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2 Mose 28:37

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37 Und tue es an eine Schnur von blauem Purpur; und es soll an dem Kopfbunde sein, an der Vorderseite des Kopfbundes soll es sein.

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Arcana Coelestia # 9944

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9944. 'And the belt' means a bond, and a separation from the outward things of that kingdom. This is clear from the meaning of 'the belt' as an outward bond that holds all things of love and faith in connection and form within itself, in order that they may all have the same end in view, dealt with in 9341(end), 9828, 9837. The reason why a separation from the outward things is also meant is that the bond gathers and holds together within itself the inward things; and this also separates them from the outward ones. The inward things of the spiritual kingdom are meant by 'the tunic' because it was the inmost garment, and the outward things of that kingdom by 'the robe' and 'the ephod' because they were the outer garments. For 'Aaron's garments' represented the Lord's spiritual kingdom, see 9814, 'the ephod' representing the outermost part of it, 9824; 'the robe' the inner part of it, 9825; and 'the tunic' the inmost, 9826.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9826

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9826. 'And a checkered tunic' means Divine Truth inmostly present there, emanating directly from the Divine Celestial. This is clear from the meaning of 'a tunic' as natural truth. But when the subject is Aaron, whose garments represented the forms of truth belonging to the Lord's spiritual kingdom, 9814, 9822, 'a tunic' means Divine Truth inmostly present in that kingdom, thus that which emanates from what is right next to it, namely the Divine Celestial, which is the Lord's Divine Good in the inmost heaven. The fact that such things are meant by 'tunics', see 4677. For the heavens are three - the inmost, which is called celestial; the middle, which is called spiritual; and the lowest, which approaches what is natural. In the inmost heaven the good of love to the Lord is predominant, in the middle one the good of charity towards the neighbour, and in the lowest the good of faith. Those heavens are completely distinct and separate from one another, so much so that nobody in one can possibly pass over into the next. Yet in order that they may still make one heaven they are joined together by means of intermediate angelic communities; in this way one heaven leads on from another. Since therefore Aaron's garments represent the spiritual heaven, and so the forms of truth there in their proper order, it is evident that the inmost garment, called 'a checkered tunic', represents the truth inmostly present there, emanating directly from the Divine Celestial. The word 'checkered' is used because it was a woven garment, as is clear from what follows later on in the Book of Exodus,

They made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons. Exodus 39:27.

It was made from fine linen in order that truth from a celestial origin might be represented, such truth being meant by 'fine linen', see 9469.

  
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