們生來的次序。

11 要用刻寶的手工,彷彿刻圖書,按著以色列兒子名字,刻這兩塊寶,要鑲在槽上。

12 要將這兩塊寶安在以弗得的兩條帶上,為以色列人紀念亞倫要在兩上擔他們的名字,在耶和華面前作為紀念

13 要用子做二槽,

14 又拿精,用擰工彷彿擰繩子,做兩條鍊子,把這擰成的鍊子搭在槽上。

15 你要用巧匠的手工做一個決斷的胸牌。要和以弗得一樣的做法:用線和藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻做成。

16 這胸牌要四方的,疊為兩層,長一虎口,寬一虎口。

17 要在上面鑲寶行:第行是紅寶、紅璧璽、紅玉;

18 第二行是綠寶石、藍寶石、金鋼石;

19 第三行是紫瑪瑙、白瑪瑙、紫晶;

20 第四行是水蒼玉、紅瑪瑙、碧玉。這都要鑲在槽中。

21 這些寶都要按著以色列十二個兒子名字,彷彿刻圖書,刻十二個支派的名字

22 要在胸牌上用精擰成如繩的鍊子。

23 在胸牌上也要做兩個,安在胸牌的兩頭。

24 要把那兩條擰成的鍊子,穿過胸牌兩頭的子。

25 又要把鍊子的那兩頭接在兩槽上,安在以弗得前面帶上。

26 要做兩個,安在胸牌的兩頭,在以弗得裡面的邊上。

27 又要做兩個,安在以弗得前面兩條帶的邊,挨近相接之處,在以弗得巧工織的帶子以上。

28 要用藍細帶子把胸牌的子與以弗得的子繫住,使胸牌貼在以弗得巧工織的帶子上,不可與以弗得離縫。

29 亞倫所的時候,要將決斷胸牌,就是刻著以色列兒子名字的,帶在胸前,在耶和華面前常作紀念

30 又要將烏陵和土明放在決斷的胸牌裡;亞倫進到耶和華面前的時候,要帶在胸前,在耶和華面前常將以色列人的決斷牌帶在胸前。

31 你要做以弗得的外袍,顏色全是藍的。

32 袍上要為留一領的周圍織出領邊來,彷彿鎧甲的領,免得破裂。

33 袍子周圍底邊上要用藍色紫色、朱紅色線做石榴。在袍子周圍的石榴中間要有鈴鐺:

34 一個鈴鐺一個石榴,一個鈴鐺一個石榴,在袍子周圍的底邊上。

35 亞倫供職的時候要穿這袍子。他進所到耶和華面前,以及出的時候,袍上的響聲必被見,使他不至於亡。

36 你要用精做一面牌,在上面按刻圖書之法刻著歸耶和華

37 要用一條藍細帶子將牌繫在冠冕的前面。

38 這牌必在亞倫的額上,亞倫要擔當干犯物條例的罪孽;這物是以色列人在一切的禮物上所分別為的。這牌要常在他的額上,使他們可以在耶和華面前蒙悅納。

39 要用雜色細麻線織內袍,用細麻布做冠冕,又用繡花的手工做腰帶。

40 你要為亞倫的兒子做內袍、腰帶、裹頭巾,為榮耀,為華美。

41 要把這些給你的哥哥亞倫和他的兒子穿戴,又要他們,將他們分別為,好給我供祭司的職分。

42 要給他們做細麻布褲子,遮掩下體;褲子當從腰達到大腿

43 亞倫和他兒子進入會幕,或就,在所供職的時候必穿上,免得擔罪而。這要為亞倫和他的裔作永遠的定例。

   

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9836. 'Two shoulders joined together shall it have at its two ends, and it shall be joined together' means an everlasting preservation of good and truth on every side by all exertion and power through a total uniting together. This is clear from the meaning of 'shoulders' as all the force and power, dealt with in 1085, 4931-4937, though the expressions 'placing on the shoulders' and 'carrying on them', used below in reference to the two shoham stones on which the names of the sons of Israel were engraved, mean an everlasting preservation of good and truth (for all forms of good and truths in their entirety are meant by 'the names of the sons of Israel', a subject dealt with further on); from the meaning of 'joined together' as a total uniting; and from the meaning of 'the two ends', or to the right and to the left, as on every side, dealt with in 8613.

[2] The implications of all this are that the ephod, as has been shown above, represented the outermost part of the Lord's spiritual kingdom. Thus the shoulder-pieces, on which the two shoham stones with the names of the sons of Israel had been placed, represented the everlasting preservation of good and truth; and the joining together of the ephod on the shoulders, and also in front of the breast and behind the back, represented a total uniting. This helps to make clear what is meant by the details stated further on regarding the shoulder-pieces and the engravings on them, namely the everlasting preservation of the good and truth present by all exertion and power, thus the preservation of the heavens. The stones with the names of the sons of Israel had been placed on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, which represented the outermost part of the spiritual kingdom, because all preservation is dependent on the condition of what exists on last and lowest levels. For everything within terminates and forms a base for itself there on which to rest and remain in existence. Things on last and lowest levels resemble the soles and the upper parts of the feet on which the entire body stands; they are also like the hands and arms through which the body exercises its powers. Furthermore the strength of the body is concentrated there. This also explains why the hands and arms, the soles and feet too, correspond to the last and lowest parts of heaven. The fact that power and might reside in things which are last and lowest was represented in the Ancient Church by Nazirites and the hair on their head, in which their might resided, as is evident from Samson in Judges 14-16, and also their holiness, 3301. Regarding the hair, which on those men's heads was their Naziriteship, that it corresponds to the lowest levels of good and truth, or good and truth on lowest levels, see 3301, 5247, 6437.

[3] The residing of power in last and lowest things, and also the preservation in these of more internal ones in their proper condition, are matters which may be understood by people who know what the situation is with things in the natural order which follow one another in sequence and consequently exist together with one another. Things which follow in sequence finally come together on the last and lowest level, where they exist side-by-side in the same order. This being so, the things existing together with one another, which are last and lowest, serve those following one another in sequence, which are prior and higher, as corresponding supports on which they rest and are thereby preserved.

[4] 'The shoulders' means all the force and power exerted in offering resistance, breaking, or impelling. This is clear in Ezekiel,

You push with side and shoulder, and butt with your horns all the weak sheep, until you have scattered them abroad. Ezekiel 34:21.

In the same prophet,

Egypt has been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of you by the hand, you were broken, and you tore open their whole shoulder. 1 Ezekiel 29:6-7.

'Tearing open the whole shoulder' stands for depriving of all the power to grasp truths, 'Egypt' being the perverted factual knowledge which causes such deprivation.

[5] In Zechariah,

They refused to listen, and turned 2 a stubborn shoulder. Zechariah 7:11.

'Turning a stubborn shoulder' stands for offering resistance. In David,

They thought a wicked deed, [but] they did not prevail; for You will set a shoulder against them. Psalms 21:11-12.

'Setting a shoulder against them' too stands for offering resistance, and so stands for power. The fact that 'shoulder' means power is evident from representatives in the next life, where those who offer resistance are seen setting an opposing shoulder.

[6] Placing onto the shoulders and carrying on them means preserving everlastingly in a state of good and truth through all exertion and power. This is clear in Isaiah,

The nations will bring your sons in their bosom, and carry your daughters on their shoulder. Isaiah 49:22.

This refers to a new Church. 'Sons' means truths, and 'daughters' forms of good; and 'carrying on the shoulder' stands for preserving them. The preservation of good in its proper condition was also represented by the action of the children of Israel, who carried their dough on their shoulder when they were going out of Egypt, Exodus 12:34; and by that of the sons of Kohath, who carried holy things 3 on their shoulder, Numbers 7:9. This explains why the Lord, who spoke by means of correspondences, said that when the lost sheep was found the owner placed it on his shoulder, rejoicing, Luke 15:5. 'The sheep that was lost and found' is good as it resides with someone who comes to his senses.

[7] Since 'carrying on the shoulder' had this meaning it is also said of those who love and preserve gold and silver that they carry them on their shoulder, Isaiah 46:7. Carrying also means holding something in its proper state or condition, see 9500. All this shows what was meant by the engraving of the names of the sons of Israel on the two shoham stones and the placement of them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, and by the injunction that 'Aaron shall bear (or carry) them on his two shoulders for a remembrance', verse 12. 'Carrying on the shoulder', when it has reference to subjection, means servitude, see Genesis 49:15; Psalms 81:6; Isaiah 9:4; 10:27; Matthew 23:4; Zephaniah 3:9. But when it has reference to dominion it means supreme power, Isaiah 9:6; 22:22.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, you dug through for them all the shoulder

2. literally, gave

3. literally, the works of the holy place (or of holiness)

  
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