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出埃及記 39

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1 比撒列用藍色紫色、朱紅色線做精緻的衣服,在所用以供職,又為亞倫衣,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

2 他用線和藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻做以弗得;

3 子錘成薄片,剪出線來,與藍色紫色、朱紅色線,用巧匠的手工一同繡上。

4 又為以弗得做兩條相連的帶,接連在以弗得的兩頭。

5 其上巧工織的帶子和以弗得一樣的做法,用以束上,與以弗得接連一塊,是用線和藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻做的,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

6 又琢出兩塊紅瑪瑙,鑲在槽上,彷彿刻圖書,按著以色列兒子名字雕刻;

7 將這兩塊寶安在以弗得的兩條帶上,為以色列人紀念,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

8 他用巧匠的手工做胸牌,和以弗得一樣的做法,用線與藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻做的。

9 胸牌是四方的,疊為兩層;這兩層長一虎口,寬一虎口,

10 上面鑲著寶行:第行是紅寶、紅璧璽、紅玉;

11 第二行是綠寶石、藍寶石、金鋼石;

12 第三行是紫瑪瑙、白瑪瑙、紫晶;

13 第四行是水蒼玉、紅瑪瑙、碧玉。這都鑲在槽中。

14 這些寶都是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

15 在胸牌上,用精擰成如繩子的鍊子。

16 又做兩個槽和兩個,安在胸牌的兩頭。

17 把那兩條擰成的鍊子穿過胸牌兩頭的子,

18 又把鍊子的那兩頭接在兩槽上,安在以弗得前面帶上。

19 做兩個,安在胸牌的兩頭,在以弗得裡面的邊上,

20 又做兩個,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。

21 用一條藍細帶子把胸牌的子和以弗得的子繫住,使胸牌貼在以弗得巧工織的帶子上,不可與以弗得離縫,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

22 他用織工做以弗得的外袍,顏色全是藍的。

23 袍上留一領的周圍織出領邊來,彷彿鎧甲的領,免得破裂。

24 在袍子底邊上,用藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻做石榴

25 又用精做鈴鐺,把鈴鐺釘在袍子周圍底邊上的石榴中間

26 一個鈴鐺一個石榴,一個鈴鐺一個石榴,在袍子周圍底邊上用以供職,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

27 他用織成的細麻布亞倫和他的兒子做內袍,

28 並用細麻布做冠冕和華美的裹頭巾,用撚的細麻布做褲子,

29 又用藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻,以繡花的手工做腰帶,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

30 他用精冠上的牌,在上面按刻圖書之法,刻著歸耶和華

31 又用一條藍細帶子將牌繫在冠冕上,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

32 帳幕,就是會幕,一切的工就這樣做完了。凡耶和華所吩咐摩西的以色列人都照樣作了。

33 他們送到摩西那裡。帳幕和帳幕的一切器具,就是鉤子、板、閂、子、卯的座,

34 染紅公羊皮的蓋、海狗的頂蓋,和遮掩櫃的幔子,

35 法櫃和櫃的杠並施恩座,

36 桌子桌子的一切器具並陳設餅,

37 精金的臺和擺列的盞,與臺的一切器具,並點

38 、膏、馨料、會幕簾,

39 上的銅網,的杠並的一切器具,洗濯盆和盆座,

40 院子的帷子和子,並帶卯的座,院子的簾、繩子、橛子,並帳幕和會幕中一切使用的器具,

41 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。

42 這一切工作都是以色列人耶和華所吩咐摩西做的。

43 耶和華怎樣吩咐的,他們就怎樣做了。摩西見一切的工都做成了,就給他們祝福

   

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9832. 'And they shall take the gold' means the good reigning universally. This is clear from the meaning of 'gold' as the good of love, dealt with in 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 9490, 9510. Its reigning universally is meant by the fact that the gold was interwoven everywhere in the ephod, as is clear from what is stated later on in this book,

They beat out 1 the plates of gold and cut them up into threads, to work in among the violet, and in among the purple, and in among the twice-dyed scarlet, and in among the fine linen. Exodus 39:3.

'Reigning universally' describes that which is dominant and so is present in each individual part, see 5949, 6159, 7648, 8067, 8853-8858, 8865. The reason why the gold was interwoven everywhere was that Aaron's garments represented the spiritual heaven, 9814, and in that heaven good holds sway, as it also does in the remaining heavens. In the inmost heaven it is the good of love to the Lord, in the middle one the good of charity towards the neighbour, and in the lowest the good of faith. The truth however which belongs to faith leads the way to good, and afterwards is brought forth from it. From this it is evident that a person is not in heaven until good is present within him. If merely the knowledge of truths, called the truths of faith, is present in a person he does no more than stand in front of the door; or if, knowing those truths, he is looking towards good he goes through into the porch. But if, in knowing those truths, he is not looking towards good he cannot see heaven, not even from a long way off. The reason for saying that a person is not in heaven until good is present within him is that a person must have heaven within him while in the world if he is to enter it after death. For heaven exists within people; and it is granted in mercy to those who during their life in the world allow themselves to be led by means of the truths of faith into charity towards the neighbour and into love to the Lord, that is, into good. People are not in heaven until they have come into that state in which the Lord leads them by means of good, see 8516, 8539, 8722, 8772, 9139. By good is meant the good of life; and the good of life consists in the performance of what is good because there is a will for what is good, and a will for what is good springs from love; for what a person loves, he wills.

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