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1 Harás también altar de madera de cedro de cinco codos de longitud, y de cinco codos de anchura; será cuadrado el altar, y su altura de tres codos.

2 Y harás sus cuernos a sus cuatro esquinas; sus cuernos serán de lo mismo; y lo cubrirás de bronce.

3 Harás también sus calderos para limpiar su ceniza; y sus paletas, y sus tazones, y sus garfios, y sus braseros; harás todos sus vasos de bronce.

4 Y le harás un enrejado de bronce de hechura de red; y sobre la red harás cuatro anillos de bronce a sus cuatro esquinas.

5 Y lo has de poner dentro del cerco del altar abajo; y llegará aquella red hasta el medio del altar.

6 Harás también varas para el altar, varas de madera de cedro, las cuales cubrirás de bronce.

7 Y sus varas se meterán por los anillos; y estarán aquellas varas a ambos lados del altar, cuando hubiere de ser llevado.

8 De tablas lo harás, hueco; de la manera que te fue mostrado en el monte, así lo harán.

9 Asimismo harás el atrio del tabernáculo: al lado del mediodía, al austro, tendrá el atrio cortinas de lino torcido, de cien codos de longitud cada lado;

10 sus veinte columnas, y sus veinte basas serán de bronce; los capiteles de las columnas y sus molduras, de plata.

11 Y de la misma manera al lado del aquilón habrá a lo largo cortinas de cien codos de longitud, y sus veinte columnas, con sus veinte basas de bronce; los capiteles de sus columnas y sus molduras, de plata.

12 Y el ancho del atrio del lado occidental tendrá cortinas de cincuenta codos; sus columnas serán diez, con sus diez basas.

13 Y en el ancho del atrio por la parte de levante, al oriente, habrá cincuenta codos.

14 Y las cortinas de un lado serán de quince codos; sus columnas tres, con sus tres basas.

15 Al otro lado quince codos de cortinas; sus columnas tres, con sus tres basas.

16 Y a la puerta del atrio habrá una cortina de veinte codos, de cárdeno, y púrpura, y carmesí, y lino torcido, de obra de bordador; sus columnas cuatro, con sus cuatro basas.

17 Todas las columnas del atrio en derredor serán ceñidas de plata; sus capiteles de plata, y sus basas de bronce.

18 La longitud del atrio será de cien codos, y la anchura cincuenta por un lado y cincuenta por el otro, y la altura de cinco codos: sus cortinas de lino torcido, y sus basas de bronce.

19 Todos los vasos del tabernáculo en todo su servicio, y todas sus estacas, y todas las estacas del atrio, serán de bronce.

20 Y tú mandarás a los hijos de Israel que te traigan aceite de olivas, claro, molido, para la luminaria, para hacer arder continuamente las lámparas.

21 En el tabernáculo del testimonio, afuera del velo que estará delante del testimonio, las pondrá en orden Aarón y sus hijos, delante del SEÑOR desde la tarde hasta la mañana, por estatuto perpetuo de los hijos de Israel por sus generaciones.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 886

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886. That 'olive' means the good that stems from charity is clear not only from the meaning of 'olive' but also from the meaning of 'oil' in the Word. Olive oil in addition to spices was used to anoint priests and kings, and it was also used in the lamps. Concerning the former, see Exodus 30:24, and the latter, Exodus 27:20. The reason olive oil was used in anointing and in lamps was that it represented everything celestial and so everything good that stems from love and charity. Oil is in fact the essential element of the tree, its soul so to speak, as the celestial or the good that stems from love and charity is the essential element or soul itself of faith. This is the origin of its representation. That 'oil' means that which is celestial or the good that stems from love and charity may be confirmed from many places in the Word, but since the olive itself is referred to here, let some that confirm the meaning solely of the olive be quoted. In Jeremiah,

Jehovah called your name, Green Olive Tree, fair with shapely fruit. Jeremiah 11:16.

The name given here applies to the Most Ancient or celestial Church, which was the basis of the Jewish Church. Consequently all the representatives of the Jewish Church had regard to celestial things, and through the latter to the Lord.

[2] In Hosea,

His branches will go out and his beauty will be like the olive, and his smell like that of Lebanon. Hosea 14:6.

This refers to the Church that is to be established. Its beauty is 'the olive', that is, the good that stems from love and charity, while 'the smell like that of Lebanon' is resulting affection for the truth of faith. 'Lebanon' stands for its cedars, which meant spiritual things, or the truths of faith.

In Zechariah,

Two olive trees beside the lampstand, one on the right of the bowl and one on the left of it. These are the two sons of pure oil, standing beside the Lord of the whole earth. Zechariah 4:3, 11, 14.

Here 'the two olive trees' stands for the celestial and the spiritual, and so for love which belongs to the celestial Church and for charity which belongs to the spiritual Church. These stand to the right and to the left of the Lord. 'The lampstand' here means the Lord, just as it used to represent Him in the Jewish Church. 'The lamps' are celestial things from which spiritual things radiate like rays of light, or light itself, from a flame. In David,

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine on the sides of your house, your sons will be like olive shoots. Psalms 128:3.

Here 'a wife like a vine' stands for the spiritual Church, and 'sons' stands for the truths of faith which are called 'olive shoots' because they stem from the goods of charity. In Isaiah,

Gleanings will be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries on the top of the [highest] branch. Isaiah 17:6.

This refers to the remnants residing with a person. 'Olives' stands for celestial remnants. In Micah,

You will tread olives but not anoint yourself with oil, and tread the new wine but not drink wine. Micah 6:15.

And in Moses,

You will plant and dress vineyards but not drink wine. You will have olive trees within all your borders but not anoint yourself with oil. Deuteronomy 28:39-40.

The subject here is the abundance of doctrinal detail concerning the goods and truths of faith which they rejected because of the kind of people they were. From these quotations it becomes clear that 'a leaf' means the truth of faith and 'olive' the good that stems from charity. And similar things are meant by 'the olive leaf which the dove was carrying in its mouth', that is, a small measure of the truth of faith deriving from the good that stems from charity was now showing itself with the member of the Ancient Church.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.