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1 あなたはまた枚の幕をもって幕屋を造らなければならない。すなわち亜麻の撚糸、糸、紫糸、緋糸で幕を作り、巧みなわざをもって、それにケルビムを織り出さなければならない。

2 幕の長さは、おのおの二十八キュビト、幕の幅は、おのおのキュビトで、幕は皆同じ寸法でなければならない。

3 その幕五枚を互に連ね合わせ、また他の五枚の幕をも互に連ね合わせなければならない。

4 その一連の端にある幕の縁に色の乳をつけ、また他の一連の端にある幕の縁にもそのようにしなければならない。

5 あなたは、その一枚の幕に乳五十をつけ、また他の一連の幕の端にも乳五十をつけ、その乳を互に相向かわせなければならない。

6 あなたはまた金の輪五十を作り、その輪で幕を互に連ね合わせて一つの幕屋にしなければならない。

7 また幕屋をおおう天幕のためにやぎの毛糸で幕を作らなければならない。すなわち幕十一枚を作り、

8 その一枚の幕の長さ三十キュビト、その一枚の幕の幅はキュビトで、その十一枚の幕は同じ寸法でなければならない。

9 そして、その幕五枚を一つに連ね合わせ、またその幕枚を一つに連ね合わせて、その枚目の幕を天幕の前で折り重ねなければならない。

10 またその一連の端にある幕の縁に乳五十をつけ、他の一連の幕の縁にも乳五十をつけなさい。

11 そして青銅の輪五十を作り、その輪を乳に掛け、その天幕を連ね合わせて一つにし、

12 その天幕の幕の残りの垂れる部分、すなわちその残りの半幕を幕屋のうしろに垂れさせなければならない。

13 そして天幕の幕のたけで余るものの、こちらのキュビトと、あちらのキュビトとは、幕屋をおおうように、その両側のこちらとあちらとに垂れさせなければならない。

14 また、あかね染めの雄羊の皮で天幕のおおいと、じゅごんの皮でその上にかけるおおいとを造らなければならない。

15 あなたは幕屋のために、アカシヤ材で立枠を造らなければならない。

16 枠の長さキュビト、枠の幅を一キュビト半とし、

17 枠ごとにつの柄を造って、かれとこれとを食い合わさせ、幕屋のすべての枠にこのようにしなければならない。

18 あなたは幕屋のために枠を造り、側のために枠二十とし、

19 その二十の枠の下にの座四十を造って、この枠の下に、そのつの柄のためにつの座を置き、かの枠の下にもそのつの柄のためにつの座を置かなければならない。

20 また幕屋の他の側、すなわち側のためにも枠二十を造り、

21 そのの座四十を造って、この枠の下につの座を置き、かの枠の下につの座を置かなければならない。

22 また幕屋のうしろ、すなわち西のために枠つを造り、

23 幕屋のうしろのつのすみのために枠つを造らなければならない。

24 これらはで重なり合い、同じくその頂でも第一の環まで重なり合うようにし、そのつともそのようにしなければならない。それらはつのすみのために設けるものである。

25 こうしてその枠は八つ、そのの座は十六、この枠の下につの座、かの枠の下につの座を置かなければならない。

26 またアカシヤ材で横を造らなければならない。すなわち幕屋のこの側の枠のために五つ、

27 また幕屋のかのの枠のために横木五つ、幕屋のうしろの西の枠のために横木五つを造り、

28 枠のまん中にある中央の横木は端から端まで通るようにしなければならない。

29 そしてその枠を金でおおい、また横木を通すその環を金で造り、また、その横木を金でおおわなければならない。

30 こうしてあなたはで示された様式に従って幕屋を建てなければならない。

31 また糸、紫糸、緋糸、亜麻の撚糸で垂幕を作り、巧みなわざをもって、それにケルビムを織り出さなければならない。

32 そして金でおおったつのアカシヤ材のの金の鉤にこれを掛け、そのつのの座の上にすえなければならない。

33  その垂幕の輪を鉤に掛け、その垂幕の内にあかしの箱を納めなさい。その垂幕はあなたがたのために聖所と至聖所とを隔て分けるであろう。

34 また至聖所にあるあかしの箱の上に贖罪所を置かなければならない。

35 そしてその垂幕の外に机を置き、幕屋の南側に、机に向かい合わせて燭台を置かなければならない。ただし机は側に置かなければならない。

36 あなたはまた天幕の入口のために糸、紫糸、緋糸、亜麻の撚糸で、色とりどりに織ったとばりを作らなければならない。

37 あなたはそのとばりのためにアカシヤ材の五つを造り、これを金でおおい、その鉤を金で造り、またそののために青銅の座五つを鋳て造らなければならない。

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9467

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9467. 'And purple' means the celestial love of good. This is clear from the meaning of 'purple' as the celestial love of good, the reason why this love is meant by 'purple' being that by the colour red the good of celestial love is meant. For there are two basic colours from which all others are derived, the colour red and the colour white. The colour red means good which belongs to love, while the colour white means truth which belongs to faith. The reason why red means good belonging to love is that this colour exists before all else as fire, and fire means the good of love; and the reason why white means truth belonging to faith is that before all else that colour is light, and light means the truth of faith.

'Fire' means the good of love, see 5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849, 7324, 9434.

'Light' means the truth of faith, 2776, 3195, 3636, 3643, 3993, 4302, 4413, 4415, 5400, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407.

'Red' means the good of love, 3300.

'White' means the truth of faith, 3993, 4007, 5319.

[2] From all this it is evident what all other colours mean; for in the measure that they are derived from red they mean good belonging to love, and in the measure that they are derived from white they mean truth belonging to faith. All the colours that appear in heaven are modifications of heavenly light and flame, on those two levels. For heavenly light is real light; and essentially it is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good. Therefore modifications of that light and flame are different variations of truth and good, and so of intelligence and wisdom.

[3] All this now shows how it came about that the veils and curtains of the tent, and also Aaron's garments, were to be woven out of violet, purple, twice-dyed scarlet, and linen thread, Exodus 25:4; 26:31, 36; 27:16; 28:6, 15, namely in order that celestial realities belonging to good and spiritual realities belonging to truth, which are the subject in what follows below, might be represented by them.

[4] Good from a celestial origin is again meant by 'purple' in Ezekiel,

Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail; violet and purple from the islands of Elishah was your covering. Ezekiel 27:7.

This refers to Tyre, by which cognitions or knowledge of truth and good are meant. 'Violet and purple covering' stands for cognitions of truth and good from a heavenly origin.

[5] Similar things are meant by 'purple and fine linen' in Luke,

There was a certain rich man (homo) who was clothed in purple and fine linen and indulged in delicacies splendidly every day. Luke 16:19.

'A rich man' is used to mean in the internal sense the Jewish nation, and the Church there, which was said to be 'rich' because of the cognitions or knowledge of good and truth from the Word which existed there. Garments of 'purple and fine linen' are those cognitions, 'of purple' meaning cognitions of good, and 'of fine linen' cognitions of truth, both from a heavenly origin because they come from the Divine. 'Purple' also has a similar meaning in the Book of Revelation,

The woman sitting on a scarlet beast was clothed in purple and scarlet. Revelation 17:3-4.

This refers to Babylon, which means the Church where the holy things of the Word are put to unholy ends, that is, to exercising control in heaven and on earth, and so to ends that spring from hellish self-love and love of the world.

  
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Exodus 18

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1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.

2 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

3 and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".

4 The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."

5 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

6 He said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her."

7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.

8 Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.

9 Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

10 Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

11 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."

12 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.

13 It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.

14 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?"

15 Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws."

17 Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.

18 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.

19 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.

20 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

22 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.

23 If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace."

24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

25 Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

26 They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

27 Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.