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Izlazak 26

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1 "Prebivalište načini od deset zavjesa: od ljubičastog, crvenog i tamnocrvenog prediva i prepredenog lana. Na njima neka budu vezeni likovi kerubina - djelo umjetnika.

2 Dužina svake zavjese neka je dvadeset i osam lakata, neka joj je širina četiri lakta. Sve zavjese neka su iste mjere.

3 Pet zavjesa neka su sastavljene jedna s drugom, a drugih pet zavjesa opet jedna s drugom.

4 Napravi petlje od ljubičaste vune pri rubu krajnje zavjese u sastavljenom komadu.

5 Napravi pedeset petlji na rubu jednoga sastavljenog komada od zavjesa, a pedeset pri rubu drugoga. Neka su petlje načinjene jedna spram druge.

6 Onda napravi pedeset kopča od zlata. Zavjese zatim kopčama sastavi jednu s drugom. Tako će Prebivalište biti jedna cjelina.

7 Načini zatim zavjese od kostrijeti za Šator povrh Prebivališta. Načini ih jedanaest.

8 Neka duljina svake zavjese bude trideset lakata, a širina svake zavjese četiri lakta. Tih jedanaest zavjesa neka bude iste mjere.

9 Sastavi pet zavjesa napose, a onda opet drugih šest zavjesa napose. Šestu zavjesu podvostruči na pročelju Šatora.

10 Ušij pedeset petlji na rubu jednoga sastavljenog komada od zavjesa, a pedeset na rubu drugoga.

11 Izradi pedeset kopča od tuča, zapni kopče za petlje da sastaviš Šator u cjelinu.

12 A kako će zavjese od Šatora pretjecati, neka se polovina zavjesa što preostane spušta na zadnjem dijelu Prebivališta.

13 Od onoga što preteče na dužini šatorskih zavjesa neka po jedan lakat visi na obje strane svetoga Šatora da ga zaklanja.

14 Napokon napravi Šatoru pokrov od učinjenih i u crveno obojenih ovnujskih koža, a povrh njega pokrov od finih koža.

15 Trenice što će nauzgor stajati za Prebivalište napravi od bagremova drva.

16 Svaka trenica neka bude deset lakata duga, a lakat i pol široka.

17 Svaka trenica neka ima dva klina da je uspravno drže. Tako napravi na svakoj trenici za Prebivalište.

18 Trenice za Prebivalište postavi: dvadeset trenica s juga, prema podnevu;

19 onda pod dvadeset trenica napravi četrdeset podnožja od srebra, dva podnožja pod prvu trenicu za njezina dva klina, i tako redom, dva podnožja za dva klina svake slijedeće trenice.

20 Za drugu stranu Prebivališta, sa sjevera: dvadeset trenica

21 i četrdeset srebrnih podnožja, dva podnožja za dva klina prve trenice, i tako redom, dva podnožja za svaku trenicu.

22 Na stražnjoj strani Prebivališta, sa zapada, postavi šest trenica.

23 Napravi i dvije trenice za stražnje uglove Prebivališta.

24 Neka budu rastavljene pri dnu, ali na vrhu kod prvoga koluta neka budu sastavljene. Neka tako obadvije prave dva ugla.

25 Neka dakle bude osam trenica s njihovim srebrnim podnožjima: šesnaest podnožja, dva podnožja pod prvom trenicom, a dva opet podnožja pod svakom slijedećom trenicom.

26 Nadalje napravi priječnice od bagremova drva: pet njih za trenice s jedne strane Prebivališta,

27 a pet priječnica s druge strane Prebivališta; onda pet priječnica za trenice Prebivališta straga prema zapadu.

28 Srednja priječnica neka ide sredinom trenica s jednoga kraja na drugi.

29 Trenice obloži zlatom, a i kolutove za njih, kroz koje će se priječnice provlačiti, načini od zlata. Priječnice onda obloži zlatom.

30 Tako, dakle, podigni Prebivalište prema nacrtu koji ti je pokazan na brdu."

31 "Napravi zavjesu od ljubičastog, crvenog i tamnocrvenog prediva i prepredenog lana. Neka su na njoj izvezeni kerubini.

32 Objesi je na četiri stupa od bagremova drva, zlatom obložena, s kopčama od zlata, a na četiri podnožja od srebra.

33 Objesi zavjesu za kvake. Onda unesi Kovčeg svjedočanstva tu za zavjesu. Neka ti tako zavjesa odjeljuje Svetište od Svetišta nad svetištima.

34 Stavi Pomirilište na Kovčeg svjedočanstva u Svetinji nad svetinjama.

35 Postavi zatim stol van pred zavjesu, a svijećnjak na južnu stranu Prebivališta, prema stolu. stol stavi na sjevernu stranu.

36 A na ulazu u Šator napravi zastorak od ljubičastog, crvenog i tamnocrvenog prediva i prepredenog lana - vezom izvezen.

37 Za zastorak isteši pet stupčića od bagrenova drva pa ih obloži zlatom. Kopče za njih neka budu od zlata. Salij za njih pet podnožja od tuča."

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9596

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9596. 'From fine twined linen and violet and purple and twice-dyed scarlet' means the spiritual and celestial realities from which those truths are derived. This is clear from the meaning of 'fine twined linen' as truth from a celestial origin, dealt with in 9469; from the meaning of 'violet' as the celestial love of truth, dealt with in 9466; from the meaning of 'purple' as the celestial love of good, dealt with in 9467; and from the meaning of 'twice-dyed scarlet' as spiritual good or the good of truth, dealt with in 9468. Such is the order in which the spiritual and celestial realities, or the truths and forms of good, present with a person or an angel who is in the middle or second heaven follow one another. For truth from a celestial origin, meant by 'fine twined linen' comes first; then the love of or affection for truth, meant by 'violet'; after that the resulting love of or affection for good, meant by 'purple'; and finally spiritual good, meant by 'twice-dyed scarlet'.

[2] Because this is the order in which the spiritual and celestial realities follow one another 'fine twined linen' is here mentioned first; but in the case of the veil that hung between the dwelling-place and the ark, or between the holy place and the holy of holies, dealt with in verse 31 of the present chapter, it is mentioned last. The reason why 'fine twined linen' is mentioned last in the case of the veil is that 'the veil' means the intermediary uniting the inmost heaven to the middle heaven, and therefore within this intermediary it must come last, in order that - to link the two heavens - it may then be first in the second of them.

[3] But properly 'fine twined linen' means the understanding part of the mind as it exists with the spiritual man or with an angel in the Lord's spiritual heaven. The reason why the understanding part is meant by 'fine twined linen' is that with the spiritual man a new will part is implanted by the Lord within the understanding part of his mind, see 863, 875, 895, 927, 1023, 1043, 1044, 1555, 2256, 4328, 4493, 5113; and since the understanding part in the spiritual man is meant by 'fine twined linen', so too is spiritual truth meant. This is because all truth belongs to the understanding part, and all good to the will part, 3623, 9300; for the understanding part is the receiver (subjectum) or container and the truth is what belongs to it, and these two make one. From these considerations also it may be seen that the actual understanding part of the mind with those who belong to the Lord's spiritual kingdom is in the strict sense 'the dwelling-place', 9296, 9297, and that the spreading out of the curtains serves to describe it.

[4] From all this what 'spreading and stretching out the heavens' means in the following places may be recognized, such as in Isaiah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, spreads out the earth, gives breath 1 to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it. Isaiah 42:5.

In the same prophet,

I am Jehovah who makes all things, stretches out the heavens Alone, [and] spreads out the earth by Myself. Isaiah 44:24.

In the same prophet,

It was I that made the earth and created man on it. It was I - My hands - that stretched out the heavens. Isaiah 45:12.

In Jeremiah,

... He who makes the earth by His power, prepares the world by His wisdom, and stretches out the heavens by His intelligence. Jeremiah 51:15.

In Zechariah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, and founds the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. Zechariah 12:1.

[5] 'Stretching out the heavens and spreading out the earth' is plainly similar in meaning to stretching and spreading out a dwelling-place by the use of curtains. And by this is meant regenerating a person and thereby creating or forming a new understanding in which there is a new will, which is the spiritual person's actual heaven in which the Lord dwells with that person. The fact that the regeneration or the formation of a new understanding, and of a new will within it, and so of a new person, is what 'stretching out the heavens and spreading out the earth' means is evident from actual explanations provided in the places quoted above. For they speak of Him who gives breath to the people on the earth, and spirit to those who walk on it, and also of Him who forms the spirit of man within him. 'Heaven and earth' means the Church, internal and external, see 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118, 3355, 4535, and 'the earth' in general means the Lord's kingdom and the Church, 9334; and these meanings too are plainly apparent in those places. For if 'the earth' did not have that meaning what sense could be made of 'spreading out the earth' and 'founding the earth', or 'forming the spirit of man within him 2 '?

[6] The fact that 'stretching out the heavens and spreading out the earth' here is similar in meaning to stretching and spreading out a dwelling-place by the use of curtains is clear from other places where the same idea is stated even more plainly, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 40:22.

In the same prophet,

Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwelling-places. Isaiah 54:2.

And in David,

Jehovah covers Himself with light, as if with a garment; He stretches out the heavens as a curtain. Psalms 104:2.

These places also show what 'the expanse' or that which is spread out means in the first chapter of Genesis,

God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let there be a distinguishing of the waters from the waters. And God made the expanse and He made a distinction between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse, And God called the expanse Heaven. Genesis 1:6-8.

That first chapter describes the regeneration of a member of the celestial Church, 'the expanse' describing his new will and understanding. 'The waters under the expanse and those above the expanse' are the truths of the external man and those of the internal man. For the meaning of 'waters' as truths, see 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 8568, 9323.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, soul

2. The Latin here is in ea (in it, i.e. in the earth). But in his rough draft Swedenborg has, as in other places, in medio ejus which is usually taken to mean within him but could possibly mean in the midst of it.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.