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Exodus 25

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1 HE EN talede til Moses og sagde:

2 Sig til Israeliterne, at de skal bringe mig en Offerydelse; af enhver, som i sit Hjerte føler sig tilskyndet dertil, skal I tage min Offerydelse.

3 Og Offerydelsen, som I skal tage af dem, skal bestå af Guld, Sølv, Kobber,

4 violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn, Byssus, Gedehår,

5 rødfarvede Væderskind, Tahasjskind, Akacietræ,

6 Olie til Lysestagen, vellugtende Stoffer til Salveolien og Aøgelsen,

7 Sjohamsten og Ædelsten til Indfatning på Efoden og Brystskjoldet.

8 Og du skal indrette mig en Helligdom, for at jeg kan bo midt iblandt dem.

9 Du skal indrette Boligen og alt dens Tilbehør nøje efter det Forbillede, jeg vil vise dig.

10 Du skal lave en Ark af Akacietræ, halvtredje Alen lang, halvanden Alen bred og halvanden Alen høj,

11 og overtrække den med pu1t Guld; indvendig og udvendig skal du overtrække den og sætte en gylden Krans rundt om den;

12 og du skal støbe fire Guldringe til den og sætte dem på dens fire Fødder, to inge på hver Side at den.

13 Så skal du lave Bærestænger af Akacietræ og overtrække dem med Guld,

14 og du skal stikke Stængerne gennem ingene på Arkens Sider, for at den kan bæres med dem;

15 Stængerne skal blive i ingene, de må ikke tages ud.

16 Og i Arken skal du nedlægge Vidnesbyrdet, som jeg vil give dig.

17 Så skal du lave et Sonedække af purt Guld, halvtredje Alen langt og halvanden Alen bredt;

18 og du skal lave to Keruber af Guld, i drevet Arbejde skal du lave dem, ved begge Ender af Sonedækket.

19 Den ene Kerub skal du anbringe ved den ene Ende, den anden Kerub ved den anden; du skal lave Keruberne således, at de er i eet med Sonedækket ved begge Ender.

20 Og Keruberne skal brede deres Vinger i Vejret, således at de dækker over Sonedækket med deres Vinger, og de skal vende Ansigtet mod hinanden; nedad mod Sonedækket skal Kerubernes Ansigter vende.

21 Og Sonedækket skal du lægge over Arken, men i Arken skal du lægge Vidnesbyrdet, som jeg vil give dig.

22 Der vil jeg mødes med dig, og fra Sonedækket, fra Pladsen mellem de to Keruber på Vidnesbyrdets Ark, vil jeg meddele dig alle de Bud, jeg har at give dig til Israeliterne.

23 Fremdeles skal du lave et Bord at Alkacietræ, to Alen langt, en Alen bredt og halvanden Alen højt,

24 og overtrække det med purt Guld og sætte en gylden Krans rundt om det.

25 Og du skal sætte en Liste af en Hånds Bredde rundt om det og en gylden Krans rundt om Listen.

26 Så skal du lave fire Guldringe og sætte dem på de fire Hjørner ved dets fire Ben;

27 lige ved Listen skal ingene sidde til at stikke Bærestængerne i, så at man kan bære Bordet.

28 Og du skal lave Bærestængerne af Akacietræ og overtrække dem med Guld, og med dem skal Bordet bæres.

29 Og du skal lave de dertil hørende Fade og Kander, Krukker og Skåle til at udgyde Drikoffer med; af purt Guld skal du lave dem.

30 På Bordet skal du altid have Skuebrød liggende for mit Åsyn.

31 Fremdeles skal du lave en Lysestage af purt Guld, i drevet Arbejde skal Lysestagen, dens Fod og selve Stagen, laves, således af dens Blomster med Bægere og Kroner er i eet med den.

32 Seks Arme skal udgå fra Lysestagens Side, tre fra den ene og tre fra den anden Side.

33 På hver af Armene, der udgår fra Lysestagen, skal der være tre mandelblomstlignende Blomster med Bægere og Kroner,

34 men på selve Stagen skal der være fire mandelblomstlignende Blomster med Bægere og Kroner,

35 et Bæger under hvert af de tre Par Arme, der udgår fra Lysestagen.

36 Bægrene og Armene skal være i eet med den, så at det hele udgør eet drevet Arbejde af purt Guld.

37 Og du skal lave syv Lamper til den og sætte disse Lamper på den, for at de kan lyse Pladsen foran op.

38 Dens Lampesakse og Bakker skal være af purt Guld.

39 Der skal bruges en Talent purt Guld til den og til alt dette Tilbehør.

40 Se til, at du udfører det efter det Forbillede, som vises dig på Bjerget.

   


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Apocalypse Revealed # 939

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939. The fact that seeing the Lord's face does not mean seeing His face, but knowing and acknowledging Him as He is in respect to His Divine attributes, of which there are many, and that people conjoined with Him by love know Him and in that way see His face, can be seen from the following passages:

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me... ...When you come to see the face of Jehovah... (Isaiah 1:11-12)

My heart said..., "Seek my face. Your face, Jehovah, I am seeking." (Psalms 27:8)

We will shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His face with confession. (Psalms 95:1-2)

My soul thirsts... for the living God. When shall I come to see the face of God? ...yet shall I confess to Him the salvation of His countenance. (Psalms 42:2, 5)

They shall not see My face empty-handed. (Exodus 23:15)

...to come... to placate the face of Jehovah. (Zechariah 8:21-22, cf. Malachi 1:9)

Make Your face shine upon Your servant. (Psalms 31:16)

Who will show us any good? Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, Jehovah. (Psalms 4:6)

They shall walk, O Jehovah, in the light of Your countenance. (Psalms 89:15)

...O God, cause Your face to shine, that we may be saved! (Psalms 80:3, 7, 19)

God be merciful to us and bless us. May He cause His face to shine upon us. (Psalms 67:1)

Jehovah bless you and keep you; Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be merciful to you; Jehovah lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. (Numbers 6:24-26)

You hide them in the secret place of Your countenance... (Psalms 31:20)

You have set... our hidden secret in the light of Your countenance. (Psalms 90:8)

(Jehovah) said (to Moses), "My countenance will go... (Moses) said..., "If Your countenance does not go..., do not bring us down from here." (Exodus 33:14-15)

The bread on the table in the Tabernacle was called [literally] "the bread of faces" (Exodus 25:30, Numbers 4:7).

[2] We are often told, too, that Jehovah hid His face or turned His face away, as in the following:

...for (their) wickedness I have hidden My face from (them). (Jeremiah 33:5, cf. Ezekiel 7:22)

Your sins have hidden (God's) face from you... (Isaiah 59:2)

The face of Jehovah... will no longer regard them. (Lamentations 4:16)

(Jehovah) will hide His face from them..., according as they have made their works evil. (Micah 3:4)

You hid Your face... (Psalms 30:7, cf. 44:24; 104:29)

I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them... I will surely hide My face... because of all the evil which they have done... (Deuteronomy 31:17-18)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 8:17; Ezekiel 39:23, 28-29; Deuteronomy 32:20.

[3] In an opposite sense, the face of Jehovah symbolizes anger and aversion, because an evil person turns away from the Lord, and when he turns away, it seems to him as though the Lord had turned away and was angry, as is clear from the following passages:

...I have set My face against this city for its evil... (Jeremiah 21:10, cf. 44:11)

I will set My face against that man and... devastate him... (Ezekiel 14:7-8)

I will set My face against them... and... fire shall devour them..., when I set My face against them. (Ezekiel 15:7)

...(he) who eats any blood, I will set My face against that soul... (Leviticus 17:10)

At the rebuke of Your countenance they perished. (Psalms 80:16)

The face of Jehovah is against those who do evil... (Psalms 34:16)

...I send an angel before you... Beware of his face..., for he will not endure your transgression. (Exodus 23:20-21)

Let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee from Your countenance. (Numbers 10:35)

(I saw one sitting on the throne) from whose face the earth and heaven fled away. (Revelation 20:11)

That no one can see the Lord as He is in Himself, as we said above, is apparent from the following:

(Jehovah said to Moses,) "You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live." (Exodus 33:18-23)

That people nevertheless saw the Lord and lived, because He appeared by means of an angel, is apparent from Genesis 32:30, 1 Judges 13:22-23, 2 and elsewhere.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: "For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

2. Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God!" But his wife said to him, "If Jehovah had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have told us such things as these at this time."

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 15:7

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7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.