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2 Mose 39

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1 Und aus dem blauen und dem roten Purpur und dem Karmesin machten sie die Dienstkleider (And.: die gestickten Kleider; so auch v 41) zum Dienst im Heiligtum, und sie machten die heiligen Kleider für Aaron, so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte.

2 Und man (O. er) machte das Ephod von Gold, blauem und rotem Purpur und Karmesin und gezwirntem Byssus.

3 Und sie plätteten Goldbleche, und man (O. er) zerschnitt sie zu Fäden, zum Verarbeiten unter den blauen und unter den roten Purpur und unter den Karmesin und unter den Byssus, in Kunstweberarbeit.

4 Sie machten zusammenfügende Schulterstücke daran: an seinen beiden Enden wurde es zusammengefügt.

5 Und der gewirkte Gürtel, mit dem es angebunden wurde, der darüber war, war von gleichem Stoffe, (W. war aus ihm; wie Kap. 28,8) von gleicher Arbeit mit ihm: von Gold, blauem und rotem Purpur und Karmesin und gezwirntem Byssus: so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte.

6 Und sie machten die Onyxsteine, umgeben mit Einfassungen von Gold, gestochen in Siegelstecherei, nach den Namen der Söhne Israels.

7 Und man (O. er) setzte sie auf die Schulterstücke des Ephods, als Steine des Gedächtnisses für die Kinder Israel: so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte.

8 Und er machte das Brustschild in Kunstweberarbeit, gleich der Arbeit des Ephods: von Gold, blauem und rotem Purpur und Karmesin und gezwirntem Byssus.

9 Es war quadratförmig; das Brustschild machten sie gedoppelt, eine Spanne seine Länge und eine Spanne seine Breite, gedoppelt.

10 Und sie besetzten es mit vier eihen von Steinen; eine eihe: Sardis, Topas und Smaragd, die erste eihe;

11 und die zweite eihe: Karfunkel, Saphir und Diamant;

12 und die dritte eihe: Opal, Achat und Amethyst;

13 und die vierte eihe: Chrysolith, Onyx und Jaspis; umgeben mit Einfassungen von Gold in ihren Einsetzungen.

14 Und der Steine waren nach den Namen der Söhne Israels zwölf, nach ihren Namen; in Siegelstecherei, ein jeder nach seinem Namen, für die zwölf Stämme.

15 Und sie machten an das Brustschild schnurähnliche Ketten, in Flechtwerk, von reinem Golde.

16 Und sie machten zwei Einfassungen von Gold und zwei inge von Gold und befestigten die zwei inge an die beiden Enden des Brustschildes.

17 Und die zwei geflochtenen Schnüre von Gold befestigten sie an die beiden inge an den Enden des Brustschildes;

18 und die beiden anderen Enden der zwei geflochtenen Schnüre befestigten sie an die beiden Einfassungen und befestigten sie an die Schulterstücke des Ephods, an seine Vorderseite.

19 Und sie machten zwei inge von Gold und befestigten sie an die beiden Enden des Brustschildes, an seinen Saum, der gegen das Ephod hin war, einwärts;

20 und sie machten zwei inge von Gold und befestigten sie an die beiden Schulterstücke des Ephods, unten an seine Vorderseite, gerade bei seiner Zusammenfügung, oberhalb des gewirkten Gürtels des Ephods.

21 Und sie banden das Brustschild mit seinen ingen an die inge des Ephods mit einer purpurblauen Schnur, daß es über dem gewirkten Gürtel des Ephods wäre und das Brustschild sich nicht von dem Ephod verrückte: so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte.

22 Und er machte das Oberkleid des Ephods in Weberarbeit, ganz von blauem Purpur.

23 Und die Öffnung des Oberkleides war in seiner Mitte, wie die Öffnung eines Panzers; eine Borte hatte es an seiner Öffnung ringsum, damit es nicht einrisse.

24 Und sie machten an den Saum des Oberkleides Granatäpfel von blauem und rotem Purpur und Karmesin, gezwirnt.

25 Und sie machten Schellen von reinem Golde und setzten die Schellen zwischen die Granatäpfel an den Saum des Oberkleides ringsum, zwischen die Granatäpfel:

26 eine Schelle und einen Granatapfel, eine Schelle und einen Granatapfel an den Saum des Oberkleides ringsum, um den Dienst zu verrichten: so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte.

27 Und sie machten die Leibröcke von Byssus, in Weberarbeit, für Aaron und für seine Söhne;

28 und den Kopfbund von Byssus, und den Kopfschmuck der hohen Mützen von Byssus, und die leinenen Beinkleider von gezwirntem Byssus,

29 und den Gürtel von gezwirntem Byssus und von blauem und rotem Purpur und Karmesin, in Buntwirkerarbeit: so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte.

30 Und sie machten das Blech, das heilige Diadem, von reinem Golde, und schrieben darauf mit Siegelstecherschrift: Heiligkeit dem Jehova!

31 Und sie taten daran eine Schnur von blauem Purpur, um es oben an den Kopfbund zu befestigen: so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte.

32 Und es wurde vollendet die ganze Arbeit der Wohnung des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft; und die Kinder Israel taten nach allem, was Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte, also taten sie.

33 Und sie brachten die Wohnung zu Mose: Das Zelt und alle seine Geräte, seine Klammern, seine Bretter, seine iegel und seine Säulen und seine Füße;

34 und die Decke von rotgefärbten Widderfellen und die Decke von Dachsfellen und den Scheidevorhang;

35 die Lade des Zeugnisses und ihre Stangen und den Deckel;

36 den Tisch, alle seine Geräte und die Schaubrote;

37 den reinen Leuchter, seine Lampen, die zuzurichtenden Lampen, und alle seine Geräte und das Öl zum Licht;

38 und den goldenen Altar und das Salböl und das wohlriechende äucherwerk; und den Vorhang vom Eingange des Zeltes;

39 den ehernen Altar und sein ehernes Gitter, seine Stangen und alle seine Geräte; das Becken und sein Gestell;

40 die Umhänge des Vorhofs, seine Säulen und seine Füße; und den Vorhang für das Tor des Vorhofs, seine Seile und seine Pflöcke; und alle Geräte zum Dienst der Wohnung des Zeltes (O. für das Zelt) der Zusammenkunft;

41 die Dienstkleider zum Dienste im Heiligtum, die heiligen Kleider für Aaron, den Priester, und die Kleider seiner Söhne, um den Priesterdienst auszuüben.

42 Nach allem, was Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte, also hatten die Kinder Israel die ganze Arbeit gemacht.

43 Und Mose sah das ganze Werk, und siehe, sie hatten es gemacht; so wie Jehova geboten hatte, also hatten sie es gemacht; und Mose segnete sie.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 364

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364. Verse 4. And there went forth another horse that was red, signifies the understanding of the Word destroyed in respect to good. This is evident from the signification of "horse," as being the intellect (of which above, n. 355. Here because the states of those who are of the church where the Word is are treated of, "horse" signifies the intellect of the men of the church in relation to the Word. It is also evident from the signification of "red" [ruber] or "reddish" [rufus], as being of what nature a thing is in relation to good, so here, of what quality the understanding of the Word is in relation to good. That "reddish" [rufus] here signifies this understanding destroyed in respect to good, can be seen from what immediately follows in this verse, for it is said, "to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, that they should slay one another, and to him was given a great sword," which signifies a consequent extinction of all truth. Since the horses that John saw were distinguished by colors, for the first appeared "white," the second "red," the third "black," and the fourth "pale," and colors signify the quality of a thing, let something first be said here about colors.

In the heavens colors of every kind appear, and they draw their origin from the light there; and as that light immensely excels in brightness and splendor the light of the world, so also do the colors there; and as the light there is from the sun of heaven, which is the Lord, and is the Divine Proceeding, and as consequently that light is spiritual, so all colors signify things spiritual. And as the Divine Proceeding is Divine good united to Divine truth, and as Divine good in heaven is presented to view by a flamy light, and Divine truth by a bright white light, so there are two colors that are the fundamentals of all colors there, namely, the red color and the white color; the red color has its origin from the flamy light that goes forth from Divine good, and the white color from the bright white light that goes forth from Divine truth; consequently so far as colors are derived from red they signify good, and so far as they are derived from white they signify truth. (But these things can be seen better from what is told about colors, from experience, in the Arcana Coelestia, namely, that most beautiful colors are seen in the heavens, n. 1053, 1624; colors in the heavens are from the light there, and are modifications and variations of light, n. 1042, 1043, 1053, 1624, 3993, 4530, 4742, 4922; thus they are the appearances of truth and good, and signify such things as are of intelligence and wisdom, n. 4530, 4677, 4922, 9466; consequently the precious stones that were of various colors in the breastplate of the ephod, or in the Urim and Thummim, signified all things of truth from good in heaven and in the church, and therefore the breastplate in general signified Divine truth shining forth from the Divine good, n. 9823, 9865, 9868, 9905; and responses were thence given by variegations and resplendences of light, and at the same time by tacit perception, or by a living voice out of heaven, n. 3862, [9905]; colors so far as they are derived from red signify good, and so far as they are from bright white signify truth, n. Arcana Coelestia 9467. Of the Light of Heaven, whence and what it is, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 126-140, 275.)

[2] It is to be known, moreover, that "red" color not only signifies what the quality of a thing is in relation to good, but also what the quality of a thing is in relation to evil; for that color not only exists from the flamy light that is from the sun of heaven, as was said above, but it also exists from something flamy in hell, which is from the fire there, which fire is like a coal fire. Therefore the red in heaven is a wholly different red from the red in hell; the red in heaven is shining and living, while the red in hell is horribly obscure and dead; moreover, the red of heaven gives life, while the red of hell brings death; the reason is that the fire from which red is derived is in its origin love; heavenly fire is from heavenly love, and infernal fire from infernal love; consequently "fire" in the Word signifies love in both senses (See Arcana Coelestia 4906, 5071, 5215, 6314, 6832, 7575, 10747; and in the work on Heaven and Hell n. 134, 566-575); therefore the "red" existing thence signifies the quality of the love in both senses. Moreover, this red, that is, the "red" of this horse is, in the original Greek, from a word that means fire. All this, together with the description of this horse in this verse, makes clear why it is that a "red horse" signifies the understanding of the Word destroyed in respect to good.

That "horse" signifies something connected with the subject can be clearly seen from this, that horses were seen when "the seals were opened," and it was said that "they went forth," for horses could not go forth out of a book, but those things could be manifested which are signified by "horses." That "horse" signifies the intellect, and "color" its quality, has been made familiar to me from experience; for spirits who were meditating from the understanding upon some subject have several times been seen by me to be riding upon horses, and when I asked them whether they were riding, they said that they were not, but that they stood meditating upon some subject; which made clear that riding upon a horse is an appearance representing the operation of their understanding.

[3] There is also a place called the assembly of the intelligent and wise, to which very many resort for meditation, and when anyone is coming to it horses of various colors and variously caparisoned, and also chariots, with some riding and others sitting in the chariots, appear to him; and then also when they are asked whether they are riding upon horses, or are carried in chariots, they say that they are not, but that they are going along meditating; from this also it was clear what is signified by "horses" and by "chariots." (But about this see more in the small work on The White Horse.) From this it can now be seen why John saw horses when the seals of the book were opened, and also what they signify. These horses were seen, because all the spiritual things of the Word are presented in the sense of its letter by means of such things as correspond, that is, as represent and thence signify; and this in order that the Divine may be there in ultimates and consequently in fullness, as has been several times said above.

[4] That "reddish" [rufus] or "red" [ruber] signifies the quality of a thing in relation to good, can be seen also from the following passages in the Word. In Moses:

Who washeth his vesture in wine, and his covering in the blood of the grapes. His eyes are redder than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk (Genesis 49:11-12).

These words are in the prophecy of Israel the father respecting Judah, and "Judah" here means the Lord in relation to the good of love, and in a relative sense the Lord's celestial kingdom. What the particulars here signify in the spiritual sense may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia, where they are explained. Divine wisdom which is from Divine good is signified by "his eyes are redder than wine;" and Divine intelligence which is from Divine truth by "his teeth are whiter than milk."

[5] In Lamentations:

The Nazarites were whiter than snow, they were brighter than milk, their bones were more ruddy than pearls (Lamentations 4:7).

The Nazarites represented the Lord in respect to the Divine Human (See above, n. 66, 196, at the end), therefore they signified also, in a relative sense, the good of celestial love, because this good immediately proceeds from the Lord's Divine Human. The representative of this in the church is thus described, the truth of that good is signified by "they were whiter than snow, and brighter than milk," and the good of truth by "their bones were more ruddy than pearls;" for "bones" signify truths in their ultimate, thus truths in the whole complex, for in ultimates all things are together and in fullness; that these truths are from good, and also are goods, is signified by their being "ruddy."

[6] In Zechariah:

I saw four chariots coming out from between mountains of copper. In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses; in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled horses, stout (Zechariah 6:1-3).

That here, too, "red horses" signify the quality of the understanding in the beginning in relation to good, "black horses" the quality of the understanding in the beginning in relation to truth, "white horses" the quality of the understanding afterwards in relation to truth, "grisled horses" what is the quality of the understanding afterwards in relation to truth and good, and "stout" what it is consequently in respect to the power to resist falsities and evils, may be seen above (n. 355b), where the signification of "horse" is treated of. Nearly the like is meant in the same prophet by:

The red horse, upon which a man rode, standing among the myrtle-trees (Zechariah 1:8).

Because "red" [ruber] or "reddish" [rufus] signifies the quality of a thing in relation to good:

Red rams' skins were used for a covering over the tent (Exodus 25:5; 26:14; 35:7).

And therefore also:

The water of separation, used in cleansing, was made from a red heifer burned (Numbers 19:1-10);

"red heifer" signifying the good of the natural man, and the "water of separation" made from it when burned signifying the truth of the natural man; and this was commanded because all cleansing is effected by means of truths; moreover, the particulars of the process of slaying the heifer, and of preparing the water for cleansing by it, involve spiritual things.

[7] Because "red" signifies the quality of a thing in relation to good, those names also and the things that derive their names from this same word in the original tongue signify the good from which they are. The word red in the original is adam, from which is the name Adam, and also the name Edom; from this also man is called adam, the ground adama, and the ruby odam; thus these names and things are from red. "Adam" signifies the Most Ancient Church, a church that was in the good of love; "Man" has a like signification, also "ground" in the spiritual sense when celestial good is treated of. That "Edom" was named from red, see Genesis 25:30; and for this reason it signifies the truth of the good of the natural man. That the ruby is also named from red may be seen in Exodus 28:17; 39:10; Ezekiel 28:13; for this reason "ruby" signifies the truth of celestial good. (That "Adam" signifies the Most Ancient Church, which was a celestial church, or a church in the good of love to the Lord, see Arcana Coelestia 478, 479; that "Man" signifies the church in respect to good, n. 4287, 7424, 7523; that "ground" also has a like signification, n. 566, 10570; that "Edom," because he was named from red, signifies the truth of good of the natural man, n. 3300, 3322; and that "ruby" signifies the truth of celestial good, n. 9865) As "red" signifies the quality of a thing in relation to good, so in a contrary sense it signifies the quality of a thing in relation to evil, which is the opposite to good, consequently good destroyed. In this sense "red" is mentioned in the following passages. In Isaiah:

Although your sins have been as scarlet, they shall become white like snow; although they have been red as purple, they shall be as wool (Isaiah 1:18).

And in Nahum:

The shield of his mighty ones is made red, the men of valor are in crimson; in a fire of torches are his chariots. The chariots raged in the streets, they ran to and fro in the broad ways; the appearance of them 1 is like torches (Nahum 2:3-4).

In this sense also the dragon is called red (Revelation 12:3, of which in what follows).

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