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Éxodo 38

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1 IGUALMENTE hizo el altar del holocausto de madera de Sittim: su longitud de cinco codos, y su anchura de otros cinco codos, cuadrado, y de tres codos de altura.

2 E hízole sus cuernos á sus cuatro esquinas, los cuales eran de la misma pieza, y cubriólo de metal.

3 Hizo asimismo todos los vasos del altar: calderas, y tenazas, y tazones, y garfios, y palas: todos sus vasos hizo de metal.

4 E hizo para el altar el enrejado de metal, de hechura de red, que puso en su cerco por debajo hasta el medio del altar.

5 Hizo también cuatro anillos de fundición á los cuatro cabos del enrejado de metal, para meter las varas.

6 E hizo las varas de madera de Sittim, y cubriólas de metal.

7 Y metió las varas por los anillos á los lados del altar, para llevarlo con ellas: hueco lo hizo, de tablas.

8 También hizo la fuente de metal, con su basa de metal, de los espejos de las que velaban á la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio.

9 Hizo asimismo el atrio; á la parte austral del mediodía las cortinas del atrio eran de cien codos, de lino torcido:

10 Sus columnas veinte, con sus veinte basas de metal: los capiteles de las columnas y sus molduras, de plata.

11 Y á la parte del aquilón cortinas de cien codos: sus columnas veinte, con sus veinte basas de metal; los capiteles de las columnas y sus molduras, de plata.

12 A la parte del occidente cortinas de cincuenta codos: sus columnas diez, y sus diez basas; los capiteles de las columnas y sus molduras, de plata.

13 Y á la parte oriental, al levante, cortinas de cincuenta codos:

14 Al un lado cortinas de quince codos, sus tres columnas, y sus tres basas;

15 Al otro lado, de la una parte y de la otra de la puerta del atrio, cortinas de á quince codos, sus tres columnas, y sus tres basas.

16 Todas las cortinas del atrio alrededor eran de lino torcido.

17 Y las basas de las columnas eran de metal; los capiteles de las columnas y sus molduras, de plata; asimismo las cubiertas de las cabezas de ellas, de plata: y todas las columnas del atrio tenían molduras de plata.

18 Y el pabellón de la puerta del atrio fue de obra de recamado, de jacinto, y púrpura, y carmesí, y lino torcido: la longitud de veinte codos, y la altura en el ancho de cinco codos, conforme á las cortinas del atrio.

19 Y sus columnas fueron cuatro con sus cuatro basas de metal: y sus capiteles de plata; y las cubiertas de los capiteles de ellas y sus molduras, de plata.

20 Y todas las estacas del tabernáculo y del atrio alrededor fueron de metal.

21 Estas son las cuentas del tabernáculo, del tabernáculo del testimonio, lo que fué contado de orden de Moisés por mano de Ithamar, hijo de Aarón sacerdote, para el ministerio de los Levitas.

22 Y Bezaleel, hijo de Uri, hijo de Hur, de la tribu de Judá, hizo todas las cosas que Jehová mandó á Moisés.

23 Y con él estaba Aholiab, hijo de Ahisamac, de la tribu de Dan, artífice, y diseñador, y recamador en jacinto, y púrpura, y carmesí, y lino fino.

24 Todo el oro empleado en la obra, en toda la obra del santuario, el cual fué oro de ofrenda, fué veintinueve talentos, y setecientos y treinta siclos, según el siclo del santuario.

25 Y la plata de los contados de la congregación fué cien talentos, y mil setecientos setenta y cinco siclos, según el siclo del santuario:

26 Medio por cabeza, medio siclo, según el siclo del santuario, á todos los que pasaron por cuenta de edad de veinte años y arriba, que fueron seiscientos tres mil quinientos cincuenta.

27 Hubo además cien talentos de plata para hacer de fundición las basas del santuario y las basas del velo: en cien basas cien talentos, á talento por basa.

28 Y de los mil setecientos setenta y cinco siclos hizo los capiteles de las columnas, y cubrió los capiteles de ellas, y las ciñó.

29 Y el metal de la ofrenda fue setenta talentos, y dos mil cuatrocientos siclos;

30 Del cual hizo las basas de la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio, y el altar de metal, y su enrejado de metal, y todos los vasos del altar.

31 Y las basas del atrio alrededor, y las basas de la puerta del atrio, y todas las estacas del tabernáculo, y todas las estacas del atrio alrededor.

   

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1143. And of fine linen and of purple, signifies truths and goods from a celestial origin that have been profaned. This is evident from the signification of "fine linen," as being truths from a celestial origin (of which presently); also from the signification of "purple," as being goods from a celestial origin (of which above, n.1042. But here such truths and goods profaned are meant, because the fine linen and purple are called "merchandise of Babylon," and "Babylon," as "a harlot and the mother of whoredoms and of the abominations of the earth," signifies profanations of truth and good. Truths and goods from a celestial origin are truths and goods with those who are in love to the Lord; these are called celestial, and are distinguished from the truths and goods from a spiritual origin, which are signified by "silk and scarlet," which will be spoken of presently. Truths and goods from a celestial origin are profaned by their transferring to themselves the Lord's Divine power of saving the human race, thus transferring their love to the Lord to the Pope as a vicar and to his ministers. And yet the Lord cannot be loved when He has no power to save; but the man is loved who is put in the Lord's place. They say that the Lord is loved because He has given that power to a man, and that He is loved and is held in holy respect by those who have received that power, and is worshipped by the rest. But love to the Lord cannot exist with them, because the love of having dominion over heaven and over the church is wholly contrary to it; for such love is love of self, which is a diabolical love, from which the Lord cannot be loved. Such love regarded in itself is rather hatred against the Lord, and it is turned into hatred when they become spirits and dominion is taken away from them. Then they persecute all who are in love to the Lord. All this makes clear how they profane truths and goods which are from a celestial origin.

[2] That "fine linen" signifies truths from a celestial origin can be seen from the following passages. In Ezekiel:

I clothed thee with embroidered work, I shod thee with the skin of the badger, and I girded thee with fine linen, and covered thee with silk. Thus wast thou adorned with gold and silver, and thy garments were fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work (Ezekiel 16:10, 13).

This is said of Jerusalem, which means the church, here in its first establishment. "Embroidered work and the skin of the badger" here signify the knowledges of truth and good from the Word; "fine linen and silk" signify truths from a celestial origin and truths from a spiritual origin. These are said to be "garments," because "garments" signify the truths with which good is clothed. In the same:

Fine linen in embroidered work was thy spreading forth, and purple from the isles of Elishah was thy covering (Ezekiel 27:7).

This is said of Tyre, which signifies the church as to the knowledges of good and truth. These knowledges are signified by "embroidered work from Egypt," truths by "fine linen," and good by "purple," both from a celestial origin. In Luke:

There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and indulged in luxuries every day splendidly (Luke 16:19).

The "rich man" means the Jewish nation, which is said to be "clothed in purple and fine linen," because they have the Word from which they might have goods and truths; goods are here meant by "purple," and truths by "fine linen," both from a celestial origin. "Lazarus lying at the rich man's porch" means the Gentiles that did not have the Word.

[3] Since "fine linen" [byssus] which is also called cotton [xylinum] signified truths from a celestial origin, and the garments of Aaron represented Divine truths, because he represented the Lord, therefore:

His miter and belt were woven of fine linen and cotton (Exodus 28:39; 39:27).

And because the curtains and hangings of the tabernacle represented those things of the church that cover, and these are truths, therefore:

These were woven of cotton or fine linen (Exodus 26:1; 27:9, 18; 36:8; 38:9, 16).

"Fine linen" has the same signification in the following passages of Revelation:

The time of the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready; and it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, clean and bright (Revelation 19:7-8).

The armies of Him that sat upon the white horse followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean (Revelation 19:14).

"Fine linen" signifies truth from a celestial origin because fine linen was a kind of very shining flax of which garments were made; "flax," and also "whiteness," signify truth, and "a garment" made of it signifies truth that is clean and pure according to the shining.

(Continuation respecting the Athanasian Faith)

[4] The hell where those are who are called devils is the love of self; and the hell where those are who are called satans is the love of the world. The diabolical hell is the love of self because that love is the opposite of celestial love which is love to the Lord; and the satanic hell is the love of the world because that love is the opposite of spiritual love, which is love towards the neighbor. Now as the two loves of hell are opposites of the two loves of heaven, hell and the heavens are in opposition to each other; for all who are in the heavens look to the Lord and to the neighbor, but all who are in the hells look to self and the world. All who are in the heavens love the Lord and the neighbor, and all who are in the hells love self and the world, and consequently hate the Lord and the neighbor. All who are in the heavens think what is true and will what is good, because they think and will from the Lord; but all who are in the hells think what is false and will what is evil, because they think and will from self. From this it is that all who are in the hells appear turned backward, with the face turned away from the Lord; they also appear turned upside down, with the feet upwards and the head downwards. They so appear in accordance with their loves, which are opposite to the loves of heaven.

[5] As hell is the love of self it is also fire, for all love corresponds to fire, and in the spiritual world is so presented as to appear like a fire at a distance, although it is not fire but love; and thus the hells appear within to be on fire, and without like outbursts of fire in smoke from furnaces or from conflagrations; and sometimes the devils themselves appear like fires of coals. Their heat from that fire is like a boiling up from impurities, which is lust, and their light from that fire is only an appearance of light from fantasies and from confirmations of evil by falsities, but still it is not light, for when the light of heaven flows in it becomes to them thick darkness, and when the heat of heaven flows in it becomes to them cold; nevertheless, they see from their light, and live from their heat; but they see like owls, birds of night, and bats, whose eyes are blinded in the light of heaven, and they live half dead. The living principle in them is from the ability to think, to will, to speak, to do, and in consequence to see, to hear, to taste, to smell, and to feel; and this living principle is merely the ability arising from action upon them from without of the life which is God, according to order, and continually impelling them towards order. It is from that power that they live to eternity. Their dead principle is from the evils and falsities that spring from their loves. Consequently their life viewed from their loves is not life but death; and this is why in the Word hell is called "death," and those who are there are called "the dead."

  
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