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1 Posle me odvede u crkvu, i izmeri dovratnike, i beše šest lakata u širinu otuda i šest lakata u širinu odovuda, prema širini šatoru.

2 A vratima širina beše deset lakata, a strane vratima behu od pet lakata od tuda i od pet lakata od ovuda; po tom izmeri joj dužinu, i beše četrdeset lakata, i širinu, i beše dvadeset lakata.

3 Pa uđe unutra i izmeri dovratnike, i behu od dva lakta; a vrata behu od šest lakata, a širina vratima sedam lakata.

4 I izmeri dužinu onde, i beše dvadeset lakata, a širina dvadeset lakata unutra u crkvi; i reče mi: Ovo je svetinja nad svetinjama.

5 I izmeri zid domu, i beše šest lakata, i širina kleti unaokolo u domu beše četiri lakta.

6 A kleti behu po tri jedna nad drugom, i beše ih trideset, i dopirahu do zida koji beše u domu unaokolo za kleti da ih drži, a ne držaše ih zid od doma.

7 Jer se raširivaše građevina ozgo unaokolo za kleti koje behu oko doma ozgo svuda unaokolo, i zato građevina beše ozgo šira, i najniže kleti behu ozgo šire za srednje.

8 I videh uz dom visinu unaokolo; a pod u kleti beše s cele trske, šest lakata.

9 Širina zidu uz kleti spolja beše pet lakata, a beše prazno mesto kletima koja behu uz dom.

10 I među kletima beše dvadeset lakata širine oko doma.

11 A vrata od kleti behu k praznom mestu, jedna prema severu, a jedna prema jugu, a širina onom praznom mestu pet lakata svuda unaokolo.

12 A građevina koja beše pred odeljenom stranom k zapadu imaše sedamdeset lakata u širinu, a zid te građevine beše pet lakata širok unaokolo, i devedeset lakata dug.

13 Potom izmeri dom, i beše u dužinu sto lakata; odeljena strana i građevina i zidovi joj, sve zajedno u dužinu sto lakata.

14 I širina pred domom i odeljenom stranom k istoku imaše sto lakata.

15 I izmeri dužinu građevini pred odeljenom stranom što beše iza nje, i kleti njene od tuda i od ovuda, i beše sto lakata; i unutrašnji dom i hodnike od trema;

16 Pragove i prozore sužene, i kleti unaokolo u tri reda, prema pragu, što beše obloženo drvetom svuda unaokolo, od zemlje do prozora, i prozori behu obloženi;

17 Do vrh vrata i do doma unutrašnjeg, i spolja, i sav zid unaokolo iznutra i spolja na meru.

18 I behu načinjeni heruvimi i palme, jedna palma među dva heruvima, i u svakog heruvima behu dva lica:

19 Lice čovečje prema palmi od tuda, i Lice lavovo prema palmi od ovuda; tako beše načinjeno po svemu domu unaokolo;

20 Od zemlje do vrh vrata behu heruvimi i palme načinjene, tako i po zidu u crkvi.

21 U crkvi dovratnici behu na četiri ugla; i svetinji lice beše onako.

22 Oltar beše drven, tri lakta visok, i dva lakta dug, s uglovima, i dužina i strane behu od drveta. I reče mi: To je sto koji stoji pred Gospodom.

23 Dvoja vrata behu u crkvi i svetinji;

24 A u vratima behu dva krila, koja se obrtahu, dva krila u jednih vrata i dva u drugih.

25 I na vratima crkvenim behu načinjeni heruvimi i palme, kao po zidovima; i grede drvene behu pred tremom spolja.

26 I behu uski prozori i palme od tuda i od ovuda po stranama tremu i po kletima u domu i po gredama.

   

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9659. 'And there shall be eight boards and their bases [made] from silver' means support in every respect from good and through truth that springs from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'eight' as what is so in every respect, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'boards' as good that lends support, dealt with in 9634; and from the meaning of 'bases [made] from silver' as support provided through truth from good, dealt with in 9643.

[2] 'Eight' means in every respect because this number has the same meaning as two and four, being the product of these when multiplied together. 'Two' and 'four' mean being joined together, completely so, 5194, 8423, 8877, and consequently also mean what is complete, 9103, and therefore what is so in every respect; for what exists in completeness does so in every respect. Another reason why 'eight' means what exists in completeness and in every respect is that since 'a week' means a whole period from beginning to end, 2044, 3845, 'the eighth day' means a complete state, from which a new beginning then commences. This explains why males had to be circumcised on the eighth day, Genesis 17:12; 21:4, for circumcision was a sign of purification from foul kinds of love by means of the truth of faith, 2039, 2046 (end), 2799, 3412, 3413, 4462. The foreskin corresponded to the defilement of good by those kinds of love, 4462, 7045, 7225, and the knife of flint with which circumcision was carried out was a sign of the truth of faith by means of which purification was accomplished, 2039 (end), 2046 (end), 2799, 7044.

[3] What exists in completeness and in every respect is also meant by 'eight' following 'seven' in Micah,

When Asshur comes into our land and treads our palaces we will set up over him seven shepherds and eight princes of men (homo), and they will feed 1 the land of Asshur with the sword; and he will deliver [us] from Asshur. Micah 5:5-6.

'Asshur' stands for reasoning on the basis of one's own intelligence about the Church's forms of good and its truths. Deliverance totally or in every respect from consequent falsity is meant by 'eight princes of men' who will bring destruction, 'princes of men' being the leading truths that rise out of good.

[4] The fact that 'eight' means completeness and in every respect is also clear from an experience I had involving the admission and reception of some communities into heaven, about which see 2130. I saw as many as twelve communities received first, and after them as many as eight more; for people admitted and received into heaven are those who have been purified from earthly things, that is, from all love of them, and have gone on to receive instruction. The number eight on that occasion was a sign of that which was complete.

[5] 'Eight' has a similar meaning elsewhere in the Word, for example where it says that the portico of the gateway was 'eight cubits' long from the house, and that there were 'eight steps' up to the house, in Ezekiel 40:9, 31, 41. The description there is of the new house, by which the Lord's New Church is meant, truths leading to good and from good back to truths being meant by 'the portico' and 'the steps'.

[6] Anyone who does not know that spiritual realities or real things are implied by the numbers used in the Word cannot possibly see any such reality nor thus anything holy in the measures and numbers where the tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and after these the new house, new temple, and new land in Ezekiel, are described, when yet not a syllable in the Word is devoid of spiritual meaning. Let all who have intelligence weigh up in their mind what the measures and numbers in Chapters 40-48 of Ezekiel really mean, also the measures and numbers in John, at Revelation 21:17, where it says that the angel measured the wall of the new Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, and that this measure was that of a man (homo), that is, of an angel, and also in the following, besides many other places,

Let him who has intelligence reckon the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man (homo), that is, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18.

For more about all numbers in the Word, that they mean spiritual realities or real things, see 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 5291, 5335, 5708, 6175, 7973, and places where the specific meaning of certain numbers has been shown.

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