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2 Mosebok 39

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1 Av den blå og purpurrøde og karmosinrøde ull gjorde de embedsklær til tjenesten i helligdommen; og de gjorde de hellige klær som Aron skulde ha, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses

2 Livkjortelen gjorde de av gull og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn.

3 De hamret ut gullet til plater og klippet det op til tråder, så det kunde virkes inn i den blå og purpurrøde og karmosinrøde ull og i det fine lingarn med kunstvevning.

4 De gjorde skulderstykker som blev festet til hverandre; med dem blev den hektet sammen i begge ender.

5 Beltet som skulde sitte på den og holde den sammen, gjorde de i ett stykke med den og i samme slags vevning som den, av gull og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

6 Så gjorde de onyksstenene i stand og satte dem inn i flettverk av gull; på dem var navneneIsraels barn innskåret, likesom på et signet.

7 Og de satte dem på livkjortelens skulderstykker, forat de skulde minne om Israels barn, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

8 Så gjorde de brystduken i kunstvevning, i samme slags vevning som livkjortelen, av gull og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn.

9 Den var firkantet og dobbelt lagt; et spann lang og et spann bred var den og dobbelt lagt.

10 Og de satte på den fire rader med stener. I en rad var det en karneol, en topas og en smaragd; det var den første rad.

11 I den annen rad var det en karfunkel, en safir og en diamant,

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

13 og i den fjerde rad en krysolitt, en onyks og en jaspis. De blev innfattet i hver sitt flettverk av gull.

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

15 Til brystduken gjorde de også kjeder av rent gull, slynget som snorer.

16 Likeså gjorde de to flettverk av gull og to gullringer, og de satte de to ringer på hver sitt hjørne av brystduken,

17 og de festet de to slyngede gullkjeder i de to ringer på hjørnene av brystduken.

18 Og de to andre ender av de to slyngede kjeder festet de i de to flettverk og festet dem så til livkjortelens skulderstykker på fremsiden.

19 Så gjorde de to gullringer og satte dem på de to andre hjørner av brystduken, på den indre side av den, den som vender inn mot livkjortelen.

20 Og de gjorde ennu to gullringer og satte dem på livkjortelens to skulderstykker nedentil på fremsiden, der hvor den festes sammen, ovenfor livkjortelens belte.

21 ingene på brystduken bandt de til ringene på livkjortelen med en snor av blå ull, så brystduken satt ovenfor livkjortelens belte og ikke kunde skilles fra livkjortelen - således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

22 Så gjorde de overkjortelen som hører til livkjortelen, av vevd arbeid, helt igjennem av blå ull.

23 Midt på overkjortelen var det en åpning - likesom åpningen på en brynje - og rundt omkring åpningen var det en bord, forat den ikke skulde revne.

24 På overkjortelens kant nedentil satte de granatepler av tvunnet blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull.

25 Og de gjorde bjeller av rent gull, og de satte bjellene rundt omkring hele kanten av overkjortelen nedentil, imellem granateplene,

26 en bjelle og et granateple og så atter en bjelle og et granateple, og således rundt omkring hele kanten av overkjortelen nedentil, til bruk ved tjenesten, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

27 Så gjorde de de vevde underkjortler av fint lin til Aron og hans sønner,

28 og huen av fint lin og de høie huer til pryd av fint lin og lerretsbenklærne av fint, tvunnet lingarn,

29 og beltet av fint, tvunnet lingarn og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull i utsydd arbeid, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

30 Så gjorde de platen, det hellige hodesmykke, av rent gull, og de skrev på den, således som en skjærer ut et signet: Helliget Herren.

31 Og de satte en snor av blå ull i den for å feste den til huen oventil, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

32 Således blev hele arbeidet med tabernaklet, sammenkomstens telt, fullendt. Israels barn gjorde det i ett og alt således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

33 Og de førte tabernaklet frem til Moses: teltet med alt som hørte til det, krokene, plankene, tverrstengene og stolpene og fotstykkene

34 og varetaket av rødfarvede værskinn og varetaket av takasskinn og det dekkende forheng,

35 vidnesbyrdets ark med sine stenger og nådestolen,

36 bordet med alt som hørte til, og skuebrødene,

37 lysestaken av rent gull med lampene som skulde settes i rad, og alt som hørte til, og oljen til lysestaken

38 Og det gullklædde alter og salvings-oljen og den velluktende røkelse og teppet for inngangen til teltet,

39 kobber-alteret og kobber-gitteret til det, stengene og alt som hørte til, tvettekaret med sitt fotstykke,

40 omhengene til forgården med stolpene og fotstykkene og teppet til forgårdens port, snorene og pluggene og alle de ting som skulde brukes til tjenesten i tabernaklet, sammenkomstens telt,

41 embedsklærne til tjenesten i helligdommen, de hellige klær til Aron, presten, og presteklærne til hans sønner.

42 Som Herren hadde befalt Moses, således gjorde Israels barn i ett og alt hele arbeidet.

43 Og Moses så på alt det som var gjort, og da han så at det var ferdig, og at de i alle deler hadde gjort det således som Herren hadde befalt, da velsignet han dem.

   

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4677. 'And he made him a tunic of various colours' means the resulting appearances of truth by which the spiritual of the natural is recognized and distinguished. This is clear from the meaning of 'a tunic' as the truth of the natural, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'various colours' as appearances of truth by which the spiritual of the natural is recognized and distinguished. No one can know that these things are meant by 'various colours' unless he knows that colours may be seen in the next life no less than in the world - colours which are far more beautiful and various - and unless he knows the origins of those colours. Colours seen in the next life are produced by the variegation of light there and are so to speak modifications of intelligence and wisdom, for the light which is seen there is a manifestation of Divine Truth received from the Lord, that is, it is the Divine Spiritual from Him, or what amounts to the same, is Divine Intelligence and Wisdom. These two are seen as light before the eyes of angels and spirits. From this one may see what is meant by the colours being products of that light, namely different kinds and so appearances of truth that are due to varying affections for good and truth. Regarding colours in the next life, see 1042, 1043, 1053, 1624, 3993, 4530.

[2] It has been stated already in 3301 that 'a tunic' means the truth of the natural, but as this meaning was not substantiated there from other places in the Word, let these be mentioned here. Because kings in the Jewish Church represented the Lord as regards the Divine Spiritual or Divine Truth, 2015, 2069, 3009, 3670, their daughters therefore wore tunics of various colours, for 'daughters' meant affections for good and truth, and so meant Churches, 2362, 3963. The following is said of them in the second Book of Samuel,

On Tamar, David's daughter, there was a tunic of various colours, for virgin daughters of the king wore such clothes. 2 Samuel 13:18.

[3] And because high priests represented the Lord as regards the Divine

Celestial or Divine Good, Aaron therefore wore vestments which represented Divine Truth that was derived from the Lord's Divine Good; for Divine Good exists within the Lord, whereas Divine Truth proceeds from Him. This was what those vestments represented. Something similar was represented when the Lord was transfigured before Peter, James, and John, in that Divine Good was seen as the sun, and Divine Truth was manifested by means of His garments which had the appearance of light, Matthew 17:2.

[4] Regarding the vestments worn by Aaron and his sons, the following is said in Moses,

You shall make for Aaron a tunic of fine linen, and a turban of fine linen; and you shall make a girdle, the work of an embroiderer. And you shall make tunics for Aaron's sons, and you shall make girdles for them, and you shall make head-coverings for them, for glory and adornment. Exodus 28:39-40.

Each article of clothing here meant something connected with Divine Truth derived from the Lord's Divine Good, 'a tunic of fine linen' meaning specifically the Divine Spiritual. The same applies elsewhere in the same author,

You shall take the vestments, and put the tunic on Aaron, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and you shall clothe him with the girdle of the ephod. Then you shall cause his sons to come near, and you shall put them in tunics. Exodus 29:5, 8; 40:14.

What each article of clothing means here will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated when those verses come up for consideration. 'Garments' in general are truths, see 297, 1073, 2576, 4545.

[5] Prophets too wore tunics, though theirs were made of hair. This was because prophets represented the Lord as regards truths of doctrine, and since truths belong to the natural or external man, their tunics were made of hair - 'hair' meaning the natural, see 3301.

[6] The fact that 'a tunic' means Divine Truth received from the Lord is evident further still from those places where a tunic is mentioned in the New Testament, as in John,

The soldiers took His garments and made four parts, a part for each soldier, and His tunic. But the tunic was without seam, woven from the top throughout. Therefore they said to one another, Let us not divide it - so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saying They divided My garments for themselves, and for My tunic they cast lots. John 19:23-24.

Anyone reading this description supposes that it does not hold anything deeper within it than the facts that the garments were divided among the soldiers and that lots were cast for the tunic. But each detail described here represented and meant spiritually something Divine - that is to say, those two details about the garments being divided into four and about the tunic not being divided but having lots cast for it, and above all the detail about the tunic being without seam and woven from the top throughout. 'The tunic' meant the Lord's Divine Truth, which being singular - derived from Good - was represented by the tunic's being without seam and woven from the top throughout.

[7] Much the same was meant by Aaron's tunic which, as is evident in Moses, was woven or the work of a weaver,

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

Also represented by the tunic without seam was the fact that the Lord did not allow Divine Truth to be torn apart, as was done by the Jews to the lower truths of the Church.

[8] Because Divine Truth is singular - that is to say, it is derived solely from Divine Good - the twelve disciples were commanded, when they were being sent out to preach the gospel of the kingdom, not to have two tunics. This is recorded in Luke as follows,

Jesus sent the twelve disciples to preach the kingdom of God. And He said to them, Take nothing for the way, neither staves, nor bag, nor bread, nor silver, nor have two tunics each. Luke 9:2-3.

In Mark,

He charged them to take nothing for the way except a staff; not a bag, nor bread, nor bronze in the belt, but to wear sandals; and do not put on two tunics. Mark 6:8-9.

And in Matthew,

Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor bronze in your belts, nor bag for the way, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staves. Matthew 10:9-10.

[9] All the individual instructions given in these places are representative of the celestial and spiritual things of the Lord's kingdom which the disciples were sent to preach. The reason they were not to take gold, silver, bronze, bag, or bread with them was that those things meant different kinds of good and truth received from the Lord alone. 'Gold' means good, 113, 1551, 1552, while 'silver' means truth derived from that good, 1551, 2954; 'bronze' means natural good, 425, 1551, and 'bread' the good of love, which is heavenly good, 276, 680, 2165, 2177, 3478, 3735, 4211, 4217. 'Tunic' however and 'sandal' meant the truths with which they were to be endued, and 'staff the power of truth derived from good. For 'staff' means that power, see 4013, 4015; 'sandal' the lowest natural, 1748, here its truth; and 'tunic' interior natural truth. Now because these things had to be not twofold but singular, they were forbidden to have two staves, two pairs of sandals, or two tunics. These are the arcana contained in what the Lord commanded, but no one can possibly know about them except from the internal sense.

[10] All the detailed instructions spoken by the Lord were representative of Divine things, and consequently of the celestial and spiritual things of His kingdom. They were accordingly suited to the mental grasp of men and at the same time to the understanding of spirits and angels. Therefore the things spoken by the Lord pervaded the whole of heaven and continue to do so. From this it is also evident how valuable and important it is to know the internal sense of the Word. Without it anyone can use the Word to support whatever dogma he likes; and because this is seen to be so by those who are subject to evil, they therefore deride the Word and think it is anything but Divine.

  
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