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民數記 4

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1 耶和華曉諭摩西亞倫

2 你從利未人中,將哥轄子孫的總數,照他們的家室、宗族,

3 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,全都計算。

4 哥轄子孫在會幕搬運至之物,所辦的事乃是這樣:

5 的時候,亞倫和他兒子要進去摘遮掩櫃的幔子,用以蒙蓋法櫃,

6 又用海狗蓋在上頭,再蒙上純藍色的毯子,把杠穿上。

7 又用藍色毯子鋪在陳設餅的桌子上,將盤子、調羹、奠酒的爵,和杯擺在上頭。桌子上也必有常設的餅。

8 在其上又要蒙朱紅色的毯子,再蒙上海狗,把杠穿上。

9 要拿藍色毯子,把臺和臺上所用的盞、剪子、蠟花盤,並一切盛的器皿,全都遮蓋。

10 又要把燈臺和燈臺的一切器具包在海狗裡,放在抬架上。

11 上要鋪藍色毯子,蒙上海狗,把杠穿上。

12 又要把所用的一切器具包在藍色毯子裡,用海狗蒙上,放在抬架上。

13 要收去上的灰,把紫色毯子鋪在上;

14 又要把所用的一切器具,就是火鼎、肉鍤子、鏟子、盤子,一切屬的器具都擺在上,又蒙上海狗,把杠穿上。

15 將要起的時候,亞倫和他兒子把所和所的一切器具遮蓋完了,哥轄的子孫就要抬,只是不可摸物,免得他們亡。會幕裡這些物件是哥轄子孫所當抬的。

16 祭司亞倫的兒子以利亞撒所要看守的是點燈的料,並當獻的素祭和膏,也要看守全帳幕與其中所有的,並所和所的器具。

17 耶和華曉諭摩西亞倫

18 你們不可將哥轄人的支派從利未人中剪除。

19 他們挨物的時候,亞倫和他兒子要進去派他們各所當辦的,所當抬的。這樣待他們,好使他們活著,不至亡。

20 只是他們連片時不可進去觀所,免得他們亡。

21 耶和華曉諭摩西

22 你要將革順子孫的總數,照著宗族、家室,

23 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,全都數點。

24 革順人各族所辦的事、所抬的物乃是這樣:

25 他們要抬帳幕的幔子和會幕,並會幕的蓋與其上的海狗皮,和會幕簾,

26 院子的帷子和簾(院子是圍帳幕和的)、繩子,並所用的器具,不論是做甚麼用的,他們都要經理。

27 革順的子孫在一切抬物辦事之上都要憑亞倫和他兒子的吩咐;他們所當抬的,要派他們看守。

28 這是革順子孫的各族在會幕裡所辦的事;他們所看守的,必在祭司亞倫兒子以他瑪的

29 至於米拉利的子孫,你要照著家室、宗族把他們數點。

30 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,你都要數點。

31 他們辦理會幕的事,就是抬帳幕的板、閂、子,和帶卯的座,

32 院子四圍的子和其上帶卯的座、橛子、繩子,並一切使用的器具。他們所抬的器具,你們要按名指定。

33 這是米拉利子孫各族在會幕裡所辦的事,都在祭司亞倫兒子以他瑪的

34 摩西亞倫與會眾的諸首領將哥轄的子孫,照著家室、宗族,

35 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,都數點了。

36 被數的共有二五十名。

37 這是哥轄各族中被數的,是在會幕裡辦事的,就是摩西亞倫耶和華摩西所吩咐數點的。

38 革順子孫被數的,照著家室、宗族,

39 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,共有二千六百三十名。

40 a

41 這是革順子孫各族中被數的,是在會幕裡辦事的,就是摩西亞倫耶和華摩西所吩咐數點的。

42 米拉利子孫中各族被數的,照著家室、宗族,

43 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡辦事的,共有三千二百名。

44 a

45 這是米拉利子孫各族中被數的,就是摩西亞倫耶和華摩西所吩咐數點的。

46 凡被數的利未人,就是摩西亞倫以色列眾首領,照著家室、宗族所數點的,

47 三十歲直到五十歲,凡前任職、在會幕裡做抬物之工的,共有八千五百八十名。

48 a

49 摩西按他們所辦的事、所抬的物,憑耶和華的吩咐數點他們;他們這樣被摩西數點,正如耶和華所吩咐他的。

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10133

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10133. 'A continual [offering]' means within all Divine worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'continual', when it refers to such things as belong to Divine worship, as all and within all. For the subject is purification from evils and falsities by means of the good of innocence, this good being meant by 'lambs' and purification from evils and consequent falsities by a burnt offering of them. This is called 'continual' because it must be present in all Divine worship. Therefore also the offering was presented twice each day, in the morning and in the evening; and offerings made morning and evening served in general to represent all worship and what must be present within all worship. The good of innocence must be in all good, and consequently in all truth, if they are to be goodness and truth that have life from the Divine within them, and so it must be within all worship. For all worship, to be worship, must spring from the good of love and from the truths of faith.

All of the Church's and of heaven's good has innocence within it, and without that innocence good is not good, nor therefore is worship worship, see 2736, 2780, 6013, 7840, 7887, 9262.

What innocence is, 3994, 4001, 4797, 5236, 6107, 6765, 7902, 9262, 9936, and the places referred to in 10021 (end).

[2] 'Continual' means all and within all - that is to say, the all of worship, and within all worship - because it is a term that has a temporal connotation and in heaven, where the Word is understood not in the natural but in the spiritual sense, people have no notions of time. Instead of periods of time they perceive the kinds of things that are states. By 'continual' at this point therefore they perceive a perpetual state within worship, thus the all of worship and within all worship. The same applies to all other terms in the Word which have temporal connotations, such as yesterday, today, tomorrow, two days, three days, daily, a week, a month, a year, also times of day and seasons of the year - morning, midday, evening, night, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Therefore if the spiritual sense of the Word is to be understood, any idea of a period of time acquired from its natural sense, any idea of a place as well, indeed any idea of an actual person must be set aside, and states of things must be conceived of instead. From this it may be seen how perfect the Word is in its internal sense, and so how perfect is the perception of it by the angels in heaven, consequently how much more excellent angels' wisdom and understanding are than the understanding and wisdom of people in the world, who think with solely natural vision focused on the completely finite things of this world and planet. Regarding periods of time in heaven, that they are states, see 1274, 1382, 2625, 2788, 2837, 3254, 3356, 3404, 3827, 4814, 4882, 4901, 4916, 6110, 7218, 7381, 8070; and regarding what states are, 4850.

[3] From all this it is evident what the continual burnt offering of lambs means, and so what 'continual' and 'continually' mean elsewhere, as in the commands that 'the fire shall burn continually on the altar', Leviticus 6:13, and that 'the continual bread shall be on the table', Numbers 4:7. 'The fire' there and 'the bread' mean the good of love received from the Lord and offered back to Him. For 'the fire', that it has this meaning, see 4906, 5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849, 7324, 7852, 10055; and also for 'the bread', 2165, 2177, 3478, 3735, 3813, 4211, 4217, 4735, 4976, 9323, 9545. In those places as well 'continual' means in addition that this good must be present in all worship; and the fact that the same good is the source from which the truth of faith must shine, as if from its fire, is meant by the decree that they were to cause a lamp to go up 1 continually, Exodus 27:20, 'a lamp' being the truth and good of faith, see 9548, 9783.

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1. i.e. to burn

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9936

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9936. 'And it shall be on Aaron's forehead' means from the Lord's Divine Love. This is clear from the representation of 'Aaron' as the Lord in respect of Divine Good, which is the Good of His Divine Love, dealt with in 9806; and from the meaning of 'forehead', when the Lord is the subject, as His Divine Love. 'The Lord's face', which is the same as 'Jehovah's face', means all attributes of Divine Love, such as mercy, peace, goodness, or wisdom, 222, 223, 5585, 6848, 6849, 9306, 9545, 9546. These are meant by 'Jehovah's face' or 'the Lord's face' because in general 'the face' means a person's interiors, that is, a person's affections and consequent thoughts, thus the things which constitute his love and faith, see the places referred to in 9546. These are meant by 'the face' because they shine from the face, as if seen in their imprint or image, which also is why the face is called the image of the mind. So it is that when 'face' is mentioned in connection with Jehovah or the Lord the attributes of His Divine Love are meant. 'Forehead' in particular means Divine Love itself, because interiors have been allotted their own provinces in the face. The interiors that belong to love reside in the province of the forehead, those belonging to wisdom and intelligence in the province of the eyes, those belonging to perception in the province of the nose, and those belonging to utterance in the province of the mouth.

[2] From all this it is evident why 'forehead' - when the Lord, represented by Aaron, is the subject - means Divine Love. Since someone's forehead corresponds to his love those governed by celestial love, that is, by love to the Lord derived from the Lord, are said 'to have a sign on their foreheads', meaning that they are under the Lord's protection because they abide in His Love, as in Ezekiel,

Jehovah said, Go through the middle of Jerusalem and make a sign on the foreheads of the men (vir) who groan and sigh over all the abominations done in the midst of it, and strike; do not let your eye spare. But against any man (vir) on whom there is a sign do not go near. Ezekiel 9:4-6.

In John, in the Book of Revelation,

Behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads. Revelation 14:1.

In the same book,

They will see the face of God and of the Lamb, and His name will be on their foreheads. Revelation 22:4.

In the same book,

It was declared that they should not harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only the people who did not have God's sign on their foreheads. Revelation 9:4.

[3] 'Having God's sign on their foreheads' and 'having God and the Lamb's name on them' stand for their being kept safe from molestation by evils from hell, because they abide in the Lord through love. 'The grass' and 'any green thing', which were not to be harmed, stand for true factual knowledge by means of which the truth of faith develops, 7571, 7691; and 'any tree', which too was not to be harmed, stands for the perception of truth springing from good, 103, 2163, 2722, 2972, 4552, 7692.

[4] In Moses,

You shall love Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. You shall bind these words as a sign onto your hand, and let them be as frontlets between your eyes. Deuteronomy 6:4-5, 8.

'As frontlets' stands for as a sign of love to Jehovah God. The words 'between your eyes' are used because intelligence and wisdom which are born from that love are meant by 'eyes'; and wisdom born from that love consists in having God constantly before one's eyes. This is self-evidently so because the subject is love to Jehovah God. The declaration that they should love Him with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their strength, means that they should do so with all their human powers. 'With the heart' means with the will where the good of love resides, 7542, 9050, 9300, 9495; and 'with the soul' means with the understanding where the truth of faith resides, and so with faith, 9050. These two powers belong to the internal man. 'With all their strength' means with those powers of will and understanding as they exist in the external man. The strength and power of the love of both, of the external man and of the internal, are meant by 'hands', 4931-4937, 7518; and this is why it says that those words were to be bound 'as a sign on the hand'.

[5] Since 'the forehead' by virtue of its correspondence means celestial or heavenly love with those who are good, with those who are bad it accordingly means hellish love, which is the opposite of heavenly. The forehead of the latter is called a bronze forehead in Isaiah 48:4, and an obstinate forehead in Ezekiel 3:7-8. And in reference to those ruled by hellish love it is said that they had the mark of the beast on their foreheads, Revelation 13:16; 14:9; 20:4, and also the name of Babylon on their foreheads, Revelation 17:5.

  
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