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2 Mose 36

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1 Da arbeiteten Bezaleel und Oholiab und alle weisen Männer, denen der HERR Weisheit und Verstand gegeben hatte, zu wissen, wie sie allerlei Werk machen sollten zum Dienst des Heiligtums, nach allem, was der HERR geboten hatte.

2 Und Mose berief den Bezaleel und Oholiab und alle weisen Männer, denen der HERR Weisheit gegeben hatte in ihr Herz, alle, die sich freiwillig erboten und hinzutraten, zu arbeiten an dem Werke.

3 Und sie nahmen zu sich von Mose alle Hebe, die die Kinder Israel brachten zu dem Werke des Dienstes des Heiligtums, daß es gemacht würde. Denn sie brachten alle Morgen ihre willige Gabe zu ihm.

4 Da kamen alle Weisen, die am Werk des Heiligtums arbeiteten, ein jeglicher von seinem Werk, das sie machten,

5 und sprachen zu Mose: Das Volk bringt zu viel, mehr denn zum Werk dieses Dienstes not ist, das der HERR zu machen geboten hat.

6 Da gebot Mose, daß man rufen ließ durchs Lager: Niemand tue mehr zur Hebe des Heiligtums. Da hörte das Volk auf zu bringen.

7 Denn des Dinges war genug zu allerlei Werk, das zu machen war, und noch übrig.

8 Also machten alle weisen Männer unter den Arbeitern am Werk die Wohnung, zehn Teppiche von gezwirnter weißer Leinwand, blauem und rotem Purpur und Scharlach, und Cherubim daran von kunstreicher Arbeit.

9 Die Länge eines Teppichs war achtundzwanzig Ellen und die Breite vier Ellen, und waren alle in einem Maß.

10 Und er fügte je fünf Teppiche zu einem Stück zusammen, einen an den andern.

11 Und machte blaue Schleifen an jegliches Stück am Rande, wo die zwei Stücke sollten zusammengeheftet werden,

12 fünfzig Schleifen an jegliches Stück, daß eine Schleife der anderen gegenüberstünde.

13 Und machte fünfzig goldene Haken und heftete die Teppiche mit den Haken einen an den andern zusammen, daß es eine Wohnung würde.

14 Und er machte elf Teppiche von Ziegenhaaren, zur Hütte über die Wohnung,

15 dreißig Ellen lang und vier Ellen breit, alle in einem Maß.

16 Und fügte ihrer fünf zusammen auf einen Teil und sechs zusammen auf den andern Teil.

17 Und machte fünfzig Schleifen an jegliches Stück am Rande, wo die Stücke sollten zusammengeheftet werden.

18 Und machte je fünfzig eherne Haken, daß die Hütte damit zusammen in eins gefügt würde.

19 Und machte eine Decke über die Hütte von rötlichen Widderfellen und über die noch eine Decke von Dachsfellen.

20 Und machte Bretter zur Wohnung von Akazienholz, die stehen sollten,

21 ein jegliches zehn Ellen lang und anderthalb Ellen breit

22 und an jeglichem zwei Zapfen, damit eins an das andere gesetzt würde. Also machte er alle Bretter zur Wohnung,

23 daß der Bretter zwanzig gegen Mittag standen.

24 Und machte vierzig silberne Füße darunter, unter jeglich Brett zwei Füße an seine zwei Zapfen.

25 Also zur andern Seite der Wohnung, gegen Mitternacht, machte er auch zwanzig Bretter

26 mit vierzig silbernen Füßen, unter jeglichem Brett zwei Füße.

27 Aber hinten an der Wohnung, gegen Abend, machte er sechs Bretter

28 und zwei andere hinten an den zwei Ecken der Wohnung,

29 daß ein jegliches der beiden sich mit seinem Eckbrett von untenauf gesellte und oben am Haupt zusammenkäme mit einer Klammer,

30 daß der Bretter acht würden und sechzehn silberne Füße, unter jeglichem zwei Füße.

31 Und er machte Riegel von Akazienholz, fünf zu den Brettern auf der einen Seite der Wohnung

32 und fünf auf der andern Seite und fünf hintenan, gegen Abend.

33 Und machte den mittleren Riegel, daß er mitten an den Brettern hindurchgestoßen würde von einem Ende zum andern.

34 Und überzog die Bretter mit Gold; aber ihre Ringe machte er von Gold, daß man die Riegel darein täte, und überzog die Riegel mit Gold.

35 Und machte den Vorhang mit dem Cherubim daran künstlich von blauem und rotem Purpur, Scharlach und gezwirnter weißer Leinwand.

36 Und machte zu demselben vier Säulen von Akazienholz und überzog sie mit Gold, und ihre Haken von Gold; und goß dazu vier silberne Füße.

37 Und machte ein Tuch in der Tür der Hütte von blauem und rotem Purpur, Scharlach und gezwirnter weißer Leinwand, gestickt,

38 und fünf Säulen dazu mit ihren Haken, und überzog ihre Köpfe und Querstäbe mit Gold und fünf eherne Füße daran.

   

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3519. 'And take for me from there two good kids of the she-goats' means truths born from that good. This is clear from the meaning of 'kids of the she-goats' as truths born from good, dealt with below. The reason for having 'two' was that as in the rational so in the natural there are things of the will and those of the understanding. Things in the natural that belong to the will are delights, while those that belong to the understanding are facts. These two have to be joined together if they are to be anything at all.

[2] As regards 'kids of the she-goats' meaning truths born from good, this becomes clear from those places in the Word where kids and she-goats are mentioned. It should be recognized that all gentle and useful beasts mentioned in the Word mean in the genuine sense celestial things, which are forms of good, and spiritual things, which are forms of truth, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 776, 2179, 2180, 2781, 3218. And since there are various genera of celestial things or forms of good, and consequently there are various genera of spiritual things or forms of truth, one beast has a different meaning from another; that is to say, a lamb has one meaning, a kid another, and a sheep, she-goat, ram, he-goat, young bull, or ox another, while a horse or a camel has yet another meaning. Birds have a different meaning again, as also do beasts of the sea, such as sea monsters, and fish. The genera of celestial and spiritual things, and consequently of forms of good and truth, are more than anyone can number, even though when that which is celestial or good is mentioned, and also when that which is spiritual or truth, this is not envisaged as being anything complex, consisting of many parts, but as a single entity. Yet how complex both of these are, that is, how countless the genera are of which they consist, may be seen from what has been stated about heaven in 3241, to the effect that it is distinguished into countless separate communities, according to the genera of celestial and spiritual things, that is, of goods of love and of derivative truths of faith. Furthermore each genus of good and each genus of truth has countless species into which the communities of each genus are separated. And each species in a similar way has separate sub-species.

[3] The commonest genera of good and truth are what the living creatures offered as burnt offerings and sacrifices represented. And because the genera are quite distinct and separate, people were explicitly commanded to use those living creatures and no others, that is to say, in some sacrifices lambs and ewe-lambs, and also kids and female kids of she-goats were to be used, in other sacrifices rams and sheep, and also he-goats, were to be used, while in other sacrifices again, calves, young bulls, and oxen, or else pigeons and doves, were to be used, see 992, 1823, 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3218. What kids and she-goats meant however becomes clear both from the sacrifices in which they used to be offered and from other places in the Word. These show that lambs and ewe-lambs meant innocence belonging to the internal or rational man, and kids and she-goats innocence belonging to the external or natural man, and so the truth and the good of the latter.

[4] The fact that truth and good present in the innocence that belongs to the external or natural man is meant by a kid and a she-goat is clear from the following places in the Word: In Isaiah,

The wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the kid, the calf also and the young lion and the sheep together; and a little child will lead them. Isaiah 11:6.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom and to the state there in which people have no fear of evil, that is, no dread of hell, because they are with the Lord. 'The lamb' and 'the kid' stand for people who have innocence within them, and who, being the most secure of all, are mentioned first.

[5] When all the firstborn of Egypt were smitten the people were commanded to kill from among the lambs or among the kids a male without blemish, and to put some of the blood on the doorposts and on the lintel of their houses; and so the destroyer would not strike them with the plague, Exodus 12:5, 7, 13. 'The firstborn of Egypt' means the good of love and charity that was wiped out, 3325. 'The lambs' and 'the kids' are states of innocence, in which those with whom these exist are secure from evil. Indeed all in heaven are kept secure by the Lord through states of innocence. That security was represented by the killing of the lamb or kid, and putting the blood on the doorposts and on the lintel of the houses. .

[6] To avert his own death when a person saw Jehovah manifested as an angel he would sacrifice 'a kid of the she-goats', as Gideon did when he saw Him, Judges 6:19, and also Manoah, Judges 13:15-16, 19. The reason they offered a kid was that Jehovah or the Lord cannot appear to anybody, not even to an angel, unless the one to whom He appears is in a state of innocence. Therefore as soon as the Lord is present people are brought into a state of innocence, for the Lord enters in by way of innocence, even with angels in heaven. Consequently no one is able to enter heaven unless he has a measure of innocence, according to the Lord's words recorded in Matthew 18:3; Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17. Regarding people's belief that they would die when Jehovah appeared to them if they did not offer such a burnt offering, see Judges 13:22-23.

[7] Since genuine conjugial love is innocence itself, 2736, it was customary in the representative Church for a man to go to his wife with the gift of a kid of the she-goats, as one reads of Samson in Judges 15:1, and also of Judah when he visited Tamar, Genesis 38:17, 20, 23. The fact that 'a kid' and 'a she-goat' meant innocence is also evident from the sacrifices made as guilt offerings that a person would offer if he had sinned through error, Leviticus 1:10; 4:28; 5:6. Sinning through error is sinning through ignorance that has innocence within it. The same is evident from the following Divine command in Moses,

You shall bring the first of the firstfruits of your land to the house of Jehovah your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk. Exodus 23:19; 34:26.

Here the requirement 'to bring the firstfruits of the land to the house of Jehovah' means the state of innocence which exists in early childhood; and 'not boiling a kid in its mother's milk' means that they were not to destroy the innocence of early childhood. This being their meaning, the one command, in both places referred to, follows directly after the other. In the literal sense there seems to be no connection at all between them as there is in the internal sense.

[8] Because kids and she-goats, as has been stated, meant innocence it was also required that the curtains over the tabernacle should be made from she-goat hair, Exodus 25:4; 26:7; 35:5-6, 23, 26; 36:14, as a sign that all the holy things represented in it depended for their very being on innocence. 'She-goat hair' means the last or outermost degree of innocence present in ignorance, such as exists with gentiles who in the internal sense are meant by the curtains of the tabernacle. These considerations now show what truths born of good are, and what the nature of these is, meant by the two good kids of the she-goats which Rebekah his mother spoke about to Jacob. That is to say, they are truths belonging to innocence or early childhood, meant also by the things which Esau was to bring to Isaac his father, dealt with in 3501, 3508. They were not in fact such truths, but initially they appeared to be. Thus it was that Jacob pretended by means of them to be Esau.

  
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