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2 Mosebok 25

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1 Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:

2 Si til Israels barn at de skal komme med en gave til mig; av hver mann som har hjertelag til det, skal I ta imot gaven til mig.

3 Og dette er den gave I skal ta imot av dem: gull og sølv og kobber

4 og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint lin og gjetehår

5 og rødfarvede værskinn og takasskinn* og akasietre, / {* takas, rimeligvis en slags delfin.}

6 olje til lysestaken, krydderier til salvings-oljen og til den velluktende røkelse,

7 onyksstener og andre edelstener til å sette på livkjortelen og brystduken.

8 Og de skal gjøre mig en helligdom, så vil jeg bo midt iblandt dem.

9 Tabernaklet og alt som dertil hører, skal I i alle måter gjøre efter det billede jeg vil vise dig.

10 De skal gjøre en ark av akasietre, halvtredje alen lang og halvannen alen bred og halvannen alen høi.

11 Den skal du klæ med rent gull, både innvendig og utvendig skal du klæ den med gull; og du skal gjøre en gullkrans på den rundt omkring.

12 Du skal støpe fire gullringer og feste dem i de fire føtter på arken, to ringer på den ene side og to på den andre.

13 Så skal du gjøre stenger av akasietre og klæ dem med gull.

14 Og du skal stikke stengene inn i ringene på sidene av arken, så arken kan bæres på dem.

15 Stengene skal bli i ringene på arken, de må aldri tas ut av dem.

16 Og i arken skal du legge vidnesbyrdet* som jeg vil gi dig. / {* se 2MO 16, 34.}

17 Så skal du gjøre en nådestol* av rent gull, halvtredje alen lang og halvannen alen bred. / {* lokket på arken, som Herren tronet over, og som på den store forsoningsfest blev oversprengt med sonofferets blod.}

18 Og du skal gjøre to kjeruber av gull; i drevet arbeid skal du gjøre dem og sette dem ved begge endene av nådestolen.

19 Den ene kjerub skal du sette ved den ene ende og den andre kjerub ved den andre ende; i ett med nådestolen skal I gjøre kjerubene, én på hver ende av den.

20 Kjerubene skal holde vingene utbredt og opløftet, så de dekker over nådestolen med sine vinger, og deres ansikter skal vende mot hverandre; mot nådestolen skal Kjerubene vende sitt ansikt.

21 Så skal du sette nådestolen ovenpå arken, og i arken skal du legge vidnesbyrdet, som jeg vil gi dig.

22 Og jeg vil komme sammen med dig der; fra nådestolen mellem begge kjerubene som er på vidnesbyrdets ark, vil jeg tale med dig om alt det jeg vil byde dig å si Israels barn.

23 Så skal du gjøre et bord av akasietre, to alen langt og én alen bredt og halvannen alen høit.

24 Du skal klæ det med rent gull og gjøre en gullkrans på det rundt omkring.

25 Og du skal gjøre en list på det av en hånds bredde rundt omkring, og rundt om listen skal du gjøre en gullkrans.

26 Så skal du gjøre fire gullringer til det og sette ringene i de fire hjørner på de fire føtter.

27 Like ved listen skal ringene sitte, de skal være til å stikke stengene i, så bordet kan bæres.

28 Stengene skal du gjøre av akasietre og klæ dem med gull, og bordet skal bæres på dem.

29 Så skal du gjøre fatene og skålene som hører til bordet, og kannene og begerne som det skal ofres drikkoffer med; av rent gull skal du gjøre dem.

30 Og på bordet skal du alltid legge skuebrød for mitt åsyn.

31 Så skal du gjøre en lysestake av rent gull; i drevet arbeid skal lysestaken gjøres; både foten på den og stangen, begerne, knoppene og blomstene skal være i ett med den.

32 Seks armer skal gå ut fra lysestakens sider, tre armer fra den ene side, og tre fra den andre.

33 Det skal være tre mandelformede beger på den første arm med knopp og blomst, og tre mandelformede beger på den annen arm med knopp og blomst; således skal det være på alle de seks armer som går ut fra lysestaken.

34 På selve lysestaken skal det være fire mandelformede beger med knopper og blomster,

35 én knopp under de to første armer i ett med den, og én knopp under de to næste armer i ett med den, og én knopp under de to øverste armer i ett med den - én knopp under hvert par av de seks armer som går ut fra lysestaken.

36 Både knoppene og armene skal være i ett med den; alt sammen skal være ett drevet arbeid av rent gull.

37 Så skal du gjøre syv lamper til lysestaken; og lampene skal settes således op at lyset faller rett frem for den.

38 Lysesaksene og brikkene som hører til, skal være av rent gull.

39 En talent* rent gull skal I bruke til lysestaken og alle disse redskaper. / {* omkr. 50 kilogram.}

40 Se nu til at du gjør alt efter det billede som blev vist dig på fjellet!

   

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5319. And clothed him in garments of fine linen. That this signifies an external significative of the celestial of the spiritual, and that “garments of fine linen” denote truths from the Divine, is manifest from the signification of “garments” as being truths (see n. 1073, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5248). That “garments of fine linen” are truths from the Divine, is because a garment made of fine linen was of purest white and lustrous; and truth from the Divine is represented by garments of such whiteness and luster. The reason is, that the shining whiteness and luster of heaven is from the light that is from the Lord, and this light is the Divine truth itself (n. 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3195, 3222, 3339, 3485, 3636, 3643, 3862, 4415, 4419, 4526, 5219); and therefore when the Lord was transfigured before Peter, James, and John, His garments appeared “as the light” (Matthew 17:2); “shining, exceeding white as snow, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them” (Mark 9:3); and “glistening” (Luke 9:29). It was the Divine truth itself that is from the Lord’s Divine Human that was thus represented. Yet it is exterior truths that are represented by the white radiance of garments in the heavens, and interior truths by the brightness and resplendence of the face. Hence it is that to be “clothed in garments of fine linen” is here an external significative of the truth proceeding from the celestial of the spiritual; for it was in this that the Divine of the Lord then was.

[2] By “fine linen” and “garments of fine linen” in other parts of the Word also is signified truth from the Divine, as in Ezekiel:

I clothed thee with broidered work, and shod thee with badger, and I girded thee with fine linen, and covered thee with silk; thus wast thou decked with gold and silver, and thy garments were of fine linen and silk and broidered work (Ezekiel 16:10, 13);

speaking of Jerusalem, by which in these verses is meant the Ancient Church. The truths of that church are described by “garments of broidered work, fine linen, and silk,” and by being “decked with gold and silver.” By “broidered work” are signified truths that are a matter of memory-knowledge; by “fine linen,” natural truths; and by “silk,” spiritual truths.

[3] Again:

Of fine linen in broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and crimson from the Isles of Elishah was thy covering (Ezekiel 27:7);

speaking of Tyre, by which also is meant the Ancient Church, but as to knowledges of good and truth; and by “fine linen in broidered work from Egypt of which was her sail,” is signified truth from memory-knowledges, as a sign or external significative of that church.

[4] In Revelation:

The merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over Babylon, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more; merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and crimson, and silk, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble (Revelation 18:11-12);

in this passage all and each of the expressions signify such things as are of the church, thus such as are of truth and good; but here in the opposite sense, because spoken of Babylon. Everyone can see that such things would never have been enumerated in the Word which came down from heaven, unless there was something heavenly in each one; for why should mention be made of worldly wares in treating of Babylon, by which is signified the profane church?

[5] Again in the same:

Woe, woe, the great city, she that was clothed in fine linen, and crimson, and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls (Revelation 18:16).

That every detail here signifies some heavenly Divine thing is obvious in the same book, where it is said of fine linen that it is the “righteousness of the saints”:

The time of the wedding of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready. Then to her was granted that she should be clothed in fine linen, clean and bright; for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints (Revelation 19:7-8)

that “fine linen is the righteousness of the saints” is because all who are in truth from the Divine put on the Lord’s righteousness; for their garments are white and shining from the light that is from the Lord, and therefore truth itself is represented in heaven by what is shining white (n. 3301, 3993, 4007). It is for this reason also that they who are taken up into heaven out of a state of vastation appear clad in shining white, because they then put off that which is of their own righteousness, and put on that which is of the Lord’s righteousness.

[6] In order that truth from the Divine might be represented in the Jewish Church, it was commanded that there should be fine linen in the garments of Aaron, and also in the curtains about the ark, as we read in Moses:

For Aaron thou shalt weave the tunic in checker work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a miter of fine linen (Exodus 28:39).

They made the tunics of fine linen the work of the weaver for Aaron, and for his sons (Exodus 39:27).

Thou shalt make the habitation with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and crimson, and scarlet double-dyed (Exodus 26:1; 36:8).

Thou shalt make the court of the habitation, there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen (Exodus 27:9, 18; 38:9).

The veil for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and crimson, and scarlet double-dyed, and fine twined linen (Exodus 37:18).

Fine linen was to be used because all things in the ark and about it, and also all things upon Aaron’s garments, were representative of spiritual and celestial things. This shows how little the Word is understood when it is not known what things like these represent, and that it is scarcely understood at all when it is believed that there is no other holiness in the Word than that which appears in the letter.

[7] That angels who are in truth from the Divine appear clothed as in fine linen, that is, in what is white and shining, appears from Revelation in connection with the “white horse”:

He that sat upon the white horse was clothed in a vesture dipped in blood; and His name is called the Word. His armies in heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean (Revelation 19:13-14).

From all this it is very evident that fine linen is an outward thing significative of truth from the Divine; for He that sat upon the white horse is the Lord as to the Word, as is there openly said, and the “Word” is truth itself from the Divine. That the “white horse” is the internal sense of the Word may be seen above (n. 2760-2762); hence “white horses” are truths from the Divine, for all things of the internal sense of the Word are truths from the Divine, and therefore His armies were seen upon white horses, and were clothed in fine linen white and clean.

  
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Mark 9:3

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3 His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.