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Izlazak 25

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1 I Gospod reče Mojsiju govoreći:

2 Reci sinovima Izrailjevim da mi skupe prilog: od svakog koji drage volje da, uzmite prilog meni.

3 A ovo je prilog što ćete uzimati od njih, zlato i srebro i bronzu,

4 I porfiru i skerlet i crvac i tanko platno i kostret,

5 I kože ovnujske crvene obojene, i kože jazavičije, i drvo sitim,

6 Ulje za videlo, mirise za Ulje pomazanja i za mirisavi kad,

7 Kamenje onihovo i Kamenje za ukivanje na oplećak i naprsnik.

8 I neka mi načine svetinju, da među njima nastavam;

9 Kao što ću ti pokazati sliku od šatora i sliku od svih stvari njegovih, tako da načinite.

10 Neka načine kovčeg od drveta sitima, u dužinu od dva lakta i po, a u širinu od podrug lakta, i u visinu od podrug lakta.

11 I pokuj ga čistim zlatom, iznutra i spolja pokuj ga; i ozgo mu načini zlatan venac unaokolo.

12 I salij mu četiri biočuga od zlata, i metni mu ih na četiri ugla, da mu s jedne strane budu dva biočuga i s druge strane dva biočuga.

13 I načini poluge od drveta sitima, i okuj ih u zlato.

14 I provuci poluge kroz biočuge s obe strane kovčegu, da se o njima nosi kovčeg;

15 U biočuzima na kovčegu neka stoje poluge, da se ne vade iz njih.

16 Pa u kovčeg metni svedočanstvo, koje ću ti dati.

17 I načini zaklopac od čistog zlata, u dužinu od dva lakta i po, a u širinu od podrug lakta.

18 I načini dva heruvima zlatna, jednostavne ih načini, na dva kraja zaklopcu.

19 I načini heruvima jednog na jednom kraju a drugog heruvima na drugom kraju; na zaklopcu načinite dva heruvima na oba kraja.

20 I neka heruvimi rašire krila u vis da zaklanjaju krilima zaklopac, i neka budu licem okrenuti jedan drugom, prema zaklopcu neka su okrenuta lica heruvimima.

21 I metnućeš zaklopac ozgo na kovčeg, a u kovčeg ćeš metnuti svedočanstvo koje ću ti dati.

22 I tu ću se sastajati s tobom i govoriću ti ozgo sa zaklopca između dva heruvima, koji će biti na kovčegu od svedočanstva, sve što ću ti zapovedati za sinove Izrailjeve.

23 Načini i sto od drveta sitima, u dužinu od dva lakta, a u širinu od jednog lakta, a u visinu od podrug lakta.

24 I pokuj ga čistim zlatom, i načini mu venac zlatan unaokolo.

25 I načini mu oplatu unaokolo s podlanice, i načini zlatan venac oko oplate.

26 I načini mu četiri biočuga od zlata, i metni mu te biočuge na četiri ugla koji će mu biti kod četiri noge.

27 Pod oplatom neka budu biočuzi, da u njima stoje poluge da se nosi sto.

28 A poluge načini od drveta sitima, i okuj ih zlatom da se o njima nosi sto.

29 I načini mu zdele i čaše i vedra i kotliće, kojima će se prelivati, a načinićeš ih od čistog zlata.

30 I metaćeš na sto hlebove, da su postavljeni svagda preda mnom.

31 I načini svećnjak od čistog zlata, jednostavan neka bude svećnjak; stup i grane i čašice, jabuke, i cvetovi neka budu u njega.

32 A šest grana neka mu izlazi sa strana, tri grane s jedne strane svećnjaka a tri grane s druge strane svećnjaka.

33 Tri čašice kao badem neka budu na jednoj grani i jabuka i cvet, i Tri čašice kao badem i jabuka i cvet na drugoj grani; tako neka bude na šest grana što izlaze iz svećnjaka.

34 I na samom svećnjaku neka budu četiri čašice kao badem i jabuke i cvetovi.

35 Jedna jabuka pod dve grane što izlaze iz njega, i jedna jabuka pod druge dve grane što izlaze iz njega, i jedna jabuka pod druge dve grane što izlaze iz njega; tako će biti pod šest grana što će izlaziti iz svećnjaka;

36 Jabuke i grane njihove iz njega neka izlaze; sve jednostavno od čistog zlata.

37 I načinićeš mu sedam žižaka, i palićeš ih da svetle sa svake strane;

38 I usekači i spremice za gar neka budu od čistog zlata.

39 Od talanta čistog zlata neka bude načinjen sa svim tim spravama.

40 I gledaj, te načini sve ovo po slici koja ti je pokazana na gori.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9514

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9514. And the cherubs shall spread out their wings upward. That this signifies the elevation effected by the truth of faith, is evident from the signification of “wings,” as being the truths of faith (of which in what follows); and from the signification of “spreading out the wings upward,” as being to be elevated; for in the spreading out of the wings upward there is the endeavor to elevate one’s self, the act of which is elevation. From this it is plain that by “the wings of the cherubs being spread out upward” is signified the elevation of good to the Lord by means of the truths of faith; for by “the cherubs” is signified approach to Him through good. It shall here be briefly stated how the case is with the elevation of good by means of the truths of faith. There are two things to which all things in heaven, and also all things in the world, bear relation, namely, good and truth. Good without truth is not good, and truth without good is not truth; for good without truth has no quality, and truth without good has no being; for truth is the very form of good, and there must be form in order that there may be quality; and good is that very being the manifestation [existere] of which is truth.

[2] Good is to truth exactly as the will is to the understanding, for the will has been allotted to the reception of good, and the understanding to the reception of truth. The will receives its quality from the understanding, and the understanding its being from the will; for the will is formed in the understanding, and thus puts on quality. Good also is to truth as the body is to the arms and feet, and in the case of flying creatures, as the body is to the wings. A body without arms and feet, or without wings, cannot move itself, but with their aid it moves itself. Moreover, in the Word the body corresponds to good, and the arms and wings to truths, and also to the powers of good through truths. From these comparisons, which are also correspondences, it may be known how the case is with the elevation of good by means of the truths of faith, which in general are called “spiritual” things. (That “wings” denote the truths of faith has been shown in n. 8764)

  
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2184. That “butter” is the celestial of the rational; that “milk” is the derivative spiritual; and that a “son of an ox” is the corresponding natural, is evident from the signification of “butter,” of “milk,” and of a “son of an ox.” As regards butter, it signifies in the Word what is celestial, and this from its fatness. (That fat denotes what is celestial was shown in Part First,n. 353; and that “oil,” because fat, is the celestial itself, n. 886) That “butter” also is the celestial, is evident in Isaiah:

Behold, a virgin beareth a son, and shall call His name Immanuel, Butter and honey shall He eat, that He may know to refuse what is evil, and choose what is good (Isaiah 7:14-15),

where the Lord (who is “Immanuel”) is treated of; and anyone can see that butter is not signified by “butter,” nor honey by “honey;” but that by “butter” is signified His celestial, and by “honey” that which is from the celestial.

[2] In the same:

And it shall come to pass, for the multitude of the making of milk He shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall everyone eat that is left in the midst of the land (Isaiah 7:22),

where the Lord’s kingdom is treated of, and those on earth who are in the Lord’s kingdom. “Milk” here denotes spiritual good, “butter” celestial good, and “honey” the derivative happiness.

[3] In Moses:

Jehovah alone leadeth him, and there is no strange god with him. He maketh him to ride upon the high places of the earth, and to eat the produce of the fields, and He maketh him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flint of the rock; butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, with the fat of lambs, and of rams the sons of Bashan, and of he-goats, with the fat of the kidneys of wheat; and of the blood of the grape shalt thou drink unmixed wine [merum] (Deuteronomy 32:12-14).

No one can understand what these things denote unless he knows the internal sense of each one. It appears like a heap of expressions such as are used by the eloquent among the wise ones of the world, and yet every expression signifies the celestial and its spiritual, and also the derivative blessedness and happiness, and all these in a well-ordered series. “Butter of the herd” is the celestial natural, “milk of the flock” is the celestial-spiritual of the rational.

[4] But as regards milk, as before said, this signifies the spiritual from the celestial, that is, the celestial-spiritual. (What the celestial-spiritual is may be seen in Part First,n. 1577, 1824, and occasionally elsewhere.) That “milk” is the spiritual which is from the celestial, comes from the fact that “water” signifies what is spiritual (n. 680, 739); but “milk,” as there is fat in it, signifies the celestial-spiritual, or what is the same, the truth of good; or what is the same, the faith of love or of charity; or what is also the same, the intellectual of the good of the will; and again the same, the affection of truth in which there is inwardly the affection of good; and yet again the same, the affection of knowledges [cognitiones et scientiae] from the affection of charity toward the neighbor, such as exists with those who love the neighbor, and confirm themselves in this love from the knowledges of faith, and also from memory-knowledges, which they love on this account. All these things are the same as the celestial-spiritual, and are predicated according to the subject treated of.

[5] That this is signified, is evident also from the Word, as in Isaiah:

Everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no silver, come ye, buy, and eat; yea come, buy wine and milk without silver, and without price. Wherefore do ye weigh silver for that which is not bread? (Isaiah 55:1-2),

where “wine” denotes the spiritual which is of faith, and “milk” the spiritual which is of love.

In Moses:

He hath washed his garment in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes; his eyes are redder than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk (Genesis 49:11-12),

which is the prophecy of Jacob, then Israel, concerning Judah; and by Judah the Lord is here described, and by his “teeth being whiter than milk,” is signified the celestial-spiritual that pertained to His natural.

[6] In Joel:

It shall be in that day that the mountains shall drop new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk; and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters (Joel 3:18),

speaking of the Lord’s kingdom; “milk” denotes the celestial-spiritual. In the Word the land of Canaan also (by which the Lord’s kingdom is represented and signified) is called a “land flowing with milk and honey” (as in Numbers 13:27; 14:8; Deuteronomy 26:9, 15; 27:3; Jeremiah 11:5; 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6, 15), and in these passages nothing else is meant by “milk” than an abundance of celestial-spiritual things, and by “honey” an abundance of the derivative happinesses; the “land” is the celestial itself of the kingdom, from which those things come.

[7] As regards the “son of an ox,” it was shown just above that thereby is signified the celestial natural (n. 2180), the celestial natural being the same as natural good, or good in the natural. The natural of man, like his rational, has its good and its truth; for there is everywhere the marriage of good and truth (as said above, n. 2173). The good of the natural is the delight which is perceived from charity, or from the friendship which is of charity; from which delight there comes forth a pleasure which is properly of the body. The truth of the natural is the memory-knowledge [scientificum] which favors that delight. Hence it is evident what the celestial natural is.

  
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