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1 И сделай жертвенник для приношения курений, из дерева ситтим сделай его:

2 длина ему локоть, и ширина ему локоть; он должен быть четыреугольный; а вышина ему два локтя; из него должны выходить роги его;

3 обложи его чистым золотом, верх его и бока его кругом, и роги его;и сделай к нему золотой венец вокруг;

4 под венцом его на двух углах его сделай два кольца из золота;сделай их с двух сторон его; и будут они влагалищем для шестов, чтобы носить его на них;

5 шесты сделай из дерева ситтим и обложи их золотом.

6 И поставь его пред завесою, которая пред ковчегом откровения, против крышки, которая на ковчеге откровения, где Я буду открываться тебе.

7 На нем Аарон будет курить благовонным курением; каждоеутро, когда он приготовляет лампады, будет курить им;

8 и когда Аарон зажигает лампады вечером, он будет курить им: это – всегдашнее курение пред Господом в роды ваши.

9 Не приносите на нем никакого иного курения, ни всесожжения, ни приношения хлебного, и возлияния не возливайте на него.

10 И будет совершать Аарон очищение надрогами его однажды в год; кровью очистительной жертвы за грех он будет очищать его однажды в год в роды ваши. Это святыня великая у Господа.

11 И сказал Господь Моисею, говоря:

12 когда будешь делать исчисление сынов Израилевых припересмотре их, то пусть каждый даст выкуп за душу свою Господу при исчислении их, и не будет между ними язвы губительной при исчислении их;

13 всякий, поступающий в исчисление, должен давать половину сикля, сикля священного; в сикле двадцать гер: полсикля приношение Господу;

14 всякий, поступающий в исчисление от двадцати лет и выше, должендавать приношение Господу;

15 богатый не больше и бедный не меньше полсикля должны давать в приношение Господу, для выкупа душ ваших;

16 и возьми серебро выкупа от сынов Израилевых и употребляй его наслужение скинии собрания; и будет это для сынов Израилевых в память пред Господом, дляискупления душ ваших.

17 И сказал Господь Моисею, говоря:

18 сделай умывальник медный для омовения и подножие его медное, ипоставь его между скиниею собрания и между жертвенником, и налей в него воды;

19 и пусть Аарон и сыны его омывают из него руки свои и ноги свои;

20 когда они должны входить в скинию собрания, пусть они омываются водою, чтобы им неумереть; или когда должны приступать к жертвеннику для служения, для жертвоприношения Господу,

21 пусть они омывают руки свои и ноги свои водою, чтобы им не умереть; и будет им это уставом вечным, ему и потомкам его в роды их.

22 И сказал Господь Моисею, говоря:

23 возьми себе самых лучших благовонных веществ: смирны самоточной пятьсот сиклей , корицы благовонной половину против того, двести пятьдесят, тростника благовонного двести пятьдесят,

24 касии пятьсот сиклей , по сиклю священному, и масла оливкового гин;

25 и сделай из сего миро для священного помазания, масть составную, искусством составляющего масти: это будет миро для священного помазания;

26 и помажь им скинию собрания и ковчег откровения,

27 и стол и все принадлежности его, и светильник и все принадлежности его, и жертвенник курения,

28 и жертвенник всесожжения и все принадлежности его, и умывальник и подножие его;

29 и освяти их, и будет святыня великая: все, прикасающееся к ним, освятится;

30 помажь и Аарона и сынов его и посвяти их, чтобы они были священниками Мне.

31 А сынам Израилевым скажи: это будет у Меня миро священного помазания в роды ваши;

32 тела прочих людей не должно помазывать им, и по составу его не делайте подобного ему;оно – святыня: святынею должно быть для вас;

33 кто составит подобное ему или кто помажет им постороннего, тотистребится из народа своего.

34 И сказал Господь Моисею: возьми себе благовонных веществ: стакти, ониха, халвана душистого и чистого ливана, всего половину,

35 и сделай из них искусством составляющего мастикурительный состав, стертый, чистый, святый,

36 и истолки его мелко, и полагай его пред ковчегом откровения в скинии собрания, где Я буду открываться тебе: это будет святыня великая для вас;

37 курения, сделанного по сему составу, не делайте себе: святынею да будет оно у тебядля Господа;

38 кто сделает подобное, чтобы курить им, истребится из народа своего.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10181

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10181. 'And two cubits shall its height be' means degrees of the good and truth, and the joining together of them. This is clear from the meaning of 'two' as a joining together, dealt with in 1686, 5194, 8423; and from the meaning of 'height' as degrees of the good and consequently of the truth, dealt with in 9489, 9773. By degrees of height degrees from inner to outer levels, or from inmost to outermost ones should be understood. Regarding the nature of these degrees, see what has been shown and made clear in 3405, 3691, 4145, 4154, 5114, 5146, 8603, 8945, 10099.

[2] There are two kinds of degrees - degrees extending along the length and breadth, and degrees of height and depth. The second kind are very different from the first. Degrees of length and breadth are such as follow in succession from the middle to outlying parts, whereas degrees of height pass from inner to outer levels. The first kind of degrees - those of length and breadth - are ones that grow continuously less and less from the middle to the outlying parts, just as light gets weaker as it flows from its source all the way to where it fades, or just as what the eye sees diminishes as it looks from things nearby to those in the far distance, or just as what the understanding sees lessens as it turns from matters which are in the light to those which depart into the shade. But degrees of height, which pass from inmost to outermost, or from highest to lowest, are not continuous but discrete. They are like the inmost parts of a seed in relation to the outer parts of it, or like the inmost levels of a human being in relation to the outermost, or like the inmost part of the angelic heaven in relation to the outermost part of it. These degrees are separate and distinct from one another like producer and product.

[3] Things in an inner degree are more perfect than those in an outer one, bearing no resemblance to them except through correspondences. This explains why those who are in the inmost heaven are more perfect than those in the middle heaven, and these are more perfect than those in the lowest. The same applies to a person in whom heaven is present. The inmost level of that person exists in a more perfect condition than the middle, and this in a more perfect condition than the lowest; and these are linked to one another solely through correspondences, the nature of which has been shown extensively in explanations given before.

[4] Without gaining an understanding of these degrees no one can possibly see how the heavens are distinct from one another, nor how the inner capabilities of a human being are distinct from outer ones, nor thus how the soul is distinct from the body. There can be no grasp at all of what the internal sense of the Word is and how it is distinct from the external sense, nor indeed how the spiritual world is distinct from the natural world. There cannot be even any understanding, either, of the nature and origin of correspondences and representations, and scarcely any of what influx is. People whose thought does not rise above the level of the senses do not grasp any of these distinctions. They see any increase or decrease in accordance with these degrees as something continuous, so that to them these degrees are like those of length and breadth, which consequently causes them to stand in a position far removed from true intelligence.

[5] These degrees are degrees of height, and therefore 'high' in the Word is used to mean that which is more internal, 2148, 4210, 4599, and being what is more internal it is also more perfect. So it is that in the Word the Lord is spoken of as the Highest, for He is perfection itself, Intelligence and Wisdom themselves, and Goodness and Truth themselves. So it is also that heaven is spoken of as being on high, for it is preserved in its state of perfection, intelligence, wisdom, goodness, and truth by the Lord; and hell is spoken of as being deep down, for no perfection, intelligence, or wisdom, nor any goodness or truth exist there.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 8945

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8945. 'And you shall not go up to My altar by steps' means not raising themselves to more internal levels, that is, celestial ones. This is clear from the meaning of 'going up by means of steps' as raising oneself to higher or more internal levels (whether you say more internal or higher it amounts to the same thing, since more internal things are seen as higher ones, 2148, 3084, 4210, 4599); and from the meaning of 'altar' as the chief representative of the Lord, dealt with in 921, 2777, 2811. Thus 'going up by steps to My altar' means raising oneself to the Lord, consequently to more internal levels, which are celestial ones; for the Lord's presence is greater on more internal levels. The term 'celestial' is used for things in the inmost heaven, but 'spiritual' for those in the middle heaven. For heaven is divided into two kingdoms - the celestial kingdom and the spiritual kingdom. Those in the celestial kingdom are in the inmost or third heaven, and so are nearest the Lord; for they are governed by love to the Lord, possessing innocence and consequently wisdom in greater measure than all the rest. But those who are in the spiritual kingdom are in the middle or second heaven, and so are more remote from the Lord; and those there am governed by charity towards the neighbour, and through charity dwell with the Lord. Regarding those two kingdoms and the difference between them, see 2048, 2088, 2227, 2507, 2669, 2708, 2715, 2718, 3235, 3246, 3374, 3887, 4448, 4585, 4938, 4939, 5113, 5922, 6367, 6435, 7877.

[2] Let a brief explanation be given of what is implied by raising oneself towards more internal levels, that is, celestial ones, which is meant by 'going up by steps to the altar'. No one in the next life is allowed to be raised into heaven to a level higher than that of the good which governs him. If he is raised to some higher level the foul things about him are revealed, that is, the evils he loves, and the resulting falsities; for the more internal something is, the purer and holier it is in heaven. Those whose state is not so pure are kept in a lower sphere in which impurities go unnoticed or are not apparent; for such people are governed by grosser good and guided by duller truth.

[3] Sometimes it happens that those coming into heaven have a strong desire to go to a more internal heaven, believing that by doing this they will experience greater joy. To the end that this strong desire which clings to them may be removed, they are indeed raised to a more internal heaven. But when they get there they start to feel anguished, on account of those evils they love which are then perceptible to them; they also become visibly disfigured on account of the falsities that spring from the evils residing with them. Having perceived these things they cast themselves down from the more internal heaven, and do not attain a calm and peaceful state until they return to the position they occupied previously. These are the things that are meant by 'you shall not go up to My altar by steps, in order that your nakedness may not be revealed on it'.

[4] The same applies to those below heaven, if they have a strong desire to rise to heaven before they have been prepared for it. When they are raised there they feel torment almost hellish and seem to themselves to be like dead bodies. Their life becomes laboured, like that of those in the throes of death. Therefore they cast themselves down headlong from there, and after that no longer have any desire to rise above the state of life in which they live.

[5] It should be recognized that the Lord refuses heaven to no one in the next life, and that people can be allowed in as often as they wish. Heaven consists of communities of angels, who are governed by the good of love towards the neighbour and of love to the Lord. When introduced into heaven people are let into communities of such angels. But when the sphere of their life, that is, the life of their love, is out of agreement, conflict arises, as a result of which they feel anguished and cast themselves down from there. From this experience they learn about the life of heaven, and about the condition of their own life in comparison. They also learn from it that heaven does not become anyone's simply by his being received or let in, as the common idea is in the world, and also that a person must live in such a way in the world that he becomes fit to be with those in heaven. But see what has already been stated and shown from experience previously regarding these matters, in 3938, 4225, 4226, 4299, 4674, 5057, 5058, 7186, 7519, 8794, 8797. These are the considerations which are meant by the regulation that they must not go up by steps to the altar, in order that their nakedness may not be revealed on it, and also by a similar regulation at Exodus 28:42-43.

[6] The words 'going up by steps' are used because a raising to more internal levels is seen in the world of spirits - where celestial and spiritual realities are presented within forms similar to those in the world - as raising oneself by means of steps. I have often been allowed to see this representative sight. So it was too that in a dream Jacob saw angels going up to the Lord by the steps of a stairway, Genesis 28:12. Therefore also by 'steps' in the Word is meant going up to higher, that is, more internal levels, as in Ezekiel 40:6, 22, 26, 31, 34; and in Amos,

The Lord Jehovih Zebaoth builds His steps in the heavens. Amos 9:6.

  
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