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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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9548. 'And you shall make a lampstand' means the spiritual heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'a lampstand' as the Divine Spiritual from the Lord in heaven and in the Church. The reason why 'a lampstand' means the Divine Spiritual is that 'the table' on which the loaves of the Presence were laid means the Divine Celestial, as has been shown in what has gone before. The Divine Celestial is the good of love, and the Divine Spiritual the truth of faith derived from that good; and both of these emanate from the Lord, 9227. The lampstand is the Divine Spiritual on account of the light it sheds; for Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord's Divine Good is what shines in heaven. There is no other source from which angels receive light. This is why in the Word the Lord is called the Light, and why 'light' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, see 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3337, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4060, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4414, 4415, 4419, 4527, 4598, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6315, 6608, 6907, 7174, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407.

[2] 'A lampstand' means the spiritual heaven by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord, and therefore also means the Church; and 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone. This is clear from places in the Word where 'lampstand' and 'lamp' are mentioned, as in John,

I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. The seven lampstands are the seven Churches. Revelation 1:12-13, 20.

And in the same book,

I will remove your lampstand from its place if you do not repent. Revelation 2:5.

A Church is called 'a lampstand' in these places by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord. The fact that 'a lampstand' means a Church is self-evident, for it says, 'The seven lampstands are the seven Churches'. The fact that a Church is called such on account of Divine Truth is evident from the statement, 'I will remove your lampstand if you do not repent'. And the fact that this Truth comes from the Lord [is also self-evident], for it says, 'In the midst of the lampstands one like the Son of Man'; and the Lord is called the Son of Man by virtue of His Divine Truth, see 2803, 2813, 3704.

[3] In the same book,

I will grant My two witnesses to prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. Revelation 11:3-10.

'The two witnesses' are the Word in both Testaments, in that they bear witness to the Lord. It is called 'an olive tree' by virtue of the Divine Good and 'a lampstand' by virtue of the Divine Truth which come from the Lord.

[4] In Zechariah, when the angel who was speaking said to the prophet,

What do you see? I said to him, I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold; its bowl is on top of it, 1 and its seven lamps are on it with seven pipes to the lamps. Two olive trees are beside it, one on the right of the bowl and one on the left of it. Zechariah 4:2-3.

This refers to Zerubbabel, who was about to lay a foundation for God's house and bring it to completion. He represents the Lord, in that He was about to come and to re-establish the spiritual heaven and the Church, these being what is meant by 'a lampstand', and the holy truths there what is meant by 'seven lamps'.

[5] The fact that 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, is clear in John,

The holy Jerusalem has no need of the sun or of the moon to shed light in it. The glory of God will give it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations that are saved will walk in His light. Revelation 21:23-24.

And further on,

There will be no night there, nor do they need a lamp or light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. Revelation 22:5.

'Lamp' in the first quotation stands for Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, and 'light' for faith, and so also for intelligence and wisdom. In the same book,

The light of a lamp will not shine in you any more, and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will not be heard in you any more. Revelation 18:23.

[6] And in Jeremiah,

I will take away the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of mills, and the light of the lamp, that the whole land may be a desolation and devastation. Jeremiah 25:10-11.

This refers to the elimination of faith and consequently of intelligence in spiritual matters meant here by the lamp which will no longer be there and by 'the light of the lamp' which will be taken away.

[7] The like occurs in Job,

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out and [how often] does destruction come upon them? Job 21:17.

In David,

You light my lamp; Jehovah my God makes my darkness bright. Psalms 18:28; 2 Samuel 22:29.

In the same author,

By Your commands I have been made intelligent. Your Word is a lamp to my foot, and a light to my path. Psalms 119:104-105.

In Job,

When God causes a lamp to shine over my head I would walk in darkness towards His light. Job 29:3.

In Matthew,

The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Matthew 6:22-23; Luke 8:16; 11:33-36.

'The eye' is used here to mean faith and consequent intelligence - the fact that these are meant in the internal sense by 'the eye', see 4403-4421, 4523-4534, 9051. And from this the meaning of the words, 'If your eye is good your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness' is self-evident. Since faith and consequent intelligence and wisdom is meant by 'a lamp' the kings of Judah are called lamps to David, 1 Kings 11:36; 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; and David himself is called the lamp of Israel, 2 Samuel 21:16-17. Not that the kings of Judah were lamps; nor was David. Rather they were called such because 'a king' means Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, 6148, and 'David' the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, the source of faith, intelligence, and wisdom, 1888.

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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.