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2 Mosebok 27

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1 Du skal gjøre et alter av akasietre, fem alen langt og fem alen bredt; firkantet skal alteret være og tre alen høit.

2 Og du skal gjøre et horn på hvert av dets fire hjørner, og hornene skal være i ett med alteret; og du skal klæ det med kobber.

3 Så skal du gjøre bøttene som asken skal bæres bort med, og ildskuffene og skålene til å sprenge blod med, og kjøttgaflene og fyrfatene; alle disse redskaper skal du gjøre av kobber.

4 Til alteret skal du gjøre et gitter, et nettverk av kobber, og på nettet skal du gjøre fire kobberringer, én på hvert hjørne.

5 Og du skal sette det under alterets avsats nedentil, så det rekker til midt på alteret.

6 Så skal du gjøre stenger til alteret, stenger av akasietre, og du skal klæ dem med kobber.

7 Stengene skal stikkes inn i ringene, så de er på begge sider av alteret når det blir båret.

8 Alteret skal du gjøre av bord; det skal være hult; som det blev vist dig på fjellet, således skal det gjøres.

9 Så skal du gjøre en forgård til tabernaklet. På den side som vender mot syd, skal det være et omheng om forgården av fint, tvunnet lingarn, hundre alen langt på den ene side,

10 og tyve stolper dertil og til stolpene tyve fotstykker av kobber; hakene på stolpene og stengene til dem skal være av sølv.

11 Likeså skal det på den nordre side efter lengden være et omheng, hundre alen langt, og tyve stolper dertil og til stolpene tyve fotstykker av kobber; hakene på stolpene og stengene til dem skal være av sølv.

12 På den ene tverrside av forgården, mot vest, skal det være et omheng på femti alen, ti stolper dertil og til stolpene ti fotstykker.

13 På den andre tverrside, som vender frem mot øst, skal forgården også holde femti alen i bredden.

14 Således skal det være femten alen omheng på den ene kant med tre stolper og tre fotstykker til dem,

15 og på den andre kant femten alen omheng med tre stolper og tre fotstykker til dem.

16 Og i porten til forgården skal det være et forheng, tyve alen langt, av blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn med utsydd arbeid, med fire stolper og fire fotstykker til dem.

17 Alle stolpene rundt omkring forgården skal være sammenbundet med stenger av sølv; hakene på dem skal være av sølv og fotstykkene under dem av kobber.

18 Lengden på forgården skal være hundre alen, og bredden overalt femti alen; og omhenget skal være fem alen høit av fint, tvunnet lingarn, og fotstykkene til det skal være av kobber.

19 Alle arbeidsredskaper i tabernaklet og alle pluggene, både til tabernaklet og til forgården, skal være av kobber.

20 Og du skal byde Israels barn at de skal la dig få ren olje av støtte oliven til lysestaken, så lampene kan settes op til enhver tid.

21 I sammenkomstens telt, utenfor forhenget som henger foran vidnesbyrdet, skal Aron og hans sønner holde lampene i stand fra aften til morgen for Herrens åsyn; det skal være en evig gyldig vedtekt for Israels barn, fra slekt til slekt.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9777

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9777. '[And] all its pins and all the pins of the court, [they shall be made] from bronze' means everything that joins together and strengthens the two heavens, the middle and the lowest, through good. This is clear from the meaning of 'pins' as things that serve to join and strengthen, dealt with below; from the meaning of the dwelling-place, to which 'its' relates here, as heaven, in particular the middle heaven, dealt with in 9594, 9596, 9632; from the meaning of 'the court' as the lowest heaven, dealt with in 9741; and from the meaning of 'bronze' as external good, dealt with in 425, 1551.

[2] The reason why things that serve to join and strengthen are meant by 'pins' or pegs is that these articles do so. They have a similar meaning wherever else they are mentioned in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwelling-places; do not stop [them]. Lengthen your ropes, and make your pegs firm. Isaiah 54:2.

This refers to the New Church founded by the Lord. 'Enlarging the place of the tent, and stretching out the curtains of the dwelling-places' stands for the enhancement of teachings that present what is good and true, and worship that springs from them, 9596. 'Long ropes' and 'the pegs' stand for a far-reaching connection among truths and full corroboration of them. As for the court, that this too had ropes, see Exodus 35:18; Numbers 3:37; 4:32.

[3] In Isaiah,

Look upon Zion. May your eyes see Jerusalem, a quiet dwelling-place, a tabernacle which is not overthrown. Its pegs will never be removed, and none of its ropes will be pulled away. Isaiah 33:20.

'Pegs' and 'ropes' here stand in like manner for what serves to corroborate or strengthen and join together. 'Peg' again stands for strengthening and joining together in Isaiah 41:7 and Jeremiah 10:4; but these verses refer to idols, by which teachings of what is false are meant, because they are the product of self-intelligence, 8941, 9424. A peg however on which something is hung means affixing and joining [one thing to another], in Isaiah 22:23-24, and in Ezekiel 15:3.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9334

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9334. 'Lest perhaps the land becomes desolate' means a deficiency in that case, and little spiritual life, that is to say, if the removal were hurried. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church in general and also in particular, the Church in particular being a person who becomes an embodiment of the Church, since the Church exists within a person and comprises one who has been regenerated (for the meaning of 'the land' as the Church in general, see 9325, and for its meaning as the Church in particular, or a person who has been regenerated, 82, 620, 636, 913, 1411, 1733, 2117, 2118 (end), 2571, 3368, 3379; this person is also called 'the land' in Malachi,

All the nations will declare you blessed, and you will be a land of delight. Malachi 3:12.) and from the meaning of 'desolate' as a deficiency, and little spiritual life. For 'desolate', when used in reference to the Church within a person, means a deficiency of truth and good, thus also a deficiency of spiritual life since that life is provided by these. The implications of this, that there is a deficiency and little spiritual life if falsities and evils are removed hurriedly, are that when a person undergoes regeneration, which is accomplished by the implantation of spiritual truth and good, and at the same time by the removal of falsity and evil, the regeneration is not hurried but takes place slowly.

[2] The reason for this is that all the things the person has thought, intended, or done since early childhood have entered into the composition of his life. They have also formed themselves into a network which is such that one cannot be moved without all of them together being moved. For a wicked person is an image of hell, and a good person is an image of heaven; and also the evils and falsities with a wicked person are interconnected in the same way as the communities of hell are with one another, of which that person is a part, while the forms of good and the truths with a good person are interconnected in the same way as heavenly communities are with one another, of which this person is a part. From this it is evident that the evils and falsities with a wicked person cannot be removed suddenly from where they are. They can be removed only in the measure that forms of good and truths in their proper order have been implanted more deeply within the person; for heaven with a person removes hell. If the removal were done suddenly the person would pass out, for the whole network of things, every single one, would be thrown into confusion and deprive him of his life.

[3] The fact that regeneration or the implantation of the life of heaven with a person begins when he is a young child and continues right on to the final phase of his life in the world, and the fact that after life in the world his perfection continues for evermore, see 2679, 3203, 3584, 3665, 3690, 3701, 4377, 4551, 4552, 5126, 6751, 8772, 9103, 9296, 9297, and in particular 5122, 5398, 5912, 9258. Also, and this is an arcanum, a person's regeneration in the world is merely the foundation for the unending perfection of his life. The person who has led a good life undergoes perfection in the next life; see what has been shown regarding young children, in 2289-2309, and regarding the state and condition of gentiles there, in 2589-2604.

  
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