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1 L’Eterno parlò a Mosè dicendo: "Di’ ai figliuoli d’Israele che mi facciano un’offerta;

2 accetterete l’offerta da ogni uomo che sarà disposto a farmela di cuore.

3 E questa è l’offerta che accetterete da loro: oro, argento e rame;

4 stoffe di color violaceo, porporino, scarlatto;

5 lino fino e pel di capra; pelli di montone tinte in rosso, pelli di delfino e legno d’acacia;

6 olio per il candelabro, aromi per l’olio della unzione e per il profumo odoroso;

7 pietre di onice e pietre da incastonare per l’efod e il pettorale.

8 E mi facciano un santuario perch’io abiti in mezzo a loro.

9 Me lo farete in tutto e per tutto secondo il modello del tabernacolo e secondo il modello di tutti i suoi arredi, che io sto per mostrarti.

10 Faranno dunque un’arca di legno d’acacia; la sua lunghezza sarà di due cubiti e mezzo, la sua larghezza di un cubito e mezzo, e la sua altezza di un cubito e mezzo.

11 La rivestirai d’oro puro; la rivestirai così di dentro e di fuori; e le farai al di sopra una ghirlanda d’oro, che giri intorno.

12 Fonderai per essa quattro anelli d’oro, che metterai ai suoi quattro piedi: due anelli da un lato e due anelli dall’altro lato,

13 Farai anche delle stanghe di legno d’acacia, e le rivestirai d’oro.

14 E farai passare le stanghe per gli anelli ai lati dell’arca, perché servano a portarla.

15 Le stanghe rimarranno negli anelli dell’arca; non ne saranno tratte fuori.

16 E metterai nell’arca la testimonianza che ti darò.

17 Farai anche un propiziatorio d’oro puro; la sua lunghezza sarà di due cubiti e mezzo, e la sua larghezza di un cubito e mezzo.

18 E farai due cherubini d’oro; li farai lavorati al martello, alle due estremità del propiziatorio;

19 fa’ un cherubino a una delle estremità, e un cherubino all’altra; farete che questi cherubini escano dal propiziatorio alle due estremità.

20 E i cherubini avranno le ali spiegate in alto, in modo da coprire il propiziatorio con le loro ali; avranno la faccia vòlta l’uno verso l’altro; le facce dei cherubini saranno volte verso il propiziatorio.

21 E metterai il propiziatorio in alto, sopra l’arca; e nell’arca metterai la testimonianza che ti darò.

22 Quivi io m’incontrerò teco; e di sul propiziatorio, di fra i due cherubini che sono sull’arca della testimonianza, ti comunicherò tutti gli ordini che avrò da darti per i figliuoli d’Israele.

23 Farai anche una tavola di legno d’acacia; la sua lunghezza sarà di due cubiti; la sua larghezza di un cubito, e la sua altezza di un cubito e mezzo.

24 La rivestirai d’oro puro, e le farai una ghirlanda d’oro che le giri attorno.

25 Le farai all’intorno una cornice alta quattro dita; e a questa cornice farai tutt’intorno una ghirlanda d’oro.

26 Le farai pure quattro anelli d’oro, e metterai gli anelli ai quattro canti, ai quattro piedi della tavola.

27 Gli anelli saranno vicinissimi alla cornice per farvi passare le stanghe destinate a portar la tavola.

28 E le stanghe le farai di legno d’acacia, le rivestirai d’oro, e serviranno a portare la tavola.

29 Farai pure i suoi piatti, le sue coppe, i suoi calici e le sue tazze da servire per le libazioni; li farai d’oro puro.

30 E metterai sulla tavola il pane della presentazione, che starà del continuo nel mio cospetto.

31 Farai anche un candelabro d’oro puro; il candelabro, il suo piede e il suo tronco saranno lavorati al martello; i suoi calici, i suoi pomi e i suoi fiori saranno tutti d’un pezzo col candelabro.

32 Gli usciranno sei bracci dai lati: tre bracci del candelabro da un lato e tre bracci del candelabro dall’altro;

33 su l’uno de’ bracci saranno tre calici in forma di mandorla, con un pomo e un fiore; e sull’altro braccio, tre calici in forma di mandorla, con un pomo e un fiore. Lo stesso per i sei bracci uscenti dal candelabro.

34 Nel tronco del candelabro ci saranno poi quattro calici in forma di mandorla, coi loro pomi e i loro fiori.

35 Ci sarà un pomo sotto i due primi bracci che partono dal candelabro; un pomo sotto i due seguenti bracci, e un pomo sotto i due ultimi bracci che partono dal candelabro: così per i sei bracci uscenti dal candelabro.

36 Questi pomi e questi bracci saranno tutti d’un pezzo col candelabro; il tutto sarà d’oro fino lavorato al martello.

37 Farai pure le sue lampade, in numero di sette; e le sue lampade si accenderanno in modo che la luce rischiari il davanti del candelabro.

38 E i suoi smoccolatoi e i suoi porta smoccolature saranno d’oro puro.

39 Per fare il candelabro con tutti questi suoi utensili s’impiegherà un talento d’oro puro.

40 E vedi di fare ogni cosa secondo il modello che t’è stato mostrato sul monte.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3519

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3519. And take me from thence two good kids of the she-goats. That this signifies the truths of this good, is evident from the signification of “kids of the she-goats,” as being the truths of good, concerning which in what follows. The reason there were two, is that as in the rational, so in the natural, there are things which are of the will and things which are of the understanding. The things in the natural that have relation to the will are delights, and those which have relation to the understanding are memory-knowledges, and in order to be something these two must be conjoined together.

[2] That “kids of the she-goats” signify the truths of good, may be seen from those passages of the Word where “kids” and “she-goats” are mentioned. Be it known that in the genuine sense all the tame and useful beasts mentioned in the Word signify the celestial things of good and the spiritual things of truth (see n. 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 2180, 2781, 3218); and because there are various kinds of celestial things or goods, and consequently various kinds of spiritual things or truths, one kind is signified by one beast, and another by another; thus one kind is signified by a “lamb,” another by a “kid,” another by a “sheep,” by a “she-goat,” a “ram,” a “he-goat,” a “bullock,” an “ox;” another also by a “horse” and by a “camel;” another likewise by birds; and also another by the beasts of the sea, as by “whales” and “fishes.” There are more genera of celestial and spiritual things than can be enumerated, consequently of goods and truths, although when the celestial or good is mentioned, and also the spiritual or truth, it appears as if it were not manifold, but only one. But how manifold they both are, or how innumerable their genera are, may be seen from what has been said concerning heaven (n. 3241), namely, that it is distinguished into innumerable societies, and this according to the genera of celestial and spiritual things, or of the goods of love and thence of the truths of faith; and moreover every single genus of good, and every single genus of truth, has innumerable species into which the societies of each genus are distinguished, and every species in like manner.

[3] The most universal genera of good and truth are what were represented by the animals that were offered in the burnt-offerings and sacrifices; and because the genera are most distinct from one another it was expressly enjoined that such and no other should be offered-in some cases, for instance, male and female lambs, also male and female kids; in some cases rams and sheep, and also he-goats; but in others, calves, bullocks, and oxen; also pigeons and turtle-doves (n. 922, 1823, 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3218). What was signified by “kids” and “she-goats” may be seen both from the sacrifices in which they were offered, and also from other passages in the Word; whence it is evident that male and female “lambs” signified the innocence of the internal or rational man, and that “kids” and “she-goats” signified the innocence of the external or natural man, thus the truth and good thereof.

[4] That the truth and good of the innocence of the external or natural man is signified by “kids” and “she-goats” is evident from the following passages in the Word.

In Isaiah:

The wolf shall abide with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf, and the young lion, and the sheep 1 together; and a little child shall lead them (Isaiah 11:6); where the Lord’s kingdom is treated of, and a state of no fear from evil, or of no dread on account of hell, because one of presence with the Lord. The “lamb” and the “kid” denote those who are in innocence, and because these are the safest of all, they are mentioned first.

[5] When all the firstborn of Egypt were smitten, it was commanded that they should slay perfect and male young of the flock, of lambs or of kids, and should put some of the blood on the door-posts and on the lintel of the houses, and thus there should not be a plague on them from the destroyer (Exodus 12:5, 7, 13). The “firstborn of Egypt” denotes the good of love and charity extinct (n. 3325); “lambs” and “kids” are states of innocence; and those who are in these states are safe from evil, for all in heaven are protected by the Lord through states of innocence; and this protection was represented by the slaying of a lamb or kid, and by the blood upon the door-posts and lintel of the houses.

[6] When Jehovah appeared to anyone through an angel, a kid of the goats was sacrificed, lest the man should die-as when he appeared to Gideon (Judges 6:19), and to Manoah (13:15-16, 19). The reason was that Jehovah or the Lord cannot appear to anyone, not even to an angel, unless he to whom He appears is in a state of innocence; and therefore as soon as the Lord is present with anyone he is let into a state of innocence; for the Lord enters through innocence, even with the angels in heaven. On this account no one can come into heaven unless he has somewhat of innocence, according to the words of the Lord in Matthew 18:3; Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17. That men believed they should die when Jehovah appeared, unless they offered such a burnt-offering may be seen in Judges 13:22-23.

[7] Inasmuch as genuine conjugial love is innocence (see n. 2736), it was customary in the representative church to enter in unto a wife by a present of a kid of the she-goats; as we read of Samson (Judges 15:1); likewise of Judah when he went in unto Tamar (Genesis 38:17, 20, 23). That a “kid” and a “she-goat” signified innocence, is also evident from the sacrifices of guilt, which they were to offer when anyone had sinned through error (Leviticus 1:10; 4:28; 5:6); sin through error is a sin of ignorance in which is innocence. The same is evident from the following Divine command in Moses:

The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk (Exodus 23:19; 34:26); where by the “first-fruits of the ground, which they were to bring into the house of Jehovah,” is signified the state of innocence which is in infancy; and by “not seething a kid in its mother’s milk,” that they should not destroy the innocence of infancy. Because these things are signified, in both passages the one command follows the other without a break; and yet in the literal sense they appear to be altogether different; but in the internal sense they cohere together.

[8] Because as before said “kids” and “she-goats” signified innocence, it was also commanded that the curtain of the tent over the tabernacle should be made of the wool of she-goats (Exodus 25:4; 26:7; 35:5-6, 23, 26; 36:14), for a sign that all the holy things therein represented derived their essence from innocence. By the “wool of she-goats” is signified the ultimate or outermost of the innocence that is in ignorance, such as exists with the Gentiles; and who in the internal sense are the “curtains” of the tabernacle. From all this it is evident what and of what quality are the truths of good that are signified by the “two good kids of the she-goats” concerning which Rebekah his mother spoke unto Jacob her son, namely, that they are those of innocence or of infancy, being in fact those which Esau was to bring to his father Isaac; concerning which above (n. 3501, 3508); and which indeed were not these truths of good, but at first appeared as if they were; and it is for this reason that by means of these Jacob simulated Esau.

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1. The Hebrew for “sheep” (ovis) here is meri, which in the A. V. is rendered “fatling” three times, “fat cattle” twice, “fat beast” once, “fed beast” once. By Swedenborg it is rendered saginatum seven times, pinguis once, pingue pecus once, and ovis once. In the passage before us he has rendered it saginatum in n. 10132; True Christian Religion789; Apocalypse Explained514, 780, 781; pingue pecus in n. 430 and ovis here in n. 3519 of the same work. The commentators usually understand by it a fattened calf; some rabbis a wild ox (buffalo or bubalus); none have “sheep.”

  
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True Christian Religion # 789

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789. Moreover, the rest of the Prophets have predicted in many passages what this church will be like; only a few will be quoted. In Zechariah:

There shall be one day, which is known to Jehovah, neither day nor night, because around eveningtime there shall be light. On that day living waters shall come forth from Jerusalem; and Jehovah shall become king over the whole earth. On that day Jehovah shall be one, and His name one, Zechariah 14:7-9.

In Joel:

It will happen on that day that the mountains will drip new wine, the hills will flow with milk; and Jerusalem will stay fixed from and one generation to another, Joel 3:17-21.

In Jeremiah:

At that time they will call Jerusalem Jehovah's throne, and all nations will be gathered to Jerusalem for Jehovah's name's sake, and they will no longer follow the promptings of their evil hearts, Jeremiah 3:17; Revelation 21:24, 26.

In Isaiah:

Let your eyes behold Jerusalem, a tranquil dwelling, a tent which will not be blown away. Its pegs will never be removed, and its ropes will not be pulled up, Isaiah 33:20.

[2] In these passages Jerusalem means the new Holy Jerusalem described in Revelation (chapter 21); and this means the new church. In Isaiah again:

A shoot will go forth from the trunk of Jesse, and righteousness will be the girdle around his loins, and truth the belt around his thighs. Therefore the wolf will stay with the lamb, and the leopard with the kid, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a small boy will lead them. The heifer and the bear will feed, their offspring will lie down together. The sucking child will play on the hole of the viper, and the weaned child will thrust his hand on the den of the basilisk. They will not do evil nor corrupt themselves in all the mountain of my holiness. For the earth will be full of the knowledge of Jehovah. It will happen on that day, the nations will seek the root of Jesse, which stands as a signal to the peoples, and peace will be his glory, Isaiah 11:1, 5-10.

It is well known that such events have not yet happened in the churches, least of all in the last of them. In Jeremiah:

Behold, the days are coming when I will strike a new covenant. This is the covenant: I will set my law in their midst, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will become their God and they shall become my people. All shall know me from the least to the greatest of them, Jeremiah 31:31-34; Revelation 21:3.

[3] It is also well known that these events did not take place in the previous churches. The reason is that they did not approach the visible God, whom all are to know. It is also because He is the Word, that is, the Law, which He will set in their midst and write upon their hearts. In Isaiah:

For Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth like a beam of light, and her salvation burns like a lamp. You will be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah will utter. And you will be a crown of beauty and a diadem of kingship in the hand of your God. Jehovah will be pleased in you, and your land will be married. Behold, your salvation is coming, behold, his reward is with him; and they will call them the people of holiness, the redeemed of Jehovah, and you will be called a city sought after and not abandoned, Isaiah 62:1-4, 11-12.

  
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