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2 Mosebok 28

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1 Så skal du kalle din bror Aron ut av Israels barns mengde, og la ham trede frem til dig, både han og hans sønner, og sette dem til prester for mig - Aron og Nadab og Abihu og Eleasar og Itamar, Arons sønner.

2 Og du skal gjøre hellige klær for Aron, din bror, til ære og til pryd.

3 Og du skal tale til alle kunstforstandige menn, alle som jeg har fylt med kunstnerånd; og de skal gjøre de klær som Aron skal bære, forat han kan helliges til å tjene mig som prest.

4 Dette er de klær som de skal gjøre: en brystduk og en livkjortel og en overkjortel og en ternet underkjortel, en hue og et belte - hellige klær skal de gjøre til Aron, din bror, og hans sønner, så han kan tjene mig som prest.

5 De skal ta gullet og den blå og den purpurrøde og den karmosinrøde ull og det fine lingarn,

6 og de skal gjøre livkjortelen av gull, blå, purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn i kunstvevning.

7 Den skal ha to skulderstykker som kan festes til hverandre, ett i hver ende; det skal være til å hekte den sammen med.

8 Og beltet som skal sitte på den og holde den sammen, skal være av samme slags vevning og i ett stykke med den, av gull og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn.

9 Og du skal ta to onyksstener, og på dem skal du inngrave navneneIsraels barn,

10 seks navn på den ene sten og de andre seks navn på den andre sten efter alderen.

11 Som en arbeider i sten og skjærer ut et signet, således skal du la navneneIsraels barn skjære ut på begge stenene; du skal sette dem inn i flettverk av gull.

12 Og du skal sette begge stenene på livkjortelens skulderstykker, forat de skal minne om Israels barn; og når Aron står for Herrens åsyn, skal han bære deres navn på begge sine skuldrer for å minne om dem.

13 Så skal du gjøre flettverk av gull

14 og to kjeder av rent gull; de skal være slynget, således som de slynger snorer; disse slyngede kjeder skal du feste til flettverkene.

15 Så skal du gjøre en doms-brystduk* i kunstvevning, i samme slags vevning som livkjortelen; av gull og blå, purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn skal du gjøre den. / {* se 2MO 28, 30.}

16 Den skal være firkantet og dobbelt lagt, et spann lang og et spann bred.

17 Og du skal sette på den fire rader med innfattede stener. I en rad skal det være en karneol, en topas og en smaragd; det er den første rad.

18 I den annen rad skal det være en karfunkel, en safir og en diamant,

19 og i den tredje rad en hyasint, en agat og en ametyst,

20 og i den fjerde rad en krysolitt og en onyks og en jaspis. De skal være innfattet i flettverk av gull.

21 Stenene skal være tolv i tallet, efter navneneIsraels sønner, en for hvert navn; på hver sten skal navnet på en av de tolv stammer være innskåret likesom på et signet.

22 Til brystduken skal du også gjøre kjeder av rent gull, slynget som snorer.

23 Likeså skal du gjøre to gullringer til brystduken, og dem skal du sette på hver sitt hjørne av den.

24 Og du skal feste de to slyngede gullkjeder i de to ringer på hjørnene av brystduken.

25 Og de to andre ender av de to slyngede kjeder skal du feste i de to flettverk* og så feste dem til livkjortelens skulderstykker på fremsiden. / {* 2MO 28, 11. 13. 14.}

26 Så skal du gjøre to andre gullringer og sette dem på de to andre hjørner av brystduken på den indre side av den, den som vender inn mot livkjortelen.

27 Og du skal gjøre ennu to gullringer og sette dem på livkjortelens to skulderstykker nedentil på fremsiden, der hvor den festes sammen, ovenfor livkjortelens belte.

28 Så skal ringene på brystduken bindes til ringene på livkjortelen med en snor av blå ull, så brystduken kommer til å sitte ovenfor livkjortelens belte og ikke kan skilles fra livkjortelen.

29 Og når Aron går inn i helligdommen, skal han bære navneneIsraels barn i doms-brystduken på sitt hjerte for alltid å minne om dem for Herrens åsyn.

30 I doms-brystduken skal du legge urim og tummim*; de skal ligge ved Arons hjerte når han går inn for Herrens åsyn, så Aron alltid skal bære Israels barns dom på sitt hjerte for Herrens åsyn. / {* Ved urim og tummim (lys og fullkommenhet) åpenbarte Herren ypperstepresten og ved ham folket sin vilje og gav oplysning i tvilsomme tilfelle.}

31 Overkjortelen* som hører til livkjortelen, skal du gjøre helt igjennem av blå ull. / {* En kjortel til å bære over underkjortelen, men under livkjortelen.}

32 Midt på den skal det være en åpning for hodet, og rundt omkring åpningen skal det være en vevet bord - likesom åpningen på en brynje - forat den ikke skal revne.

33 Og rundt omkring på kanten av den nedentil skal du sette granatepler av blå, purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og mellem dem gullbjeller rundt omkring,

34 først en gullbjelle og et granateple og så atter en gullbjelle og et granateple, og således rundt omkring hele kanten av overkjortelen nedentil.

35 Denne overkjortel skal Aron ha på hver gang han gjør tjeneste, så lyden av den kan høres når han går inn i helligdommen for Herrens åsyn, og når han går ut - forat han ikke skal .

36 Så skal du gjøre en plate av rent gull og skjære ut på den således som en skjærer ut et signet: Helliget Herren.

37 Du skal feste den til en snor av blå ull, og den skal sitte på huen; på fremsiden av huen skal den sitte.

38 Over Arons panne skal den sitte, så Aron kan bære den synd som henger ved de hellige ting Israels barn vier til Herren, alle de hellige gaver de bærer frem; den skal alltid sitte over hans panne, forat de kan finne velbehag for Herrens åsyn.

39 Så skal du veve en ternet underkjortel av fint lin og gjøre en hue av fint lin, og et belte med utsydd arbeid.

40 Og til Arons sønner skal du gjøre underkjortler, og du skal gjøre dem belter, og du skal gjøre dem høie huer, til ære og til pryd.

41 Med dette skal du klæ Aron, din bror, og likeså hans sønner, og du skal salve dem og fylle deres hender* og hellige dem, så de kan tjene mig som prester. / {* d.e. innvie dem ved å overgi visse offerstykker i deres hender, se 2MO 29, 22 fg.}

42 Så skal du gjøre dem benklær av lerret til å skjule deres blusel; fra lendene ned til lårene skal de nå.

43 Og dem skal Aron og hans sønner ha på når de går inn i sammenkomstens telt, eller når de treder frem til alteret for å gjøre tjeneste i helligdommen, så de ikke skal føre skyld over sig og . Dette skal være en evig lov for ham og hans ætt efter ham.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9915

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9915. 'The work of a weaver' means from the celestial. This is clear from the meaning of 'the work of a weaver' as from the celestial. 'The work' means that which is created or comes into being, thus that which arises from another, while 'a weaver' is the one who causes it to exist or come into being. He accordingly means the celestial, for from this and through this the spiritual derives its being. It has been shown above in 9913, 9914, that the good of the celestial kingdom flows into the good of the spiritual kingdom, giving it its being. But whether you say the good of the celestial kingdom or the celestial, it amounts to the same thing; for the celestial is the good of that kingdom. And the same applies to the good of the spiritual kingdom and the spiritual. What the good of the celestial kingdom or the celestial is, and what the good of the spiritual kingdom or the spiritual is, see the places referred to in 9277.

[2] In the heavens there are three realities that follow one another in order - the celestial, the spiritual, and the natural. The celestial composes the inmost heaven, the spiritual the middle heaven, and the natural emanating from the spiritual the lowest heaven. The same three are present in the human being, and in him they follow one another in the same order as they do in the heavens; for a person who has been regenerated is heaven in the smallest form this can take, corresponding to the largest, 9279. But the mental powers that receive those three are called will, understanding, and factual knowledge from which springs the power of thought or imagination that the external or natural man possesses. The will is the recipient of the celestial, or good, and the understanding is the recipient of the spiritual, or truth from that good; and factual knowledge, which composes the level of understanding in the natural man, embodies the first two within itself. These three are meant in the Word by 'an embroiderer', 'a designer', and 'a weaver'. 'An embroiderer' or embroidery means factual knowledge, see, 9688, and 'a designer' or designing means the power of understanding, 9598, 9688, so that 'a weaver' means the power of will. The reason why 'a weaver' has this meaning is that the will flows into the understanding and weaves it, to such an extent that the contents of the understanding are weavings produced by the will. For what the will desires it fashions in such a way that it may appear to the sight in the understanding. This sight is thought (cogitatio), which is why 'a designer' (excogitator) means the power of understanding.

[3] Since Aaron's garments represented the spiritual heaven lying adjacent to the celestial kingdom, 9814, and the celestial kingdom corresponds to the human power of will and the spiritual kingdom to the human power of understanding, 9835, the terms 'work of an embroiderer', 'work of a designer', and 'work of a weaver' are used in special reference to those garments. These terms serve to mean the things that spring from factual knowledge, from the understanding, and from the will, or what amounts to the same thing, from the natural, from the spiritual, and from the celestial.

[4] That such things are meant becomes clear to all those who believe that the Word is Divine and that for this reason it contains inwardly descriptions of things which belong to the Lord, to heaven, and to the Church, since these subjects are Divine. Why else would Jehovah Himself declare who should make Aaron's garments and what kind of workmanship should be used? Why would He declare which ones should be the work of an embroiderer, which the work of a designer, and which the work of a weaver? These three are also mentioned specifically in the following words later on in the Book of Exodus,

These He has filled with wisdom of heart to do every work of a workman, and of a designer, and of an embroiderer in violet and in purple and in twice-dyed scarlet, and of a weaver - of those doing every work, of those who compose designs. 1 Exodus 35:35.

'A workman' here means Divine Good that is celestial, which composes the power of will in one who has been regenerated, 9846. His work is mentioned first because [that kind of Good] springs directly from the Divine, and then indirectly from celestial good all things are born and emanate.

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1. literally, of those designing designs

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 6015

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6015. 'In the carts which Pharaoh sent to carry him' means the matters of doctrine obtained from the Church's factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'the carts' as matters of doctrine, dealt with in 5945; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as the Church's factual knowledge in general. For 'Egypt' means the Church's factual knowledge, 1462, 4749, 4964, 4966, and therefore the king of that land means such knowledge in general, as he does elsewhere in the Word, though in the majority of places perverted factual knowledge is meant by Egypt and so also by Pharaoh. The representation of 'Pharaoh' as factual knowledge in general is evident in Isaiah,

The princes of Zoan are foolish, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh; counsel has become brutish. How do you say to Pharaoh, I am a son of the wise, a son of the kings of old? Isaiah 19:11.

Here 'Pharaoh' stands for the Church's factual knowledge in general, which was why he was called 'a son of the wise' and 'a son of the kings of old'. 'The wise' and 'the kings of old' stand for the truths that the Ancient Church possessed. But that factual knowledge made nonsensical is meant, for it says 'The princes of Zoan have become foolish; counsel has become brutish'.

[2] In the same prophet,

They depart to go down to Egypt but have not asked at My mouth, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt. Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will become shame for you, and trust in the shadow of Egypt ignominy. Isaiah 30:2-3.

'Strengthening themselves in the strength of Egypt, and trusting in the shadow of Egypt' stands for relying in matters of faith on factual knowledge and having no belief in any spiritual truth unless it is what factual knowledge and sensory evidence so declare. But that is a perversion of order. The truths of faith must occupy first place, and supporting factual knowledge must take second place; for if the latter occupy first place, no belief in any truth whatever exists.

[3] In Jeremiah,

Jehovah Zebaoth, the God of Israel, said, Behold, I am making a visitation upon Amen in No, and upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt, and upon its gods, and upon its kings - especially upon Pharaoh and those trusting in him. Jeremiah 46:25.

Here also 'Pharaoh' stands for factual knowledge in general. 'Those trusting in him' stands for people who rely on factual knowledge but do not rely on the Word, that is, on the Lord in the Word. Such a reliance leads to a complete perversion in the things people are taught to believe, which in turn leads to falsity and also to the refusal to accept that what is Divine and heavenly is anything at all. These people in particular are all too ready to say, Let me see these things with my own eyes; or, Produce the facts to prove the truth of it, and then I will believe it. But even if they did see them or such proof was produced they would not believe, because an unaccepting attitude of mind governs everything.

[4] In the same prophet,

Against Pharaoh. 1 Behold, waters rising out of the north which will become a deluging stream, and they will deluge the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it, so that men cry out and every inhabitant of the land wails because of the sound of the beat of the hoofs of the horses his mighty ones and the noise of his chariot, the rumble of its wheels. Jeremiah 47:1-3.

It is plain from every detail stated here regarding Pharaoh that 'Pharaoh' is factual knowledge in general, existing in this instance in a perverted state of order, which destroys the truths of faith. 'A deluging stream' is factual knowledge destroying an understanding of truth, and so is knowledge that lays waste. 'They will deluge the land and all that fills it' is the entire Church. 'The city and those who dwell in it' is the truth the Church possesses, and the good this truth leads to. 'The beat of the hoofs of the horses' is the lowest kind of factual knowledge gained directly from sensory impressions. 'The noise of his chariot' is false teaching derived from that knowledge. 'The rumble of its wheels' is sensory impressions and the false notions going with them that advance themselves.

[5] In Ezekiel,

The Lord Jehovih said, Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster who is lying in the midst of his rivers, who has said, The river is mine and I have made myself. Therefore I will put hooks in your jaws, and cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales. Ezekiel 29:2-4.

Here also 'Pharaoh' stands for factual knowledge in general, which in a similar way is evident from each detail that is stated regarding him.

[6] In the same prophet,

Raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt. You are like monsters in the seas, and you have come forth with your rivers, and have troubled the waters with your feet; you have stirred up their rivers. When I have blotted you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars, I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. All the bright lights [in the heavens] I will darken over you, and I will put darkness over your land. Ezekiel 32:1, 3, 7-8.

The details of this description, like many more in the Prophets, cannot be understood by anyone, it is evident, without the internal sense. No one can understand what is meant when it says that Pharaoh is like monsters in the seas, has come forth with 2 his rivers, and has troubled the waters with his feet. Nor can anyone know what is meant when it says that the heavens will be covered above him, the stars will be darkened, and all the bright lights will be darkened; also that the sun will be covered with a cloud, the moon will not give its light, and darkness will be put over his land. But the internal sense shows what all these details mean; it shows that factual knowledge perverts the truths of the Church if a person uses it to enter the mysteries of faith without believing anything unless factual knowledge, indeed sensory evidence, causes him to see it. This is the internal sense of this description, as the explanation of each separate detail shows.

[7] Pharaoh is called 'king of Egypt' by virtue of the truth factual knowledge holds within it. For factual knowledge is truth as it exists in the natural, and 'king' is truth, see 1672, 1728, 2015, 2069, 3009, 3670, 4575, 4581, 4966, 5044; also, much the same is meant by the king of a people as by the people themselves, 4789, so that much the same is meant by 'Pharaoh' as by 'Egypt', but the same thing in general. ('Egypt' has been shown many times to mean factual knowledge.) Pharaoh is compared to 'monsters in the seas' because 'a monster' or 'a sea monster' means general sources of facts, 42, While 'seas' means gatherings together of them, 28. Then it is said that he has come forth with his rivers because ideas displaying intelligence are meant by 'rivers', 108, 109, 2702, 3051, but here ideas displaying insanity since they flow from sensory impressions and factual knowledge, 5196. After this it is said that he troubled the waters with his feet and stirred up their rivers because 'waters' means spiritual truths, 680, 739, 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 5668, and 'feet' things belonging to the natural, 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952, so that 'troubling the waters with one's feet' is defiling and perverting the truths of faith by means of factual knowledge which the natural possesses. And 'stirring up their rivers' is doing the same to intelligence.

[8] Finally it is said that when he is blotted out the heavens will be covered, because 'the heavens' means a person's interiors, since these are his heavens. They are 'closed' when factual knowledge holds sway over the truths of faith, that is, when the natural holds sway over the spiritual. When this is the situation the cognitions or knowledge of truth and good perish, meant by 'I will darken the stars of the heavens, and all the bright lights'; for 'the stars' are those cognitions, see 2495, 2849, 4697, and 'the lights' are forms of good and truth, 30-38. The inability of the good of love to flow in any longer at that time is meant by 'I will cover the sun with a cloud', and the inability of the good of faith to flow in by 'the moon will not give its light' - 'the sun' being the good of love, and 'the moon the good of faith, see 1519, 1530, 2120, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4696. The occupation therefore of the natural mind by falsities alone is meant by 'I will put darkness over your land' - 'darkness' being falsities, 1839, 1860, 4418, 4531, and 'Pharaoh's land' or 'the land of Egypt' being the natural mind, 5276, 5278, 5280, 5288, 5701. From all this one may now see what the meaning is within the details of this prophecy. Since 'Pharaoh' means factual knowledge in general he also means the natural in general, 5799.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. These verses in Jeremiah 47 refer to the Philistines, though Pharaoh is mentioned in verse 1. Chapter Jeremiah 46 deals specifically with Egypt and Pharaoh.

2. Reading cum (with) for ex (from)

  
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