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1 И говорилъ Господь Моисею и Аарону, и сказалъ:

2 сочти изъ сыновъ Левіи сыновъ Кааѕовыхъ, по племенамъ ихъ, по поколјнію ихъ,

3 отъ тридцати лјтъ и выше до пятидесяти лјтъ, всјхъ вступающихъ въ службу, чтобы отправлять работы въ скиніи собранія.

4 Вотъ служеніе сыновъ Кааѕовыхъ въ скиніи собранія: косить святое святыхъ.

5 Когда стану надобно подняться въ путь, Ааронъ и сыны его войдутъ и снимутъ завјсу, и покроютъ ею ковчегъ откровенія.

6 И положатъ на нее покровъ изъ кожъ синихъ и сверхъ его распрострутъ одежду всю яхонтоваго цвјта, и вложатъ шесты его.

7 И надъ столомъ хлјбовъ предложенія распрострутъ одежду яхонтоваго цвета и положатъ на немъ блюда, ѕиміамники, кружки и чаши возліянія, и хлјбъ всегдашній долженъ быть на немъ.

8 И надъ сими вещами распрострутъ одежду багряную и покроютъ ее покровомъ изъ кожъ синихъ и вложатъ шесты его.

9 Потомъ возьмутъ одежду яхонтоваго цвјта и покроютъ свјтильникъ и лампады его, и щипцы его, и лотки его, и всј сосуды для елея, которые употребляютъ при немъ,

10 и покроютъ его и всј принадлежности его покровомъ изъ кожъ синихъ, и положатъ на носилки.

11 И на жертвенникъ златый распрострутъ одежду яхонтоваго цвјта, и покроютъ его покровомъ изъ кожъ синихъ, и вложатъ шесты его.

12 И возьмутъ всј вещи служебныя, которыя употребляются для служенія во святилищј, и положатъ въ одежду яхонтоваго цвјта и покроютъ ихъ покровомъ изъ кожъ синихъ и положатъ на носилки.

13 И очистятъ жертвенникъ отъ пепла и распрострутъ на немъ одежду пурпуровую.

14 И положатъ на него всј сосуды его, которые употребляются для служенія при немъ, угольницы, вилки, лопатки и чаши, всј сосуды жертвенника, и распрострутъ на немъ покровъ изъ кожъ синихъ, и вложатъ шесты его.

15 Когда при отправленіи въ путь стана Ааронъ и сыны его покроютъ святилище и всј вещи святилища, тогда сыны Кааѕа пойдутъ, чтобы нести; но не должны касаться святилища, чтобы не умереть. Сіи части скиніи собранія должны носить сыны Кааѕовы.

16 Елеазару, сыну Аарона священника, поручается елей для свјтильника и благовонное куреніе, и непрестанное хлјбное приношеніе и елей помазанія, поручается вся скинія и все, что въ ней, и святилище и принадлежности его.

17 И говорилъ Господь Моисею и Аарону, и сказалъ:

18 Не погубите колјна племенъ Кааѕовыхъ между левитами.

19 Но вотъ что сдјлайте имъ, чтобъ они были живы и не умерли, когда приступаютъ къ святому святыхъ. Ааронъ и сыны его пусть придутъ, и поставятъ ихъ каждаго въ служеніи его и у ноши его:

20 но сами они не должны подходить, чтобы не увидјть нечаянно святыни и не умереть.

21 И говорилъ Господь Моисею, и сказалъ:

22 сочти и сыновъ Гирсона по поколјнію ихъ, по племенамъ ихъ,

23 оть тридцати лјтъ и выше до пятидесяти лјтъ, внеси ихъ въ перепись, всјхъ вступающихъ въ службу, чтобъ отправлять работы при скиніи собранія.

24 Вотъ работы племенъ Гирсоновыхъ при ихъ служеніи и ношеніи бременъ:

25 они должны носить покровы скиніи, и скинію собранія, и покровъ ея, и покровъ синій, который поверхъ его, и завјсу дверей скиніи собранія,

26 и завјсы двора, и завјсу вратъ двора, который вокругъ скиніи и жертвенника, и веревки ихъ, и всј вещи, принадлежащія къ нимъ, и все, что дјлается при нихъ, они должны работать.

27 По повелјнію Аарона и сыновъ его производиться должны всј работы сыновъ Гирсоновыхъ при всякомъ ношеніи ихъ и всякой работј ихъ; и поручите въ ихъ охраненіе все, что они носятъ.

28 Вотъ работы племенъ сыновъ Гирсоновыхъ въ скиніи собранія, и вотъ что поручается въ ихъ охраненіе, подъ надзоромъ Иѕамара, сына Аарона, священника.

29 Сыновъ Мерариныхъ по племенамъ ихъ, по поколјнію ихъ, внеси въ перепись.

30 Отъ тридцати лјтъ и выше до пятидесяти лјтъ внеси ихъ въ перепись, всјхъ вступающихъ въ службу, чтобы отправлять работы при скиніи собранія.

31 Вотъ что они должны хранить и носить, что составляетъ всю работу ихъ при скиніи собранія: брусья скиніи и шесты ея, и столпы ея, и подножія ея.

32 И столпы двора со всјхъ сторонъ и подножія ихъ, и колья ихъ, и веревки ихъ, и всј вещи при нихъ и всј принадлежности ихъ; и по именно отдайте имъ вещи для храненія и ношенія.

33 Вотъ работы племенъ сыновъ Мерариныхъ, которыя составляютъ всю работу ихъ при скиніи собранія, подъ надзоромъ Иѕамара, сына Аарона, священника.

34 Такимъ образомъ Моисей и Ааронъ и начальники общества внесли въ перепись сыновъ Кааѕовыхъ по племенамъ ихъ, по поколјнію ихъ,

35 отъ тридцати лјтъ и выше до пятидесяти лјтъ, всјхъ вступающихъ въ службу, чтобъ отправлять работы въ скиніи собранія.

36 И вошло въ перепись изъ нихъ по племенамъ ихъ двј тысячи семь сотъ пятьдесятъ.

37 Сіи суть внесенные въ перепись изъ племенъ Кааѕовыхъ, всј работающіе при скиніи собранія, коихъ внесъ въ перепись Моисей и Ааронъ по повелјнію Господню, данному чрезъ Моисея.

38 И внесены въ перепись сыны Гирсона по племенамъ ихъ, по поколјнію ихъ,

39 отъ тридцати лјтъ и выше до пятидесяти лјтъ, всј вступающіе въ службу, чтобъ отправлять работы въ скиніи собранія.

40 И было внесенныхъ въ перепись по племенамъ ихъ, по поколјнію ихъ, двј тысячи шестьсотъ тридцать.

41 Сіи суть внесенные въ перепись изъ племенъ сыновъ Гирсона, всј работающіе при скиніи собранія, коихъ внесъ въ перепись Моисей и Ааронъ по повелјнію Господню.

42 И внесены въ перепись племена сыновъ Мерариныхъ по племенамъ ихъ, по поколјнію ихъ,

43 оть тридцати лјтъ и выше до пятидесяти лјтъ, всј вступающіе въ службу, чтобы работать при скиніи собранія.

44 И было внесенныхъ въ перепись по племенамъ ихъ три тысячи двјсти.

45 Сіи суть внесенные въ перепись изъ племенъ сыновъ Мерариныхъ, коихъ внесъ въ перепись Моисей и Ааронъ по повелјнію Господню чрезъ Моисея.

46 И внесены въ перепись всј левиты, которыхъ внесъ въ перепись Моисей и Ааронъ и начальники Израиля, по племенамъ ихъ, по поколјнію ихъ.

47 Отъ тридцати лјтъ и выше до пятидесяти лјтъ, всј вступающіе въ службу для отправленія работъ и ношенія въ скиніи собранія.

48 И оказалось внесенныхъ въ перепись восемь тысячь пятьсотъ восемьдесятъ.

49 По повелјнію Господню внесли ихъ въ перепись подъ надзоромъ Моисея, для назначенія каждаго къ работј его и ношенію: и внесены они въ перепись, какъ повелјлъ Господь Моисею.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 64

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64. Clothed with a garment down to the foot, signifies Divine truth proceeding from Him. This is evident from the signification of "garments" as being truths that clothe good (See Arcana Coelestia, n. 1073, 2576, 5248, 5319, 5954, 9212, 9216, 9952, 10536). Here is only mentioned "a garment down to the foot," which is a general covering; by which, as the Lord is treated of, all Divine truth in general is meant. Since the Lord is here described in respect to the Divine Human, which is here the "Son of man seen in the midst of the lampstands," and it is said that He was "clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the paps with a golden girdle," and afterwards that "His face shone as the sun in his power," I wish to give an explanation of what is said in the Evangelists about the Lord when He was transfigured, where some similar expressions are used; and afterwards of what is said about the soldiers dividing His garments, and casting the lot upon His tunic.

[2] Of the Lord's transfiguration it is thus written:

Jesus took Peter, James, and John, into a very high mountain, and He was transfigured before them; and His face did shine as the sun, and His garments became white as the light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah speaking with Him. And behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him (Matthew 17:1-5; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36).

The Lord took Peter, James, and John, because by them the church in respect to faith, charity, and the works of charity was represented; He took them "into a high mountain," because "mountain" signifies heaven; "His face did shine as the sun," because "face" signifies the interiors, and it did shine as the sun because His interiors were Divine, for the "sun" is Divine love; "His garments became white as the light," because "garments" signify Divine truth proceeding from Him; the like is signified by "light." "Moses and Elijah" appeared, because the two signify the Word, "Moses" the historical Word, and "Elijah" the prophetical Word; "a bright cloud overshadowed them," because "a bright cloud" signifies the Word in the letter within which is the internal sense; "a voice out of the cloud said, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him," because "a voice out of the cloud" signifies Divine truth out of the Word, and "beloved Son," the Lord's Divine Human. And because Divine truth is from Him, and thence all truth of the church, it was said out of the cloud, "in whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him."

[3] It was plainly the Divine Human of the Lord that was thus seen, for the Divine Itself cannot be seen by anyone, except through the Divine Human. This the Lord also teaches in John:

No man hath seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath brought Him forth to view (John 1:18).

And in another place:

Ye have neither heard the voice of the Father at any time, nor seen His shape (John 5:37).

(That such things are signified by these words in the Evangelists, can be seen in the Arcana Coelestia where the particulars are made known, namely, that by "Peter," "James," and "John," in the Word, are signified faith, charity, and the works of charity, n. 3750, and above, n. 8-9; by "high mountain" is signified heaven, n. 8327, 8805, 9420, 9422, 9434, 10608; by "face," the interiors which are of the mind, n. 1999, 2434, 3527, 4066, 4796, 5102, 9306, 9546; and by "the face of the Lord," mercy, peace, and every good, n. 222-223, 5585, 9306, 9546, 9888; by "the sun," Divine Love, n. 2495, 4060, 7083; and in the work on Heaven and Hell 116-125; by "garments," when the Lord is treated of, Divine truth, n. 9212, 9216; and the like by "light," n. 3195, 3222, 5400, 8644, 9399, 9548, 9684; and in the work on Heaven and Hell, n. 126-140. That "Moses and Elias" signify the Word; "Moses," see Arcana Coelestia 5922, 6723, 6752, 6771, 6827, 7010, 7014, 7089, 7382, 9372, 10234; and "Elias," see n. 2762, 5247. That "clouds" signify the Word in the letter, see above, n. 36; that "beloved Son" is the Divine Human of the Lord is evident.) From the fact that the "Lord's garments" signify Divine truth, it may be known what is signified by the soldiers dividing the garments of the Lord among them, and casting a lot upon His tunic, of which it is thus written in John:

The soldiers took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part, also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore one to another, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for whose it shall be; that the Scripture might be fulfilled which saith, They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did (John 19:23-24).

[4] He who is not aware that in every particular of the Word there is an internal sense which is spiritual, cannot see any arcanum in these things; he knows only that the soldiers divided the garments and not the tunic; and beyond this he knows nothing; when not only in this fact is there a Divine arcanum, but also in every particular of what is recorded concerning the passion of the Lord. The arcanum in this fact is that the garments of the Lord signified Divine truth, thus the Word, because the Word is Divine truth; the "garments" that they divided, the Word in the letter, and the "tunic" the Word in the internal sense; to "divide them" signifies to disperse and falsify; and "the soldiers" signify those that are of the church, who should fight in behalf of Divine truth. This is why it is said, "These things therefore the soldiers did." From this it is clear that the meaning of these words in the spiritual sense is that the Jewish Church dispersed the Divine truth which is in the sense of the letter, but could not disperse the Divine truth which is in the internal sense. That the "garments of the Lord" signified Divine truth, thus the Word, was shown above; that His "tunic" signified Divine truth, or the Word, in the internal sense, see Arcana Coelestia n.9826, 9942; that to "divide" is to disperse and separate from good and truth, thus to falsify, see n. 4424, 6360, 6361, 9094; that "the soldiers" signify those that are of the church, here of the Jewish church, who should fight in behalf of Divine truth, is clear from the spiritual sense of "warfare" and of "war;" that "war" signifies spiritual combats, which are of truth against falsity, see n. 1659, 1664, 8295, 10455; it is therefore said of the Levites, whose function pertained to such things as are of the church, that they were discharging military duty and were serving in war, when they were exercising their ministry in the tent of the assembly (Numbers 4:23, 35, 39, 43, 47; 8:23, 24).

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 5247

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5247. 'And he clipped [his hair and beard]' means a casting aside and the change made so far as the coverings of the exterior natural were concerned. This is clear from the meaning of 'clipping' - that is, clipping the head and beard - as casting aside the coverings of the exterior natural. For 'hair' which was clipped means the exterior natural, see 3301. Also, both hair on the head and that composing the beard correspond in the Grand Man to the exterior natural. This explains why in the light of heaven sensory-minded people - that is, those who have had no belief in anything apart from that which is natural, and have had no desire to understand how anything more internal or purer can exist apart from that which they can perceive with their senses - have a hairy appearance in the next life. They look so hairy that their faces are scarcely anything else than hairy beards. I have seen faces covered with hair like these on many occasions. But rationally-minded people, that is, spiritually-minded ones, with whom the natural has played a correctly subordinate role, are seen with tidy hair. Indeed from the state of people's hair in the next life one can tell what the natural with them is like. The reason spirits appear with hair on their heads is that in the next life spirits look exactly like people on earth. This too is why the Word sometimes includes a description of the hair of the angels people have seen.

[2] From all this one may now see what is meant by 'clipping', as in Ezekiel,

The priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments, and they shall not sanctify the people in their own garments. And they shall not shave their head and shall not let their hair grow long; they shall surely clip their heads. Ezekiel 44:15, 19-20.

This refers to a new Temple and a new priesthood, that is, to a new Church. 'Putting on other garments' means holy truths; 'not shaving their head, and not letting their hair grow long, but surely clipping their heads' means not casting aside the natural but taking measures to make it conformable, and so to make it subordinate. Anyone who believes that the Word is indeed holy can see that these and all the other details mentioned by the prophet which describe a new land, a new city, and a new Temple and priesthood must not be taken literally. The statement, for example, that the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, will minister there, at which time they will put off their ministerial garments and put on new ones, and will also clip their heads, is not meant literally; rather, each and all the details given by the prophet have as their meaning such things as are aspects of a new Church.

[3] The following rules were laid down for the high priest, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, in Moses,

The priest who is chief among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated 1 to wear the garments, shall not shave his head or rend his garments. Leviticus 21:10.

The sons of Aaron shall not introduce any baldness on their head or shave the corner of their beard. They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God. Leviticus 21:5-6.

You shall purify the Levites like this: Sprinkle over them the water of expiation, and they shall pass a razor over their flesh and wash their garments, and they shall be pure. Numbers 8:7.

These rules would never have been given unless they had held holy ideas within them. Can there be anything holy or anything of the Church in the actual rule forbidding the high priest to shave his head or rend his garments, or in the actual rule forbidding the sons of Levi to introduce any baldness on their head or shave the corner of their beard, or in that commanding the Levites to shave their flesh with a razor when they underwent purification? Rather, the possession of an external or natural man made subordinate to the internal or spiritual man, both of which have thereby been made subordinate to the Divine, is the holy idea within those rules; and it is also what angels perceive when man reads about them in the Word.

[4] The same goes for what is said about a Nazirite who was holy to Jehovah. If someone next to him happened to die suddenly and so defile his consecrated head, the Nazirite was required to clip his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he had to clip it. On the day that the days of his Naziriteship were completed he had to clip his consecrated head at the door of the Tent of Meeting and to take the hair from his head and put it on the fire which was under the sacrifice of peace offerings, Numbers 6:8, 9, 13, 18. For the meaning of a Nazirite and what aspect of holiness he represented, see 3301. No one can possibly understand why anything holy existed within the Nazirite's hair unless he knows from correspondence what is meant by 'the hair' and from this what aspect of holiness a Nazirite's hair corresponded to. Nor can anyone likewise understand how the source of Samson's strength lay in his hair, which he told Delilah about in the following description,

No razor has come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite of God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, my strength will depart from me, and I shall become weak and be like anyone else. And Delilah called a man who shaved off the seven locks of his hair; and his strength departed from him. After that, when the hair on his head began to grow, even as it had been shaved off, his strength returned to him. Judges 16:17, 19, 22.

Without any knowledge of correspondence who can see that the Lord's Divine Natural was represented by 'a Nazirite', or that 'Naziriteship' had no other meaning than this, or that Samson's strength was due to that representation?

[5] Anyone who does not know, and more so one who does not believe that the Word has an internal sense, and that the sense of the letter serves to represent the real things contained in the internal sense, will recognize scarcely anything holy at all in these matters, when in fact the greatest holiness lies within them. Anyone who does not know, and more so one who does not believe that the Word has an internal sense that is intrinsically holy cannot know what the following texts enfold within them: In Jeremiah,

Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. Cut off the hair of your Naziriteship and throw it away. Jeremiah 7:28-29.

In Isaiah,

On that day the Lord will shave by means of a razor hired at the crossing-places of the River - by means of the king of Asshur - the head and the hair of the feet; and it will consume the beard also. Isaiah 7:20.

In Micah,

Make yourself bald, and shave your head for the children of your delight; extend your baldness like an eagle, for they have departed from you. Micah 1:16.

Nor will anyone know the aspect of holiness contained in the reference to Elijah's being a man covered with hair, who wore a skin girdle around his loins, 2 Kings 1:8. Nor will he know why the children who called Elisha baldhead were torn apart by the bears out of the forest, 2 Kings 2:23-24.

[6] Both Elijah and Elisha represented the Lord as to the Word, and so represented the Word itself, specifically the prophetical part, see Preface to Genesis 18, and 2762. Being covered with hair and having a skin girdle meant the literal sense, 'a man covered with hair' meaning that sense so far as truths were concerned, 'wearing a skin girdle around his loins' so far as forms of good were concerned. For the literal sense is the natural sense of the Word since it employs ideas formed from things that exist in the world, whereas the internal sense is the spiritual sense because it employs ideas formed from things existing in heaven. These two senses are related to each other in the way that the internal and the external are related in the human being. But because the internal can have no existence without the external, the external being the last and lowest degree of order within which the internal is held in being, the calling of Elisha 'baldhead' therefore meant the shameful accusation made against the Word that it lacked so to speak an external and so lacked a sense suited to man's capacity to understand it.

[7] From all this one may see that every particular detail in the Word is holy. However, this holiness within the Word is discerned by no one unless he is acquainted with the internal sense; yet an inkling of it flows from heaven into someone who believes that the Word is holy. The internal sense known to the angels is the channel through which that influx comes; and even if the person has no understanding of that sense it nevertheless stimulates an affection in him, because the affection felt by the angels who know that sense is communicated to him. From this it is also evident that the Word was given to man so that he might have a means of communication with heaven and so that by flowing into him Divine Truth in heaven might stimulate affection in him.

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1. literally, whose hand has been filled

  
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