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Exodus 30

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1 And thou shalt make an altar for the burning· of incense ·as·​·incense; of shittim* wood shalt thou make it.

2 A cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits its height; out of it shall be its horns.

3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, its roof and its walls round·​·about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a rim of gold all around.

4 And thou shalt make for it two rings of gold beneath its rim, upon its two ribs; upon its two ribs shalt thou make them; and it shall be for the housings for the poles, to carry it in them.

5 And thou shalt make the poles of shittim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

6 And thou shalt put it before the veil that is over the ark of the Testimony, before the place of atonement that is over the Testimony, whither I will meet·​·together with thee.

7 And Aaron shall burn·​·incense on it, fragrant incense in the morning by the morning; in his adorning the lamps* he shall burn· it ·for·​·incense.

8 And when Aaron causes the flame of the lamps to go·​·up* between the two·​·evenings*, he shall burn· it ·for·​·incense, a continual incense before Jehovah for your generations.

9 You shall not offer·​·up strange incense nor burnt·​·offering nor gift·​·offering upon it; and you shall not pour·​·out a poured·​·offering upon it.

10 And Aaron shall make·​·atonement upon the horns of it once in the year, from the blood of the sin offering of atonements; once in the year he shall make·​·atonement upon it to your generations; a holy of holies is this to Jehovah.

11 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

12 When thou shalt take·​·up the sum of the sons of Israel, as to those who are numbered of them, then they shall give, each·​·man, an atonement of his soul to Jehovah when numbering them, that there be not among them a plague striking when numbering them.

13 This they shall give, everyone that passes·​·by upon those who are numbered, half a shekel, in the shekel of holiness, a shekel of twenty gerahs, the half of a shekel an uplifting to Jehovah.

14 Everyone that passes·​·by upon those who are numbered, from a son of twenty years and upward, shall give an uplifting to Jehovah.

15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half of the shekel, to give the uplifting to Jehovah, to make·​·atonement on your souls.

16 And thou shalt take the silver of atonements from among the sons of Israel, and thou shalt give it for the service of the Tabernacle of the congregation; and it shall be to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah, to make·​·atonement upon your souls.

17 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

18 And thou shalt make a laver of bronze, and its base of bronze, for bathing; and thou shalt put it between the Tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put waters there.

19 And Aaron and his sons shall bathe from it their hands and their feet.

20 When they come into the Tabernacle of the congregation they shall bathe with waters, that they die not; or when they approach the altar to minister, to burn·​·for·​·incense a fire·​·offering to Jehovah.

21 And they shall bathe their hands and their feet, that they die not; and it shall be to them a statute of an age, to him and to his seed, to their generations.

22 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

23 And take thou for thee the foremost spices, the best myrrh* five hundred, and cinnamon spice the half of it, fifty and two·​·hundred, and calamus spice, fifty and two·​·hundred;

24 and cassia five hundred, in the shekel of holiness; and oil of olive a hin.

25 And thou shalt make it an oil of anointing of holiness, an ointment of ointment, made·​·by the ointment·​·maker; an oil of anointing of holiness it shall be.

26 And thou shalt anoint with it the Tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the Testimony;

27 and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense;

28 and the altar of burnt·​·offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base.

29 And thou shalt sanctify them, and they shall be a holy of holies; whoever touches them shall be made·​·holy.

30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and shalt sanctify them, to be·​·priests to Me.

31 And thou shalt speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This shall be for Me an oil of anointing of holiness for your generations.

32 On the flesh of man shall it not be poured·​·out; and according to its fixed·​·measure you shall not make any like it; holy it is; holy shall it be to you.

33 The man who shall make·​·ointment like it, and who shall put of it on a stranger, even he shall be cut·​·off from his peoples.

34 And Jehovah said to Moses, Take for thee fragrances, a drop, and onycha, and galbanum, fragrances, and pure frankincense, so much in so much shall it be.

35 And thou shalt make it an incense, an ointment made·​·by the ointment·​·maker, salted, pure, holy.

36 And thou shalt pound some of it, making· it ·thin, and shalt put some of it before the Testimony in the Tabernacle of the congregation, whither I will meet·​·together with thee, a holy of holies shall it be to you.

37 And the incense which thou makest in its fixed·​·measure, you shall not make for yourselves; holy to Jehovah shall it be to thee.

38 The man who shall make like to it, to cause a smell with it, even he shall be cut·​·off from his peoples.

   


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

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Lamp

  

'A lamp' signifies truths of faith. It can also signifying celestial things from which spiritual matters proceed. 'A lamp' or 'candle' signifies intelligence in both senses.

In Matthew 25:4, this signifies love.

The 'ordination of the lamp, from the evening until the morning,' as in Exodus 27:20, 21, signifies the perpetual influx of the good and truth from the Lord always in every state. Its light signifies illumination from the Lord.

In Revelation 22, this signifies natural light from self-derived intelligence.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Revealed 796)


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Revelation 22

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1 He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

2 in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

3 There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him.

4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

5 There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.

6 He said to me, "These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon."

7 "Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book."

8 Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.

9 He said to me, "See you don't do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God."

10 He said to me, "Don't seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

11 He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still."

12 "Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.

13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

14 Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star."

17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, let him say, "Come!" He who is thirsty, let him Come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues which are written in this book.

19 If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

20 He who testifies these things says, "Yes, I come quickly." Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

21 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.