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Izlazak 40

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1 I Gospod reče Mojsiju govoreći:

2 Prvi dan prvog meseca podigni šator, šator od sastanka,

3 I metni onde kovčeg od svedočanstva, i zakloni ga zavesom.

4 I unesi sto, i uredi šta treba urediti na njemu; unesi i svećnjak, i zapali žiške na njemu.

5 I namesti zlatni oltar kadioni pred kovčegom od svedočanstva; i obesi zaves na vratima od šatora.

6 I metni oltar za žrtvu paljenicu pred vrata šatoru, šatoru od sastanka,

7 I metni umivaonicu između šatora od sastanka i oltara, i u nju nalij vode.

8 I podigni trem unaokolo, i metni zaves na vrata od trema.

9 I uzmi ulje pomazanja, i pomaži šator i sve što je u njemu, i osveti ga i sve sprave njegove, i biće svet.

10 Pomaži i oltar za žrtvu paljenicu i sve sprave njegove, te ćeš osvetiti oltar, i oltar će biti svetinja nad svetinjom.

11 Pomaži i umivaonicu i podnožje njeno, i osveti je.

12 I kaži Aronu i sinovima njegovim da pristupe na vrata šatora od sastanka, i umij ih vodom;

13 I obuci Arona u svete haljine i pomaži ga i osveštaj ga, da mi vrši službu svešteničku.

14 I sinovima njegovim zapovedi neka mi pristupe, i obuci im košulje.

15 I pomaži ih, kao što pomažeš oca njihovog, da mi vrše službu svešteničku; i pomazanje njihovo biće im, za večno sveštenstvo od kolena do kolena.

16 I učini Mojsije sve, kako mu zapovedi Gospod tako učini.

17 I podiže se šator druge godine prvog meseca prvi dan.

18 I Mojsije podiže šator, i podmetnu mu stopice, i namesti daske, i povuče prevornice, i ispravi stupove.

19 Pa razape naslon nad šator, i metnu pokrivač na naslon ozgo, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

20 I uzevši svedočanstvo metnu ga u kovčeg, i provuče poluge na kovčegu, i metnu zaklopac ozgo na kovčeg.

21 I unese kovčeg u šator, i obesi zaves, te zakloni kovčeg sa svedočanstvom, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

22 I namesti sto u šatoru od sastanka na severnu stranu šatora pred zavesom,

23 I postavi na njemu hleb pred Gospodom kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

24 I namesti svećnjak u šatoru od sastanka, prema stolu na južnu stranu šatora.

25 I zapali žiške na njemu pred Gospodom, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

26 I namesti oltar zlatni u šatoru od svedočanstva pred zavesom.

27 I pokadi na njemu kadom mirisnim, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

28 I obesi zaves na vrata od šatora.

29 I oltar za žrtvu paljenicu namesti na vrata od šatora, šatora od sastanka, i prinese na njemu žrtvu paljenicu, i dar, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

30 I metnu umivaonicu između šatora od sastanka i oltara, i nali u nju vode za umivanje.

31 I praše iz nje ruke i noge svoje Mojsije i Aron i sinovi njegovi.

32 Kad ulažahu u šator od svedočanstva i kad pristupahu k oltaru, umivahu se najpre, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

33 I podiže trem oko šatora i oltara, i metnu zaves na vrata tremu. Tako svrši Mojsije posao taj.

34 Tada oblak pokri šator od sastanka, i napuni se šator slave Gospodnje.

35 I ne mogaše Mojsije ući u šator od sastanka, jer beše na njemu oblak, i slave Gospodnje beše pun šator.

36 A kad se podizaše oblak sa šatora, tada polažahu sinovi Izrailjevi, dokle god putovahu.

37 A kad se ne podizaše oblak, onda ni oni ne polažahu do dana kad se podiže.

38 Jer oblak Gospodnji beše na šatoru danju, a noću oganj beše na njemu pred očima svega doma Izrailjevog, dokle god putovahu.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 378

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378. "And have washed their robes." This symbolically means, who have cleansed their religious beliefs of the evils accompanying falsity.

Washing in the Word symbolizes a cleansing oneself of evils and falsities, and robes symbolize general truths (no. 328). General truths are concepts of goodness and truth drawn from the literal sense of the Word, in accordance with which these people have lived, so that they are religious beliefs. And because every matter of religion has relation to goodness and truth, therefore robes are mentioned twice - "have washed their robes" and "have made their robes white."

Robes or religious beliefs are cleansed only in the case of people who fight against evils and so reject falsities, who thus undergo temptations or trials, which are symbolically meant by "the great tribulation" (no. 377).

That to be washed means, symbolically, to be cleansed of evils and falsities, and so to be reformed and regenerated, can be seen from the following passages:

When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and rinsed away the blood of Jerusalem... by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of purification... (Isaiah 4:4)

Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from My eyes. Cease to do evil... (Isaiah 1:16)

Wash your heart of its wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved. (Jeremiah 4:14)

Wash me clean of my iniquity..., and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psalms 51:2, 7)

...if you wash yourself with soda, and use much soap, your iniquity will still retain its spots. (Jeremiah 2:22)

If I wash myself with melted snow, and cleanse my hands with soap..., yet... my own clothes will abhor me. (Job 9:30-31)

Who... has washed his clothing in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes. (Genesis 49:11)

This is said of the celestial church, from which come people prompted by love toward the Lord, and in the highest sense it is said of the Lord Himself. Wine and the blood of grapes are spiritual and celestial Divine truth.

I washed you with water, and rinsed off your blood from upon you... (Ezekiel 16:9)

This is said of Jerusalem. Water is truth, and blood is an adulteration of truth.

[2] It can be seen from this what washing in the Israelite Church represented and thus symbolized. As, for example, that Aaron was to wash himself before he put on the vestments of his ministry (Leviticus 16:4, 24), and before he approached the altar to minister (Exodus 30:18-21; 40:30-31).

[3] It can be seen from this that among the children of Israel washing represented a spiritual washing, which is a cleansing from evils and falsities, and thus reformation and regeneration.

It is apparent also from the aforesaid what baptism by John in the Jordan symbolized (Matthew 3, Mark 1:4-13), and what the symbolic meaning of the following words by John regarding the Lord is, that He baptized with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Luke 3:16, John 1:33), and regarding himself, that he baptized with water (John 1:26). The meaning is that the Lord washes or purifies a person by Divine truth and Divine goodness, and that John by his baptism represented this. For the Holy Spirit is Divine truth, the fire is Divine goodness, and the water is representative of these. For water symbolizes the truth in the Word, which becomes goodness by one's living in accordance with it (no. 50).

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.