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1 Y del cárdeno, y púrpura, y carmesí, hicieron las vestimentas del ministerio para ministrar en el santuario, y asimismo hicieron las santas vestiduras para Aarón; como el SEÑOR lo había mandado a Moisés.

2 Hizo también el efod de oro, de cárdeno y púrpura y carmesí, y lino torcido.

3 Y extendieron las planchas de oro, y cortaron hilos para tejerlos entre el cárdeno, y entre la púrpura, y entre el carmesí, y entre el lino, con delicada obra.

4 Hicieron las hombreras que se juntasen; y se unían en sus dos lados.

5 Y el cinto del efod que estaba sobre él, era de lo mismo, conforme a su obra; de oro, cárdeno, y púrpura, y carmesí, y lino torcido; como el SEÑOR lo había mandado a Moisés.

6 Y labraron las piedras de ónice montadas en engastes de oro, grabadas de grabadura de sello con los nombres de los hijos de Israel.

7 Y las puso sobre las hombreras del efod, por piedras de memoria a los hijos de Israel; como el SEÑOR lo había mandado a Moisés.

8 Hizo también el pectoral de primorosa obra, como la obra del efod, de oro, cárdeno, y púrpura, y carmesí, y lino torcido.

9 Era cuadrado; doblado hicieron el pectoral; su longitud era de un palmo, y de un palmo su anchura, doblado.

10 Y engastaron en él cuatro órdenes de piedras. El orden era un rubí, una esmeralda, y una crisólita; este el primer orden.

11 El segundo orden, un carbunclo, un zafiro, y un diamante.

12 El tercer orden, un topacio, una turquesa, y una amatista.

13 Y el cuarto orden, un tarsis (o berilo ), un ónice, y un jaspe; cercadas y encajadas en sus engastes de oro.

14 Las piedras eran conforme a los nombres de los hijos de Israel, doce conforme a los nombres de ellos; como grabaduras de sello, cada una conforme a su nombre según las doce tribus.

15 Hicieron también sobre el pectoral las cadenillas de hechura de trenza, de oro puro.

16 Hicieron asimismo los dos engastes y los dos anillos, de oro; y pusieron los dos anillos de oro en los dos extremos del pectoral.

17 Y pusieron las dos trenzas de oro en aquellos dos anillos en los extremos del pectoral.

18 Y fijaron los dos extremos de las dos trenzas en los dos engastes, que pusieron sobre las hombreras del efod, en la parte delantera de él.

19 E hicieron dos anillos de oro, que pusieron en los dos extremos del pectoral, en su orilla, en la parte baja del efod.

20 Hicieron además dos anillos de oro, los cuales pusieron en las dos orillas del efod, abajo en la parte delantera, delante de su juntura, sobre el cinto del efod.

21 Y ataron el pectoral de sus anillos a los anillos del efod con un cordón de cárdeno, para que estuviese sobre el cinto del mismo efod, y no se apartase el pectoral del efod; como el SEÑOR lo había mandado a Moisés.

22 Hizo también el manto del efod de obra de tejedor, todo de cárdeno.

23 Con su collar en medio de él, como el collar de un coselete, con un borde en derredor del collar, para que no se rompiese.

24 E hicieron en las orillas del manto las granadas de cárdeno, y púrpura, y carmesí, y lino torcido.

25 Hicieron también las campanillas de oro puro, las campanillas las pusieron entre las granadas por las orillas del manto alrededor entre las granadas:

26 Una campanilla y una granada, una campanilla y una granada alrededor, en las orillas del manto, para ministrar; como el SEÑOR lo mandó a Moisés.

27 E hicieron las túnicas de lino fino de obra de tejedor, para Aarón y para sus hijos;

28 asimismo la mitra de lino fino, y los adornos de los chapeos tiaras de lino fino, y los calzoncillos de lino, de lino torcido;

29 también el cinto de lino torcido, y de cárdeno, y púrpura, y carmesí, de obra de recamador; como el SEÑOR lo mandó a Moisés.

30 También hicieron la plancha, la corona de la santidad, de oro puro, y escribieron en ella de grabadura de sello, el rótulo, santidad AL SEÑOR.

31 Y pusieron en ella un cordón de cárdeno, para colocarla sobre la mitra arriba; como el SEÑOR lo había mandado a Moisés.

32 Y fue acabada toda la obra del tabernáculo, del tabernáculo del testimonio; e hicieron los hijos de Israel como el SEÑOR lo había mandado a Moisés; así lo hicieron.

33 Y trajeron el tabernáculo a Moisés, el tabernáculo y todos sus vasos; sus corchetes, sus tablas, sus barras, y sus columnas, y sus basas;

34 y la cubierta de pieles rojas de carneros, y la cubierta de pieles de tejones, y el velo de la cortina.

35 El arca del testimonio, y sus varas, y la cubierta.

36 La mesa, todos sus vasos, y el pan de la proposición.

37 El candelero limpio, sus candilejas, las candilejas de la ordenanza, y todos sus vasos, y el aceite para la luminaria.

38 Y el altar de oro, y el aceite de la unción, y el incienso aromático, y la cortina para la puerta del tabernáculo.

39 El altar de bronce, con su enrejado de bronce, sus varas, y todos sus vasos; y la fuente, y su basa.

40 Las cortinas del atrio, y sus columnas, y sus basas, y la cortina para la puerta del atrio, y sus cuerdas, y sus estacas, y todos los vasos del servicio del tabernáculo, del tabernáculo del testimonio.

41 Las vestimentas del servicio para ministrar en el santuario, las santas vestiduras para Aarón el sacerdote, y las vestiduras de sus hijos, para ministrar en el sacerdocio.

42 En conformidad a todas las cosas que el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés, así hicieron los hijos de Israel toda la obra.

43 Y vio Moisés toda la obra, y he aquí que la habían hecho como el SEÑOR había mandado; y los bendijo.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5319

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5319. 'And clothed him in robes of fine linen' means an outward sign denoting the celestial of the spiritual, 'robes of fine linen' being truths going forth from the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'robes' as truths, dealt with in 1073, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5248. The reason 'robes of fine linen' means truths going forth from the Divine is that a robe made of fine linen was absolutely white and at the same time shining, and truth going forth from the Divine is represented by robes which have that kind of brightness and splendour. And the reason for this is that heaven derives its brightness and splendour from the light that flows from the Lord; and the light that flows from the Lord is Divine Truth itself, 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 1776, 3195, 3222, 3339, 3485, 3636, 3643, 3862, 4415, 4419, 4526, 5219. This explains why, when the Lord was transfigured before Peter, James, and John, His clothing appeared as the light, Matthew 17:2; glistening, intensely white like snow, as no fuller on earth could bleach them, Mark 9:3; and dazzling, Luke 9:29. It was Divine Truth itself going forth from the Lord's Divine Human that was represented in this manner. But they are exterior truths that are represented in heaven by the brightness of robes, whereas interior truths are represented by the brightness and splendour of the face. This is why 'being clothed in robes of fine linen' at this point means an outward sign denoting truth going forth from the celestial of the spiritual, for this was what the Lord's Divine consisted in at this time.

[2] There are other places too in the Word where truth going forth from the Divine is meant by 'fine linen' and 'robes of fine linen', as in Ezekiel,

I clothed you with embroidered cloth, and shed you with badger, and swathed you in fine linen, and covered you in silk. Thus were you adorned with gold and silver, and your robes were fine linen, and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:10, 13.

This refers to Jerusalem, which is used in these verses to mean the Ancient Church. The truths of this Church are described by robes made of embroidered cloth, fine linen, and silk, and by being adorned with gold and silver. 'Embroidered cloth' means truths existing as facts, 'fine linen' natural truths, and 'silk' spiritual truths.

[3] In the same prophet,

Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you an ensign; violet and purple from the islands of Elishah was your covering. Ezekiel 27:7.

This refers to Tyre, which too is used to mean the Ancient Church, but so far as cognitions of good and truth are concerned. 'Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, which was its sail' means truth obtained from factual knowledge, which was the outward sign of that Church.

[4] In John,

The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over Babylon, since no one buys their wares any more, wares of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and bronze, and iron, and marble. Revelation 18:11-12.

All the specific commodities mentioned here mean the kinds of things that have to do with the Church and so truth and goodness. Here however they are used in the contrary sense because they are spoken of in reference to Babylon. Anyone may see that such commodities would never have been listed in the Word which has come down from heaven unless each one held something heavenly within it. What other reason can there be for a list of worldly wares when Babylon, meaning an unholy Church, is the subject? Similarly in the same book,

Woe, woe, the great city, you that were clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, covered 1 with gold, and precious stones, and pearls. Revelation 18:16.

[5] The fact that each commodity means something Divine and heavenly is quite evident in the same book where it states what fine linen is, namely the righteous acts of the saints,

The time of the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. At that time she was given fine linen, clean and shining, to wear; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Revelation 19:7-8.

'Fine linen' is 'the righteous acts of the saints' for the reason that all those with whom truth received from the Divine exists are clothed with the Lord's righteousness. For their robes which are bright and shining are products of the light which flows from the Lord. Therefore in heaven truth itself is represented by 'brightness', 3301, 3997, 4007; and people who are being raised to heaven from a state of vastation are seen to be clothed with brightness because they are at this point casting off the robe of their own righteousness and putting on that of the Lord's righteousness.

[6] So that truth from the Divine might be represented in the Jewish Church, they were commanded to use cotton or fine linen in Aaron's vestments, and also in the curtains around the Ark, referred to in Moses as follows,

You shall make in chequered pattern for Aaron a tunic of cotton, and you shall make a turban of cotton. Exodus 28:39.

They made tunics of cotton, the work of a weaver, for Aaron and his sons. Exodus 39:27.

You shall make the Dwelling-place, ten curtains - fine-twined cotton, violet and purple and twice-dyed scarlet. Exodus 26:1; 36:8.

You shall make the court of the Dwelling-place. The hangings for the court shall be of fine-twined cotton. Exodus 27:9, 18; 38:9.

The screen for the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer, violet and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine-twined cotton. Exodus 38:18.

Cotton is fine linen, which they were commanded to use because each object in the Ark and around the Ark, also every detail of Aaron's vestments, were representative of spiritual and celestial realities. From this one may see that a person has only a meagre understanding of the Word if he does not know what such things represent, and scarcely any understanding at all if he thinks that the Word possesses no holiness other than that which presents itself in the letter.

[7] When angels with whom truth from the Divine is present are seen by anyone they are clothed so to speak in fine linen, that is, in shining brightness, as is evident in John where 'a white horse' is referred to,

The One seated on a white horse was clothed in a garment dyed with blood, and His name is called the Word. His armies in heaven were following Him on white horses; they were clothed in fine linen, white and clean. Revelation 19:11, 13-14.

These words show quite plainly that 'fine linen' is an outward sign denoting truth from the Divine, for 'the One seated on a white horse' is the Lord as to the Word; indeed those words state quite explicitly that He is the Word. The Word is truth itself received from the Divine, and 'a white horse' is the internal sense of the Word, see 2760-2762. Consequently truths received from the Divine are meant by 'white horses', for such truths constitute the whole of the internal sense of the Word. This was why His armies were seen 'on white horses' and why 'they were clothed in fine linen, white and clean'.

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1. literally, gilded

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