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出埃及记 28

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1 你要从以色列人中,使你的哥哥亚伦和他的儿子拿答、亚比户、以利亚撒、以他玛一同就近你,给我供祭司的职分。

2 你要给你哥哥亚伦衣为荣耀,为华美。

3 又要吩咐一切中有智慧的,就是我用智慧的灵所充满的,给亚伦衣服,使他分别为,可以给我供祭司的职分。

4 所要做的就是胸牌、以弗得、外袍、杂色的内袍、冠冕、腰带,使你哥哥亚伦和他儿子穿这服,可以给我供祭司的职分。

5 要用线和蓝色紫色、朱红色线,并细麻去做。

6 他们要拿线和蓝色紫色、朱红色线,并捻的细麻,用巧匠的手工做以弗得。

7 以弗得当有两条带,接上两头,使他相连。

8 其上巧工织的带子,要和以弗得一样的做法,用以束上,与以弗得接连一块,要用线和蓝色紫色、朱红色线,并捻的细麻做成。

9 要取两块红玛瑙,在上面刻以色列儿子名字

10 名字在这块宝上,名字在那块宝上,都照他们生来的次序。

11 要用刻宝的手工,彷佛刻图书,按着以色列儿子名字,刻这两块宝,要镶在槽上。

12 要将这两块宝安在以弗得的两条带上,为以色列人纪念亚伦要在两上担他们的名字,在耶和华面前作为纪念

13 要用子做二槽,

14 又拿精,用拧工彷佛拧绳子,做两条炼子,把这拧成的炼子搭在槽上。

15 你要用巧匠的手工做一个决断的胸牌。要和以弗得一样的做法:用线和蓝色紫色、朱红色线,并捻的细麻做成。

16 这胸牌要四方的,叠为两层,长一虎口,宽一虎口。

17 要在上面镶宝行:第行是红宝、红璧玺、红玉;

18 第二行是绿宝石、蓝宝石、金钢石;

19 第三行是紫玛瑙、白玛瑙、紫晶;

20 第四行是水苍玉、红玛瑙、碧玉。这都要镶在槽中。

21 这些宝都要按着以色列十二个儿子名字,彷佛刻图书,刻十二个支派的名字

22 要在胸牌上用精拧成如绳的炼子。

23 在胸牌上也要做两个,安在胸牌的两头。

24 要把那两条拧成的炼子,穿过胸牌两头的子。

25 又要把炼子的那两头接在两槽上,安在以弗得前面带上。

26 要做两个,安在胸牌的两头,在以弗得里面的边上。

27 又要做两个,安在以弗得前面两条带的边,挨近相接之处,在以弗得巧工织的带子以上。

28 要用蓝细带子把胸牌的子与以弗得的子系住,使胸牌贴在以弗得巧工织的带子上,不可与以弗得离缝。

29 亚伦所的时候,要将决断胸牌,就是刻着以色列儿子名字的,带在胸前,在耶和华面前常作纪念

30 又要将乌陵和土明放在决断的胸牌里;亚伦进到耶和华面前的时候,要带在胸前,在耶和华面前常将以色列人的决断牌带在胸前。

31 你要做以弗得的外袍,颜色全是蓝的。

32 袍上要为留一领的周围织出领边来,彷佛铠甲的领,免得破裂。

33 袍子周围底边上要用蓝色紫色、朱红色线做石榴。在袍子周围的石榴中间要有铃铛:

34 一个铃铛一个石榴,一个铃铛一个石榴,在袍子周围的底边上。

35 亚伦供职的时候要穿这袍子。他进所到耶和华面前,以及出的时候,袍上的响声必被见,使他不至於亡。

36 你要用精做一面牌,在上面按刻图书之法刻着归耶和华

37 要用一条蓝细带子将牌系在冠冕的前面。

38 这牌必在亚伦的额上,亚伦要担当干犯物条例的罪孽;这物是以色列人在一切的礼物上所分别为的。这牌要常在他的额上,使他们可以在耶和华面前蒙悦纳。

39 要用杂色细麻线织内袍,用细麻布做冠冕,又用绣花的手工做腰带。

40 你要为亚伦的儿子做内袍、腰带、裹头巾,为荣耀,为华美。

41 要把这些给你的哥哥亚伦和他的儿子穿戴,又要他们,将他们分别为,好给我供祭司的职分。

42 要给他们做细麻布裤子,遮掩下体;裤子当从腰达到大腿

43 亚伦和他儿子进入会幕,或就,在所供职的时候必穿上,免得担罪而。这要为亚伦和他的裔作永远的定例。

   

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9824. And an ephod. That this signifies Divine truth in this kingdom in the external form in which interior things cease, is evident from the signification of “the ephod,” as being Divine truth in an external form. The reason why this is signified by “the ephod” is that by Aaron’s garments of holiness were represented Divine truths in the spiritual kingdom in their order (see above, n. 9522); and the ephod was the outermost of three garments; Aaron’s garments for the priest’s office being the ephod, the robe, and the checkered tunic. That which is outermost not only contains the interior things, but the interior things also cease in it. This is the case in the human body, and consequently also in the heavens, to which the things of the human body correspond. The case is similar with truths and goods, for these make the heavens.

[2] As the ephod represented the outermost of the Lord’s spiritual kingdom, it was more holy than the rest of the garments, and on it was the breastplate, in which were the Urim and Thummim, through which answers were given by the Divine. That what is most external is more holy than the internal things, is because the external holds all the interior things in their order, and in their form and connection, insomuch that if the external were removed, the internal things would be dispersed; for internal things not only cease in the external, but they are also together in it. That this is so can be known to those who know how it is with things successive and things simultaneous; namely, that successive things, which proceed and follow one another in their order, are nevertheless presented together in the ultimate things. Take for example, end, cause, and effect; the end is the first in order, the cause is the second, and the effect is the ultimate. So also do they advance in succession. Nevertheless the cause is presented simultaneously in the effect, which is the ultimate; and the end is so presented in the cause. Consequently the effect is the completion, in which the interior or prior things are collected together and are lodged.

[3] The case is similar in man, with will, thought, and action. To will comes first, to think second, and to do is the ultimate, and this is also the effect in which the prior or interior things come forth in simultaneous order. For insofar as the act contains within itself that which the man is thinking, and that which he is willing, so far the interior things are held together in their form and in their connection. It is from this that it is said in the Word, that man will be judged according to his deeds, or according to his works, which means that he will be judged according to his thought and will, for these are in his deeds as the soul is in his body. As then the interior things are presented simultaneously in the ultimate, it follows that, as already said, if the order is perfect, the ultimate is accounted more holy than the interior things, for therein is complete the holiness of the interior things.

[4] As the interior things are together in the ultimate ones (as for instance, as just said, man’s thought and will are together in his deeds or works; or in regard to spiritual things, his faith and love are so), therefore John was beloved by the Lord more than the rest of the disciples, and lay on His breast (John 13:23; 21:20, 22), for the reason that this disciple represented the works of charity. (See the prefaces to Genesis 18 and 2 2760 so n. 3934.) From this it is also evident why the external or ultimate which is in perfect order, is more holy than the internal things regarded singly; for when the Lord is in the ultimate, He is simultaneously in all things, and when He is in this, the interior things are held together in their order, connection, and form; and under super-vision and guidance at His good pleasure. This is the secret which is meant in n. 9360, which see.

[5] This then is the reason why the ephod, being a representative of the ultimate in the Lord’s spiritual kingdom, was accounted more holy than the rest of the garments of the priesthood. Wherefore the ephod was the chief priestly vestment, and was made of threads of gold in the midst of blue, of crimson, of scarlet double-dyed, and of fine twined linen (Exodus 39:3); but the rest of the priests had ephods of linen (1 Samuel 2:18; 22:18). On this account also the ephod stood for all the vestments of a priest, and he was said “to wear the ephod,” whereby was signified that he was a priest (1 Samuel 2:28; 14:3). On this account also the breastplate was fastened to the ephod, and answers were given by means of the Urim and Thummim thereon, for the reason that this vestment was a representative of the ultimate in the Lord’s spiritual kingdom; and Divine answers are presented in ultimates, for they pass through all the interior things in succession, and are there dictated, because there they cease. That answers were given when the priests were clothed with the ephod, is evident from 1 Samuel 23:6-13; 30:7-8; and also in Hosea:

The sons of Israel tarried many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod, and teraphim (Hos. 3:4); where “teraphim” signify Divine answers, for answers were formerly given by means of these (Zech. 10:2). Moreover, in the original tongue the word “ephod” comes from “to enclose all the interior things,” as is evident from the meaning of the word in Exodus 29:5; Leviticus 8:7.

  
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