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Izlazak 31

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1 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

2 "Pozvao sam, gledaj, po imenu Besalela, sina Urijeva, od koljena Hurova iz plemena Judina.

3 Napunio sam ga duhom Božjim koji mu je dao umješnost, razumijevanje i sposobnost za svakovrsne poslove:

4 da zamišlja nacrte za radove od zlata, srebra i tuča;

5 za rezanje dragulja, za umetanje; za rezbarije u drvu i poslove svakakve.

6 Dodao sam još Oholiaba, sina Ahisamakova iz Danova plemena; vještinom sam obdario sve sposobne ljude da mognu napraviti sve što sam ti naredio:

7 Šator sastanka, Kovčeg Svjedočanstva, povrh njega Pomirilište i sav namještaj Šatora;

8 stol i sav njegov pribor, čisti svijećnjak sa svim njegovim priborom;

9 kadioni žrtvenik, žrtvenik za žrtve paljenice i njegov pribor, onda umivaonik i njegovo podnožje;

10 odijela za službu, posvećena odijela za svećenika Arona i odijela za njegove sinove, za njihovu svećeničku službu;

11 pa ulje za pomazanje i miomirisni tamjan za Svetište. Sve neka načine kako sam ti naredio."

12 Jahve opet reče Mojsiju:

13 "Reci Izraelcima: Subote moje morate održavati, jer subota je znak između mene i vas od naraštaja do naraštaja, da budete svjesni da vas ja, Jahve, posvećujem.

14 Držite, dakle, subotu, jer je ona za vas sveta. Tko je oskvrne neka se pogubi; tko bude u njoj radio ikakav posao neka se odstrani iz svoga naroda.

15 Šest dana neka se vrše poslovi, ali sedmi dan neka bude dan posvemašnjeg odmora, Jahvi posvećen. Tko bi u dan subotni obavljao kakav posao neka se pogubi.

16 Stoga neka Izraelci drže subotu - svetkujući je od naraštaja do naraštaja - kao vječni savez.

17 Neka je ona znak, zauvijek, između mene i Izraelaca. TÓa Jahve je za šest dana sazdao nebo i zemlju, a sedmoga je dana prestao raditi i odahnuo."

18 Kad Jahve svrši svoj razgovor s Mojsijem na Sinajskom brdu, dade mu dvije ploče Svjedočanstva, ploče kamene, ispisane prstom Božjim.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 1186

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1186. And no craftsman of whatsoever craft shall be found in thee any more, signifies no more wisdom, intelligence, or knowledge. This is evident from the signification of "craftsman of whatsoever craft," as being everything belonging to the understanding, consequently wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge, for these belong to the understanding, the inmost of which is wisdom, the middle intelligence, and the lowest is knowledge. This is the signification of "craftsman of whatsoever craft," because these are endowments of the understanding, and its endowments are signified by "crafts." As these are signified by "crafts," so in the Word where the construction of the tabernacle is treated of, also the garments of Aaron, which were of gold, blue, purple, scarlet double-dyed, and fine twined linen, it is said that they were to be the work of the "craftsman," elsewhere "a work of a contriver" (Exodus 26:1, 31; 28:6; 39:8; and elsewhere). The things of which these were made, and which are here mentioned, signify things of wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge; therefore of Bezaleel and Oholiab, who were the craftsmen, and who made these things, it is said:

They were filled with wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge (Exodus 31:3; 36:1-2).

[2] That "craftsman" signifies intelligence from what is one's own [proprium] is evident in Hosea:

They make them a molten image of their silver, and idols in their intelligence, all of it the work of the craftsmen (Hosea 13:2).

"Molten image" and "idol" signify worship according to doctrine that is from self-intelligence; "silver" signifies the falsity from which such doctrine comes; therefore it is said "that in their intelligence they make them an idol, all of it the work of craftsmen." So in Isaiah:

The craftsman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth chains of silver; he seeketh a wise craftsman (Isaiah 40:19-20).

And in Jeremiah:

Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the founder, hyacinthine and garments, all of it the work of the wise (Jeremiah 10:3, 9).

Here and in many passages elsewhere self-intelligence is described by "idols," and "sculptured and molten images" (See n. 587, 827).

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[3] End, mediate causes, and effect, are called also the chief end, intermediate ends, and the final end. Intermediate and final ends are called ends, because the chief end produces them, is everything in them, is their esse and is their soul. The chief end is the will's love in man, the intermediate ends are subordinate loves, and the final end is the love of the will existing as it were in its effigy. As the chief end is the love of the will it follows that intermediate ends, being subordinate loves, are foreseen, provided, and produced through the understanding, and that the final end is the use foreseen, provided, and produced by the love of the will through the understanding, for everything that love produces is a use. This must be premised in order that what has just been said may be perceived, namely, that eminence and riches may be blessings or that they may be curses.

  
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