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1 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λαξεύω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-APF λίθινος-A1--APF καθώς-D καί-C ὁ- A--NPF πρῶτος-A1--NPFS καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VZ--AAD2S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄρος-N3E-ASN καί-C γράφω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF πλάξ-N3K-GPF ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN ὅς- --NPN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF πλάξ-N3K-DPF ὁ- A--DPF πρῶτος-A1--DPFS ὅς- --DPF συντρίβω-VAI-AAI2S

2 καί-C γίγνομαι-V1--PMD2S ἕτοιμος-A1--NSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VF--FMI2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄρος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--ASN *σινα-N----S καί-C ἵστημι-VF--FMI2S ἐγώ- P--DS ἐκεῖ-D ἐπί-P ἄκρος-A1A-GSN ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN

3 καί-C μηδείς-A3P-NSM ἀναβαίνω-VZ--AAD3S μετά-P σύ- P--GS μηδέ-C ὁράω-VV--APD3S ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DSN ὁ- A--DSN ὄρος-N3E-DSN καί-C ὁ- A--NPN πρόβατον-N2N-NPN καί-C ὁ- A--NPF βοῦς-N3--NPF μή-D νέμω-V1--PMD3P πλησίον-D ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN ἐκεῖνος- D--GSN

4 καί-C λαξεύω-VAI-AAI3S δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-APF λίθινος-A1--APF καθάπερ-D καί-C ὁ- A--NPF πρῶτος-A1--NPFS καί-C ὀρθρίζω-VA--AAPNSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἀναβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄρος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--ASN *σινα-N----S καθότι-D συντάσσω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--APF δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-APF ὁ- A--APF λίθινος-A1--APF

5 καί-C καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν-P νεφέλη-N1--DSF καί-C παραἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἐκεῖ-D καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSN ὄνομα-N3M-DSN κύριος-N2--GSM

6 καί-C παραἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM οἰκτίρμων-A3N-NSM καί-C ἐλεήμων-A3N-NSM μακρόθυμος-A1B-NSM καί-C πολυέλεος-A1B-NSM καί-C ἀληθινός-A1--NSM

7 καί-C δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF διατηρέω-V2--PAPNSM καί-C ποιέω-V2--PAPNSM ἔλεος-N3E-ASN εἰς-P χιλιάς-N3D-APF ἀποαἱρέω-V2--PAPNSM ἀνομία-N1A-APF καί-C ἀδικία-N1A-APF καί-C ἁμαρτία-N1A-APF καί-C οὐ-D καθαρίζω-VF2-FAI3S ὁ- A--ASM ἔνοχος-A1B-ASM ἐπιἄγω-V1--PAPNSM ἀνομία-N1A-GSF πατήρ-N3--GPM ἐπί-P τέκνον-N2N-APN καί-C ἐπί-P τέκνον-N2N-APN τέκνον-N2N-GPN ἐπί-P τρίτος-A1--ASF καί-C τέταρτος-A1--ASF γενεά-N1A-ASF

8 καί-C σπεύδω-VA--AAPNSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM κύπτω-VA--AAPNSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3S

9 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S εἰ-C εὑρίσκω-VX--XAI1S χάρις-N3--ASF ἐνώπιον-P σύ- P--GS συνπορεύομαι-VC--APD3S ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM γάρ-X σκληροτράχηλος-A1B-NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C ἀποαἱρέω-VF2-FAI2S σύ- P--NS ὁ- A--APF ἁμαρτία-N1A-APF ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APF ἀνομία-N1A-APF ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI1P σύ- P--DS

10 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS τίθημι-V7--PAI1S σύ- P--DS διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐνώπιον-P πᾶς-A3--GSM ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ποιέω-VF--FAI1S ἔνδοξος-A1B-APN ὅς- --APN οὐ-D γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF καί-C ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DSN ἔθνος-N3E-DSN καί-C ὁράω-VF--FMI3S πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὅς- --DPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2S σύ- P--NS ὁ- A--APN ἔργον-N2N-APN κύριος-N2--GSM ὅτι-C θαυμαστός-A1--NPN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὅς- --APN ἐγώ- P--NS ποιέω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DS

11 προςἔχω-V1--PAD2S σύ- P--NS πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἐγώ- P--NS ἐντέλλομαι-V1--PMI1S σύ- P--DS ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐκβάλλω-V1--PAI1S πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--ASM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *χαναναῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *χετταῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *φερεζαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *ευαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *γεργεσαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *ιεβουσαῖος-N2--ASM

12 προςἔχω-V1--PAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM μήποτε-D τίθημι-VE--AAS2S διαθήκη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--DPM ἐν καταἧμαι-V5--PMPDPM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF εἰς-P ὅς- --ASF εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMI2S εἰς-P αὐτός- D--ASF μή-D σύ- P--DS γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S πρόσκομμα-N3M-NSN ἐν-P σύ- P--DP

13 ὁ- A--APM βωμός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM κατααἱρέω-VF2-FAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APF στήλη-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM συντρίβω-VF--FAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἄλσος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GPM ἐκκόπτω-VF--FAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APN γλυπτός-A1--APN ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM κατακαίω-VF--FAI2P ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN

14 οὐ-D γάρ-X μή-D προςκυνέω-VA--AAS2P θεός-N2--DSM ἕτερος-A1A-DSM ὁ- A--NSM γάρ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ζηλωτός-A1--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN θεός-N2--NSM ζηλωτής-N1M-NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

15 μήποτε-D τίθημι-VE--AAS2S διαθήκη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--DPM ἐν καταἧμαι-V5--PMPDPM πρός-P ἀλλόφυλος-A1B-APM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἐκπορνεύω-VA--AAS3P ὀπίσω-P ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C θύω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--DPM θεός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C καλέω-VA--AAS3P σύ- P--AS καί-C ἐσθίω-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--GPN θῦμα-N3M-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM

16 καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--GPF θυγάτηρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GPF θυγάτηρ-N3--GPF σύ- P--GS δίδωμι-VO--AAS2S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐκπορνεύω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--NPF θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF σύ- P--GS ὀπίσω-P ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐκπορνεύω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM σύ- P--GS ὀπίσω-P ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM

17 καί-C θεός-N2--APM χωνευτός-A1--APM οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM

18 καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ἑορτή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GPM ἄζυμος-A1B-GPM φυλάσσω-VF--FMI2S ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S ἄζυμος-A1B-APN καθάπερ-D ἐντέλλομαι-VM--XMI1S σύ- P--DS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM καιρός-N2--ASM ἐν-P μήν-N3--DSM ὁ- A--GPN νέος-A1A-GPN ἐν-P γάρ-X μήν-N3--DSM ὁ- A--GPN νέος-A1A-GPN ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI2S ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

19 πᾶς-A3--NSN δια ἀναοἴγω-V1--PAPNSN μήτρα-N1A-ASF ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--NPN ἀρσενικός-A1--NPN πρωτότοκος-A1B-NSN μόσχος-N2--GSM καί-C πρωτότοκος-A1B-NSN πρόβατον-N2N-GSN

20 καί-C πρωτότοκος-A1B-NSN ὑποζύγιον-N2N-GSN λυτρόω-VF--FMI2S πρόβατον-N2N-DSN ἐάν-C δέ-X μή-D λυτρόω-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--ASN τιμή-N1--ASF δίδωμι-VF--FAI2S πᾶς-A3--ASN πρωτότοκος-A1B-ASN ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM σύ- P--GS λυτρόω-VF--FMI2S οὐ-D ὁράω-VV--FPI2S ἐνώπιον-P ἐγώ- P--GS κενός-A1--NSM

21 ἕξ-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ἐργάζομαι-VF2-FMI2S ὁ- A--DSF δέ-X ἕβδομος-A1--DSF καταπαύω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--DSM σπόρος-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DSM ἀμητός-N2--DSM καταπαύω-VF--FAI2S

22 καί-C ἑορτή-N1--ASF ἑβδομάς-N3D-GPF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἐγώ- P--DS ἀρχή-N1--ASF θερισμός-N2--GSM πυρός-N2--GPM καί-C ἑορτή-N1--ASF συναγωγή-N1--GSF μεσόω-V4--PAPGSM ὁ- A--GSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--GSM

23 τρεῖς-A3--APM καιρός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--GSM ὁράω-VV--FPI3S πᾶς-A3--NSN ἀρσενικός-A1--NSN σύ- P--GS ἐνώπιον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

24 ὅταν-D γάρ-X ἐκβάλλω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GS καί-C πλατύνω-V1--PAS1S ὁ- A--APN ὅριον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GS οὐ-D ἐπιθυμέω-VF--FAI3S οὐδείς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS ἡνίκα-D ἄν-X ἀναβαίνω-V1--PAS2S ὁράω-VV--APN ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS τρεῖς-A3--APM καιρός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--GSM

25 οὐ-D σφάζω-VF--FAI2S ἐπί-P ζυμή-N1--DSF αἷμα-N3M-ASN θυμίαμα-N3M-GPN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C οὐ-D κοιμάω-VC--FPI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D θῦμα-N3M-NPN ὁ- A--GSF ἑορτή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSN πασχα-N---GSN

26 ὁ- A--APN πρωτογένημα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS τίθημι-VF--FAI2S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS οὐ-D προςφέρω-VF--FAI2S ἀρνός-N3--ASM ἐν-P γάλα-N3--DSN μήτηρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

27 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM γράφω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN οὗτος- D--APN ἐπί-P γάρ-X ὁ- A--GPM λόγος-N2--GPM οὗτος- D--GPM τίθημι-VT--XMI1S σύ- P--DS διαθήκη-N1--ASF καί-C ὁ- A--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM

28 καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐκεῖ-D *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM τεσσαράκοντα-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF καί-C τεσσαράκοντα-M νύξ-N3--APF ἄρτος-N2--ASM οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ὕδωρ-N3--NSN οὐ-D πίνω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C γράφω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN οὗτος- D--APN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF πλάξ-N3K-GPF ὁ- A--GSF διαθήκη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--APM δέκα-M λόγος-N2--APM

29 ὡς-C δέ-X καταβαίνω-V1I-IAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--NPF δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-NPF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF *μωυσῆς-N1M-GSM καταβαίνω-V1--PAPGSM δέ-X αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM οὐ-D οἶδα-VXI-YAI3S ὅτι-C δοξάζω-VT--XMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ὄψις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GSN χρῶμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSN πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN λαλέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--ASM αὐτός- D--DSM

30 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--ASM *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S δοξάζω-VT--XMPNSF ὁ- A--NSF ὄψις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GSN χρῶμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSN πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C φοβέω-VCI-API3P ἐγγίζω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--GSM

31 καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VDI-API3P πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM *ααρων-N---NSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἄρχων-N3--NPM ὁ- A--GSF συναγωγή-N1--GSF καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM

32 καί-C μετά-P οὗτος- D--APN προςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DPM πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὄρος-N3E-DSN *σινα-N----S

33 καί-C ἐπειδή-C καταπαύω-VAI-AAI3S λαλέω-V2--PAPNSM πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ἐπιτίθημι-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM κάλυμμα-N3M-ASN

34 ἡνίκα-D δέ-X ἄν-X εἰςπορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM λαλέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--DSM περιαἱρέω-V2I-IMI3S ὁ- A--ASN κάλυμμα-N3M-ASN ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMN καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNSM λαλέω-V2I-IAI3S πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅσος-A1--APN ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DSM κύριος-N2--NSM

35 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN *μωυσῆς-N1M-GSM ὅτι-C δοξάζω-VT--XMI3S καί-C περιτίθημι-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM κάλυμμα-N3M-ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἑαυτοῦ- D--GSM ἕως-C ἄν-X εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S συνλαλέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--DSM

   

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3727. As regards the meaning of 'a pillar', the reason why it means a holy boundary and so the ultimate degree of order is that in most ancient times people used to place stones where their boundaries ran which separated one person's property or inheritance from another's. These served as a sign and witness to the existence of the boundaries there. The most ancient people, who in every object and in every pillar thought of something celestial or spiritual, 1977, 2995, thought, when they saw these stones set up as pillars, of the ultimate things present in man, and so of the ultimate degree of order, which is truth in the natural man. And it was from those most ancient people who lived before the Flood that the ancients who lived after it acquired this custom, 920, 1409, 2179, 2896, 2897, and began to regard the stones they set up on their boundaries as sacred, for the reason, as stated, that they meant holy truth as it exists in the ultimate degree of order, and also called those stones 'pillars'. This was how it came about that pillars were introduced into their worship, and why they erected them where they had their sacred groves and subsequently their temples, and also anointed them with oil, a point to be dealt with shortly. Indeed the worship of the Ancient Church consisted of things that had been perceived and things that had carried a meaning among the most ancient people prior to the Flood, as is evident from the paragraphs that have just been referred to. Since the most ancient people talked to angels and were in their company while still on earth, they received it from heaven that 'stones' means truth and 'wood' good; see just above in 3720. This then is why 'pillars' means a holy boundary, and so truth as it exists in the ultimate degree of order with man. For good which flows in from the Lord by way of the internal man terminates in the external man, and in the truth that is there. Man's thought, speech, and activity, which are the ultimates of order, are nothing else than truths stemming from good. In fact they are the images or forms which good takes, for they belong to the understanding part of the human mind, whereas the good that is within them, and from which they spring, belongs to the will part.

[2] The fact that pillars were erected as a sign and a witness, and were also introduced into worship, and that in the internal sense they mean a holy boundary, or truth within man's natural, which is the ultimate degree of order, becomes clear from other places in the Word, as in the following verses where the subject is the covenant made between Laban and Jacob,

Now come, let us make a covenant, I and you, and let it be a witness between me and you. And Jacob took a stone and erected it as a pillar. Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have erected between me and you. This heap is a witness and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and that you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, to do harm. Genesis 31:44-45, 51-52.

Here 'pillar' means truth, as will be seen in the explanation of those verses.

[3] In Isaiah,

On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak with the lips of Canaan and swear to Jehovah Zebaoth. On that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at its border to Jehovah, which will be a sign and a witness to Jehovah Zebaoth in the land of Egypt. Isaiah 19:18-20.

'Egypt' stands for facts which belong to the natural man, 'an altar' for Divine worship in general, for in the second Ancient Church that began with Eber the altar became the first and foremost representative in its worship, 921, 1343, 2777, 2811. 'The midst of the land of Egypt' stands for the primary and inmost aspect of worship, 2940, 2973, 3436. 'Pillar' stands for truth as it exists in the ultimate degree of order in the natural. The fact that it stood at the border as a sign and a witness is quite evident.

[4] In Moses,

Moses wrote down all the words of Jehovah and rose up in the morning and built an altar beside Mount Sinai, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. Exodus 24:4.

Here similarly 'an altar' was the representative of all worship, and indeed was the representative of good present in worship. 'The twelve pillars' however were the representative in worship of truth that stems from good - 'twelve' meaning every aspect of truth in its entirety, see 577, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end), 3272; and the twelve tribes likewise meaning every aspect of truth in the Church, as in the Lord's Divine mercy will be shown in the next chapter.

[5] Because altars were representative of all good in worship, and the Jewish Church was established so as to represent the celestial Church which acknowledged no other truth than truth stemming from good, which is called celestial truth (for the celestial Church was totally unwilling to separate truth from good, so much so that it was unwilling even to refer to anything of faith or truth without thinking about good, and doing so from good, see 202, 337, 2069, 2715, 2718, 3246), truth was therefore represented by the stones of the altar. And they were forbidden to represent it by means of pillars lest in so doing they separated truth from good and by representation worshipped truth instead of good. This accounts for the following prohibition in Moses,

You shall not plant for yourself a grove of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah your God which you shall make for yourself. And you shall not erect for yourself a pillar, which Jehovah your God hates. Deuteronomy 16:21-22.

For worshipping truth separated from good, or faith separated from charity, is contrary to the Divine since it is contrary to order, meant by 'you shall not erect for yourself a pillar, which Jehovah your God hates'.

[6] Despite this they did erect them and so represented things that are contrary to order, as is clear in Hosea,

Israel, according to the multiplying of his fruit, multiplies altars; according to the goodness of their land they make well their pillars. But He will overturn their altars, and lay waste their pillars. Hosea 10:1-2.

In the first Book of Kings,

Judah did what was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and they built for themselves high places and pillars and groves on every high hill, and under every green tree. 1 Kings 14:22-23.

In the second Book of Kings,

The children of Israel set up pillars for themselves and groves on every high hill and under every green tree. 2 Kings 17:10.

In the same book,

Hezekiah removed the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the grove, and smashed the bronze snake which Moses had made, because they had been burning incense to it. 2 Kings 18:4.

[7] Since gentile nations too derived through tradition the idea that the holiness of worship was to be represented by means of altars and pillars, and yet they were under the influence of evil and falsity, the altars among the nations therefore mean the evils of worship and the pillars the falsities. This was why the command was given for them to be destroyed. In Moses,

The altars of the nations you shall overthrow, and you shall break down their pillars and tear down their groves. Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 7:5; 12:3.

In the same author,

You shall not bow down to the gods of the nations, or worship them, or do according to their works, for you shall utterly destroy them, and utterly break down their pillars. Exodus 23:24.

'The gods of the nations' stands for falsities, 'their works' for evils, 'breaking down their pillars' for destroying worship arising out of falsity.

[8] In Jeremiah,

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel will break down the pillars of the house of the sun that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire. Jeremiah 43:13.

In Ezekiel,

By means of the hoofs of his horses Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel will trample all your streets, slay the people with the sword, and cause your mighty pillars to come down to the ground. Ezekiel 26:11.

This refers to Tyre. 'Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel' stands for that which lays waste, 1327 (end). 'The hoofs of horses' stands for the lowest form of intellectual concepts, such as facts based on mere sensory impressions - 'hoofs' meaning lowest concepts, as will in the Lord's Divine mercy be confirmed elsewhere. 'Horses' stands for matters of the understanding, 2760-2762, 'streets' for truths, and in the contrary sense for falsities, 2336. 'trampling' on them is destroying cognitions of truth, which are meant by 'Tyre' - 'Tyre', the subject here, meaning cognitions of truth, 1201. 'Slaying the people with the sword' stands for destroying truths by means of falsity - 'people' being used in reference to truths, 1259, 1260, 3295, 3581, and 'sword' meaning falsity engaged in conflict, 2799. From this one may see what 'causing your mighty pillars to come down to the ground' means - 'might' being used in reference either to truth or to falsity, as is also clear from the Word.

  
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