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Exodus 27

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1 και ποιησεις θυσιαστηριον εκ ξυλων ασηπτων πεντε πηχεων το μηκος και πεντε πηχεων το ευρος τετραγωνον εσται το θυσιαστηριον και τριων πηχεων το υψος αυτου

2 και ποιησεις τα κερατα επι των τεσσαρων γωνιων εξ αυτου εσται τα κερατα και καλυψεις αυτα χαλκω

3 και ποιησεις στεφανην τω θυσιαστηριω και τον καλυπτηρα αυτου και τας φιαλας αυτου και τας κρεαγρας αυτου και το πυρειον αυτου και παντα τα σκευη αυτου ποιησεις χαλκα

4 και ποιησεις αυτω εσχαραν εργω δικτυωτω χαλκην και ποιησεις τη εσχαρα τεσσαρας δακτυλιους χαλκους επι τα τεσσαρα κλιτη

5 και υποθησεις αυτους υπο την εσχαραν του θυσιαστηριου κατωθεν εσται δε η εσχαρα εως του ημισους του θυσιαστηριου

6 και ποιησεις τω θυσιαστηριω φορεις εκ ξυλων ασηπτων και περιχαλκωσεις αυτους χαλκω

7 και εισαξεις τους φορεις εις τους δακτυλιους και εστωσαν οι φορεις κατα τα πλευρα του θυσιαστηριου εν τω αιρειν αυτο

8 κοιλον σανιδωτον ποιησεις αυτο κατα το παραδειχθεν σοι εν τω ορει ουτως ποιησεις αυτο

9 και ποιησεις αυλην τη σκηνη εις το κλιτος το προς λιβα ιστια της αυλης εκ βυσσου κεκλωσμενης μηκος εκατον πηχων τω ενι κλιτει

10 και οι στυλοι αυτων εικοσι και αι βασεις αυτων εικοσι χαλκαι και οι κρικοι αυτων και αι ψαλιδες αυτων αργυραι

11 ουτως τω κλιτει τω προς απηλιωτην ιστια εκατον πηχων μηκος και οι στυλοι αυτων εικοσι και αι βασεις αυτων εικοσι χαλκαι και οι κρικοι και αι ψαλιδες των στυλων και αι βασεις αυτων περιηργυρωμεναι αργυρω

12 το δε ευρος της αυλης το κατα θαλασσαν ιστια πεντηκοντα πηχων στυλοι αυτων δεκα και αι βασεις αυτων δεκα

13 και ευρος της αυλης το προς νοτον ιστια πεντηκοντα πηχεων στυλοι αυτων δεκα και αι βασεις αυτων δεκα

14 και πεντεκαιδεκα πηχεων το υψος των ιστιων τω κλιτει τω ενι στυλοι αυτων τρεις και αι βασεις αυτων τρεις

15 και το κλιτος το δευτερον δεκα πεντε πηχων των ιστιων το υψος στυλοι αυτων τρεις και αι βασεις αυτων τρεις

16 και τη πυλη της αυλης καλυμμα εικοσι πηχων το υψος εξ υακινθου και πορφυρας και κοκκινου κεκλωσμενου και βυσσου κεκλωσμενης τη ποικιλια του ραφιδευτου στυλοι αυτων τεσσαρες και αι βασεις αυτων τεσσαρες

17 παντες οι στυλοι της αυλης κυκλω κατηργυρωμενοι αργυριω και αι κεφαλιδες αυτων αργυραι και αι βασεις αυτων χαλκαι

18 το δε μηκος της αυλης εκατον εφ' εκατον και ευρος πεντηκοντα επι πεντηκοντα και υψος πεντε πηχων εκ βυσσου κεκλωσμενης και αι βασεις αυτων χαλκαι

19 και πασα η κατασκευη και παντα τα εργαλεια και οι πασσαλοι της αυλης χαλκοι

20 και συ συνταξον τοις υιοις ισραηλ και λαβετωσαν σοι ελαιον εξ ελαιων ατρυγον καθαρον κεκομμενον εις φως καυσαι ινα καηται λυχνος δια παντος

21 εν τη σκηνη του μαρτυριου εξωθεν του καταπετασματος του επι της διαθηκης καυσει αυτο ααρων και οι υιοι αυτου αφ' εσπερας εως πρωι εναντιον κυριου νομιμον αιωνιον εις τας γενεας υμων παρα των υιων ισραηλ

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 885

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885. That 'a leaf' means truth is clear from various places in the Word, where man is compared to or actually called a tree. 'Fruit' in those contexts means the good that stems from charity, and 'leaf' the truth deriving from this, for these are indeed like fruit and leaves, as in Ezekiel,

Beside the river there is rising up upon its bank, on this side and on that, every tree for food, whose leaf does not fall, nor its fruit fail, but is reborn monthly, for its waters flow out from the Sanctuary, and its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for medicine. Ezekiel 47:11; Revelation 22:1.

Here 'tree' stands for the member of the Church who has the Lord's kingdom within him, 'fruit' stands for the good that stems from love and charity, 'leaf' for truths deriving from that good which serve to instruct the human race and to regenerate it. And because truths do this the leaf is said to be 'for medicine'. In the same prophet,

Will He not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit so that it withers? And all the plucked off (leaves) from its off-shoot will wither. Ezekiel 17:9.

The subject here is the vine, which is the Church, when it has been vastated, whose good, which is 'the fruit', and its truth, which is that 'plucked off from its off-shoot', thus wither away.

[2] In Jeremiah,

Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah. He will be like a tree planted beside the waters. His leaf will be green, and in the year of scarcity he will not be anxious. Nor will he cease to bear fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8.

'Green leaf' stands for the truth of faith, and so for faith itself which derives from charity. The same applies in David, Psalms 1:3. In the same prophet,

There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and its leaf has fallen. Jeremiah 8:13.

'Grapes on the vine' stands for spiritual good, 'figs on the fig tree' for natural good, 'leaf' for truth, which has accordingly fallen. Likewise in Isaiah 34:4. Similar things were meant by 'the fig tree' that Jesus saw, which was made to wither away when He found nothing but leaves on it, Matthew 21:20; Mark 11:13-14. The Jewish Church in particular was what 'the fig tree' was used to mean on that occasion. With this Church no natural good existed any longer, only that preserved with them which was meant by 'a leaf', namely doctrine, or truth, concerning faith. A Church that has been vastated is one that knows truth but has no wish to understand it. They are like people who say they know the truth, or matters of faith, but who possess no good at all that stems from charity. They are merely 'fig leaves', and they wither away.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Genesis 18

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1 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

3 and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.

4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

5 I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly prepare three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."

7 Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.

8 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

9 They asked him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?" He said, "See, in the tent."

10 He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

13 Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'

14 Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."

15 Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

17 Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

18 since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."

20 Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

21 I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

23 Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

24 What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

25 Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

26 Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

27 Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

28 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

29 He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."

30 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

31 He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

32 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

33 Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.