Arcana Coelestia # 10214
10214. Verses 11-16. And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying, When thou shalt take up the sum of the sons of Israel as to those who are numbered of them, then they shall give everyone an expiation of his soul to Jehovah in numbering them, that there be no plague in them in numbering them. This they shall give, everyone that passeth over upon those who are numbered, half a shekel, in the shekel of holiness, a shekel of twenty gerahs, the half of a shekel an uplifting to Jehovah. Everyone that passeth over upon those who are numbered, from a son of twenty years and upward, shall give an uplifting to Jehovah. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, from the half of the shekel to give an uplifting to Jehovah, to make an expiation upon your souls. And thou shalt take the silver of expiations from among the sons of Israel, and thou shalt give it for the work of the Tent of meeting; and it shall be to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah to make expiation upon your souls. “And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying,” signifies enlightenment through the Word by the Lord; “when thou shalt take up the sum of the sons of Israel,” signifies all things of the church; “as to those who are numbered of them,” signifies as to a setting in order and disposing; “then they shall give everyone an expiation of his soul to Jehovah in numbering them,” signifies purification or liberation from evil through the acknowledgment and faith that all the goods and truths of faith and love, and their setting in order and disposing, are from the Lord, and not at all from man; “that there be no plague in them in numbering them,” signifies lest there should be the penalty of evil in doing goods as from self; “this they shall give, everyone that passeth over upon those who are numbered,” signifies the ascription to the Lord of all things of faith and love; “half a shekel, in the shekel of holiness,” signifies all things of truth from good; “a shekel of twenty gerahs,” signifies all things of good; “the half of a shekel an uplifting to Jehovah,” signifies that all things of truth from good are of the Lord alone; “everyone that passeth over upon those who are numbered,” signifies the ascription of all truths and goods to the Lord alone; “from a son of twenty years and upward,” signifies a state of the intelligence of truth and good; “shall give an uplifting to Jehovah,” signifies ascription to the Lord alone; “the rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, from the half of the shekel, to give an uplifting to Jehovah,” signifies that all, of whatever ability they may be, must ascribe all things of truth and good to the Lord; “to make expiation upon your souls,” signifies that evils may be removed; “and thou shalt take the silver of expiations from among the sons of Israel,” signifies truths purifying by virtue of good, which are of the church; “and thou shalt give it for the work of the Tent of meeting,” signifies conjunction with heaven through the acknowledgment that all truths and goods are from the Lord; “and it shall be to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah,” signifies in this way the preservation of the church and of all things of the church by the Lord; “to make expiation upon your souls,” signifies because in this way evils are removed.
Exodus 30
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"You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
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Its length shall be a cubit, and its breadth a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.
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You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it.
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You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.
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You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
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You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.
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Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.
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When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
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You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.
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Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh."
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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"When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to those who are numbered among them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to Yahweh, when you number them; that there be no plague among them when you number them.
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They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is twenty gerahs;) half a shekel for an offering to Yahweh.
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Everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh.
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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.
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You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls."
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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"You shall also make a basin of brass, and its base of brass, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
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Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.
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When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
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So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations."
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Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;
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and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.
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You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
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You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the testimony,
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the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
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the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
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You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
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You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
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You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
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It shall not be poured on man's flesh, neither shall you make any like it, according to its composition: it is holy. It shall be holy to you.
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Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.'"
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Yahweh said to Moses, "Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be an equal weight;
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and you shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
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and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.
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The incense which you shall make, according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.
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Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people."
