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Exode 25

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1 Et l'Eternel parla à Moïse, en disant :

2 Parle aux enfants d'Israël, et qu'on prenne une offrande pour moi. Vous prendrez mon offrande de tout homme, dont le cœur [me] l'offrira volontairement.

3 Et c'est ici l'offrande que vous prendrez d'eux, de l'or, de l'argent, de l'airain,

4 De la pourpre, de l'écarlate, du cramoisi, du fin lin, des poils de chèvres,

5 Des peaux de moutons teintes en rouge, des peaux de taissons, du bois de Sittim,

6 De l'huile pour le luminaire, des odeurs aromatiques pour l'huile de l'onction, des drogues pour le parfum,

7 Des pierres d'Onyx, et Des pierres de remplages pour l'Ephod et pour le Pectoral,

8 Et ils me feront un Sanctuaire, et j'habiterai au milieu d'eux.

9 [Ils le feront] conformément à tout ce que je te vais montrer, selon le patron du pavillon, et [selon] le patron de tous ses ustensiles; vous le ferez donc ainsi.

10 Et ils feront une Arche de bois de Sittim; et sa longueur sera de deux coudées et demie, et sa largeur d'une coudée et demie, et sa hauteur d'une coudée et demie.

11 Et tu la couvriras de pur or, tu l'[en] couvriras par dehors et par-dedans; et tu feras sur elle un couronnement d'or tout autour.

12 Et tu fondras pour elle quatre anneaux d'or, que tu mettras à ses quatre coins, deux anneaux à l'un de ses côtés, et deux autres à l'autre côté.

13 Tu feras aussi des barres de bois de Sittim, et tu les couvriras d'or.

14 Puis tu feras entrer les barres dans les anneaux aux côtés de l'Arche, pour porter l'Arche avec elles.

15 Les barres seront dans les anneaux de l'Arche, et on ne les en tirera point.

16 Et tu mettras dans l'Arche le Témoignage que je te donnerai.

17 Tu feras aussi un Propitiatoire de pur or, dont la longueur sera de deux coudées et demie, et la largeur d'une coudée et demie.

18 Et tu feras deux Chérubins d'or; tu les feras d'ouvrage étendu au marteau, [tiré] des deux bouts du Propitiatoire.

19 Fais donc un Chérubin tiré du bout de deçà, et l'autre Chérubin du bout de delà : vous ferez les Chérubins tirés du Propitiatoire sur ses deux bouts.

20 Et les Chérubins étendront les ailes en haut, couvrant de leurs ailes le Propitiatoire, et leurs faces seront vis-à-vis l'une de l'autre; et le regard des Chérubins sera vers le Propitiatoire.

21 Et tu poseras le Propitiatoire au-dessus de l'Arche, et tu mettras dans l'Arche le Témoignage que je te donnerai.

22 Et je me trouverai là avec toi, et je te dirai de dessus le Propitiatoire, d'entre les deux Chérubins qui seront sur l'Arche du Témoignage, toutes les choses que je te commanderai pour les enfants d'Israël.

23 Tu feras aussi une table de bois de Sittim : sa longueur sera de deux coudées, et sa largeur d'une coudée, et sa hauteur d'une coudée et demie.

24 Tu la couvriras de pur or, et tu lui feras un couronnement d'or à l’entour.

25 Tu lui feras aussi à l’entour une clôture d'une paume, et tout autour de sa clôture tu feras un couronnement d'or.

26 Tu lui feras aussi quatre anneaux d'or, que tu mettras aux quatre coins, qui seront à ses quatre pieds.

27 Les anneaux seront à l'endroit de la clôture, afin d'y mettre les barres pour porter la table.

28 Tu feras les barres de bois de Sittim, et tu les couvriras d'or, et on portera la table avec elles.

29 Tu feras aussi ses plats, ses tasses, ses gobelets, et ses bassins, avec lesquels on fera les aspersions; tu les feras de pur or.

30 Et tu mettras sur cette table le pain de proposition, continuellement devant moi.

31 Tu feras aussi un chandelier de pur or; le chandelier sera étendu au marteau; sa tige et ses branches, ses plats, ses pommeaux, et ses fleurs, seront [tirés] de lui.

32 Six branches sortiront de ses côtés; trois branches d'un côté du chandelier, et trois autres de l'autre côté du chandelier.

33 Il y aura en une des branches trois petits plats en forme d'amande, un pommeau et une fleur; en l'autre branche trois petits plats en forme d'amande, un pommeau et une fleur; [il en sera] de même des six branches procédant du chandelier.

34 Il y aura aussi au chandelier quatre petits plats en forme d'amande, ses pommeaux et ses fleurs.

35 Un pommeau sous deux branches [tirées] du chandelier, un pommeau sous deux [autres] branches [tirées] de lui, et un pommeau sous deux [autres] branches tirées de lui; il [en sera] de même des six branches procédant du chandelier.

36 Leurs pommeaux et leurs branches seront [tirés] de lui, [et] tout le chandelier sera un seul ouvrage étendu au marteau, [et] de pur or.

37 Tu feras aussi ses sept lampes, et on les allumera, afin qu'elles éclairent vis-à-vis du chandelier.

38 Et ses mouchettes, et ses creuseaux seront de pur or.

39 On le fera avec tous ses ustensiles d'un talent de pur or.

40 Regarde donc, et fais selon le patron qui t'est montré en la montagne.

   

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9548. 'And you shall make a lampstand' means the spiritual heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'a lampstand' as the Divine Spiritual from the Lord in heaven and in the Church. The reason why 'a lampstand' means the Divine Spiritual is that 'the table' on which the loaves of the Presence were laid means the Divine Celestial, as has been shown in what has gone before. The Divine Celestial is the good of love, and the Divine Spiritual the truth of faith derived from that good; and both of these emanate from the Lord, 9227. The lampstand is the Divine Spiritual on account of the light it sheds; for Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord's Divine Good is what shines in heaven. There is no other source from which angels receive light. This is why in the Word the Lord is called the Light, and why 'light' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, see 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3337, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4060, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4414, 4415, 4419, 4527, 4598, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6315, 6608, 6907, 7174, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407.

[2] 'A lampstand' means the spiritual heaven by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord, and therefore also means the Church; and 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone. This is clear from places in the Word where 'lampstand' and 'lamp' are mentioned, as in John,

I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. The seven lampstands are the seven Churches. Revelation 1:12-13, 20.

And in the same book,

I will remove your lampstand from its place if you do not repent. Revelation 2:5.

A Church is called 'a lampstand' in these places by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord. The fact that 'a lampstand' means a Church is self-evident, for it says, 'The seven lampstands are the seven Churches'. The fact that a Church is called such on account of Divine Truth is evident from the statement, 'I will remove your lampstand if you do not repent'. And the fact that this Truth comes from the Lord [is also self-evident], for it says, 'In the midst of the lampstands one like the Son of Man'; and the Lord is called the Son of Man by virtue of His Divine Truth, see 2803, 2813, 3704.

[3] In the same book,

I will grant My two witnesses to prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. Revelation 11:3-10.

'The two witnesses' are the Word in both Testaments, in that they bear witness to the Lord. It is called 'an olive tree' by virtue of the Divine Good and 'a lampstand' by virtue of the Divine Truth which come from the Lord.

[4] In Zechariah, when the angel who was speaking said to the prophet,

What do you see? I said to him, I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold; its bowl is on top of it, 1 and its seven lamps are on it with seven pipes to the lamps. Two olive trees are beside it, one on the right of the bowl and one on the left of it. Zechariah 4:2-3.

This refers to Zerubbabel, who was about to lay a foundation for God's house and bring it to completion. He represents the Lord, in that He was about to come and to re-establish the spiritual heaven and the Church, these being what is meant by 'a lampstand', and the holy truths there what is meant by 'seven lamps'.

[5] The fact that 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, is clear in John,

The holy Jerusalem has no need of the sun or of the moon to shed light in it. The glory of God will give it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations that are saved will walk in His light. Revelation 21:23-24.

And further on,

There will be no night there, nor do they need a lamp or light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. Revelation 22:5.

'Lamp' in the first quotation stands for Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, and 'light' for faith, and so also for intelligence and wisdom. In the same book,

The light of a lamp will not shine in you any more, and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will not be heard in you any more. Revelation 18:23.

[6] And in Jeremiah,

I will take away the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of mills, and the light of the lamp, that the whole land may be a desolation and devastation. Jeremiah 25:10-11.

This refers to the elimination of faith and consequently of intelligence in spiritual matters meant here by the lamp which will no longer be there and by 'the light of the lamp' which will be taken away.

[7] The like occurs in Job,

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out and [how often] does destruction come upon them? Job 21:17.

In David,

You light my lamp; Jehovah my God makes my darkness bright. Psalms 18:28; 2 Samuel 22:29.

In the same author,

By Your commands I have been made intelligent. Your Word is a lamp to my foot, and a light to my path. Psalms 119:104-105.

In Job,

When God causes a lamp to shine over my head I would walk in darkness towards His light. Job 29:3.

In Matthew,

The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Matthew 6:22-23; Luke 8:16; 11:33-36.

'The eye' is used here to mean faith and consequent intelligence - the fact that these are meant in the internal sense by 'the eye', see 4403-4421, 4523-4534, 9051. And from this the meaning of the words, 'If your eye is good your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness' is self-evident. Since faith and consequent intelligence and wisdom is meant by 'a lamp' the kings of Judah are called lamps to David, 1 Kings 11:36; 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; and David himself is called the lamp of Israel, 2 Samuel 21:16-17. Not that the kings of Judah were lamps; nor was David. Rather they were called such because 'a king' means Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, 6148, and 'David' the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, the source of faith, intelligence, and wisdom, 1888.

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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.