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1 Kaj el la blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo ili faris la oficajn vestojn por la servado en la sanktejo; kaj ili faris la sanktajn vestojn por Aaron, kiel la Eternulo ordonis al Moseo.

2 Kaj ili faris la efodon el oro, el blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo, kaj el tordita bisino.

3 Kaj ili batetendis foliojn da oro kaj trancxis ilin en formo de fadenoj, por enteksi internen de la blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo kaj de la bisino per artista laboro.

4 Sursxultrajxojn kunigantajn ili faris al gxi; sur siaj du finoj gxi estis ligita.

5 Kaj la cxirkauxliganta zono sur gxi estis kontinuajxo de gxi, la sama laborajxo, el oro, el blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo, kaj el tordita bisino; kiel la Eternulo ordonis al Moseo.

6 Kaj ili faris la oniksajn sxtonojn, cxirkauxe enkadrigitajn per oro, gravuritajn per sigelila gravurado laux la nomoj de la filoj de Izrael.

7 Kaj li metis ilin sur la sursxultrajxojn de la efodo, kiel sxtonojn de memoro pri la filoj de Izrael; kiel la Eternulo ordonis al Moseo.

8 Kaj ili faris la surbrustajxon per artista laboro, simile al la laboro de la efodo, el oro, el blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo, kaj el tordita bisino.

9 GXi estis kvarangula; ili faris la surbrustajxon duobla; manstrecxo estis gxia longo, kaj manstrecxo gxia largxo; gxi estis duobla.

10 Kaj ili enmetis en gxin kvar vicojn da sxtonoj. La unua vico estis:rubeno, topazo, kaj smeraldo;

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

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

13 kaj la kvara vico:krizolito, onikso, kaj berilo. CXiuj vicoj estis en oraj kadretoj.

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

15 Kaj ili faris al la surbrustajxo plektitajn cxenetojn, kunigxantajn per siaj finoj, el pura oro.

16 Kaj ili faris du orajn kadretojn kaj du orajn ringojn, kaj alfortikigis la du ringojn al la du finoj de la surbrustajxo.

17 Kaj ili metis la du orajn plektitajn cxenetojn en la du ringojn cxe la finoj de la surbrustajxo.

18 Kaj la du finojn de la du plektitaj cxenetoj ili alfortikigis al la du kadretoj, kaj alfortikigis ilin al la sursxultrajxoj de la efodo sur la antauxa flanko.

19 Kaj ili faris du orajn ringojn, kaj alfortikigis ilin al la du aliaj finoj de la surbrustajxo, sur gxia rando interna, direktita al la efodo.

20 Kaj ili faris du orajn ringojn, kaj alfortikigis ilin al la du sursxultrajxoj de la efodo malsupre, sur la antauxa flanko, cxe gxia kunigxo, super la zono de la efodo.

21 Kaj ili alligis 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; kiel la Eternulo ordonis al Moseo.

22 Kaj li faris la tunikon por la efodo, teksitan, tutan el blua teksajxo.

23 Kaj la aperturo de la tuniko estis en la mezo, kiel aperturo de sxildo; borderon havis la aperturo cxirkauxe, por ke gxi ne dissxirigxu.

24 Kaj ili faris sur la malsupra rando de la tuniko granatojn el blua, purpura, kaj rugxa sxtofo, tordita.

25 Kaj ili faris tintilojn el pura oro, kaj metis la tintilojn mezen de la granatoj sur la malsupra rando de la tuniko, cxirkauxe inter la granatoj;

26 tintilon kaj granaton, tintilon kaj granaton sur la malsupra rando de la tuniko, cxirkauxe, por la servado; kiel la Eternulo ordonis al Moseo.

27 Kaj ili faris la hxitonon el bisino, teksitan, por Aaron kaj liaj filoj,

28 kaj la cidaron el bisino, kaj la ornamajn mitrojn el bisino, kaj la linajn pantalonojn el tordita bisino,

29 kaj la zonon el tordita bisino kaj el blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo, broditan; kiel la Eternulo ordonis al Moseo.

30 Kaj ili faris la tabuleton, la sanktan kronon, el pura oro, kaj ili skribis sur gxi skribon gravuritan:SANKTA AL LA ETERNULO.

31 Kaj ili alfortikigis al gxi lacxon el blua sxtofo, por alfortikigi al la cidaro supre; kiel la Eternulo ordonis al Moseo.

32 Tiel finigxis la tuta laboro por la konstruajxo de la tabernaklo de kunveno. Kaj la Izraelidoj faris konforme al cxio, kion la Eternulo ordonis al Moseo; tiel ili faris.

33 Kaj ili alportis la konstruajxon al Moseo, la tabernaklon kaj cxiujn gxiajn apartenajxojn:hokojn, tabulojn, riglilojn, kolonojn, kaj bazojn;

34 kaj la kovron el rugxaj virsxafaj feloj kaj la kovron el antilopaj feloj kaj la kurtenon;

35 la keston de atesto kaj gxiajn stangojn kaj la fermoplaton;

36 la tablon, cxiujn gxiajn apartenajxojn, kaj la panon de propono;

37 la puran kandelabron, gxiajn lucernojn, la lucernojn vice starantajn, cxiujn gxiajn apartenajxojn, kaj la oleon por lumigado;

38 kaj la oran altaron kaj la sanktan oleon kaj la bonodoran incenson kaj la kovrotukon por la pordo de la tabernaklo;

39 la kupran altaron kaj la kupran kradon por gxi, gxiajn stangojn kaj cxiujn gxiajn apartenajxojn, la lavujon kaj gxian piedestalon;

40 la kurtenojn de la korto, gxiajn kolonojn kaj bazojn, la kovrotukon por la pordego de la korto, gxiajn sxnurojn kaj najlojn, kaj cxion, kio apartenas al la servado en la konstruajxo de la tabernaklo de kunveno;

41 la oficajn vestojn por la servado en la sanktejo, la sanktajn vestojn por la pastro Aaron kaj la pastrajn vestojn por liaj filoj.

42 Konforme al cxio, kion la Eternulo ordonis al Moseo, tiel la Izraelidoj faris la tutan laboron.

43 Kaj Moseo vidis la tutan laboron, li vidis, ke ili faris gxin tute tiel, kiel la Eternulo ordonis; kaj Moseo benis ilin.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3862

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3862. In 3858 above it was shown that 'the twelve tribes' meant all things forming part of truth and good, or of faith and love. In this present paragraph, now that the sons of Jacob individually after whom the tribes were named are the subject, a second arcanum is to be brought to light, namely the meaning which each son carries. In heaven all celestial and spiritual warmth, or love and charity, is in its external form felt as the glow from the sun, and in heaven all celestial and spiritual light, or faith, is in its external form seen as the light from the sun. Also that celestial and spiritual warmth holds wisdom within itself, and the light from that source holds intelligence, and they do so because they flow from the Lord, who is the Sun of heaven, see 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2441, 2495, 2776, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3338, 3339, 3341, 3413, 3485, 3636, 3643.

These paragraphs show that all good is a product of the warmth which flows from the Lord as the Sun, and that all truth is a product of the light from that source. They also show that all affections which go with love or good are variations of that celestial and spiritual warmth flowing from the Lord, and that this is the origin of changes of state. They show too that all thoughts which go with truth or faith are variations of that celestial and spiritual light which flows from the Lord, and that this is the origin of intelligence. All angels in heaven are bathed in that warmth and light. Their affections and thoughts have no other source, nor are they anything else. This is evident from the different forms of communication employed by the angels, in that because those forms of communication have their origin in heavenly warmth and light, they consist of variations and modifications of heavenly light containing heavenly warmth, and are therefore indescribable and so varying and complete as to be quite beyond one's comprehension, 3342, 3344, 3345.

[2] So that these things might be manifested in a representative way in the world names were given to each of the sons of Jacob which meant the universal divisions of good and truth, or of love and faith, and so the universal manifestations of variation in celestial and spiritual warmth and of variation in light from that source. What determines the intensity of the flame and the brightness from it is the actual order of those universal manifestations. When love comes first in such order, everything which follows within genuine order from that love is flaming, but when faith comes first everything which follows within genuine order is full of light, yet with all the differences that the things which follow entail. If however they do not follow according to genuine order everything is obscure, and in ever differing ways. But this order and resulting differences will in the Lord's Divine mercy be discussed later on. This then is how the Lord gave answers by means of the Urim and Thummim and how according to the state of the actual thing in question they received answers by means of lights and their flashes from the precious and transparent stones on which the names of the twelve tribes had been inscribed. For as has been stated, inscribed on the names were the universal divisions of love and faith which exist in the Lord's kingdom and so the universal manifestations of flame and light by which those divisions of love and faith are represented in heaven.

[3] First therefore let evidence from the Word be presented to confirm that the order of the names in which the tribes are mentioned varies in the Word, and that each variation of their order is determined by the particular state of the subject under discussion there. And from such evidence one may see that the answers from the Lord given by means of the Urim and Thummim were radiations of light determined by the particular states of the thing - such variations being due to the order of all that was involved. For the entire light of heaven is made to vary by the different states which that thing passes through, and those states are made to vary by the order in which good and truth come. But which aspect of truth or good is meant by each name will be evident from the explanation that is being given. That is to say, Reuben means faith from the Lord; Simeon faith possessed by the will which is received from the Lord; Levi spiritual love, which is charity; Judah the Divinity of love, and the Lord's heavenly kingdom. What the other eight mean will be stated in the next chapter. Described here is the order in which they were born, which was as follows: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin - see verses 32-35 of the present chapter, and then Genesis 30:6, 8, 11, 13, 18, 20, 24; 35:18. This order is determined by the state of the subject that is being dealt with at this point, which is that of the regeneration of man, for this starts with the truth of faith, meant by 'Reuben', progresses from this towards the willing of truth, meant by 'Simeon', and from this to charity, meant by 'Levi', and so on to the Lord, who is meant in the highest sense by 'Judah'. The progression of spiritual conception and birth, or regeneration, from what is external to what is internal has been stated immediately above in 3860; that is, the progression is from the truth of faith to the good of love.

[4] Before Jacob came to Isaac his father in Mamre, or Kiriath Arba, his sons are mentioned in Genesis 35:23-26 in the following order: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher. In this case those by Leah and Rachel come first, and those by the servant-girls last, this being determined by the state of the subject dealt with at that point. They are listed in yet another order when they travelled and came into Egypt, in Genesis 46:9-19; in another when before his death they were blessed by Jacob, who by then was Israel, in Genesis 49:3-27; and in another again when blessed by Moses, in Deuteronomy 33:6-24. And when they encamped around the Tent of Meeting they did so in the following order: To the east Judah, Issachar, Zebulun; to the south Reuben, Simeon, Gad; to the west Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin; to the north Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Numbers 2:1-end. In what order they stood on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, or on Mount Ebal to curse them, see Deuteronomy 27:12-13. When the princes chosen from each tribe were sent to spy out the land they are listed in Numbers 13:4-16 in the following order: Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Issachar, Ephraim, Benjamin, Zebulun, Joseph or Manasseh, Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Gad. But there is a different order to the princes who were to divide the land for inheritance, Numbers 34:19-29. In what order the lot fell when it was cast, at the time that the land was divided for inheritance, see Chapters 13 - 19 of Joshua.

[5] When the boundaries of the new or holy land which the tribes were to inherit are referred to in Ezekiel the tribes are mentioned in the following order: Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, Judah, Benjamin, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, Gad. All are described from the corner pointing east to the corner pointing to the sea or west, except Gad which was situated at the south corner pointing towards the south, Ezekiel 48:1-7, 23-26. And where the gates of the new or holy city are referred to they are mentioned in the following order: Facing north the three gates of Reuben, Judah, and Levi; facing east the three gates of Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan; facing south the three gates of Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun; facing west the three gates of Gad, Asher, and Naphtali, Ezekiel 48:31-34. For the order of those sealed, twelve thousand from each tribe, see Revelation 7:5-8. In all these places the listing of the tribes depends completely on the state of the subject dealt with, to which the order corresponds. That particular state is evident from what comes before and after.

[6] The order of the precious stones in the Urim and Thummim is mentioned and described in the Word, but which tribes individual stones corresponded to is not mentioned. For those stones represented all things belonging to the light shed by heavenly flame, that is, all aspects of truth originating in good, or of faith originating in charity. And because they represented these things heavenly light itself shone through them in a miraculous way in accordance with the state of the subject concerning which a question was asked and an answer was given. Flashing and bright light stood for a positive answer concerning good and truth, which light was accompanied by variations of the stones' colours according with the differences of the state of good and truth, as in heaven where all celestial and spiritual things are expressed by means of lights and their differences, and in a way beyond description and completely incomprehensible to man. For as has been shown frequently, heavenly light includes life from the Lord, and so includes wisdom and intelligence. Consequently the differences in light include everything that constitutes the life, that is, everything that constitutes wisdom and intelligence, while the differences in flaming, flashing, and shining include everything that constitutes the life of good and the life of truth received from good, that is, of love to the Lord and of faith derived from that love. Such then were the Urim and Thummim which were on the breastplate of the ephod and were over Aaron's heart. The nature of them is also evident from the fact that the terms Urim and Thummim mean lights and perfections, and that the breastplate in which they were set is called the breastplate of judgement, because judgement consists in intelligence and wisdom, 2235. The reason it was worn over Aaron's heart was that 'the heart' means Divine love, see 3635 and the section at the end of the present chapter. For this reason also those precious stones were placed in settings of gold, for 'gold' in the internal sense means good which is an attribute of love, 113, 1551, 1552, and 'precious stone' truth which shines through from good, 114.

[7] The Urim and Thummim are spoken of in Moses as follows,

You shall make the breastplate of judgement, the work of designing, like the work of the ephod you shall make it; out of gold, violet, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and of fine-twined linen you shall make it. It shall be square when doubled. And you shall set within it stone-settings, four rows of stones shall there be. There shall be sockets of gold in their settings. And the stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names. The engravings of a signet, each one according to its name, there shall be for the twelve tribes. Exodus 28:15-21; 39:8-14.

Which stones had to be set in each row is also specified in those chapters. And further,

The breastplate shall not come away from the ephod. And Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgement over his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a remembrance before Jehovah continually. And you shall put into the breastplate of judgement the Urim and Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before Jehovah. And Aaron shall bear the judgement of the sons of Israel over his heart before Jehovah continually. Exodus 28:28-30; Leviticus 8:7-8.

The fact that Jehovah or the Lord was inquired of and gave answers by means of the Urim is seen in Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun. You shall place some of your glory on him, so that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, and he shall inquire for him in the judgement of the Urim before Jehovah. Numbers 27:18, 20-21.

And in Samuel,

Saul inquired of Jehovah, but Jehovah did not answer him by dreams, or by the Urim, or by prophets. 1 Samuel 28:6.

  
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