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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 # 9781

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9781. 'Pure, beaten' means what is [therefore] authentic and perceptible. This is clear from the meaning of 'pure' - when it refers to the good meant by 'oil' - as what is authentic, for the more heavenly and so more authentic the good is, the purer it is; and from the meaning of 'beaten' - when it refers to the good meant by 'oil' - as what is perceptible. Good is said to be perceptible when it is converted into truth, for good reveals itself through truth. Indeed truth is the outward form of good, and the good cannot be seen in light except within that form. The more perfect the form in which good presents itself therefore, the more clearly perceptible it becomes. For the good itself shines so plainly from that form that it moves both the understanding part of another person's mind and at the same time the will part. For what applies to goodness and truth applies also to a person's will and understanding, since the will has been dedicated to the reception of good and the understanding to the reception of truth. The will cannot manifest itself in light except through the understanding, for the understanding serves the will as its outward form and renders it perceptible. When a thing receives outward form it can be divided into its parts, and the various relationships and connections among the parts can be established when analysis shows how they are tied together. This is how good is presented in the understanding and made perceptible. Good made perceptible in the understanding is the truth of that good. This now explains why the oil had to be beaten, and the frankincense likewise, regarding which it says that it must be pure and that some of it shall be beaten very small and in this condition burned as incense, Exodus 30:34-36. Something similar to what is meant by that which has been 'beaten' is also meant by that which has been 'ground', as becomes clear from the meaning of 'wheat' and 'fine flour'; 'wheat' means good, and 'fine flour' the truth of that good. Even as that which has been 'beaten' or 'ground' means in the genuine sense good that is perceptible, so in the contrary sense that which has been 'beaten' or 'ground' means evil that is perceptible. This is meant by Moses' action, when he crushed the golden calf by grinding it right down, and having turned it into fine dust threw it into the brook descending from the mountain, Deuteronomy 9:21, regarding which, see 9391.

  
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Revelation 6

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1 I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come and see!"

2 And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"

4 Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.

5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.

6 I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't damage the oil and the wine!"

7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"

8 And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

10 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

11 A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.

13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.

14 The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

15 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

16 They told the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

17 for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?"