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2 Mose 27

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1 Und du sollst den Altar von Akazienholz machen: fünf Ellen die Länge, und fünf Ellen die Breite, quadratförmig soll der Altar sein und drei Ellen seine Höhe.

2 Und mache seine Hörner an seine vier Ecken; aus ihm sollen seine Hörner sein; und überziehe ihn mit Erz.

3 Und mache seine Töpfe, um ihn von der Fettasche zu reinigen, und seine Schaufeln und seine Sprengschalen und seine Gabeln und seine Kohlenpfannen; für alle seine Geräte sollst du Erz verwenden.

4 Und mache ihm ein Gitter von Netzwerk aus Erz, und mache an das Netz vier eherne Ringe an seine vier Ecken;

5 und setze es unter die Einfassung des Altars, unterwärts, daß das Netz bis zur Hälfte des Altars reiche.

6 Und mache Stangen für den Altar, Stangen von Akazienholz, und überziehe sie mit Erz.

7 Und seine Stangen sollen in die Ringe gebracht werden, daß die Stangen an beiden Seiten des Altars seien, wenn man ihn trägt.

8 Hohl, von Brettern sollst du ihn machen; so wie dir auf dem Berge gezeigt worden ist, also soll man ihn machen.

9 Und du sollst den Vorhof der Wohnung machen: an der Mittagseite, südwärts, Umhänge für den Vorhof von gezwirntem Byssus, hundert Ellen die Länge auf der einen Seite;

10 und seine zwanzig Säulen und ihre zwanzig Füße von Erz, die Haken der Säulen und ihre Bindestäbe von Silber.

11 Und ebenso an der Nordseite in die Länge: Umhänge, hundert Ellen lang; und seine zwanzig Säulen und ihre zwanzig Füße von Erz, die Haken der Säulen und ihre Bindestäbe von Silber.

12 Und die Breite des Vorhofs an der Westseite: fünfzig Ellen Umhänge, ihre zehn Säulen und ihre zehn Füße.

13 Und die Breite des Vorhofs an der Ostseite, gegen Aufgang, fünfzig Ellen:

14 fünfzehn Ellen Umhänge auf der einen Seite, ihre drei Säulen und ihre drei Füße;

15 und auf der anderen Seite fünfzehn Ellen Umhänge, ihre drei Säulen und ihre drei Füße;

16 und für das Tor des Vorhofs einen Vorhang von zwanzig Ellen von blauem und rotem Purpur und Karmesin und gezwirntem Byssus, in Buntwirkerarbeit, ihre vier Säulen und ihre vier Füße.

17 Alle Säulen des Vorhofs ringsum sollen mit Bindestäben von Silber versehen sein, ihre Haken von Silber und ihre Füße von Erz.

18 Die Länge des Vorhofs hundert Ellen, und die Breite fünfzig gegen fünfzig, und die Höhe fünf Ellen, von gezwirntem Byssus; und ihre Füße von Erz.

19 Alle Geräte der Wohnung zu ihrem ganzen Dienst und alle ihre Pflöcke und alle Pflöcke des Vorhofs sollen von Erz sein.

20 Und du, du sollst den Kindern Israel gebieten, daß sie dir reines, zerstoßenes Olivenöl bringen zum Licht, um die Lampen anzuzünden beständig.

21 Im Zelte der Zusammenkunft, außerhalb des Vorhangs, der vor dem Zeugnis ist, sollen Aaron und seine Söhne sie zurichten vom Abend bis zum Morgen, vor Jehova. Eine ewige Satzung bei ihren Geschlechtern von seiten der Kinder Israel.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9739

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9739. 'As it has appeared to you on the mountain, so they shall make [it]' means in keeping with the correspondence of Divine realities in heaven. This is clear from the meaning of the altar that 'appeared on the mountain' as an outward form corresponding to Divine realities in heaven. For Mount Sinai means heaven, 8805, 9420, and the outward forms that appear in heaven correspond completely to actual Divine celestial and Divine spiritual realities, which belong to goodness and truth. The fact that these realities are presented in this visual way to the inner sight of angels and spirits may be recognized from all that has been stated and shown previously regarding the representation of heavenly realities within natural forms, in 1619, 1971, 1980, 1981, 2987-3003, 3213-3227, 3475, 3485, 6319, 9457, 9481, 9574, 9576, 9577. The Divine realities to which the altar corresponded are the ones that have been described up to now.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9481

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9481. 'In accordance with all that I show you, the pattern of the dwelling-place' means a representative of heaven where the Lord is. This is clear from the meaning of 'the pattern of the dwelling-place' as a representative of heaven; for 'the pattern' means a representative, and 'the dwelling-place' means heaven. The reason why 'the pattern' means a representative is that Divine realities in heaven are also manifested in visible shapes, which are representatives. For the meaning of 'the dwelling-place' as heaven where the Lord is, see 8269, 8309. What the representatives that appear in heaven are like is clear in the prophets, for example in John's Book of Revelation, in which he describes lampstands, Chapter 1:12ff; a throne with twenty-four thrones around it, and four living creatures before the throne, Chapter 4:2ff; a book sealed with seven seals, Chapter 5; horses going out when the seals were opened, Chapter 6; angels who are clothed in various ways and have bowls, Chapters 9, 10, 15, 16; a white horse, Chapter 19; and at length a new Jerusalem, its walls, gates, foundations, height, breadth, and length, Chapters 21, 22. Similar sights are also described by other prophets.

[2] All those sights are representatives such as appear unceasingly in heaven before angels' eyes, manifesting in visible shapes the Divine celestial realities that belong to the good of love and the Divine spiritual realities that belong to the good of faith. Such realities taken all together were represented by the tabernacle and its contents, that is, the ark itself, the table on which loaves were laid, the altar of incense, the lampstand, and everything else. Therefore when these objects, being outward forms of Divine celestial and spiritual realities, were beheld by the people while they were engaged in holy acts of worship, such realities as were represented by those objects were brought to notice in heaven. These, as stated above, were the Divine celestial realities that belong to the good of love to the Lord and the Divine spiritual realities that belong to the good of faith in the Lord. All the representatives of that Church had that kind of effect in heaven. It should be realized that a person always has spirits and angels present with him and that a person cannot live without them. It should likewise be realized that through them the person is linked to the Lord, and that in this way the human race, and heaven too, is kept in being. From this one can see what purpose was served by the representatives and also the ritual observances of the Church established among the Israelite nation. One can also see what purpose is served by the Word, in which all things mentioned in the sense of the letter correspond to Divine realities that exist in heaven, thus in which all the objects mentioned are representative and all the words used carry a spiritual meaning. This is what brings about the linking of a person to heaven, and through heaven to the Lord. Without that link the person would have no life whatever, for without being linked to the actual Essential Being (Esse) of life, from which the Coming-into-Being (Existere) of life emanates, no one has life.

[3] But these considerations are unintelligible to those who think that life exists essentially in a person himself and that a person lives without spirits or angels, thus without influx from the Divine by way of heaven. But in actual fact anything that is not linked to the Divine perishes and ceases to exist. Indeed nothing can ever come into being without that which is prior to itself, thus without the Divine, who is the First and is self-existent Being (Esse) or Jehovah; nor consequently can it remain in being, for remaining in being is constant coming-into-being. Because 'the dwelling-place' means heaven where the Lord is, it also means the good of love and faith, since these compose heaven; and because all good comes from the Lord, and heaven is called heaven by virtue of its love to and faith in the Lord, 'the dwelling-place' also means in the highest sense the Lord, as is evident in Isaiah 63:15; Jeremiah 25:30; Ezekiel 37:26-27; Psalms 26:8; 43:3; 90:1; 91:9; Exodus 15:13; Deuteronomy 12:5, 11; and other places. From this it is clear that the tabernacle was called Jehovah's sanctuary and dwelling-place for the reason that it represented the realities mentioned above.

  
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