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1 Assim trabalharão Bezaleel e Aoliabe, e todo homem hábil, a quem o Senhor deu sabedoria e entendimento, para saberem exercer todo ofício para o serviço do santuário, conforme tudo o que o Senhor tem ordenado.

2 Então Moisés chamou a Bezaleel e a Aoliabe, e a todo homem hábil, em cujo coração Deus tinha posto sabedoria, isto é, a todo aquele cujo coração o moveu a se chegar à obra para fazê-la;

3 e receberam de Moisés toda a oferta alçada, que os filhos de Israel tinham do para a obra do serviço do santuário, para fazê-la; e ainda eles lhe traziam cada manhã ofertas voluntárias.

4 Então todos os sábios que faziam toda a obra do santuário vieram, cada um da obra que fazia,

5 e disseram a Moisés: O povo traz muito mais do que é necessário para o serviço da obra que o Senhor ordenou se fizesse.

6 Pelo que Moisés deu ordem, a qual fizeram proclamar por todo o arraial, dizendo: Nenhum homem, nem mulher, faça mais obra alguma para a oferta alçada do santuário. Assim o povo foi proibido de trazer mais.

7 Porque o material que tinham era bastante para toda a obra, e ainda sobejava.

8 Assim todos os homens hábeis, dentre os que trabalhavam na obra, fizeram o tabernáculo de dez cortinas de linho fino torcido, de azul, de púrpura e de carmesim, com querubins, obra de artífice.

9 O comprimento de cada cortina era de vinte e oito côvados, e a largura de quatro côvados; todas as cortinas eram da mesma medida.

10 Ligaram cinco cortinas uma com outra; e as outras cinco da mesma maneira.

11 Fizeram laçadas de azul na orla da última cortina do primeiro grupo; assim, também fizeram na orla da primeira cortina do segundo grupo.

12 Cinqüenta laçadas fizeram na orla de uma cortina, e cinquenta laçadas na orla da outra, do segundo grupo; as laçadas eram contrapostas uma à outra.

13 Também fizeram cinqüenta colchetes de ouro, e com estes colchetes uniram as cortinas, uma com outra; e o tabernáculo veio a ser um todo.

14 Fizeram também cortinas de pelos de cabras para servirem de tenda sobre o tabernáculo; onze cortinas fizeram.

15 O comprimento de cada cortina era de trinta côvados, e a largura de quatro côvados; as onze cortinas eram da mesma medida.

16 uniram cinco destas cortinas à parte, e as outras seis à parte.

17 Fizeram cinqüenta laçadas na orla da última cortina do primeiro grupo, e cinqüenta laçadas na orla da primeira cortina do segundo grupo.

18 Fizeram também cinqüenta colchetes de bronze, para ajuntar a tenda, para que viesse a ser um todo.

19 Fizeram para a tenda uma cobertura de peles de carneiros tintas de vermelho, e por cima desta uma cobertura de peles de golfinhos.

20 Também fizeram, de madeira de acácia, as tábuas para o tabernáculo, as quais foram colocadas verticalmente.

21 O comprimento de cada tábua era de dez côvados, e a largura de um côvado e meio.

22 Cada tábua tinha duas couceiras, unidas uma à outra; assim fizeram com todas as tábuas do tabernáculo.

23 Assim, pois, fizeram as tábuas para o tabernáculo; vinte tábuas para o lado que dá para o sul;

24 e fizeram quarenta bases de prata para se pôr debaixo das vinte tábuas: duas bases debaixo de uma tábua para as suas duas couceiras, e duas debaixo de outra, para as duas couceiras dela.

25 Também para o segundo lado do tabernáculo, o que dá para o norte, fizeram vinte tábuas,

26 com as suas quarenta bases de prata, duas bases debaixo de uma tábua, e duas bases debaixo de outra.

27 Para o lado posterior do tabernáculo, o que dá para o ocidente, fizeram seis tábuas.

28 E para os dois cantos do tabernáculo no lado posterior, fizeram mais duas tábuas.

29 Por baixo eram duplas, do mesmo modo se estendendo até a primeira argola, em cima; assim fizeram com as duas tábuas nos dois cantos.

30 Assim havia oito tábuas com as suas bases de prata, a saber, dezesseis bases, duas debaixo de cada tábua.

31 Fizeram também travessões de madeira de acácia: cinco travessões para as tábuas de um lado do tabernáculo,

32 e cinco para as tábuas do outro lado do tabernáculo, e outros cinco para as tábuas do tabernáculo no lado posterior, o que dá para o ocidente.

33 Fizeram que o travessão do meio passasse ao meio das tábuas duma extremidade até a outra.

34 E cobriram as tábuas de ouro, e de ouro fizeram as suas argolas como lugares para os travessoes; também os travessões cobriu de ouro.

35 Fizeram então o véu de azul, púrpura, carmesim e linho fino torcido; com querubins, obra de artífice, o fizeram.

36 E fizeram-lhe quatro colunas de madeira de acácia e as cobriram de ouro; e seus colchetes fizeram de ouro; e fundiram-lhes quatro bases de prata.

37 Fizeram também para a porta da tenda um reposteiro de azul, púrpura, carmesim e linho fino torcido, obra de bordador,

38 com as suas cinco colunas e os seus colchetes; e de ouro cobriu os seus capitéis e as suas faixas; e as suas cinco bases eram de bronze.

   

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1143. And of fine linen and of purple, signifies truths and goods from a celestial origin that have been profaned. This is evident from the signification of "fine linen," as being truths from a celestial origin (of which presently); also from the signification of "purple," as being goods from a celestial origin (of which above, n.1042. But here such truths and goods profaned are meant, because the fine linen and purple are called "merchandise of Babylon," and "Babylon," as "a harlot and the mother of whoredoms and of the abominations of the earth," signifies profanations of truth and good. Truths and goods from a celestial origin are truths and goods with those who are in love to the Lord; these are called celestial, and are distinguished from the truths and goods from a spiritual origin, which are signified by "silk and scarlet," which will be spoken of presently. Truths and goods from a celestial origin are profaned by their transferring to themselves the Lord's Divine power of saving the human race, thus transferring their love to the Lord to the Pope as a vicar and to his ministers. And yet the Lord cannot be loved when He has no power to save; but the man is loved who is put in the Lord's place. They say that the Lord is loved because He has given that power to a man, and that He is loved and is held in holy respect by those who have received that power, and is worshipped by the rest. But love to the Lord cannot exist with them, because the love of having dominion over heaven and over the church is wholly contrary to it; for such love is love of self, which is a diabolical love, from which the Lord cannot be loved. Such love regarded in itself is rather hatred against the Lord, and it is turned into hatred when they become spirits and dominion is taken away from them. Then they persecute all who are in love to the Lord. All this makes clear how they profane truths and goods which are from a celestial origin.

[2] That "fine linen" signifies truths from a celestial origin can be seen from the following passages. In Ezekiel:

I clothed thee with embroidered work, I shod thee with the skin of the badger, and I girded thee with fine linen, and covered thee with silk. Thus wast thou adorned with gold and silver, and thy garments were fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work (Ezekiel 16:10, 13).

This is said of Jerusalem, which means the church, here in its first establishment. "Embroidered work and the skin of the badger" here signify the knowledges of truth and good from the Word; "fine linen and silk" signify truths from a celestial origin and truths from a spiritual origin. These are said to be "garments," because "garments" signify the truths with which good is clothed. In the same:

Fine linen in embroidered work was thy spreading forth, and purple from the isles of Elishah was thy covering (Ezekiel 27:7).

This is said of Tyre, which signifies the church as to the knowledges of good and truth. These knowledges are signified by "embroidered work from Egypt," truths by "fine linen," and good by "purple," both from a celestial origin. In Luke:

There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and indulged in luxuries every day splendidly (Luke 16:19).

The "rich man" means the Jewish nation, which is said to be "clothed in purple and fine linen," because they have the Word from which they might have goods and truths; goods are here meant by "purple," and truths by "fine linen," both from a celestial origin. "Lazarus lying at the rich man's porch" means the Gentiles that did not have the Word.

[3] Since "fine linen" [byssus] which is also called cotton [xylinum] signified truths from a celestial origin, and the garments of Aaron represented Divine truths, because he represented the Lord, therefore:

His miter and belt were woven of fine linen and cotton (Exodus 28:39; 39:27).

And because the curtains and hangings of the tabernacle represented those things of the church that cover, and these are truths, therefore:

These were woven of cotton or fine linen (Exodus 26:1; 27:9, 18; 36:8; 38:9, 16).

"Fine linen" has the same signification in the following passages of Revelation:

The time of the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready; and it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, clean and bright (Revelation 19:7-8).

The armies of Him that sat upon the white horse followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean (Revelation 19:14).

"Fine linen" signifies truth from a celestial origin because fine linen was a kind of very shining flax of which garments were made; "flax," and also "whiteness," signify truth, and "a garment" made of it signifies truth that is clean and pure according to the shining.

(Continuation respecting the Athanasian Faith)

[4] The hell where those are who are called devils is the love of self; and the hell where those are who are called satans is the love of the world. The diabolical hell is the love of self because that love is the opposite of celestial love which is love to the Lord; and the satanic hell is the love of the world because that love is the opposite of spiritual love, which is love towards the neighbor. Now as the two loves of hell are opposites of the two loves of heaven, hell and the heavens are in opposition to each other; for all who are in the heavens look to the Lord and to the neighbor, but all who are in the hells look to self and the world. All who are in the heavens love the Lord and the neighbor, and all who are in the hells love self and the world, and consequently hate the Lord and the neighbor. All who are in the heavens think what is true and will what is good, because they think and will from the Lord; but all who are in the hells think what is false and will what is evil, because they think and will from self. From this it is that all who are in the hells appear turned backward, with the face turned away from the Lord; they also appear turned upside down, with the feet upwards and the head downwards. They so appear in accordance with their loves, which are opposite to the loves of heaven.

[5] As hell is the love of self it is also fire, for all love corresponds to fire, and in the spiritual world is so presented as to appear like a fire at a distance, although it is not fire but love; and thus the hells appear within to be on fire, and without like outbursts of fire in smoke from furnaces or from conflagrations; and sometimes the devils themselves appear like fires of coals. Their heat from that fire is like a boiling up from impurities, which is lust, and their light from that fire is only an appearance of light from fantasies and from confirmations of evil by falsities, but still it is not light, for when the light of heaven flows in it becomes to them thick darkness, and when the heat of heaven flows in it becomes to them cold; nevertheless, they see from their light, and live from their heat; but they see like owls, birds of night, and bats, whose eyes are blinded in the light of heaven, and they live half dead. The living principle in them is from the ability to think, to will, to speak, to do, and in consequence to see, to hear, to taste, to smell, and to feel; and this living principle is merely the ability arising from action upon them from without of the life which is God, according to order, and continually impelling them towards order. It is from that power that they live to eternity. Their dead principle is from the evils and falsities that spring from their loves. Consequently their life viewed from their loves is not life but death; and this is why in the Word hell is called "death," and those who are there are called "the dead."

  
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