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Exodus 30

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1 Fremdeles skal du lave et Alter til at brænde øgelse på: af Akacietræ skal du lave det,

2 en Alen langt og en Alen bredt, firkantet skal det være, og to Alen højt, og dets Horn skal være i eet med det.

3 Du skal overtrække det med purt Guld, både Pladen og Siderne hele Vejen rundt og Hornene, og sætte en Guldkrans rundt om;

4 og du skal sætte to Guldringe under Kransen på begge Sider, på begge Sidestykkerne skal du sætte dem til at stikke Bærestænger i, for at det kan bæres med dem;

5 og Bærestængerne skal du lave af Akacietræ og overtrække med Guld.

6 Derpå skal du opstille det foran Forhænget, der hænger foran Vidnesbyrdets Ark, foran Sonedækket oven over Vidnesbyrdet der, hvor jeg vil åbenbare mig for dig.

7 På det skal Aron brænde vellugtende øgelse; hver Morgen, når han gør Lamperne i Stand, skal han antænde den.

8 Og når Aron sætter Lamperne på Lysestagen ved Aftenstid, skal han ligeledes antænde den; det skal være et stadigt øgelseoffer for HE ENs Åsyn fra Slægt til Slægt.

9 I må ikke ofre et lovstridigt øgelseoffer derpå, ej heller Brændofre eller Afgrødeofre, lige så lidt som I må udgyde Drikofre derpå.

10 Men een Gang om Året skal Aron skaffe Soning på dels Horn; med noget af Forsoningssyndofferets Blod skal han een Gang om Året skaffe Soning på det, Slægt efter Slægt. Det er højhelligt for HE EN.

11 HE EN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

12 Når du holder Mandtal over Israeliterne, skal enhver, som mønstres, ved Mønstringen give HE EN Sonepenge for sit Liv, at ingen Ulykke skal ramme dem i Anledning af Mønstringen.

13 Enhver, der må underkaste sig Mønstringen, skal udrede en halv Sekel i hellig Mønt, tyve Gera på en Sekel, en halv Sekel som Offerydelse til HE EN.

14 Enhver, der må underkaste sig Mønstringen, fra Tyveårsalderen og opefter, skal udrede HE ENs Offerydelse.

15 hen rige må ikke give mere, den fattige ikke mindre end en halv Sekel, når de bringer HE ENs Offerydelse til Soning for deres Sjæle.

16 Og du skal tage Sonepengene af Israeliterne og bruge dem til Tjenesten ved Åbenbaringsteltet. og de skal tjene til at bringe Israeliterne i Minde for HE ENs Åsyn, til Soning for eders Sjæle.

17 HE EN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

18 Du skal lave en Vandkumme med Fodstykke af Kobber til at tvætte sig i op opstille den mellem Åbenbaringsteltet og Alteret og hælde Vand i den,

19 for at Aron og hans Sønner kan tvætte deres Hænder og Fødder deri.

20 Når de går ind i Åbenbaringsteltet, skal de tvætte sig med Vand for ikke at ; ligeledes når de træder hen til Alteret for at gøre Tjeneste og brænde Ildofre for HE EN.

21 De skal tvætte deres Hænder og Fødder for ikke at . Det skal være en evig Anordning for ham og hans Afkom fra Slægt til Slægt.

22 HE EN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

23 Du skal tage dig vellugtende Stoffer af den bedste Slags, 500 Sekel ædel Myrra, halvt så meget. 250 Sekel, vellugtende Kanelbark, 250 Sekel vellugtende Kalmus

24 og 500 Sekel Kassia, efter hellig Vægt, og en Hin Olivenolie.

25 Deraf skal du tilberede en hellig Salveolie, en krydret Blanding, som Salveblanderne laver den; en hellig Salveolie skal det være.

26 Med den skal du salve Åbenbaringsteltet, Vidnesbyrdets Ark,

27 Bordet med alt dets Tilbehør, Lysestagen med dens Tilbehør, øgelsealteret,

28 Brændofferalteret med alt dets Tilbehør og Vandkummen med dens Fodstykke,

29 Således skal du hellige dem, så de bliver højhellige. Enhver, der kommer i Berøring med dem, bliver hellig" .

30 Ligeledes skal du salve Aron og hans Sønner og hellige dem til at gøre Præstetjeneste for mig.

31 Men til Israeliterne skal du sige således: Dette skal være mig en hellig Salveolie fra Slægt til Slægt.

32 Den må ikke udgydes på noget Menneskes Legeme, og i denne Blanding må I ikke tilberede lignende Salve til eget Brug, hellig er den, og hellig skal den være eder.

33 Den, der tilbereder lignende Salve eller anvender den på en Lægmand, skal udryddes af sin Slægt.

34 HE EN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde: Tag dig øgelseoffer, Stakte, Onyksmusling, Galbanum og ren Virak, lige meget af hvert,

35 og tilbered deraf en krydret øgelse, som Salveblanderne laver den, saltet, ren, til hellig Brug.

36 Deraf skal du støde en Del til Pulver, og noget deraf skal du lægge foran Vidnesbyrdet i Åbenbaringsteltet, hvor jeg vil åbenbare mig for dig. Det skal være eder højhelligt.

37 Den øgelse, du tilbereder i denne Blanding, må I ikke tilberede til eget Brug. Hellig skal den være dig for HE EN.

38 Den, der tilbereder lignende øgelse for at nyde dens Duft, skal udryddes af sin Slægt.

   


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10219. 'That there may be no plague among them when they are numbered' means in order that there may be no punishment of evil when they do good as from themselves. This is clear from the meaning of 'plague' as the punishment of evil, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'numbering the children of Israel' as arranging and setting truths and forms of the good of faith and love in order, dealt with above in 10217, thus putting them into practice. The expression 'as from themselves' is used because the good deeds which a person does he does as from self; until faith resides in him as a result of love he can see no other origin of those deeds. For good flows in from the Lord and is received by the person; but what is received is not felt initially to be other than something residing and originating in himself. And the person does not perceive that it begins in the Lord until this is made known to him and then believed and acknowledged by him. Till then he is not capable of reflecting on the idea that something flows in from the Divine; and he is totally incapable of perceiving it, that is, feeling it within himself, until he begins to will and desire it to be so.

[2] The situation in all this is like that with the actual life present in a person and like that with the two inner powers of life, the understanding and the will. Is there anyone who does not think, before receiving instruction in the matter, that life dwells innately within him and that his actions therefore originate in himself? Is there anyone who does not think that understanding and will are likewise innate? But in actual fact both his life in general and his understanding and will are flowing into him. Truths constituting the understanding and forms of good composing the will are flowing out of heaven from the Lord, while falsities constituting the understanding and evils composing the will are flowing from hell. For unless spirits and angels are present with a person, acting as channels through which those things flow in, the person cannot have life for even a single moment, nor therefore have any thought or will, as becomes clear from plenty of experiences mentioned at the ends of a number of chapters, where influx is the subject; see the places referred to in 9223, 9276(end), 9682.

[3] But for as long as a person thinks that everything he does originates in himself, both good deeds and bad ones, he is unmoved by good influences and evils cling to him. As soon however as he acknowledges and believes that good desires flow in from the Lord and do not begin in himself, and that evil desires flow in from hell, he is moved by good influences, and evils stop clinging to him. Furthermore to the extent that the good influences move him the evils are removed, and in this way he is purified and delivered from them. But for as long as the person's state is such that he is not capable of perceiving or feeling the presence of good influences from the Lord, he performs good deeds as from himself; nevertheless he ought to acknowledge and believe that they begin in the Lord. When the person does this he is also delivered from evils; but in order that he may be delivered from the evils, that acknowledgement must be a confession not of the lips alone but of the heart itself.

[4] The fact that 'plague' means the punishment of evil is clear without explanation. There are three plagues or punishments which follow those who attribute truths and forms of the good of faith and love to themselves, that is, who think that they merit heaven because of their deeds. For those who attribute them to themselves are also given to think that they merit heaven because of what they themselves have done. Those three punishments are,

1. Their inability to receive any good of love or truth of faith at all;

2. Evils and falsities constantly pursuing them;

3. Destruction of the truths and forms of good received since early childhood.

These three punishments are meant by the three plagues which were presented by the prophet Gad to David because of his numbering the people, 2 Samuel 24:13.

[5] These were,

1. Seven years of famine;

2. Flight for three months before his enemies;

3. Three days of pestilence.

For 'famine' means a lack and shortage of the forms of good and of the truths that belong to faith and love, since these are meant by bread, food, wheat, barley, oil, and wine, which are lacking so long as famine lasts.

'Flight before enemies' however is used to mean in the internal sense pursuit by evils and falsities; for people who attribute good and truth to themselves cannot fight against the evils and falsities that come from hell, 9978, these being in the spiritual sense the enemies before whom they flee and by whom they are pursued.

But 'pestilence' means the laying waste and annihilation of the forms of good and the truths received since early childhood, 7505. David's choice of the pestilence and the death from it of up to seventy thousand men meant that among the Israelite and Jewish nation all truth and good of faith and love would be destroyed, which was indeed what happened. For they did not acknowledge the Lord; yet He is the Source of all good and all truth. Three days meant to completeness, as did the seventy thousand men who died.

  
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