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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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9457. 'And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means instructions regarding the holy things of heaven which had to be represented. This is clear from the verses that follow, for the things which Jehovah told Moses mean the holy things of heaven that were to be represented. Among the Israelite people a Church was being established in which outward forms would exist displaying in a representative fashion the celestial realities belonging to the good of love, and the spiritual realities belonging to the good and truth of faith, as such realities exist in heaven and ought to do so in the Church. From all this it is clear that 'Jehovah spoke' means instructions regarding the holy things of heaven which had to be represented. Since the matters described in the verses that follow are representative of the celestial and spiritual realities from the Lord in the heavens, something needs to be said about what a representative Church is and why it exists.

[2] There are three heavens - the inmost or third, the middle or second, and the lowest or first. In the inmost heaven the good of love to the Lord reigns, in the middle heaven the good of charity towards the neighbour reigns, and in the lowest the things which are thought, spoken, and come into being in the middle and inmost heavens are represented. The representatives there are countless, such as paradise parks, gardens, forests, fields, plains, as well as cities, palaces, and houses; also flocks and herds, as well as very many kinds of animals and birds; and countless other phenomena. These appear before the eyes of angelic spirits in that heaven more plainly than any such things do on earth in the light at midday; and what is astonishing, those spirits also discern what realities are meant by the things which appear.

[3] Such phenomena also appeared to prophets when their inner sight, which is the sight of the spirit, had been opened, for instance the horses that appeared to Zechariah, 6:1-8; the living creatures which were cherubs, and afterwards the new temple and everything in it that appeared to Ezekiel, Chapters 1, 9, 10, 40-48; the lampstand, thrones, living creatures (which again were cherubs), horses, new Jerusalem, and very many other phenomena, which appeared to John and are described in the Book of Revelation; and similarly the fiery horses and chariots that appeared to Elisha's servant, 2 Kings 6:17. Things such as these are constantly making their appearance in heaven before the eyes of spirits and angels. They are natural forms in which the inward things of heaven terminate and are given shape. The things which present themselves visually before the spirits and angels' actual eyes in this way are representations.

[4] A representative Church exists therefore when the holy, inner realities of love and faith which are derived from the Lord and look towards the Lord present themselves by means of visual forms in the world, such as those which are the subject in this and following chapters - the ark, the mercy-seat, the cherubs, the tables there, the lampstand, and everything else that was part of the tabernacle. For that tabernacle was constructed in such a way that it might represent the three heavens and everything there, the ark which contained the Testimony representing the inmost heaven and the Lord Himself there. This is why, when Moses was shown on the mountain the form it should take, Jehovah said at the same time, To the end that they may make for Him a sanctuary and He may dwell in their midst, verse 8. Everyone endowed with any ability to think on a deeper level can see that Jehovah could not have dwelt in a tent but that He dwells in heaven, and that this tent is called the sanctuary only because it presents an image of heaven, and the celestial and spiritual realities there. Let everyone ask himself, What would it have been for Jehovah, Creator of heaven and earth, to dwell in a small dwelling-place that was made of wood, overlaid with gold, and surrounded by curtains, if heaven and the things of heaven had not been represented there in outward forms?

[5] For the realities which are represented in outward forms do indeed reveal themselves in a similar way in the lowest or first heaven before the spirits there. But those in the higher heavens perceive the inner things that are being represented, which, as has been stated, are the celestial realities belonging to love to the Lord and the spiritual realities belonging to faith in the Lord. It was things of this nature that filled heaven when Moses and the people, moved by outward holiness, venerated that tent as the dwelling-place of Jehovah Himself. From this it is evident what a representative was, and also that by means of it heaven, and so the Lord, was present with mankind.

[6] A representative Church therefore was established among the Israelite people, when the ancient Church came to an end, in order that by means of such representatives heaven, and so the Lord, might be joined to the human race. (If the Lord did not join Himself to people through heaven they would cease to exist; for it is as a result of this joining of Himself to them that people possess the life they have.) Those representatives however were no more than outward means serving to conjoin, yet to which the Lord joined heaven in a wondrous manner, 4311. But when the joining together through those means also was about to perish the Lord came into the world and laid bare the actual realities which were being merely represented up to then, that is, the inner realities which belong to love to and faith in Him. These realities themselves now effect that joining together. But the only means by which such a joining together is effected at the present day is still the Word, since this has been written in such a way that every single part of it has a correspondence and as a consequence represents and serves to mean the Divine realities present in the heavens.

  
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