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1 Poi fece l’altare degli olocausti, di legno d’acacia; la sua lunghezza era di cinque cubiti; e la sua larghezza di cinque cubiti; era quadro, e avea un’altezza di tre cubiti.

2 E ai quattro angoli gli fece dei corni, che spuntavano da esso, e lo rivesti di rame.

3 Fece pure tutti gli utensili dell’altare: i vasi per le ceneri, le palette, i bacini, i forchettoni, i bracieri; tutti i suoi utensili fece di rame.

4 E fece per l’altare una gratella di rame in forma di rete, sotto la cornice, nella parte inferiore; in modo che la rete raggiungeva la metà dell’altezza dell’altare.

5 E fuse quattro anelli per i quattro angoli della gratella di rame, per farvi passare le stanghe.

6 Poi fece le stanghe di legno d’acacia, e le rivestì di rame.

7 E fece passare le stanghe per gli anelli, ai lati dell’altare le quali dovean servire a portarlo; e lo fece di tavole, vuoto.

8 Poi fece la conca di rame e la sua base di rame, servendosi degli specchi delle donne che venivano a gruppi a fare il servizio all’ingresso della tenda di convegno.

9 Poi fece il cortile; dal lato meridionale, c’erano, per formare il cortile, cento cubiti di cortine di lino fino ritorto,

10 con le loro venti colonne e le loro venti basi di rame; i chiodi e le aste delle colonne erano d’argento.

11 Dal lato di settentrione, c’erano cento cubiti di cortine con le loro venti colonne e le loro venti basi di rame; i chiodi e le aste delle colonne erano d’argento.

12 Dal lato d’occidente, c’erano cinquanta cubiti di cortine con le loro dieci colonne e le loro dieci basi; i chiodi e le aste delle colonne erano d’argento.

13 E sul davanti, dal lato orientale, c’erano cinquanta cubiti:

14 da uno dei lati dell’ingresso c’erano quindici cubiti di cortine, con tre colonne e le loro tre basi;

15 e dall’altro lato (tanto di qua quanto di là dall’ingresso del cortile) c’erano quindici cubiti di cortine, con le loro tre colonne e le loro tre basi.

16 Tutte le cortine formanti il recinto del cortile erano di lino fino ritorto;

17 e le basi per le colonne eran di rame; i chiodi e le aste delle colonne erano d’argento, e i capitelli delle colonne eran rivestiti d’argento, e tutte le colonne del cortile eran congiunte con delle aste d’argento.

18 La portiera per l’ingresso del cortile era in lavoro di ricamo, di filo violaceo, porporino, scarlatto, e di lino fino ritorto; aveva una lunghezza di venti cubiti, un’altezza di cinque cubiti, corrispondente alla larghezza delle cortine del cortile.

19 Le colonne erano quattro, e quattro le loro basi, di rame; i loro chiodi eran d’argento, e i loro capitelli e le loro aste eran rivestiti d’argento.

20 Tutti i piuoli del tabernacolo e dei recinto del cortile erano di rame.

21 Questi sono i conti del tabernacolo, del tabernacolo della testimonianza, che furon fatti per ordine di Mosè, per cura dei Leviti, sotto la direzione d’Ithamar, figliuolo del sacerdote Aaronne.

22 Betsaleel, figliuolo d’Uri, figliuolo di Hur, della tribù di Giuda, fece tutto quello che l’Eterno aveva ordinato a Mosè,

23 avendo con sé Oholiab, figliuolo di Ahisamac, della tribù di Dan, scultore, disegnatore, e ricamatore di stoffe violacee, porporine, scarlatte e di lino fino.

24 Tutto l’oro che fu impiegato nell’opera per tutti i lavori del santuario, oro delle offerte, fu ventinove talenti e settecentotrenta sicli, secondo il siclo del santuario.

25 E l’argento di quelli della raunanza de’ quali si fece il censimento, fu cento talenti e mille settecento settantacinque sicli, secondo il siclo del santuario:

26 un beka a testa, vale a dire un mezzo siclo, secondo il siclo del santuario, per ogni uomo compreso nel censimento, dall’età di venti anni in su: cioè, per seicento tremila cinquecento cinquanta uomini.

27 I cento talenti d’argento servirono a fondere le basi del santuario e le basi del velo: cento basi per i cento talenti, un talento per base.

28 E coi mille settecento settantacinque sicli si fecero dei chiodi per le colonne, si rivestirono i capitelli, e si fecero le aste delle colonne.

29 Il rame delle offerte ammontava a settanta talenti e a duemila quattrocento sicli.

30 E con questi si fecero le basi dell’ingresso della tenda di convegno, l’altare di rame con la sua gratella di rame, e tutti gli utensili dell’altare,

31 le basi del cortile tutt’all’intorno, le basi dell’ingresso del cortile, tutti i piuoli del tabernacolo e tutti i piuoli del recinto del cortile.

   

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9475. 'And for the incense of spices' means for delightful perception. This is clear from the meaning of 'incense' as the things of worship that are perceived with delight, such as acts of thanksgiving, adoration, prayer, and the like; and from the meaning of 'spices' as truths of faith which are delightful because they originate in good. For sweet odours, such as spicy ones, mean that which is delightful; and whatever is delightful is such by virtue of the good made known through truths. So it is that 'the incense of spices' means the delightful perception that belongs to truth originating in good. The spices which went into the making of that incense are listed, and the preparation of it is described in the following words,

Take for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum - [these] spices, and pure frankincense. You shall make them an incense, salted, pure, holy. You shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tent of meeting. Most holy 1 shall it be to you. The incense shall be to you holy for Jehovah. Exodus 30:34-38.

The altar of incense, along with the incense itself, is described as follows,

You shall make an altar for burning incense. You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall put it before the veil that is over the ark of the Testimony before the mercy-seat, that Aaron may burn on it spicy incense every morning; when he trims the lamps he shall burn it, and between the evenings. Exodus 30:1-10; 37:25-end; 40:26-27.

And elsewhere,

When Aaron comes into the Holy Place he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire 2 from upon the altar, with his hands full of spicy incense beaten fine. 3 Then he shall bring it inside the veil, in order that he may put the incense onto the fire before Jehovah, and the cloud of incense may cover the mercy-seat which is over the Testimony. Leviticus 16:12-13.

[2] Since 'incense' meant acts of worship such as had their origin in good made known through truths, as do all expressions of faith that have their origin in the good of love, the fire was taken from the altar; for the fire on the altar meant the good of God's love, 934, 4906, 5071 (end), 5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849, 7324, 7852. On this account when fire had been taken from any other source they were struck down by a plague and died, Leviticus 10:1-2ff; Numbers 16:45-48; for fire from any other source, or 'foreign fire', meant love that was not God's.

[3] The fact that expressions of faith having their origin in the good of love and charity, for example thanksgivings, acts of adoration, and prayers, are meant by 'incense' is clear in David,

My prayers are acceptable, [as] incense before You. Psalms 141:2.

In John,

The four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. Revelation 5:8.

In the same book,

An angel holding a golden censer ... And much incense was given to him, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. The smoke of the incense went up from the prayers of the saints. Revelation 8:3-4.

[4] The reason why such expressions of faith are meant by 'incense' is that they are matters of thought and consequently of the lips. But matters of affection and consequently of the heart are meant by 'the minchah' in Malachi 1:11, where it says that from the rising of the sun even to its setting Jehovah's name will be great among the nations, and 'in every place incense has been offered to My name, and a pure minchah'; and the same things are meant by 'the burnt offering' in Moses,

The sons of Levi will teach Jacob Your judgements and Israel Your law. They will put incense in Your nose, and burnt offering on Your altar. Deuteronomy 33:10.

'Incense' in these places stands for such things as are matters of thought and the lips and have regard to the truths of faith; 'minchah' and 'burnt offering' stand for such things as are matters of affection and the heart and have regard to forms of the good of love. All this being so, in the contrary sense worship arising from falsities of faith is meant by burning incense to other gods, Jeremiah 1:16; 44:3, 5; burning incense to idols, Ezekiel 8:11; 16:18; and burning incense to the baalim, Hosea 2:13.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, The holy thing of holy things

2. literally, the fullness of a censer, burning coals of fire

3. literally, the fullness of his fists, spicy incense [beaten] fine

  
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Leviticus 10

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1 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them.

2 And fire came forth from before Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.

3 Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, 'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace.

4 Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Draw near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp."

5 So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said.

6 Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Don't let the hair of your heads go loose, neither tear your clothes; that you don't die, and that he not be angry with all the congregation: but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh has kindled.

7 You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you." They did according to the word of Moses.

8 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,

9 "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:

10 and that you are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

11 and that you are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses."

12 Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, "Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without yeast beside the altar; for it is most holy;

13 and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion, and your sons' portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: for so I am commanded.

14 The waved breast and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they are given as your portion, and your sons' portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.

15 The heaved thigh and the waved breast they shall bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh: and it shall be yours, and your sons' with you, as a portion forever; as Yahweh has commanded."

16 Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,

17 "Why haven't you eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it is most holy, and he has given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Yahweh?

18 Behold, its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary: you certainly should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded."

19 Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this day they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh; and such things as these have happened to me: and if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been pleasing in the sight of Yahweh?"

20 When Moses heard that, it was pleasing in his sight.