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1 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo: "Vedi, io ho chiamato per nome Betsaleel,

2 figliuolo di Uri, figliuolo di Hur, della tribù di Giuda;

3 e l’ho ripieno dello spirito di Dio, di abilità, d’intelligenza e di sapere per ogni sorta di lavori,

4 per concepire opere d’arte, per lavorar l’oro, l’argento e il rame,

5 per incidere pietre da incastonare, per scolpire il legno, per eseguire ogni sorta di lavori.

6 Ed ecco, gli ho dato per compagno Oholiab, figliuolo di Ahisamac, della tribù di Dan; e ho messo sapienza nella mente di tutti gli uomini abili, perché possan fare tutto quello che t’ho ordinato:

7 la tenda di convegno, l’arca per la testimonianza, il propiziatorio che vi dovrà esser sopra, e tutti gli arredi della tenda; la tavola e i suoi utensili,

8 il candelabro d’oro puro e tutti i suoi utensili,

9 l’altare dei profumi, l’altare degli olocausti e tutti i suoi utensili, la conca e la sua base,

10 i paramenti per le cerimonie, i paramenti sacri per il sacerdote Aaronne e i paramenti dei suoi figliuoli per esercitare il sacerdozio,

11 l’olio dell’unzione e il profumo fragrante per il luogo santo. Faranno tutto conformemente a quello che ho ordinato".

12 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

13 "Quanto a te, parla ai figliuoli d’Israele e di’ loro: Badate bene d’osservare i miei sabati, perché il sabato è un segno fra me e voi per tutte le vostre generazioni, affinché conosciate che io sono l’Eterno che vi santifica.

14 Osserverete dunque il sabato, perché è per voi un giorno santo; chi lo profanerà dovrà esser messo a morte; chiunque farà in esso qualche lavoro sarà sterminato di fra il suo popolo.

15 Si lavorerà sei giorni; ma il settimo giorno è un sabato di solenne riposo, sacro all’Eterno; chiunque farà qualche lavoro nel giorno del sabato dovrà esser messo a morte.

16 I figliuoli d’Israele quindi osserveranno il sabato, celebrandolo di generazione in generazione come un patto perpetuo.

17 Esso è un segno perpetuo fra me e i figliuoli d’Israele; poiché in sei giorni l’Eterno fece i cieli e la terra, e il settimo giorno cessò di lavorare, e si riposò".

18 Quando l’Eterno ebbe finito di parlare con Mosè sul monte Sinai, gli dette le due tavole della testimonianza, tavole di pietra, scritte col dito di Dio.

   

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10329. 'See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, belonging to the tribe of Judah' means those in whom the good of love is present, among whom the Church is to be established. This is clear from the meaning of 'calling by name' as choosing such persons, that is to say, ones who are suitable, dealt with below; and from the representation of 'Bezalel' as those in whom the good of love is present. The reason why these are represented here by Bezalel is that he came from the tribe of Judah, and this tribe means those in whom celestial good is present, which is the good of love to the Lord, and in the abstract sense, without reference to persons, it means the good of celestial love. For this meaning of Judah and his tribe, see 3654, 3881, 6363, 6364, 8770. But what Uri and Hur, Bezalel's father and grandfather, represent is clear from the manner in which celestial good is begotten. It is begotten by teachings that present what is true and good on a celestial level. So those teachings are meant by these two men, 'Hur' representing teachings that present the truth, see 9424.

[2] People who keep their minds fixed solely on the literal sense of the Word, which they do more resolutely in the historical sections than in the prophetical parts, may be astonished when they are told that such things are meant by the names of those two men; but people who are acquainted with the essential nature of the Word will not be astonished. For in every detail the Word has a spiritual content. Within the actual names of persons and places that are mentioned in the Word there would be nothing spiritual if they did not serve to mean things of the Church and of heaven; for those things are spiritual. From this it follows that the two names used here likewise mean spiritual things.

Names in the Word serve to mean spiritual things or realities, see 1224, 1264, 1888, 4442, 5095, 5225, 6516.

Names do not pass into heaven, only the realities meant by them, 1876, 10216, 10282.

[3] The reason why 'calling by name' in the spiritual sense means choosing such persons as are suitable is that the word 'name' considered without reference to an actual person means the essential nature of something, as becomes clear from places in the Word in which 'name' occurs.

'Name' means the essential nature of something, see 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3004-3011, 3421, 6674, 6887, 8274, 8882, 9310.

The verb 'call' without the noun 'name' has a similar meaning, 3421, 3659, while 'calling by name' means choosing, 8773.

[4] Two men are named here who were called by Jehovah to carry out the work that Moses was commanded on Mount Sinai - Bezalel from the tribe of Judah, and Aholiab from the tribe of Dan. 'Bezalel' means those in whom the good of celestial love is present, 'Aholiab' those in whom the good and truth of faith exist. Those in whom the good of celestial love is present are in the inmost part of heaven and the Church, whereas those in whom the good and truth of faith exist are in the last and lowest part of them. Thus these two men mean all persons in their entirety among whom the Church may be established; for the first and the last, or the inmost and the outermost, mean all persons or all things. For the subject in what immediately follows is the Church that is to be established; and this is why these two, by whom are meant all among whom the Church could be established, are mentioned by name. For the meaning of the first and the last as all persons and all things, see 10044; and for that of Aholiab from the tribe of Dan as those in whom the good of faith exists, and so who are in the last and lowest part of heaven or the Church, see in what follows below.

From all this it now evident that 'I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, belonging to the tribe of Judah' means those in whom the good of love is present, among whom the Church is to be established.

  
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