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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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Ezekiel 40

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1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was struck, in the same day, the hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me there.

2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.

3 He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

4 The man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I shall show you; for, to the intent that I may show them to you, you are brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel.

5 Behold, a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

6 Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

7 Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.

8 He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.

9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

10 The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

11 He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;

12 and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

13 He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against door.

14 He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court [reached] to the posts, around the gate.

15 [From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

16 There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches; and windows were around inward; and on [each] post were palm trees.

17 Then brought he me into the outer court; and behold, there were rooms and a pavement, made for the court all around: thirty rooms were on the pavement.

18 The pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable to the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.

19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, [both] on the east and on the north.

20 The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured its length and its breadth.

21 The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its arches were after the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

22 The windows of it, and its arches, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches were before them.

23 There was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate, [both] on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.

24 He led me toward the south; and behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured its posts and its arches according to these measures.

25 There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

26 There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on its posts.

27 There was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.

28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

29 and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.

30 There were arches all around, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad.

31 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

32 He brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;

33 and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.

34 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

35 He brought me to the north gate: and he measured [it] according to these measures;

36 its lodges, its posts, and its arches: and there were windows therein all around; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

37 The posts of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

38 A room with its door was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt offering.

39 In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to kill thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.

40 On the [one] side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.

41 Four tables were on this side, and Four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they killed [the sacrifices].

42 There were four tables for the burnt offering, of cut stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

43 The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within all around: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

44 Outside of the inner gate were rooms for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

45 He said to me, This room, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the house;

46 and the room whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to him.

47 He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

48 Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.