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Exodus 28

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1 Du skal lade din Broder Aron og hans Sønner tillige med ham træde frem af Israeliternes Midte og komme hen til dig, for at de kan gøre Præstetjeneste for mig, Aron og Arons Sønner, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar og Itamar.

2 Og du skal tilvirke din Broder Aron hellige Klæder til Ære og Pryd,

3 og du skal byde alle kunstforstandige Mænd, hvem jeg har fyldt med Kunstfærdigheds Ånd, at tilvirke Aron Klæder, for at han kan helliges til at gøre Præstetjeneste for mig.

4 Klæderne, som de skal tilvirke, er følgende: Brystskjold, Efod, Kåbe, Kjortel af mønstret Stof, Hovedklæde og Bælte. De skal tilvirke din Broder Aron og hans Sønner hellige Klæder, for at de kan gøre Præstetjeneste for mig,

5 og dertil skal de bruge Guldtråd, violet og rødt Purpurgarn, Karmoisinrødt Garn og Byssus.

6 Efoden skal du tilvirke af Guldtråd, violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og tvundet Byssus i Kunstvævning.

7 Den skal have to Skulderstykker, der skal være til at hæfte på; den skal hæftes sammen ved begge Hjørner.

8 Og dens Bælte, som skal bruges, når den tages på, skal være af samme Arbejde og i eet med den; det skal være af Guldtråd, violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og tvundet Byssus.

9 Så skal du tage de to Sjohamsten og gravere Israels Sønners Navne i dem,

10 seks af Navnene på den ene Sten og de andre seks på den anden efter Aldersfølge;

11 med Stenskærerarbejde, som ved Gravering af Signeter, skal du indgravere Israels Sønners Navne i de 14 Sten, og du skal indfatte dem i Guldfletværk.

12 Disse to Sten skal du fæste på Efodens Skulderstykker, for at Stenene kan bringe Israels Sønner i Minde, og Aron skal bære deres Navne for HE ENs Åsyn på sine Skuldre for at bringe dem i Minde.

13 Og du skal tilvirke Fletværk af Guld

14 og to Kæder af purt Guld; du skal lave dem i snoet Arbejde, som når man snor eb, og sætte disse snoede Kæder på Fletværket.

15 Fremdeles skal du tilvirke etskendelsens Brystskjold i Kunstvævning på samme Måde som Efoden; af Guldtråd, violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og tvundet Byssus skal du lave det;

16 det skal være firkantet og lægges dobbelt, et Spand langt og et Spand bredt,

17 Og du skal udstyre det med en Besætning af Sten, fire ækker Sten: Karneol, Topas og Smaragd i den første ække,

18 ubin, Safir og Jaspis i den anden,

19 Hyacint, Agat og Ametyst i den tredje,

20 Krysolit, Sjoham og Onyks i den fjerde; og de skal omgives med Guldfletværk i deres Indfatninger.

21 Der skal være tolv Sten, svarende til Israels Sønners Navne, en for hvert Navn; det skal være graveret Arbejde som Signeter, således at hver Sten bærer Navnet på en af de tolv Stammer.

22 Til Brystskjoldet skal du lave snoede Kæder af purt Guld, snoet Arbejde, som når man snor eb.

23 Til Brystskjoldet skal du lave to Guldringe og sætte disse to inge på Brystskjoldets øverste Hjørner,

24 og de to Guldsnore skal du knytte i de to inge på Brystskjoldets Hjørner;

25 Snorenes anden Ende skal du anbringe i det Fletværker og fæste dem på Forsiden af Efodens Skulderstykke.

26 Og du skal lave to andre Guldringe og sætte dem på Brystskjoldets to andre Hjørner på den indre, mod Efoden vendende and.

27 Og du skal lave endnu to Guldringe og fæste dem på Efodens to Skulderstykker forneden på Forsiden, hvor den er hæftet sammen med Skulderstykkerne, oven over Efodens Bælte;

28 og man skal med ingene binde Brystskjoldet fast til Efodens inge ved Hjælp af en violet Purpursnor, så at det kommer til at sidde oven over Efodens Bælte og ikke løsner sig fra Efoden.

29 Aron skal således stedse bære Israels Sønners Navne på etskendelsens Brystskjold på sit Hjerte, når han går ind i Helligdommen, for at bringe dem i Minde for HE ENs Åsyn.

30 Og i etskendelsens Brystskjold skal du lægge Urim og Tummim, så at Aron.bærer dem på sit Hjerte, når han går ind for HE ENs Åsyn, og Aron skal stedse bære Israeliternes etskendelse på sit Hjerte for HE ENs Åsyn.

31 Fremdeles skal du tilvirke Kåben, som hører til Efoden, helt og holdent af violet Purpur.

32 Midt på skal den have en Halsåbning ligesom Halsåbningen på en Panserskjorte, omgivet af en Linning i vævet Arbejde, for at den ikke skal rives itu;

33 og langs dens nedeste Kant skal du sy Granatæbler af violet og rødt Purpurgarn og karmoisinrødt Garn og mellem dem Guldbjælder hele Vejen rundt,

34 så at Guldbjælder og Granatæbler skifter hele Vejen rundt langs Kåbens nederste Kant.

35 Aron skal bære den, når han gør Tjeneste, så at det kan høres, når han går ind i Helligdommen for HE ENs Åsyn, og når han går ud derfra, at han ikke skal ,

36 Fremdeles skal du lave en Pandeplade af purt Guld, og i den skal du gravere, som når man graverer Signeter: "Helliget HE EN."

37 Den skal du fastgøre med en violet Purpursnor, og den skal sidde på Hovedklædet, foran på Hovedklædet skal den sidde.

38 Aron skal bære den på sin Pande, for at han kan tage de Synder på sig, som klæder ved de hellige Gaver, Israeliterne frembærer, ved alle de hellige Gaver, de bringer; og Aron skal stedse have den på sin Pande for at vinde dem HE ENs Velbehag.

39 Kjortelen skal du væve i mønstret Vævning af Byssus. Og du skal tilvirke et Hovedklæde af Byssus og et Bælte i broget Vævning.

40 Også til Arons Sønner skal du tilvirke Kjortler, og du skal tilvirke Bælter til dem og Huer til Ære og Pryd.

41 Og du skal iføre din Broder Aron og hans Sønner dem, og du skal salve dem, indsætte dem og hellige dem til at gøre Præstetjeneste for mig.

42 Tillige skal du tilvirke Linnedbenklæder til dem til at skjule deres Blusel, og de skal nå fra Hoften ned på Lårene.

43 Dem skal Aron og hans Sønner bære, når de går ind i Åbenbaringsteltet eller træder frem til Alteret for at gøre Tjeneste i Helligdommen, at de ikke skal pådrage sig Skyld og lide Døden. En evig gyldig Anordning skal det være for ham og hans Afkom efter ham.

   


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272. And they had on their heads crowns of gold. That this signifies all truths disposed into order from the Divine good, thus also all the former heavens is evident from the signification of the four-and-twenty elders sitting upon four-and-twenty thrones, clothed in white garments, as being all the truths of the heavens, thus all the heavens, both the higher and the lower, as just explained (n. 270, 271); and from the signification of a crown of gold, as being Divine good from which truths are derived, which will be treated of in what follows. All the truths of heaven and of the church are from Divine good; truths which are not from that source are not truths. Truths which are not from good are like shells without a kernel, and like a house inhabited not by men, but by wild beasts; and such are the truths which are called truths of faith, without the good of charity; the good of charity is good from the Lord, thus good Divine. Now because the elders upon the throne signify the truths of the heavens, and crowns of gold the good from which they are derived, therefore the elders were seen with such crowns. The same is signified by the crowns of kings; for kings, in a representative sense, signify truths, and the crowns upon their heads signify the goods from which the truths are derived (that kings signify truths may be seen above, n. 31); hence it is that crowns are of gold, for gold in like manner signifies good (see n. 242).

[2] That crowns signify good and thence wisdom, and that truths are the things that are crowned, is evident from the following passages. In David:

"I will make the horn of David to bud; I will ordain a lamp for mine anointed. His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish" (Psalms 132:17, 18).

Here by David, and by anointed is meant the Lord, as may be seen above (n. 205); by horn is signified His power; lamp denotes the Divine truth from which is Divine intelligence; by crown is signified the Divine good from which is Divine wisdom, and from which is the Lord's government; and the enemies who shall be clothed with shame are evils and falsities.

[3] Again:

"Thou showest anger with thine anointed. Thou hast condemned his crown even to the earth" (89:38, 39).

Here also by anointed is meant the Lord, and by anger a state of temptation, in which He was when in combats with the hells. Lamentation is then described by anger and condemnation, as in the last temptation on the cross, when the Lord lamented that He was forsaken. For the cross was the last of the temptations, or combats with the hells; and after that last temptation He put on the Divine good of the Divine love, and thus united the Divine Human with the essential Divine which was in Himself.

[4] Again, in Isaiah:

"In that day shall Jehovah Zebaoth be for a crown of ornament, and for a mitre of comeliness unto the remnant of his people" (28:5).

Here by a crown of ornament is signified the wisdom which belongs to good from the Divine; and by a mitre of comeliness is meant intelligence belonging to truths from that good.

[5] Again:

"For Zion's sake will I not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her justice go forth as brightness, and her salvation burn as a lamp. Thou shalt be a crown of comeliness in the hand of Jehovah, and a mitre of a kingdom in the hand of thy God" (62:1, 3).

Here by Zion and Jerusalem is meant the church; by Zion, the church which is in good, and by Jerusalem, the church which is in truths from that good: hence it is called a crown of comeliness in the hand of Jehovah, and a mitre of a kingdom in the hand of God. The crown of comeliness denotes wisdom, which belongs to good, and a mitre of a kingdom denotes intelligence, which belongs to truth. And since by crown is signified wisdom, which belongs to good, therefore it is said to be in the hand of Jehovah; and since by mitre is signified intelligence, which belongs to truth, therefore it is said to be in the hand of God; for where good is treated of the word Jehovah is used, and where truth is treated of the word God (as may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 2586, 2769, 6905).

[6] In Jeremiah:

"Say unto the king and to the mistress, Let yourselves down, sit ye, because the ornament of your head is come down, the crown of your comeliness" (13:18).

Here by crown of comeliness is signified the wisdom which belongs to good, for comeliness is the Divine truth of the church (see Arcana Coelestia 9815).

[7] Again:

"The joy of our hearts is ceased: our dance is turned into mourning. The crown of our head hath fallen" (Lamentations 5:15, 16).

By the crown of the head which is said to have fallen is signified the wisdom of those who belong to the church by means of Divine truth, which wisdom has ceased, together with internal blessedness.

[8] In Ezekiel:

"He put a jewel upon thy nose and earrings upon thine ears, and a crown of ornament upon thy head" (16:12).

By Jerusalem, which is here treated of, is signified the church at its first establishment. By a jewel upon the nose is signified the perception of good; by earrings upon the ears are meant the perception of truth and obedience; and by a crown upon the head is signified wisdom therefrom. In Job:

"He has stripped me of my glory, and taken away the crown from my head" (19:9).

Here also by glory is meant intelligence derived from Divine truth, and by a crown wisdom therefrom.

[9] Also, in the Apocalypse:

"I saw, and, behold, a white horse; and he that sat on him had a bow, and a crown was given unto him; he went forth conquering and to conquer" (6:2).

The white horse and He that sat on him is the Lord as to the Word; the bow signifies the doctrine of truth by which He fought. It is therefore evident that the crown, as being said of the Lord, is the Divine good which He also put on as to the Human as the reward of victory.

[10] And in another place:

"Afterwards I looked, when, behold, a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle" (14:14).

A white cloud signifies the Word in its literal sense (see Arcana Coelestia 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8281); the Son of man denotes the Lord as to Divine truth; a golden crown, the Divine good from which the Divine truth is: and the sharp sickle denotes the dissipation of evil and falsity.

[11] That a crown denotes Divine good from which is the Divine truth, was represented by the plate of gold upon the front of the mitre which was upon Aaron, which plate was also called a crown and a coronet, concerning which it is thus written in Exodus:

"Thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it the engravings of a signet, Holiness to Jehovah; and thou shalt put it upon a thread of purple, and it shall be on thy mitre, over against the region of the face" (28:36, 37).

(That this plate was called a crown of holiness and a coronet, may be seen Exodus 29:6, 39:30; Leviticus 8:9; but what was specifically signified thereby may be seen in Arcana Coelestia 9930-9936, where the terms are explained.)

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.