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1 Então disse o Senhor a Moisés:

2 Fala aos filhos de Israel que me tragam uma oferta alçada; de todo homem cujo coração se mover voluntariamente, dele tomareis a minha oferta alçada.

3 E esta é a oferta alçada que tomareis deles: ouro, prata, bronze,

4 estofo azul, púrpura, carmesim, linho fino, pêlos de cabras,

5 peles de carneiros tintas de vermelho, peles de golfinhos, madeira de acácia,

6 azeite para a luz, especiarias para o óleo da unção e para o incenso aromàtico,

7 pedras de ônix, e pedras de engaste para o éfode e para o peitoral.

8 E me farão um santuário, para que eu habite no meio deles.

9 Conforme a tudo o que eu te mostrar para modelo do tabernáculo, e para modelo de todos os seus móveis, assim mesmo o fareis.

10 Também farão uma arca de madeira ,de acácia; o seu comprimento será de dois côvados e meio, e a sua largura de um côvado e meio, e de um côvado e meio a sua altura.

11 E cobri-la-ás de ouro puro, por dentro e por fora a cobrirás; e farás sobre ela uma moldura de ouro ao redor;

12 e fundirás para ela quatro argolas de ouro, que porás nos quatro cantos dela; duas argolas de um lado e duas do outro.

13 Também farás varais de madeira de acácia, que cobrirás de ouro.

14 Meterás os varais nas argolas, aos lados da arca, para se levar por eles a arca.

15 Os varais permanecerão nas argolas da arca; não serão tirados dela.

16 E porás na arca o testemunho, que eu te darei.

17 Igualmente farás um propiciatório, de ouro puro; o seu comprimento será de dois covados e meio, e a sua largura de um côvado e meio.

18 Farás também dois querubins de ouro; de ouro batido os farás, nas duas extremidades do propiciatório.

19 Farás um querubim numa extremidade e o outro querubim na outra extremidade; de uma só peça com o propiciatório fareis os querubins nas duas extremidades dele.

20 Os querubins estenderão as suas asas por cima do propiciatório, cobrindo-o com as asas, tendo as faces voltadas um para o outro; as faces dos querubins estarão voltadas para o propiciatório.

21 E porás o propiciatório em cima da arca; e dentro da arca porás o testemunho que eu te darei.

22 E ali virei a ti, e de cima do propiciatório, do meio dos dois querubins que estão sobre a arca do testemunho, falarei contigo a respeito de tudo o que eu te ordenar no tocante aos filhos de Israel.

23 Também farás uma mesa de madeira de acácia; o seu comprimento será de dois côvados, a sua largura de um côvado e a sua altura de um côvado e meio;

24 cobri-la-ás de ouro puro, e lhe farás uma moldura de ouro ao redor.

25 Também lhe farás ao redor uma guarnição de quatro dedos de largura, e ao redor na guarnição farás uma moldura de ouro.

26 Também lhe farás quatro argolas de ouro, e porás as argolas nos quatro cantos, que estarão sobre os quatro pés.

27 Junto da guarnição estarão as argolas, como lugares para os varais, para se levar a mesa.

28 Farás, pois, estes varais de madeira de acácia, e os cobrirás de ouro; e levar-se-á por eles a mesa.

29 Também farás os seus pratos, as suas colheres, os seus cântaros e as suas tigelas com que serão oferecidas as libações; de ouro puro os farás.

30 E sobre a mesa porás os pães da o proposição perante mim para sempre.

31 Também farás um candelabro de ouro puro; de ouro batido se fará o candelabro, tanto o seu pedestal como a sua haste; os seus copos, os seus cálices e as suas corolas formarão com ele uma só peça.

32 E de seus lados sairão seis braços: três de um lado, e três do outro.

33 Em um braço haverá três copos a modo de flores de amêndoa, com cálice e corola; também no outro braço três copos a modo de flores de amêndoa, com cálice e corola; assim se farão os seis braços que saem do candelabro.

34 Mas na haste central haverá quatro copos a modo de flores de amêndoa, com os seus cálices e as suas corolas,

35 e um cálice debaixo de dois braços, formando com a haste uma só peça; outro cálice debaixo de dois outros braços, de uma só peça com a haste; e ainda outro cálice debaixo de dois outros braços, de uma só peça com a haste; assim será para os seis braços que saem do candelabro.

36 Os seus cálices e os seus braços formarão uma só peça com a haste; o todo será de obra batida de ouro puro.

37 Também lhe farás sete lâmpadas, as quais se acenderão para alumiar defronte dele.

38 Os seus espevitadores e os seus cinzeiros serão de ouro puro.

39 De um talento de ouro puro se fará o candelabro, com todos estes utensílios.

40 Atenta, pois, que os faças conforme o seu modelo, que te foi mostrado no monte.

   

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10276. 'And you shall sanctify them, and they shall be the holy of holies' means consequently the inflow and presence of the Lord within the worship of the representative Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'being sanctified' as representing the Lord in respect of the Divine Human, and the reception of Divine Good and Divine Truth from Him, for the Lord alone is holy and therefore that alone is holy which emanates from Him, from which it is evident that 'being sanctified' also means the inflow and presence of the Lord within the worship of the representative Church;

'Being sanctified' means representing the Lord in respect of the Divine Human, see 9956, 9988, 10069.

It also means the reception of Divine Good and Divine Truth from Him, 8806, 9820, 10128.

The Lord alone is holy, and that alone is holy which emanates from Him, 9229, 9479, 9680, 9818.

Thus holy things among the Israelite and Jewish nation were holy in a representative fashion, 10149, and from the meaning of 'the holy of holies' as celestial Divine Good, dealt with in 10129.

[2] From all this it is evident that all those things which had been anointed were called 'the holy of holies' by virtue of the inflow and presence of the Lord's Divine Human. And whenever the Lord flows in and becomes present He does so by a path that is direct, and also in the lower heavens by one that is indirect, through celestial good, which is the inmost heaven's good. Therefore to the extent that the levels of good in the lower heavens contain and store celestial good, which is the good of love to the Lord, they are indeed good. This is why things which had been anointed were called 'the holy of holies'. Regarding the Lord's flowing in directly and indirectly, see in the places referred to in 9682, 9683.

[3] To have any knowledge of the nature of these things a person must know what a representation is and what a representative Church is. What they are has been shown extensively in the places referred to in 9229, 9280, 10030; but since few at the present day know what they are, let something more be said to shed further light on the subject. In the inmost heavens there exist among the angels affections for goodness and truth derived from the Lord, which compose those angels' life and bliss. These affections manifest themselves in the lowest heaven within outward forms, which are countless and infinitely various; whatever the eyes of those in that heaven behold there springs from them. These forms are representative of more internal things, which are affections for goodness and truth and are called celestial and spiritual things.

[4] Good spirits, who perceive the holy things of heaven within those representative forms existing as subjects 1 , have their inner feelings stirred by them. They see, for example, parks or gardens with countless species of trees and fruits, also rose gardens, lawns, fields with crops, houses, palaces, and very many other sights. All these correspond to the affections for goodness and truth which, derived from the Lord, exist in higher heavens. Representative forms also exist in these higher heavens, but they are immeasurably superior in perfection, delightfulness, and rapture to such forms in the lowest heaven. These representative forms are what the saying that no eye has ever seen such things refers to; and if any description of them were given it would surpass human belief.

[5] From all this it may be recognized what representative forms are. All those which had been established among the Israelite nation were similar to the ones in the lowest heaven, but had less perfection because they existed in the natural world. Such forms comprised the tent of meeting together with the ark, the table on which the loaves of the Presence were laid, the lampstand and its lamps, and the altar of incense; the garments of Aaron and his sons; at a later time, the temple together with the sanctuary in it, where the ark with the mercy-seat and cherubs above it was; the bronze sea, the lavers, and similar objects. More however, beyond numbering, appear in the lowest heaven; but these have greater excellence and perfection. That heaven was where the Lord showed Moses on Mount Sinai the things to be established among the Israelite nation, as is evident in Exodus 25:40; 26:30; 27:8, though Moses did not see them there with his bodily eyes but with those of his spirit.

[6] Further proof of the nature of representative forms lies in those things which were seen by prophets - by Daniel, by John in the Book of Revelation, and by all the rest. All the things which they saw conceal Divine spiritual and celestial realities within them. Without the internal sense to explain them those visions are unintelligible, as anyone may recognize.

[7] From all this it is again evident what a representative Church is.

This Church was established in the land of Canaan especially on account of the Word, in order that representative forms and objects carrying a spiritual meaning might be used in the writing of it, thus such things as existed among that nation, in their Church and in their land. For since most ancient times all places in the land of Canaan, all the mountains and rivers there, represented such things as existed in heaven, 3686, 4240, 4447, 4454, 5136, 6516; and so at a later time did the inheritances, tribes, and everything else. The literal sense of the Old Testament Word was composed of such things, to the end that it might be a kind of base in which more internal things terminated and on which they stood, like a building on its foundations, see 9360, 9824, 10044.

[8] Anyone who is intelligent may see from all this that the Word is most holy, that its literal sense is holy by virtue of its internal sense, and that when separated from this it is not holy. For the literal sense separated from the internal is like a person's outward [body] separated from his inward [soul], which is a lifeless statue; and it is like the outer covering of a tree, flower, fruit, or seed without their inward parts, and like the foundation without the house. Those therefore who adhere strictly to the sense of the letter of the Word and do not have or acquire for themselves from the Word teachings in keeping with its internal sense may be drawn into all kinds of heresy. This is why such people refer to the Word as a book of heresies. Sound doctrine drawn from the Word must absolutely shine before people and show them the way to go; those teachings are provided by the internal sense, and the person who is acquainted with them has the internal sense of the Word.

[9] Because the Jewish nation did not acknowledge the presence of any holiness in the Word except in its literal sense alone, which they separated completely from its internal sense, they sank into such darkness that they did not know the Lord when He came into the world. That nation is just the same at the present day; therefore although they live among Christians, they still do not as yet from the Word acknowledge the Lord. Right from the start that nation was interested in outward things but not their inner substance, see what has been shown in the places referred to in 9320(end), 9380. Unless therefore the Lord had come into the world and disclosed its inner contents, contact with the heavens through the Word would have been broken; and if that had been broken the human race on this planet would have perished. For no one can think anything at all that is true or do anything at all that is good except in heaven's strength, that is, the Lord's coming through heaven. The Word is what opens heaven.

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1. Subject is used here to mean something which really exists yet depends for its existence on something prior to itself.

  
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