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1 Y aconteció, que cuando Moisés hubo acabado de levantar el tabernáculo, y lo hubo ungido y santificado, con todos sus vasos; y asimismo ungido y santificado el altar, con todos sus vasos;

2 entonces los príncipes de Israel, las cabezas de las casas de sus padres, los cuales eran los príncipes de las tribus, que estaban sobre los contados, ofrecieron;

3 y trajeron sus ofrendas delante del SEÑOR: seis carros cubiertos, y doce bueyes; por cada dos príncipes un carro, y cada uno un buey; lo cual ofrecieron delante del tabernáculo.

4 Y el SEÑOR habló a Moisés, diciendo:

5 Tómalo de ellos, y será para el servicio del tabernáculo del testimonio; y lo darás a los levitas, a cada uno conforme a su ministerio.

6 Entonces Moisés recibió los carros y los bueyes, y los dio a los levitas.

7 Dos carros y cuatro bueyes, dio a los hijos de Gersón, conforme a su ministerio;

8 y a los hijos de Merari dio los cuatro carros y ocho bueyes, conforme a su ministerio, a gobierno de Itamar, hijo de Aarón el sacerdote.

9 Y a los hijos de Coat no les dio nada ; porque llevaban sobre sí en los hombros el servicio del santuario.

10 Y ofrecieron los príncipes a la dedicación del altar el día que fue ungido, ofrecieron los príncipes su ofrenda delante del altar.

11 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Ofrecerán su ofrenda, un príncipe un día, y otro príncipe otro día, a la dedicación del altar.

12 Y el que ofreció su ofrenda el primer día fue Naasón hijo de Aminadab, de la tribu de Judá.

13 Y fue su ofrenda un plato de plata de peso de ciento treinta siclos , y un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

14 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos , lleno de incienso;

15 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

16 un macho cabrío para expiación;

17 y para sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año. Esta fue la ofrenda de Naasón, hijo de Aminadab.

18 El segundo día ofreció Natanael hijo de Zuar, príncipe de Isacar.

19 Ofreció por su ofrenda un plato de plata de ciento treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

20 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos , lleno de incienso;

21 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

22 un macho cabrío para expiación;

23 y para el sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año. Esta fue la ofrenda de Natanael, hijo de Zuar.

24 El tercer día, el príncipe de los hijos de Zabulón, Eliab hijo de Helón.

25 Y su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

26 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos , lleno de incienso;

27 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

28 un macho cabrío para expiación;

29 y para sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año. Esta fue la ofrenda de Eliab, hijo de Helón.

30 El cuarto día, el príncipe de los hijos de Rubén, Elisur hijo de Sedeur.

31 Y su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario, ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

32 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos , lleno de incienso;

33 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

34 un macho cabrío para expiación;

35 y para sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año. Esta fue la ofrenda de Elisur, hijo de Sedeur.

36 El quinto día, el príncipe de los hijos de Simeón, Selumiel hijo de Zurisadai.

37 Y su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

38 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos , lleno de incienso;

39 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

40 un macho cabrío para expiación;

41 y para sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año. Esta fue la ofrenda de Selumiel, hijo de Zurisadai.

42 El sexto día, el príncipe de los hijos de Gad, Eliasaf hijo de Deuel.

43 Y su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

44 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos , lleno de incienso;

45 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

46 un macho cabrío para expiación;

47 y para sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año, Esta fue la ofrenda de Eliasaf, hijo de Deuel.

48 El séptimo día, el príncipe de los hijos de Efraín, Elisama hijo de Amiud.

49 Y su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

50 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos , lleno de incienso;

51 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

52 un macho cabrío para expiación;

53 y para sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año. Esta fue la ofrenda de Elisama, hijo de Amiud.

54 El octavo día, el príncipe de los hijos de Manasés, Gamaliel hijo de Pedasur.

55 Y su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

56 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos, lleno de incienso;

57 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

58 un macho cabrío para expiación;

59 y para sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año. Esta fue la ofrenda de Gamaliel, hijo de Pedasur.

60 El noveno día, el príncipe de los hijos de Benjamín, Abidán hijo de Gedeóni.

61 Y su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

62 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos , lleno de incienso;

63 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

64 un macho cabrío para expiación;

65 y para sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año. Esta fue la ofrenda de Abidán, hijo de Gedeoni.

66 El décimo día, el príncipe de los hijos de Dan, Ahiezer hijo de Amisadai.

67 Y su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

68 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos , lleno de incienso;

69 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

70 un macho cabrío para expiación;

71 y para sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año. Esta fue la ofrenda de Ahiezer, hijo de Amisadai.

72 El undécimo día, el príncipe de los hijos de Aser, Pagiel hijo de Ocrán.

73 Y su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

74 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos , lleno de incienso;

75 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

76 un macho cabrío para expiación;

77 y para sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año. Esta fue la ofrenda de Pagiel, hijo de Ocrán.

78 El duodécimo día, el príncipe de los hijos de Neftalí, Ahira hijo de Enán.

79 Y su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento treinta siclos de peso, un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

80 un cucharro de oro de diez siclos , lleno de incienso;

81 un becerro, un carnero, un cordero de un año para holocausto;

82 un macho cabrío para expiación;

83 y para sacrificio de paz, dos bueyes, cinco carneros, cinco machos cabríos, cinco corderos de un año. Esta fue la ofrenda de Ahira, hijo de Enán.

84 Esta fue la dedicación del altar, el día que fue ungido, por los príncipes de Israel: doce platos de plata, doce jarros de plata, doce cucharros de oro.

85 Cada plato de ciento treinta siclos , cada jarro de setenta; toda la plata de los vasos, dos mil cuatrocientos siclos, al siclo del santuario.

86 Los doce cucharros de oro llenos de incienso, de diez siclos cada cucharro, al peso del santuario; todo el oro de los cucharros, ciento veinte siclos .

87 Todos los bueyes para holocausto, doce becerros; doce los carneros, doce los corderos de un año, con su presente; y doce los machos cabríos, para expiación.

88 Y todos los bueyes del sacrificio de la paz veinticuatro novillos, sesenta los carneros, sesenta los machos cabríos, sesenta los corderos de un año. Esta fue la dedicación del altar, después que fue ungido.

89 Y cuando entraba Moisés en el tabernáculo del testimonio, para hablar con El, oía la voz del que le hablaba de encima de la cubierta que estaba sobre el arca del testimonio, de entre los dos querubines; y hablaba con él.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9995

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9995. 'Of fine wheat flour you shall make them' means truth which springs from Divine Good, of which those [celestial kinds of good] consist. This is clear from the meaning of 'fine flour' as truth, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'wheat' as the good of love, dealt with in 3941, and so in the highest sense as Divine Good; and from the meaning of 'making them' as the requirement that those kinds of celestial good, meant by unleavened bread, cakes, and wafers, must consist of that truth. The situation in all this is that all the truths and forms of good that exist in heaven have their origin in Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good. This Divine Truth as received by angels in the celestial kingdom is called celestial good, but as received in the spiritual kingdom by angels there it is called spiritual good; for no matter how often Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good is called Truth it is still good. The reason for referring to it as Truth is that it appears in heaven, before angels' outward sight there, as light; for the light there is Divine Truth, but the heat within that light, which is the good of love, causes it to be good. The situation is similar with people in this world. When the truth of faith emanates from the good of charity, as happens when a person has been regenerated, truth appears as good, which is also as a consequence called spiritual good since the inner being of truth is good, and truth is the outward form of good.

[2] From all this it may become clear why a person finds it so hard to distinguish between thinking and willing, for when he wills something he says that he thinks it, and often when he thinks something that he wills it. Yet they are as distinct and separate as truth and good are; for the inner being of thought is the will and the outward form of the will is thought, just as the inner being of truth is good and the outward form of good is truth, as stated immediately above. Since a person finds it so hard to distinguish one from the other he does not know what the inner being of his life is, or that good constitutes it, not truth except insofar as it springs from good. Good belongs to the will, and the will consists in what a person loves, so that truth does not become the being of a person's life until he loves it; and when the person loves it he does it. Truth however belongs to the understanding, whose function is thinking; and when he thinks it he is able to speak about it. Also it is possible to understand the truth and think it without willing or doing it; but then it does not become the person's own, part of his life, because it does not have within itself the inner being of his life. Knowing nothing about any of this a person consequently ascribes salvation wholly to faith and scarcely at all to charity, when in fact faith receives its inner being of life from charity, even as truth receives it from good.

[3] Furthermore all good with a person is given form by truth, for good flows in from the Lord by an inward path, while truth enters by an outward path. They then marry in the internal man, though in one way in the case of a spiritual person or angel and in another in the case of a celestial person or angel. With a spiritual person or angel the marriage takes place in the understanding part of the mind, but in a celestial person or angel in the will part. The outward path by which truth enters lies through hearing and sight into the understanding, but the inward path by which good flows in from the Lord lies through what is inmost in the person into the will. On this subject see what has been shown in the places referred to in 9596. From all this it is evident that the celestial kinds of good meant by unleavened bread, cakes, and wafers, come into being through Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good, and that this is what should be understood by 'of fine wheat flour you shall make them'. This goes to explain why minchahs, though varying in how they were made, all consisted of fine flour mixed with oil, see Leviticus 2:1-16; 6:20-23; Numbers 7:13ff; 15:2-15; 28:11-15.

[4] The fact that 'fine flour', and also 'flour', mean truth that springs from good is clear from the following places: In Ezekiel,

You ate fine flour, honey, and oil; therefore you became extremely beautiful. Ezekiel 16:13.

These things are said of Jerusalem, by which the Ancient Church is meant in that chapter in Ezekiel. 'Fine flour' means that Church's truth which springs from good, 'honey' its delight, 'oil' the good of love, and 'eating' making it one's own. The words 'you became beautiful' are consequently used, for spiritual beauty comes as a result of truths and forms of good.

[5] In Hosea,

He does not have any standing grain; the ears will yield no flour. [If] by chance they do yield it, aliens will swallow it up. Hosea 8:7.

'Standing grain' means the truth of faith springing from good, in the process of being conceived, 9146, 'the ears will yield no flour' sterility because there is no truth springing from good, and 'aliens' who 'will swallow it up' falsities arising from evil that will consume it.

[6] In 1 Kings 17:12-15 the Sidonian woman in Zarephath told Elijah that she had nothing to make a cake with except a handful of flour in a jar and a tiny amount of oil in a flask. So Elijah told her that she should make a cake for him first, and that 'the jar of flour will not be used up, nor will the flask of oil fail', which was indeed what happened. Here 'flour' means the Church's truth, and 'oil' its good; for the woman in Sidon represents a Church that is in possession of cognitions or knowledge of truth and good, while Elijah the Prophet represents the Lord in respect of the Word. From this it is evident what this miracle has to do with, for all the miracles described in the Word have to do with things such as belong to the Church, 7337, 8364, 9086. From this it is evident what is meant by 'the jar of flour will not be used up, nor will the flask of oil fail' if from the little she had she made a cake for Elijah first and for her son after that. For the meaning of 'the woman' as the Church, see 252, 253; for that of 'Sidon' as cognitions of truth and good, 1201; and for that of 'Elijah' as the Lord in respect of the Word, 2762, 5247 (end).

[7] In Isaiah,

O daughter of Babel, take a mill, and grind flour. Isaiah 47:1-2.

'Daughter of Babel' stands for those within the Church who are outwardly holy but inwardly unholy. 'Grinding flour' stands for choosing matters from the literal sense of the Word such as serve to strengthen the evils of self-love and love of the world. For any such evil is unholy, 'grinding' describes choosing, and also explaining in support of those kinds of love, while 'flour' means truth that serves, see 4335.

[8] From all this it is evident what 'grinding' means and therefore what something 'ground up' means, as in Jeremiah,

Princes have been hung up by their hands, the faces of the old men have not been honoured; the young men have been led away to grind at the mill. Lamentations 5:12-13.

In Moses,

Moses took the calf which they had made, and burned it in the fire, and ground it up till it became fine powder 1 . Then he sprinkled it over the face of the water and made the children of Israel drink it. Exodus 32:20; Deuteronomy 9:21.

And in Matthew,

At that time two will be in the field, one will be taken, the other left behind. Two women grinding; one will be taken, the other will be left behind. Matthew 24:40-41.

From these places it is evident what 'grinding' means, namely this: In a good sense it means choosing truths from the Word and explaining them in such a way that they are made to serve what is good, and in a bad sense in such a way that they are made to serve what is bad, see 7780. And from this it is also clear what something 'ground up' means, consequently what 'flour' and 'fine flour' mean.

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Arcana Coelestia # 3941

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3941. 'Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest' means faith in regard to its state of love and charity. This is clear from the representation of 'Reuben' as faith, which is the first stage of regeneration, dealt with in 3862, 3866; from the meaning of 'days' as states, dealt with in 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785; and from the meaning of 'wheat' as love and charity, dealt with below - 'wheat harvest' therefore meaning a developing state of love and charity. Jacob's four sons by the servant-girls have portrayed the various means by which the external man is joined to the internal man. Now his remaining four sons portray the actual joining together of good and truth, on account of which reference is made first of all to 'dudaim', by which that joining together or conjugial relationship is meant. The reason why 'wheat harvest' means a developing state of love and charity is that 'the field' means the Church and so the things that constitute the Church, while the seeds sown in it mean the germs of good and truth. And what springs up from those seeds, such as wheat, barley, and many other crops, are the fruits of love and charity, and also of faith. The states of the Church so far as those things are concerned are therefore compared to seedtime and harvest, and are also actually called seedtime and harvest, as in Genesis 8:22 - see 932.

[2] That 'wheat' means the things which constitute love and charity may also be seen from the following places: In Moses,

Jehovah causes him to ride over the heights of the land and He feeds [him] with the produce of the fields, causes him to suck honey out of the crag, and oil out of the stony rock - butter from the cattle, and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs and rams, the breed 1 of Bashan, and of goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape you drink unmixed wine. Deuteronomy 32:13-14.

This refers in the internal sense to the Ancient Church and its state when it was established, every aspect of love and charity, and every aspect of faith there, being described by means of things that have spiritual meanings. 'The kidney-fat of wheat' means the celestial side of love and charity. And because 'fat' or 'fatness' means that which is celestial, 353, and 'wheat' means love, the two words are therefore linked together in various places in the Word, as also in David,

O that My people were obedient to Me, that Israel would walk in My ways! He would feed them with the fat of wheat, and with honey out of the rock I will satisfy you. Psalms 81:13, 16.

And elsewhere in the same author,

Jehovah is the one who makes peace your border; with the fat of wheat He satisfies you. Psalms 147:14.

[3] That 'wheat' means love and charity is evident in Jeremiah,

Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, they have trampled down the portion of My field, they have rendered the portion of My field into a lonely wilderness. On all the hills in the wilderness those who cause devastation have come, for the sword of Jehovah is devouring from one end of the land even to the other end of the land. There is no peace for any flesh. They have sown wheat and reaped thorns. Jeremiah 12:10, 12-13.

'Vineyard' and 'the field' stand for the Church, 'a lonely wilderness' for the vastation of it, 'a devouring sword' for the vastation of truth, 'no peace' for the absence of good stirring the affections, 'sowing wheat' for forms of good which are the product of love and charity, 'sowing thorns' for evils and falsities which are the result of self-love and love of the world. For 'vineyard' means the spiritual Church, 1069; 'the field' the Church as regards good, 2971; 'wilderness' vastation, 1927, 2708; 'a devouring sword' vastation of truth, 2799; 'peace' good that stirs the affections, 3780.

[4] In Joel,

The field has been laid waste, the ground has been mourning because the grain has been laid waste, the new wine has failed, the oil languishes. Farmers have been put to shame, vinedressers have wailed over the wheat and over the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. Gird yourselves and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Joel 1:10-11, 13.

It is evident to anyone that here the state of the Church when it has been vastated is what is described, and this being so, that 'the field' and 'the ground' mean the Church, 'the grain' its good, and 'the new wine' its truth, 3580, while 'wheat' means celestial love, 'barley' spiritual love. And since the state of the Church is the subject, the call to 'gird yourselves and lament, O priests, and wail, O ministers of the altar' is used.

[5] In Ezekiel,

The Spirit of Jehovah addressing the prophet, Take for yourself wheat and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them into a single vessel, and make them for yourself into bread. With human excrement you shall make a cake before their eyes. Thus shall the children of Israel eat their unclean bread. Ezekiel 4:9, 12-13.

This refers to the defilement of good and truth. 'Wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, spelt' stands for different kinds of good and of truth derived from good. 'Bread' or a cake made from these together with human excrement stands for the defilement of them all.

[6] In John,

I saw, and behold, a black horse, and the one seated on it held a balance in his hand I heard a voice from the midst of the four living creatures saying, A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenices of barley for a denarius; but do no harm to oil and wine. Revelation 6:5-6.

This too refers to the vastation of good and truth. 'A choenix of wheat for a denarius' stands for a scarcity of love, 'three choenices of wheat for a denarius' for a scarcity of charity.

[7] In Ezekiel,

Judah and the land of Israel, they were your merchants. Wheat of minnith and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm, they exchanged for your tracings. Ezekiel 27:17.

This refers to Tyre, which means the cognitions of good and truth. The goods of love and charity, and the happiness they bring, are meant by 'wheat of minnith and pannag, and honey, oil, and balm'. 'Judah' means the celestial Church, 'the land of Israel' the spiritual, which are the source of those goods. 'Tracings' means acquisitions.

[8] In Moses,

A land of wheat and barley, and of the vine and of the fig and of the pomegranate, a land of olive oil and honey. Deuteronomy 8:8.

This is a description of the land of Canaan, which in the internal sense means the Lord's kingdom, 1413, 1437, 1585, 1607, 3038, 3705. Forms of good which are the product of love and charity in that kingdom are meant by 'wheat and barley', forms of good which are the product of faith by 'the vine and the fig'.

[9] In Matthew,

Whose fan is in His hand, and He will purge His threshing-floor and gather His wheat into the granary, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire. Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17.

John the Baptist referred in this way to the Lord. 'Wheat' stands for the goods of love and charity, 'chaff' for those things which do not have any good at all within them. In the same gospel,

Let both grow together until the harvest; and at the time of harvest I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn. Matthew 13:30.

'Weeds' stands for evils and falsities, 'wheat' for goods. These are comparisons, but all comparisons in the Word are made through the use of things that carry a spiritual meaning.

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