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1 E IL Signore parlò a Mosè, dicendo: Di’ a’ figliuoli d’Israele, che prendano da farmi un’offerta;

2 prendete quella mia offerta da ogni uomo il cui cuore lo moverà volontariamente.

3 E quest’è l’offerta che voi prenderete da loro: oro, e argento, e rame;

4 e violato, e porpora, e scarlatto, e fin lino, e pel di capra;

5 e pelli di montoni tinte in rosso, e pelli di tassi, e legno di Sittim;

6 olio per la lumiera, aromati per l’olio dell’Unzione, e per lo profumo degli aromati;

7 pietre onichine, e pietre da incastonare, per l’Efod, e per lo Pettorale.

8 E faccianmi essi un Santuario, ed io abiterò nel mezzo di loro.

9 Fatelo interamente secondo il modello del Tabernacolo, e il modello di tutti i suoi arredi, che io ti mostro.

10 Facciano adunque un’Arca di legno di Sittim, la cui lunghezza sia di due cubiti e mezzo, e la larghezza di un cubito e mezzo, e l’altezza di un cubito e mezzo.

11 E coprila d’oro puro di dentro e di fuori; e fa’ sopra essa una corona d’oro attorno.

12 E fondile quattro anelli d’oro, e metti quegli anelli a’ quattro cantoni di essa, due da uno de’ lati dell’Arca, e due dall’altro.

13 Fai ancora delle stanghe di legno di Sittim, e coprile d’oro.

14 E metti quelle stanghe dentro agli anelli da’ lati dell’Arca, per portarla con esse.

15 Dimorino le stanghe negli anelli dell’Arca e non ne sieno rimosse.

16 Poi metti nell’Arca la Testimonianza che io ti darò.

17 Fa’ eziandio all’Arca un Coperchio d’oro puro, la cui lunghezza sia di due cubiti e mezzo, e la larghezza di un cubito e mezzo.

18 E fa’ due Cherubini d’oro; falli di lavoro tirato al martello, a’ due capi del Coperchio.

19 Fai adunque un Cherubino da un de’ capi di qua, e un altro dall’altro di là; fate questi Cherubini tirati dal Coperchio stesso, sopra i due capi d’esso.

20 E spandano i Cherubini l’ale in su, facendo con le loro ale una coverta al disopra del Coperchio, e abbiano le lor facce volte l’un verso l’altro; sieno le facce de’ Cherubini volte verso il Coperchio.

21 E metti il Coperchio in su l’Arca disopra, e nell’Arca metti la Testimonianza che io ti darò.

22 Ed io mi troverò quivi presente teco, e parlerò teco d’in sul Coperchio, di mezzo i due Cherubini che saranno sopra l’Arca della Testimonianza; e ti dirò tutte le cose che ti comanderò di proporre a’ figliuoli di Israele.

23 Fa’ ancora una Tavola di legno di Sittim, la cui lunghezza sia di due cubiti, e la larghezza di un cubito e l’altezza di un cubito e mezzo.

24 E coprila d’oro puro, e falle una corona d’oro attorno.

25 Falle eziandio attorno una chiusura di un palmo, d’oro puro, e a quella sua chiusura fa’ una corona d’oro attorno attorno.

26 Falle, oltre a ciò, quattro anelli d’oro, e metti quegli anelli a’ quattro canti, che saranno ai quattro piedi di essa.

27 Sieno gli anelli dirincontro alla chiusura, per farvi passar dentro le stanghe, per portar la Tavola.

28 E fa’ le stanghe di legno di Sittim, e coprile d’oro, e con esse portisi la Tavola.

29 Fa’ eziandio i suoi piattelli, le sue scodelle, i suoi nappi, e i suoi bacini, co’ quali si faranno gli spargimenti; fa’ quelle cose d’oro puro.

30 E metti sopra la Tavola il pane del cospetto, il quale sia del continuo nel mio cospetto.

31 Fa’ ancora un Candelliere d’oro puro; facciasi di lavoro tirato al martello, così il suo gambo, come i suoi rami; sieno i vasi d’esso, i suoi pomi, e le sue bocce, di un pezzo col Candelliere.

32 E sienvi sei rami procedenti da’ lati di esso; tre de’ rami del Candelliere dall’uno de’ lati di esso, e tre dall’altro.

33 In uno di essi rami sieno tre vasi in forma di mandorla; e un pomo, e una boccia a ciascun vaso; e parimente nell’altro ramo, tre vasi in forma di mandorla; e un pomo e una boccia a ciascun vaso; e così conseguentemente ne’ sei rami del Candelliere.

34 E nel gambo del Candelliere sieno quattro vasi in forma di mandorla, co’ suoi pomi, e con le sue bocce.

35 E ne’ sei rami procedenti dal Candelliere, siavi un pomo sotto i due primi rami di un pezzo col Candelliere; e un pomo sotto i due altri rami, d’un pezzo altresì col Candelliere; e un pomo sotto i due ultimi rami, di un pezzo altresì col Candelliere.

36 Sieno i pomi, e i rami loro di un pezzo col Candelliere; sia tutto il Candelliere di un pezzo, d’oro puro, tirato al martello.

37 Fa’ ancora le sette lampane di esso, e accendansi, e porgano lume verso la parte anteriore del Candelliere.

38 E sieno gli smoccolatoi, e i catinelli di esso d’oro puro.

39 Impiega intorno ad esso, e intorno a tutti questi strumenti, un talento d’oro.

40 E vedi di far tutte queste cose, secondo il modello che ti è mostrato in sul monte.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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In Isaiah 62:3, the crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah signifies wisdom from good, and a royal diadem in the hand of God intelligence from truth.

In Genesis 49:26, this signifies the exteriors of man. (Arcana Coelestia 6437)

In Exodus 25:11, this signifies a boundary from good so that people are not injured by evils. (Arcana Coelestia 9492)

In Isaiah 28:5, this signifies wisdom from good. (Arcana Coelestia 9818[21])

In Revelation 6:2, this signifies eternal life and the prize of victory. (Doctrine Regarding Sacred Scripture 12, Apocalypse Revealed 103)

In Revelation 4:4, this signifies things of wisdom from love. (Apocalypse Revealed 235)

In Revelation 6:2, this signifies the divine good that the Lord took on when He was on Earth. (Apocalypse Explained 272[9])

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272. And they had on their heads golden crowns, signifies all truths arranged into order by Divine good, thus also all the former heavens. This is evident from the signification of "four and twenty elders sitting upon four and twenty thrones, arrayed in white garments," as being all truths of the heavens, thus all the heavens both higher and lower (of which just above, n. 270, 271); also from the signification of a "golden crown," as being Divine good, from which are truths (of which in what follows). All the truths of heaven and of the church are from Divine good; truths that are not therefrom are not truths. Truths that are not from good are like shells without a kernel, and like a house in which no man dwells, but a wild beast; such are the truths that are called truths of faith apart from the good of charity; the good of charity is good from the Lord, thus Divine good. Now as "the elders upon thrones" signify the truths of the heavens, and "golden crowns" the good from which these are, therefore the elders were seen with crowns. The "crowns of kings" have a like signification; for "kings" in a representative sense signify truths, and "crowns" upon their heads signify the good from which the truths are (that "kings" signify truths may be seen above, n. 31. For this reason the crowns are of gold, for "gold" in like manner signifies good (See above. n. 242).

[2] That "crowns" signify good and wisdom therefrom, and that truths are what are crowned, can be seen from the following passages. In David:

I will make the horn to spring forth for David; I will set in order a lamp for Mine anointed; his enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown blossom (Psalms 132:17-18).

Here "David" and "anointed" mean the Lord (See above, n. 205[1-6]); "horn" His power; "lamp" is the Divine truth from which is Divine intelligence; "Crown" the Divine good from which is Divine wisdom, and from which is the Lord's government; and the "enemies," that shall be clothed with shame, are evils and falsities.

[3] In the same:

Thou showest anger with Thine anointed. Thou hast condemned even to the earth his crown (Psalms 89:38-39).

Here also "anointed" stands for the Lord, and "anger" for a state of temptation, in which He was when in combats with the hells. "Anger" and "condemnation" describe the lamentation at that time, as the Lord's last lamentation on the cross, that He was forsaken; for the cross was the last of His temptations or combats with the hells; and after that last temptation He put on the Divine good of the Divine love, and thus united the Divine Human to the Divine Itself which was in Him.

[4] In Isaiah:

In that day shall Jehovah of Hosts be for a crown of adornment, and for a diadem of splendor, unto the remnant of His people (Isaiah 28:5).

Here "crown of adornment" means wisdom that is of good from the Divine; and "the diadem of splendor" intelligence that is of truth from that good.

[5] In the same:

For Zion's sake will I not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp burneth; and thou shalt be a crown of splendor in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal tiara in the hand of thy God (Isaiah 62:1, 3).

Here "Zion" and "Jerusalem" mean the church, "Zion" the church which is in good, and "Jerusalem" the church which is in truths from that good; therefore it is called "a crown of splendor in the hand of Jehovah," and "a royal tiara in the hand of thy God;" a "crown of splendor" is wisdom that is of good, and a "royal tiara" is intelligence that is of truth; and because "crown" signifies wisdom that is of good it is said to be "in the hand of Jehovah;" and because "tiara" signifies intelligence that is of truth it is said to be "in the hand of God;" for "Jehovah" is used where good is treated of, and "God" where truth is treated of (See Arcana Coelestia 2586, 2769, 6905).

[6] In Jeremiah:

Say to the king and to the mistress, Humble yourselves, sit ye; for your headtire is come down, the crown of your splendor (Jeremiah 13:18);

a "crown of splendor" meaning wisdom that is of good ("splendor" is the Divine truth of the church, Arcana Coelestia 9815).

[7] In the same:

The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning; the crown of our head hath fallen (Lamentations 5:15, 16);

"the crown of the head that hath fallen" means the wisdom which those who are of the church have through Divine truth, which wisdom hath ceased, together with internal blessedness.

[8] In Ezekiel:

I put a jewel upon thy nose, and ear-rings on thine ears, and a crown of splendor upon thine head (Ezekiel 16:12).

This refers to Jerusalem, which is the church, here the church at its first establishment; "the jewel upon the nose" signifies the perception of good; and "the ear-rings on the ears" the perception of truth and obedience; and the "crown upon the head" signifies wisdom therefrom.

In Job:

He hath stripped from me the glory, and taken away the crown of my head (Job 19:9);

"glory" meaning intelligence from Divine truth, and a "crown of the head" the wisdom therefrom.

[9] in Revelation:

I saw, and behold a white horse; and He that sat on him had a bow, and there was given unto Him a crown; and He went forth conquering and to conquer (Revelation 6:2).

"The white horse and He that sat on him" is the Lord in respect to the Word; "the bow" is the doctrine of truth by which the combat is waged; from which it is clear that "crown," since it is attributed to the Lord, is the Divine good that He put on even in respect to the human, as a reward of victory.

[10] Again:

Afterwards I saw, and behold a white cloud; and on the cloud One sat like unto the Son of man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle (Revelation 14:14);

a "white cloud" standing for the literal sense of the Word (Arcana Coelestia 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8281, 8781);

"the Son of man" meaning the Lord in respect to Divine truth;

"the golden crown," the Divine good from which is Divine truth;

and "the sharp sickle," the dispersion of evil and falsity.

[11] That a "crown" is Divine good from which is Divine truth was represented by the plats of gold upon the front of the miter that was upon Aaron, which plate was also called a "crown" and a "coronet;" it is thus described in Exodus:

Thou shalt make a plate of gold, and grave upon it with the engraving of a signet, Holiness to Jehovah; and thou shalt put it on a thread of blue, and it shall be on the miter, over against the face of it (Exodus 28:36, 37).

That this plate was called a "crown of holiness" and a "coronet," see Exodus 39:30; Leviticus 8:9. (But what was specially signified thereby, see Arcana Coelestia 9930-9936, where the particulars are explained.)

  
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