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Numbers 7

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1 And it was, on the day that Moses had completed raising·​·up the Habitation, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all its vessels; and the altar and all its vessels`, and he anointed them, and sanctified them;

2 that the chiefs of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, they who were the chiefs of the tribes, they who stood over those who were numbered, offered.

3 And they brought their offering before Jehovah, six covered carts, and twelve cattle; a cart for two of the chiefs, and an ox for each one; and they offered them before the Habitation.

4 And Jehovah said to Moses, saying,

5 Take it from them, and they may be to serve the service of the Tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them to the Levites, to each·​·man according·​·to* his service.

6 And Moses took the carts and the cattle, and gave them to the Levites.

7 Two carts and four cattle he gave to the sons of Gershon, according·​·to* their service;

8 and four carts and eight cattle he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, into the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave not any; for the service of the sanctuary was upon them that they should bear on the shoulders.

10 And the chiefs offered with the dedication of the altar in the day when it was anointed, and the chiefs offered their offering before the altar.

11 And Jehovah said to Moses, They shall offer their offering, one chief for a day, one chief for a day, for the dedication of the altar.

12 And he that offered his offering on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;

13 and his offering was one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

14 one dish*, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;

15 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

16 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

17 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

18 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, chief of Issachar, did offer;

19 he offered his offering of one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

20 one dish, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;

21 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

22 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

23 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, chief of the sons of Zebulun, offered;

25 his offering was one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

26 one dish, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;

27 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

28 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

29 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.

30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, chief of the sons of Reuben, offered;

31 his offering was one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

32 one dish, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;

33 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

34 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

35 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.

36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, chief of the sons of Simeon, offered;

37 his offering was one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

38 one dish, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;

39 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

40 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

41 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, chief of the sons of Gad, offered;

43 his offering was one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

44 one dish, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;

45 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

46 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

47 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, chief of the sons of Ephraim, offered;

49 his offering was one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

50 one dish, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;

51 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

52 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

53 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.

54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, chief of the sons of Manasseh;

55 his offering was one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

56 one dish, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;

57 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

58 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

59 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, chief of the sons of Benjamin, offered;

61 his offering was one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

62 one dish of gold of ten shekels, full of incense;

63 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

64 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

65 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.

66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, chief of the sons of Dan, offered;

67 his offering was one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

68 one dish, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;

69 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

70 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

71 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, chief of the sons of Asher, offered;

73 his offering was one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

74 one dish, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;

75 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

76 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

77 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.

78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, chief of the sons of Naphtali, offered;

79 his offering was one silver platter, its weight thirty and a hundred shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the shekel of holiness; the two of them full of flour mixed with oil for a gift·​·offering;

80 one dish, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;

81 one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt·​·offering;

82 one male goat of the goats for a sin offering;

83 and for a sacrifice of peace·​·offerings, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.

84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day the chiefs of Israel anointed it: twelve platters of silver; twelve silver basins; twelve gold dishes;

85 one platter of silver weighing thirty and a hundred shekels; one basin seventy; all the silver vessels weighed two·​·thousand and four hundred shekels, by the shekel of holiness;

86 the gold dishes were twelve, full of incense, each ten shekels, ten each dish, by the shekel of holiness; all the gold of the dishes was twenty and a hundred.

87 All the cattle for the burnt·​·offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs, sons of a year, twelve, and their gift·​·offering; and the he-goats of the goats for a sin offering, twelve.

88 And all the cattle of the sacrifice of the peace·​·offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the lambs, sons of a year, sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.

89 And when Moses came into the Tabernacle of the congregation to speak with Him, then he heard the voice speaking to him from on the place of atonement that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim, and He spoke to him.

   


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True Christian Religion # 260

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260. It should furthermore be known that the literal sense is a protection to prevent the genuine truths hidden within being harmed. It acts as a protection because that sense can be twisted in different directions and explained as it is understood, without its internal being harmed or violated. For it does no harm for the literal sense to be understood differently by different people; but harm is done, if a person introduces falsities which are in opposition to the Divine truths, and this is only done by those who have convinced themselves of false ideas. This is what does violence to the Word. The literal sense acts as a protection to prevent this happening, and this occurs with those whose religion has given them false ideas, but who have not convinced themselves of these falsities. The literal sense of the Word acting as a protection is what is meant by cherubim in the Word, and it is there described by them. This protection is meant by the cherubim which were placed at the entrance to the garden of Eden after Adam and his wife were expelled from it. We read of these:

When Jehovah God had cast out the man, He made cherubim to dwell on the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword turning this way and that, to guard the way to the tree of life, Genesis 3:23-24.

[2] No one can know what this means, unless he knows the meaning of cherubim, of the garden of Eden and the tree of life in it; and also of the flame of a sword turning this way and that. These details have been explained in the section dealing with this chapter in ARCANA CAELESTIA, published in London. This shows that cherubim mean protection, the way to the tree of life means the approach to the Lord, which people make by means of the truths of the spiritual sense of the Word; the flame of a sword turning means Divine truth at the outermost level, which resembles the Word in its literal sense, in being capable of being twisted like this. The meaning of the cherubim made of gold placed on the two ends of the mercy-seat, which was above the ark in the tabernacle (Exodus 25:18-21), is similar. The ark meant the Word, because the Ten Commandments contained in it were the rudiments of the Word; the cherubim there meant protection, which is why the Lord spoke with Moses from between them (Exodus 25:22; 37:9; Numbers 7:89). He spoke in the natural sense, for He does not speak with man except in fulness, and in the literal sense Divine truth is in its fulness (214-224 above). Nor was anything else meant by the cherubim on the hangings of the tabernacle and on the veil (Exodus 26:1, 31). For the hangings and veils of the tabernacle meant the outermost of heaven and the church, and so also of the Word (220 above). Likewise the cherubim carved on the walls and the doors of the temple at Jerusalem (1 Kings 6:29, 32, 35; 221 above); and equally the cherubim in the new temple (Ezekiel 41:18-20).

[3] Since cherubim meant protection to prevent the Lord, heaven and Divine truth as it is inwardly in the Word, being directly approached, but only indirectly through the outermost, this is why it is said of the king of Tyre:

You who set the seal on your measured space, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty, you were in Eden the garden. Every kind of precious stone was your covering. You, cherub, were the expanse of the covering. I have destroyed you, cherub who cover, in the midst of the stones of fire, Ezekiel 28:12-14, 16.

Tyre means the church as regards its knowledge of truth and good, and so the king of Tyre means the Word, which is the place and source of that knowledge. It is obvious that in this passage the king means the Word at the outermost level, and cherub means protection, for it says 'You who set the seal on your measured space; every kind of precious stone was your covering; you, cherub, were the expanse of the covering' as well as 'cherub who cover'. The precious stones which are also named there mean the contents of the literal sense (217-218 above).

Because cherubim mean the Word at the outermost level and also its protection, it is said in the Psalms of David:

Jehovah tilted the heavens and came down, and rode upon a cherub, Psalms 18:9-10.

Shepherd of Israel, who sits upon the cherubim, shine forth, Psalms 80:1. Jehovah that sits upon the cherubim, Psalms 99:1.

Riding on the cherubim or sitting on them means the outermost sense of the Word. The Divine truth in the Word and its nature are described by the four creatures, which are also called cherubim (in Ezekiel, chapters 1, 9-10); and also by the four creatures in the midst of the throne and beside the throne (Revelation 4:6ff). (See Apocalypse Revealed published by me at Amsterdam, 239, 275, 3-14.)

  
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