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Exodus 35

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1 Moses kaldte hele Israeliternes Menighed sammen og sagde til dem: Dette er, hvad HE EN har pålagt eder at gøre:

2 I seks Dage må der arbejdes, men på den syvende Dag skal I holde Helligdag, en fuldkommen Hviledag for HE EN. Enhver, der den Dag udfører noget Arbejde, skal lide Døden.

3 På Sabbatsdagen må I ikke gøre Ild i nogen af eders Boliger.

4 Derpå sagde Moses til hele Israeliternes Menighed: Dette er, hvad HE EN har påbudt:

5 I skal tage en Offerydelse til HE EN af, hvad I ejer. Enhver, som i sit Hjerte føler sig tilskyndet dertil, skal komme med det, HE ENs Offerydelse, Guld, Sølv, Kobber,

6 violet og rødt Purpurgatn, karmoisinrødt Garn, Byssus, Gedehår,

7 rødfarvede Væderskind, Tahasjskind, Akacietræ,

8 Olie til Lysestagen, vellugtende Stofer til Salveolien og øgelsen,

9 Sjohamsten og Ædelsten til Indfatning på Efoden og Brystskjoldet.

10 Og alle kunstforstandige Mænd iblandt eder skal komme og lave alt, hvad HE EN har påbudt:

11 Boligen med dens Teltdække og Dække, dens Kroge, Brædder, Tværstænger, Piller og Fodstykker,

12 Arken med Bærestængerne, Sonedækket og det indre Forhæng,

13 Bordet med dets Bærestænger og alt dets Tilbehør og Skuebrødene,

14 Lysestagen med dens Tilbehør, dens Lamper og Olien til Lysestagen,

15 øgelsealteret med dets Bærestænger, Salveolien og øgelsen. Forhænget til Boligens Indgang,

16 Brændofferalteret med Kobbergitteret, Bærestængerne og alt dets Tilbehør, Vandkummen med dens Fodstykke,

17 Forgårdens Omhæng, dens Piller og Fodstykker og Forhænget til Forgårdens Indgang,

18 Boligens og Forgårdens Pæle med eb,

19 Pragtklæderne til Tjenesten i Helligdommen, de hellige Klæder til Præsten Aron og hans Sønners Klæder til Brug ved Præstetjenesten.

20 Da forlod hele Israeliternes Menighed Moses.

21 Og enhver, som i sit Hjerte følte sig drevet dertil, og hvis Ånd tilskyndede ham, kom med HE ENs Offerydelse til Opførelsen af Åbenbaringsteltet og til alt Arbejdet derved og til de hellige Klæder.

22 De kom dermed, både Mænd og Kvinder; enhver, som i sit Hjerte følte sig tilskyndet dertil, kom med Spænder, Ørenringe, Fingerringe og Halssmykker, alle Hånde Guldsmykker. Og enhver, der vilde vie HE EN en Gave af Guld, kom dermed.

23 Og enhver, i hvis Eje der fandtes violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn, Byssus, Gedehår, rødfarvede Væderskind eller Tahasjskind, kom dermed.

24 Og enhver, der vilde give en Offerydelse af Sølv eller Kobber, kom med HE ENs Offerydelse. Og enhver, der ejede Akacietræ til alt Byggearbejdet, kom dermed.

25 Og alle kunstforstandige Kvinder spandt med egne Hænder og kom med deres Spind, violet og rødt Purpur, Karmoisin og Byssus.

26 Og alle Kvinder, som i Kraft af deres Kunstsnilde følte sig tilskyndede dertil i deres Hjerte, spandt Gedehårene.

27 Og Øversterne kom med Sjohamstenene og Ædelstenene til Indfatningen på Efoden og Brystskjoldet

28 og de vellugtende Stoffer og Olien til Lysestagen og til Salveolien og øgelsen.

29 Enhver Mand og Kvinde af Israeliterne, som i sit Hjerte følte sig tilskyndet til at bringe, hvad der krævedes til Udførelsen af alt det Arbejde, HE EN gennem Moses havde påbudt, bragte det som en frivillig Gave til HE EN.

30 Derpå sagde Moses til Israeliterne: Se, HE EN har kaldet Bezal'el, en Søn af Hurs Søn Uri, af Judas Stamme

31 og fyldt ham med Guds Ånd, med Kunstsnilde, Kløgt og Indsigt i alskens Arbejde

32 til at udtænke Kunstværker og til at arbejde i Guld, Sølv og Kobber

33 og med Udskæring af Sten til Indfatning og med Træskærerarbejde, kort sagt til at udføre alskens Kunstarbejde.

34 Og tillige har han givet både ham og Oholiab, Ahisamaks Søn, af Dans Stamme Gaver til at lære fra sig.

35 Han har fyldt dem med Kunstsnilde til at udføre alskens Udskæringsarbejde, Kunstvævning, broget Vævning af violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og Byssus og almindelig Vævning, så de kan udføre alt Slags Arbejde og udtænke Kunstværker.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 10603

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10603. Hew thee two tables of stones like the former ones. That this signifies the external of the Word, of the church, and of worship, such as it was on account of that nation, is evident from the signification of the “tables of stones,” as being the external of the Word (see n. 10453, 10461). The external of the Word is the sense of its letter. That it also denotes the external of the church and of worship is because the church is from the Word, and also worship; for all the truth that is of faith and the good that is of love, which make the church and also worship, must be from the Word; consequently as there are in the Word an external and an internal, there are also an external and an internal in the church, and in worship. And from the signification of “hewing” them, when done by Moses, as being to make the external such on account of that nation (of which in what follows); and from the signification of “like the former ones,” as being in imitation, for the former ones were made by Jehovah, but these by Moses.

[2] That the former ones, made by Jehovah, were broken by Moses when he saw the worship by that nation of the golden calf as jehovah, 1 was of Providence, because the external of the Word, which is signified by the “two tables of stones,” could not be so written among that nation, which at heart was merely idolatrous. Hence it was that the former tables were broken, and that it is now said to Moses that he should hew others in imitation of the former ones. It is said “in imitation,” because the internal sense remained the same, and the external sense was changed. The internal sense is signified by Jehovah writing upon these tables the same words that were upon the former ones.

[3] That this subject may appear in clearer light, it may here be explained in what manner the external sense, or sense of the letter, was changed for the sake of that nation. On account of that nation, altars, burnt-offerings, sacrifices, meat-offerings and drink-offerings were commanded, and therefore in both the historic and the prophetic Word these things are mentioned as the most holy things of worship; when yet they were allowed merely because they were first instituted by Eber, and had been quite unknown in the ancient representative church (see n. 1128, 2180, 2818).

[4] It was on account of that nation also that there was Divine worship in Jerusalem alone, and that for this reason that city was esteemed holy, and was also called holy in both the historic and the prophetic Word. The reason was that that nation was at heart idolatrous, and therefore unless they had all come together unto that city at each feast, everyone in his own place would have worshiped some god of the Gentiles, or else a graven and molten image. On account of that nation also it was forbidden to have holy worship upon mountains and in groves, as had the ancients; which was done to prevent them from placing idols there, and worshiping the trees themselves.

[5] On account of that nation also a plurality of wives was permitted, a thing quite unknown in ancient times; and likewise the putting away of their wives for various causes. Consequently laws were enacted relating to such marriages and divorces, which otherwise would not have entered into the external of the Word. Wherefore this external is spoken of by the Lord as given by Moses; and as having been granted because of the hardness of their hearts (Matthew 19:8). On account of that nation mention is so often made of Jacob, and likewise of the twelve sons of Israel, as the only elect and heirs (as in Revelation 7:4-8, and in other places), although they were such as are described in the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:15-43), and also in the prophets throughout, and by the Lord Himself. Not to mention other things whence comes the external of the Word on account of that nation.

[6] This is the external which is signified by the two tables hewn by Moses. That nevertheless within this external the Divine internal is not changed, is signified by Jehovah writing upon these tables the same words that were upon the former tables.

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1. The name “jehovah” is in this connection given by Swedenborg with a small initial letter, doubtless because as applied to the golden calf the name is profane and unworthy of veneration. The same remark applies to “divine” as here used, for contrary to his usual custom Swedenborg here writes this word with a small initial letter. See also n. 10566, 10603. [REVISER.]

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4503

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4503. The sons of Jacob came upon those who were pierced, and plundered the city. That this signifies that all that posterity destroyed the doctrine, is evident from the signification of the “sons of Jacob,” as being the posterity from Jacob (of which above); from the signification of “to plunder” as being to destroy; and from the signification of a “city,” as being the doctrine of the church (see above, n. 4500). That after Simeon and Leviticus had slain every male in the city, and also Hamor and Shechem, they went forth, and that the sons of Jacob then came upon those who were pierced and plundered the city, is a mystery not manifest except from the internal sense.

[2] This mystery is that after the truth and good of the church represented by Simeon and Leviticus had been extinguished, and falsity and evil had taken their place, there were then superadded those falsities and evils which are signified in the opposite sense by the rest of the sons of Jacob. (That each son of Jacob represented some general principle of faith and charity was shown above, n. 2129, 3858, 3913, 3926, 3939, 4060; what was represented by Reuben, n. 3861, 3866, 3870; what by Judah, n. 3881; what by Dan, n. 3921-3923; what by Naphtali, n. 3927, 3928; what by Gad, n. 3934, 3935; what by Asher, n. 3938, 3939; what by Issachar, n. 3956, 3957; and what by Zebulun, n. 3960, 3961.) These generals of faith and charity represented by them become falsities and evils of that kind when once the truth and good of the church have been extinguished, and then these falsities and evils are superadded; for falsities and evils continually grow in the church that has once been perverted and extinguished, and it is these which are signified by the sons of Jacob coming upon those who were pierced and plundering the city, after Simeon and Leviticus had slain every male in the city, and Hamor and Shechem also, and had taken away Dinah, and had gone forth.

[3] That by “those who are pierced” are signified in the Word truths and goods extinguished is evident from the following passages.

In Isaiah:

Thou art cast forth out of thy sepulchre like an abominable shoot, the raiment of the slain that are pierced with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit, as a carcass trodden under foot (Isaiah 14:19);

said of Babylon; “those pierced with the sword” denote those who have profaned the truths of the church. Again:

So that their pierced shall be cast forth, and the stink of their carcasses shall come up (Isaiah 34:3);

treating of the falsities and evils that infest the church, which are meant by the “pierced.”

[4] In Ezekiel:

The violent of the nations shall draw their sword against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall profane thy comeliness; they shall let thee down into the pit, and thou shall die the deaths of those who are pierced in the midst of the seas (Ezekiel 28:7-8);

said of the prince of Tyre, by whom are signified the primary things of the knowledges of truth and good; “dying the deaths of those who are pierced in the midst of the seas,” denotes those who hatch falsities by means of memory-knowledges, and thereby defile the truths of the church.

[5] Again:

These also shall go down with them into hell, unto those who are pierced with the sword; when thou shalt be made to go down with the trees of Eden into the earth of lower things, thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are pierced with the sword (Ezekiel 31:17-18).

Again:

Go down and lie with the uncircumcised; they shall fall in the midst of those who are pierced with the sword; the chief of the mighty ones shall speak to him in the midst of hell (Ezekiel 32:19-21);

said of Pharaoh and Egypt; “those pierced with the sword” denote those who become insane through knowledges, by which they extinguish in themselves the faith of the truth of the church.

[6] In David:

I am accounted among those who go down into the pit; I have become as a man that has no strength, neglected among the dead, like the pierced that lie in the grave, whom Thou hast remembered no more, and who have been cut off by Thy hand (Psalms 88:4-5);

“those who are pierced in hell,” “in the pit,” and “in the grave,” denote those who have destroyed truths and goods in themselves by falsities and evils. It is obvious that they are not in hell merely because they had been pierced with the sword.

[7] In Isaiah:

A city of tumults, a city that exulteth, they are not pierced with the sword, and are not slain in war; all who have been found in thee were bound together, they fled from afar (Isaiah 22:2-3);

said of fallacies from sensuous things through which the truths of the church cannot be seen, and concerning which they are therefore in negative doubt, and are said to be “pierced, but not with the sword.”

[8] In Ezekiel:

I bring a sword upon thee, and I destroy your high places, and your altars shall be destroyed, and your statues shall be broken, and I will cause your pierced ones to lie before your idols; when the pierced ones shall fall in the midst of you, you shall know that I am Jehovah; then ye shall acknowledge, when the pierced ones shall be in the midst of their idols, round about their altar (Ezekiel 6:3-4, 7, 13); where the “pierced ones” denote those who are in falsities of doctrine.

[9] Again:

Defile the house, and fill the courts with the pierced ones; they went forth and smote in the city (Ezekiel 9:7);

a prophetic vision; “to defile the house and fill the courts with the pierced ones,” denotes to profane goods and truths. Again:

Ye have multiplied your pierced ones in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the pierced one; wherefore said the Lord Jehovih, Your pierced ones whom ye have put in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and that is the pot, and He shall bring you forth out of the midst of it (Ezekiel 11:6-7).

[10] As by “the pierced” are signified those who have extinguished the truths of the church in themselves by falsities and evils, therefore also in the representative church they who touched one who was pierced were unclean, of whom we read in Moses:

Whosoever has touched upon the surface of the field one that is pierced with a sword, or the dead, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days (Numbers 19:16, 18).

And therefore inquiry was made, and expiation was made by means of a calf, as again in Moses:

If one pierced be found lying in the field, and it be not known who has smitten him, then the elders of the city and the judges shall come forth, and they shall measure toward the cities which are round about him that is pierced; and it shall be, at the city which is nearest unto him that is pierced the elders of that city shall take a she-calf of an ox, by which labor hath not been done, and which hath not drawn in the yoke, and they shall bring her down unto a river or a valley, and shall behead the calf there, and wash their hands over the beheaded calf, and shall say, Our hands have not shed blood, and our eyes have not seen it; expiate Thy people Israel, O Jehovah, and give not innocent blood in the midst of Thy people; and the blood shall be expiated for them (Deuteronomy 21:1-8).

[11] That these laws were given because by the “pierced” is signified the perversion, destruction, and profanation of the truth of the church by falsity and evil, is manifest from every particular in the internal sense. It is said “a pierced one lying in the field,” because by a “field” is signified the church (see n. 2971, 3310, 3766). A “she-calf” by which labor has not been done signifies that innocence of the external man which is in ignorance. Unless these things were made known by the internal sense, the enjoining of such an expiatory process would excite universal surprise.

  
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