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1 MOSÈ adunque adunò tutta la raunanza de’ figliuoli d’Israele, e disse loro: Queste son le cose che il Signore ha comandate che si facciano:

2 Lavorisi sei giorni, e al settimo giorno siavi giorno santo, il Riposo del Sabato consacrato al Signore; chiunque farà in esso opera alcuna sia fatto morire.

3 Non accendete fuoco in alcuna delle vostre stanze nel giorno del Sabato.

4 Poi Mosè disse a tutta la raunanza de’ figliuoli d’Israele: Questo è quello che il Signore ha comandato.

5 Pigliate di quello che avete appo voi da fare un’offerta al Signore; chiunque sarà d’animo volenteroso, porti quell’offerta al Signore; oro, e argento, e rame,

6 e violato, e porpora, e scarlatto, e fin lino, e pel di capra,

7 e pelli di montone tinte in rosso, e pelli di tasso, e legno di Sittim,

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

9 e pietre onichine, e pietre da legare, per l’Efod, e per lo Pettorale.

10 E tutti gli uomini industriosi che son fra voi vengano, e facciano tutto quello che il Signore ha comandato:

11 il Tabernacolo, la sua tenda, la sua coverta, i suoi graffi, le sue assi, le sue sbarre, le sue colonne, e i suoi piedistalli;

12 l’Arca, e le sue stanghe; il Coperchio, e la Cortina da tender davanti;

13 la Tavola, e le sue stanghe, e tutti i suoi strumenti; e il Pane del cospetto;

14 e il Candelliere della lumiera, e i suoi strumenti, e le sue lampane, e l’olio per la lumiera;

15 e l’Altar de’ profumi, e le sue stanghe; l’olio dell’Unzione, e il profumo degli aromati, e il Tappeto dell’entrata, per l’entrata del Tabernacolo;

16 l’Altar degli olocausti, e la sua grata di rame, e le sue sbarre, e tutti i suoi strumenti; la Conca, e il suo piede;

17 le cortine del Cortile, le sue colonne e i suoi piedistalli; e il Tappeto dell’entrata del Cortile;

18 i piuoli del Tabernacolo, e i piuoli del Cortile, e le lor corde;

19 i vestimenti del servigio, da fare il servigio nel Luogo santo; i vestimenti sacri del Sacerdote Aaronne, e i vestimenti de’ suoi figliuoli, per esercitare il sacerdozio.

20 Allora tutta la raunanza de’ figliuoli d’Israele si partì dal cospetto di Mosè.

21 E tutti coloro, il cui cuore li sospinse, e il cui spirito li mosse volenterosamente, vennero, e portarono l’offerta del Signore, per l’opera del Tabernacolo della convenenza, e per ogni servigio di esso, e per li vestimenti sacri.

22 E tutte le persone di cuor volenteroso vennero, uomini e donne; e portarono fibbie, e monili, e anella, e fermagli; ogni sorte di arredi d’oro; oltre a tutti coloro che offersero al Signore offerta d’oro.

23 E ogni uomo, appo cui si trovò violato, o porpora, o scarlatto, o fin lino, o pel di capra, o pelli di montone tinte in rosso, e pelli di tasso, ne portò.

24 Chiunque potè offerire offerta d’argento, e di rame, ne portò per l’offerta del Signore; parimente ciascuno, appo cui si trovò legno di Sittim, per qualunque opera del lavorio, ne portò.

25 E tutte le donne industriose filarono con le lor mani, e portarono il filato del violato, e della porpora, e dello scarlatto, e del fin lino.

26 Tutte le donne ancora, il cui cuore le sospinse ad adoperarsi con industria, filarono il pel di capra.

27 E i principali del popolo portarono pietre onichine, e pietre da legare, per l’Efod, e per lo Pettorale;

28 e aromati, e olio, per la lumiera, e per l’olio dell’Unzione, e per lo profumo degli aromati.

29 Così tutti coloro d’infra i figliuoli d’Israele, così uomini come donne, il cui cuore li mosse volenterosamente a portar ciò che faceva bisogno per tutto il lavorio, che il Signore avea comandato per Mosè che si facesse, portarono offerte volontarie al Signore.

30 E MOSÈ disse a’ figliuoli d’Israele: Vedete, il Signore ha chiamato per nome Besaleel, figliuol di Uri, figliuol di Hur, della tribù di Giuda.

31 E l’ha empiuto dello Spirito di Dio, in industria, in ingegno, in sapere, e in ogni artificio;

32 eziandio per far disegni da lavorare in oro, e in argento, e in rame,

33 e in arte di pietre da legare, e in arte di lavorar di legno, per far qualunque lavorio ingegnoso.

34 E anche ha messo nell’animo suo il sapere ammaestrare altrui; e con lui Oholiab, figliuol di Ahisamac, della tribù di Dan.

35 Egli li ha empiuti d’industria, da far qualunque lavorio di fabbro, e di disegnatore, e di ricamatore in violato, in porpora, in iscarlatto, e in fin lino; e di tessitore; e di artefice in qualunque lavorio e disegno.

   


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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Apocalypse Explained # 937

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937. That Moses signifies the Word of the Old Testament, is evident from certain passages in the Word where he is mentioned. In some places, however, by Moses is meant the law in its strictest sense, which is the law published from Mount Sinai. In some, the law in a broader sense, which is the historical Word, is meant by him. But in the present case the Word of the Old Testament is meant, both historical and prophetical. The reason why Moses signifies the Word is, that the Ten Precepts, and afterwards the Five Books, which were the first [portion] of the Word, were not from himself but from the Lord through him.

That Moses is mentioned instead of the law and the Word is plain from the following passages. In Luke:

"Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them: if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead" (16:29, 31).

Here by Moses and the Prophets is meant the same as elsewhere by the Law and the Prophets, namely, the historical and prophetical Word.

In the same:

Jesus, "beginning from Moses and all the prophets, interpreted in all the scriptures the things concerning himself" (24:27).

In the same:

"All things must be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me" (24:44).

In John:

Philip said, "We have found him, of whom Moses hath written in the law" (1:45).

In the same:

"In the law Moses commanded us" (8:5).

In Daniel:

"The curse hath poured down upon us; and the oath, which is written in the law of Moses, the servant of God; because we have sinned against him. As it is written in the law of Moses, every evil cometh upon us" (9:11, 13).

In Joshua:

Joshua wrote upon the stone of the altar "a copy of the law of Moses" (8:32).

In John:

"Moses gave to you the law, Moses gave to you circumcision. If a man receive circumcision on the Sabbath, thus that the law of Moses might not be broken" (7:19, 22, 23).

In Mark:

"Moses hath said, Honour thy father and thy mother" (7:10).

[2] Because on account of the representation, that is attributed to Moses which was done by the Lord through him, therefore the law of Moses and the law of the Lord are both mentioned in Luke:

"When the days of their purification were fulfilled according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem (even as it is written in the law of the Lord, that every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord) to offer the sacrifice, according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtle doves, and two young pigeons" (2:22-24, 29).

[3] Because Moses represented the law, it was allowed him to enter in to the Lord upon Mount Sinai, and not only to receive there the Tables of the Law, but also to hear the statutes and judgments of the Law; and to command them to the people. And it is also said, that they might thence believe in Moses for ever:

"Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold I will come to thee in the mist of a cloud, that the people may hear, when I shall speak unto thee; and also may believe in thee for ever" (Exodus 19:9).

[4] It is said, in the mist of a cloud, because by a cloud is signified the Word in the letter. Hence also when Moses entered in to the Lord on Mount Sinai,

He entered into a cloud (Exodus 20:21; 24:2, 18; 35:2-4).

That a cloud signifies the sense of the letter of the Word may be seen (n. 36, 594, 905, 906).

Because Moses represented the Lord as to the law or the Word, therefore,

"When he came down from Mount Sinai, the skin of his face shone; therefore when he spake with the people, he put a veil upon his face" (Exodus 34:28 to end).

The radiation of the face signified the internal of the law; for this is in the light of heaven. The reason of his veiling his face when he spake with the people was, became the internal of the Word was covered, and so obscured to that people, that they could not sustain anything of the light thence.

[5] Since Moses represented the Lord as to the historical Word, and Elias the Lord as to the prophetical Word, therefore, when the Lord was transfigured, Moses and Elias were seen talking with Him (Matthew 17:3). Nor could any others speak with the Lord when His Divine appeared in the world, but those who signified the Word; for all discourse with the Lord is by means of the Word. That Elias represented the Lord as to the Word may be seen above (n. 624).

And because both Moses and Elias, together, represented the Word, therefore, where Elias being sent before the Lord is treated of, both are mentioned in Malachi:

"Remember ye the law of Moses, my servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the statutes and the judgments. Lo, I send to you Elias the prophet, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh" (Malachi 4:4-6).

By Elias the prophet is meant John the Baptist, because by him, as by Elias, the Word was represented; see above (n. 624, 724).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Apocalypse Explained # 595

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595. And the rainbow over his head.- That this signifies the interior things of the Word, is evident from the signification of a rainbow, as denoting the Divine Truth as it is in the spiritual sense of the Word, concerning which we shall speak presently; and from the signification of being over the head, as denoting what is interior; for "above" and "higher" signify within and interior, as is evident from this fact, that when mention is made of "interior," then "higher" is understood in heaven. For the heavens where the interior angels, or the interiorly wise are, appear also above the heavens where the exterior angels, or the exteriorly wise are. For this reason the three heavens are distinct one from another in regard to altitude, the inmost or third heaven appearing above the middle or second heaven, and this above the ultimate or first.

[2] The reason why higher signifies what is interior, is, that when higher and lower things are together, that is exist simultaneously, as in the head of man, they then co-exist in that order; so that those things which were above in successive order, become interior, and those which were below in successive order, become exterior, consequently higher signifies interior and lower exterior things. This may be illustrated by the idea of a surface (superficies), in the centre of which are purer, and in the peripheries denser things. Things superior and inferior form such a surface, when they become one, and constitute what is simultaneous. The signification of the angel encompassed with a cloud, spoken of above, is clear from these observations, since to be encompassed, for the same reason, and from the same idea, denotes to be from without and below.

[3] A rainbow signifies interior Divine Truth, as the Word is in the spiritual sense, because the light of heaven, like the light of the world, according to its incidence upon objects, and its modification therein, produces variegations of colours, and also rainbows; these also I have been permitted occasionally to see in the angelic heaven, as may be seen described in the Arcana Coelestia 1623-1625). But the rainbows which appear in the angelic heaven differ from the rainbows which appear in the world in this, that the rainbows of heaven are from a spiritual origin, whereas the rainbows of the world are from a natural origin. For the rainbows of heaven are from the light which proceeds from the Lord as the Sun, and because that Sun is in its essence the Divine Love of the Lord, and the light therefrom is Divine Truth, hence the variegations of light, which are seen as rainbows, are diversities of intelligence and wisdom with the angels. It is from this fact that rainbows there signify the form and beauty of spiritual Divine Truth; but the rainbows of the world are from a natural origin, that is from the sun of the world and its light, and are therefore only modifications and consequent variegations of light from the waters falling from a cloud. And since there are coloured appearances in the spiritual world similar to those in the natural world, and such appearances are correspondences, therefore the rainbows of the world signify the same as the rainbows of heaven, that is, spiritual Divine truths in their form and beauty. These truths are such as those of the Word in the spiritual sense.

[4] Similar things are signified by the rainbows in Ezekiel:

"Above the expanse that was over the head" of the cherubim "was the likeness of a throne as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness of the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw as it were the appearance of a burning coal, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins and upward, but from the appearance of his loins and downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah" (1:26-28).

Since the cherubim signify providence and care in order that the Lord may not be approached except by means of the good of love, therefore there appeared a throne, and upon the throne the appearance of a man, and the throne signifies the entire heaven, and the man upon the throne, the Lord Himself. By the appearance of a burning coal, as the appearance of fire, from the appearance of his loins and upward, is signified celestial Divine Love, which reigns in the higher heavens; for the higher heavens are represented by the upper part of the body, from the loins upward, to which they correspond, for these heavens form that [part] in the Grand Man (Maximus Homo), which is heaven. Fire like a burning coal, signifies that love, and similarly the loins, for the loins correspond to the marriage of good and truth, in which those are who are in the higher heavens, therefore heaven is called a marriage, and the Lord is called the Bridegroom and Husband, while heaven and the church are called a bride and wife. That from his loins downward, he appeared as the brightness of fire, which was like a rainbow, signifies spiritual Divine Love, which reigns in the lower heavens, for the region of the body from the loins even to the soles of the feet corresponds to that love. And because that love proceeds from celestial Divine Love, it is called fire and its brightness, Divine Truth from the Divine Good of love being that which shines and presents the appearance of a rainbow. It is therefore evident, that the translucence of spiritual Divine Truth through natural Divine Truth, presents that appearance in the heavens, and is consequently signified by it, as stated above. But these things may be more clearly understood from what is stated in Heaven and Hell concerning heaven, that from the Divine Human of the Lord it has reference to one man (n. 59-86); concerning the correspondence of all things of heaven with all things of man (n. 87-102); and, in the Arcana Coelestia concerning the correspondence of the loins (n. 3021, 4280, 4462, 5060-5062).

[5] The signification of the bow in the cloud, or the rainbow, in the book of Genesis is similar:

"God said" to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living soul that is with you, unto the generations of an age; I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass that in beclouding myself with a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living soul in all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I see it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living soul in all flesh that is upon the earth" (9:12-17).

He who does not know that in every part of the Word there is also a spiritual sense, may imagine that the bow in the cloud, called a rainbow, appears as a sign that the earth shall be no more destroyed by a flood, when yet that bow is from causes in nature, and is mediately produced when the rays of light from the sun strike upon the watery particles of rain from a cloud, it is therefore evident that there were also similar bows or rainbows before the flood. By the rainbows, therefore, which are seen by men on earth, from the correspondence between things spiritual and things natural, are understood the rainbows seen by the angels in the spiritual world, all of which exist from the light of heaven and its modification in the spiritual-natural sphere of that world, consequently from spiritual Divine Truth, and its translucence in natural Divine Truth; for all the light in heaven is spiritual, and is in its essence Divine Truth proceeding from the Lord. It is therefore evident that the bow in the cloud, or the rainbow, signifies spiritual Divine Truth, translucent through natural Divine Truth, and this translucence exists with those who are reformed or regenerated by the Lord by means of Divine Truth and a life according to it; the translucence itself also appears in the heavens as a rainbow. By the sign of a covenant is signified the presence and conjunction of the Lord with them, for a covenant denotes conjunction. This sign was given, because the flood, which then destroyed the human race, signified the deadly falsities of evil, by which the posterity of the Most Ancient Church perished; the restitution and establishment of a new church called the Ancient Church by Divine Truth conjoined to spiritual good, which in its essence is charity, is representatively shown by rainbows in heaven, and is therefore signified by rainbows in the world. As these words involve many interior things which cannot be briefly unfolded, they may be seen explained in detail in the Arcana Coelestia 1031-1059).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.