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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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9666. And the middle bar in the middle of the planks shall pass through from extremity to extremity. That this signifies the primary power from which the powers are everywhere continued, is evident from the signification of a “bar,” or “stave,” as being power (see n. 9496); from the signification of “the middle,” as being what is inmost and primary (n. 1074, 2940, 2973, 5897, 6084, 6103); from the signification of “passing through from extremity to extremity,” when it is said of a bar, by which is signified power, as being the powers which are thence derived and everywhere continued.

[2] How the case is with these things cannot be known unless it is known how it is with interior and exterior things in the spiritual world. Those things which are best and purest, thus which are more perfect than the rest, are in the inmost; those which proceed thence toward the exteriors are less perfect according to the degree of removal from the inmost things; and finally those things which are in the extremes are the least perfect of all (n. 9648). Those things are said to be less perfect which can be more easily wrested from their form and beauty, thus from their order. It is the same with fruits, which contain in their inmost part seeds, on the outside of which is the pulp. The seeds are in a more perfect state than the pulp which is outside; as can be seen from the fact that when the pulp decays, the seeds nevertheless remain entire. The case is the same with the seeds; inmostly in them is the prolific germ, and this is in a more perfect state than those parts of the seed which are outside; for when the exterior parts are dissolved the prolific germ remains in its entirety, and produces a new tree or plant. The case is the same in heaven, where the inmost things, being nearer to the Lord, are in a more perfect state than the exterior ones. From this it is that the inmost heaven excels in wisdom and intelligence, and therefore in happiness, the heavens which are below. The case is the same in each heaven, the inmost therein being more perfect than the things round about. It is the same with a man who is in the good of love and the truths of faith. His internal is in a more perfect state than his external, for the internal man is in the heat and light of heaven, but the external is in the heat and light of the world. It is the same in every perfect form; its inmost is the best. It is the inmost which is meant by “the middle.”

[3] That by “passing through from extremity to extremity,” when said of the bar, is signified the power thence derived and everywhere continued, is because “from extremity to extremity,” signifies the first end and the last, thus from beginning to end, for the first end is the beginning. It is for this reason that by “the extremities” are signified all things and everywhere; as in Jeremiah:

The sword of Jehovah devoureth from the extremity of the land unto the extremity thereof (Jeremiah 12:12).

A “sword” denotes truth fighting against falsity and destroying it, and in the opposite sense falsity fighting against truth and destroying it (n. 2799, 4499, 6353, 7102, 8294); “devouring from the extremity of the land unto the extremity thereof” denotes all things of the church, because “the land” denotes the church (n. 9334).

In David:

His going forth is from the extremity of the heavens, and His circuit unto the extremities thereof (Psalms 19:6); where also “from the extremity of the heavens unto the extremities thereof” denotes all things and everywhere.

[4] And in Mark:

He shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the extremity of the earth even unto the extremity of heaven (Mark 13:27); where “the extremity of the earth and the extremity of heaven” denote all the external and internal things of the church (that “the earth” denotes the external of the church, and “heaven” its internal, see n. 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118, 3355, 4535, where the signification of “the new earth and the new heaven” is unfolded). So with “extremities” in the plural, as in Isaiah:

Look unto Me, that ye be saved, all the extremities of the earth (Isaiah 45:22).

O God of our salvation, the trust of all the extremities of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea (Psalms 65:5).

And also in the singular number, when it is said “even unto the extremity,” as in Isaiah:

That My salvation may be even unto the extremity of the earth (Isaiah 49:6).

Jehovah shall make it to be heard even unto the extremity of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy salvation cometh (Isaiah 62:11).

A tumult shall come even unto the extremity of the earth (Jeremiah 25:31).

In these passages “even unto the extremity” implies from extremity to extremity.

[5] But when by “extremity” is meant only what is extreme or ultimate, then by it is signified that which is ultimate of heaven or of the church; as in Isaiah:

Sing unto Jehovah a new song, His praise, the extremity of the earth, going down to the sea, and the fullness thereof; ye isles, and the inhabitants thereof (Isaiah 42:10); where “the extremity of the earth going down to the sea” denotes the ultimate of the church where good and truth are in obscurity (that “the sea” has this signification, see n. 9653); “the isles” denote those who are more remote from truths, and consequently from worship (n. 1158).

[6] Again:

Bring My sons from far, and My daughters from the extremity of the earth (Isaiah 43:6); where “sons from far” denote those who are in obscurity as to truths; and “daughters from the extremity of the earth” denote those who are in obscurity as to goods; such as were the Gentiles. (That “sons” denote those who are in truths, and in the abstract sense, truths, see n. 264, 489, 491, 1147, 2623, 2803, 2813, 3373, 3704; also that “daughters” denote those who are in goods, and in the abstract sense, goods, n. 489-491, 2362, 3963, 8994) From this it is also evident that “extremity” is predicated of good, and “from far” of truth (see also Psalms 65:5, and Isaiah 13:5). But be it known that by “the extremity of heaven” is not meant any extremity of space, but of the state of good and truth; for in heaven there is no space, but only the appearance of it according to the states of good and truth.

  
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