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Ezekiel 41

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1 Derpå førte han mig til det hellige og målte pillerne, de var seks Al brede på begge Sider;

2 Indgangen var ti Alen bred, dens Sidevægge fem Alen til begge Sider; og han målte dets Længde til fyrretyve Alen og Bredden til tyve.

3 Derpå gik han ind i Inderhallen og målte indgangens Piller; de var to Alen, og Indgangen var seks Alen bred og Sidevæggene syv Alen brede til begge Sider.

4 Og han målte dets Længde til tyve Alen og Bredden til tyve ud for Tempelrummet. Og han sagde til mig: "Dette er det Allerhelligste."

5 Derpå målte han Templets Mur; den var seks Alen bred; og Tilbygningen var fire Alen bred Templet rundt.

6 Tilbygningen lå um ved um, tre Aum oven på hverandre tredive Gange, og der var Fremspring, så Bjælkerne ikke greb ind i Templets Mur.

7 Således var Tilbygningens um bredere og bredere opad, efter som Tempelmuren var trukket tilbage opad, Templet rundt. Fra det nederste Stokværk steg man op til det mellemste, og derfra op til det øverste.

8 Og jeg så ved Templet en ophøjet brolagt Plads hele Vejen rundt. Tilbygningens Grundmure var et fuldt Mål høje, seks Alen til Kanten.

9 Tilbygningens Ydermur var fem Alen bred. Der var en åben Plads langs Templets Tilbygning.

10 En afspærret Plads, tyve Alen bred, omgav Templet på alle Sider.

11 Tilbygningens Døre førte ud til den åbne Plads, en Dør mod Nord og en anden mod Syd; og den åbne Plads var fem Alen bred på alle Sider.

12 Den Bygning, som lå ved den afspærrede Plads imod Vest, var halvfjerdsindstyve Alen bred, dens Mur var fem Alen tyk til alle Sider, og den var halvfemsindstyve Alen lang.

13 Han målte Templet; det var hundrede Alen langt; den afspærrede Plads tillige med Bagbygningen og dens Mure var hundrede Alen lang,

14 og Templets Forside tillige med den afspærrede Plads mod Øst var hundrede Alen bred.

15 Og han målte Længden af Bagbygningen langs den afspærrede Plads, som lå bag den; den var hundrede Alen. Det Hellige, Inderhallen og den ydre Forhal

16 var træklædt. Vinduer, som udvidede sig indad, gav Lys rundt om i alle tre um, og Væggene derinde var klædt med Træ rundt om fra Gulv til Vinduer,

17 og fra Indgangens Sidevægge til det indre um var der Væggen rundt

18 udskåret Arbejde, Keruber og Palmer, en Palme mellem to Keruber; Keruberne havde to Ansigter;

19 Menneskeansigtet vendte mod Palmen på den ene Side og Løveansigtet mod Palmen på den anden Side; således var der gjort hele Templet rundt.

20 Fra Gulv til Vinduer var der fremstillet Keruber og Palmer på det Helliges Væg.

21 Ved Indgangen til det Hellige var der firkantede Dørstolper. Foran Helligdommen var der noget, der så ud som

22 et Træalter, tre Alen højt, to Alen langt og to Alen bredt; det havde Hjørner, og dets Fodstykke og Vægge var af Træ. Og han sagde til mig: "Dette er Bordet, som står for HE ENs Åsyn."

23 Det Hellige havde to Dørfløje;

24 ligeledes havde Helligdommen to Dørfløje; hver Fløj var to bevægelige Dørflader, to på hver Fløj.

25 Og på dem var der fretillet Keruber og Palmer ligesom på Væggene. Der var et Trætag uden for Forhallen.

26 Der var gitrede Vinduer og Palmer på Forhallens Sidevægge til begge Sider..."

   


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648. As for numbers and measurements in the Word meaning celestial and spiritual things, this becomes quite clear from the measuring of the New Jerusalem and of the Temple in John and Ezekiel. It may become clear to anyone that the 'New Jerusalem' and the 'New Temple' mean the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth, and that the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth is not subject to earthly measurements, even though the size of it - its length, breadth, and height - is specified numerically. From this anyone may conclude that numbers and measurements mean things that are holy, as in John,

I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and the angel stood and said to me, Rise and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it. Revelation 11:1.

And concerning the New Jerusalem,

The wall of the heavenly Jerusalem was great and high, having twelve gates, and above the gates twelve angels, and names written which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel; on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the apostles of the Lamb. He who talked to me had a golden measuring-rod to measure the city, and its gates, and its wall. The city lies four-square, and its length is the same as its breadth. He therefore measured the city with the measuring rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and breadth and height were equal. He measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. Revelation 21:12-17.

[2] Here the number twelve occurs repeatedly. It is a very holy number since it means the holy things of faith, as has been stated above at verse 3 of this chapter, and in the Lord's Divine mercy will be shown at Genesis 29, 30. Hence also the comment added at the end of the quotation set out above about this measure being 'the measure of a man, that is, of an angel'. The same applies with the New Temple and the New Jerusalem in Ezekiel, which are also described according to their measurements, Chapter 40:3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13-14, 22, 25, 30, 36, 42, 47; Ezekiel 41:1-end; 42:5-15; Zechariah 2:1-2. There also, regarded in themselves the numbers mean nothing but celestial and spiritual holiness independent of actual numbers. The same applies to all the numbers giving the dimensions of the Ark, Exodus 25:10, and similarly of the mercy seat, the golden table, the Tabernacle, the altar, Exodus 25:17, 23; Exodus 26; 27:1; and to all the numbers and dimensions of the Temple, 1 Kings 6:2-3, and many other examples.

  
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Exodus 27

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1 "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three cubits.

2 You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.

3 You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: all its vessels you shall make of brass.

4 You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.

5 You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.

6 You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.

7 Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.

8 You shall make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.

9 "You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:

10 and its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

11 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

12 For the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

13 The breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

14 The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

15 For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16 For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

17 All the pillars of the court around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.

18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

19 All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

20 "You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.