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Exodus 26

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1 Boligen skal du lave af ti Tæpper af tvundet Byssus, violet og rødt Purpurgarn og karmoisinrødt Garn med Keruber på i Kunstvævning.

2 Hvert Tæppe skal være otte og tyve Alen langt og fire Alen bredt; alle Tæpperne skal have samme Mål.

3 Tæpperne skal sys sammen, fem og fem.

4 I Kanten af det ene Tæppe, det yderste i det ene sammensyede Stykke, skal du sætte Løkker af violet Purpurgarn, og ligeledes skal du sætte Løkker i Kanten af det yderste Tæppe i det andet sammensyede Stykke;

5 du skal sætte halvtredsindstyve Løkker på det ene Tæppe og halvtredsindstyve Løkker i Kanten af det tilsvarende Tæppe i det andet sammensyede Stykke, Løkke lige over for Løkke.

6 Og du skal lave halvtredsindstyve Guldkroge til at forbinde Tæpperne med hinanden, så at Boligen udgør et Hele.

7 Fremdeles skal du lave Tæpper af Gedehår til et Teltdække uden om Boligen, og her skal du lave elleve Tæpper,

8 hvert Tæppe skal skal være tredive Alen langt og fire Alen bredt; alle Tæpperne skal have samme Mål.

9 Og du skal sy de fem af Tæpperne sammen for sig og de seks for sig; det sjette Tæppe, det, der kommer til at ligge over Teltets Forside, skal du lægge dobbelt.

10 Og du skal sætte halvtredsindstyve Løkker i Kanten af det yderste Tæppe i det ene sammensyede Stykke og halvtredsindstyve Løkker i Kanten af det tilsvarende Tæppe i det andet sammensyede Stykke.

11 Og du skal lave halvtredsindstyve Kobberkroge og stikke dem i Løkkerne og sammenføje Teltdækket, så de udgør et Hele.

12 Men hvad angår det overskydende af Teltdækkets Tæpper, skal Halvdelen deraf hænge ned over Boligens Bagside,

13 og den overskydende Alen på begge Sider af Telttæppernes Længder skal hænge ned over begge Boligens Sider for at dække den.

14 Fremdeles skal du lave et Dække over Teltdækket af rødfarvede Væderskind og derover endnu et Dække af Tahasjskind.

15 Fremdeles skal du lave Brædderne til Boligen af Akacietræ til at stå op,

16 hvert Bræt ti Alen højt og halvanden Alen bredt.

17 På hvert Bræt skal der være to indbyrdes forbundne Tapper; således skal du indrette det ved alle Boligens Brædder.

18 Af Brædderne, som du skal lave til Boligen, skal tyve være til Sydsiden,

19 og til de tyve Brædder skal du lave fyrretyve Fodstykker af Sølv, to Fodstykker til de to Tapper på hvert Bræt.

20 Andre tyve Brædder skal laves til Boligens anden Side, som vender mod Nord,

21 med fyrretyve Fodstykker af Sølv, to Fodstykker til hvert Bræt.

22 Og til Bagsiden, der vendet mod Vest, skal du lave seks Brædder.

23 Til Boligens Baghjørner skal du lave to Brædder,

24 som skal bestå af to Stykker forneden og ligeledes af to Stykker foroven, indtil den første ing; således skal de begge indrettes for at danne de to Hjørner.

25 Altså bliver der til Bagsiden otte Brædder med tilhørende seksten Fodstykker af Sølv, to til hvert Bræt.

26 Og du skal lave Tværstænger af Alkacietræ, fem til de Brædder, der danner Boligens ene Side,

27 fem til de Brædder, der danner Boligens anden Side, og fem til de Brædder, der danner Boligens Bagside mod Vest;

28 den mellemste Tværstang midt på Brædderne skal nå fra den ene Ende af Væggen til den anden.

29 Du skal overtrække Brædderne med Guld, og deres inge, som Tværstængerne skal stikkes i, skal du lave af Guld, og Tværstængerne skal du overtrække med Guld.

30 Og du skal rejse Boligen på den Måde, som vises dig på Bjerget.

31 fremdeles skal du lave et Forhæng af violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og tvundet Byssus; det skal laves i Kunstvævning med Keruber på.

32 Du skal hænge det på fire Piller af Akacietræ, overtrukne med Guld og med Knager af Guld, på fire Fodstykker af Sølv;

33 og du skal hænge Forhænget under Krogene og bringe Vidnesbyrdets Ark ind i ummet bag ved Forhænget, og Forhænget skal danne eder en Skillevæg mellem det Hellige og det Allerhelligste.

34 Og Sonedækket skal du lægge over Vidnesbyrdets Ark i det Allerhelligste.

35 Men Bordet skal du stille uden for Forhænget, og Lysestagen over for Bordet ved Boligens søndre Væg; Bordet skal du altså stille ved den nordre Væg.

36 Fremdeles skal du lave et Forhæng til Teltets indgang af violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og tvundet Byssus i broget Vævning;

37 og til Forhænget skal du lave fem Piller af Akacietræ, som du skal overtrække med Guld, med Knager af Guld, og du skal støbe fem Fodstykker dertil af Kobber.

   


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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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