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1 モーセに言われた、

2 イスラエルの人々に告げて、わたしのためにささげ物を携えてこさせなさい。すべて、から喜んでする者から、わたしにささげる物を受け取りなさい。

3 あなたがたが彼らから受け取るべきささげ物はこれである。すなわち金、、青銅、

4 糸、紫糸、緋糸、亜麻の撚糸、やぎの毛糸、

5 あかね染の雄羊の皮、じゅごんの皮、アカシヤ材、

6 ともし、注ぎ香ばしい薫香のための香料

7 縞めのう、エポデと胸当にはめる宝

8 また、彼らにわたしのために聖所を造らせなさい。わたしが彼らのうちに住むためである。

9 すべてあなたに示す幕屋の型および、そのもろもろの器の型に従って、これを造らなければならない。

10 彼らはアカシヤ材で箱を造らなければならない。長さは二キュビト半、幅は一キュビト半、高さは一キュビト半。

11 あなたは純金でこれをおおわなければならない。すなわち内外ともにこれをおおい、その上の周囲に金の飾り縁を造らなければならない。

12 また金の環つを鋳て、そのすみに取り付けなければならない。すなわちつの環をこちら側に、つの環をあちら側に付けなければならない。

13 またアカシヤ材のさおを造り、金でこれをおおわなければならない。

14 そしてそのさおを箱の側面の環に通し、それで箱をかつがなければならない。

15 さおは箱の環に差して置き、それを抜き放してはならない。

16 そしてその箱に、わたしがあなたに与えるあかしの板を納めなければならない。

17 また純金の贖罪所を造らなければならない。長さは二キュビト半、幅は一キュビト半。

18 またつの金のケルビムを造らなければならない。これを打物造りとし、贖罪所の両端に置かなければならない。

19 一つのケルブをこの端に、一つのケルブをかの端に造り、ケルビムを贖罪所の一部としてその両端に造らなければならない。

20 ケルビムを高く伸べ、そのをもって贖罪所をおおい、は互にむかい合い、ケルビムは贖罪所にむかわなければならない。

21 あなたは贖罪所を箱の上に置き、箱の中にはわたしが授けるあかしの板を納めなければならない。

22 その所でわたしはあなたに会い、贖罪所の上から、あかしの箱の上にあるつのケルビムの間から、イスラエルの人々のために、わたしが命じようとするもろもろの事を、あなたに語るであろう。

23 あなたはまたアカシヤ材の机を造らなければならない。長さは二キュビト、幅は一キュビト、高さは一キュビト半。

24 純金でこれをおおい、周囲に金の飾り縁を造り、

25 またその周囲に手幅の棧を造り、その棧の周囲に金の飾り縁を造らなければならない。

26 また、そのために金の環つを造り、そのつののすみか所にその環を取り付けなければならない。

27 環は棧のわきに付けて、机をかつぐさおを入れる所としなければならない。

28 またアカシヤ材のさおを造り、金でこれをおおい、それをもって、机をかつがなければならない。

29 また、その皿、乳香を盛る杯および灌祭を注ぐための瓶と鉢を造り、これらは純金で造らなければならない。

30 そして机の上には供えのパンを置いて、常にわたしのにあるようにしなければならない。

31 また純金の燭台を造らなければならない。燭台は打物造りとし、その台、幹、萼、節、を一つに連ならせなければならない。

32 またつの枝をそのわきから出させ、燭台つの枝をこの側から、燭台つの枝をかの側から出させなければならない。

33 あめんどうのの形をしたつの萼が、それぞれ節とをもって一つのにあり、また、あめんどうのの形をしたつの萼が、それぞれ節とをもってほかのにあるようにし、燭台から出るつのを、みなそのようにしなければならない。

34 また、燭台の幹には、あめんどうのの形をしたつの萼を付け、その萼にはそれぞれ節とをもたせなさい。

35 すなわちつの枝の下に一つの節を取り付け、次のつの枝の下に一つの節を取り付け、更に次のつの枝の下に一つの節を取り付け、燭台の幹から出るつの枝に、みなそのようにしなければならない。

36 それらの節と枝を一つに連ね、ことごとく純金の打物造りにしなければならない。

37 また、それのともしび皿を七つ造り、そのともしび皿に火をともして、その方を照させなければならない。

38 その芯切りばさみと、芯取り皿は純金で造らなければならない。

39 すなわち純金一タラントで燭台と、これらのもろもろの器とが造られなければならない。

40 そしてあなたがで示された型に従い、注意してこれを造らなければならない。

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9544

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9544. 'And you shall make its dishes, its cups, and its small dishes, and its small brushes, with which it shall be covered' means cognitions of celestial good and truth. This is clear from the meaning of vessels in general as factual knowledge or cognitions, dealt with in 3068, 3079, so that the particular vessels that are mentioned here are cognitions of celestial good and truth. Celestial good is the good of love to the Lord, and celestial truth is the good of mutual love, cognitions of those kinds of good being meant by such vessels. And since cognitions of them are meant, and cognitions are contained in the memory belonging to the natural man, and the natural is external, it says that the table shall be covered with those vessels. For since the natural lies externally or below, covering over and enclosing what lies inwardly or above, it is called a covering, 6377. What use those vessels were to serve, see Leviticus 24:6-7; and Numbers 4:7-8.

9544a 'From pure gold you shall make them' means that they are derived from good. 1

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1. This paragraph has been added by the editor of the third Latin edition.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 6377

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6377. 'He washes his clothing in wine' means that His Natural consists in Divine Truth from His Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'washing' as purifying, dealt with in 3147; from the meaning of 'wine' as the good of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith, and in the highest sense as Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'clothing' as the exterior which covers the interior, dealt with in 5248, thus the natural since this is exterior and covers the rational, which is interior. Therefore 'clothing' also means truth since this is exterior and covers good, which is interior, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5319, 5954.

[2] The fact that 'wine' means love towards the neighbour and the good of faith may be recognized from what has been shown regarding the bread and wine in the Holy Supper, in 2165, 2177, 3464, 4581, 5915. These paragraphs show that 'bread' is the good of celestial love, and that 'wine' is the good of spiritual love. The same may also be recognized from the minchah and the drink-offering in sacrifices. The minchah in them meant the good of love, and the drink-offering the good of faith. The minchah consisted of the kinds of things that meant the good of love, while the drink-offering consisted of wine that meant the good of faith. The sacrifices themselves were also called 'bread', 2165. For the use in sacrifices of a drink-offering consisting of wine, see Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19; Numbers 15:2-15; 28:6-7, 18-end; 29:1-7 and following verses.

[3] The meaning that 'wine' has of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith is also evident in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! And come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1.

No one can fail to see that they did not have to buy wine and milk, but that they were to acquire what is meant by 'wine and milk', which is love towards the neighbour and faith. These gifts come from the Lord 'without money and without price'.

[4] In Hosea,

Threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her. 1 Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean. They will not pour libations of wine to Jehovah, their sacrifices will not be pleasing to Him. Hosea 9:1-4.

Here also in the internal sense reference is made to the good of love and the good of faith, to the demise of them. The good of love is meant by 'threshing-floor' by virtue of the grain there and the bread made from it, while the good of faith is meant by 'winepress', 'new wine', and 'libation of wine'. 'Ephraim will return to Egypt' stands for the fact that the understanding would resort to factual knowledge for advice concerning the arcana of faith; 'in Assyria they will eat what is unclean' stands for that which is the outcome of consequent false reasoning - 'Ephraim' being the area of understanding in the Church, see 5754, 6112, 6238, 6267; 'Egypt' the area of factual knowledge, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 5702; and 'Assyria' that of reasoning, 1186. The line of thought in this passage also shows that the words used here contain something more than what one sees in the letter. For everything hangs together in the internal sense, but not so in the external sense, for example when it says that 'threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her', immediately followed by 'Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean'. Moreover, without the internal sense what meaning would Ephraim's return to Egypt and their eating in Assyria what is unclean have?

[5] 'Winepress' and 'wine' are also used in Jeremiah to describe the demise of mutual love and the good of faith,

He who lays waste has fallen on your vintage, therefore joy and gladness have been plucked from Carmel, and from the land of Moab, for I have made the wine cease from the winepresses; none will tread the headed. 2 Jeremiah 48:32-33.

[6] The fact that 'wine' means the good of mutual love and of faith is also evident in John,

I heard a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, Do no harm to oil and wine. Revelation 6:6.

[7] 'Oil' stands for the good of celestial love, and 'wine' for the good of spiritual love.

'Oil' and 'wine' have a similar meaning in the Lord's parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke,

A certain Samaritan was journeying, and seeing him who had been wounded by the robbers was moved with compassion for him; going therefore to him, he bandaged his wounds, and poured on oil and wine. Luke 10:33-34.

'He poured on oil and wine' means that he performed the works of love and charity, 'oil' being the good of love, see 886, 3728. A like meaning was involved in the practice of the ancients, who poured oil and wine onto a pillar when they consecrated it, Genesis 35:14, 4581, 4582.

[8] The fact that 'wine' means the good of love and faith is evident from the words the Lord used when He instituted the Holy Supper. He said then regarding the wine,

I tell you that I shall not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom. Matthew 26:29; Luke 22:17-18.

Anyone can see that He was not about to drink wine in that kingdom, but that the good of love and faith is meant, which He was about to impart to those who belonged to His kingdom. Much the same is meant by 'wine' in Isaiah 24:9, 11; Lamentations 2:11-12; Hosea 14:7; Amos 9:13-14; Zechariah 9:15-16; Luke 5:37-39.

[9] Since 'wine' means the good of love and faith, Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good is therefore meant in the highest sense, for that Truth, when it flows into a person and is accepted by him, brings him the good of love and faith.

[10] Since most things in the Word also have a contrary meaning, so too does 'wine', the contrary meaning of which is falsity from evil, as in Isaiah,

Woe to those who rise in the morning around dawn, and then follow strong drink, who continue into dusk, so that wine may inflame them! Woe to heroes at drinking wine, and to valiant men in mixing strong drink! Isaiah 5:11, 22

In the same prophet,

Also these err through wine, and go astray through strong drink. The priest and the prophet err through strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine, they go astray through strong drink. They err among the seers, they are tottery in judgement. Isaiah 28:7.

In the same prophet,

The shepherds know no understanding, they all look to their own way. Come, I will get wine, and we will be drunken from strong drink; and let there be tomorrow, as there is this day, great abundance. Isaiah 56:11-12.

In addition to these places 'wine' is used with the contrary meaning in Jeremiah 13:12; Hosea 4:11; 7:5; Amos 2:8; Micah 2:11; Psalms 75:8; Deuteronomy 32:33.

Falsity from evil is also meant by the cup of the wine of wrath in Jeremiah 25:15-16; Revelation 14:8, 10; 16:19; the winepress of the wrath of God's anger, Revelation 19:15; and the wine of whoredom, Revelation 17:2; 18:3.

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1. The Latin means them but the Hebrew means her, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse, as well as possibly here in his rough draft.

  
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