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2 Mose 38

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1 Und machte den Brandopferaltar von Föhrenholz, fünf Ellen lang und, breit, gleich viereckig und drei Ellen hoch.

2 Und machte vier Hörner, die aus ihm gingen, auf seinen vier Ecken; und über zog ihn mit Erz.

3 Und machte allerlei Geräte zu dem Altar Aschentöpfe, Schaufeln, Becken, Kreuel, Kohlpfannen: alles von Erz.

4 Und machte am Altar ein Gitter, wie ein Netz, von Erz umher, von unten auf bis an die Hälfte des Altars.

5 Und goß vier Rinken an die vier Orte des ehernen Gitters zu Stangen.

6 Dieselben machte er von Föhrenholz und überzog sie mit Erz.

7 Und tat sie in die Rinken an den Seiten des Altars, daß man ihn damit trüge; und machte ihn inwendig hohl.

8 Und machte das Handfaß von Erz und seinen Fuß auch von Erz, gegen den Weibern, die vor der Tür der Hütte des Stifts dieneten.

9 Und er machte einen Vorhof gegen Mittag mit einem Umhang hundert Ellen lang von gezwirnter weißer Seide,

10 mit ihren zwanzig Säulen und zwanzig Füßen von Erz, aber ihre Knäufe und Reife von Silber;

11 desselbengleichen gegen Mitternacht hundert Ellen mit zwanzig Säulen und zwanzig Füßen von Erz, aber ihre Knäufe und Reife von Silber;

12 gegen den Abend aber fünfzig Ellen mit zehn Säulen und zehn Füßen, aber ihre Knäufe und Reife von Silber;:

13 gegen den Morgen aber fünfzig Ellen,

14 fünfzehn Ellen auf jeglicher Seite des Tors am Vorhof, je mit drei Säulen und drei Füßen,

15 und auf der andern Seite fünfzehn Ellen, daß ihrer so viel war an der einen Seite des Tors am Vorhofe als auf der andern, mit drei Säulen und drei Füßen,

16 daß alle Umhänge des Vorhofs waren von gezwirnter weißer Seide

17 und die Füße der Säulen von Erz und ihre Knäufe und Reife von Silber, also daß ihre Köpfe überzogen waren mit Silber; aber ihre Reife waren silbern an allen Säulen des Vorhofs.

18 Und das Tuch in dem Tor des Vorhofs machte er gestickt, von gelber Seide, Scharlaken, Rosinrot und gezwirnter weißer Seide, zwanzig Ellen lang und fünf Ellen hoch, nach dem Maß der Umhänge des Vorhofs;

19 dazu vier Säulen und vier Füße von Erz und ihre Knäufe von Silber und ihre Köpfe überzogen und ihre Reife silbern.

20 Und alle Nägel der Wohnung und des Vorhofs ringsherum waren von Erz:

21 Das ist nun die Summa zu der Wohnung des Zeugnisses, die erzählet ist, wie Mose gesagt hat, zum Gottesdienst der Leviten unter der Hand Ithamars, Aarons, des Priesters, Sohnes,

22 die Bezaleel, der Sohn Uris, des Sohns Hurs, vom Stamm Juda machte, alles, wie der HERR Mose geboten hatte;

23 und mit ihm Ahaliab, der Sohn Ahisamachs, vom Stamm Dan, ein Meister zu schneiden, zu wirken und zu sticken mit gelber Seide, Scharlaken, Rosinrot und weißer Seide.

24 Alles Gold, das verarbeitet ist in diesem ganzen Werk des Heiligtums, das zur Webe gegeben ward, ist neunundzwanzig Zentner, siebenhundertunddreißig Sekel nach dem Sekel des Heiligtums.

25 Des Silbers aber, das von der Gemeine kam, war hundert Zentner, tausendsiebenhundertfünfundsiebenzig Sekel, nach dem Sekel des Heiligtums.

26 So manch Haupt, so mancher halber Sekel, nach dem Sekel des Heiligtums, von allen, die gezählet wurden, von zwanzig Jahren an und drüber, sechshundertmal tausend dreitausendfünfhundertundfünfzig.

27 Aus den hundert Zentnern Silbers goß man die Füße des Heiligtums und die Füße des Vorhangs, hundert Füße aus hundert Zentnern, je einen Zentner zum Fuß.

28 Aber aus den tausend siebenhundertundfünfundsiebenzig Sekeln wurden gemacht der Säulen Knäufe, und ihre Köpfe überzogen und ihre Reife.

29 Die Webe aber des Erzes war siebenzig Zentner, zweitausendundvierhundert Sekel.

30 Daraus wurden gemacht die Füße in der Tür der Hütte des Stifts und der eherne Altar und das eherne Gitter dran und alles Geräte des Altars,

31 dazu die Füße des Vorhofs ringsherum und die Füße des Tors am Vorhof, alle Nägel der Wohnung und alle Nägel des Vorhofs ringsherum.

   

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'Silver' signifies spiritual good or truth from a celestial origin. It also represents the truth of faith, or the truth acquired from self-hood, or proprium. 'Silver' means scientific truth. In Genesis 20:16, it signifies rational truth. 'A piece of silver' signifies a truth, or a knowledge of truth. In the internal sense of the Word, it signifies truth, but also falsity.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1551; Exodus 16, 20; Psalms 6, 12, 12:6)


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1551. That 'silver' means truths is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth. The most ancient people compared the goods and truths present in man to metals. Innermost or celestial goods which flow from love to the Lord they compared to gold, truths deriving from these to silver. Goods of a lower or natural kind however they compared to bronze, and truths of a lower kind to iron. Nor did they just compare them; they also called them such. This was the origin of periods of time being likened to those same metals and being called the golden, silver, bronze, and iron ages, for these followed in that order one after another. The golden age was the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial man. The silver age was the time of the Ancient Church, which was spiritual man. The bronze age was the time of the Church that followed, and the iron age came after that. Similar things were also meant by the statue which Nebuchadnezzar saw in a dream, whose head was of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, and shins of iron, Daniel 2:32-33. That periods of the Church were to follow one another in that order, and actually did so, is clear in that very chapter of the same prophet.

[2] That 'silver' in the internal sense of the Word wherever it is mentioned means truth, or in the contrary sense falsity, is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment, and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:17.

Here it is evident what each metal means. The subject is the Lord's Coming, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. 'Instead of bronze, gold' is celestial good in place of natural good; 'instead of iron, silver' is spiritual truth in place of natural truth; 'instead of wood, bronze' is natural good in place of bodily good; 'instead of stone, iron' is natural truth in place of truth acquired through the senses. In the same prophet,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water, and he who has no money, 1 come, buy and eat! Isaiah 55:1.

'He who has no money' 1 is the person who does not know the truth but who nevertheless possesses the good that stems from charity, as is the case with many people inside the Church, and with gentiles outside it.

[3] In the same prophet,

The islands will wait for Me, the ships of Tarshish at their head, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of Jehovah your God, and to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:9.

This refers specifically to a new Church, or a Church among gentiles, and in general to the Lord's kingdom. 'Ships from Tarshish' stands for cognitions, 'silver' for truths, and 'gold' for goods, which are those things they 'will bring to the name of Jehovah'. In Ezekiel,

For your adornment you took vessels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourselves figures of the male. Ezekiel 16:17.

Here 'gold' stands for cognitions of celestial things, 'silver' of spiritual things. In the same prophet,

You were adorned with gold and silver, and your raiment was fine linen and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:13.

This refers to Jerusalem, by which the Lord's Church is meant, whose adornment is being described in this manner. In the same prophet,

Behold, you who are wise, there is no secret they have hidden from you; by your wisdom and by your intelligence you have acquired riches for yourself, and you have acquired gold and silver in your treasuries. Ezekiel 28:3-4.

Here, in what is said in reference to Tyre, 'gold' is plainly identified with the riches of wisdom, and 'silver' with the riches of intelligence.

[4] In Joel,

You have taken My silver and My gold, and My good and desirable treasures you have carried into your temples. Joel 3:5.

This refers to Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia, which mean cognitions, and these are 'the silver and the gold they took into their temples'. In Haggai,

The elect of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory. Mine is the silver, and Mine is the gold. The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former. Haggai 2:7-9.

This refers to the Lord's Church to which 'gold and silver' have reference. In Malachi,

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi. Malachi 3:3.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. In David,

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver refined in an earthen crucible, poured seven times. Psalms 12:6.

'Silver purified seven times' stands for Divine truth. At the time of their exodus out of Egypt the children of Israel were commanded that every woman should ask of her neighbour, and of her who sojourned in her house, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, and that they should put them on their sons and on their daughters, and so despoil the Egyptians, Exodus 3:22; 11:2-3; 12:35-36. Anyone may see from this that the children of Israel would never have been ordered to steal and despoil the Egyptians of those possessions in that way if these did not represent some arcana. But what those arcana are may become clear from the meaning of 'silver and gold, garments, and Egypt', and from the fact that what these possessions represented is similar to the words here 'rich in the silver and gold from Egypt', used in reference to Abram.

[5] Just as 'silver' means truth so in a contrary sense it means falsity, for people under the influence of falsity imagine falsity to be the truth, as is also clear in the Prophets. In Moses,

You shall not covet the silver and the gold of the nations, nor take it for yourself, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God. You shall utterly detest it. Deuteronomy 7:25-26.

'The gold of the nations' stands for evils, and 'their silver' for falsities. In the same author,

You shall not make gods of silver to be with Me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. Exodus 20:23.

In the internal sense these words mean nothing other than falsities and evil desires, falsities being meant by 'gods of silver', and evil desires by 'gods of gold'. In Isaiah,

On that day everyone will spurn his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you - a sin. Isaiah 31:7.

'Idols of silver and idols of gold' stands for similar things that are false and evil 'Which your hands have made' stands for what is a product of the proprium. In Jeremiah,

They are foolish and stupid; that wood is a way of learning vanities! Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the smith and of the hands of the moulder. Their clothing is violet and purple These are all the work of the wise. Jeremiah 10:8-9.

Here 'silver' and 'gold' quite clearly stand for similar things that are false and evil.

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