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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 # 9726

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9726. 'And you shall make for it a grating, a network' means the level of sensory perception, which is the last and lowest. This is clear from the meaning of 'a grating, a network' as external sensory perception, thus that which forms for a person the last and lowest level of life; and since this lowest level is meant by the grating it was placed all the way round the altar. Such sensory perception was represented by the grating because it first sifts so to speak and sorts out those things which enter the human mind and present themselves to the understanding and will, namely truths and forms of good. If the sensory perception is composed of good it does not let anything through other than forms of good, and truths derived from good, and rejects evils and the falsities arising from evil. For sensory perception is the actual ability to perceive things which belong to the understanding and to sense those which belong to the will as they exist on outermost levels, an ability that is perfectly fashioned for the affections for those things. The nature of all this may be illustrated by very many things in the body. Everywhere in the outermost parts within the body there are forms that resemble nets and there are so to speak gratings which sort out the things that flow towards them from the world. Those that are suitable are let through because they are desirable, and those that are unsuitable are rejected because they are loathsome. Extremely sensitive systems such as these exist in the stomach. These let through into the blood the suitable juices of the chyle, because these juices are useful and therefore desirable, and reject the unsuitable because they are harmful and therefore loathsome. The situation is similar with sensory perception, which is the last and lowest level of a person's life. But this level with a person has become totally wrecked, the reason why being that it stands right next to and is exposed to the world and is therefore the last to be regenerated, indeed scarcely anyone at the present day is able to be regenerated down to that level. As regards what the level of sensory perception is like with these people, see what has been shown already concerning it in 4009, 5077, 5081, 5084, 5094, 5125, 5128, 5580, 5767, 5774, 6183, 6201, 6310-6318, 6564, 6598, 6612, 6614, 6622, 6624, 6844, 6845, 6948, 6949, 7442, 7645, 7693, 9212, 9216.

Therefore if a person is to see and have an understanding of the truths of faith and the forms of the good of love he must be raised by the Lord above that level to more internal levels. But the sensory perception meant by 'the grating, the network' around the altar is the sensory perception belonging to the Lord's Divine Human, since the altar is representative of the Lord and of the worship of Him that springs from the good of love, 9714.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1059

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1059. 'This is the sign of the covenant that I am establishing between Me and all flesh that is on the earth' means that it was a token of the Lord's presence in charity not only with the member of the Church but also with him who is outside the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'all flesh' as all people, and therefore the whole human race. That the whole human race is meant, both those inside the Church and those outside the Church, is clear not only from the fact that the expression 'all flesh' is used but also that the expression 'living soul in all flesh', which appeared previously, is not used. And the point is made plainer still by the addition of the phrase 'which is on the earth'.

[2]That the Lord is as much present in charity with those outside the Church who are called gentiles as with those inside the Church may be seen above in 932, 1032. Indeed He is more present with them, for the reason that there is less cloud in the understanding part of their minds than is normally the case with so-called Christians. Indeed gentiles have no knowledge of the Word and do not know what the Lord is, and as a consequence do not know what the truth of faith is. This being so, they are incapable of opposition to the Lord and to the truth of faith. Consequently their cloud does not stand in opposition to the Lord or to the truth of faith, such cloud being dispersed easily when they are enlightened.

[3] But the cloud existing with Christians does stand in opposition to the Lord and to the truths of faith, and this cloud is so obscure as to be darkness. And when hatred is there instead of charity it is thick darkness. This applies even more to people who profane the truths of faith, something gentiles are incapable of doing because they live in ignorance of the truth of faith. Nobody can profane that of which he does not know the nature or the existence. This explains why more of the gentiles are saved than of Christians, as also the Lord said, in Luke 13:23, 28-30, in addition to saying that their children all belong to the Lord's kingdom, Matthew 18:10, 14; 19:14; Luke 18:16.

  
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