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Exode 28

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1 Et toi fais approcher de toi Aaron ton frère, et ses fils avec lui, d'entre les enfants d'Israël, pour m'exercer la Sacrificature, [savoir] Aaron, et Nadab, Abihu, Eléazar et Ithamar, fils d'Aaron.

2 Et tu feras à Aaron ton frère de saints vêtements pour gloire et pour ornement.

3 Et tu parleras à tous les hommes d'esprit, à chacun de ceux que j'ai remplis de l'esprit de science, afin qu'ils fassent des vêtements à Aaron pour le sanctifier, afin qu'il m'exerce la Sacrificature.

4 Et ce sont ici les vêtements qu'ils feront; le Pectoral, l'Ephod, le Rochet, la Tunique, qui tienne serré, la Tiare, et le Baudrier; ils feront donc les saints vêtements à Aaron ton frère, et à ses fils, pour m'exercer la Sacrificature.

5 Et ils prendront de l'or, de la pourpre, de l'écarlate, du cramoisi, et du fin lin.

6 Et ils feront l'Ephod d'or, de pourpre, d'écarlate, de cramoisi, et de fin lin retors, d'un ouvrage exquis.

7 Il aura deux épaulières qui se joindront par les deux bouts, et il sera [ainsi] joint.

8 Le ceinturon exquis dont il sera ceint, [et] qui sera par-dessus, sera de même ouvrage, et tiré de lui, [étant] d'or, de pourpre, d'écarlate, de cramoisi, et de fin lin retors.

9 Et tu prendras deux pierres d'Onyx, et tu graveras sur elles les noms des enfants d'Israël;

10 Six de leurs noms sur une pierre et les Six noms des autres, sur l'autre pierre, selon leur naissance.

11 Tu graveras sur les deux pierres, d'ouvrage de lapidaire, de gravure de cachet, les noms des enfants d'Israël, et tu les enchâsseras dans des chatons d'or.

12 Et tu mettras les deux pierres sur les épaulières de l'Ephod, afin qu'elles soient des pierres de mémorial pour les enfants d'Israël; car Aaron portera leurs noms sur ses deux épaules devant l'Eternel, pour mémorial.

13 Tu feras aussi des crampons d'or;

14 Et deux chaînettes de fin or à bouts, en façon de cordon, et tu mettras les chaînettes ainsi faites à cordon dans les crampons.

15 Tu feras aussi le Pectoral de jugement d'un ouvrage exquis, comme l'ouvrage de l'Ephod, d'or, de pourpre, d'écarlate, de cramoisi, et de fin lin retors.

16 Il sera carré [et] double; et sa longueur sera d'une paume, et sa largeur d'une paume.

17 Et tu le rempliras de remplage de pierrerie, à quatre rangées de pierres [précieuses]. A la première rangée on mettra une Sardoine, une Topaze, et une Emeraude.

18 Et à la seconde rangée, une Escarboucle, un Saphir, et un Jaspe.

19 Et à la troisième rangée, un Ligure, une Agathe, et une Améthyste.

20 Et à la quatrième rangée, un Chrysolithe, un Onyx et un Béryl, qui seront enchâssés dans de l'or, selon leurs remplages.

21 Et ces pierres-là seront selon les noms des enfants d'Israël, douze selon leurs noms, chacune d'elles gravée de gravure de cachet, selon le nom qu'elle en doit porter, [et] elles seront pour les douze Tribus.

22 Tu feras donc pour le Pectoral des chaînettes à bouts, en façon de cordon, qui seront de pur or.

23 Et tu feras sur le Pectoral deux anneaux d'or, et tu mettras les deux anneaux aux deux bouts du Pectoral.

24 Et tu mettras les deux chaînettes d'or faites à cordon, dans les deux anneaux à l'extrémité du Pectoral.

25 Et tu mettras les deux autres bouts des deux chaînettes faites à cordon, aux deux crampons, et tu les mettras sur les épaulières de l'Ephod, sur le devant de l'Ephod.

26 Tu feras aussi deux autres anneaux d'or, que tu mettras aux deux autres bouts du Pectoral, sur le bord qui sera du côté de l'Ephod en dedans.

27 Et tu feras deux autres anneaux d'or, que tu mettras aux deux épaulières de l'Ephod par le bas, répondant sur le devant, à l'endroit où il se joint, au-dessus du ceinturon exquis de l'Ephod.

28 Et ils joindront le Pectoral élevé par ses anneaux, aux anneaux de l'Ephod, avec un cordon de pourpre, afin qu'il tienne au-dessus du ceinturon exquis de l'Ephod, et que le Pectoral ne bouge point de dessus l'Ephod.

29 [Ainsi] Aaron portera sur son cœur les noms des enfants d'Israël au Pectoral de jugement, quand il entrera dans le lieu Saint, pour mémorial devant l'Eternel, continuellement.

30 Et tu mettras sur le Pectoral de jugement l'Urim et le Thummim, qui seront sur le cœur d'Aaron, quand il viendra devant l'Eternel; et Aaron portera le jugement des enfants d'Israël sur son cœur devant l'Eternel, continuellement.

31 Tu feras aussi le Rochet de l'Ephod entièrement de pourpre.

32 Et l'ouverture où passe la tête sera au milieu, [et] il y aura un ourlet à son ouverture tout autour, d'ouvrage tissu, comme l'ouverture d'un corselet, afin qu'il ne se déchire point.

33 Et tu feras à ses bords des grenades de pourpre, d'écarlate, et de cramoisi tout autour, et des clochettes d'or entre elles tout autour.

34 Une clochette d'or, puis une grenade; une clochette d'or, puis une grenade; aux bords du Rochet tout autour.

35 Et Aaron en sera revêtu quand il fera le service, et on en entendra le son lorsqu'il entrera dans le lieu Saint devant l'Eternel, et quand il en sortira, afin qu'il ne meure pas.

36 Et tu feras une lame de pur or, sur laquelle tu graveras [ces mots], de gravure de cachet : LA SAINTETÉ A L'ETERNEL.

37 Laquelle tu poseras avec un cordon de pourpre, et elle sera sur la Tiare, répondant sur le devant de la Tiare.

38 Et elle sera sur le front d'Aaron; et Aaron portera l'iniquité des saintes offrandes que les enfants d'Israël auront offertes, dans tous les dons de leurs saintes offrandes, et elle sera continuellement sur son front, pour les rendre agréables devant l'Eternel.

39 Tu feras aussi une chemise de fin lin qui s'appliquera sur le corps, et tu feras aussi la Tiare de fin lin; mais tu feras le baudrier d'ouvrage de broderie.

40 Tu feras aussi aux enfants d'Aaron des chemises, des baudriers, et des calottes pour leur gloire et pour leur ornement.

41 Et tu en revêtiras Aaron ton frère, et ses fils avec lui; tu les oindras, tu les consacreras et tu les sanctifieras; puis ils m'exerceront la Sacrificature.

42 Et tu leur feras des caleçons de lin, pour couvrir leur nudité, qui tiendront depuis les reins jusqu'au bas des cuisses.

43 Et Aaron et ses fils seront ainsi habillés quand ils entreront au Tabernacle d'assignation, ou quand ils approcheront de l'autel pour faire le service dans le lieu Saint; et ils ne porteront point la peine d'aucune iniquité, et ne mourront point. Ce sera une ordonnance perpétuelle pour lui et pour sa postérité après lui.

   

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9959. 'And make for them linen undergarments' means an external level of conjugial love. This is clear from the meaning of 'undergarments' as an external level of conjugial love, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'linen' as external truth or natural truth, also dealt with below. The reason why an external level of conjugial love is meant by 'undergarments' is that garments or coverings derive their meaning from the part of the body they cover, 9827, and the loins and genital organs, which the undergarments clothe or cover, mean conjugial love. For 'the loins' and their meaning this love, see 3021, 4280, 4575; and for 'the genital organs' and their meaning it, 4462, 5050-5062. What truly conjugial love is will be stated below in 9960.

[2] The undergarments were made from linen because 'linen' or 'flax' means external truth or natural truth, 7601, and what constitutes the actual external is truth. The reason why truth constitutes the external is that internal things terminate in external ones and rest on them as their underlying supports, and the underlying supports of good are truths. These are like the foundations on which a house is built or on which a house rests, which is why the truths of faith springing from good are meant by the foundations of a house, 9643. Truths furthermore are what protect forms of good from and withstand evils and falsities, all the power that good possesses being exerted by means of truths, 9643. So it is also that the last and lowest part of heaven is inhabited by those who are guided by truths of faith springing from good. So it is also therefore that what is last or most external with a person, namely his external skin, corresponds to those in heaven who are guided by the truths of faith, 5552-5559, 8980, yet not to those who uphold faith separated from good, since they are not in heaven. From all this it may now be recognized why the undergarments were made from linen or flax. Aaron's undergarment however, when he was clothed with the garments which were 'for glorious adornment', and which have been the subject in the present chapter, was made of fine linen together with interwoven fine linen, as is evident from a later chapter where it says,

They made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver, and a turban of fine linen, and attractive headdresses 1 from fine linen, and linen undergarments with fine twined linen. Exodus 39:27-28.

But when he was clothed with the 'holy garments' Aaron's undergarment was made of linen alone, as is clear from the following in Moses,

When Aaron comes into the sanctuary within the veil he shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarment shall be over his flesh, and he shall gird himself with the linen belt, and place the linen turban on himself. These are holy garments. He shall also wash his flesh with water when he puts them on. He shall then first offer burnt offerings and sacrifices, by means of which he will expiate the holy place from uncleannesses. Leviticus 16:1-end.

[3] The reason why Aaron was to go at that time clothed in the linen garments, which were also called 'the holy garments', was that at that time he was performing the duty of expiating the tent, and also the people and himself from uncleannesses. And every expiation, which was accomplished by means of washings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices, represented purification of the heart from evils and falsities, and so represented regeneration; and purification from evils and falsities, or regeneration, is accomplished by means of the truths of faith. This was why Aaron wore the linen garments then, for the truths of faith are meant by 'linen garments', as stated above.

All purification from evils and falsities is accomplished by means of the truths of faith, see 2799, 5954 (end), 7044, 7918, 9089. So therefore is regeneration, 1555, 2046, 2063, 2979, 3332, 3665, 3690, 3786, 3876, 3877, 4096, 4097, 5893, 6247, 8635, 8638-8640, 8772, 9088, 9089, 9103.

[4] It was for the same reason also that the priest was to put on the linen robe and the linen undergarment when he carried the ash away from the altar, Leviticus 6:9-11, and also that 'the priests, the Levites, from the sons of Zadok' were to put it on, when they entered the sanctuary, regarding whom the following is stated in Ezekiel,

The priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall draw near My table to minister to Me. When they enter the gates of the inner court they shall put on the linen garments, and no wool shall come upon them. When they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within, the linen turbans shall be on their heads, and the linen undergarments shall be over their loins. They shall not gird themselves with sweat. 2 Ezekiel 44:15-18.

The subject in this passage is the new temple, by which a new Church is meant. By 'the priests, the Levites' those guided by truths springing from good are meant, and by 'the linen garments' the truths of faith by means of which purification and regeneration are accomplished. 'Not girding themselves with sweat' means that the holy things of worship should not be mingled with the human self; for 'sweat' means the human self or proprium, and the human proprium is nothing but evil and falsity, 210, 215, 694, 874-876, 987, 1047, 3812 (end), 8480, 8941.

[5] The reason why the undergarment Aaron wore when he was clothed with the garments 'for glorious adornment' was made of linen together with fine twined linen, as is evident from Exodus 39:27-28, quoted above, was that Aaron in those garments represented the Lord in respect of Divine Good in the heavens, Aaron himself representing the Lord in respect of the Divine Celestial there, his garments the Lord in respect of the Divine Spiritual there emanating from the Divine Celestial, 9814, and fine linen the Divine Spiritual emanating from the Divine Celestial, 5319, 9469.

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1. literally, adornments of headdresses

2. i.e. They must not wear garments that will make them sweat

  
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Exodus 28

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1 "Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

2 You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

3 You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.

4 These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.

5 They shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

6 "They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.

7 It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.

8 The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

9 You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:

10 six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.

12 You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.

13 You shall make settings of gold,

14 and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings.

15 "You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, you shall make it.

16 It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.

17 You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;

18 and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;

19 and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

20 and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.

21 The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.

22 You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

23 You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

24 You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

25 The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in its forepart.

26 You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.

27 You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

28 They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.

29 Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.

30 You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before Yahweh: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before Yahweh continually.

31 "You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

32 It shall have a hole for the head in its midst: it shall have a binding of woven work around its hole, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.

33 On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between and around them:

34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.

35 It shall be on Aaron to minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he not die.

36 "You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, 'HOLY TO YAHWEH.'

37 You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash; on the front of the sash it shall be.

38 It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make holy in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh.

39 You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.

40 "You shall make coats for Aaron's sons, and you shall make sashes for them and you shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty.

41 You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.

42 You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs they shall reach:

43 They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him.