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Exodus 40

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1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou raise·​·up the Habitation of the Tabernacle of the congregation.

3 And thou shalt set in it the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt shelter the veil over the ark.

4 And thou shalt bring·​·in the table, and shalt arrange its arrangement; and thou shalt bring·​·in the lampstand, and shalt cause the flame of its lamps to go·​·up*.

5 And thou shalt put the altar of gold for incense before the ark of the Testimony, and shalt set the sheltering of the entrance to the Habitation.

6 And thou shalt put the altar of the burnt·​·offering before the entrance of the Habitation of the Tabernacle of the congregation.

7 And thou shalt put the laver between the Tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put waters therein.

8 And thou shalt set the court all around, and shalt put the sheltering at the gate of the court.

9 And thou shalt take the oil of anointing, and anoint the Habitation, and all that is in it, and thou shalt sanctify it, and all its vessels; and it shall be holy.

10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt·​·offering, and all its vessels, and shalt sanctify the altar; and the altar shall be a holy of holies.

11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and shalt sanctify it.

12 And thou shalt make Aaron and his sons come·​·near to the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt bathe them with waters.

13 And thou shall clothe Aaron with the garments of holiness, and thou shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may be·​·a·​·priest to Me.

14 And thou shalt make his sons to come·​·near, and shalt clothe them with tunics.

15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall be·​·priests to Me; and their anointing shall be for a priesthood of an age, to be to them for their generations.

16 And Moses did according·​·to all that Jehovah commanded him, so he did.

17 And it was in the first month, in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the Habitation was raised·​·up.

18 And Moses raised·​·up the Habitation, and put down its bases, and set up its planks, and put in its bars, and raised·​·up its pillars.

19 And he spread the Tabernacle over the Habitation, and put the covering of the Tabernacle upon it above, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

20 And he took and put the Testimony into the ark, and placed the poles upon the ark, and put the place of atonement upon the ark above.

21 And he brought the ark into the Habitation, and set the veil of the sheltering, and sheltered over the ark of the Testimony; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

22 And he put the table in the Tabernacle of the congregation, upon the thigh of the Habitation northward, outside the veil.

23 And he arranged on it the arrangement of the bread before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

24 And he set the lampstand in the Tabernacle of the congregation, opposite the table, on the thigh of the Habitation toward the south.

25 And he caused the flame of the lamps to go·​·up* before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

26 And he put the altar of gold in the Tabernacle of the congregation before the veil;

27 and he burnt·​·for·​·incense thereon fragrant incense, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

28 And he set the sheltering of the entrance to the Habitation.

29 And he set the altar of the burnt·​·offering at the entrance of the Habitation of the Tabernacle of the congregation, and he brought·​·up on it the burnt·​·offering and the gift·​·offering; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

30 And he set the laver between the Tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and put waters therein, to bathe.

31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons bathed out of it their hands and their feet.

32 When they came into the Tabernacle of the congregation, and when they came·​·near to the altar, they bathed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

33 And he raised·​·up the court all around the Habitation, and the altar, and put up the sheltering of the gate of the court. And Moses completed the work*,

34 And the cloud covered the Tabernacle of the congregation, and the glory of Jehovah filled the Habitation.

35 And Moses was· not ·able to come into the Tabernacle of the congregation, for the cloud abode on it, and the glory of Jehovah filled the Habitation*.

36 And when the cloud went·​·up from over the Habitation, the sons of Israel journeyed in all their journeys.

37 And if the cloud went· not ·up, then they journeyed not until the day that it went·​·up.

38 For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the Habitation by·​·day, and there was fire in it by night, to the eyes of all the house of Israel, in all their journeys.

   


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Wall, rampart, gates, and bars

  

In Lamentations 2:8-9, the 'wall,' 'rampart,' 'gates,' and 'bars' signify doctrines.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 402; Lamentations 2, 2:8, 2:9)

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402. 'A city that was built' means all doctrinal or heretical teaching founded on that heresy. This is clear from the Word wherever the name of any city occurs. In the Word 'city' never means a city but something doctrinal or else something heretical. For angels are totally ignorant of what a city is or what the name of any city is. They never do nor can have any city in mind, for their ideas are of spiritual and celestial things, as shown already. Their perception is solely of what is meant spiritually by cities, and the names of them. For example, by the Holy City, which is also called the Holy Jerusalem, they understand nothing other than the Lord's kingdom in general, or as it exists with each individual who has the Lord's kingdom within him. And the city of Zion or Mount Zion they understand in a similar way, the latter being the celestial degree of faith, the former the spiritual.

[2] And the celestial and spiritual itself is also described by cities, palaces, houses, walls, the foundations of walls, ramparts, gates, bars, and by the temple at the centre, as in Ezekiel 48, and in Revelation 21:15-end. In Revelation 21:2, 10, it is called 'the Holy Jerusalem'; in Jeremiah 31:38 ['the city for Jehovah']; in David, Psalms 46:4, 'the city of God, the holy place of the dwellings of the Most High'; and in Ezekiel 48:35, it is called 'the city, Jehovah is there'. And in Isaiah,

The sons of the foreigner will build up your walls. They will bend down to the soles of your feet, all who disapprove of you, and they will call you the City of Jehovah, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:10, 14.

In Zechariah,

Jerusalem [will be called] the city of truth, and Mount Zion the mountain of holiness. Zechariah 8:3

Here 'city of truth', which is Jerusalem, means the spiritual things of faith, and 'the holy mountain', which is Zion, the celestial things of faith. And whereas the celestial and spiritual things of faith were represented by a city, so all matters of doctrine were meant by the cities of Judah and Israel, each one, when mentioned by name, meaning some specific point of doctrine, though exactly which nobody can know except from the internal sense.

[3] As cities meant matters of doctrine, cities also meant heretical ideas, each one when mentioned by name meaning some specific heretical idea. But at this point solely the consideration that in general a city means doctrinal teaching or else heretical may be established from the following places:

[4] In Isaiah,

On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak in the lip of Canaan and swear to Jehovah Zebaoth. One of these will be called the city Heres. Isaiah 19:18.

This refers to man's knowledge of spiritual and celestial things at the time of the Lord's Coming. In the same prophet,

Full of tumults, a tumultuous city, an exultant city. Isaiah 22:1, 2.

This refers to 'the valley of vision', which is delusion. In Jeremiah,

The cities of the south are shut up, with none opening them. Jeremiah 13:10.

This refers to people who are in 'the south', that is, who dwell in the light of truth, but blot it out. In the same prophet,

Jehovah thought to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He causes rampart and wall to mourn; they have languished together. Her gates have sunk into the ground, He has destroyed and broken in pieces her bars. Lamentations 2:8-9.

Here anyone may see that nothing else is meant by 'wall, rampart, gates and bars' than matters of doctrine.

[5] Similarly in Isaiah,

This song will be sung in the land of Judah, Ours is a strong city, salvation will establish walls and a rampart. Open the gates that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. Isaiah 26:1-2.

In the same prophet,

I will exalt You, I will confess Your name. You have made the city into a heap, the fortified city into a ruin; let not a palace of aliens be built of the city for ever. Therefore a strong people will honour You, the city of terrifying nations will fear You. Isaiah 25:1-3.

Nor does this refer to any actual city. In Balaam's prophecy,

Edom will be an inheritance, and out of Jacob one will have dominion, and he will accomplish the destruction of the remnant of the city. Numbers 24:18-19.

Here anyone may see that 'the city' does not mean an actual city. In Isaiah,

The city of hollowness has been broken down, every house has been shut up so that none may enter in. There is an outcry in the streets over the wine. Isaiah 24:10-11.

Here 'city of hollowness' stands for hollowness of doctrine. In this and other places 'streets' means the things that constitute a city, namely falsities or truths. In John,

When the seventh angel poured out his bowl the great city was split into three parts and the cities of the nations fell. Revelation 16:17, 19.

That 'a great city' means something heretical, as do 'the cities of the nations', may be clear to anyone. The explanation is also given in Revelation 17:18 that the great city means the woman whom John saw, 'the woman', as shown already, being a Church of that nature.

  
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