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1 Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Vrata unutrašnjega predvorja, koja gledaju na istok, neka budu zatvorena šest radnih dana, a neka se otvaraju u dan subotnji; i u dan mlađaka neka se otvaraju.

2 Knez neka ulazi kroz njihov trijem i neka stane kod dovratnika; svećenici će tada prinijeti njegovu paljenicu i pričesnicu, a on će se pokloniti na pragu vrata i izaći. Neka se vrata ne zatvaraju do večeri.

3 Na ulazu istih vrata subotom i na mlađake klanjat će se Jahvi puk zemlje.

4 Paljenica koju će knez subotom prinositi Jahvi neka bude: šest jaganjaca bez mane, ovan bez mane.

5 A prinosnica neka bude efa po ovnu, a po jaganjcu koliko i kako tko može i hin ulja po efi.

6 Na dan mlađaka neka se prinese june bez mane, šest jaganjaca i ovan bez mane.

7 A za prinosnicu neka se prinese efa po junetu, efa po ovnu, a po jaganjcu koliko tko može i hin ulja po efi.

8 Kad knez bude ulazio, neka ulazi kroz trijem vrata i istim putem neka izlazi.

9 A kad puk zemlje o blagdanima dolazi pred Jahvu, onaj koji na sjeverna vrata uđe da se pokloni neka izađe na južna, a tko uđe na južna neka izađe na sjeverna: neka se ne vraća na vrata na koja je ušao, nego neka izađe na suprotna.

10 I knez neka bude s njima: kad oni ulaze, neka i on uđe i neka izađe kad oni izlaze.

11 O blagdanima i svetkovinama neka se kao prinosnica prinese efa po juncu i efa po ovnu, a po jaganjcu koliko tko može i hin ulja po efi.

12 Kad knez želi prinijeti dobrovoljnu paljenicu ili dobrovoljnu pričesnicu Jahvi, neka mu se otvore vrata koja gledaju na istok, pa neka prinese paljenicu i svoju pričesnicu kao na dan subotnji; potom neka iziđe, a kad iziđe, neka se zatvore vrata.

13 Svaki dan prinijet ćeš Jahvi za paljenicu janje od godine, bez mane; prinijet ćeš ga svako jutro.

14 A kao prinosnicu na nj prinesi svako jutro šestinu efe i trećinu hina ulja da se poškropi najfinije brašno; to neka bude svagdašnji prinos Jahvi po vječnoj uredbi.

15 Treba dakle prinijeti jagnje, prinosnicu i ulje svako jutro kao svagdašnju žrtvu paljenicu.'

16 Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Dadne li knez dar komu svom sinu od svoje baštine, taj će dar pripasti njima u posjed kao baština.

17 Ako li od svoje baštine dade dar komu svom sluzi, tome će to pripadati do otpusne godine, a potom neka se vrati knezu; baština pripada samo kneževim sinovima.

18 Knez ne smije prisvojiti ništa od baštine naroda, pljačkajući narodni posjed. Sinovima svojim neka dade baštinu od svojega posjeda, da se ne raspe narod potjeran sa svojega posjeda.'"

19 Zatim me odvede kroz ulaz kraj vrata, u svećeničke prostorije Svetišta što gledaju na sjever. I gle: ondje, u dnu, prema zapadu, jedan prostor!

20 I reče mi: "Ovo je mjesto gdje će svećenici kuhati žrtve naknadnice i okajnice i žrtvu pomirnicu, gdje će peći prinosnice da ih ne iznose u vanjsko predvorje te ne posvete naroda."

21 Potom me izvede u vanjsko predvorje i provede kraj četiri ugla predvorja, i gle, u svakom uglu predvorja bijaše malo predvorje.

22 Ta mala predvorja u četiri ugla predvorja bijahu četrdeset lakata dugačka, trideset široka - sva četiri istih razmjera;

23 sva četiri zidom opasana, a pod zidom sve uokolo bijahu sagrađena ognjišta.

24 I reče mi: "To su kuhinje gdje će sluge Doma kuhati puku žrtve."

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9659

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9659. 'And there shall be eight boards and their bases [made] from silver' means support in every respect from good and through truth that springs from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'eight' as what is so in every respect, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'boards' as good that lends support, dealt with in 9634; and from the meaning of 'bases [made] from silver' as support provided through truth from good, dealt with in 9643.

[2] 'Eight' means in every respect because this number has the same meaning as two and four, being the product of these when multiplied together. 'Two' and 'four' mean being joined together, completely so, 5194, 8423, 8877, and consequently also mean what is complete, 9103, and therefore what is so in every respect; for what exists in completeness does so in every respect. Another reason why 'eight' means what exists in completeness and in every respect is that since 'a week' means a whole period from beginning to end, 2044, 3845, 'the eighth day' means a complete state, from which a new beginning then commences. This explains why males had to be circumcised on the eighth day, Genesis 17:12; 21:4, for circumcision was a sign of purification from foul kinds of love by means of the truth of faith, 2039, 2046 (end), 2799, 3412, 3413, 4462. The foreskin corresponded to the defilement of good by those kinds of love, 4462, 7045, 7225, and the knife of flint with which circumcision was carried out was a sign of the truth of faith by means of which purification was accomplished, 2039 (end), 2046 (end), 2799, 7044.

[3] What exists in completeness and in every respect is also meant by 'eight' following 'seven' in Micah,

When Asshur comes into our land and treads our palaces we will set up over him seven shepherds and eight princes of men (homo), and they will feed 1 the land of Asshur with the sword; and he will deliver [us] from Asshur. Micah 5:5-6.

'Asshur' stands for reasoning on the basis of one's own intelligence about the Church's forms of good and its truths. Deliverance totally or in every respect from consequent falsity is meant by 'eight princes of men' who will bring destruction, 'princes of men' being the leading truths that rise out of good.

[4] The fact that 'eight' means completeness and in every respect is also clear from an experience I had involving the admission and reception of some communities into heaven, about which see 2130. I saw as many as twelve communities received first, and after them as many as eight more; for people admitted and received into heaven are those who have been purified from earthly things, that is, from all love of them, and have gone on to receive instruction. The number eight on that occasion was a sign of that which was complete.

[5] 'Eight' has a similar meaning elsewhere in the Word, for example where it says that the portico of the gateway was 'eight cubits' long from the house, and that there were 'eight steps' up to the house, in Ezekiel 40:9, 31, 41. The description there is of the new house, by which the Lord's New Church is meant, truths leading to good and from good back to truths being meant by 'the portico' and 'the steps'.

[6] Anyone who does not know that spiritual realities or real things are implied by the numbers used in the Word cannot possibly see any such reality nor thus anything holy in the measures and numbers where the tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and after these the new house, new temple, and new land in Ezekiel, are described, when yet not a syllable in the Word is devoid of spiritual meaning. Let all who have intelligence weigh up in their mind what the measures and numbers in Chapters 40-48 of Ezekiel really mean, also the measures and numbers in John, at Revelation 21:17, where it says that the angel measured the wall of the new Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, and that this measure was that of a man (homo), that is, of an angel, and also in the following, besides many other places,

Let him who has intelligence reckon the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man (homo), that is, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18.

For more about all numbers in the Word, that they mean spiritual realities or real things, see 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 5291, 5335, 5708, 6175, 7973, and places where the specific meaning of certain numbers has been shown.

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Arcana Coelestia # 5335

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5335. 'And Joseph was a son of thirty years' means a state when the quantity of remnants was complete. This is clear from the meaning of 'thirty' as a completed number of remnants, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'years' as states, dealt with in 482, 487, 488, 493, 893. In the Word the number thirty can mean some existence of conflict, or else it can mean a completed number of remnants. The reason why that number has this twofold meaning is that it is arrived at by multiplying five and six, or else by multiplying three and ten. When it is the product of five times six it means some existence of conflict, 2276, because 'five' means some, 649, 4638, 5291, and 'six' conflict, 720, 737, 900, 1709. But when thirty is the product of three times ten it means a completed number of remnants, because 'three' means that which is complete, 2788, 4495, and 'ten' means remnants, 576, 1906, 2284. A composite number implies much the same as the simple ones of which it is the product, 5291. Remnants are the truths joined to good which have been stored away by the Lord in a person's interior parts, see 468, 530, 560, 561, 576, 660, 1050, 1738, 1906, 2284, 5135.

[2] A completed number of remnants is likewise meant by 'thirty' - as it is also by 'sixty', and by 'a hundred' too - in Mark,

The seed which fell into good ground yielded fruit growing up and increasing. One bore thirty-fold, and another sixty, and another a hundred. Mark 4:8, 10.

Each of these numbers, being a multiple of ten, means a completed number of remnants. Also, because no one can be regenerated - that is, permitted to enter into spiritual temptations, by means of which regeneration is effected - until he has received a completed number of remnants, it was therefore laid down that no Levite should carry out any work in the tent of meeting until he was fully thirty years old. Their work or function is also called 'military service', being referred to in Moses as follows,

Take a census of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi - from sons thirty years of age and over, up to sons fifty years of age, everyone coming to perform military service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. Numbers 4:2-3.

Much the same is said regarding the sons of Gershon, and much the same regarding the sons of Merari, in verses 22, 23, 29, 30, and then in verses 35, 39, 43. Of that same chapter in Moses. And something similar is implied where it says that David began to reign when he was a son thirty years of age, 2 Samuel 5:4.

[3] From all this one may now see why the Lord did not make Himself known until He was thirty years of age, Luke 3:23. At that age a completed number of remnants existed with Him, though these remnants which the Lord possessed were ones that He Himself had acquired for Himself. They were also Divine ones and the means by which He united His Human Essence to His Divine Essence and made that Human Essence Divine, 1906. In Him therefore lies the reason why 'thirty years' means a state when the quantity of remnants is complete and why the priests the Levites began to perform their specific functions when they were thirty years old. And because he was to represent the Lord's kingship, David did not begin to reign until he was that same age. For every representative is derived from the Lord, and therefore every representative has reference to Him.

  
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