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1 "Načini žrtvenik od bagremova drva, pet lakata dug, pet lakata širok - prava četvorina - i tri lakta visok.

2 Na njegova četiri ugla načini rogove. Neka mu rogovi budu u jednome komadu s njim. I tučem ga okuj.

3 Dalje, načini za žrtvenik posude za zgrtanje otpadaka: strugače, kotliće, viljuške i kadionike. Sve potrepštine za žrtvenik načini od tuča.

4 Onda načini za nj rešetku od tuča, u obliku mrežice,

5 a na četiri ugla mrežicu ispod izbočine žrtvenika, tako da zahvati do sredine žrtvenika.

6 Napravi zatim motke za žrtvenik, motke od bagremova drva, pa ih tučem okuj.

7 Neka se motke provuku kroz kolutove, tako da dođu na obje strane žrtvenika kad se nosi.

8 Načini ga šuplja, od dasaka: kako ti je pokazano na brdu, onako neka je i napravljen."

9 "Napravi i dvorište Prebivališta. Na južnoj strani napravi zavjese od prepredenog lana, sto lakata u dužinu s te strane.

10 Njihovih dvadeset stupova neka stoji na dvadeset podnožja od tuča i neka imaju kopče i šipke od srebra.

11 Isto tako za sjevernu stranu načini plahte sto lakata duge. Njihovih dvadeset stupova i dvadeset podnožja od tuča, ali kopče i šipke neka su od srebra.

12 Širini dvorišta sa zapadne strane trebat će zavjese pedeset lakata duge, sa deset stupova i deset podnožja.

13 Širina dvorišta prema istočnoj strani neka bude pedeset lakata.

14 Nadalje, zavjese s jedne strane vrata neka su petnaest lakata duge, sa svoja tri stupa i njihova tri podnožja.

15 A s druge strane neka su zavjese opet petnaest lakata, sa svoja tri stupa i njihova tri podnožja.

16 Za dvorišni ulaz: vezen zastor od dvadeset lakata, od ljubičastog, crvenog i tamnocrvenog prediva i prepredenog lana; i sa svoja četiri stupa i njihova četiri podnožja.

17 Svi stupovi naokolo dvorišta neka su povezani srebrnim šipkama. Neka su im kopče od srebra, a podnožja od tuča.

18 Neka je dvorište u duljinu sto lakata, u širinu pedeset, a u visinu pet lakata. Neka su mu plahte od prepredenog lana, podnožja od tuča.

19 Sve potrepštine u Prebivalištu za opću upotrebu i svi njegovi kočići, a tako i kočići u dvorištu, neka su od tuča."

20 "Nadalje, naredi Izraelcima da ti za svjetlo donose čistoga ulja od istupanih maslina, tako da svjetlo neprestano gori.

21 Aron i njegovi sinovi neka ga postavljaju u Šator sastanka izvan zavjese što zaklanja Svjedočanstvo da gori pred Jahvom od večeri do jutra. Neka je to neopoziva naredba za izraelske naraštaje."

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9726

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9726. 'And you shall make for it a grating, a network' means the level of sensory perception, which is the last and lowest. This is clear from the meaning of 'a grating, a network' as external sensory perception, thus that which forms for a person the last and lowest level of life; and since this lowest level is meant by the grating it was placed all the way round the altar. Such sensory perception was represented by the grating because it first sifts so to speak and sorts out those things which enter the human mind and present themselves to the understanding and will, namely truths and forms of good. If the sensory perception is composed of good it does not let anything through other than forms of good, and truths derived from good, and rejects evils and the falsities arising from evil. For sensory perception is the actual ability to perceive things which belong to the understanding and to sense those which belong to the will as they exist on outermost levels, an ability that is perfectly fashioned for the affections for those things. The nature of all this may be illustrated by very many things in the body. Everywhere in the outermost parts within the body there are forms that resemble nets and there are so to speak gratings which sort out the things that flow towards them from the world. Those that are suitable are let through because they are desirable, and those that are unsuitable are rejected because they are loathsome. Extremely sensitive systems such as these exist in the stomach. These let through into the blood the suitable juices of the chyle, because these juices are useful and therefore desirable, and reject the unsuitable because they are harmful and therefore loathsome. The situation is similar with sensory perception, which is the last and lowest level of a person's life. But this level with a person has become totally wrecked, the reason why being that it stands right next to and is exposed to the world and is therefore the last to be regenerated, indeed scarcely anyone at the present day is able to be regenerated down to that level. As regards what the level of sensory perception is like with these people, see what has been shown already concerning it in 4009, 5077, 5081, 5084, 5094, 5125, 5128, 5580, 5767, 5774, 6183, 6201, 6310-6318, 6564, 6598, 6612, 6614, 6622, 6624, 6844, 6845, 6948, 6949, 7442, 7645, 7693, 9212, 9216.

Therefore if a person is to see and have an understanding of the truths of faith and the forms of the good of love he must be raised by the Lord above that level to more internal levels. But the sensory perception meant by 'the grating, the network' around the altar is the sensory perception belonging to the Lord's Divine Human, since the altar is representative of the Lord and of the worship of Him that springs from the good of love, 9714.

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