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1 Ezt mondja az Úr Isten: A belsõ pitvar kapuja, mely keletre néz, zárva legyen a dologtevõ hat napon, szombatnapon pedig nyissák ki, és újhold napján is nyissák ki.

2 És a fejedelem jõjjön be a kapu tornáczának útján kívülrõl, és álljon a kapu félfája mellé, és mikor a papok megáldozzák az õ égõáldozatát és hálaadóáldozatait, õ leborulva imádkozzék a kapu küszöbén, azután menjen ki, a kaput pedig ne zárják be estvéig.

3 És leborulva imádkozzék az ország népe ugyanannak a kapunak bejáratánál a szombatokon és az újholdnak napjain az Úr elõtt.

4 Az égõáldozat pedig, melyet a fejedelem vigyen az Úrnak szombatnapon, hat ép bárány és egy ép kos legyen;

5 És az ételáldozat: egy éfa a kos mellé; és a bárányok mellé ételáldozatul, a mit keze adhat, s az olajból egy hín az éfához.

6 Az újhold napján pedig egy ép, fiatal bika és hat bárány és egy kos, [mind] épek legyenek.

7 És a bika mellé egy éfát és a kos mellé egy éfát tegyen ételáldozatul; és a bárányok mellé azt, a mi kezétõl telik, s az olajból egy hínt az éfához.

8 És mikor bemegy a fejedelem, a kapu tornáczának útján menjen be, és ezen az úton menjen ki.

9 Mikor pedig a föld népe megyen be az Úr eleibe az ünnepeken, a ki az északi kapu útján ment be, hogy leborulva imádkozzék, a déli kapu útján menjen ki; a ki pedig a déli kapu útján ment be, az az északi kapu útján menjen ki; ne térjen vissza azon kapu útjához, a melyen bement, hanem az annak ellenében valón menjen ki.

10 A fejedelem pedig, mikor bemennek, közöttök menjen be, és mikor kimennek, [együtt] menjen ki velök.

11 És az ünnepeken és a szent egybegyûléseken legyen az ételáldozat egy éfa egy bika mellé és egy éfa a kos mellé, és a bárányok mellé, a mit keze adhat, s az olajból egy hín az éfához.

12 Továbbá, mikor a fejedelem szabad akaratból tesz égõáldozatot, vagy hálaadó áldozatokat, szabad akaratból az Úrnak, nyissák ki néki a kaput, mely napkeletre néz, és õ vigye égõáldozatát és hálaadó áldozatait, mint a hogy szombat napon szokta tenni, és azután menjen ki, és zárják be a kaput kimenése után.

13 És egy esztendõs ép bárányt áldozz égõáldozatul naponként az Úrnak; minden reggel áldozz azzal.

14 És ételáldozatot tégy hozzá minden reggel: egy hatodrész éfát, és az olajból a hín harmadrészét a liszt megnedvesítésére, ételáldozatul az Úrnak; örökre állandó rendelések ezek.

15 Hozzátok azért a bárányt és az ételáldozatot és az olajat minden reggel állandó égõáldozatul.

16 Ezt mondja az Úr Isten: Ha a fejedelem ajándékot ad valamelyik fiának a maga örökségébõl, az az õ fiaié legyen tulajdonul örökségképen.

17 De ha örökségébõl valamelyik szolgájának ad ajándékot, az a szabadság esztendejéig lesz azé, azután visszaszáll a fejedelemre; csak az õ öröksége lesz az õ fiaié.

18 És a fejedelem el ne vegyen a nép örökségébõl, hogy nyomorgatással kivesse õket tulajdonukból; a maga tulajdonából adjon örökséget fiainak, hogy az én népem közül senki el ne széledjen a maga tulajdonából.

19 És bevitt engem ahhoz a bejárathoz, mely a kapu mellett oldalaslag vala, a kamarákhoz, a papok szenthelyéhez, melyek északra néznek, és ímé, ott egy hely vala leghátul nyugotra.

20 És monda nékem: Ez a hely, a hol a papok fõzzék a vétekért és a bûnért való áldozatot, és a hol süssék az ételáldozatot, hogy ne kelljen kivinniök a külsõ pitvarba a nép megszentelésére.

21 És kivitt engem a külsõ pitvarba, és elhordoza engem a pitvar négy szegletén, és ímé, a pitvar mindenik szegletében egy-egy pitvar vala.

22 A pitvarnak négy szegletében zárt pitvarok valának, negyven [sing ]hosszúságúak és harmincz [sing] szélesek; egy mértéke vala a négy szegleten való [pitvar]oknak.

23 És falazások valának bennök köröskörül mind a négy körül, és a falazások alatt konyhák valának csinálva köröskörül.

24 És monda nékem: Ez a fõzõház, a hol fõzzék a háznak szolgái a nép véres áldozatát.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9457

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9457. 'And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means instructions regarding the holy things of heaven which had to be represented. This is clear from the verses that follow, for the things which Jehovah told Moses mean the holy things of heaven that were to be represented. Among the Israelite people a Church was being established in which outward forms would exist displaying in a representative fashion the celestial realities belonging to the good of love, and the spiritual realities belonging to the good and truth of faith, as such realities exist in heaven and ought to do so in the Church. From all this it is clear that 'Jehovah spoke' means instructions regarding the holy things of heaven which had to be represented. Since the matters described in the verses that follow are representative of the celestial and spiritual realities from the Lord in the heavens, something needs to be said about what a representative Church is and why it exists.

[2] There are three heavens - the inmost or third, the middle or second, and the lowest or first. In the inmost heaven the good of love to the Lord reigns, in the middle heaven the good of charity towards the neighbour reigns, and in the lowest the things which are thought, spoken, and come into being in the middle and inmost heavens are represented. The representatives there are countless, such as paradise parks, gardens, forests, fields, plains, as well as cities, palaces, and houses; also flocks and herds, as well as very many kinds of animals and birds; and countless other phenomena. These appear before the eyes of angelic spirits in that heaven more plainly than any such things do on earth in the light at midday; and what is astonishing, those spirits also discern what realities are meant by the things which appear.

[3] Such phenomena also appeared to prophets when their inner sight, which is the sight of the spirit, had been opened, for instance the horses that appeared to Zechariah, 6:1-8; the living creatures which were cherubs, and afterwards the new temple and everything in it that appeared to Ezekiel, Chapters 1, 9, 10, 40-48; the lampstand, thrones, living creatures (which again were cherubs), horses, new Jerusalem, and very many other phenomena, which appeared to John and are described in the Book of Revelation; and similarly the fiery horses and chariots that appeared to Elisha's servant, 2 Kings 6:17. Things such as these are constantly making their appearance in heaven before the eyes of spirits and angels. They are natural forms in which the inward things of heaven terminate and are given shape. The things which present themselves visually before the spirits and angels' actual eyes in this way are representations.

[4] A representative Church exists therefore when the holy, inner realities of love and faith which are derived from the Lord and look towards the Lord present themselves by means of visual forms in the world, such as those which are the subject in this and following chapters - the ark, the mercy-seat, the cherubs, the tables there, the lampstand, and everything else that was part of the tabernacle. For that tabernacle was constructed in such a way that it might represent the three heavens and everything there, the ark which contained the Testimony representing the inmost heaven and the Lord Himself there. This is why, when Moses was shown on the mountain the form it should take, Jehovah said at the same time, To the end that they may make for Him a sanctuary and He may dwell in their midst, verse 8. Everyone endowed with any ability to think on a deeper level can see that Jehovah could not have dwelt in a tent but that He dwells in heaven, and that this tent is called the sanctuary only because it presents an image of heaven, and the celestial and spiritual realities there. Let everyone ask himself, What would it have been for Jehovah, Creator of heaven and earth, to dwell in a small dwelling-place that was made of wood, overlaid with gold, and surrounded by curtains, if heaven and the things of heaven had not been represented there in outward forms?

[5] For the realities which are represented in outward forms do indeed reveal themselves in a similar way in the lowest or first heaven before the spirits there. But those in the higher heavens perceive the inner things that are being represented, which, as has been stated, are the celestial realities belonging to love to the Lord and the spiritual realities belonging to faith in the Lord. It was things of this nature that filled heaven when Moses and the people, moved by outward holiness, venerated that tent as the dwelling-place of Jehovah Himself. From this it is evident what a representative was, and also that by means of it heaven, and so the Lord, was present with mankind.

[6] A representative Church therefore was established among the Israelite people, when the ancient Church came to an end, in order that by means of such representatives heaven, and so the Lord, might be joined to the human race. (If the Lord did not join Himself to people through heaven they would cease to exist; for it is as a result of this joining of Himself to them that people possess the life they have.) Those representatives however were no more than outward means serving to conjoin, yet to which the Lord joined heaven in a wondrous manner, 4311. But when the joining together through those means also was about to perish the Lord came into the world and laid bare the actual realities which were being merely represented up to then, that is, the inner realities which belong to love to and faith in Him. These realities themselves now effect that joining together. But the only means by which such a joining together is effected at the present day is still the Word, since this has been written in such a way that every single part of it has a correspondence and as a consequence represents and serves to mean the Divine realities present in the heavens.

  
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Exodus 32

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1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him."

2 Aaron said to them, "Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me."

3 All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.

4 He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh."

6 They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

7 Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!

8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"

9 Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.

10 Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation."

11 Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

12 Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people.

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

14 Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.

15 Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.

16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tables.

17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."

18 He said, "It isn't the voice of those who shout for victory, neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear."

19 It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.

20 He took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

21 Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?"

22 Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

23 For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'

24 I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:' so they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."

25 When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),

26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on Yahweh's side, come to me!" All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

27 He said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"

28 The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

29 Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this day."

30 It happened on the next day, that Moses said to the people, "You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin."

31 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.

32 Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin--and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written."

33 Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

34 Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin."

35 Yahweh struck the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.