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1 A šator ćeš načiniti od deset zavesa od tankog platna uzvedenog i od porfire i od skerleta i od crvca; i po njima da budu vezeni heruvimi.

2 Jedan zaves neka bude dvadeset i osam lakata dug i četiri lakta širok; svi zavesi da budu jedne mere.

3 Pet zavesa neka se sastavljaju jedan s drugim, i pet drugih zavesa neka se sastavljaju jedan s drugim.

4 I načini petlje od porfire po kraju jednog zavesa, gde će se krajevi sastavljati, i tako načini po kraju drugog zavesa, gde će se krajevi sastavljati.

5 Pedeset petalja načini na jednom zavesu, a Pedeset petalja načini na kraju drugog zavesa, gde će se sastavljati s drugim, a petlje da budu jedna prema drugoj.

6 I načini pedeset kuka od zlata, da zapneš zavese jedan za drugi kukama, i tako će biti šator jedan.

7 I načini zavese od kostreti za naslon nad šatorom; jedanaest takvih zavesa načini.

8 Zaves jedan neka bude trideset lakata dug, a širok četiri lakta; tih jedanaest zavesa da su jedne mere.

9 I sastavi pet zavesa zajedno, a šest ostalih zajedno, na dvoje ćeš previti šesti zaves s prednje strane naslonu.

10 I načini pedeset petalja na stražnjem kraju prvog zavesa, gde će se sastavljati, a pedeset petalja na kraju drugog zavesa, gde će se sastavljati.

11 I načini kuka bronzanih pedeset, i zapni kuke na petlje, i sastavi naslon, da bude jedno.

12 A što je više u zavesa na naslonu, polovina zavesa što pretiče, neka visi na stražnjoj strani šatoru.

13 I lakat s jedne strane a lakat s druge strane što ima više u dužinu u zavesa na naslonu, neka visi šatoru sa strane i tamo i amo, da ga zaklanja.

14 I načini pokrivač naslonu od koža ovnujskih crvenih obojenih, i svrh njega pokrivač od koža jazavičijih.

15 I načini za šator daske od drveta sitima, koje će stajati pravo.

16 Deset lakata neka bude svaka daska duga a podrug lakta široka.

17 Dva čepa neka budu na dasci, jedan prema drugom najednako; tako načini na svakoj dasci za šator.

18 Tako načini daske za šator, dvadeset dasaka na južnoj strani.

19 A pod dvadeset dasaka načini četrdeset stopica od srebra: dve stopice pod jednu dasku za dva čepa njena, i dve stopice pod drugu dasku za dva čepa njena.

20 A na drugoj strani šatora prema severu dvadeset dasaka.

21 Sa četrdeset stopica srebrnih, dve stopice pod jednu dasku i dve stopice pod drugu dasku.

22 A na zapadnoj strani šatora načini šest dasaka,

23 I dve daske na dva ugla od šatora.

24 I one neka se sastavljaju ozdo i neka se sastavljaju ozgo biočugom; tako neka bude u obe koje će biti na oba ugla.

25 Tako će biti osam dasaka sa stopicama srebrnim, sa šesnaest stopica, dve stopice pod jednu dasku, a dve stopice pod drugu dasku.

26 I načini prevornice od drveta sitima, pet za daske na jednoj strani šatora,

27 I pet prevornica za daske na drugoj strani šatora, i pet prevornica za daske na zapadnoj strani šatora do oba ugla.

28 A srednja prevornica da ide preko srede dasaka od jednog kraja do drugog.

29 A daske okuj zlatom, i biočuge im načini od zlata, da se kroz njih provuku prevornice, a i prevornice okuj zlatom.

30 Tako ćeš podignuti šator po slici koja ti je pokazana na gori.

31 I načini zaves od porfire i od skerleta i od crvca i od tankog platna uzvedenog, i po njemu neka budu vezeni heruvimi.

32 I obesi ga o četiri stupa od drveta sitima, okovana zlatom, sa kukama zlatnim, na četiri stopice srebrne.

33 I obesi zaves o kuke, i unesi za zaves kovčeg od svedočanstva, da vam zaves rastavlja svetinju od svetinje nad svetinjama.

34 I metni zaklopac na kovčeg od svedočanstva u svetinji nad svetinjama.

35 I namesti sto pred zaves a svećnjak prema stolu na južnoj strani šatora, da sto stoji na severnoj strani.

36 I na vrata naslonu načinićeš zaves od porfire i od skerleta i od crvca i od tankog platna uzvedenog, vezen;

37 I za taj zaves načinićeš pet stupova od drveta sitima, koje ćeš okovati zlatom, sa kukama zlatnim, i salićeš za njih pet stopica od bronze.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9643

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9643. 'And forty bases of silver' means complete support received through truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'forty' as completeness, dealt with in 9437; from the meaning of 'bases' as support, since bases serve as supports; and from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, dealt with in 1551, 2954, 5658, 6112, 6914, 6917, 7999. The bases were made from silver and the boards overlaid with gold because good is meant by 'the boards', 9634, and truth by 'the bases', and good possesses power and on this account lends support through truth. As regards good, that it possesses power through truth, see 6344, 6423, 9327, 9410, and that 'gold' means good and 'silver' truth, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 8932, 9490, 9510. Good possesses power through truth because truth gives shape to good, which means that good also possesses specific quality; for outward shape exists where specific quality does so. The good can then be a real influence among things, in one way or another. So it is that the ability resides potentially in good, but that this cannot be exercised except through truth. Ability so exercised is actual power, consequently power that provides support.

[2] Bases also correspond to a person's feet and soles of the feet; in general they correspond to the bones, which lend support to all the fleshy parts in the body. By the feet and likewise the bones truth that provides support is meant, and by the fleshy parts in the body good which supports itself by means of truth.

All things on the natural level resemble the human form, and carry the same meaning as the parts of it they resemble, see 9496.

'Flesh' means good, 3813, 6968, 7850, 9127.

'Feet' means the natural, thus truth that has power from good within it, 5327, 5328.

'Body' means good, 6135.

'Bones' means truth that provides support, 3812 (end), 8005.

[3] So it is also that by 'foundations', which are a general base, the truth of faith and faith itself are meant, as becomes clear from places in the Word where 'foundations' are mentioned, for example in Isaiah,

Do you not know, do you not hear, do you not understand the foundations of the earth? Isaiah 40:21.

A person unacquainted with what 'the foundations' and what 'the earth' mean inevitably takes 'the foundations of the earth' here to denote the inner depths of the planet, even though he may realize, if he stops to think about it, that something other than them is meant; for what meaning can knowing, hearing, and understanding the foundations of the earth have? From this it becomes clear that by 'the foundations of the earth' such things as have to do with the Church are meant. The fact that 'the earth' in the Word means the Church is plainly evident from places in the Word where 'the earth' is mentioned, see those quoted in 9325. And the fact that its foundations are the truths of faith, for these truths serve the Church as foundations, becomes clearer still from the following places: In David,

They do not acknowledge, neither do they understand; they walk in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are unstable. Psalms 82:5.

It is not the foundations of the earth that are unstable but, as is self-evident, it is the truths of the Church with those who neither acknowledge nor understand them and walk in darkness. In the same author,

The earth quaked and trembled, and the foundations of the mountains shook and quaked. Psalms 18:7.

'The mountains' are forms of the good of love, 795, 4210, 6435, 8327, their 'foundations' are the truths of faith. In Isaiah,

The floodgates from on high have been opened, and the foundations of the earth have been shaken. Isaiah 24:18.

Since 'the foundations' means the truth of faith, and 'city' doctrine based on it, therefore also the Word speaks of 'the foundations of the city' when the truth of doctrine is meant. For the meaning of 'city' as doctrinal teachings based on truth, see 402, 2449, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493.

[4] This goes to show what the meaning is of 'the foundations of the city, the holy Jerusalem' in John,

The wall of the city, the holy Jerusalem, had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. Revelation 21:14, 19-20.

A person unacquainted with what 'the holy Jerusalem', 'the city', 'the wall', 'the foundations', and 'the twelve apostles' mean cannot see any arcanum at all that lies within this description. Nevertheless 'the holy Jerusalem' means the Lord's New Church which will take the place of the one that is ours at the present day; 1 'the city' doctrinal teachings; 'the wall' the truth protecting and defending, and 'its foundations' the truths of faith; and 'the twelve apostles' all forms of the good of love and the truths of faith in their entirety. From this it becomes clear why it says that there will be twelve foundations, adorned with every kind of precious stone; for 'precious stone' means the truth of faith springing from the good of love, 114, 3858, 6640, 9476, and 'the twelve apostles' all aspects of love and faith in their entirety, 3488, 3858 (end), 6397.

[5] From all this it is evident what is meant by 'the foundations' in those verses in John and also by 'the foundations' in Isaiah,

Behold, I am arranging your stones with antimony, and will lay your foundations in sapphires. Isaiah 54:11.

'Sapphires' are interior truths, 9407. In the same prophet,

Jehovah will strike Asshur with a rod. At that time every stroke 2 will be that of the rod of the foundation on which Jehovah will cause [him] to rest. Isaiah 30:31-32.

'The rod of the foundation' is the power of truth. For the meaning of 'the rod' as power, see 4013, 4015, 4876, 4936, 6947, 7011, 7026. And in Jeremiah,

They shall not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations. Jeremiah 51:26.

'A stone for foundations' stands for the truths of faith.

[6] In Job,

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 3 Who determined the measures of it, if you know? Onto what [were] its bases [fastened]? Or who laid its corner-stone, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God bellowed? Job 38:4-7.

A person unacquainted with what 'the earth', 'its measures', and 'its bases' mean in the internal sense, and also what 'corner-stone', 'morning stars', and 'the sons of God' mean, sees no arcanum at all in this description. He will suppose that the actual earth, and also the foundations, measures, bases, and corner-stone of it are what is meant. Nor will he have any idea at all of what is meant by 'the morning stars sang' and 'the sons of God bellowed'. But a person will pass from darkness to light if he knows that 'the earth' is the Church, 'its foundations' are the truth of faith, 'its measures' the state of good and truth, 'its bases' the actual truths that provide support, 'the corner-stone' the power of truth, 'the morning stars' cognitions or knowledge of good and of truth springing from good, and 'the sons of God' God's truths. These sons are said 'to bellow' when they come into existence, those stars 'to sing' when they rise.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Latin volume in which these words appear was published in 1756.

2. literally, every passage or going across

3. literally, if you know intelligence

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2449

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2449. That 'He overthrew those cities' means that all truths were separated from them so that they might possess falsities alone is clear from the meaning of 'cities' as matters of doctrine, and so as truths, for truths make up matters of doctrine, dealt with in 402, 2268, 2428. These are said to be 'overthrown' when falsities stand in place of truths, here when all truths have been separated from them, as well as all goods - goods too being dealt with in this verse, since the subject is the final state of those inside the Church who are governed by falsities and evils.

[2] This also is what their state comes to be, which, so that the nature of it may be known, must be described briefly. All who enter the next life are taken back to a life similar to that which they were leading during their lifetime., Then in the case of the good evils and falsities are separated so that the Lord may raise these people up by means of goods and truths into heaven; but in the case of the evil goods and truths are separated so that those evil ones may be carried away by means of evils and falsities into hell, see 2119, in exact accord with the Lord's words in Matthew,

To him who has, it will be given, so that he may have more abundantly; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Matthew 13:12.

And elsewhere in the gospel,

To everyone who has, it will be given, so that he may have in abundance; but from him who has not, it will be taken away. Matthew 25:29; Luke 8:18; 19:24-26; Mark 4:24-25.

The same is meant by the following words which appear in Matthew,

Let both grow together until the harvest; and at the time of harvest I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn. The harvest is the close of the age. Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. Matthew 13:30, 39-40.

The same point is made in the description of the net thrown into the sea gathering fish of various kinds, and how after that the good were sorted into vessels while the bad were thrown away; and this is how it will be at the close of the age, Matthew 13:47-50. What 'the close' is and that for the Church it entails events like these, see 1857, 2243.

[3] The reason why evils and falsities are separated in the case of people who are good is that the latter may not be left suspended between evils and goods and so that they may be raised up by means of goods into heaven. And the reason why goods and truths are separated in the case of the evil is so that they do not lead the upright astray by means of any goods present with them, and so that by means of their evils they may withdraw to the evil in hell. For in the next life such is the communication of all ideas comprising thought, and of all affections, that goods are communicated with the good, and evils with the evil, 1388-1390. Consequently unless separation took place countless harmful things would result, in addition to the fact that association together would not otherwise be possible. Yet all things are associated together in a very wonderful way, in heaven according to all the variations of love to the Lord and of mutual love, and consequently of faith, 685, 1394, and in hell according to all the variations of evil desires and of delusions resulting from these, 695, 1322. It should be recognized however that separation does not mean complete removal, for nothing anybody has once possessed is totally removed from him.

  
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