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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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Arcana Coelestia # 8427

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8427. 'And in the morning you will see the glory of Jehovah' means that at the beginning of a new state the arrival of the Lord is going to take place. This is clear from the meaning of 'the morning' as the beginning of a new state, dealt with immediately above in 8426; and from the meaning of 'the glory of Jehovah' as the presence and the arrival of the Lord. The reason why 'the glory' means the presence and the arrival of the Lord is that in the highest sense 'glory' is the Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord; and Divine Truth appears before angels' eyes as the light and splendour from the Sun, which is the Lord. For the meaning of 'the glory' as Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, see 5922, 8267; for its meaning intelligence and wisdom that belong to Divine Truth, 4809; and its consequently meaning the internal sense of the Word, since that sense is Divine Truth in glory, 5922.

[2] It says that in the morning they are going to see the glory of Jehovah because sunrise and its accompanying light (which in heaven brings light to angels' eyes, to both their outward and their inward sight) consequently the presence and arrival of the Lord (who is the Sun of heaven) corresponds to morning time on earth and is meant here by 'the morning'. The light from the sun then, which is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, and for that reason is the Lord, is 'the glory'. From this it is evident that 'the glory' means the presence and arrival of the Lord. The fact that these are meant by 'the glory' is also evident from a number of places in the Word, such as in Moses,

The cloud covered the mountain, and the glory of Jehovah dwelt over Mount Sinai. And the cloud covered it six days. The sight of the glory of Jehovah was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel. Exodus 24:15-18.

Plainly, the presence of Jehovah, that is, of the Lord, appearing as a cloud and as fire on the mountain, is here called 'the glory of Jehovah'.

In the same author,

The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. Nor could Moses enter the tent of meeting, because the cloud dwelt over it, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. Exodus 40:34-35.

Here also the Lord's presence, appearing as a cloud, is called 'the glory'.

[3] In the same author,

Moses and Aaron entered the tent of meeting; and they came out and blessed the people. At that time the glory of Jehovah appeared to the whole people. Leviticus 9:23-24.

In the same author,

The glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting before all the children of Israel. Numbers 14:10-12.

Likewise in Numbers 16:19, 42. In the first Book of Kings,

The cloud filled the house of Jehovah, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah. 1 Kings 8:10-11.

In John,

The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, so that no one was able to enter the temple. Revelation 15:8.

In the same book,

He showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. The city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shed light in it; the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. Revelation 21:10-11, 23.

Here 'the glory of God' plainly stands for light from the Lord, which is Divine Truth emanating from Him, and so is the presence of the Lord since the Lord is present in Truth coming from Him.

[4] The fact that 'the glory of Jehovah' means His presence is clear yet again in Moses,

Moses said to Jehovah, Show me, I beg You, Your glory He said to him, I will cause all My goodness to pass by before you. And when My glory passes by, it will happen, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover My hand over you until I have passed by. But when I take My hand away you will see My back parts, and My face will not be seen. Exodus 33:18-end.

Here also 'Jehovah's glory' plainly stands for His presence. In Matthew,

The disciples said to Jesus, Tell us, what will be the sign of Your coming? Jesus said, Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear, and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and glory. Matthew 24:3, 30.

The subject here is the final period of the former Church and the first of the new. 'The Son of Man' is God's truth emanating from the Lord; 'the clouds of heaven' are the Word in the sense of the letter, and 'power and glory' are the internal sense, thus Divine Truth which will be visible then. 'The Lord's coming' stands for the acceptance of God's truth by those belonging to the new Church and the rejection of it by those belonging to the old Church, see 4060 (end).

[5] The fact that the Lord in respect of Divine Truth is meant by 'the glory' is clear in Isaiah,

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah. The glory of Jehovah will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together. Isaiah 40:3, 5.

This refers to the Lord, who is 'the glory'. In John,

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory. glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14

In the same gospel,

These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him. John 12:41.

Here 'glory' stands for the Lord. Similarly in Moses,

I am the Living One, and the whole earth will be filled with the glory of Jehovah. Numbers 14:21.

Here 'the glory of Jehovah' stands for the Coming or arrival of the Lord, and for enlightenment by Divine Truth emanating from Him.

[6] 'Glory' stands for the Lord's Divinity in Isaiah,

I am Jehovah, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another. Isaiah 42:8.

In Mark,

... when the Son of Man comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels. Mark 8:38.

In Luke,

Ought [not] Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory? Luke 24:26.

Since 'the glory of Jehovah' means the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, 'the glory' also means the Divine Wisdom and Intelligence that belong to Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. Wisdom and intelligence from God are meant by the glory in Ezekiel 1:28; 8:4; 9:3; 10:4, 18-19; 11:22-23; and there it is represented by 'a rainbow' such as one sees in a cloud.

  
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