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1 Сдјлай жертвенникъ изъ дерева акаціи, длиною пяти локтей, и шириною пяти локтей, такъ чтобы онъ былъ четвероугольный, а вышиною трехъ локтей.

2 Сдјлай роги его на четырехъ углахъ его, такъ чтобы роги выходили изъ него; и обложи его мјдъю.

3 Сдјлай тазы его, чтобы ссыпать пепелъ съ него, и лопаткп его, и чаши его, и вилки его, и угольницы его; всј принадлежности его сдјлай изъ мјди.

4 Сдјлай къ нему рјшетку, родъ сјтки, изъ мјди, а на четырехъ углахъ сјтки сдјлай четыре мјдныхъ кольца.

5 И положи ее по окружности жертвенника внизу, такъ чтобы сјтка была на половинј жертвенника.

6 И сдјлай шесты для жертвенника, шесты изъ дерева акаціи, и обложи ихъ мјдью.

7 И вкладывай шесты его въ кольца, такъ чтобы шесты были по обоимъ бокамъ жертвенника, когда нести его.

8 Сдјлай его пустой, досчатой; какъ показано тебј на горј, такъ пусть сдјлаютъ.

9 Сдјлай дворъ скиніи: съ полуденной стороны къ югу завјсы изъ крученаго виссона, длиною во сто локтей по одной сторонј;

10 столповъ для нея двадцать, и подножій для нихъ двадцать мјдныхъ; крючки у столповъ и связи на нихъ серебряныя.

11 Также и вдоль по сјверной сторонј завјсы ста локтей длиною, столповъ для нея двадцать и подножій для нихъ двадцать мјдныхъ; крючки у столповъ и связи на нихъ серебряныя.

12 Въ ширину же двора съ западной стороны завјсы пятидесяти локтей; столповъ для нихъ десять, и подножій ихъ десять.

13 Ширина двора съ передней стороны къ востоку будетъ также пятидесяти локтей.

14 Къ одной сторонј завјсы въ пятнадцать локтей; столповъ, ихъ три, и подножій ихъ три.

15 И къ другой сторонј завјсы въ пятнадцать локтей; столповъ ихъ три, и подножій ихъ три.

16 А для вратъ двора завјса въ двадцать локтей, изъ пряжи яхонтоваго, и пурпуроваго, и червденаго цвјта, и изъ крученаго виссона узорчатой работы; столповъ для нихъ четыре, и подножій для нихъ четыре.

17 Всј столпы двора кругомъ его должны быть соединены связями серебряными, крючки у нихъ серебряные, а подножія у нихъ мјдныя.

18 Длина двору сто локтей, а ширина пятьдесятъ въ обоихъ концахъ, высота пять локтей; завјсы изъ крученаго виссона, а подножія у столповъ мјдныя.

19 Всј принадлежности скиніи для всякаго употребленія въ ней, и всј колья ея, и всј колья двора мјдные.

20 Вели сынамъ Израилевымъ, чтобы они приносили тебј елей битый изъ маслинъ, чистый для освященія, чтобы горјлъ свјтилъникъ безпрерывно.

21 Въ скиніи собранія внј завјсы, которая противъ ковчега откровенія, будетъ зажигать его Ааронъ и сыновья его, отъ вечера до утра, предъ лицемъ Іеговы: это вјчный участокъ отъ сыновъ Израилевыхъ въ роды ихъ.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 725

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725. 17:4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet. This symbolizes the celestial Divine good and truth contained in the Word among Roman Catholics.

Purple symbolizes celestial Divine good, and scarlet symbolizes celestial Divine truth, as will be seen presently. To be arrayed in them means, symbolically, to have these about them, thus among them. They have these among them from the Word, because the scarlet beast on which the woman was sitting symbolizes the Word (no. 723).

People know that Roman Catholics have the Divine good and truth in the Word about them, thus among them, as a kind of garment, for they venerate the Word outwardly and not inwardly. They acknowledge it, because it tells about the Lord and about His authority over heaven and the church, which they have transferred to themselves. It also tells about the keys given to Peter, whose successors they say they are. So, because they found their majesty, grandeur and power on these two points, of necessity they acknowledge the holiness of the Word. But still the Word is for them only a kind of garment of purple and scarlet, and of gold, precious stones and pearls, upon a harlot holding a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and the filthiness of her licentiousness.

[2] Since the verse mentions purple and scarlet, and then gold, precious stones and pearls, and since purple and scarlet symbolize celestial Divine good and truth, while gold and precious stones symbolize spiritual Divine good and truth, both emanating from the Word, therefore we must say something about celestial Divinity and spiritual Divinity:

The Lord's whole heaven has been divided into two kingdoms - the celestial kingdom and the spiritual kingdom. The celestial kingdom consists of angels who are impelled by love from the Lord, and the spiritual kingdom of angels who are impelled by wisdom from the Lord. Each kingdom has in it goodness and truth. The goodness and truth among angels in the celestial kingdom are symbolized by purple and scarlet, while the goodness and truth among angels in the spiritual kingdom are symbolized by gold and precious stones. Angels have both the one and the other goodness and truth from the Lord by means of the Word. Consequently the Word has in it two interior levels of meaning, one celestial and the other spiritual.

This now is the reason that the woman sitting on the scarlet beast appeared arrayed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold, precious stones and pearls.

[3] Like the symbolism of the woman here is the symbolism of the "rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day," at whose gate Lazarus lay prostrate, "desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table" (Luke 16:19-21). The rich man clothed in purple and fine linen refers to the Jews, who had the Word, and Lazarus refers to the gentiles who did not have it.

Similar symbolic meanings are found in the following places:

Those who ate delicacies are devastated in the streets; those who were brought up on scarlet embrace dunghills. (Lamentations 4:5)

When you are plundered, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold..., in vain you will make yourself fair. (Jeremiah 4:30)

O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with luxury, (and) who put ornaments of gold on your apparel. (2 Samuel 1:24)

Fine embroidered linen... was what you spread...; blue and purple... was your covering. (Ezekiel 27:7)

The last is said of Tyre, which symbolizes concepts of truth and goodness from the Word.

[4] Since purple and scarlet symbolize celestial goodness and truth, therefore Aaron's vestments and the veil and curtains of the Tabernacle were woven of blue, purple, scarlet and fine linen (Exodus 25:4; 26:31, 36; 27:16; 28:6, 15). Regarding the curtains (Exodus 26:1). The veil before the Ark (Exodus 26:31). The hem of the robe of the ephod (Exodus 28:33). The scarlet cloth over the showbread (Numbers 4:8).

It is apparent from this what is symbolized by the purple and scarlet with which the woman sitting on the scarlet beast appeared arrayed.

So likewise in the following passage, where we read:

Alas..., the great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet..., adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! For in one hour such great riches were laid waste. (Revelation 18:16-17)

Moreover, purple and scarlet, gold, precious stones and pearls were among the merchandise of Babylon (Revelation 18:12).

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.