Arcana Coelestia # 10730
10730. And on the seventh day there shall be to you holiness, a Sabbath of Sabbath to Jehovah. That this signifies the second state of the regeneration of man, when he has conjunction with the Lord; and that in the supreme sense it signifies the union of the Lord’s Human with the Divine Itself; is evident from the representation of the Sabbath, as being the second state of the regeneration of man, when he is in good, and thus is led by the Lord (see n. 8510, 8890, 8893, 9274); and as being in the supreme sense the union of the Human with the Divine Itself in the the Lord, (n. 8495, 10367, 10374). For when the Lord was in the world, He first made His Human Divine truth; but when He went out from the world, He made His Human Divine good through a union with the Divine Itself that was in Him. In the supreme sense this is represented by the Sabbath, and therefore it is called “a Sabbath of Sabbath to Jehovah.” The Lord does the like with the man whom He is regenerating. He first imbues him with truths, and afterward by means of the truths He conjoins him with good, thus with Himself. This is represented by the Sabbath in the relative sense; for the regeneration of man is an image of the glorification of the Lord; that is, as the Lord glorified His Human, so He regenerates man.
[2] By the “Sabbath” in its proper sense is signified rest and peace, because when the Lord united His Human to the Divine Itself He had peace, for the combats then ceased, and all things in the heavens and in the hells had been reduced into order. And accordingly there was peace not for Him only; but also for the angels in the heavens, and for men on earth, there were peace and salvation.
[3] As these two truths here treated of are the very universals on which all other things of the church depend, therefore the hallowing of the Sabbath, by which these two are signified, is the only thing here set forth. For the universal truth of all is that the Lord united His Human to the Divine Itself, and that from this man has peace and salvation. And it is also a universal truth that man must be conjoined with the Lord, in order that he may have peace and salvation, and this is effected by means of regeneration. For this reason also, among the Israelitish nation the Sabbath was the chief representative and the chief sign of a covenant with Jehovah, that is, of conjunction with the Lord (see n. 10357, 10372); a “covenant” denotes conjunction.
Exodus 35
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Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, "These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you should do them.
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'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
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You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.'"
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Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying,
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'Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Yahweh's offering: gold, silver, brass,
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blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
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rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
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onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
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"'Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded:
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the tabernacle, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
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the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;
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the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the show bread;
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the lampstand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light;
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and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
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the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass, it poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base;
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the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
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the pins of the tabernacle, the pins of the court, and their cords;
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the finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.'"
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All the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
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They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh's offering, for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments.
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They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering of gold to Yahweh.
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Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them.
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Everyone who did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Yahweh's offering; and everyone, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.
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All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
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All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.
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The rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastplate;
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and the spice, and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
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The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to Yahweh; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.
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Moses said to the children of Israel, "Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
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He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;
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and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass,
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in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.
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He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
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He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.
