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1 Kaj vi alproksimigu al vi vian fraton Aaron kaj liajn filojn kun li el inter la Izraelidoj, por ke li estu Mia pastro:Aaron, kaj Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, kaj Itamar, la filoj de Aaron.

2 Kaj faru sanktajn vestojn por via frato Aaron, por honoro kaj ornamo.

3 Kaj diru al cxiuj, kiuj havas sagxan koron kaj kiujn Mi plenigis per spirito de sagxo, ke ili faru por Aaron vestojn, por sanktigi lin, ke li estu Mia pastro.

4 Kaj jen estas la vestoj, kiujn ili devas fari:surbrustajxo, efodo, tuniko, hxitono teksita, cidaro, kaj zono. Kaj ili faru sanktajn vestojn por via frato Aaron kaj por liaj filoj, ke li estu Mia pastro.

5 Kaj ili prenu oron, kaj bluan, purpuran, kaj rugxan teksajxon, kaj bisinon.

6 Kaj ili faru la efodon el oro, el blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo, kaj el tordita bisino, en artista maniero.

7 Du sursxultrajxojn kunigantajn gxi havu sur siaj Du finoj, por ke gxi estu ligita.

8 Kaj la cxirkauxliganta zono sur gxi estu la sama laborajxo, kiel gxia kontinuajxo, el oro, el blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo, kaj el tordita bisino.

9 Kaj prenu du oniksajn sxtonojn, kaj gravuru sur ili la nomojn de la filoj de Izrael:

10 ses el iliaj nomoj sur unu sxtono kaj la ses ceterajn nomojn sur la dua sxtono, laux la ordo de ilia naskigxo.

11 Per laboro de gravuristoj, kiel sigelila gravurado, gravurigu sur la du sxtonoj la nomojn de la filoj de Izrael; faru ilin cxirkauxataj per kadretoj el oro.

12 Kaj metu la du sxtonojn sur la sursxultrajxojn de la efodo, kiel sxtonojn de memoro pri la filoj de Izrael; kaj Aaron portu iliajn nomojn antaux la Eternulo sur siaj du sursxultrajxoj por memoro.

13 Kaj faru kadretojn el oro;

14 kaj du cxenetojn el pura oro; faru ilin kunigxantaj per siaj finoj, plektitaj; kaj alfortikigu la plektitajn cxenetojn al la kadretoj.

15 Kaj faru jugxan surbrustajxon per artista laboro; simile al la laboro de la efodo faru gxin; el oro, el blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo, kaj el tordita bisino faru gxin.

16 Kvarangula gxi estu kaj duobla; manstrecxo estu gxia longo, kaj manstrecxo gxia largxo.

17 Kaj enmetu en gxin enmetajxon el sxtonoj en kvar vicoj. La sxtonoj de vico:rubeno, topazo, kaj smeraldo estu la unua vico;

18 kaj la dua vico:hiacinto, safiro, kaj jaspiso;

19 kaj la tria vico:ligurio, agato, kaj ametisto;

20 kaj la kvara vico:krizolito, kaj onikso, kaj berilo. En oraj kadretoj ili estu laux siaj vicoj.

21 Kaj la sxtonoj estu laux la nomoj de la filoj de Izrael; dek du, laux iliaj nomoj, gravuritaj sigelile, cxiu kun sia nomo, por la dek du triboj.

22 Kaj faru al la surbrustajxo plektitajn cxenetojn, kunigxantajn per siaj finoj, el pura oro.

23 Kaj faru por la surbrustajxo du orajn ringojn, kaj alfortikigu la du ringojn al la du finoj de la surbrustajxo.

24 Kaj metu la du orajn plektitajn cxenetojn en la du ringojn cxe la finoj de la surbrustajxo.

25 Kaj la du finojn de la du plektitaj cxenetoj enfortikigu en la du kadretojn, kaj alfortikigu ilin al la sursxultrajxoj de la efodo sur la antauxa flanko.

26 Kaj faru du orajn ringojn, kaj alfortikigu ilin al la du aliaj finoj de la surbrustajxo, sur interna gxia rando, direktita al la efodo.

27 Kaj faru du orajn ringojn, kaj alfortikigu ilin al la du sursxultrajxoj de la efodo malsupre, sur la antauxa flanko, cxe gxia kunigxo, super la zono de la efodo.

28 Kaj oni alligu la surbrustajxon per gxiaj ringoj al la ringoj de la efodo per lacxo el blua sxtofo, por ke gxi estu super la zono de la efodo kaj por ke la surbrustajxo ne forsxovigxu de sur la efodo.

29 Kaj Aaron portu la nomojn de la filoj de Izrael sur la jugxa surbrustajxo sur sia koro, kiam li eniros en la sanktejon, por cxiama memoro antaux la Eternulo.

30 Kaj metu sur la jugxan surbrustajxon la signojn de lumo kaj la signojn de justo, por ke ili estu sur la koro de Aaron, kiam li eniros antaux la Eternulon; kaj Aaron cxiam portu la jugxon de la filoj de Izrael sur sia koro antaux la Eternulo.

31 Kaj faru la tunikon de la efodo tutan el blua teksajxo.

32 La aperturo por la kapo estu en gxia mezo; cxirkaux la aperturo estu teksita bordero, kiel cxe aperturo de sxildo, por ke gxi ne dissxirigxu.

33 Sur gxia malsupra rando faru granatojn el blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo, cxirkauxe sur gxia malsupra rando, kaj inter ili cxirkauxe orajn tintilojn.

34 Ora tintilo kaj granato, Ora tintilo kaj granato estu cxirkauxe sur la malsupra rando de la tuniko.

35 GXi estu sur Aaron dum lia servado; por ke oni auxdu sonon de li, kiam li eniros en la sanktejon antaux la Eternulon kaj kiam li eliros, kaj por ke li ne mortu.

36 Kaj faru tabuleton el pura oro, kaj gravuru sur gxi en sigelila maniero:SANKTA AL LA ETERNULO.

37 Kaj alfortikigu gxin per lacxo el blua sxtofo, ke gxi estu sur la cidaro; sur la antauxa flanko de la cidaro gxi devas esti.

38 GXi estu sur la frunto de Aaron; kaj Aaron portados la pekon kontraux la sanktajxoj, kiujn sanktigos la Izraelidoj en cxiuj siaj sanktaj donoj; kaj gxi estos sur lia frunto cxiam, por ke la Eternulo ilin favoru.

39 Kaj teksu la hxitonon el bisino, kaj faru la cidaron el bisino, kaj faru broditan zonon.

40 Kaj por la filoj de Aaron faru hxitonojn, kaj faru por ili zonojn, kaj mitrojn faru por ili, por honoro kaj ornamo.

41 Kaj vestu per ili vian fraton Aaron kaj liajn filojn kune kun li; kaj sanktoleu ilin kaj konsekru ilin kaj sanktigu ilin, por ke ili estu pastroj al Mi.

42 Kaj faru por ili linajn pantalonojn, por kovri la nudecon de ilia karno; de la lumbo gxis la femuroj ili estu.

43 Kaj ili estu sur Aaron kaj sur liaj filoj, kiam ili eniros en la tabernaklon de kunveno, aux kiam ili alproksimigxos al la altaro, por servi en la sanktejo; por ke ili ne faru pekon kaj ne mortu. Eterna legxo gxi estu por li kaj por lia idaro post li.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 205

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205. He that hath the key of David, signifies who has power by means of Divine truth. This is evident from the signification of "key," as being the power of opening and shutting, here heaven and hell, for it follows, "He that openeth and no one shutteth, and shutteth and no one openeth;" therefore "key" means here the power of saving (as above, n. 86), since to open heaven and to shut hell is to save. It is evident also from the representation of "David," as being the Lord in respect to Divine truth. By "David" in the Word the Lord is meant, because by "kings" in the Word the Lord in respect to Divine truth is represented, and by "priests" there the Lord in respect to Divine good. The Lord is represented especially by king David, because David had much care of the matters of the church, and also wrote the Psalms. (That "kings" in the Word signify Divine truth, and "priests" Divine good, see above, n. 31; moreover, that all names of persons and places in the Word signify spiritual things, which are the things pertaining to the church and to heaven, see above, n. 19, 50, 102.)

It is said, "He that hath the key of David," because David (as was just said) represented the Lord in respect to Divine truth, and the Lord has all power in the heavens and on earth from Divine good through Divine truth; for in general good without truth has no power, neither has truth without good any power, for good acts through truth. From this it is that Divine good and Divine truth proceed united from the Lord, and so far as they are conjointly received by the angels, so far the angels are powers. This then, is why it is said "the key of David." (That all power is in truths from good, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 228-233, where the Power of the Angels of Heaven is treated of; also n. 539.)

[2] That by "David" in the Word the Lord is meant is clearly evident from certain passages where he is mentioned in the prophets. As in Ezekiel:

They shall be to Me for a people, and I will be to them for a God, and My servant David king over them, that they may all have one shepherd. They shall dwell upon the land, they and their sons and their son's sons even to eternity; and David My servant shall be prince to them to eternity (Ezekiel 37:23-25).

In Hosea:

The sons of Israel shall return, and shall seek Jehovah their God, and David their king; and with fear shall they come to Jehovah and to His goodness in the extremity of days (Hosea 3:5).

It is said "They shall seek Jehovah their God, and David their king," because "Jehovah" in the Word means the Lord in respect to Divine good, which is the Divine Esse, and "David a king" means the Lord in respect to Divine truth, which is the Divine Existere. (That "Jehovah" in the Word means the Lord in respect to Divine good, see Arcana Coelestia 732, 2586, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4253, 4402, 7010, 9167, 9315)

[3] In Zechariah:

Jehovah shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David, and the glory of the inhabitant of Jerusalem, may not exalt itself above Judah. In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitant of Jerusalem, and the house of David shall be as God, and as the angel of Jehovah before them. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitant of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace. In that day there shall be a fountain open to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:7-8, 10; 13:1).

Here the Lord's coming is treated of, and the salvation at that time of those who are of His spiritual kingdom. "Tents of Judah" mean the celestial kingdom; and the "house of David and the inhabitant of Jerusalem," the spiritual kingdom. The spiritual kingdom is constituted of those in heaven and on earth who are in Divine truth, and the celestial kingdom of those who are in Divine good (See just above, n. 204. From this it can be seen what these words mean, namely, that these two kingdoms shall act as one, and that one shall not exalt itself above the other. (Of these two kingdoms, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 20-28). That "Judah" signifies the Lord in respect to celestial love and the Lord's celestial kingdom may be seen above (n. 119). And that "Jerusalem" signifies the Lord's spiritual kingdom, see in the Arcana Coelestia 402, 3654, 9166. The same is therefore signified by "the house of David;" consequently it is here said, "the house of David shall be as God, and as the angel of Jehovah;" "God" also means the Lord in respect to Divine truth (See Arcana Coelestia 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4287, 4402, 7010, 9167); and the like is meant by the "angel of Jehovah" (See above, n. 130, 200).

[4] "David" and his "house" have a like signification also in the following passages. In Isaiah:

Incline your ear, and come unto Me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold I have given Him as a witness to the peoples, a prince and a lawgiver to the nations 1 (Isaiah 55:3-4).

These things are said of the Lord, who is here "David." In David:

In the heavens Thou shalt establish Thy truth; I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant, even to eternity will I establish thy seed, and will build up thy throne to generation and generation; and the heavens shall confess Thy wonder, O Jehovah; Thy truth also in the congregation of the saints (Psalms 89:2-5).

These things also were said of the Lord, and not of David; for it is said, "I have sworn to David My servant, even to eternity will I establish thy seed, and will build up thy throne to generation and generation;" this is not applicable to David, whose seed and throne were not established to eternity, and yet Jehovah swore, and an oath from Jehovah is irrevocable confirmation from the Divine (See Arcana Coelestia 2842[1-10]). The "seed of David" in the spiritual sense, means those who are in the truths from good from the Lord, and in an abstract sense, truths themselves that are from good (See Arcana Coelestia, n (Arcana Coelestia 3373, 3380, 10249, 10445); and "throne" means the Lord's spiritual kingdom (See Arcana Coelestia 5313, 5922, 6397, 8625). David is called "My servant" (as also above in Ezekiel 37:23-25), because "servant" in the Word is used of every person and every thing that serves and ministers (See Arcana Coelestia 3441, 7143, 8241), and Divine truth proceeding serves and ministers to Divine good from which it proceeds. That it is the Lord in respect to Divine truth, or Divine truth proceeding from the Lord that is meant by "David," is evident, for it is said, "In the heavens Thou shalt establish Thy truth, and the heavens shall confess Thy truth in the congregation of the saints." That those also are called "saints" who are in Divine truths, see just above n. 204.

[5] In the same:

I will not profane My covenant, and what is pronounced by My lips will I not change. Once have I sworn by My holiness; I will not lie unto David. His seed shall be to eternity, and his throne as the sun before Me. It shall be established as the moon to eternity, a faithful witness in the clouds (Psalms 89:34-37).

That these things are said of the Lord is evident in the whole Psalm, for it treats of His coming, and afterwards of the repudiation of Him by the Jewish nation. That the Lord is here treated of, and that He is here meant by "David" is plain from these words in the same Psalm:

I have found David, My servant; with the oil of My holiness have I anointed him. I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. He shall call Me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. I also will make him the firstborn, high above the kings of the earth. I will set his throne as the days of the heavens (Psalms 89:20, 25-27, 29).

The Lord is meant also by "David," by "the anointed," and by "king," in other passages in the Psalms, as can be clearly seen by those who understand the Word spiritually, but obscurely by those who understand it only naturally. As in these words in David:

Thy priests shall be clothed with righteousness, and Thy saints shall shout for joy for Thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of Thine anointed. There will I make the horn of David to bud: I will set in order a lamp for Mine anointed; upon himself shall his crown flourish (Psalms 132:9-10, 17-18);

here also the Lord is meant by "David" and by "the anointed;" for the Lord is treated of in this Psalm, as is clear from what goes before, where it is said:

He swore unto Jehovah, I will not give sleep to mine eyes until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the mighty One of Jacob. Lo, we have heard of it at Ephrathah [Bethlehem]. We will come into His habitations, we will worship at His footstool (Psalms 132:2, 4-7).

[6] That David might represent the Lord in respect to Divine truth, the Lord was willing to be born of the house of David, and also to be called "the Son of David," "his Root and Offspring," also "the Root of Jesse." But when the Lord put off the human from the mother, and put on the Human from the Father, which is the Divine Human, He was no longer David's son. This is meant by the Lord's words to the Pharisees:

Jesus said to the Pharisees, How does it seem to you respecting Christ? whose Son is He? They said unto Him, David's. He said unto them, How then doth David in spirit call Him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at My right hand, until I place thine enemies as a stool of thy feet? If David then calleth Him Lord, how is He his Son (Matthew 22:42-45; Luke 20:41-44).

That the Lord glorified His Human, that is, put off the human from the mother, and put on a Human from the Father, which is the Divine Human, see in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 293-295, 298-310. For this reason He was not David's son, as He was not the son of Mary, whom therefore He did not call His mother, but "woman" (Matthew 12:46-49; Mark 3:31 to the end; Luke 8:19-21; John 2:4; 19:25, 26). The like is meant by "the key of Peter," as by "the key of David," namely, that the Lord has all power, and that He has this power through His Divine truth, as will be seen in the article that now follows.

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1. The Latin has "nations," the Hebrew "peoples," as found also in Arcana Coelestia 1259, 4197.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9315

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9315. 'When My angel goes before you' means a life in keeping with the Lord's commandments. This is clear from the meaning of 'going before you' - when it refers to the Lord, who is 'the angel of Jehovah' here - as teaching the commandments of faith and life, and therefore also a life in keeping with those commandments, ('going' and 'travelling on' mean living, see 1293, 3335, 4882, 5493, 5605, 8417, 8420, 8557, 8559); and from the meaning of 'the angel of Jehovah' as the Lord's Divine Human, dealt with above in 9303, 9306. The reason why the Lord's Divine Human is meant by 'the angel' is that the numerous angels who appeared in times before the Lord's Coming into the world were Jehovah Himself in human form, that is, in that of an angel. This is plainly evident from the fact that angels who appeared were called Jehovah, such as those who appeared to Abraham and are spoken of in Genesis 18. The fact that they were called Jehovah may be seen in verses 1, 13, 14, 17, 20, 26, 33, of that chapter, as was the one who appeared to Gideon and is spoken of in Judges 6. The fact that this angel too was called Jehovah may be seen in verses 12, 14, 16, 22-24, of that chapter. The same may be seen in other places besides these. Jehovah Himself in human form, or what amounts to the same thing, in that of an angel, was the Lord.

[2] His Divine Human appeared in those times as an angel, of whom the Lord Himself speaks in John,

Jesus said, Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and saw it and was glad. Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am. John 8:56, 58.

And in the same gospel,

Father, glorify Me in Your Own Self with the glory I had with You before the world was. John 17:5.

Jehovah could not have appeared in any other way, as is again clear from the Lord's words, in John,

You have never heard the Father's voice nor seen His shape. John 5:37.

And in the same gospel,

No one has seen the Father except Him who is with God, 1 He has seen the Father. John 6:46.

From all this one may see what is meant by 'the Lord from eternity'.

[3] The reason why the Lord was pleased to be born as Man (Homo) was in order that He might in reality take on a Humanity and make it Divine, to save the human race. Know therefore that the Lord is Jehovah Himself or the Father in human form, as yet again the Lord Himself teaches in John,

I and the Father are one. John 10:30.

In the same gospel,

Jesus said, From now on you know and have seen the Father. He who has seen Me has seen the Father. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me. John 14:7, 9, 11.

And in the same gospel,

All Mine are Yours, and all Yours are Mine. John 17:10.

[4] This great mystery is described in John in the following words,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father. Nobody has ever seen God; the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known. John 1:1-3, 14, 18.

'The Word' is Divine Truth which has been revealed to mankind; and since it could not have been revealed except by Jehovah as Man, that is, except by Jehovah in human form, thus by the Lord, it says, 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God'. It is well known in the Church that 'the Word' is used to mean the Lord, for it is explicitly stated, 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father'. The fact that Divine Truth could not have been revealed to mankind except by Jehovah in human form is also clearly stated, 'Nobody has ever seen God; the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known'.

[5] From all this it is evident that the Lord from eternity was Jehovah or the Father in human form, but not yet so in earthly flesh, for an angel does not have such flesh. And since Jehovah or the Father wished to take on everything human in order to save the human race, He also took flesh. This is why it says, The Word was God, and the Word became flesh, and in Luke,

See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; handle Me and see; for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see Me have. Luke 24:39.

By this the Lord taught that He was no longer Jehovah under the form of an angel but that He was Jehovah as Man. This is also what the following words spoken by the Lord serve to mean,

I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again I am leaving the world and going off to the Father. John 16:28.

The Lord made His Human Divine when He was in the world, see 1616, 1725, 1813, 1921, 2025, 2026, 2033, 2034, 2083, 2523, 2751, 2798, 3038, 3043, 3212, 3241, 3318 (end), 3637, 3737, 4065, 4180, 4211, 4237, 4286, 4585, 4687, 4692, 4724, 4738, 4766, 5005, 5045, 5078, 5110, 5256, 6373, 6700, 6716, 6849, 6864, 6872, 7014, 7211, 7499, 8547, 8864, 8865, 8878.

And everything human received from the mother was cast out, till at length He was not Mary's son, 2159, 2649, 2776, 4963, 5157, and especially 3704, 4727, 9303, 9306, as well as the things shown regarding these matters in the places referred to in 9194, 9199.

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1. The Latin means with the Father but the Greek means with God.

  
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