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出埃及記 35

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1 摩西招聚以色列全會眾,對他們:這是耶和華所吩咐的,叫你們照著行:

2 日要做工,第七日乃為日,當向耶和華守為安息日。凡這日之內做工的,必把他治

3 當安息日,不可在你們一切的處生

4 摩西以色列全會眾耶和華所吩咐的是這樣:

5 你們中間要拿禮物獻給耶和華,凡樂意獻的可以拿耶和華的禮物來,就是、銅,

6 藍色紫色、朱紅色線,細麻,山羊毛,

7 染紅的公羊皮,海狗,皂莢

8 點燈的,並做膏香料

9 紅瑪瑙與別樣的寶,可以鑲嵌在以弗得和胸牌上

10 你們中間凡裡有智慧的都要耶和華一切所吩咐的:

11 就是帳幕和帳幕的罩棚,並帳幕的蓋、鉤子、板、閂、子、帶卯的座,

12 櫃和櫃的杠,施恩座和遮掩櫃的幔子,

13 桌子桌子的杠與桌子的一切器具,並陳設餅,

14 臺和臺的器具,盞並點

15 的杠,膏和馨料,並帳幕口的簾子,

16 祭壇的銅網,的杠並的一切器具,洗濯盆和盆座,

17 院子的帷子和帷子的子,帶卯的座和院子的簾,

18 帳幕的橛子並院子的橛子,和這兩處的繩子,

19 精工做的禮服和祭司亞倫並他兒子在所用以供祭司職分的衣。

20 以色列全會眾從摩西面前退去。

21 裡受感和甘樂意的都拿耶和華的禮物,用以做會幕和其中一切的使用,又用以做衣。

22 裡樂意獻禮物的,連帶女,各將器,就是胸前鍼、耳環(或作:鼻環)、打印的戒指,和手釧帶獻給耶和華

23 凡有藍色紫色、朱紅色線,細麻,山羊毛,染紅的公羊皮,海狗的,都拿了來;

24 凡獻子和銅給耶和華為禮物的都拿了來;凡有皂莢可做甚麼使用的也拿了來。

25 中有智慧的婦女親紡線,把所紡的藍色紫色、朱紅色線,和細麻都拿了來。

26 凡有智慧、裡受感的婦女就紡山羊毛。

27 眾官長把紅瑪瑙和別樣的寶,可以鑲嵌在以弗得與胸牌上的,都拿了來;

28 又拿香料,拿點燈,做膏

29 以色列人,無論女,凡甘樂意獻禮物給耶和華的,都將禮物拿來,做耶和華摩西所吩咐的一切工。

30 摩西以色列人猶大支派中,戶珥的孫子、烏利的兒子比撒列,耶和華已經題他的名召他,

31 又以的靈充滿了他,使他有智慧、聰明、知識,能做各樣的工,

32 能想出巧工,用、銅製造各物,

33 又能刻寶,可以鑲嵌,能雕刻頭,能做各樣的巧工。

34 耶和華又使他,和但支派中亞希撒抹的兒子亞何利亞伯,裡靈明,能教導人。

35 耶和華使他們的滿有智慧,能做各樣的工,無論是雕刻的工,巧匠的工,用藍色紫色、朱紅色線,和細麻、繡花的工,並機匠的工,他們都能做,也能想出奇巧的工。

   

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Holy

  
Seven alter lamps in stained glass, Bryn Athyn Cathedral

The Bible describes many things as being holy, or sacred. The Ark of the Covenant is one very holy object. The inmost chamber of the tabernacle is called the "Holy of Holies". Things that proceed from the Lord are holy. Objects are holy if they contain something, or represent something, from the Lord. For that reason, the names of the Lord in human languages are holy because they represent qualities of the Lord, things that are Him. The Bible is holy because it contains, interiorly, the Lord's divine truth. The tabernacle of Israel was holy -- not because of the wood or gold or dyed cloth -- but because those things represented qualities that the Lord has. Those same qualities exist, as in an image, in the spiritual states of people who follow the Lord's laws. No person is holy, but if a person's mind contains truth from the Lord and his or her will comes to love the truths and the actions that these truths suggest to him, then his or her mind will contain holy things, because those truths and loves come from the Lord. These things become that person's life and they remain with that person in heaven, after death.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3997, 4091, 8302)

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Man (male)

  
by Claude Lefebvre

The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings -- Conjugial Love -- is devoted to the subject. So we can hardly offer a full explanation here. In a very general sense, though, the Writings say that men are creatures of intellect, driven by the love of growing wise; women, meanwhile are creations of affection, driven by the love of wisdom and the good that wisdom can do. They are formed this way to reflect the Lord's Divine Love and Divine Wisdom, and so that they can form marriages that reflect the unity of Divine Love and Divine Wisdom. Marking differences between men and women can be a touchy thing, but realistically it's easy to see that men tend to love acquiring knowledge whether it has any practical application or not. Many of them can spout out sports statistics or hold court on the workings of the internal combustion engine, even though it is knowledge they are not likely to ever use. They find such knowledge interesting for its own sake. It follows, then, that when the Bible speaks of men, the men represent facts, ideas, knowledge, truth, intellect and wisdom -- or in the negative sense falsity, twisted logic, and reasoning that is devoid of concern for others.