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1 καὶ ἐγένετο ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ συνετέλεσεν μωυσῆς ὥστε ἀναστῆσαι τὴν σκηνὴν καὶ ἔχρισεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἡγίασεν αὐτὴν καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτῆς καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔχρισεν αὐτὰ καὶ ἡγίασεν αὐτά

2 καὶ προσήνεγκαν οἱ ἄρχοντες ισραηλ δώδεκα ἄρχοντες οἴκων πατριῶν αὐτῶν οὗτοι ἄρχοντες φυλῶν οὗτοι οἱ παρεστηκότες ἐπὶ τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς

3 καὶ ἤνεγκαν τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν ἔναντι κυρίου ἓξ ἁμάξας λαμπηνικὰς καὶ δώδεκα βόας ἅμαξαν παρὰ δύο ἀρχόντων καὶ μόσχον παρὰ ἑκάστου καὶ προσήγαγον ἐναντίον τῆς σκηνῆς

4 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς μωυσῆν λέγων

5 λαβὲ παρ' αὐτῶν καὶ ἔσονται πρὸς τὰ ἔργα τὰ λειτουργικὰ τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ δώσεις αὐτὰ τοῖς λευίταις ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ λειτουργίαν

6 καὶ λαβὼν μωυσῆς τὰς ἁμάξας καὶ τοὺς βόας ἔδωκεν αὐτὰ τοῖς λευίταις

7 τὰς δύο ἁμάξας καὶ τοὺς τέσσαρας βόας ἔδωκεν τοῖς υἱοῖς γεδσων κατὰ τὰς λειτουργίας αὐτῶν

8 καὶ τὰς τέσσαρας ἁμάξας καὶ τοὺς ὀκτὼ βόας ἔδωκεν τοῖς υἱοῖς μεραρι κατὰ τὰς λειτουργίας αὐτῶν διὰ ιθαμαρ υἱοῦ ααρων τοῦ ἱερέως

9 καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς κααθ οὐκ ἔδωκεν ὅτι τὰ λειτουργήματα τοῦ ἁγίου ἔχουσιν ἐπ' ὤμων ἀροῦσιν

10 καὶ προσήνεγκαν οἱ ἄρχοντες εἰς τὸν ἐγκαινισμὸν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ ἔχρισεν αὐτό καὶ προσήνεγκαν οἱ ἄρχοντες τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν ἀπέναντι τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου

11 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς μωυσῆν ἄρχων εἷς καθ' ἡμέραν ἄρχων καθ' ἡμέραν προσοίσουσιν τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν ἐγκαινισμὸν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου

12 καὶ ἦν ὁ προσφέρων τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ πρώτῃ τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ ναασσων υἱὸς αμιναδαβ ἄρχων τῆς φυλῆς ιουδα

13 καὶ προσήνεγκεν τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

14 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

15 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

16 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

17 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ναασσων υἱοῦ αμιναδαβ

18 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δευτέρᾳ προσήνεγκεν ναθαναηλ υἱὸς σωγαρ ἄρχων τῆς φυλῆς ισσαχαρ

19 καὶ προσήνεγκεν τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

20 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

21 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

22 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

23 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ναθαναηλ υἱοῦ σωγαρ

24 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν ζαβουλων ελιαβ υἱὸς χαιλων

25 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

26 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

27 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

28 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

29 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ελιαβ υἱοῦ χαιλων

30 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν ρουβην ελισουρ υἱὸς σεδιουρ

31 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

32 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

33 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

34 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

35 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ελισουρ υἱοῦ σεδιουρ

36 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ πέμπτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν συμεων σαλαμιηλ υἱὸς σουρισαδαι

37 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

38 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

39 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

40 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

41 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον σαλαμιηλ υἱοῦ σουρισαδαι

42 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἕκτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν γαδ ελισαφ υἱὸς ραγουηλ

43 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

44 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

45 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

46 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

47 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ελισαφ υἱοῦ ραγουηλ

48 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν εφραιμ ελισαμα υἱὸς εμιουδ

49 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

50 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

51 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

52 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

53 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον ελισαμα υἱοῦ εμιουδ

54 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν μανασση γαμαλιηλ υἱὸς φαδασσουρ

55 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

56 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

57 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

58 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

59 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον γαμαλιηλ υἱοῦ φαδασσουρ

60 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἐνάτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν βενιαμιν αβιδαν υἱὸς γαδεωνι

61 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

62 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

63 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

64 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

65 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον αβιδαν υἱοῦ γαδεωνι

66 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δεκάτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν δαν αχιεζερ υἱὸς αμισαδαι

67 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

68 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

69 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

70 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

71 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον αχιεζερ υἱοῦ αμισαδαι

72 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑνδεκάτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν ασηρ φαγαιηλ υἱὸς εχραν

73 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

74 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

75 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

76 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

77 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον φαγαιηλ υἱοῦ εχραν

78 τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δωδεκάτῃ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν νεφθαλι αχιρε υἱὸς αιναν

79 τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρυβλίον ἀργυροῦν ἕν τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν

80 θυίσκην μίαν δέκα χρυσῶν πλήρη θυμιάματος

81 μόσχον ἕνα ἐκ βοῶν κριὸν ἕνα ἀμνὸν ἕνα ἐνιαύσιον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα

82 καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

83 καὶ εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις δύο κριοὺς πέντε τράγους πέντε ἀμνάδας ἐνιαυσίας πέντε τοῦτο τὸ δῶρον αχιρε υἱοῦ αιναν

84 οὗτος ὁ ἐγκαινισμὸς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἔχρισεν αὐτό παρὰ τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν υἱῶν ισραηλ τρυβλία ἀργυρᾶ δώδεκα φιάλαι ἀργυραῖ δώδεκα θυίσκαι χρυσαῖ δώδεκα

85 τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν σίκλων τὸ τρυβλίον τὸ ἕν καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων ἡ φιάλη ἡ μία πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον τῶν σκευῶν δισχίλιοι καὶ τετρακόσιοι σίκλοι ἐν τῷ σίκλῳ τῷ ἁγίῳ

86 θυίσκαι χρυσαῖ δώδεκα πλήρεις θυμιάματος πᾶν τὸ χρυσίον τῶν θυισκῶν εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατὸν χρυσοῖ

87 πᾶσαι αἱ βόες εἰς ὁλοκαύτωσιν μόσχοι δώδεκα κριοὶ δώδεκα ἀμνοὶ ἐνιαύσιοι δώδεκα καὶ αἱ θυσίαι αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ σπονδαὶ αὐτῶν καὶ χίμαροι ἐξ αἰγῶν δώδεκα περὶ ἁμαρτίας

88 πᾶσαι αἱ βόες εἰς θυσίαν σωτηρίου δαμάλεις εἴκοσι τέσσαρες κριοὶ ἑξήκοντα τράγοι ἑξήκοντα ἀμνάδες ἑξήκοντα ἐνιαύσιαι ἄμωμοι αὕτη ἡ ἐγκαίνωσις τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου μετὰ τὸ πληρῶσαι τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ μετὰ τὸ χρῖσαι αὐτόν

89 ἐν τῷ εἰσπορεύεσθαι μωυσῆν εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου λαλῆσαι αὐτῷ καὶ ἤκουσεν τὴν φωνὴν κυρίου λαλοῦντος πρὸς αὐτὸν ἄνωθεν τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῆς κιβωτοῦ τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο χερουβιμ καὶ ἐλάλει πρὸς αὐτόν

   

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9836. 'Two shoulders joined together shall it have at its two ends, and it shall be joined together' means an everlasting preservation of good and truth on every side by all exertion and power through a total uniting together. This is clear from the meaning of 'shoulders' as all the force and power, dealt with in 1085, 4931-4937, though the expressions 'placing on the shoulders' and 'carrying on them', used below in reference to the two shoham stones on which the names of the sons of Israel were engraved, mean an everlasting preservation of good and truth (for all forms of good and truths in their entirety are meant by 'the names of the sons of Israel', a subject dealt with further on); from the meaning of 'joined together' as a total uniting; and from the meaning of 'the two ends', or to the right and to the left, as on every side, dealt with in 8613.

[2] The implications of all this are that the ephod, as has been shown above, represented the outermost part of the Lord's spiritual kingdom. Thus the shoulder-pieces, on which the two shoham stones with the names of the sons of Israel had been placed, represented the everlasting preservation of good and truth; and the joining together of the ephod on the shoulders, and also in front of the breast and behind the back, represented a total uniting. This helps to make clear what is meant by the details stated further on regarding the shoulder-pieces and the engravings on them, namely the everlasting preservation of the good and truth present by all exertion and power, thus the preservation of the heavens. The stones with the names of the sons of Israel had been placed on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, which represented the outermost part of the spiritual kingdom, because all preservation is dependent on the condition of what exists on last and lowest levels. For everything within terminates and forms a base for itself there on which to rest and remain in existence. Things on last and lowest levels resemble the soles and the upper parts of the feet on which the entire body stands; they are also like the hands and arms through which the body exercises its powers. Furthermore the strength of the body is concentrated there. This also explains why the hands and arms, the soles and feet too, correspond to the last and lowest parts of heaven. The fact that power and might reside in things which are last and lowest was represented in the Ancient Church by Nazirites and the hair on their head, in which their might resided, as is evident from Samson in Judges 14-16, and also their holiness, 3301. Regarding the hair, which on those men's heads was their Naziriteship, that it corresponds to the lowest levels of good and truth, or good and truth on lowest levels, see 3301, 5247, 6437.

[3] The residing of power in last and lowest things, and also the preservation in these of more internal ones in their proper condition, are matters which may be understood by people who know what the situation is with things in the natural order which follow one another in sequence and consequently exist together with one another. Things which follow in sequence finally come together on the last and lowest level, where they exist side-by-side in the same order. This being so, the things existing together with one another, which are last and lowest, serve those following one another in sequence, which are prior and higher, as corresponding supports on which they rest and are thereby preserved.

[4] 'The shoulders' means all the force and power exerted in offering resistance, breaking, or impelling. This is clear in Ezekiel,

You push with side and shoulder, and butt with your horns all the weak sheep, until you have scattered them abroad. Ezekiel 34:21.

In the same prophet,

Egypt has been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of you by the hand, you were broken, and you tore open their whole shoulder. 1 Ezekiel 29:6-7.

'Tearing open the whole shoulder' stands for depriving of all the power to grasp truths, 'Egypt' being the perverted factual knowledge which causes such deprivation.

[5] In Zechariah,

They refused to listen, and turned 2 a stubborn shoulder. Zechariah 7:11.

'Turning a stubborn shoulder' stands for offering resistance. In David,

They thought a wicked deed, [but] they did not prevail; for You will set a shoulder against them. Psalms 21:11-12.

'Setting a shoulder against them' too stands for offering resistance, and so stands for power. The fact that 'shoulder' means power is evident from representatives in the next life, where those who offer resistance are seen setting an opposing shoulder.

[6] Placing onto the shoulders and carrying on them means preserving everlastingly in a state of good and truth through all exertion and power. This is clear in Isaiah,

The nations will bring your sons in their bosom, and carry your daughters on their shoulder. Isaiah 49:22.

This refers to a new Church. 'Sons' means truths, and 'daughters' forms of good; and 'carrying on the shoulder' stands for preserving them. The preservation of good in its proper condition was also represented by the action of the children of Israel, who carried their dough on their shoulder when they were going out of Egypt, Exodus 12:34; and by that of the sons of Kohath, who carried holy things 3 on their shoulder, Numbers 7:9. This explains why the Lord, who spoke by means of correspondences, said that when the lost sheep was found the owner placed it on his shoulder, rejoicing, Luke 15:5. 'The sheep that was lost and found' is good as it resides with someone who comes to his senses.

[7] Since 'carrying on the shoulder' had this meaning it is also said of those who love and preserve gold and silver that they carry them on their shoulder, Isaiah 46:7. Carrying also means holding something in its proper state or condition, see 9500. All this shows what was meant by the engraving of the names of the sons of Israel on the two shoham stones and the placement of them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, and by the injunction that 'Aaron shall bear (or carry) them on his two shoulders for a remembrance', verse 12. 'Carrying on the shoulder', when it has reference to subjection, means servitude, see Genesis 49:15; Psalms 81:6; Isaiah 9:4; 10:27; Matthew 23:4; Zephaniah 3:9. But when it has reference to dominion it means supreme power, Isaiah 9:6; 22:22.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, you dug through for them all the shoulder

2. literally, gave

3. literally, the works of the holy place (or of holiness)

  
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