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1 И сказал Господь Моисею, говоря:

2 скажи сынам Израилевым, чтобы они сделали Мне приношения; от всякого человека, у которого будет усердие, принимайте приношения Мне.

3 Вот приношения, которые вы должны принимать от них: золото и серебро и медь,

4 и шерсть голубую, пурпуровую и червленую, и виссон, и козью,

5 и кожи бараньи красные, и кожи синие, и дерева ситтим,

6 елей для светильника, ароматы для елея помазания и для благовонного курения,

7 камень оникс и камни вставные для ефода и для наперсника.

8 И устроят они Мне святилище, и буду обитать посреди их;

9 все, как Я показываю тебе, и образец скинии и образец всех сосудов ее; так и сделайте.

10 Сделайте ковчег из дерева ситтим: длина ему два локтя с половиною, и ширина ему полтора локтя, и высота ему полтора локтя;

11 и обложи его чистым золотом, изнутри и снаружи покрой его; и сделай наверху вокруг его золотой венец.

12 и вылей для него четыре кольца золотых и утверди на четырех нижнихуглах его: два кольца на одной стороне его, два кольца на другой стороне его.

13 Сделай из дерева ситтим шесты и обложи их золотом;

14 и вложи шесты в кольца, по сторонам ковчега, чтобы посредством их носить ковчег;

15 в кольцах ковчега должны быть шесты и не должны отниматься от него.

16 И положи в ковчег откровение, которое Я дам тебе.

17 Сделай также крышку из чистого золота: длина ее два локтя с половиною, а ширина ее полтора локтя;

18 и сделай из золота двух херувимов: чеканной работы сделай их на обоих концах крышки;

19 сделай одного херувима с одного края, а другого херувима с другого края; выдавшимися из крышки сделайте херувимов на обоих краях ее;

20 и будут херувимы с распростертыми вверх крыльями,покрывая крыльями своими крышку, а лицами своими будут друг к другу: к крышке будутлица херувимов.

21 И положи крышку на ковчег сверху, в ковчег же положи откровение, которое Я дам тебе;

22 там Я буду открываться тебе и говорить с тобою над крышкою, посреди двух херувимов, которые над ковчегом откровения, о всем, что ни буду заповедывать чрез тебя сынам Израилевым.

23 И сделай стол из дерева ситтим, длиною в два локтя, шириною в локоть, и вышиною в полтора локтя,

24 и обложи его золотом чистым, и сделай вокруг него золотой венец.

25 и сделай вокруг него стенки в ладонь и у стенок его сделай золотой венец вокруг;

26 и сделай для него четыре кольца золотых и утверди кольца на четырех углах у четырех ножек его;

27 при стенках должны быть кольца, чтобы влагать шесты, для ношения на них стола;

28 а шесты сделай из дерева ситтим и обложи их золотом, и будут носить на них сей стол;

29 сделай также для него блюдо, кадильницы, чаши и кружки, чтобы возливать ими: из золота чистого сделай их;

30 и полагай на стол хлебы предложения пред лицем Моим постоянно.

31 И сделай светильник из золота чистого; чеканный должен быть сейсветильник; стебель его, ветви его, чашечки его, яблоки его и цветы его должны выходить из него;

32 шесть ветвей должны выходить из боков его: три ветви светильника из одного бока его и три ветви светильника из другого бока его;

33 три чашечки наподобие миндального цветка, с яблоком и цветами, должны быть на одной ветви, и три чашечки наподобие миндального цветка на другой ветви, с яблоком и цветами: так на всех шести ветвях, выходящих из светильника;

34 а на стебле светильника должны быть четыре чашечки наподобие миндального цветка с яблоками и цветами;

35 у шести ветвей, выходящих из стебля светильника, яблоко под двумя ветвями его, и яблоко под другими двумя ветвями, и яблоко под третьими двумя ветвями его.

36 яблоки и ветви их из него должны выходить: он весь должен быть чеканный, цельный, из чистого золота.

37 И сделай к нему семь лампад и поставь на него лампады его, чтобы светили на переднюю сторону его;

38 и щипцы к нему и лотки к нему из чистого золота;

39 из таланта золота чистого пусть сделают его со всеми сими принадлежностями.

40 Смотри, сделай их по тому образцу, какой показан тебе на горе.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9467

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9467. 'And purple' means the celestial love of good. This is clear from the meaning of 'purple' as the celestial love of good, the reason why this love is meant by 'purple' being that by the colour red the good of celestial love is meant. For there are two basic colours from which all others are derived, the colour red and the colour white. The colour red means good which belongs to love, while the colour white means truth which belongs to faith. The reason why red means good belonging to love is that this colour exists before all else as fire, and fire means the good of love; and the reason why white means truth belonging to faith is that before all else that colour is light, and light means the truth of faith.

'Fire' means the good of love, see 5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849, 7324, 9434.

'Light' means the truth of faith, 2776, 3195, 3636, 3643, 3993, 4302, 4413, 4415, 5400, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407.

'Red' means the good of love, 3300.

'White' means the truth of faith, 3993, 4007, 5319.

[2] From all this it is evident what all other colours mean; for in the measure that they are derived from red they mean good belonging to love, and in the measure that they are derived from white they mean truth belonging to faith. All the colours that appear in heaven are modifications of heavenly light and flame, on those two levels. For heavenly light is real light; and essentially it is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good. Therefore modifications of that light and flame are different variations of truth and good, and so of intelligence and wisdom.

[3] All this now shows how it came about that the veils and curtains of the tent, and also Aaron's garments, were to be woven out of violet, purple, twice-dyed scarlet, and linen thread, Exodus 25:4; 26:31, 36; 27:16; 28:6, 15, namely in order that celestial realities belonging to good and spiritual realities belonging to truth, which are the subject in what follows below, might be represented by them.

[4] Good from a celestial origin is again meant by 'purple' in Ezekiel,

Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail; violet and purple from the islands of Elishah was your covering. Ezekiel 27:7.

This refers to Tyre, by which cognitions or knowledge of truth and good are meant. 'Violet and purple covering' stands for cognitions of truth and good from a heavenly origin.

[5] Similar things are meant by 'purple and fine linen' in Luke,

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

'A rich man' is used to mean in the internal sense the Jewish nation, and the Church there, which was said to be 'rich' because of the cognitions or knowledge of good and truth from the Word which existed there. Garments of 'purple and fine linen' are those cognitions, 'of purple' meaning cognitions of good, and 'of fine linen' cognitions of truth, both from a heavenly origin because they come from the Divine. 'Purple' also has a similar meaning in the Book of Revelation,

The woman sitting on a scarlet beast was clothed in purple and scarlet. Revelation 17:3-4.

This refers to Babylon, which means the Church where the holy things of the Word are put to unholy ends, that is, to exercising control in heaven and on earth, and so to ends that spring from hellish self-love and love of the world.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2776

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2776. 'Offer him as a burnt offering' means that He was to sanctify Himself to the Divine. This is clear from the representation of 'a burnt offering' among the Hebrew nation, and in the Jewish Church, as the holiest act of their worship. There were burnt offerings and there were sacrifices, and as regards what these represented, see 922, 923, 1823, 2180. Sanctifications were effected by means of burnt offerings and sacrifices, and that is why in this verse 'offering a burnt offering' means being sanctified to the Divine. For the Lord sanctified Himself to the Divine, that is, He united the Human to the Divine by means of the conflicts brought about by temptations, and by means of the victories in these, see 1663, 1690, 1692 (end), 1692, 1737, 1787, 1812, 1813, 1820.

[2] It is generally believed at the present day that the burnt offerings and sacrifices were signs of the Lord's passion, and that by His passion the Lord atoned for the iniquities of all. Indeed it is believed that He drew away those iniquities on to Himself, and thus bore them Himself, so that those who believe are made righteous and are saved, if only they think, even in the last hour prior to death, that the Lord suffered on their behalf, no matter how they may have lived throughout the whole course of their lives. But such beliefs are mistaken. The passion of the Cross was the utmost degree of temptation endured by the Lord, by means of which He fully united the Human to the Divine and the Divine to the Human, and by doing this glorified Himself. That union itself is the means by which people possessing faith in Him that is grounded in charity are able to be saved. For the Supreme Divine Itself was no longer able to reach the human race which had removed itself so far away from the celestial things of love, and from the spiritual things of faith, that people did not even recognize them any more, let alone perceive them. Consequently to enable the Supreme Divine to come down to all such as this, the Lord came into the world and united the Human to the Divine within Himself. This union could not have been effected except by means of the very severe conflicts brought about by temptations and by means of victories in these, and at length by means of the final temptation, which was that of the Cross.

[3] As a result of this the Lord is able from the Divine Human to enlighten human minds, even those that are quite remote from the celestial things of love, provided that faith grounded in charity is present in them. For in the next life the Lord appears to celestial angels as the Sun, and to spiritual angels as the Moon, 1053, 1521, 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495 - all the light of heaven flowing from Him. The light of heaven is such that when it enlightens the eyes of spirits and angels it also at the same time enlightens their understanding. This ability to enlighten the understanding also exists inherently within that light, so that the amount of internal light, that is, of understanding, which anyone possesses in heaven is the same as the amount of external light he has. This shows the way in which the light of heaven is different from the light of the world. It is the Lord's Divine Human that enlightens both the eyes and the understanding of those who are spiritual, but this could never be done unless the Lord had united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence. And unless He had united them neither men in the world, nor indeed any spiritual angel in heaven, would any longer have possessed any ability to understand or to perceive that which is good or true. Nor thus would they have possessed any blessedness and happiness at all, nor consequently any salvation at all. From this it becomes clear that the human race could not have been saved unless the Lord had assumed the Human and glorified it.

[4] From what has now been stated anyone may decide for himself the truth or otherwise of the idea that people are saved, no matter how they may have lived, if only they think from some inner emotion that the Lord suffered on their behalf and bore their sins. But in reality the light of heaven received from the Lord's Divine Human is able to reach none except those with whom there exists the good that accompanies faith, that is, who lead charitable lives, or what amounts to the same, who possess conscience. The level itself into which that light can operate, that is, the receptacle for that light, is the good that accompanies faith, which is charity and thus conscience. That those who are spiritual have salvation from the Lord's Divine Human, see 1043, 2661, 2716, 2718.

  
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